Stella & Rose's Books

THE LAND OF LONG AGO
Written by Elsa Beskow. Illustrated by Elsa Beskow.
Stock no. 1830494
Published by Floris Books. 1st UK 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

One day the old tree trunk outside Kelly and Kai's cottage is magically transformed into a dragon and carries them off to the Land of Long Ago. On their incredible journey the children meet a princess, resuce a knight and trick the king of the trolls. But will the old tree dragon stay alive long enough to bring them home again? First published in Swedish in 1923 under the title Resan Till Landet Langesen. Red cloth spine with gilt title, glazed pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9780863157714. Very slight scuffing to boards else contents lovely and bright.

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THE CHURCH MICE AND THE RING
Written by Graham Oakley. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 1830493
Published by Pan Macmillan Children's Books. 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Another splendid pictorial account of the exploits of Sampson the cat and the church mice. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Super colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0333539036. Reprint in the same year as the first printing. A lovely copy. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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GOLDEN SUNBEAMS VOL. I 1897
Written by E.A. Bulley; Christina Rossetti; Maud Carew; et al. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; T.H. Robinson; George Soper; et al..
Stock no. 1330406
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1897. Very good condition.

December 1896 (no. 1) to Novemeber 1897 (no. 12). Blue pictorial cloth with gilt title to front cover. 192 pages. Packed full of b/w illustrations, including some early work by Charles Robinson. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly rubbed and grubby. Prize plate (name blotted out) to front pastedown. Front joint starting to crack. Contents are well browned but otherwise are clean. Endpapers are slightly grubby.

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SELF TO SELF
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Stock no. 1330405
Published by Faber and Gwyer, Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

No. 11 of The Ariel Poems. Large-paper edition, limited to 500 copies. Light grey boards with gilt title to front. Small b/w illustration to half title-page and one full-page illustration. SIGNED by the author to limitation page, this is copy no. 187. A few very small, light marks to covers. Contents bright and clean.

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THE SHOOTING MAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1330404
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1948. Very good condition.

Limp burgundy calf binding, gilt titles and borders with vignette to front cover. 479 pages plus game record pages at rear. 6.5 x 4". B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges lightly rubbed. A few foxspots to textblock. A couple of small stains to front endpapers. Fronty joint is starting to crack. A few page corner tips are lightly creased. Contents otherwise clean.

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ALL ABOUT MISS FLORA BROOM
Written by K.A. Lund. Illustrated by Gordon Robinson.
Stock no. 1330403
Published by Dean & Son. Circa 1914. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine, grey boards with red titles and colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. 47 pages. Uneven browning to cover edges. A few scuffs to covers. Possibly the spine has been replaced professionally (very difficul to tell!). Joints just starting to crack. Binding nice and tight, contents clean.

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THE FABER BOOK OF FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES
Written by Stephen Corrin; Sara Corrin. Illustrated by Juan Wijngaard.
Stock no. 1330401
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

26 of the best-loved fairy tales. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Decorations to chapter headings. 15 full-page colour illustrations. 243 pages. 9.5 x 6.5". ISBN: 0571148549. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut. There is a label to the front flap which has caused a light brown patch to facing endpaper.

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THE ROALD DAHL TREASURY
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake; Raymond Briggs; Babette Cole; et al..
Stock no. 1330399
Published by Jonathan Cape. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Complete stories, extracts, rhymes and memoirs in four themed sections: Animals; Magic; Family, Friends and Foes; and Matters of Importance. Red boards with white title to spine. 444 pages. Cream endpapers. Packed full of colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780224046916. 21st printing. Spine bumped. Covers edge rubbed. Small mark to lower edge of textblock, top edge slightly dusty. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE BIRTHDAY BOOK
Written by Michael Morpurgo; Quentin Blake; et al. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley; Emma Chichester Clark; et al..
Stock no. 1330398
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An illustrated treasury of stories and poems in aid of The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts in celebration of HRH The Prince of Wales's sixtieth birthday. Edited by Morpurgo and Blake. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780224083607. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of small marks to prelims else contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is creased at edges and very slightly faded to spine

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FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Neil Philip. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent.
Stock no. 1330397
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New English Versions by Neil Philip. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0316913227. Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Small worn patch to lower edge of rear cover. Some light finger creasing at margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little rubbed at edges.

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TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Rowland Hilder.
Stock no. 1830492
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st thus 1929. Very good condition.

12 striking colour plates plus b/w decorations and a map of Treasure Island. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles and borders. Pictorial endpapers. xi and 260 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine lightly browned. Vertical rear board edge cloth is 'nibbled'. Browning to text block. Name in ink to verso of frontis. A few scattered foxspots present. Generally a nice looking copy.

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CELL WALL DEFICIENT FORMS: STEALTH PATHOGENS
Written by Lida H. Mattman.
Stock no. 1830491
Published by CRC Press. Circa 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

"Lida Mattman writes beautifully and with great humor about cell wall deficient forms (CWD) i.e., stealth pathogen. Understanding CWD forms and their role in emerging global infections has a great impact on our survival." Third Edition. After perusing this volume, you should know: 1. What organism should be added to the childhood vaccine, especially for boys? 2. What bacterium in its pleomorphic state is found in direct smears of synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthritis cases? 3. In what chronic disease is an acid-fast organism routinely found in smears of 72-h blood cultures in any routine medium? 4. Which "bacterium" has a life cycle in the human erythrocyte as complex as that of Plasmodium malaria? 5. The L form, of which common pathogen can permanently damage mammaliam myocardium. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations416 pages including index. ISBN: 0849387671. 2nd printing of the third edition. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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