Stella & Rose's Books

GIMLET TAKES A JOB
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326098
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition.

Red boards with embossed dog design, black titles to spine. 4 B/w plates. 176 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some very light fading to spine. Heavy foxing (mainly to textblock), contents generally clean.

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GIMLET COMES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326096
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Peach boards, black titles and stag vignette to front. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 186 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing else a clean copy. Dustwrapper is worn and torn, grubby to white spine and rear panel and large section missing to lower edge of rear panel. Small patch of surface paper damage to front panel.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1964
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1826829
Published by Daily Express. 1964. Very good condition.

Laminated boards - front cover shows Rupert on a rock waving a camera. 1st story Rupert and the Dover Sole. Magic Painting pages. 114 pages. 10 x 7 inches. No facsimile produced for this year. Top & tail of spine lightly worn, lower corners bent. Front board and spine a little grubby. Tiny tear to surface paper on front spine edge. Belongs to box is clean. Gift inscription in ink to top of title page. NOT price-cut. Magic paintings are DONE (fairly neat). Contents otherwise clean.

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A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED No. 6)
Written by Jules Verne. Illustrated by Norman Nodel.
Stock no. 1826825
Published by CCS Books. 1st thus 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes a biography of Jules Verne, theme discussions and study questions. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781911238249. A nice copy.

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THE MOUSE WITH THE DAISY HAT
Written by Ruth Hurlimann. Illustrated by Ruth Hurlimann.
Stock no. 1826822
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Miss Selina Town Mouse was very proud of her new daisy hat and took it for a trip into the country... Matt pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0582151473. Boards lightly browned and rubbed at corners. Light browning to contents, some fingering creases, one double page spread has a small piece of surface paper damage to gutter. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily edge-worn, creased, split to spine which is repaired to verso, a few small edge-tears, a few foxspots and lightly browned & grubby.

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SAMMY AND THE MOUNTAIN KING
Written by Zacharias Topelius. Illustrated by Veronica Leo.
Stock no. 1826819
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

Sammy has been warned never to go near the terrible mountain king, who gobbles up little boys like flies. But Sammy's curiosity to see the giant for himself leads him into an unforgettable adventure. A story of a Laplander. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416506003. Boards a little scuffed. A few pale foxspots and grubby marks to contents.

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STORIES OF ROBIN HOOD
Written by Charles Herbert. Illustrated by Alfred Pearse.
Stock no. 1826816
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1935. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Shaw's Sunshine Series. Pictorial paper boards, yellow titles. Colour plates & b/w illustrations. Board edges rubbed and worn, boards unevenly faded at edges. Belongs completed in ink and dated 1935. Contents browned. Some foxing present. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with loss and faded to spine.

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OAKRIDGE: A HISTORY
Written by Pat Carrick; Kay Rhodes; Juliet Shipman.
Stock no. 1826815
Published by Oakridge Historical Research Group. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A social history of Oakridge, a village in the Cotswolds, and its surrounding hamlets of Far Oakridge, Waterlane, Bournes Green, Tunley and Daneway. Burgundy boards, white and yellow titles. Colour & b/w illustrations and photos throughout. ISBN: 0954030648. Rear panel of dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE MURRAY'S MUSEUM TT ARCHIVE
Written by Peter Murray; Raymond Ainscoe.
Stock no. 1826814
Published by Ilkley Racing Books. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Limited edition of 500. Large format. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780952480235. This is book number 269 of 500. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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JAGUAR XJ-S (OSPREY AUTOMOTIVE)
Written by Duncan Wherrett.
Stock no. 1826813
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 1855322013. Covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1968
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1326075
Published by Daily Express. 1968. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - Rupert & chums watching large ball coming down from the sky. The last Rupert annual to include Magic Paintings. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and worn, top of spine split at front edge. Child's name in red felt-tip pen to belongs to box. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. Price-cut. Magic Painting pages are UNTOUCHED. Pale page browning to contents else clean. Some page corner tips lightly creased.

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GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM
Written by Michelle Magorian.
Stock no. 1326074
Published by Kestrel Books; Penguin Books Ltd. 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Two days before the declaration of War in 1939 Willie along with hundreds of other children was evacuated from London. He found himself in Little Weirwold and takes some time to adapt to the quiet of the countryside and Tom Oakley the old man with whom he lodges. Winner of The Guardian Children's Fiction Award. Dark green boards, metallic title to spine. 304 pages. ISBN: 0722657013. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine and a little edge creased.

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