Stella & Rose's Books

RUPERT ANNUAL 1982
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1817124
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1982. Very good condition.

Tall laminated boards. Front cover shows Rupert jumping with springs on his feet. First story is: Rupert & Ping Pong. 92 pages. ISBN: 0850791200. SIGNED by Alfred Bestall 'with love from Rupert and Alfred E. Bestall '82' to title page. Bestall was a close neighbour of the previous owner's Aunt. Corners lightly bumped & worn. Small split to base of spine. NOT inscribed. Price-cut. Contents fine.

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THE DANDY MONSTER COMIC 1942
No author listed.
Stock no. 2129020
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1942. Fair condition.

Front cover shows Korky fishing with sausages from the front of a boat called Dandy. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. Binding is weak; joints are nearly broken and showing stitching. Splitting to top and tail of spine; some wear of loss to spine. Heavy wear to edges and corners. Belongs to page has inscriptions in ink. A few brown paper tape repairs to hinges of prelims. Foxing throughout. Some page tears. A fair copy of a very scarce wartime annual.

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PAUL THE HERO OF THE FIRE
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2128409
Published by Penguin Books. 1ST 1948. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A Porpoise Book. Yellow pictorial stiff card wraps. Colour pictures throughout. Splits to both sides of spine at top and tail; bottom 1" of spine is missing. Some marks to covers. Contents are still very good - beautiful colour illustrations! Just some page browning,. Wrapper has been badly torn and creased, with a few pieces of loss.

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IN THE LAND OF NOD
Written by Ada C. Marzetti. Illustrated by F. Carruthers Gould.
Stock no. 2128337
Published by Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh. 1st 1887. Very good condition.

Brown cloth with red titles and decorations to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Inscriptions in ink to front pastedown and front endpaper; one is partially erased. Pale foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Odd margin mark.

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AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN HEREFORDSHIRE (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 2128332
Published by HMSO. Very good condition.

Three volumes. Grey pictorial cloth. Top edges git. Numerous b/w photos and illustrations. 11 x 8.5 inches. Volume I - South West, published 1931. Volume II - East, published 1932 Volume III - South-West, published 1934. Spines have varying degrees of browning and fading. Volume II also has a couple of small tears to cloth at top and tail. Inscription in ink (partially crossed out) to front endpaper of Volume I. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges of all volumes. A couple of plate pages (b/w photos), have neat annotations/notes beneath them in pencil.

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CATS AND KITTENS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2128233
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1928. Very good condition.

Larger format. Card wraps. Colour pictures to inside front and rear covers. Rest of illustrations are black an white. Easy-to-read text. A thin book - not too many pages long. Shows distinctive Wain cat depictions. Wear to spine. Creasing to cover corners. A few light foxspots. Name in ink to top of title page.

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TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN FLORENTINE TRECENTO PAINTING: GIOVANNI BONSI TOMMASO DEL MAZZA
Written by Simona Pasquinucci; Barbara Deimling.
Stock no. 2128162
Published by Giunti. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. A Corpus of Florentine Painting. Section VI, Volume VIII. ISBN: 9788809014558. Still in original shrink wrap - UNOPENED! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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ELDER CONTEMPORARIES OF BERNARDO DADDI
Written by Richard Offner.
Stock no. 2128161
Published by Giunti Barbera. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. A Corpus of Florentine Painting, Section III, Volume II. ISBN: 9788809200203. Still in original shrink wrap - UNOPENED! This copy would make a wonderful gift. Just light wear to a couple of corners where book has pushed through shrink wrap.

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PEREGRINE
Written by Emma Ford. Illustrated by Antony Rhodes.
Stock no. 2127954
Published by Fourth Estate. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large, oblong format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine, pictorial onlay to front. With original paintings by Anthony Rhodes and photos by Piers Cavendish. ISBN: 1857021053. SIGNED by Artist to title page. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Rear endpaper is creased. Slip case is split along two sides with tape repairs.

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RURAL SPORTS (2 VOLUMES)
Written by William B. Daniel.
Stock no. 2127953
Published by Bunny And Gold. Circa 1801. Almost very good condition.

2 volumes. Brown leather covers, gilt borders. B/w plates. Includes sections on dogs, plus fox and stag hunting, hare coursing. Rabbit, martin, badger and otter hunting. Angling, game shooting and waterfowl etc. Both volumes have been rebacked with new spines with raised bands; new endpapers, original boards and pages. Volume 1 No longer has its title page. All plates present. Volume 1 was published in 1801 and Volume 2 in 1802. Scuffing and wear to covers; heavy wear to corners. Foxing, browning and some margin marks.

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THE TWINS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2127770
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1910. Good condition.

Large format. 24 gorgeous colour plates. The story of Snip and Snap, two spaniel puppies. Grey paperboards with colour onlay to front. Pictorial endpapers. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Couple of splits to spine, which is also grubby, with a little fraying to top and tail. Some scuffs and surface paper damage to onlay to front cover. Damp marks to edges of rear covers, but only goes through a little to rear endpapers. Damp marks also to corners of front cover. Page browning, with the odd foxspot. Hinges are pulled in places, so that binding is starting to weaken, a few magic tape repairs. Illustrations are still wonderful!!

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THE MONGREL PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2127769
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth spine, buff paper boards, black title and illustration of mongrel puppies behind bars to front. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Life and adventures of a mongrel pup! Spine has completely faded to brown and has splits and chips, with some loss and fraying to cloth. Chipping along cover edges. Bumping to corners. A little bowing to front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning; odd foxspot. Contents are still generally very good.

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