Stella & Rose's Books

PIERRE
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1324240
Published by Harper & Row. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A coutionary tale in five chapters and a prologue. Reinforced library binding (bigger than the normal Nutshell edition). Blue pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations throughout. 48 pages. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn/rubbed with a gold Harpercrest sticker to spine.

Buy now for £30.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

BENNIE BLACK LAMB
Written by Cicely Englefield. Illustrated by Cicely Englefield.
Stock no. 1324239
Published by John Murray. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Cloth spine, pale blue pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxspots to spine. Endpapers partly browned else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears which have been tape repaired on verso, spine of wrapper is slightly browned.

Buy now for £24.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE LAUGHTER OF PETERKIN
Written by Fiona Macleod. Illustrated by Sunderland Rollinson.
Stock no. 1324238
Published by Archibald Constable And Co.. 1st 1897. Almost very good condition.

Pale blue cloth with gilt titles and dark blue illustration to front cover. 4 b/w plates. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some slight grubby marks to cover edges and slight browning to spine. Endpapers lightly browned. Neat name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

Buy now for £34.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

JUST SO STORIES
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Joseph M. Gleeson; Paul Bransom.
Stock no. 1324237
Published by Garden City Publishing Co.. Circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with large pictorial onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Colour plates and title page, b/w illustrations. 249 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. There are markings to the cloth and some scratching to the onlay. Name in ink in belongs to box. Some foxing but contents generally clean.

Buy now for £28.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

GOGGLES!
Written by Ezra Jack Keats. Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats.
Stock no. 1324234
Published by The Bodley Head Ltd. 1st UK 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Peter and Archie find a pair of motorcycle goggles! Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Fantastic colour illustrations to each page. ISBN: 0370015355. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly sunned to spine and slightly edge rubbed.

Buy now for £14.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE UGLY DUCKLING
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; R.P. Keigwin. Illustrated by Johannes Larsen.
Stock no. 1324231
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st UK 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Translated by Keigwin. Oblong format. Burgundy cloth spine, cream boards with silver title to front cover. 24 full-page colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink and some light creasing to front free-endpaper. Some light grubby marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby, slight loss to spine ends.

Buy now for £20.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1324229
Published by J. Coker & Co.. Almost very good condition.

6 beautiful colour plates. Pictorial boards, cloth spine. Front cover shows Goldilocks with three teddy bears. 159 numbered pages. 11.5" x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small splash mark to rear cover. Small ink stamp initials to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents and a few other small margin marks. One hinge cracked.

Buy now for £25.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

RUPERT ANNUAL 1973
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1324228
Published by Daily Express. 1973. Very good condition.

Pictorial laminated boards - Rupert playing in a tree. 1st story Rupert and the Bouncers. The last cover design by Alfred Bestall - and the first with a white-faced Rupert. This change caused Bestall to resign. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Spine and corners bumped. A few tiny spots to front cover. Child's name and address in biro to belongs to box (also heavy pencil writing has been erased). Price NOT cut. Contents otherwise clean.

Buy now for £18.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

BRITISH PLANT LIFE (NN 10)
Written by W.B. Turrill.
Stock no. 1324227
Published by Collins. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. Green cloth covers. 6 x 8.5 inches. 315 pages. Depicting colour illustrations of plants of specific interest. A most attractive and informative book. Spine slightly bumped. Fading to spine and front cover edges. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby to rear panel, slightly browned to spine with 0.5" loss at top.

Buy now for £14.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE DICTIONARY OF 20TH CENTURY BRITISH BOOK ILLUSTRATORS
Written by Alan Horne.
Stock no. 1324225
Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Information about some 1,000 British illustrators, the lesser known as well as the masters in the field. Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 456 pages. ISBN: 1851491082. Spine very slightly bumped. A nice, bright copy.

Buy now for £28.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

TOLD AGAIN
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 1324223
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Traditional tales told by de La Mare. Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 320 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few foxspots to textblock. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper.

Buy now for £35.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARWHOPPLE
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Gertrude Lindsay.
Stock no. 1324219
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 120 pages. Foxing to covers, endpapers and textblock. White dustwrapper is ever so slightly grubby and foxed on verso.

Buy now for £48.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List