Stella & Rose's Books

PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTATION
Written by D.C. Ramsay.
Stock no. 1813193
Published by Arnold. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition.

Engineers and scientists utilise a wide range of mechanical and electronic instruments to measure, convert and monitor performance and this book provides a comprehensive introduction to a broad range of engineering instrumentation. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w diagrams. 216 pages including index. ISBN: 0340645695.

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LITTLE PICKY GOES TO SCHOOL
Written by Henry Phelps. Illustrated by Bruno Frost.
Stock no. 1506732
Published by The Conrad Press Ltd.. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition.

Picky's mother took him all round the neighbourhood showing him many people and things. Would you like to know where they went and what they saw? Cloth spine, black front cover shows two birds sat on signpost. Colour illustration and verse for each letter of the alphabet. A little bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Light crease to bottom corner of front cover. Covers slightly grubby. Ink inscription and corner crease to front endpaper. One hinge cracked. Light foxing to endpapers and an odd mark to contents.

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DR. JOLLYBOY'S ABC
No author listed. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1316190
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. circa 1898. Very good condition.

Large format. Green pictorial boards. Full-page illustrations with words to find for each letter of the alphabet. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some slight grubbiness to covers. Foxing to endpapers. Page edge browning and some grubby fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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GRUNO 1937-2002
Written by Jan Anderiesse; Leslie Spurling.
Stock no. 1811714
Published by Uitgeverij De Alk. 1st 2003. Fine condition.

The history of the N.V. Scheepvaartbedrijf "Gruno" and their associated ships. Dual language: English & Dutch. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 200 pages. ISBN: 9060132165. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE GOLDEN PLAYBOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Alfred J. Johnson.
Stock no. 1505197
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1890. Good condition.

Comprising The Golden Alphabet, Dorothy's Dolls, Red Riding Hood's Party. Grey and blue pictorial cloth. Full-page pictures printed in colour by Edmund Evans. All edges gilt. A delightful Victorian book. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers are grubby and marked. Both joints cracked. Some damp damage to contents, two pages have been stuck together on bottom margin, now torn apart causing surface paper damage to last line of text and a few other pages have surface paper damage or tears to bottom edge. Large 5.5" tear to one illustration. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Numerous pencil marks to contents. mostly short lines to blank pages. Grubby marks to contents.

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THE EASY READING BOOK
Written by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1505183
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Very good condition.

Cosy Corner Picture Book. Contains the alphabet, counting, puzzles and short stories. Red spine, pictorial front cover shows girl and doll stood facing each other, 10 x 7.5". Illustrated endpapers. Two colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Wear to corners and cover edges. Rear cover grubby. Ink inscription to top corner of front pastedown. Erased pencil scribble to rear endpapers. Foxing and a few marks to frontis, title page and first two text pages, rest of contents have less foxing and just a very odd mark. Some of dot-to-dots have been completed then erased.

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MY ALPHABET BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314421
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations for each letter of the alphabet throughout (2 per letter per page). "K is for Keys, K is for Kingfisher" Covers a little bit grubby. Slight wear to spine and corners. Finger creases and light marks to page edges but generally clean.

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RAGGED ROBIN
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1710162
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1990. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

James Reeves takes children on a magical poetic tour through the alphabet - here is King Arthur in Avalon, Brand the Blacksmith, Moths and Moonshine, Noah, etc. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744511089.

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THE ELIZABETH GIFT BOOK
Written by Ida May.
Stock no. 1310575
Published by Albert E. Marriott. circa 1931. Very good condition.

Blue boards, black titles. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour photos of the very young Princess Elizabeth and two-tone illustrations for the children's stories. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Small nick to lower edge of spine. Inscription in ink and small Xmas sticker to front endpaper. Pale page browning and light foxing to first few and last few pages else contents clean.

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AN ALPHABET OF ANIMALS
No author listed. Illustrated by Carton Moorepark.
Stock no. 1307920
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

Magnificent b/w plate for each animal along with a paragraph of text on each. Large format. Green boards and spine, front shows a pair of shire(?) horses. Spine rebacked with green cloth keeping most of the original title-strip. Corners worn and some slight scuffing to covers. Endpapers professionally replaced. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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ABC DRAWN AND COLOURED
No author listed. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 1306139
Almost very good condition.

Small format (6.5 x 5.75"). Red cloth spine, red pictorial boards. Two letters of the alphabet illustrated in colour with a small rhyme opposite featuring words beginning with that letter. A scarce ABC book. Spine slightly bumped, corners worn and edges rubbed. Some slight scuffing to covers. Staples are rusty with small marks to endpapers. The tissue-guards are lightly browned with a couple of them being slightly edge chipped. One page detached.

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TINY TOT'S FIRST BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by E.e. Houghton; et al..
Stock no. 1301041
Published by Nister & Co.. circa 1929. Very good condition.

No. 3812. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing mother on a bench with little boy and girl reading Tiny Tot's First Book. Contains ABC, Alphabet in writing letters, counting, telling the time, rhymes, short stories etc. B/w text illustrations and a few full-page colour illustrations. Slight wear to top and tail of spine, corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Page edge browning else contents clean. Small tear to lower edge of rear free-endpaper.

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