Stella & Rose's Books

IT'S MY DELIGHT
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1330044
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1949. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A thorough and entertaining discourse on the art of hunting by orthodox methods. Numerous b/w engravings. Blue/green cloth. 3rd impression. Spotting and some damp marking to covers. Front cover also has a school library gilt stamp. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-rubbed with some grubby marks; tiny nicks and chips at edges.

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OLIVER THE PAGE
Written by Ellen M. Dolan; Marcel Vermeulen. Illustrated by Marie Wabbes.
Stock no. 1330042
Published by Adam & Charles Black Ltd. Circa 1967. Very good condition.

Children of Other Times series. Green spine with black title. Glazed pictorial front board. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Rear cover is slightly scuffed. Some light finger creases else contents clean.

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DRAGON RIDER
Written by Cornelia Funke. Illustrated by Cornelia Funke.
Stock no. 1330041
Published by The Chicken House. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Firedrake, a brave young dragon, and his loyal brownie friend Sorrell and a lonely boy called Ben are united as if by destiny. Together they embark on a magical journey to find the place where silver dragons can live in peace forever. Translated by Anthea Bell. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour folding pop-up map. B/w chapter headers and illustrations. ISBN: 1903434904. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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THE SIGN ON ROSIE'S DOOR
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1330040
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. Circa 2012. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780060287955. 11th printing of this edition. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. One lower page corner is creased. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1330038
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1938. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Hodder & Stoughton's Colour Books series. Grey cloth, red titles and vignettes. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing to spine. Name and date in ink in belongs to box (partially faded). Foxing, otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed/worn with small tears at corners, slightly larger tear to top front corner by spine (2"). Rear panel is slightly grubby.

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THE DANDY BOOK 1968
No author listed.
Stock no. 1330037
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1968. Very good condition.

Covers show Korky as Santa Claus and mice up to mischief. Black glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Laminate to spine edges is cracked. Some pencil initials(?) erased to front free-endpaper. Light musty smell to contents else clean.

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TO DRAW A LONG LINE
Written by C.E. Johnson.
Stock no. 1330036
Published by Bookmarque Publishing. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's days with a British sports & Grand Prix racing car maker Connaught. Connaught hold the honour and the distinction of being the first-ever all-British car to win a Grand Prix with a British Driver. Since that day in 1955, British GP teams have never looked back - yet just two years later, Connaught folded through lack of finance. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 202 pages including index. ISBN: 1870519043. Spine and corners bumped. Some erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper. Pale browning to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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CROSSWORD BOOK 1
Written by Norman Pritchard. Illustrated by Lynn N. Grundy.
Stock no. 1330035
Published by Ladybird Books. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series S812. Yellow pictorial paperwraps. Bright colour pictures. Crosswords to complete throughout. ISBN: 0721406491. Small green crayon mark to front cover. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Light foxing to covers. Approximately half of the puzzles have been completed with heavy pencil. A scarce item.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF AIRCRAFT
Written by William Green. Illustrated by Dennis Punnett.
Stock no. 1330034
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 30th 1981. Very good condition.

Observer book No. 11. Laminate boards. 30th edition. Describing 142 aircrafts with 247 illustrations. Small format. Glazed pictorial boards. Some light browning to spine and covers. Very pale browning to endpapers and textblock. A tiny mark affects the page edges of a few pages.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF AIRCRAFT
Written by William Green. Illustrated by Dennis Punnett.
Stock no. 1330032
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 10th 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers Series No.11. Tenth Edition. Describing 150 aircraft with 272 illustrations. Small format. Pale blue boards with dark blue titles. Minimal bumping to spine and some very slight fading to base of spine. Endpapers are lightly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, is edge rubbed and is slightly sunned to spine.

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DAVID TENIERS DE JONGE: SCHILDERIJEN . TEKENINGEN
Written by Margret Klinge. Illustrated by David Teniers.
Stock no. 1830157
Published by Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon. 1st 1991. Very good condition.

Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts 11 May - 1 September 1991. Text in Dutch. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 335 pages. ISBN: 9053490175. Covers lightly edge-rubbed and lightly creased. Vertical crease to spine (reading wear). A few light marks to prelims but contents generally clean.

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THE NATURE OF WORCESTERSHIRE
Written by G.H. Green; Brett Westwood; Brian Adlam. Illustrated by R.M. Bishop; Brett Westwood.
Stock no. 1830154
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Wildlife and Ecology of the Old County of Worcestershire. Limited Edition with list of subscribers to rear. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w and colour photos. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. ISBN: 0860234878. Lengthy inscription in ink to top margin of half-title page. Otherwise, a nice, clean copy in a very nice dustjacket. This is copy 168 of a limited edition.

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