Stella & Rose's Books

CLASSICS ONE
Written by Al Crabbie. Illustrated by Lukas Kelly; Denham Kelly.
Stock no. 426511
Published by The Fairytale Company. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Adapted Hans Christian Andersen fairytales. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Compact disc that follows the 'play' form of text in the book. Contains 'Jack the Dullard', 'The Tinderbox' and 'The Swineherd'. ISBN: 0954787404. Spine and corners very lightly bumped. Compact audio disc still present inside plastic case inside front of book.

Buy now for £18.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

MERRY STORIES FOR CHILDREN
Written by Ierne L. Plunket; Margaret Baker; Thora Stowell; et al.
Stock no. 426525
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Circa 1937. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards, colour plates. B/w illustrations. First story is 'The Witch's Cottage' by Ierne L. Plunket. Board edges worn, a few corners bumped. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Some light browning to verso of frontis. A few light foxspots to contents. Contents are tight. A little chipping to edges of wrapper, with some foxing and grubby marks - but nice and complete!

Buy now for £20.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE PLAY'S THE THING!
Written by Enid Blyton; Alec Rowley. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 576252
Published by The Home Library Book Company; George Newnes Limited. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

12 musical plays for children aged 8 to 15. 24 full-page b/w drawings by Alfred Bestall and music by Alec Rowley. Very large format. Russet cloth, gilt title and decorations to spine. Pictorial endpapers. 240 pages. A few marks to front cover. Spine and corners just very slightly bumped. Small piece missing from lower margin of page 109. Small closed margin tears on pages 111, 113 and 161. A few faint foxspots to endpapers and a few faint margins marks else contents bright and clean. A very nice copy of this handsome book.

Price: £64.00 £48.00.

Buy now for £48.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

MIDDLESEX BIOGRAPHICAL AND PICTORIAL
No author listed.
Stock no. 576200
Published by Allan North. 1st 1906. Very good condition.

Large format. Vellum spine. Red cloth with gilt titles. All edges gilt. Pen portraits of the worthies of Middlesex. B/w photos. Joints slightly cracked. Contents clean and bright. Vellum spine grubby.

Buy now for £35.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE SPORTSMAN'S DIRECTORY
Written by John Mayer.
Stock no. 576175
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 1838. Good condition.

Small format. Green cloth, gilt title and shooting vignette to front cover. The Sportsman's Directory and Park & Gamekeeper's Companion. Being a Series of Instructions in Ten Parts for The Chase in its Various Classes: Coursing, Shooting, Fishing, The Preservation of Game and Decoys, Selection and Training of the Pointer and Spaniel, Breeding Pheasants, Partridges, Rabbits Etc. With Copious Directions for Trapping and Destroying Vermin and Detecting the Operations of the Poachere. An Appendix Containing Numerous Valuable Receipts and Useful Abstracts of the Game Laws and the Laws of Coursing. 6th edition. viii + 181 pages. B/w illustrations. Rear free endpaper missing. Front joint cracked, rear joint broken. Contemporary name in ink to title page. Covers a little marked. Corners slightly worn. Page 97 has crayon scribble but text still readable.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

Buy now for £37.50 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

AMONG THE DANES
Written by F.M. Butlin. Illustrated by Ellen Wilkinson.
Stock no. 576113
Published by Methuen & Co.. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. 12 colour plates and 15 b/w plates mainly photos. Front endpaper browned. Corners rubbed. All plates present.

Buy now for £30.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE GHOST OF TANTONY PIG
Written by Julia Jarman. Illustrated by Laszlo Acs.
Stock no. 426379
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Laurie Gell thinks he has problems enough...then a pig starts speaking to him - could the legend of Tantony Pig be true? ISBN: 0862642957. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Very corners a little bumped.

Buy now for £18.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

PIG
Written by Paul Geraghty.
Stock no. 426388
Published by Hutchinson. 1st thus 1991. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. When Michael's family has to move from the farm in the wild hills of Natel to the city of Cape Town, he leaves behind a lifelong Zulu friend and the old farm school to face a sinister and unwelcoming gang at his new school. ISBN: 0091763940. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page.

Buy now for £15.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

NOBODY'S CHILD
Written by Patricia Miles.
Stock no. 426391
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Peach boards, gilt title to spine. A gripping adventure story set in the eighteenth century. ISBN: 0241891795. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Name in pen on front endpaper. Spine faded and a little bumped. Some foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut, faded to spine, with a little creasing.

Buy now for £20.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE STAR TRAP
Written by Marjorie Darke. Illustrated by Michael Jackson.
Stock no. 426392
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maroon boards, gilt title to spine. Frances Redmayne runs away from Mrs. Harpers Seminary for Young Ladies to seek success as an actress... ISBN: 0582162629. SIGNED by author on title page. JAB in pen on front endpaper. Pages 17-24 have not been cut properly when published - so these page edges stick out above the rest and are now creased. Some light foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is faded to spine and a little chipped and creased to edges.

Buy now for £18.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

A DISTURBING INFLUENCE
Written by Patricia Miles.
Stock no. 426394
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver title to spine. Andrew Gifford is 16 and bright beyond his years. A mathematician by direction - but what by inclination?... ISBN: 0241100224. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Name in pen on front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut and faded to spine.

Buy now for £24.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

JET, A GIFT TO THE FAMILY
Written by Geoffrey Kilner. Illustrated by Mary Dinsdale.
Stock no. 426396
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. When his father brought home a greyhound, David dreaded what his mother would say... ISBN: 0722652011. Spine a little bumped. Some very light foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is faded to spine and a little chipped in a few places.

Buy now for £25.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List