Stella & Rose's Books

ALMANACK FOR 1885
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1323489
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". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light wear to cover edges. Foxing to contents.

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SEVEN ROADS TO HAPPINESS
Written by Desmond Marwood. Illustrated by Richard Hook.
Stock no. 1824102
Published by Young World Productions. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The tale of a boy-Prince's search for Happiness, which he finds and restores to his father's bewitched kingdom with the help of a rather unusual caterpillar named Claudius. Large format. Beige boards with red titles and vignette. Colour illustrations. Boards clean. Minor mark to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is dampstained across bottom edge (barely visible to front), and is lightly creased and scuffed.

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A CHILD'S DAY
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Carine Cadby; Will Cadby.
Stock no. 1824070
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1920. Almost very good condition.

A book of rhymes. Beige boards with brown titles and decorative frame to pictorial onlay. 56 numbered pages. Lovely b/w tipped-in plates of a young girl in different poses. Printed on burnt orange coloured paper. Spine split at front and rear edge. Boards a little scuffed and marked. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown. Minor discolouring to lower edge of prelims. One or two plates have minor corner creases.

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RAGS, M.D.
Written by Lewis Dutton. Illustrated by Edgar Norfield.
Stock no. 1323392
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1933. Good condition.

The charming story of two young dogs and their irrepressible spirits! B/w illustrations throughout with 2 delightful full page colour plates. Illustrated end papers. Peach boards with red title strip. 95 pages. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Spine bumped. Corners worn. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and ink spots to endpapers. Foxing to contents.

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JENSEN
Written by Keith Anderson.
Stock no. 1824017
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Foulis Motoring Book. In 1926 two young brothers took an Austin Seven and builty for it a new and sporting body. Even in that first design could be divined the hallmark that was to identify their creations and those that bore their name for the next half century. That hallmark was Style adn the name was Jensen - a combination that produced some of the most prestigious and desired motorcars of any era. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 200 pages including index. ISBN: 0854296824. A nice copy in a clean dustwrapper. Musty odour present.

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WILD ANIMAL LIFE IN BRITAIN
Written by Will H. Stevens. Illustrated by John Read.
Stock no. 1323272
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 2nd Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Young Naturalist series. Wild Animals of the British countryside portrayed and described against their natural surroundings. Second edition. Beige boards, brown title to spine. 31 numbered pages, colour illustrations. Endpapers are partly browned and lightly foxed. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby, edge rubbed and browned on verso.

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HOW TO RECOGNISE GARDEN FLOWERS
Written by . Illustrated by Will H. Stevens.
Stock no. 1323271
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Young Naturalist series. 101 of the most popular garden flowers in colour. Beige boards with brown cloth spine. 31 numbered pages, colour illustrations. Endpapers partly browned and foxed. Price-cut wrapper is foxed, slightly edge rubbed and grubby.

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READING AND RIGHTING
Written by Robert Leeson.
Stock no. 1323224
Published by Collins. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. The past, present and future of fiction for the young. ISBN: 0001844156. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Covers a little edge rubbed and unevenly browned.

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BROTHERS TO THE DEATH
Written by Darren Shan.
Stock no. 2140370
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with silver title to spine. The Saga of Larten Crepsley: Book Four. The Epic New Saga Concludes. ISBN: 9780007315949. SIGNED by author to title page. Some light page browning.

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CLOUDLAND
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 2140333
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Young Albert falls off a cliff but is saved by the cloud children! Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0224045814. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is creased with some browning; repaired tear to top of spine.

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ZLATEH THE GOAT AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2140115
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st UK 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"The seven tales in this book had their beginnings in middle-European Jewish folklore and legend...". Brown cloth with gilt title to spine and decoration to front cover. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0582155231. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; foxing and marks; a little loss.

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THE LITTLEST ONE
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1323089
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1922. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Author's name on title page is listed as Marion St John Adock (Mrs Sidney H. Webb). 4 pretty colour plates illustrate this collection of poems for young children. Grey boards with brown title and silhouette vignette. Spine and corners bumped, some wear to cover edges. Browning to endpapers and prelims. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with some slight loss.

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