Stella & Rose's Books

MOONSHINE AND MAGIC
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by William Townsend.
Stock no. 579996
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of short stories of extraordinary charm, full of whimsical incident and diverting fancy. Attractive blue, pink and yellow pictorial cloth. Delightful colour and b/w illustrations. Two top corners of covers are bumped. Some bumping to base of spine, with a few small chips to cloth. Spine is a little darkened, but rest of covers are nice and bright. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few scattered throughout contents - but not very heavily. Contents are very good indeed - plates are beautifully bright. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut with some foxing; browned and grubby to spine with some wear. There are also a few small closed edge-tears. Chipping to top of wrapper spine with very minimal loss. A beautifully bright copy of this delightful book!

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BLOSSOM A FAIRY STORY
Written by Ida Renthal Outhwaite. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
Stock no. 579880
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

A Fairy Story. Blue cloth, dark blue title to spine and front cover, with decoration to front cover. 8 Colour plates and 8 b/w plates, other b/w illustrations throughout text. A beautiful book. Some browning to covers, with a few marks. Couple of corners bumped, with very tiny amount of chipping and fraying to cloth on a couple. Light foxing/browning to endpapers, outer page edges and a few to contents. A few plates have grubby margin marks, with one plate having a little edge-chipping and a closed edge tear (though it doesn't affect picture). Still a lovely copy of this book. Reduced from £400.

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PICTURESQUE VIEWS ON THE RIVER WYE
Written by Samuel Ireland.
Stock no. 579047
Published by R. Faulder; T. Egerton. 1st 1797. Very good condition.

Picturesque Views on the River Wye, From its Source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its Junction With the Severn Below Chepstow With Observations on the Public Buildings and Other Works of Art in its Vicinity. Map showing the course of the River Wye, 30 sepia aquatints plus b/w portrait plate of John Kyrle. xii + 159 pages + errata slip. Three-quarter brown calf binding, raised bands, gilt decorations and title to spine. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. 9" x 6.5". All plates present. Prelims foxed. No half-title but no evidence of any removal. Some pencil annotation. Bookplate of J. Arthur Hutton, the famous angling author, on front pastedown. Hutton wrote numerous books on salmon fishing and of particular relevance here given the book title are Wye Salmon and Other Fish; Rod-Fishing for Salmon on the Wye. Slight rubbing to spine. Overall a handsome copy.

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FORD THE DUST AND THE GLORY A RACING HISTORY
Written by Leo Levine.
Stock no. 486063
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1968. Nearly fine condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of how automobile racing was born, including the great races, the great cars and the great drivers. 630 pages. B/w photos. Top and tail of spine bumped else book fine. Wrapper price-cut and a little edge-chipped with some tape repairs. Second printing.

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FORD THE DUST AND THE GLORY A RACING HISTORY
Written by Leo Levine.
Stock no. 486073
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1st 1968. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of how automobile racing was born, including the great races, the great cars and the great drivers. 630 pages. B/w photos. Top and tail of spine slightly bumped. Wrapper lightly browned with repaired tear to wrapper front fold.

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THE BOOK OF THE CAT
Written by Mabel Humphrey. Illustrated by Elisabeth F. Bonsall.
Stock no. 626069
Published by Lawrence and Bullen. Circa 1901. Fair condition.

Very large format. 15 x 14". Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. Beautiful full-page colour illustrations plus b/w chapter headers. Covers worn and grubby. Front joint broken, rear joint holding (just) - would benefit from being reattached to covers. Staples rusty. A few small grubby marks to margins but overall contents are lovely. REDUCED FROM £240.

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THE TALE OF BRIDGET AND THE BEES
Written by Dorothy Wall. Illustrated by Dorothy Wall.
Stock no. 734032
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition.

Bridget meets Ginger Pop who introduces her to the life of the bees. Cream pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates, two-tone and b/w illustrations. 55 pages. Spine and corners slightly worn, small worn patch to edge of front cover. Evdence of removal of very small label from front endpaper. Endpapers ligtly browned. Contents clean. A nice copy.

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UNDINE
Written by Friedrich De La Motte Fouque. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 733868
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Deluxe edition limited to 1,000 SIGNED copies. Bound in vellum with gilt decoration to spine, gilt title and vignette to front. 15 beautiful tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards. 30 b/w drawings. Copy no. 156 SIGNED by Rackham. Covers slightly grubby. Silk ties missing. Some light foxing to contents (mainly to tissue guards). All plates present and in fine condition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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HANDLEY CROSS OR MR JORROCKS'S HUNT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 733782
Published by Edward Arnold. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Some of Aldin's best work went into this, one of his favourite books. Two volumes. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates in each volume plus numerous text illustrations. Top edges gilt. Spines and corners bumped. Spines sunned with gilt dulled. Light foxing to contents else clean copies. All plates present.

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CATONINETALES A DOMESTIC EPIC
Written by Hattie Brown; W.J. Linton. Illustrated by Hattie Brown; W.J. Linton.
Stock no. 577749
Published by Lawrence and Bullen. 1st 1891. Almost very good condition.

A Domestic Epic. Natural hessian binding. W.J. Linton writing under the pseudonym of Hattie Brown. Edition limited to 330 copies. Poetry about cats. B/w end-of-chapter drawings. Copy no. 27. Covers soiled. Endpapers browned. Pages unopened at top. One page has a closed margin tear.

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PETER A CAT O' ONE TAIL AND TEUFEL THE TERRIER
Written by Charles Morley. Illustrated by Louis Wain; J. Yates Carrington.
Stock no. 577477
Published by Pall Mall Gazette. 1st 1892. Almost very good condition.

Two books bound in one. Peter is the story of Louis Wain's own cat with b/w illustrations. Teufel is Carrington's dog and is illustrated in b/w by Carrington. Pages: 88 (Peter) + 90 (Teufel). Blue cloth. Gilt title on spine is 'Peter - Teufel'. REDUCED FROM £480. Peter is 1st edition 1892. Teufel is 4th edition 1891. Covers unevenly faded. Corners bumped and worn. One inch split to top of spine. Small marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few margin marks and scattered foxing. Contents generally clean. A decent copy of this scarce early Wain, rare with additional title.

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CATS
Written by Tabitha Grimalkin. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 577483
Published by Sands and Co.. Circa 1901. Good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial cloth, red title to front. Verses by Grimalkin. Full-page super b/w illustrations by Wain. 47 pages. REDUCED FROM £580. Corners rubbed. A few marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Rear joint starting to crack. Some hinges pulled. Page 37 has 2.25 inch loss from lower edge, not affecting text or illustration. A few grubby marks to contents but generally a bright clean copy.

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