Stella & Rose's Books

UNCLE REMUS STORIES
Written by Joel Chandler Harris; Jane Shaw. Illustrated by William Backhouse.
Stock no. 1329942
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format, cream boards with red title and vignette. Delightful colour illustrations. Retold by Jane Shaw. 13 stories. 61 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Slight foxing, musty smell to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears to top edge and some loss to top of spine and rear panel (small tape repairs on verso).

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LA CORONA AND THE TIN FROG
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1329941
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224013971. Minimal fading to top edge of rear cover (beside spine). Contents clean.

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THE APRIL BABY'S BOOK OF TUNES
Written by Mary Russell. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1329940
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1903. Good condition.

Tan cloth, red titles and small vignette of girl to front cover. Colour plates throughout. 74 pages, all edges red. 7.5 x 7.75". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers rubbed and marked with damp stain to base of spine/cover edges. Damp stains to endpapers, prelims and last few pages. Some fingermarks to page margins. Tissue-guard for frontis has been removed.

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MR. PAPINGAY'S FLYING SHOP
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by Franke Rogers.
Stock no. 1329938
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Good condition.

Blue cloth, pink title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers grubby. Endpapers browned. Old tape marks to front pastedown. Some neat ink writing to front free-endpaper (Francis Holland School Juniors Fiction Library E.47). Some grubby marks to contents. Unfortunately the colour frontis is MISSING from this copy.

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A SECOND BOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Allen W. Seaby.
Stock no. 1329937
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 536. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some browning to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Fingering to contents. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, is edge rubbed/worn and a little marked to rear panel.

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NATURE BIRTHDAY BOOK
Written by Christine H. Rolland. Illustrated by Nina Scott Langley.
Stock no. 1329936
Published by Collins. Circa 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Windsor Birthday Books series. Green boards, silver title to spine and title/vignettes to front cover. 3 little verses or sayings for each day of the year. Illustrations at the top of each page. A sweet little book. 5.5 x 4.25". Spine and corners slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Contnets UNUSED. Dustwrapper is foxed, light browned to spine.

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THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE
Written by Eric Allen. Illustrated by David Knight.
Stock no. 1329935
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A new version of the adventures of Don Quixote of La Mancha. Cream cloth, brown title label to spine with gilt title. 168 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Wrapper is edge rubbed, slightly foxed and slightly browned.

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UNCLE REMUS OR MR. FOX, MR. RABBIT, AND MR. TERRAPIN
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by A.T. Elwes.
Stock no. 1329934
Published by George Routledge and Sons Limited. Circa 1900. Good condition.

50 b/w illustrations. Brown cloth with black titles. 248 pages plus booklist to rear. Covers are edge worn and grubby. Contents are lightly fingered and browned.

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THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER AND OTHER TALES
Written by John Ruskin; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1329933
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Also contains: The Golden Touch by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Ten Pieces of Gold by Mrs. Craik; The Golden Apples of Lough Erne told from traditional sources. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour plates, 4 by Rountree to the first story. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cloth covers marked. Plates all present, a couple have creased/ragged margins. Some grubby marks to contents. Hinges cracked but binding still tight.

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AIR MIDWEST: THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS
Written by I.E. Quastler.
Stock no. 1329932
Published by Airline Press Of California. 1st USA 1985. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Black and white maps. This book is an update of the author's previous book 'Pioneer of the Third Level', which covered the history of Air Midwest from it's founding until 1980. This book extends its coverage to include May 15. 1985, the 20th anniversary of the company. ISBN: 0960255427. The joints have been pulled exposing the binding dried glue. The binding is still tight. Small nick to base of spine; some edge wear and a little creasing.

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CARTOONS & CORONETS THE GENIUS OF OSBERT LANCASTER
Written by James Knox. Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster.
Stock no. 1329926
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An unrivalled selection of illustrations from the Lancaster archive, published to coincide with the Exhibition at the Wallace Collection, London. Yellow boards, blue title to spine. 224 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780711229334. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading to cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge worn to spine and corners.

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RUNNING THE NUMBERS AN AMERICAN SELF-PORTRAIT
Written by Chris Jordan; Chris Bruce; Lucy R. Lippard; Paul Hawken. Illustrated by Chris Jordan.
Stock no. 1329924
Published by Museum Of Art. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Astonishing photographs revealing the devastating consequences of our culture of consumption. Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 110 pages. Colour photographs. ISBN: 9780975566251. SIGNED by Jordan to title-page. Spine and corners bumped. Original 'blurb' band to rear cover still present but a little browned witha small crease at one corner. Contents fine.

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