Stella & Rose's Books

THE ADVENTURES OF SCAMP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Olive F. Openshaw.
Stock no. 1506337
Published by Werner Laurie. 1st thus 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Scamp is a delightful little terrier dog. B/w illustrations. Cream boards with dark blue titles. 94 pages. Originally written under the pen name of Mary Pollock. Light bumping to corners. A little darkening to some cover edges. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with a few chips and tears. Larger tear down rear edge of spine into rear panel. Very little loss. Wrapper is heavily foxed on both sides.

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STEINLEN OF CATS AND MEN
Written by Magdaleen Van Herk. Illustrated by Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen.
Stock no. 1608706
Published by Kattenkabinet. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Cats in art. ISBN: 9073750075.

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WE WANT A STORY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by George Bowe.
Stock no. 1506331
Published by Murfett Pty. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Australian Edition. Cloth spine, green pictorial thick card covers with black titles, 7 x 4.75". 14 stories. 96 pages. B/w illustrations. Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Spine foxed with faint blue mark near top. Light crease across front cover. Covers grubby with dark stain to top edge of rear cover, small brown marks to top edge of front cover. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Rear joint just starting to crack. Browning to endpapers, prelims and page edges.

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A NORTHERN SCHOOL
Written by Peter Davies.
Stock no. 1608701
Published by Redcliffe Press Ltd.. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Lancashire artists of the twentieth century. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0948265736. Spine and corners bumped. Inscriptions in ink to front pastedown. Wrapper edge creased.

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THE WESTERLY WANDERER
Written by Jeremy Bourne.
Stock no. 1608698
Published by The Housman Society. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. A brief portrait of A.E. Housman, author of A Shropshire Lad. ISBN: 0904579069.

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THE STORY OF THE TREASURE SEEKERS
Written by E. Nesbit. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; Lewis Baumer.
Stock no. 1506329
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Being the adventures of the Bastable children in search of a fortune. Blue/green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. B/w frontis and 16 other plates. 296 pages and catalogue to rear. All edges gilt. Spine bumped and worn with nicks to cloth at top and some loss of cloth from bottom edge. Heavy bumping to top corners, lower corners lightly bumped. Covers are grubby, front cover marked, rear cover scuffed. Gilt dulled on spine. Front joint badly cracked between front endpaper and following page, holding by binding threads. Top set of threads pulled affecting first couple of gatherings. Rear joint cracked showing webbing, one hinge cracked. Endpapers browned and lightly foxed, rear are also grubby, verso of front endpaper has splash marks and partial footprint. Tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown. Foxing and a few marks to contents. All plates present, tissue guard to frontis heavily foxed.

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THE ADVENTURES OF MR. PINK-WHISTLE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1405855
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 4th 1945. Slightly better than good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The extraordinary adventures of a funny little man who goes about the world trying to put things right! Red cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers are damp stained. Name and address in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers marked (damp?). Rear endpaper has mended tear. Pencil ticks to book list at front of book. Foxing to page edges. Light mark to a couple of pages. Dustwrapper is edge worn with several tears, some of which have been mended on verso with white paper. Wrapper is grubby. Light damp markings to verso.

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A LIST OF VICARS OF CHEPSTOW
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1608689
Published by Ivor Waters. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red card wraps. 15 pages. ISBN: 095000796X. Staples rusted.

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LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1405847
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1917. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth spine and corners, cream pictorial boards. Black title to spine. Title to front is Little Ann A Book. Grey endpapers. Colour illustrations. 64 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Light pencil marks and some scratches to boards . Browning to top of boards. Joints and some hinges cracked. Foxing throughout. Some marks to endpapers.

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ERNEST THE ELEPHANT
Written by Barbara Catford. Illustrated by Nancy Catford.
Stock no. 1506316
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1935. Slightly better than good condition.

Small format 6 x 5". Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. 69 pages. Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Splits to top of spine with 1/4" loss of backstrip. Covers slightly grubby and spine browned. One hinge cracked. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Light browning and foxing to endpapers. Contents very good.

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PERCY THE PENGUIN
Written by Nancy Catford. Illustrated by Nancy Catford.
Stock no. 1506315
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition.

Small format 6 x 5". Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. The story of Percy and his friend Barney the Black Bear. 69 pages Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. 1/4" missing from top of spine. Covers slightly grubby and spine browned. Ink inscription to front pastedown. A couple of hinges cracked. Light browning to title page. Contents generally clean.

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MERRY ANIMAL TALES
Written by Madge A. Bigham. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1405820
Published by George G. Harrap & Company. 1919. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine with pale green paper boards & pictorial onlay to front, dark titles, 9.75 x 7". 4 colour plates. 127 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned. Covers are grubby and a little marked. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Front endpaper lightly creased. Endpapers browned. Foxing mostly to page edges.

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