Stella & Rose's Books

THE SWORD OF ST. CYPRIAN
Written by Violet Needham.
Stock no. 1316112
Published by The Violet Needham Society. 1st 1991. Very good condition.

Needham's last book - it was never previously published and due to the bad handling of the publishers rejection Needham never wrote again. Large format. Blue cardwraps with black title to spine and front cover. 133 pages. Mostly unedited from the author's original manuscript (a few grammar errors and renumbering of chapters). Slight rubbing to spine and corners. A few very small marks to rear cover. Foxing to contents. Top corner tips are lightly creased. Contents clean.

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MRS WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH
Written by Alice Hegan Rice. Illustrated by Harold Copping.
Stock no. 1506173
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Grey cloth, gilt title to spine, green titles to front cover. 34 plates in colour and b/w. 208 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine browned. Front joint and a couple of hinges cracked. Endpapers browned. Contents very good, just an odd mark and fox spot. All plates present.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2010
Written by Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1316106
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 2010. Fine condition.

The 75th Rupert annual. Celebrating 90 years of the little bear from 1920-2010, from Tourtel to Trotter. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781405252393. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners else a fine copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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OLD DUTCH NURSERY RHYMES
Written by J. Rontgen; R.H. Elkin. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1316102
Published by Augener Ltd.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover, pictorial onlay to front. Pretty colour pictures, each with verses with music on facing pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Faint damp stain to rear cover. Joints cracked but binding still tight. Some light foxing and grubby fingermarks to page margins. A few small edge tears at margins.

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THE BOX OF 'MRS' BOOKS
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1316083
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

A small square box (4.25 x 4.25") containing six of the "Mrs." books: Mrs. Purr; Mrs. Nibble; Mrs. Cackle, Mrs. Polly, Mrs. Bear and Mrs. Waddle. Each book has pictorial paperwraps, colour and two-tone illustrations. 2 of the volumes (Cackle and Polly) have small marks to covers, 1 volume has a couple of tiny edge tears to front cover. Books are otherwise bright and clean.Box is very worn, half of top of box missing.

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MARGERY MEETS THE ROSES
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1316081
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

18-year-old Margery Paine goes to Rainbows, a model village built by a young heiress, to open its first sweet shop. Blue cloth, black title to spine. B/w frontis. 258 pages. Spine and corners bumped, slight browning to lower edges of covers. Prize plate to front free-endpaper has been mostly removed. Foxing to contents which are otherwise clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge chipped with slight loss to spine and corners and is slightly grubby to rear panel.

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BABAR'S KINGDOM
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1316075
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

Little Babar Books 7. Smaller format, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416154808. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some slight creasing to page corner tips.

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YOUNG GEORGE - HIS LIFE
Written by Edith Farmiloe. Illustrated by Edith Farmiloe.
Stock no. 1506163
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1902. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Grey pictorial cloth. Red title to front cover. Full-page colour pictures throughout of Young George and his family and friends. Spine bumped and worn. A few small marks to covers including a couple of wax spots to rear cover. One inch of front joint cracked and top inch of rear joint. Vertical crease to front endpaper. Light browning/foxing, mainly to endpapers and prelims. A couple of small margin tears. Contents very good.

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LONG LIVE KING BABAR!
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1316074
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

Little Babar Books 8. Small format, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416154204. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Remains of original price label to rear cover. Contents clean.

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BABAR'S DAY OUT
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1316072
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition.

7.5 x 6". Yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Little Babar Books 14. ISBN: 0416154700. Spine and corners just a little bumped and worn. Contents fine. Remains of original price label to rear cover.

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THE BIG SIX
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1316068
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1940. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers - maps of Norfolk Broads. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped. A couple of small, light marks to spine. Name in ink to top edge of front endpaper. Inscription in ink to fly-leaf. Some fingermarks to page margins and a few light foxspots.

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SPORTS AND GAMES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Ogle.
Stock no. 1316063
1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

A Book for Children, With a Story for Every Month In the Year. A Scarce, early Enid Blyton book, with 4 exceptional colour illustrations. Stiff cardwraps. Covers slightly browned and a little worn at spine and corners. Light scratch marks to front cover and a small damp spot to lower edge of front cover. Front and rear hinges feel like they may have been re-glued. Staples rusty. Contents detached at lower staple. Light page browning and some foxspots. A nice copy of a scarce Blyton book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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