Stella & Rose's Books

FIRST TERM AT MALORY TOWERS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stanley Lloyd.
Stock no. 2137440
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, green titles and vignette. Blue and green pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 153 pages. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Slight fade to very edge of a couple of edges. Some light knocks along cover edges. White mottling to pasetdowns at edges (from glue underneath). Foxing and some browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with a faded spine; some edge-tears and chips; a few small areas of loss along edges. Wrapper has some tape repairs with magic tape to verso.

Price: £750.00 £525.00.

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EGYPTIAN BIRDS
Written by Charles Whymper. Illustrated by Charles Whymper.
Stock no. 2137437
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Fawn cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Yellow, green and orange decoration to spine; 51 tissue-guarded colour plates as well as 11 line drawings in text. 2 page original booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Black mark to top edge of outer page edges (over gilt). Joints are a little cracked. Small damp marks along top edge and bottom corner of front endpaper. Some foxing and marks throughout. Light browning to plate margins.

Price: £130.00 £91.00.

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THE LAKE OF GENEVA
Written by Francis Gribble. Illustrated by J. Hardwicke Lewis; May Hardwicke Lewis.
Stock no. 2137434
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1909. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black Colour Book 20 Shilling Series. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles to spine and and front cover. Top edge gilt. 60 tissue-guarded colour plates. Folding map. 4 page booklist to rear. The rarest of the Black's 20 Shilling Series. Assumed early edition/reprint in same year as 1st edition - as has 4 page booklist to rear. Spine is browned with a few chips and splits to top; some fraying to cloth. Corners are bumped. A bit of scuffing to rear cover. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Joints are starting to crack a little. Some foxing and browning.

Price: £280.00 £196.00.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1947 - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2137385
Published by Daily Express. 1947. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps - Rupert running after a tiny dragon. 1st story Rupert and the Top Hat. Light wear to top an tail of spine, which has a little browning. Name/inscription in ink to belongs to box. NOT price-cut. A few marks to belongs to page. Browning to pages, but puzzles are clean.

Price: £220.00 £154.00.

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ME 262 VOLUME ONE
Written by J. Richard Smith; E.J. Creek; et al.
Stock no. 2137318
Published by Classic Publications. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first volume of an exhaustive study of the Messerschmitt Me 262, the world's first operational military jet aircraft. Large format. Red boards, silver title to spine, blind title to front. B/w photos and illustrations, colour fold-outs. ISBN: 0952686724. Small knocks along cover edges, with brown stain along bottom edge of front cover. The odd margin mark, else contents are still excellent! Wrapper is edge-creased with grubby mark to rear panel.

Price: £130.00 £91.00.

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PARLICOOT
Written by Alex W. MacLeod. Illustrated by Alex W. Macleod.
Stock no. 2137312
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition.

And How He Set Out to Find A Playmate. Parlicoot is a strange little creature who appears in the Dell one day looking for a Playmate. An enchanting story delightfully illustrated. 23 pages. Slightly oblong format. Heavy foxing and browning to cloth spine. Scuff and scribble marks to covers. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Marks to front pastedown and half-title page. Outer page edges also are marked.

Price: £165.00 £115.50.

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BIGGLES LOOKS BACK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2137306
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 Pages. Bumping to spine. Inscription in ink, with white tippex fluid marks to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper has top corner of front flap cut off; edge-creasing with a few chips and nicks; a few marks to rear panel.

Price: £150.00 £105.00.

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BENTLEY CONTINENTAL R
Written by Ian Adcock.
Stock no. 1823542
Published by Osprey Automotive. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition.

The Bentley Continetal R was a luxury Coupe manufactured by British automobile manufacturer Bentley Motors from 1991 to 2003. It was the fastest, most expensive, and most powerful Bentley automobile of its day. It was also the most expensive production car in the world at its introduction. Large oblong format. Blue leather, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. All edges gilt. ISBN: 1855322609. A few minor scuffs to leather. Contents are fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase also in fine condition due, in part, to the original bubble packaging being present.

Price: £500.00 £350.00.

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THE BOOKSHOP ON THE QUAY
Written by Patricia Lynch. Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
Stock no. 2137060
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green covers with gilt title to spine. Two-colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Browning to top and tail of spine. A few marks to covers. Knocks along cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A little foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has top corner cut off from front flap; edge-creasing and some tears; a few small areas of loss; also foxed.

Price: £140.00 £98.00.

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LORDS & LADIES (NMN 17)
Written by C.T. Prime. Illustrated by Robert J. Jones.
Stock no. 2136930
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Monograph series no. 17. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 6 b/w photos plus line drawings and diagrams. Small knocks to base of spine. Browning to half-title page and outer page edges, which are also foxed. Wrapper is browned to spine and has closed tear to top; with a few small chips and nicks along edges.

Price: £115.00 £80.50.

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THE OTTERBURY INCIDENT
Written by Cecil Day Lewis. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2136921
Published by Putnam & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. A tale of detection and high adventure for boys and girls. Small knocks to top and tail of spine. Couple of corners are bumped. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few tears and chips; small chips of loss; some marks and foxing.

Price: £150.00 £105.00.

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THE ADVENTURES OF WONK - THE SNOWMAN
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 2136917
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 4th 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 417. Blue boards with pale blue vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Also contains: KIDNAPPED. Small knocks to top and tail of spine, which has become a little faded. Inscription in ink to verso of title page. Wrapper is price-cut with ink name stamps to front flap; some tears and chips; 1" piece loss to top edge of front panel.

Price: £140.00 £98.00.

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