Stella & Rose's Books

A FIGHT FOR FORTUNE OR THE TIGER OF BATOL
Written by T.C. Bridges. Illustrated by Arthur Twidle.
Stock no. 1331480
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Limited. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

A story of peril and adventure in the China seas. Blue cloth with gilt title label and pictorial onlay to spine, cream title and pictorial onlay to front cover. Green endpapers. 4 colour plates. 280 pages plus 32 page publication list to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small dent to top edge of front cover. Onlay to spine is faded, scuffed and chipped. Foxing to textblock and page edges. Some hinges are pulled.

A FIRST HISTORY OF ENGLAND
Written by Louise Creighton.
Stock no. 1331479
Published by Rivingtons. 3rd 1885. Good condition.

Third edition. Small format. Blue cloth. 392 pages including index. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly grubby. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Light foxing and some fingering to contents but generally clean.

BOTTLE HOLIDAYS FOR HOME CONSUMPTION
Written by Martin Cobbett.
Stock no. 1331478
Published by Sands and Co.. 1899. Good condition.

Red cloth with black titles and flower vignettes to front cover and spine. 301 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers are damp stained to spine and edges, spine is also browned. Contents browned and foxed.

THE YOUNG COMPOSER; OR, PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION PART I
Written by James Cornwell.
Stock no. 1331477
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. Good condition.

Second Edition. Small format cloth covers with title label to front cover. 126 pages. Prelims removed, opens to "preface to the second edition". Covers are discoloured with bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing and page browning else contents clean.

TWO BOYS IN BEAVER-LAND
Written by A. Radclyffe Dugmore. Illustrated by A. Radclyffe Dugmore.
Stock no. 1331476
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Almost very good condition.

Of the Canadian Woods, the animals that live there & more particularly the Beaver. A story for boys and girls. Green pictorial cloth. 245 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, sme wear to spine ends. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Some light foxing else contents clean.

MARTIN RATTLER OR A BOY'S ADVENTURES IN THE FORESTS OF BRAZIL
Written by R.M. Ballantyne.
Stock no. 1331475
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1867. Good condition.

Green cloth with embossed borders to covers and gilt title/vignette to spine. B/w plates. 330 pages plus publication list to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Front joint is broken to lower half. Contents are grubby from fingermarks and some hinges pulled. Some scuffing to covers and a small mark to front cover.

BASHERS, GADGETS AND MOURNERS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE LNWR COAL TANKS
Written by Peter W. Skellon.
Stock no. 1331474
Published by The Bahamas Locomotive Society. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A simple locomotive that was cheap to build and easy to maintain, capable of hard work. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. 256 pages including index. Subscribers to the Webb Coal Tank Engine Preservation Fund listed. ISBN: 9780956929204. Spine and corners have a little shelf wear/bumping. Audio CD still present in pocket at front of book (although not tested). Dustwrapper is slightly spotted and slightly edge creased.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1940 (FACSIMILE) - RUPERT'S ADVENTURE BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1331473
Published by Annual Concepts Limited. 1992. Fine condition.

Facsimile of the 5th Rupert annual (1940), the first to be issued in full colour throughout. Due to paper rationing during the war this was probably the ONLY annual to be issued that year. Colour pictorial boards. ISBN: 1874507015. Still in original shrinkwrap.

THE DUTCH CHEESE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1331472
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette to front cover. 5 stories. B/w drawings. 143 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners just a tiny bit rubbed/worn. Name plate to front pastedown and name in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and is just a little edge chipped.

FAVOURITES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1331471
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. Fine condition.

A rag book. Small format 5 x 4". Pictorial covers, chick to front, goat kid to rear. 2 cloth leaves plus inside of covers gives 6 pictures of animals, no text. Rag book is bright and clean. Tissue-paper pocket is old and slightly browned/fragile.

THE SAN DIEGO ZOO: THE FIRST CENTURY 1916-2016 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Lynda Rutledge Stephenson.
Stock no. 1831654
Published by Zoological Society Of San Diego. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The San Diego Zoo began with a roar, so the legend goes. In 1916, a local doctor named Harry Wegeforth heard a caged menagerie lion's melancholy roar and decided to found a zoo... Created for its 2016 centennial celebration, The San Diego Zoo: The First Century preserves the Zoo's history in two volumes: volume One The Founding Era 1916-1953 and Volume Two The Modern Era 1954-2016. Green cloth boards, gilt title to front boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9780692397923. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has a couple of minor scuff marks. Also contained in original cardboard box which has some marks, some fading and is heavily bumped on one corner, couple of closing flaps to one end are missing.

THE HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE AND NEWCASTLE CENTRAL STATION: 150 YEARS ACROSS THE TYNE
Written by John Addyman; Bill Fawcett.
Stock no. 1831653
Published by The North Eastern Railway Association. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Story of the high level bridge and central station at Newcastle Upon Tyne from the end of the 18th century to the present day including an outline of the early histories of passenger railways on Tyneside. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. 152 pages including index. ISBN: 1873513291. SIGNED by the authors and two contributors to verso of free front endpaper (no dedication). Rear board a little grubby. Lower corners of boards very slightly bumped, worn. '95/200' written in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.