Stella & Rose's Books

RUPERT ANNUAL 1955
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1327074
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert hiking in a field. 1st story Rupert and Poll Parrot. 10x7 inches. 107 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners and light foxing to front cover. Endpapers are lightly browned, J.F.31 written in pencil(?) to front free-endpaper. Child's name and address in heavy pencil in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Painting contest page has been neatly started. A nice copy.

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AN AUTUMN IN WALES (1856)
Written by Julius Rodenberg; William Linnard.
Stock no. 1326898
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st ed 1985. Very good condition.

Country and people, tales and songs. Originally written in German and published in 1858 the work was translated and first published in English in 1985 by Linnard. Red glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0905928318. Spine faded. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Pale page browning and foxing to top edge of textblock else contents clean.

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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1326741
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown paperboards with chequerboard design and colour pictorial onlay. Exquisite colour plates. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing to front endpapers and to textblock. Dustwrapper (price 2/6) is lightly foxed and has a couple of very small edge tears. Last title listed on rear panel is A Little Picture Hymn Book.

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FLOWER FAIRIES LIBRARY
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1326213
Published by Ted Smart. Circa 1999. Fine condition.

A pictorial slipcase containing 8 Flower Fairy titles: Flower Fairies of the Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Trees, Garden, Wayside and A Flower Fairy Alphabet. Each book is 7.75 x 6.25" and has glazed pictorial boards and colour illustrations. Books are fine. Slipcase is bumped at corners and edges.

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PANZERSCHLACHT: ARMOURED OPERATIONS ON THE HUNGARIAN PLAINS SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1944
Written by Perry Moore.
Stock no. 1826195
Published by Helion & Company. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

The unravelling of the southern sector of the Eastern Front during the late summer and autumn 1944, which led to some of the largest and most vicious, yet unknown, tank battles of the Second World War. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and battle plans. ISBN: 9781906033163. Lower corners worn. Coffee (?) stains to text block and very faint damp stains to margins. Light knocks to board edges. Still a nice copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1324585
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert hiking in a field. 1st story Rupert and Poll Parrot. 10x7 inches. 107 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Light marks to covers. Endpapers are lightly browned, slight evidence of removal of a label to front free-endpaper. Name, adderess and date in belongs to box (blue biro). NOT price cut but price also written (in blue biro) 3 times to other corners of title-page. Crossword done in pencil. Painting contest part completed with entry form completed. Textblock is slightly grubby.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF YESTERDAY
Written by Philip James; C. Geoffrey Holme.
Stock no. 1323931
Published by The Studio Ltd.. 1933. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Studio Special Autumn Number. Large format. Green cloth, blue titles. 128 pages. Full of b/w photos and some colour illustrations. Spine bumped. Slight browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is browned and a little grubby and chipped with some loss.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1983
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1323206
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1983. Very good condition.

Tall 4to glazed boards - Rupert in plane flown by clown. 1st story Rupert and the Black Circle. 92 pages. ISBN: 0850791308. There is a small crease/tear to the surface paper on the lower edge of the front cover. A few tiny scuff marks to front edge of spine. Contents are fine (not price-cut or inscribed).

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THE QUIET FIELDS
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2139696
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book tells of a year spent deep in the countryside, beginning when the year is young, when trees and hedges are bare to the winters winds, and on through the spring, summer and autumn, to winter once again. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Super b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718120396. Small damp mark to base of spine (corresponding mark to wrapper). Small inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has some edge-creasing and browning; small tear to top of spine (repaired to verso).

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955 (FACSIMILE)
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2139679
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2004. Fine condition.

Limited edition of 11,000 copies. Reproduction of the 1955 annual. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. This is Copy No. 10959 and still includes original certificate of authenticity. Slip case is near fine - a few light marks/scuffs.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1936 (FACSIMILE) - THE NEW ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2138087
Published by Daily Express. 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Collectors numbered edition. Facsimile of the first Rupert annual (1936). Red/black pictorial cloth. Red, black and white illustrations throughout. A collectors item in itself. ISBN: 0850791499. This is Copy No. 4576. Light bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased, faded to spine, with some foxing; mostly to flaps; a few nicks at corners.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1936 (FACSIMILE) - THE NEW ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2135417
Published by Daily Express. 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Collectors numbered edition. Facsimile of the first Rupert annual (1936). Red/black pictorial cloth. Red, black and white illustrations throughout. A collectors item in itself. ISBN: 0850791499. Offset browning/yellowing, which looks a little like foxing to endpapers and first and last few pages of book, all in the same place. Rest of contents are excellent. This is copy No. 12192. Still has wrapper and original wrap around band which has a few browning marks; light wrinkling along a couple of edges. Original postal box is still present with some foxing/marks.

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