Stella & Rose's Books

BEAKY THE GREEDY DUCK
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 441354
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 497. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. A little bumping to cover edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing to a few page margins. Pictorial wrapper is faded to spine and edges, with red crayon scribble to front panel and name in ink to top of front panel. Ned the Lonely Donkey is last title on rear flap.

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MUSCO BLUE WHALE
Written by Vincent Smith. Illustrated by Wilson Buchanan.
Stock no. 441257
Published by Harper & Row. 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0063120089. Wrapper is browned and foxed.

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THE THREE KITTENS
Written by Winifred Martin. Illustrated by Winifred Martin.
Stock no. 813656
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Full of b/w illustrations. Easy to read text. Story of a nice tabby cat who lived on a farm with three kittens - two boys and a girl. Cloth spine, yellow pictorial front board showing three kittens with ball of red wool. Covers lightly scuffed, corners lightly rubbed. Remains of label to front pastedown. Stitching is coming loose from the covers so contents are very loose. A few small marks and foxspots to contents.

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THE ADVENTUROUS FOUR AGAIN!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Jessie Land.
Stock no. 381877
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 2nd 1950. Good condition.

Orange cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. The Second Story of the Adventurous Four. Spine and corners bumped. Spine lightly browned and covers grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown has been blotted out with blue ink, a couple of old tape marks to pastedowns. Rear joint cracked. Foxing and grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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MURDER BY AIR
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 813618
Published by Newnes. Circa 1937. Very good condition.

Brick red cloth with title to spine. The third book in the Steeley Series. 252 pages. Spine faded. Covers lightly marked.

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WINGS OF ROMANCE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 813619
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

A Steeley Adventure. Orange cloth, black title to spine. 220 pages. Covers slightly faded and marked. Corners bumped. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Outer page edges a little foxed.

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BIMBO AND TOPSY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Lucy Gee.
Stock no. 813620
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Top and tail of spine faded. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pages lightly browned with odd foxspot. Pictorial wrapper is grubby with slight loss to corners and top and tail of spine. Red title to wrapper spine is faded.

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BIMBO AND TOPSY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Lucy Gee.
Stock no. 813628
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Top of spine bumped. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Page edges are browned, with the odd foxspot. Wrapper is edge-chipped with surface paper damage, mainly to top of spine. Reduced from £160.

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THE HISTORIC TAF VALLEYS VOLUME TWO
Written by John Perkins; Jack Evans; Mary E. Gillham.
Stock no. 813581
Published by Merthyr Tydfil and District Naturalists' Society. 1st 1982. Fine condition.

Illustrated glazed boards. Maps, b/w text illustrations and b/w photographs. Looking at the geology, social and natural history of the Taf Valleys within the Brecon Beacons National Park. ISBN: 0905928210. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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COLLECTIONS FOR THE HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE
Written by Tredway Nash.
Stock no. 813546
Published by John White. 1799. Almost very good condition.

Second edition with additions. Two volumes. Very large format. 18 x 11 inches. Full brown leather, gilt titles and decorations. Marbled endpapers and edges. Plates and pedigrees checked against book index and Upcott page 1330. Variations: Vol II - the book index calls for Kyre plate. This is a repeat of the one in Vol I (Upcott) but is not duplicated. Vol I has b/w frontis not in book index or Upcott. Vol I has illustrated title page with Bevere Elm (not listed) as well as Bevereye (listed). Vol I: 39 b/w plates + frontis + large folding map + text illustrations. Vol II: Illustrated title page + 37 b/w plates + plan of Worcester as frontis + text illustrations. Vol I: xcii + 609 pages + 1 page list of plates and pedigrees. Vol II: 484 + clxviii + dedication page to Lord Sandys + 13 pages Domesday facsimile + 104 pages. Rebacked with modern leather spine. Gilt decorations to spines. Red and black leather title labels with gilt titles to spines. Original covers scuffed and slightly worn at edges and corners. Slight damage to front endpapers where a bookplate has been removed and replaced by a slightly smaller one. Last two pages of Vol II detached. Contents very clean and bright. A handsome set.

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EXCURSIONS IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX
No author listed.
Stock no. 813549
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme And Brown. 1st 1822. Good condition.

Comprising Brief Historical and Topographical Delineations; Together With Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Other Interesting Objects of Curiosity. Forming a Complete Guide for the Traveller & Tourist. Small format. 6.5 x 4 inches. Brown leather spine and corners. Red title label to spine. Brown boards. 43 b/w plates. Title page states 50 plates but 43 present. Boards a little unevenly faded.

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CAT STUDIES
Written by Edward Greenly.
Stock no. 813572
Published by The Cats' protection League. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

All about the domestic cat. Chapters include the origin of domestic cats, the cult of the sacred cat, names of the cat, physical endowments and much more. Green boards, black title to spine. 79 pages. 10 b/w photos. Bookplate to front endpaper. Pale foxing to endpapers and text block else a nice, clean copy.

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