Stella & Rose's Books

BIGGLES IN THE BLUE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323869
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, scottie dog design. Blue title to spine. 6 colour plates. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light fingering to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with some ink writing to rear panel and a small tear/hole to centre of spine.

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BEECHY OF THE HARBOUR SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1323858
Published by Oliphants Ltd.. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine and embossed publisher vignette to front board. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name and address in biro to front pastedown. Prize plate and a few ink marks to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned but otherwise clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, torn and creased, large tear to front fold which has been tape repaired on verso. Title of book has been written in ink to front flap of wrapper.

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AN ARTIST'S MODELS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1323856
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1930. Good condition.

Beige cloth. Not a collection of lovely ladies but a collection of even lovelier dogs! 20 superb full-page sketches depicting models the artists has known in various doggy poses. Wonderful! Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers are a little grubby and spine is slightly faded and foxed. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Some hinges cracked and some light foxing to contents.

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ENID BLYTON'S MAGAZINE ANNUAL NO. 2
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1323854
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt lettering. Endpapers are board games. Full of short stories and puzzles. Numerous illustrations. First story is "Adventure on the Way Home" - A Tale of the Secret Seven. Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers and text block browned and foxed. Puzzles and painting pages neatly completed. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and slightly edge worn.

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THE LIFE & OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY GENTLEMAN
Written by Laurence Sterne. Illustrated by Harry Furniss.
Stock no. 1824308
Published by Franklin Library. 1st thus 1981. Nearly fine condition.

A work of fictional autobiography originally published in nine volumes between 1759 and 1767. Red leather spine with two raised bands, gilt title and tooling. Red cloth baords with gilt tooling. Marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations after Harry Furniss. All edges gilt. Appears to be unread.

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BIGGLES' SECOND CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323852
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Cream boards, green titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 190 numbered pages. Spine bumped. Covers grubby and slightly foxed. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Page browning and foxing to textblock. A few page corner tips creased. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss, front flap is almost detached (hanging on by a whisker). Rear panel is grubby with a cup mark.

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BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323850
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 8 yellow and black illustrations. 191 numbered pages. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Light fingermarks to endpapers. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and creased and a tiny bit grubby to rear panel.

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THE GRUFFALO SONG AND OTHER SONGS
Written by Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Stock no. 1323842
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

All join in for a monster singalong! Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Includes a CD of the songs written and performed by Julia Donaldson. ISBN: 1405022337. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly worn and edge creased. CD is present in wallet to front pastedown but has NOT been tested. The wallet is split at edges.

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THE WONDER BOOK OF SHIPS AND THE SEA
Written by A.O. Watson; J.M. Palmer; David Shaw; Douglas Phillips-Birt; L.G. Pine; C.E. Ash; Walter Shepherd; Patrick Pringle; Edward Andrewes.
Stock no. 1323839
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

Front board shows picture of two ships, rear board is gold with black decorations. Blue pictorial endpapers. Over 250 photographs and specially prepared drawings, 7 full colour plates. First item is The Ships of the Past. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers edge rubbed. Some light staining to spine and a mark at top. Contents clean.

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THE THIRTY-FOURTH DIVISION 1915-1919
Written by Lt Col. Shakespear.
Stock no. 1824304
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, chequer board vignette to spine and front board. B/w photos and folding maps. Boards lightly unevenly faed with a few light marks. Frontis has been inserted next to contents page and tissue guard is missing. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Text block browned. A few scattered foxspots.

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MAMMOTH PIKE
Written by Neville Fickling.
Stock no. 1323836
Published by Lucebaits Publishing. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Including the details of over 450 pike recorded in excess of 35 lbs. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 239 pages. ISBN: 0953237729. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Spine slightly bumped else fine. Minimal sunning to spine of wrapper.

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THE WORLD'S WORST CHILDREN
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1323832
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2016. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Are you ready to meet the world's worst children? 10 delightully dreadful tales within.... White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780008197032. A super copy.

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