Stella & Rose's Books

SIRIUS AND SABA
Written by Deborah King. Illustrated by Deborah King.
Stock no. 718248
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Sirius and Saba are dogs who undertake a journey around the exotic Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0241105994. Spine and corners bumped. Small gold label to front pastedown. Very light rubbing to top edge of dustwrapper.

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JINNIFER OF LONDON
Written by Barbara Nixon. Illustrated by Barbara Nixon.
Stock no. 718473
Published by Guilford Press. 1st 1948. Good condition.

The adventures of Jinnifer - quite the prettiest of a large family of cats. Illustrated to text in colour and b/w. 94 pages. Orange cloth covers. Spine and cover edges faded. Covers grubby. Corners worn. Erased pencil marks to front pastedown and crayon marks to rear pastedown. Front joint is partly cracked. Contents are clean.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS IN TOWN
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 718510
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with dark blue titles and vignettes. Colour frontis plate. 314 pages plus 5 page publication list to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Prizeplate to front pasteedown. Frontis detached causing ragged edges. Textblock a bit grubby. Contents clean.

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HOB AND BOB A TALE OF TWO GOBLINS
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Charles Stewart.
Stock no. 718636
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition.

A fairy story in which children will find many old nursery rhyme friends. Yellow cloth. Colour sketches throughout. 63 pages. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby. Some marks to page margins but generally clean.

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TOMMY TREGENNIS
Written by Mary E. Phillips. Illustrated by M.V. Wheelhouse.
Stock no. 718686
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial cloth. 7 colour plates. Endpapers partly browned and light foxing to contents. Spine and corners bumped. A nice bright copy in scarce dustwrapper which is slightly worn at corners with minimal loss.

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TIDAL CREEK
Written by Roderick Finlayson.
Stock no. 718777
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"The life and vicissitudes of Uncle Ted, a small farmer deeply attached to his land". Red cloth, black title to spine. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers lightly browned and some marking to textblock. Wrapper is worn at spine and corners, slightly grubby to rear and has lower corner of front flap neatly removed (not price).

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CHILDREN'S CHILDREN
Written by Gertrude Bone. Illustrated by Muirhead Bone.
Stock no. 718823
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w plates and text illustrations. 271 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped. Smith's label to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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JOLLY TIMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Chris G. Temple; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 718844
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1935. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards show children drawing on blackboard. First story is "The Elf-Girl and the Prince". Pretty colour plates by Temple. B/w illustrations throughout including one small picture by Wain featuring 3 cats in the sea. Corners worn. Edges rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Prizeplate to front pastedown. Contents browned and foxed affecting margins of plates.

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THE LORD OF KINGS
Written by Lucy Diamond. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Irene Mountfort.
Stock no. 718861
Published by Collins. Circa 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Stories from the Old Testament. Large format. Red cloth spine, pictorial front board. Full-page colour plates by Brock. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Wrapper is edge-worn with slight loss to top of spine.

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A PAINTING BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 718878
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Good condition.

White pictorial card wraps with blue border to front. B/w illustrations throughout to paint. (No text). Spine replaced with blue cloth. Covers grubby with corner tips missing. Some neat painting to contents. Not dated but c1890.

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FLYING STORIES
Written by Flight-Lieutenant; George E. Rochester; W.E. Johns; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw; et al..
Stock no. 718902
Published by John Hamilton. Circa 1936. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine illustrated by Bradshaw. Includes 3 stories by W.E. Johns. 6 colour plates and 4 b/w plates. 248 pages. Spine and corners worn. Boards slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page-edge browning throughout otherwise contents clean.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TIMOTHY AND PETER
Written by Wendy Barnes. Illustrated by George Brook.
Stock no. 718912
Published by J. Fairston. Circa 1944. Very good condition.

No. 2 of the "Tally-Ho" Books for children. Buff boards with vignette and dark blue title to front. Full-page colour pictures. Covers slightly creased. Inscription in ink to half-tltle. Some light fingering and page creasing to contents. One lower corner is slightly worn.

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