Stella & Rose's Books

AN EYE FOR COLOUR
Written by Norman Silver.
Stock no. 1808853
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Growing up against the backdrops of Table Mountain and the iniquities of apartheid, Basil Kushenovitz - Jewish and White - sees through teenage eyes the constant contradiction between the physical beauty all around him and the insidious ugliness of a political system rooted in prejudice... essential reading for young people concerned with the basic issues of human rights. Brown boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0571161553. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE LITTLE GLEANER VOL XXIV
No author listed.
Stock no. 1502475
Published by Houlston & Sons. 1877. Slightly better than good condition.

A Monthly Magazine for the Young, Jan to Dec. Small format 3.5 x 5.5". Dark brown covers with gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 380 pages. Spine bumped and worn with 1" split to base and small nick to side. Corners bumped and worn. Marks to covers. Front joint cracked next between frontis and title page. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Foxing and some stains/grubby marks to endpapers and contents.

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THE MYSTERY MAN
Written by Charlotte M. Kelly. Illustrated by S. Bright.
Stock no. 1402491
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Who was the man known to everyone as the Hermit? The young Ethertons on holiday in Switzerland were determined to find out. Blue boards with darker blue titles. Vignette of a palace to front board. B/w illustrations. 128 pages. Tower House series. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Mottling to boards. Small bump to bottom of rear board. Foxing mainly to endpapers otherwise contents generally clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and tornd with small areas of loss. Label stuck to front panel. Heavy foxing to wrapper.

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THE WIND
Written by Nicky Young. Illustrated by Kate Gartner.
Stock no. 1312315
Published by Vantage Press. 1st USA 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The charming story of Philip and Elizabeth, a little prince and princess who find their way to the enchanted world of Fairyland on the mystical wind. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 31 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0533071151. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Pink dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a few small, light marks.

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YOUNG JOHNNIE BIMBO
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1312262
Published by John Murray. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Michael and Mary Story. Mike and Mary and their friend Vicky are spending a holiday on the Grand Union Canal. Pale blue boards, red titles. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A few tiny foxspots and a couple of small, light marks to textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge chipped with some loss, section of loss to top of spine and creases at wrapper edges.

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JANE AND TOBY START SCHOOL
Written by Ann Thwaite. Illustrated by Janet Martin.
Stock no. 1502262
Published by Constable Young Books. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with gilt vignette of children. Red, green and black illustrations. Unpaginated. Small dent to covers and text block. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Erased numbers to rear pastedown. Price-cut dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and grubby. Three numbers written to top corner of rear panel.

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WHEN SANTA CLAUS WAS YOUNG
Written by Helen Reid Cross. Illustrated by Helen Reid Cross.
Stock no. 2113320
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Binding is tied up with ribbon. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Some creasing to cover edges. Small tear to base of spine. Some browning. Foxing; mostly to prelims.

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THE KIDDIES' ANNUAL
Written by Nellie Fielding; Ethel Talbot; John Lea; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Savile Lumley; Harry Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1311837
Published by The Epworth Press; J. Alfred Sharp. circa 1923. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine with black title, pictorial front board showing children on tricycle with dog running beside them. First story is "The Young Adventurers" by Fielding. Colour plates plus b/w and two-colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, some slight wear to cover edges. Prize plate to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and torn and a little grubby on rear panel, tape repairs/reinforcements on verso.

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SECRETS
Written by Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Stock no. 2112908
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

A chance meeting sparks a great freindship between two girls. Blue pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0385601824. Light wear to spine and corners.

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ARTHUR AT THE CROSSING-PLACES
Written by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
Stock no. 1710331
Published by Orion Children's Books. 1st 2001. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The second volume in the Arthur Trilogy following The Seeing Stone. It is 1200, and young Arthur de Caldicot is all set to accompany Lord Stephen de Holt on the Fourth Crusade... Green boards, gilt title to spine. Green on yellow maps to endpapers. 367 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 1858813980. SIGNED by author. Wrapper spine lightly faded.

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PRINCE PRIGIO
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Robert Lawson.
Stock no. 1402308
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a young prince whose mother didn't believe in fairies and would n't invite them to the christening. They came anyway and one of their gifts was the quality of being too clever which led to the prince being unpopular.Orange cloth boards with blue title to spine and vignette to front board. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 108 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and rubbed. Browning to board edges. Couple of marks to rear board. Inscription in ink to front flyleaf. Foxing mainly to endpapers and page edges otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased. Loss to top and bottom of spine with a few closed tears. Some sellotape to verso of wrapper to repair some of the tears.

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MIRRORS
Written by Wendy Cooling. Illustrated by Sarah Young; Tim Stevens.
Stock no. 1207959
Published by Collins. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Sparkling new stories from prize-winning authors, edited by Cooling. ISBN: 0007105886. Light page-edge browning.

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