Stella & Rose's Books

TERTIUS AND PLINY
Written by Ben Frankel. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1814629
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1992. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Life is rather dull for Tertius and Pliny in Mrs Kay's antique shop - until the day Uncle Max buys Tertius for his nephew and niece. But he doesn't forget his old friend Pliny, left behind in the shop... Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 041619012x.

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WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE, DANNY?
Written by Helen Young. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1814619
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Danny, a young boy with epilepsy. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 023397248X. SIGNED by the author 'With the Author's best wishes, Helen Young' to front endpaper. A few light marks to covers. Some light wrinkling of pages from damp. Pictorial dustwrapper is damp stained across top rear panel edge.

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THE TROKEVILLE WAY
Written by Russell Hoban.
Stock no. 1814611
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

When Nick Hartley loses his third fight with bully Harry Buncher, he comes out of it with a lump on his head and all his senses strangely heightened. On his way home he meets sometime magician Moe Nagic who has an unusual jigsaw puzzle to sell... Brown boards with silver title to spine. ISBN: 0224046314.

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JOLLY ROGER AND THE PIRATES OF ABDUL THE SKINHEAD
Written by Colin McNaughton.
Stock no. 1814602
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

'A rumbustious, piratical romp aboard the good ship The Golden Behind'. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Square format. ISBN: 0744510112. Rear pastedown faded from red to orange.

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LISTEN TO THIS
Written by Laura Cecil; et al. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1814590
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1987. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of 13 stories selected for reading aloud to young children. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0370311000. Uneven browning to dustwrapper.

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PROMISE AND THE MONSTER
Written by Babette Cole. Illustrated by Babette Cole.
Stock no. 1814589
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1988. Fine condition.

When Fergus McHeap's monster is stolen by a travelling circus, Promise the pony devises a cunning plot to save him. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations cartoon strip style. ISBN: 0001840347.

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SEASONS: WINTER
Written by Colin McNaughton. Illustrated by Colin McNaughton.
Stock no. 1814588
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

A Seasons Board book. Colourful pictures to capture the special activities of Winter. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. One word per page. ISBN: 0744500850. Light rubbing to corners. Light browning to covers.

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A NATURAL HISTORY OF ST KILDA
Written by John A. Love. Illustrated by John A. Love.
Stock no. 2123686
Published by Birlinn Limited. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. Ink drawings by the author. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781841587974. Small inscription in ink to first page.

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THE BEAGLE RECORD SELECTIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL RECORDS AND WRITTEN ACCOUNTS OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE
Written by R.D. Keynes.
Stock no. 2123683
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Paperback reissue of the 1979 volume that gathered together an account of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world in 1831-36, taken from the letter of Darwin and Fitzroy, Darwin's diary, and the books about the voyage published by Darwin and Fitzroy in 1839. ISBN: 9780521338554.

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THE TUNNEL
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123649
Almost very good condition.

A tunnel book. NO text. Not a book, but rather a 'box' that pulls up and out to show concertina style peep through 'view' of Tunnel under the Thames. 5 'pieces'. Dimensions are approx - Closed as a box: 7.5" across, 5.75" high, 1.75" deep; Open concertina: 20" long as a concertina, 5.5" high, 7" at widest point opened. 'Box' has become a bit crushed - one side is broken, but still attached on one side. Creasing to fold-out pieces and foxing and browning, but still pieces are remarkable bright. Box is worn and grubby. This book is sold with all faults.

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AN EXPLANATION OF THE TUNNEL UNDER THE THAMES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123644
Good condition.

Thin card covers. Blue cloth spine. One text page, with 4 'fold-out' pages, in concertina style. Unusual item. Some creasing. Foxing and browning, with grubby marks. Small inscription in ink down margin of text page. A little surface paper damage to very bottom of text page, with small amount of loss to text.

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FREELING'S GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANION TO LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM
Written by Arthur Freeling.
Stock no. 2123642
Published by Whittaker & Co.. 2nd 1838. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. 2nd edition. And Liverpool, Manchester & Birmingham Guide; Containing: A Narrative of the Parliamentary History of the Project; An Account of Everything Worthy the Attention of the Traveller Upon the Line; Complete Description of Every Part of the Rail-road; of the Noblemen or Gentlemen's Seats.... Fold-out map to front, also fold-out timetable. New Spine/rebound, with what remains of original spine laid down; browned. Covers are unevenly browned and faded, with bumping and wear. Some marks to endpapers. Foxing throughout.

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