Stella & Rose's Books

THE SUBMERGED CAVE
Written by M. Frow.
Stock no. 1328016
Published by Hutchinson's Books for Young People. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A complete story of the Intelligence Corps. Blue cloth, cream titles. 208 pages. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, some rubbing to cover edges. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss (mainly at spine), rear panel and spine are grubby.

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YOUNG ROBIN BRAND DETECTIVE
Written by Freeman Wills Crofts.
Stock no. 1328012
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with dark blue titles. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Slight fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn, grubby and slightly foxed with loss to top and tail of spine.

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YOUNG RENNY
Written by Mazo De La Roche.
Stock no. 1828265
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1947. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Chronicles of the Whiteoak Family series. Adeline Whiteoak is at the height of her sway as a vigorous and domineering matriarch of eighty. Adeline's grandson, Renny, is in a feud between him and his grandmother and his Cousin from Ireland. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Boards mottled by damp (mainly rear board). Text block browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots present. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and grubby.

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WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1327885
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 10th 1925. Very good condition.

Deluxe edition in publisher's blue calf binding. Gilt border to front cover with floral motif at corners and vignette of little girl in mop cap. Gilt vignettes and floral decoration to spine. All edges gilt. Cream and blue pictorial endpapers. Charming verses and b/w illustrations. The first of the Milne Pooh quartet in which we meet Winnie-the-Pooh for the first time in a poem entitled Teddy Bear. 'A bear, however hard he tries, Grows tubby without exercise...' Complete with blue ribbon page marker. This is the second deluxe edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine very slightly browned. Indentation to centre of front cover, pencil mark to rear cover. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Small patches of surface paper damage to both pastedowns. Page marker is detached but still present. Some joints are cracked and some are lightly pulled but the binding is still tight.

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MARK MARTIN: DRIVEN TO RACE
Written by Bob Zeller.
Stock no. 1828207
Published by David Bull Publishing. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the ambition that turned a young boy from Arkansas, into one of the most successful NASCAR drivers. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 0964972239. Spine slightly faded. Minor foxing to prelims. Contents clean.

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THE WATER-SPINNERS
Written by Chris Aspin.
Stock no. 1828020
Published by Helmshore Local History Society. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

A new look at the early cotton trade. A history of the cotton mill, the thousands who laboured for long hours, the nimble fingers of young children that kept the water-frames that spun the thread constantly in motion. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, illustrations and maps. ISBN: 0906881137. Light vertical crease to spine, spine lightly faded. Text block a little grubby. Name and date in ink to front endpaper.One instance of annotation in ink to margin of page 253 else contents clean.

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A BOOK OF RHYMES FOR YOUNG READERS
Written by Florence Harrison; Jessie Pope; et al. Illustrated by Florence Harrison; Nina K. Brisley; Helen Jacobs; et al..
Stock no. 1327691
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Orange cloth,black titles to spine. 4 colour plates including 2 by Harrison (one with fairies!), numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front free-endpaper neatly removed. Foxing else contents clean.

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IN PURSUIT OF THE LARGEST
Written by Terry Hearn.
Stock no. 1327669
Published by Bountyhunter Publications. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Terry Hearn is a young angler with exceptional carp fishing ability. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. 319 pages. ISBN: 0951512730. Spine slightly bumped and covers lightly edge rubbed. Pale browning to textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased/rubbed.

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MARGERY MEETS THE ROSES
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327049
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

18-year-old Margery Paine goes to Rainbows, a model village built by a young heiress, to open its first sweet shop. Blue cloth, black title to spine. B/w frontis. 258 pages. Spine slightly bumped with some slight fading to base. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light browning to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge chipped at spine.

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ST. NICHOLAS VOL XXXIX PART 1 NOVEMBER 1911 TO APRIL 1912
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827386
Published by The Century Co.; Frederick Warne & Co.. 1912. Good condition.

An Illustrated Magazine For Young Folks. Red cloth covers with black and gilt decoration. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and browned. Split in cloth at front edge of spine plus smaller splits at top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Some marks to covers. Rear joint broken. Front joint beginning to crack. Some hinges cracked. Browning to endpapers and some pages. Foxing and some grubby marks. Small tears to edges of a few pages.

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THE TARTAN PIMPERNEL
Written by Donald Caskie.
Stock no. 1326473
Published by Collins. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Abridged for young readers. Red boards, silver title to spine. 192 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears at corners and a tiny patch of surface paper damage to top corner of front panel (a small label has been removed).

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THE MUDDLEHEADED WOMBAT
Written by Ruth Park. Illustrated by Noela Young.
Stock no. 1326465
Published by Angus & Robertson; Harpercollins Publishers Australia. 1st thus 2010. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One of Australia's most adored children's book characters, four stories combined in one volume: The Muddleheaded Wombat, The Muddleheaded Wombat on Holiday, The Muddleheaded Wombat in the Treetops and The Muddleheaded Wombat at School. Also includes a section on the life of the author and also the artist. A large, heavy volume. Blue pictorial boards. Wonderful line drawings throughout, colour pictorial endpapers and title-page. ISBN: 9780732284367. Book is fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges and slightly faded to spine.

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