Stella & Rose's Books

THE RISE AND ASCENT OF "NUMBER TWO PLATOON"
Written by Harold Jager.
Stock no. 1824404
Published by Daily Post. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

"A" Company, 17th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Home Guard). Cloth spine, red paper boards with title to front board. B/w photos. 52 pages including names and addresses. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to front endpaper. Boards unevenly faded. Name & address in ink to front pastedown. Biro 'x's to list at end.

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CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE
Written by Richard Dawkins. Illustrated by Lalla Ward.
Stock no. 1824403
Published by Viking. 1996. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The combination of perfection and improbablity that is epitomised in the seemingly designed perfection living things. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0670850187. Second printing. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. B/w plates were stuck together and now prised apart giving surface paper damage and also imprinting of the facing page. Minor foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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GOODY O'GRUMPITY
Written by Carol Ryrie Brink. Illustrated by Ashley Wolff.
Stock no. 1824384
Published by North-South Books. 1st thus 1994. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Children come from far and near to taste Goody O'Grumpty's wonderful spice cake. A classic poem of colonial times. Easy-to-follow-recipe at the back. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 1558583270. SIGNED by the illustrator with a personal dedication to half-title page. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly worn at top of spine.

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CAPTAIN PUGWASH AND THE HUGE REWARD: A TALE OF SMUGGLING IN THE ANCIENT TOWN OF SINKPORT.
Written by John Ryan. Illustrated by John Ryan.
Stock no. 1824382
Published by Gungarden Books. 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When Captain Pugwash retires from active piracy he is amazed and delighted to be offered a Huge Reward for performing what seems to be a simple task. Little does he realise what villainy and treachery lurk in the little town of Sinkport, or what a hideous fate may await him there. Aqua cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951707108. Reprint. SIGNED (no dedication) by the author with a doodle of Captain Pugwash. Foxing to top edge of text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is foxed to verso and a few foxspots to rear panel, top edge lightly creased and lightly faded.

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MAMMOTH PIKE
Written by Neville Fickling.
Stock no. 1323836
Published by Lucebaits Publishing. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Including the details of over 450 pike recorded in excess of 35 lbs. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 239 pages. ISBN: 0953237729. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Spine slightly bumped else fine. Minimal sunning to spine of wrapper.

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THE BEACHCOMBERS
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1323831
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

As soon as Ned set eyes on the Pickerings he knew there had been a mistake... They were everything his mother disliked. Yet he stayed on because of the Beachcombers - he found them on the beach with their enchanting boat "The Sea Queen"... B/w illustrations. Peach covers, gilt titles. 126 pages. Cr 8vo. ISBN: 0571099327. SIGNED by the author to half title-page (inscription to Stephen). Spine bumped. Some light/faint foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and a bit grubby/foxed on rear panel.

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A CREEPY COMPANY
Written by Joan Aiken.
Stock no. 1323828
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An ensemble of spooky stories. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 156 pages. ISBN: 0575055448. SIGNED by the author for Robin to title-page. Spine very slightly bumped. Slight evidence of some pencil erasure to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is bright and complete.

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THE SCHOOL'S BEST MAN
Written by R.A.H. Goodyear. Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 1323804
Published by Jarrolds Publishers. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 320 pages. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper by means of a dedication. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name plate and name in ink to front pastedown. Heavy foxing else contents clean.

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A SNOWDROP
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Claudia Guercio.
Stock no. 1323711
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

No. 20 of The Ariel Poems. Large-paper edition limited to 500 copies. Green boards with gilt title to front. 2 text pages, edges untrimmed. B/w text illustrations and a full-page colour illustration. SIGNED by the author to limitation page, this is copy no. 70. Light, old tape marks to corners of endpapers. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed.

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SONGS OF CHILDHOOD
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Estella Canziani.
Stock no. 1323667
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st thus 1923. Very good condition.

Originally published in 1902, this is the new and limited edition of 310 copies. Cream vellum spine with gilt title, grey boards. 8 pretty colour plates mounted with tissue-guards plus b/w illustrations. 172 pages, edges untrimmed. This is copy no. 204 SIGNED by the author. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine and cover edges browned. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Tissue-guards to plates are browned. A couple of hinges are cracked. A few foxspots to contents.

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OPERATION PEDESTAL: THE FLEET THAT BATTLED TO MALTA 1942
Written by Max Hastings.
Stock no. 1824165
Published by William Collins. 1st 2021. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Operation Pedestal - one of the bloodiest sea battles of Britain's war, ordered by Churchill to save Malta. Limited Signed Edition. Navy boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780008364946. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to half-title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and has a 'signed by the author' sticker to front panel.

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THE ROUNDABOUT BY THE SEA AND OTHER VERSES FOR CHILDREN
Written by John Walsh. Illustrated by Christopher Brooker.
Stock no. 1323567
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poems about everyday things such as school, home, the seaside, etc made to seem new and exciting. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. A letter SIGNED by the author is included to the previous owner (D.R. Oldham). Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut and a little foxed.

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