Stella & Rose's Books

THE BRITISH BUS STORY EARLY 'EIGHTIES
Written by Alan Townsin.
Stock no. 1604862
Published by The Transport Publishing Company. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Die is Cast. Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0863171702. Some light browning / foxing to page margins.

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INDIAN SUMMER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1501276
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. Very little bumping to spine and corners. Hinge starting to crack between pages 182 and 183. One or two fox spots. Dustwrapper has a little edge creasing and a small mark to rear flap crease.

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THE GRACIE FIELDS' GAY STREET BOOK
Written by Gracie Fields; Enid Blyton; Gunby Hadath; Robert Harding; et al.
Stock no. 1309400
Published by Latimer House Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. B/w photo frontis of Gracie Fields and children having a sing-song. 3 colour plates. Two-tone text illustrations. 124 pages. Spine and cover edges slightly rubbed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some slight loss, name in ink to top edge of rear flap.

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THE REMINISCENCES AND RECOLLECTIONS OF CAPTAIN GRONOW VOLUME ONE
Written by Captain Gronow. Illustrated by Joseph Grego.
Stock no. 1707509
Published by The R.S. Surtees Society. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Volume One Only. Brown cloth. Gilt titles. Gilt and red heraldic crest to front cover. Colour plates. ISBN: 0950769770. Bookplate to front pastedown.

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AUTUMN SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 2106107
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1926. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From Flower Fairies of the Autumn. Grey paper boards with blue titles, blue cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. 12 poems with accompanying tipped-in colour plates and music by Linnell. A lovely book. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper has some edge-tears and chips, with a little loss; browned; creased; some grubby marks.

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HIDDEN JEWELS THE WILDLIFE OF LEATHERHEAD AND FETCHAM
Written by Jeremy Early.
Stock no. 1803098
Published by Jeremy P. Early. 1st 1997. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revealing both the beauty and the vulnerability of this quintessential part of mid-Surrey. Large format. Yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 0953009807. Pictorial wrapper is grubby.

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OLD CORNWALL VOL. XII No. 5 AUTUMN 1999
Written by Terry Knight.
Stock no. 1802410
Published by The Federation Of Old Cornwall Societies. 1999. Fine condition.

A series of short articles edited by Terry Knight. Articles include: The Wreck of the 'Belem'; Local Transport of the Past; Cornish Dancing Comes of Age and more. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. A fine copy.

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OLD CORNWALL VOL. XIII No. 5 AUTUMN 2005
Written by Terry Knight.
Stock no. 1802408
Published by The Federation Of Old Cornwall Societies. 2005. Fine condition.

A twice yearly publication edited by Terry Knight. Colour cardwraps. Includes articles: Penryn around 1926; Women's Land Army memories; St Erth's POW camp; Reminiscences of Truro; Saving Kelyn (dialcect); Jerome - the Copper mining ghost town; plus many other short items. 64 pages. A fine copy.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE BOOK No. 38 - AUTUMN ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 444565
Published by Daily Express. 1958. Almost very good condition.

Rupert Autumn Adventures. 2 stories: Rupert And The Spinning Globe, Rupert and the Royal Conker. Colour front cover shows Rupert pretending to be a kangaroo and being chased by a real kangaroo. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. A couple of small closed tears to front cover, which also has 1 vertical crease. Some brown marks to covers.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 379828
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few light marks to covers. Small closed tears to margins of two plates. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins (affecting a couple of plates - pictures remain bright). Foxing to page edges. A nice copy of a scarce edition.

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AUTUMN SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 594244
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From Flower Fairies of the Autumn. Grey paper boards with blue titles, blue cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. 12 poems with accompanying tipped-in colour plates and music by Linnell. A lovely book. Front endpaper missing. Name in ink to top of first blank page. A few minor foxspots present. All plates present. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with loss at corners and a little grubby. Overall a nice copy.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 738815
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges very very slightly grubby. Large but light foxspots throughout. One plate was detached, now reinserted but with slightly ragged edges. A nice copy of the first edition.

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