Stella & Rose's Books

THE STORY OF THE SEASIDE
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1328706
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations with pages which transform the scenes. No text. ISBN: 0233984224. Spine faded. Contents fine.

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THE STORY OF A HIGH STREET
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1328705
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Peach endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. No text. Oblong, 7 x 10". 58 pages. ISBN: 0233980709. Spine faded. Contents fine.

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IRISH FAIRY TALES
Written by James Stephens. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1828994
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

A book in which Rackham broke new ground in the illustration of Irish literature. Stephens had attempted to create an Irish equivalent of The Arabian Nights in his own poetic retelling of the stories which existed in the oral tradition. Rackham rose to the occasion and produced 37 memorable illustrations including 16 in full colour. Green cloth, gilt decoration to front cover and spine. 318 pages. Spine browned and thus gilt to spine is faded. Corners rubbed and a little worn, lower rear corner has tiny nibble to cloth at edge. Text block and endpapers browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. All plates present, pale foxing to plate edges, tissue guards browned. Plate facing page 214 has slight surface paper damage to margins where tissue-guard was stuck. Contents clean.

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JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
Written by Jules Verne; William Butcher; Michael Crichton. Illustrated by Grahame Baker.
Stock no. 1828993
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Translated by Butcher, Introduced by Crichton. Pictorial boards. Full page colour plates to contents. xxviii and 230 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE SURVIVORS: A DOCUMENTARY RECORD OF FIFTY OF NEWPORT'S FINEST HOUSES
Written by Rex Moreton.
Stock no. 1328704
Published by Vine Press. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Newport, Monmouthshire. Oblong format. Brown cloth spine, green cloth boards with photographic colour onlay to front. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781904192435. Minimal rubbing to spine else a fine copy.

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BILLY BUNTER AFLOAT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1328703
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Billy Bunter book no. 21. Green boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 223 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing throughout and to lower edges of covers. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby, edge rubbed and foxed on verso.

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THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328702
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The eighth in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 277 pages. Spine bumped. Some slight scuffing to cover edges. Old tape to pastedowns (also to wrapper flaps), browning to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Section missing to lower corner of front pastedown (hidden beneath wrapper flap). Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with slight loss to top of spine and has old tape marks to edges and tape to edges of flaps (as mentioned previously).

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THE FAUNA OF SHROPSHIRE
Written by H. Edward Forrest.
Stock no. 1828991
Published by L. Wilding. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Being an account of all the mammals, birds, reptiles and fishes found in the county of Salop. Photographic plates and portraits. Green cloth, gilt titles. 248 and vi pages. Spine lightly browned, boards have a few minor marks, corners are rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. Name & address in ink to front pastedown. A few minor marks to contents but generally clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1938 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328701
Published by Daily Express. 1938. Good condition.

The third Rupert annual. 1st story Rupert and the Daffodils. Colour pictorial boards. Red cloth spine. 126 pages. 10x7.5". Covers are edge worn, a bit grubby and there is a light circular mark (cup mark?) to centre of front cover. Spine is worn at top and tail with fraying of cloth and is grubby and faded. Name and date in ink in belongs to box. Heavy foxing throughout. Hinges pulled and cracked showing stitching beneath.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1968
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328700
Published by Daily Express. 1968. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - Rupert & chums watching large ball coming down from the sky. The last Rupert annual to include Magic Paintings. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Name in belongs to box has been erased. Price NOT cut. First magic painting has been neatly completed, a couple of others have a tiny bit of colour to them, the remaining ones are untouched. Page edges are browned but contents are generally clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1972
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328699
Published by Daily Express. 1972. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial glazed boards - Rupert and chums enjoying a picnic. 1st story Rupert's Deep Sea Adventure. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. NOT inscribed or price-cut. A copy which has been carefully stored since the day of purchase. Would be perfect except that the pages were creased at hinges during the binding proces and there is a small blue mark on pages 8 and 9, a printing fault.

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MARTIN PIPPIN IN THE APPLE-ORCHARD
Written by Eleanor Farjeon.
Stock no. 1828990
Published by W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd.. 1924. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, red titles. Not illustrated. xviii and 369 pages plus 'The Spring-Green Lady' music score to rear. Fifth impression. Spine slightly faded with wear to top & tail. Corners lightly worn, small patch of bleached cloth to top front edge. Endpapers and text block browned. Contents clean.

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