Stella & Rose's Books

RYAN'S FORT
Written by Patricia Lynch. Illustrated by Elisabeth Grant.
Stock no. 1501704
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1961. Slightly better than good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ryan's Fort is a small stone hut, the first real home the children of the Ryan family have ever known. Green boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 172 pages. Ex-library so stamps to publisher's page and removal of label from front pastedown. Tape residue to covers and endpapers. A little bumping to spine and corners. Small indentation to top edge of front cover. A few marks to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut with revised label above. Slightly edge worn and grubby to rear panel, tape residue to flap.

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LITTLE FOLKS VOL 25
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1311173
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1887. Almost very good condition.

A Magazine for the Young, new and enlarged series. Cloth spine, pictorial boards with front showing face of little girl in circle to centre surrounded by roses. First story ""Bunty and the Boys". Colour frontis and one other colour plate, b/w illustrations throughout. Binding has been professionally repaired/reinforced with possible new spine and tape to joints (matches yellow paper of endpapers). Foxing and grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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DENATURED OR INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL
Written by Rufus Frost Herrick.
Stock no. 1709187
Published by Knowledge Publications. 2006. Fine condition.

A reproduction of the 1907 edition. A treatise on The History, Manufacturing, Composition, Uses and Possibilities of Industrial Alcohol. Including tables for the use of the engineer, chemist etc. Card wraps. ISBN: 9781603220026.

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THE TRAVAILS OF SANCHO PANZA
Written by James Saunders.
Stock no. 1501694
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1970. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Some favourite episodes from Cervantes' story of Don Quixote and his long suffering servant Sancho Panza woven into a boisterous and humane comedy play. Black boards with gilt title to spine. 111 pages. ISBN: 043523787X. Patch of surface paper damage near top edge of rear cover approx. 2 x 3cm. A little bumping to spine and corners. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with browning to spine and folds.

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THE SECRET OF HOLLOW HILL
Written by Garry Hogg. Illustrated by Drake Brookshaw.
Stock no. 1501692
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1951. Very good condition.

Green covers with gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 214 pages. Spine bumped and worn. Top corners worn, lower corners worn and frayed. A little foxing.

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IF AT FIRST YOU DO NOT SEE
Written by Ruth Brown. Illustrated by Ruth Brown.
Stock no. 1807947
Published by Andersen Press. 1985. Very good condition.

Caterpillar searches for something to eat but all is not as it seems... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Interesting colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862640210. Top & tail of spines worn, corners lightly rubbed. Fingermarks to verso of front endpaper else contents clean. Lower corners lightly creased where corner was bumped.

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KERI THE WONDERFUL KIWI WHO FLEW
Written by H.R. Hopkins. Illustrated by H.R. Hopkins.
Stock no. 1807945
Published by A.H. & A.W. Reed. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Who ever heard of a kiwi getting airborne?... Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Corners lightly worn, covers nice and clean. Inscription in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears and has a large strip missing from top of rear panel.

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RUBY'S SCHOOL WALK
Written by Kathryn White. Illustrated by Miriam Latimer.
Stock no. 1807937
Published by Barefoot Books. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Ruby's morning walk with her mum is far from ordinary. With a tiger on the prowl and mighty beasts that loom and lurk, getting to school seems an impossible task. Will Ruby find the courage to reach her classroom? Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781846862748. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ROMAN LONDON VOLUME 1: THE UPPER WALBROOK VALLEY IN THE ROMAN PERIOD
Written by Catharine Maloney. Illustrated by Hester White.
Stock no. 1807918
Published by Museum Of London And The Council For British Archaeology. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

CBA Research Report 69. Large format. Cardwraps. Fold-out diagrams. ISBN: 0906780527. Covers lightly browned. Contents fine.

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ALL THE GALLANT BEASTS AND MONSTERS
Written by Bill Reid. Illustrated by Bill Reid.
Stock no. 1807908
Published by Buschlen Mowatt. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The art of the Haida people of the Northwest Coast. Black cloth boards, black embossed titles. Vertical page edges uncut and coloured. Colour & b/w illustrations. 47 pages. ISBN: 0189518305. Wrapper spine faded else a lovely copy.

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WOULD YOU RATHER BE A BULLFROG?
Written by Theo LeSieg; Dr. Seuss. Illustrated by Roy McKie.
Stock no. 1807904
Published by Collins. Circa 1976. Very good condition.

Bright and Early Books for Beginning Beginners series. Yellow pictorial boards. Colour pictures. ISBN: 000171290X. Corners rubbed and worn. First blank page is lightly browned. Contents bright and clean.

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LITTLE MANFRED
Written by Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1807902
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

In the Imperial War Museum is a wooden Dachshund carved by a German prisoner of war who was working on a British farm after the fighting had ended. This is the story of how it got there. Blue boards. Gilt titles to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780007339662. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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