Stella & Rose's Books

THE BLACK PANTHERS
Written by Shames Stephen; Bobby Seale; Charles E. Jones. Illustrated by Stephen Shames.
Stock no. 1824248
Published by Aperture. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Campus uprisings, urban rebellions, and the Vietnam War rocked the nation when the Black Panther Party arose during the last 1960s. Stephen Shames's exceptional photographs - ranging from the affectionate private moments to intense demonstrations - span the places where the Panthers made their greatest impact. Powerful and poignant images of the most courageous group of young black people ever organized in America. Matt white pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781597110242. A lovely copy with some light scuffing to boards.

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THE SLY OLD CAT
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1323398
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1971. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An intriguing tale of an unusual tea party, where the hostess is a sly old cat and the guest an unassuming rat. Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated this story in 1906 and now for the first time it appears as a book. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 34 pages. ISBN: 0723214204. Minimal bumping to spine. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly darkened else contents fine. Dustwrapper has a few small creases to front panel.

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THE PEACOCK PARTY
Written by Alan Aldridge; George E. Ryder. Illustrated by Alan Aldridge; Harry Willock.
Stock no. 2139979
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Green glazed pictorial boards. A Sequel to The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast. Superb colour illustrations with a double-spread fold-out at rear of book. ISBN: 0224015915. Fading to spine and a couple of cover edges. Browning to page edges. 'PROOF' stamp to title page. Fold-out page to rear has crease along one edge.

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LONE BULL'S HORSE RAID
Written by Paul Goble; Dorothy Goble. Illustrated by Paul Goble.
Stock no. 2135934
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A young Ogala Sioux tells how he and his best friend joined a party setting out against the neighbouring Crows, and experienced their first horse raid. The pictures take their inspiration from Plains Indian paintings of the period 1860-1900 when the story takes place. Pictorial matt boards. Colour illustrations. Large format. ISBN: 0333147545. Foxing and browning to covers, endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks.

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SAMMY AND THE CAT PARTY
Written by Ron Van Der Meer; Atie Van Der Meer. Illustrated by Atie Van Der Meer; Ron Van Der Meer.
Stock no. 2135566
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

The story of Sammy, his sister Mara and their cats Sona and Siva, who have four kittens. Glazed cream pictorial boards. Oblong format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0241101417. Uneven browning to covers. Some grubby marks to rear endpapers.

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RUSSIAN MOTOR VEHICLES - SOVIET LIMOUSINES 1930-2003
Written by Maurice A. Kelly.
Stock no. 1320159
Published by Veloce Publishing. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Investigating the whole story of why the Soviet Communist Party required such a bourgeois product, and how production was subsequently achieved. Black boards, silver title to spine. 126 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781845843007. Tiny nick to front edge of spine towards base. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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BONZO AT THE PARTY
Written by G.E. Studdy; George Jellicoe. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1319260
Published by John Swain & Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

Small format (13 x 10.5cm). Pictiorial cardwraps. Full-page colour illustrations. Unpaginated, 14 pages. Covers are slightly edge worn and scuffed. Staples rusty. Some light fingermarks to page margins and centre pages have a couple of small marks.

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ENID BLYTON READERS 1
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1319086
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1950. Almost very good condition.

Decorated cardwraps. Two-tone text illustrations throughout. 128 pages. 13 short stories, the first being "The Peppermint Party". Spine and corners a little worn. Covers a little grubby. School ink stamp to verso of front cover. Small nick to the top of the first few pages. Tick marks to contents list and occasional margin mark but contents generally clean.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT'S SPRING-CLEANING PARTY
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Katherine Wigglesworth.
Stock no. 1318829
Published by Collins. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards. Delightful colour pictures throughout. 63 pages. ISBN: 0001941313. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper and evidence of removal of a label to front flap. Dustwrapper is rubbed at edges, particularly at spine and has a small tear to lower edge of front cover.

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ENID BLYTON READERS 1
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1318209
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Decorated cardwraps. Two-tone text illustrations throughout. 128 pages. 13 short stories, the first being "The Peppermint Party". Inscription in ink inside front cover. Foxing else contents clean.

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THE PARTY BOOK
Written by Madeline Barnes. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 2130778
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth spine. Large format. Pictorial front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping along edges. Front endpaper is MISSING. Foxing to outer page edges and page margins.

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TOM MERRY'S PARTY
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2126665
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Gem No. 9. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0703001744. Bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to outer page edges and some browning. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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