Stella & Rose's Books

BRIGHT EYES
Written by Mrs. L. Shorey; et al.
Stock no. 1405339
Published by George Stoneman. 1897. Slightly better than good condition.

An annual for young folks. Large format. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing a boy and girl fishing. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "The Little Browns of Hollow Glen" by Mrs. L. Shorey. Spine bumped and worn with tiny splits to top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Some small patches of surface paper damage to rear cover. Front cover is grubby. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Name written on front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to some pages plus brown marks to several pages where something has possibly been pressed into them.

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IMAGES OF CHELTENHAM
Written by Eric Franks Arps.
Stock no. 1811924
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

A collection fo stunning black and white photographs taken in Cheltenham between 1937 and 1953. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0750924721. Slight bump to vertical rear edge of boards. A few faint minor marks but generally a lovely copy.

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FATHER TUCK'S ANNUAL
Written by Edric Vredenburg; Ethel Talbot; Norman Gale; Christine Chaundler; et al. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham; G.H. Thompson; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1404897
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. circa 1922. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial paper board to front shows two young girls under a red umbrella with shopping in their arms and small dog next to them, other young ladies in background. Plain endpapers. B/w and two tone illustrations throughout. Wain illustrations are on page 36 and 37 'Pussy's Birthday Party', 128 'Catching the Train and 129 'An Exciting Gallop'. 144 pages. Six colour plates. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges scuffed. Covers grubby with some scratches to rear board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Both joints beginning to crack. Some hinges pulled. Pages browned. One plate detached, the bottom edge of which is grubby. One other plate is partially detached. Margins and verso of plates are marked.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1404868
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 125 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine bumped and browned. Cloth split at top. Corners bumped and worn. Top of boards browned. Inscription in ink to prelim. Endpapers browned. Stitching to top of one gathering of pages undone. Some foxing and light fingering otherwise contents generally clean.

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INDIAN SUMMER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1607324
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

BB, in his personal Indian Summer, records his own vivid impressions of summer's end. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Exquisite scraperboard illustrations. 183 pages. ISBN: 0718123670. Address sticker to corner of front endpaper. Wrapper is edge creased and has a couple of small marks.

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THE BEAUTIES OF PEMBROKESHIRE
Written by F.L. Lowther.
Stock no. 1607296
Published by The Welsh Outlook Press. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth. B/w drawings. Front cover bowed. Board edges scuffed and worn. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some scattered foxing and a few annotation marks.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1607264
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Almost 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, approx. 1cm split at top of spine.Price-cut. 'Belongs To' box completed in ink. Crossword puzzle done in pencil, colouring contest page completed.

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INDIAN SUMMER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1503102
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

BB, in his personal Indian Summer, records his own vivid impressions of summer's end. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Exquisite scraperboard illustrations. 183 pages. ISBN: 0718123670. Bumping to base of spine and top corners. Small dent to rear cover. Spine a little faded. A few light fox spots to text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge worn with a couple of ripples to laminate on rear panel.

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GROWING UP IN KILVERT COUNTRY
Written by Mona M. Morgan.
Stock no. 1809205
Published by Gomer Press. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Recollections of a Radnorshire childhood. B/w photos. ISBN: 0863836801. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly faded at spine and rear spine edge.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2114652
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Almost very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert hiking in a field. 1st story Rupert and Poll Parrot. 10x7 inches. 107 pages. Spine is bumped, with splitting and damage to top and tail. Corners are bumped and worn. Front joint appears to have been repaired. Grubby marks to belongs to box page. NOT price-cut. Crossword puzzle has been done. Painting contest is clean.

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WILD SPORTS & NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HIGHLANDS
Written by Charles St. John.
Stock no. 2113740
Published by James Thin; Mercat Press. 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprinted from the T.N.Foulis edition of 1919. Blue covers, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0901824615. Mottling to spine. Wrapper is faded to spine, with sticker residue to front panel and a little grubby to rear panel.

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AUTUMN EXHIBITION OF OLD MASTER PAINTINGS 3RD OCTOBER - 16TH DECEMBER 1966
No author listed.
Stock no. 2112678
Very good condition.

Brian Koetser Gallery. Large format. Card wraps. Onlay to front cover. Tipped-in colour plates and b/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some chipping to top of spine. A few marks to covers.

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