Stella & Rose's Books

A FORGOTTEN LINK
Written by Maria A. Hoyer. Illustrated by Hilda K. Robinson.
Stock no. 1402499
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P.Dutton & Co.. circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial grey boards wth black titles. B/w illustrations. 128 pages plus 8 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some marks to covers which are a bit grubby. Prize presentation plate to front endpaper. Small booksellers sticker to front endpaper. Front joint and a couple of hinges are cracked. Erased pencil marks to title page and page opposite. Some grubby marks to contents.

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POLLY AT MERRYDALE
Written by Agnes Nankivell. Illustrated by Agnes Nankivell.
Stock no. 1502466
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 2nd 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Another adventure with Polly Wifflewaight, this time staying with Auntie-in-the-country. Dark pink boards with gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 164 pages. Top of spine bumped, gilt dulled to spine. Light browning to front endpaper. Some foxing. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears.

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THE MYSTERY MAN
Written by Charlotte M. Kelly. Illustrated by S. Bright.
Stock no. 1402491
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Who was the man known to everyone as the Hermit? The young Ethertons on holiday in Switzerland were determined to find out. Blue boards with darker blue titles. Vignette of a palace to front board. B/w illustrations. 128 pages. Tower House series. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Mottling to boards. Small bump to bottom of rear board. Foxing mainly to endpapers otherwise contents generally clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and tornd with small areas of loss. Label stuck to front panel. Heavy foxing to wrapper.

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COLLECTING VICTORIAN TILES
Written by Terence A. Lockett. Illustrated by Geoff Taylor; Stephen Yates.
Stock no. 2113942
Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1988. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis. B/w photos. ISBN: 0902028820. Wrapper is faded to spine, with a few small marks.

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BLUNTSTONE AND THE WILDKEEPERS
Written by Nigel Grimshaw.
Stock no. 2113920
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0571105335. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has illustration by Shirley Hughes; has some browning and fading; light edge-creasing.

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LISTEN TO THE WIND
Written by H.F. Brinsmead. Illustrated by Robert Micklewright.
Stock no. 2113915
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Light browning to very edges of covers. A few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased and still has original publisher plastic cover over it; stuck to verso at edges.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1949
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2113912
Published by Daily Express. 1949. Good condition.

Last Rupert annual issued in card wraps - Rupert carol singing. 1st story Rupert & Ninky. 120 pages. 9.5x7 ins. Spine has 2" loss to base and 1.5" loss to top; smaller bit of loss to middle. Cover corners are creased. Some foxing. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Contents are still very good; a few margin marks, else contents are bright.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK QUIBBA
Written by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 2113901
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1903. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth with black title to spine and vignette to front cover, with red titles to front cover. 143 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine is browned, with bumping. Some wear to cover edges. Corners are bumped. New endpapers, that have a little foxing. Some grubby margin marks.

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COLLETT'S FARTHING NEWSPAPER: THE BOWERCHALKE VILLAGE NEWSPAPER 1878-1924
Written by Rex Sawyer.
Stock no. 1808795
Published by The Hobnob Press. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a newspaper like no other, written and printed every week for over forty years in the remote South Wiltshire village of Bowerchalke by its remarkable vicar, the Revd Edward Collett. Originally published as The Bowerchalke Parish Papers: Collett's Village Newspaper, 1878-1924 in 1989 by Alan Sutton Publishing. A completely revissed and reset edition with additional illustrations. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 166 pages including index. ISBN: 0946418225. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Base of spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwapper is unevenly faded and lightly edge-worn.

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ON'Y TONY AND THE DRAGON
Written by Brenda E. Spender. Illustrated by Barbara Turner.
Stock no. 1502426
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

On'y Tony meets Bell's brother, known as the Dragon, and through him did a great many very naughty things. Pale blue marble effect boards with blue spine and dark blue titles. B/w illustrations. 80 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Top of spine darkened, edges of covers browned and foxed. Endpapers browned. One hinge cracked. Dustwrapper has loss from top and bottom of spine and is also torn along the spine. Also loss at bottom of front panel, tears and chipping elsewhere. Spine very browned, rear panel a bit grubby.

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SING ROUND THE YEAR
Written by Donald Swann. Illustrated by Roy Spencer.
Stock no. 1402464
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Songs of Praise, selected and composed by Donald Swann. Green boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0370010701. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light browning to board edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Small hole to front endpaper. Pale browning to endpapers and a couple of marks otherwise contents clean. Slight musty smell to book. Orange and green dustwrapper is price -cut and a little edge worn.

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THE UNKNOWN ISLAND
Written by Dudley Charles Hoon. Illustrated by Brenda Sheldon.
Stock no. 1402462
Published by Pongo Books. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

The Adventures of Pongo the Pup. Brown cloth. Title and vignette of Pongo on front board. Two-tone illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Small piece of bottom corner of front endpaper missing. Creasing to rear endpaper. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. A few foxspots and a couple of grubby marks otherwise contents are generally clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with areas of loss at bottom of spine, top of rear panel and bottom of rear flap. Creasing to both panels and flap. Couple of pen marks at bottom of front flap. Grubby marks to rear panel.

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