Stella & Rose's Books

MAD SUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Written by Ruth Brown. Illustrated by Ruth Brown.
Stock no. 1305240
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1998. Fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862648033. SIGNED by author to title-page.

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AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1305231
Published by Pavilion. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Foreman continues his spellbinding memoir from where his award-winning "War boy" ended. Dark blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1857935535. SIGNED by the author to verso of front endpaper (dated 1995). Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at top and tail of spine.

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THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA
Written by Jacob H. Studer.
Stock no. 1804391
Published by The Natural Science Association Of America. 1897. Very good condition.

Re-issue. 119 artistic colored plates (lithographs) representing the different species and varieties drawn and colored from nature including a copious text giving a popular account of their habits and characteristics, based on observations made in the field by the most eminent writers on ornithology prefaced by a systematic table and index to page, plate and figure. Very large format. Full red morocco binding with gilt title to front and spine. All edges gilt. 182 pages plus index. Spine faded, edges rubbed, a few scuff marks to front & rear board. Corners worn. Front joint between title page and frontis pulled. Some scattered foxing. A few closed margin tears. Some grubby margin marks (fingering). All plates present and beautifully bright.

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SYMPTOMS OF BEING AMUSED VOLUME 1
Written by Henry Alken. Illustrated by Henry Alken.
Stock no. 1804390
Published by Thos. McLean. 1st 1822. Almost very good condition.

Volume 1 (all published). Large oblong format. Three quarters burgundy leather with cloth sides. 42 handcoloured plates including title page by Alken, many in his sporting/equine style. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Includes Symptoms of a Preface page. Boards worn, faded and marked. Joints cracked but binding still tight. Inscription in ink to verso of first blank page. 41 of 42 hand coloured plates present. Frontis has been expertly repaired/relined. Probably a rebound copy as the tissue guards have watermark dating 1865. Plates wonderfully bright but grubby marks to margins and slightly affecting plates. Overall a nice copy of a weird and wonderful item!

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THREE CHEERS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1305222
Published by Lewis's Ltd.. Very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. First story is "The Fairies and the Frying Pan". 6 plates, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn, there is a tiny hole to front edge of spine. Contents are browned and foxed but otherwise clean.

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HIDE AND SEEK
Written by Christine Chaundler; Cecily M. Rutley; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; E. Dorothy Rees; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1305221
Published by Lewis's Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, white pictorial boards. First story is "The Kid in Fancy Dress" by Chaundler. 6 colour plates (including one possible cat one by Wain entitled "Having a good time" although there is no signature). B/w illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners slightly worn. Covers are a little grubby and there is a patch of surface paper damage to spine edge of rear cover. Contents are foxed and browned but otherwise clean.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF ROSES
Written by Michael Gibson.
Stock no. 1703888
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

Observer book no. 84. Glazed pictorial boards. With 130 Colour photographs and 12 line drawings. ISBN: 0723216061. Covers browned, with fading to spine.

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THE CHILD OF THE CARAVAN
Written by E.M. Green. Illustrated by Edith Scannell.
Stock no. 1305210
Published by Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Ltd.. circa 1897. Very good condition.

Attractive blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations. 189 pages. All edges gilt. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Foxing and some fingering throughout. Some of the hinges are cracked.

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THE DUNGEON
Written by Lynne Reid Banks.
Stock no. 1305183
Published by Collins. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A powerful medieval tragedy. Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 000713777X. SIGNED by author to title-page. Heavy bumping to top and tail of spine of book and wrapper else a fine copy.

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TROLL MILL
Written by Katherine Langrish. Illustrated by Tim Stevens; David Wyatt.
Stock no. 1305170
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Dark secrets, gruesome grindings, troll trickery. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0007170742. SIGNED by author to title-page.

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THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS
Written by Thomas Ingoldsby. Illustrated by Harry G. Theaker.
Stock no. 1305118
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1911. Good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt vignette to front and title to spine. Page edges blue. 16 colour plates with tissue guard to frontis piece. 546 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name plate to front pastedown. Front joint is cracked showing webbing. Endpapers and tissue-guard of frontis are browned, there is some foxing. The contents are generally clean.

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BONZO
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1305095
Published by Hachette. Very good condition.

Red spine, yellow pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations to each page with text (in French) besides them. 16pages. Slight wear to spine and corners. Top edge of rear cover is grubby. Contents lightly browned otherwise clean. Top corners are very slightly creased.

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