Stella & Rose's Books

YOUNG ENGLAND VOL. XXXIII
No author listed.
Stock no. 813786
Published by The Pilgrim Press. 1912. Good condition.

Large format. Pictorial binding. Thirty-third annual volume for 1911-12. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Some tears and a little loss to original spine and cloth corners.

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SKY HIGH
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 811890
Published by Newnes. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. 251 pages. The First in the Steeley Series, a young adventurer of the skies. REDUCED FROM £800. Two inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Contained in 2nd impression wrapper (only difference from 1st is rear panel book titles). Wrapper has 2cm loss to base of spine and 3 to 7mm loss from top of spine, loss has been diguised by photocopy loosely laid underneath. Front flap has had price-cut - 2cm diameter hole. Rare to find any copy in a dustwrapper.

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MARTIN RIDES THE MOOR
Written by Vian Smith. Illustrated by Peter Forster.
Stock no. 809786
Published by Constable Young Books. 1st 1964. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. 11 year old Martin lost his hearing in an accident but with the help of Tuppence the Dartmoor pony he learned to live with his deafness. Wrapper corners lightly rubbed.

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THE YOUNG CAVALIER
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 808248
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.. Circa 1925. Good condition.

A story of the civil wars. Blue cloth, black titles and illustration to front cover and spine. 8 b/w plates. 222 pages. Spine slightly faded, a few foxspots to covers, a couple of bumps to edges. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

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SUMMER IS A FESTIVAL
Written by Pamela Brown.
Stock no. 438200
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

White boards, metalic red title to spine. For Bethany and the other students at Broomfields, the hightlight of the holidays was to be their performance at Camelyeard's Summer Festival... ISBN: 0340158379. Bumping along a couple of cover edges, with a little browning. A few pages internally have corner creases. Pictorial wrapper is bright with a little edge-creasing and a few wear marks to rear panel and corners.

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THE LITTLE BIRTHDAY HORSE
Written by Hilda Boswell. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell.
Stock no. 379734
Published by Hutchinson's Books for Young People. Circa 1951. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers edge worn and a bit grubby. Inscription in ink to inside of front cover. 3.5cm tear to lower spine of covers and page margins. Centre pages detached but still present, pages beneath have 10cm tear to spine. Pages are a bit grubby but pictures still nice and bright. A very scare Hilda Boswell item.

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THE KINGS AND THE CATS
Written by John Hannon. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 379626
Published by Burns & Oates. 1st 1908. Good condition.

Munster Fairy Tales For Young And Old. 3 stories. Red Cloth, gilt title and border. Attractive b/w plates, some cats but not in Wain's usual anthropomorphic style. xiii + 78 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers soiled. Foxing throughout, mainly to endpapers. Erased child's pencil writing to front endpaper. Initial 'F' in ink to margin of page 2. Some grubby marks to pages and to rear side of some plates but generally contents still clean. A desirable copy of a very scarce Wain item.

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ACE
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Liz Graham-Yooll.
Stock no. 595112
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ace is a young pig that befriends the farmer so that he can't bear to send him to market wtih the other piglets. 'Who ever heard of a pig that can understand the Queen's English! Can you imagine such a thing, Ace...?' Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0575047259. Erased pencil markings to front pastedown. A few foxspots to top edge of textblock. Spine very slightly bumped. Spine of wrapper is faded.

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RUPERT ACTIVITY BOOK 2
No author listed.
Stock no. 594929
Published by Daily Express. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

Same format as Adventure Series but full of puzzles, activities and things to do. Recreational and educational for young children. Pictorial paperwraps. Staples have rusted. A couple of Rupert's colouring pictures have been partially painted. Some butterflies to one page have been outlined in pencil. Cockerel to next page has been coloured. Foxing to rear cover.

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ALMANACK FOR 1885
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 594895
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1885. Very good condition.

Dark cream pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. Blue/green endpapers. Enchanting illustrations throughout, mostly of young ladies in typical Greenaway dress. 4 x 3". Some grubby marks and foxing to covers. A few foxspots to pages internally.

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GOOD COMPANIONS
No author listed.
Stock no. 594481
Published by The Sunshine Press. Circa 1940. Almost very good condition.

A collection of short stories for children. First story is 'The Butterfly Hunters' by Cicely M. Drury. Blue pictorial paper boards showing young boy in his sailor outfit carrying a toy boat with a young girl in yellow dress holding hook and terrier on leash. B/w illustrations, colour plates. Edges rubbed, corners worn. 0.25" loss to top of spine affecting title, base of spine split to either side. Large inscription in ink to front pastedown has imprinted on to half-title page. Contents clean.

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BUSY FINGERS
No author listed.
Stock no. 593953
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Good condition.

Green pictorial stiff cardwraps show butterfly girl helping young girl to sew a quilt. Stories for children. B/w illustrations. Spine worn, contents loose, some pages detached. Inscription in pencil to verso of front cover. Page browning.

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