Stella & Rose's Books

LET'S PRETEND
No author listed. Illustrated by I. Bennington Angrave.
Stock no. 1813857
Published by Nelson. Almost very good condition.

16 colour plates with one line of text to each. Blyton liked these plates so much that she used them in the copy of her book of the same name. Large format. Stiff cardwraps. Spine rubbed, boards browned and rubbed at corners. One or two grubby marks to contents. A hard to find copy.

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WINGS OVER AFRICA
Written by David Lindsay.
Stock no. 1813851
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. Part of the 'Ace' Series. B/w plates. Light browning to text block. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn. Cigarette odour present.

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WAR IN THE AIR
Written by Major Helders; Claud W. Sykes.
Stock no. 1813849
Published by John Hamilton. 1935. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles and sundial vignette to spine. Part of the "Ace" series. 8 monochrome plates. Second impression. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is taped to book with now yellowed tape. Dustwrapper is marked to spine and has tape across top and bottom. Text block browned. A few hinges pulled but binding is tight. Cigarette odour present.

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ARCADIAN BALLADS
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1406638
Published by Heinemann Educational Books. 1st thus 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Tall format. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 48 pages. ISBN: 0435147722. Erased pencil mark to top of front endpaper. A little foxing to edge of text block. Contents very good. Spine of dustwrapper a little faded and rubbed.

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ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1406635
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

A tale of Cressy and Poitiers. Dark green pictorial cloth, gilt title block and picture to spine, gilt title to front cover. 8 b/w plates. 352 pages. All edges green.. All page edges olive. Purple endpapers. 8 b/w plates including frontis. 352 pages, 32 pages of adverts. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Gilt to title dulled. Couple of marks to rear board. Front joint and hinges cracked. Inscription to front pastedown. Frontis and front endpaper partially detached. Fingering to page margins including margins of some plates. Some wear to olive covering of page edges. Undated.

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ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S EVE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Herbert J. Draper.
Stock no. 1406634
Published by Blackie & Son. Very good condition.

Dark green pictorial boards. 12 b/w plates plus map of France. 384pp plus Blackie's Book List. A Tale of the Huguenot Wars. Early reprint. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxing especially to endpapers and booklist pages. Ticks to illustration list. Plates all present and in very good condition.

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THE TALE OF TOM KITTEN
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1507133
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1950. Slightly better than good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Light brown boards with brown titles. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. 59 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Most hinges cracked so binding feels loose. Just an odd mark to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped. Loss from ends of spine. Panels grubby with a few marks.

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ENID BLYTON'S LITTLE BOOKS NO. 3 - JOLLY TALES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Alfred E. Kerr.
Stock no. 1406628
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. circa 1942. Very good condition.

Small format. White pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Spine a little rubbed. Covers marked. Staples are rusty. A little light foxing to some page margins otherwise contents are clean.

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ARCHANGEL 1918-1919
Written by Edward Ironside.
Stock no. 1813812
Published by Constable. 1st 1953. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Field Marshal's account of the twelve months of his command in North Russia. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w plates. Blue dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn, rear panel grubby.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S ANNUAL 1973
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1316513
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1973. Very good condition.

Orange pictorial glazed boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations. 93 pages. Published 1973 for 1974. ISBN: 060307006X. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Fading to spine and cover edges. Grubby mark to spine edge of rear cover). Contents browned but otherwise clean.

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS 1755 TO 1915
Written by Edward Hutton.
Stock no. 1813737
2nd 1917. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition. Dark green cloth boards with silver titles. Fold-out maps. 84 pages. Foxing throughout.

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SHOULDER-BELT PLATES AND BUTTONS
Written by H.G. Parkyn.
Stock no. 1813727
Published by Gale & Polden, Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A classic reference work, of interest to collectors of British militaria and those interested in British military history. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Shelf wear to top & tail of spine with slight fading to top of spine. One or two foxspots and grubby marks but generally contents clean. Plain dustwrapper with red titles is worn at corners with slight loss, faded to spine and grubby.

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