Stella & Rose's Books

PRINCESS FINNY
Written by Grace Couch. Illustrated by Grace Couch.
Stock no. 1328827
Circa 1945. Very good condition.

A "Spikey" Book. Small oblong format. Orange cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Corners slightly worn. Cover edges slightly rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Neat inscription ink to front pastedown. A couple of light grubby marks to one of the last pages, light crease to one page corner tip and some light foxing to textblock.

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BAGGY BROWN
Written by Mick Inkpen. Illustrated by Mick Inkpen.
Stock no. 1328632
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

No.1 bear is priceless, the first of a thousand special bears made to celebrate the first birthday of the daughter of the King and Queen of Thingland, and the only bear to be presented to the Princess. But when the big red teddy bear machine at Better Bears Ltd chews him up and spits him out he takes a very different route to the Palace, and along the way finds his real name. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780340932308.

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MR BUBBUS AND THE RAILWAY SMUGGLERS
Written by Joan Drake. Illustrated by Biro.
Stock no. 1828591
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Why was the new railway track ripped up as soon as it was laid? Who was using Princess, the 2-6-2 locomotive, at dead of night when the whole village as asleep? Ambrose and Poppy began to investigate - and something very unexpected happened to them! Another mystery story about Mr Bubbus, Mr Deggas and all the Deggas children. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 87 numbered pages. ISBN: 0340196149. SIGNED by the author (TWICE). Once as a gift dedication to free front endpaper and once with no dedication to the top of the title page. Top of spine is bumped which means the contents are also creassed to top gutter edge throughout. Tape stuck to front pastedown and a small patch of surface paper loss where some tape has been removed. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, rubbed at corners, lightly creased and a little grubby to rear panel.

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THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Helen Mary Petter. Illustrated by Natasha Kroll; Zoltan Wegner.
Stock no. 1327904
Published by Collins. 1st 1944. Very good condition.

Represented in figures and photographed in natural colours. Figures and scenes created by Kroll, photography by Wegner. Green decorated cloth with dark green and white decorations. Delightful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed.

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I FEEL SICK!
Written by Tony Ross. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1327884
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition.

A Little Princess Story. Glazed pictorial boards. Large colour illustrations to each page with a small sentence of text below. ISBN: 9781783441150. SIGNED by the author/artist with a dedication to David & Jenny and a doodle of the little princess too. Minimal rubbing to corners.

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A PRINCESS IN TATTERS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1326853
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black title to spine and embossed decorations to front cover and spine. Colour frontis. 336 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded and covers slightly marked. Front free-endpaper is missing. Foxing to contents and some fingering to page margins.

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NELSON THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF A VERY ENGLISH MOUSE
Written by Ian Ralph. Illustrated by Lorraine White.
Stock no. 1326469
Published by Grafton Books. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Foreword by H.R.H. The Princess Anne. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. The story of how Nelson the mouse became the village hero. ISBN: 0246129964. SIGNED by the author to front pastedown. Minimal bumping/rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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WISHING FOR TOMORROW
Written by Hilary McKay. Illustrated by Nick Maland.
Stock no. 1326211
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Sequel to A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Yellow boards with silver title and decoration to spine/spine edges and vignette to front cover. Purple endpapers. 312 numbered pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780340956533. Minimal bumping to spine. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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THE GARDENS OF DORR
Written by Paul Biegel; Gillian Hume. Illustrated by Eva Johanna Rubin.
Stock no. 1826638
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Dorr was once a good city but is now under the evil spell of a witch who has also turned the gardener's boy to stone. The princess has roamed the earth to try to set him free and now returns to Dorr. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 240 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0460058886. Foxing to top edge of text block with just a slight amount of bleeding to top of page margins. A few minor foxspots to vertical edge of text block. Light browning to endpapers. Small name in ink to top of front endpaper. Contents are otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, heavily browned to verso.

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THE PRINCESS OF THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1325697
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1939. Good condition.

A chunky volume. Blue cloth, black title to spine. B/w frontis. 304 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly scuffed and grubby. Front joint has been glue repaired. Some foxing and fingering to contents.

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RUPERT PAINTING AND TRACING BOOK
Written by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1325679
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Red and yellow paper wraps. 10 b/w pictures to colour and trace including the Wise Goat, Dapple the pony and Princess Annabel. 8 x 9.25". Top corner tip of front cover has been torn off. Colouring to the Rupert illustration on front cover. Staples rusty. The tracing pages have been used and there is colouring to two of the illustrations.

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WIZARDS, WARRIORS & YOU BOOK 3: WHO KIDNAPPED PRINCESS SARALINDA?
Written by Megan Stine; H. William Stine. Illustrated by Earl Norem.
Stock no. 1825123
Published by Corgi Avon Books. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Magic or the sword? Whichever you choose, play the game wisely and the glorious legend of the Wizard and the Warrior will live on. A Role Playing game. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0552522848. Covers lightly creased and edge-rubbed. Contents lightly browned else clean.

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