Stella & Rose's Books

A GALLERY OF HEROES AND HEROINES
Written by Sir Harry Johnston. Illustrated by Joseph Simpson.
Stock no. 1504786
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. circa 1915. Very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, tan pictorial boards, dark titles. Grey paper. Features 12 heroes/heroines with a tipped in colour plate for each. 140 pages. Spine is bumped, worn and lighter in places (damp stained?). Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. Light browning to endpapers and a few brown spots to rear endpapers. Faint black marks to half-title page and page opposite. Tissue guard to frontis marked. Contents very good. All plates present.

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THE BIRDS OF INDIANA
Written by Russell E. Mumford; Charles E. Keller. Illustrated by William Zimmerman.
Stock no. 1811191
Published by Indiana University Press. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A celebration of birds that live in the heartland of America. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and pictorial onlay of Northern Cardinals to front. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. xviii and 376 pages including index. ISBN: 0253107369. Tape marks to endpapers else contents fine. Dustwrapper is possibly lightly faded to spine.

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THE BIRDS OF OMAN
Written by Michael Gallagher. Illustrated by Martin W. Woodcock.
Stock no. 1811190
Published by Quartet Books. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. 120 superb colour plates. 310 pages. ISBN: 0704322161. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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OKLAHOMA BIRD LIFE
Written by Frederick M. Baumgartner; A. Marguerite Baumgartner. Illustrated by Wallace Hughes.
Stock no. 1811187
Published by University of Oklahoma Press. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

From water birds to birds of prey to the complex order of perching birds, Oklahoma is remarkable for the variety and extent of its bird life. Large format. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos and colour plates. xxxv and 443 pages including index. ISBN: 0806117923. Corners lightly bumped, contents fine. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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TOT AND TIM ANNUAL
Written by Laurence Alma Tadema; Alice Massie; Bertha Leonard; Ethel Talbot; Natalie Joan; et al. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; E. Dorothy Rees; Grace Lodge; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1504777
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1925. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format, 10.5 x 8". Front cover shows two children holding a book. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 128 pages. Spine bumped and worn with some loss of surface paper, titles faded. Wear to corners and cover edges. Spine and covers grubby, some small areas of surface paper loss from front cover. Joints cracked. Some marks and foxing to contents but generally clean.

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HANS IN LUCK
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Felix Hoffmann.
Stock no. 1504776
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

His master rewarded Hans for his faithful service with a lump of gold. Happily Hans set off to see his mother after seven years, but before long he was persuaded to part with his precious burden. Oblong format, white pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations, one line of text to a page. ISBN: 0192797077. Heavy bump to top corners affects all pages too. Some wear to spine and corners. Covers a tiny bit grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with a few small chips. Also slightly grubby and browned. Top corner crease to both flaps. Book has been used as a rest for writing, visible on dustwrapper at certain angles.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1990
Written by James Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1504771
Published by Daily Express. 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

No. 55. 70th anniversary edition. Tall 4to pictorial glazed boards - Rupert on a bench with Baby Badger and Little Yum. 99 pages. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850792061. Light bump to top of spine. Name in belongs to box in pen. Not price-cut. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, small tear to base of front fold.

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BIRDS OF IDAHO
Written by Thomas D. Burleigh.
Stock no. 1811170
Published by The Caxton Printers Ltd.. 1st 1972. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Buff boards, blue titles and vignettes. Colour & b/w photos. xiii and 467 pages including index. ISBN: 0870042084. Light tape marks to endpapers else contents clean. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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A HANDLIST OF THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN MOCAMBIQUE
Written by P.A. Clancey.
Stock no. 1811169
Published by Lourenco Marques. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

Parts I & II in one volume. Cardwraps with pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates plus b/w distribution maps & photos. 40 colour plates. Plate 19 appears missing but was never published. Front joint starting to crack else binding tight. Text block slightly grubby. Overall a nice copy.

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BIRDS OF THE LABRADOR PENINSULA AND ADJACENT AREAS
Written by W.E. Clyde Todd.
Stock no. 1811163
Published by University Of Toronto Press. 1st 1963. Very good condition.

A distributional list. Large format, heavy. Dark grey cloth with silver titles. Colour frontispiece of American Gyrfalcon. B/w photos and distribution map. Folding map. Top & tail of spine rubbed, small split to top of spine. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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WILLIAM-THE BOLD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2117594
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Number 27 in the 'William' series. Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette to front cover. 248pp. B/w illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some dark browning to page edges. Wrapper is very browned to spine, with some fading and scuffing to other panels; creased with edge-tears; repairs with sticky tape to verso.

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BILLY BOBTAIL
Written by Alec Buckels. Illustrated by Alec Buckels.
Stock no. 1314843
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1933. Very good condition.

Oblong format. White pictorial boards. Simple b/w drawings throughout. Billy Bobtail is a rabbit. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, tiny nick to side of spine. Covers a little grubby and foxed. Light foxing to endpapers. Name in ink (Alec Buckels - but no idea if this is an authentic author signature or not!) to front endpaper. A couple of page hinges slightly cracked. Creases to some pages from the binding process. Contents clean.

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