Stella & Rose's Books

THE FIVE BLACK COUSINS
Written by J. Murray Allison. Illustrated by John Austin.
Stock no. 1504459
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1924. Very good condition.

And Other Bird Rhymes. White cloth covers with gilt vignette and titles to front cover. 7.75 x 5.5". Small b/w illustrations. 63 pages. Some page edges uncut. SIGNED by author to front endpaper, with dedication and date. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby with light stains along top edge of front cover. Endpapers browned. Some foxing and a very odd fingermark to contents.

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MG MIDGET & AUSTIN-HEALEY SPRITE
Written by Jim Tyler.
Stock no. 1606810
Published by Osprey Automotive. 1993. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Restoration, Preparation, Maintenance. B/w photos and diagrams. 239 pages. ISBN: 1855322293. Corners rubbed, some corner creasing of covers. Page corners rubbed. Contents clean.

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BMW: A HISTORY
Written by Halwart Schrader.
Stock no. 2115875
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A definitive history of the BMW of special importance to collectors. A special chronological section of 146 illustrated pages contains a technical description and photographs of every Wartburg, Dixi and BMW automobile built from 1899 to the present. Large format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 392 pages. ISBN: 0850453453. Light bumping and wear along board edges. Spine a litlte cocked. A few marks to boards. Text block is browned with some foxing. Dustwrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and a few nicks.

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LANCASHIRE ILLUSTRATED
Written by William H. Pyne; D. Wylie. Illustrated by S. Austin; J. Harwood; G. Pyne; C. Pyne.
Stock no. 811417
Published by H. Fisher, Son And Jackson. 1831. Good condition.

Large format. 11.5 x 9". Three-quarter burgundy leather binding. Gilt titles and decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers. 52 plates, each with two b/w views plus engraved title page. Lancashire Illustrated in a Series of Views, showing Towns, Public Buildings, Streets, Docks, Churches, Antiquities, Abbeys, Castles, Seats of the Nobility Etc. Engraved on Steel by Robert Wallis. Book: all plates present. Front joint broken. Some foxing throughout. Spine edges rubbed. Corners worn.

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THE BALLAD OF BEAU BROCADE
Written by Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 438622
1st 1892. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth with gilt title to spine. Large paper limited edition of 250 copies (For England). Tissue-guarded illustrations. Numbered copy 75 of 250 copies. Spine is very browned. Some bumping and wear to corners, with a little chipping. Some grubby marks and brown stain to bottom edge of front cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Name and date inscription in ink of previous owner to front pastedown. A few light margin marks, but contents are still very good and nice and tight.

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EDWARD BUTTONEYE AND HIS ADVENTURES
Written by Hilda Austin. Illustrated by Cyril F. Austin.
Stock no. 588937
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1908. Good condition.

Small square format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Little Mother Series. Full colour illustrations. Wear to covers and spine. Title page is missing and first text page to its verso. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some light foxing to a few pages.

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MY BRIMFUL BOOK
Written by Dana Bruce. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor; Margot Austin; Wesley Dennis.
Stock no. 582146
Published by Collins. 1965. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark red titles to imitation cloth covers. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. Favourite poems of childhood, Mother Goose Rhymes and Animal Stories. Edited by Bruce. Cover edges are worn. Foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is very edge-torn and chipped with pieces of loss to edges and some repairs with sticky tape.

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THE STORY OF ROSINA & OTHER VERSES
Written by Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 317346
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.. 1st 1895. Very good condition.

Maroon cloth with detailed gilt decorations and titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Boards and spine a little bumped. Pages browned, with some foxing. Some joints cracked.

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TALES FROM MARIA EDGEWORTH
Written by Maria Edgeworth. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 711335
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton And Co. Almost very good condition.

With an introduction by Austin Dobson. Blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations. B/w illustrations throughout. 411 pages. Spine and corners worn, spine browned. Endpapers slightly marked. Two embossed address stamps to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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LUCY'S VILLAGE
Written by Ada Harrison; Robert Austin.
Stock no. 803877
Published by Oxford University Press. Almost very good condition.

A Story for a Little Girl. Small format. Backstrip is split to one side with slight loss to top.

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FOR OLD SAKE'S SAKE
Written by Stella Austin.
Stock no. 804202
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Circa 1898. Good condition.

Blue decorated cloth. 4 b/w illustrations. Covers worn and scuffed, damp stained to rear. Spine browned. Front joint cracked and hinges weak. A few inscriptions to prelims. Remains of label to front paste down. Some foxing.

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