Stella and Rose's Books Logo

Stella & Rose's Books

Specialists in Rare & Collectable Books

120 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.

GIMLET LENDS A HAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326131
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A "King of the Commandos" adventure. Blue cloth, black titles. B/w pictures. 4 b/w plates. 189 pages. Spine slightly bumped and spotted. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tear to top of spine (but only very minimal loss to spine and corners).

Buy now for £24.00 Add to Wish List

GIMLET MOPS UP
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326128
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth, brown titles and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis plus green and black full-page illustrations. 185 pages. 7.25 x 4.75". Spine and corners bumped. Some slight grubbiness to covers. Endpapers browned. Textblock is slightly dusty else contents clean.

Buy now for £10.00 Add to Wish List

BIGGLES HUNTS BIG GAME
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326105
Published by Brockhampton Press. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue mottled boards. B/w illustrations. 183 pages. The Hampton Library Series. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Ink name stamp and small patch of pencil erasure to front free-endpaper. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a light damp stain to top edge of rear panel.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

GIMLET TAKES A JOB
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326098
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition.

Red boards with embossed dog design, black titles to spine. 4 B/w plates. 176 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some very light fading to spine. Heavy foxing (mainly to textblock), contents generally clean.

Buy now for £54.00 Add to Wish List

BIGGLES FLIES WEST
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326065
Published by Brockhampton Press. Circa 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Hampton Library series. Pale blue mottled covers, red title to spine. 185 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

GIMLET'S ORIENTAL QUEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1826511
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A 'King of the Commandos' Adventure. A desperate treasure hunt in siamese jungle, which began harmlessly enough as a fishing holiday in the Highlands of Scotland. Gimlet and 'Cub' Peters lead an expedition to vindicate a dead man's faith. Green cloth, colour frontis. 8 b/w illustrations. Light bumping to top of spine (minor). A few minor foxspots mainly to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn with a few small chips and tears.

Buy now for £15.00 Add to Wish List

WHAT A SURPRISE!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Molly Brett.
Stock no. 1325588
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1954. Good condition.

'Little' Book No. 15. Card wraps, small format. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers are creased. Staples rusty. Some light page browning else contents clean. A couple of small margin tears.

Buy now for £38.00 Add to Wish List

FIVE GO TO BILLYCOCK HILL
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1825391
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1972. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The sixteenth book about the Famous Five in which they all become involved in peculiar happenings around their camp on Billycock Hill. Watch out for the pet pig! Red boards, black lettering, black & white pictorial endpapers. 182 pages. ISBN: 0340033657. Third Impression. Boards nice and bright. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is unusually bright, light creasing to top edge and slightly grubby to rear panel, else very clean.

Buy now for £16.00 Add to Wish List

SECRET SEVEN MYSTERY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Burgess Sharrocks.
Stock no. 1324547
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards with SS symbol. B/w illustrations. 120 pages. Third impression. Spine bumped. Old tape marks to endpapers. Corner tips from a couple of pages have been torn off. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and lightly browned on verso.

Buy now for £16.00 Add to Wish List

THREE CHEERS SECRET SEVEN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Burgess Sharrocks.
Stock no. 1324546
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The eighth adventure for the Secret Seven - finding out what was behind the drawn curtains of Bartlett Lodge. Pale blue boards, SS symbol. B/w illustrations. 120 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name and address in blue biro in belongs to box. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly grubby with some neat tape repairs.

Buy now for £12.00 Add to Wish List

GO AHEAD SECRET SEVEN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Bruno Kay.
Stock no. 1324543
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Secret Seven are hard at work on another problem... why would a bull-terrier be pushed through a dark, deep coal-hole? And what, or who, was waiting down below? It was certainly a case for the police, but... Pale blue boards decorated with SS symbol. B/w illustrations. Seventh impression. Spine and corners bumped. Old tape marks to endpapers. One page is detached but present (pg 53/54). Dustwrapper has old tape marks to flaps and is slightly worn to spine and corners.

Buy now for £12.50 Add to Wish List

BIGGLES PRESSES ON
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324413
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards with white title and scottie dogs to spine, embossed decorations to covers. Colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. A few foxspots. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

Buy now for £60.00 Add to Wish List