Stella & Rose's Books

RUPERT ANNUAL 1960
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1326413
Published by Daily Express. 1960. Almost very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert with lantern, pulling a large sledge of holly. Magic painting pages. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name in ink in belongs to box. Small section of loss to lower edge of front free-endpaper. Price NOT cut. One magic painting completed, another partially completed and remaining paintings have small colour splotches. Attempt has been made on crossword and erased. Puzzle pages otherwise clean. Light page corner tip creasing.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1940 (FACSIMILE) - RUPERT'S ADVENTURE BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1326412
Published by Annual Concepts Limited. 1992. Very good condition.

Facsimile of the 5th Rupert annual (1940), the first to be issued in full colour throughout. Due to paper rationing during the war this was probably the ONLY annual to be issued that year. Colour pictorial boards. ISBN: 1874507015. Spine slightly sunned. Foxing throughout and some light page browning.

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GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME TEN
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1326409
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

5.5 x 8.75 inches. Green covers. Part of a unique series with 75 contributors. B/w illustrations throughout. 224 pages. ISBN: 0900807105. Book plate to front pastedown (filled in with name and address in ink). Partial page browning to endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 30
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1326408
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Cream boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402014. Slight black mark to front cover (from binding process). Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly sunned to spine.

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WILLIAM'S HAPPY DAYS
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326406
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black title labels to spine and vignette of William's head/shoulders to front board. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. 18th impression. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy bumping and creasing affecting rear cover. Light page browning to contents and some light creases. Dustwrapper is creased and torn with tape repairs on verso, some loss at lower edges.

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WILLIAM IN TROUBLE
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326405
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1939. Good condition.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 261 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine faded. Covers grubby, front cover marked. Inscription in ink and another name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxspots to textblock, some foxing to contents.

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WILLIAM'S HAPPY DAYS
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326403
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1942. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. 252 pages. B/w illustrations. 14th impression. Spine bumped, slight fading to top of spine and a couple of small brown spots to edge of spine. Name in ink partially erased to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper (white spine) is edge worn, grubby to spine and rear panel and has loss to top of spine.

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WILLIAM AGAIN
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326402
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1933. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 253 pages. 25th impression. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing and other spotting to contents. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and grubby with loss to top and tail of spine and large tears across front panel and at rear flap.

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MORE WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326401
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1953. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. 36th impression. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly darkened at edges. Ink stamps (some blotting out) and number A428 written to front pastedown and half title-page. Front free-endpaper missing. Contents browned but clean. Poor dustwrapper is very very worn with loss and creasing and grubbiness.

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THE STORY OF SAN MICHELE
Written by Axel Munthe; Tim Burnett.
Stock no. 1827062
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1991. Very good condition.

Introduction by Tim Burnett. Brown pictorial cloth, gilt titles and decoration. B/w photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed & knocked.

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THE FORSYTE SAGA (3 VOLUMES)
Written by John Galsworthy. Illustrated by Anthony Gross.
Stock no. 1827061
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

Contains 'The Man of Property'; 'In Chancery' and 'To Let'. Quarter bound in buckram with printed paper sides. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which scuffed and partly split at top edges, small tear to surface paper on one side.

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THE FOLIO SOCIETY BOOK OF THE 100 GREATEST PAINTINGS
Written by Martin Bailey.
Stock no. 1827056
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Edited by Martin Bailey. From Duccio to Picasso. Blue cloth with gilt titles and the names of artists in gilt to front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. A few very minor marks to text block. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has a bump to lower sealed corner.

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