Stella & Rose's Books

THE NEW NUMBER ONE
Written by Geoffrey Lewis.
Stock no. 1810904
Published by Sgm Publishing. 1st 2009. Fine condition.

1948: the reality of life on Britain's nationalised waterways is becoming apparent to the families who work the narrowboats on the Grand Union Canal. More change threatens as a post-war world raises new demands for faster, cheaper transport, and old ways become out-moded. The concluding tale of a popular trilogy. Cardwraps. ISBN: 9780954562489. SIGNED by the author with dedication to half-title page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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GUIDELINES FOR DRINKING-WATER QUALITY VOLUME 2: HEALTH CRITERIA AND OTHER SUPPORTING INFORMATION
No author listed.
Stock no. 1810900
Published by World Health Organization. 1992. Very good condition.

This book is intended for use by countries as a basis for the development of standards which, if properly implemented, will ensure the safety of drinking-water supplies. Blue cardwraps. ix and 335 pages including index. ISBN: 9241541695. Reprint. Covers marked and lightly creased. Front joint starting to split (binding glue dry) but binding still tight. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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TALES AND RHYMES FOR HAPPY TIMES
Written by Dorothy Arnold.
Stock no. 1314516
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Almost very good condition.

Short stories and rhymes. Large format 12.5 x 10.25". Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows Santa Claus. 4 full page chromolithographs and 80 b/w engravings. 64 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Wear to cover edges. Rear cover is browned and foxed, light damp staining to spine and some damp staining to lower edge of front cover. Endpapers foxed. Some light foxing and fingering else contents clean.

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A LITTLE BOY LOST
Written by W.H. Hudson. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 1314511
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt decorations. 12 plates, colour and b/w plus other b/w drawings. 11 x 8". Large format. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few small, light marks to covers and a small splash mark to lower edge of front cover. Name plate to front pastedown. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Endpapers and prelims lightly browned. Small drink(?) stains to lower margins of first half of the pages (small stain to lower textblock which has seeped into the pages - they are very small marks, not affecting the text).

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R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK No. 1
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1314508
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Containing The Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House That Jack Built; An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog; The Babes in the Wood. Large square format 9.25 x 8.25". Orange cloth with dark orange and black pictorial front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, light stain to base of spine and spine edge of front cover. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned, some light foxing to contents.

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TANNHAUSER
Written by Richard Wagner; T.W. Rolleston. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 1314507
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. circa 1915. Very good condition.

Publishers full brown calf binding with gilt decorations/titles. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour and b/w mounted plates plus b/w illustrations. Very slight rubbing to cover edges. There is foxing to the contents (which affects the b/w plates but not the colour ones) but otherwise this is a lovely, bright copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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TINKER, TAILOR
Written by Edric Vredenburg. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1314506
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1914. Good condition.

Brown cloth spine, brown paperboards. Front cover has vignettes of cats with central pictorial onlay of a cat tailor sewing on a patch. 12 wonderful colour plates and numerous b/w drawings - all of cats! 136 pages plus 4 page publication list. Spine and corners bumped and worn with slight loss of paper covering to lower front corner. Some light wrinkling to paper covering on covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and light fingering to contents, light pink stain to inner margin of last plate (affecting the illustration slightly). A very desirable copy of a scarce Wain title. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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JAN DES BOUVRIE: LEARNING TO LOOK
Written by Leren Kijken.
Stock no. 2116816
Published by Lannoo Publishers. 2nd 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. White covers with blind titles to spine and front cover. Dual-language book - text is in Dutch and English. Filled with colour photographs. ISBN: 9789020971811. A few grubby marks to covers. Contents are fine!

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GIANLUIGI COLIN: STREETS OF MEMORY
Written by Moreno Gentili.
Stock no. 2116814
Published by Charta. Fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Dual-language book; Italian and English. ISBN: 888158428X.

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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FOR ARCHITECTURE
Written by David Lee Smith.
Stock no. 2116812
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 1st USA 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and photos. ISBN: 9780470497098.

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MARISA ALBANESE
Written by Achille Bonito Oliva; et al.
Stock no. 2116802
Published by Charta. Circa 2011. Fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. 143 illustrations, including 107 in colour. Dual-language book; text is in Italian and English. ISBN: 9788881588046. Still in original shrink wrap.

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ADRIAN TRANQUILLI
Written by Maria Grazia Tolomeo Speranza; Alberto Fiz; et al.
Stock no. 2116801
Published by Charta. Circa 2009. Fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Dual language book; text in Italian and English. 37 illustrations, including 12 in colour. ISBN: 8881583534. Still in original shrink wrap.

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