Stella & Rose's Books

CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 442858
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1893. Good condition.

Greyish blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. Burgundy endpapers. B/w frontis and 7 other plates, plus 1 map. 352 pages plus 32 pages of adverts to rear. All edges olivine. Covers grubby. Corners are worn.

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KNOCKOUT FUN BOOK 1953
No author listed.
Stock no. 442871
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1953. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Billy Bunter comic strip included. Spine faded. Rear cover grubby. Corners are worn. Crossword completed in pencil.

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THE TALE OF ADMIRAL MOUSE
Written by Bernard Stone. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 629499
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition.

Sequel to The Charge of the Mouse Brigade. White glazed pictorial boards. White decorated endpapers with repetitive blue mouse pattern. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862640091. SIGNED by the author & illustrator. Corners lightly bumped & rubbed. Spine lightly browned. One or two small marks to contents. A nice copy.

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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 382540
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1909. Very good condition.

Autograph Edition De Luxe, Limited to 50 copies. Large format (32 x 26cm). Bound in attractive brown leather with gilt titles, vignettes and borders. 30 lovely tipped-in colour plates mounted on cream card with green decorative borders and captioned paper guards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. This is copy no. 22, SIGNED by the author. Corners are slightly worn and covers a little edge rubbed. Spine has been professionally rebacked retaining the original spine piece (which is worn). A few light fingermarks and tiny foxspots else contents clean. A very nice copy of a handsome and very scarce book.

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THE GREAT ITALIAN SPAGHETTI DISASTER
Written by Mike Waudby. Illustrated by Alan Stokes.
Stock no. 382496
Published by Faction Books Limited. 1st 1989. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Faction Books series (series created by Rob Cooper). Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 187234500X. A super copy in wrapper which is just lightly creased at top and tail of spine.

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RADIO FUN ANNUAL 1955
No author listed.
Stock no. 815040
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1955. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Name in ink to front cover. Inscription in ink to rear cover. Cloth spine faded. Inscription in ink and pencil to front pastedown. Name in ink to front endpaper and verso of front endpaper. contents generally clean, name in ink to top of page 13, crossword is completed in pencil.

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THE BRUINS ON HOLIDAY
No author listed.
Stock no. 815046
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd.. Very good condition.

The Bruins are a family of brown bears. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Edges lightly rubbed. Pages lightly browned. Small split to base of spine.

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THE YOUNG CARTHAGINIAN
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by C.J. Staniland.
Stock no. 815020
Published by Blackie & Son. Circa 1901. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 b/w plates. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. A Story of the Times of Hannibal. Covers browned. Corners bumped. Bookplate to front pastedown. All plates present.

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THE PAPERED WALL
Written by Lesley Hoskins.
Stock no. 814966
Published by Harry N. Abrams. 1st USA 1994. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Tracing the history of wallpaper ranging from hand-painted Chinese papers to the myriad patterns and paper types available for use today in the ordinary home. Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. 256 pages. ISBN: 0810937301. A lovely, clean copy.

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TIM AND LUCY GO TO SEA
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 814932
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1944. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. 32 pages. Hand lettering replaced by a setting in Gill Sans. Rear cover carries imprint 'Engraved and printed by Henry Stone & Son. Ltd., Banbury.' Covers creased and rubbed at edges. Contents a little creased and fingered but clean.

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A FINAL RECKONING
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 814889
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Tale of Bush Life in Australia. Red cloth, embossed decoration to front and spine. Gilt title to spine, blind title to front. 4 colour plates. 352 pages. Covers clean and bright. Page 49 detached. All plates present. Contents generally clean and tight. One hinge pulled. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with a few chips.

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A FINAL RECKONING
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 814900
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Tale of Bush Life in Australia. The New Henty Library. Green cloth, black titles, brown border outline to front and vignette of a man to spine. 4 b/w plates. 352 pages. Covers clean and bright. Inscription in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is lightly worn at corners and scuffed to rear panel.

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