Stella & Rose's Books

LITTLE FOLKS 1879
Written by W.H.G. Kingston; et al.
Stock no. 1505858
Published by Cassell Petter & Galpin. 1879. Slightly better than good condition.

Brown cloth covers with black and gilt decoration, onlay of small girl to front. B/w illustrations. 380 pages plus book list. Serial stories are Two Fourpenny Bits, Harry Maxwell; or Schoolboy Honour and Over the Rocky Mountains. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby and bottom corner of rear cover damp stained. Yellow tape stuck down full length of front joint, rear joint cracked. One hinge badly cracked. Name in pen and pencil writing about contents to front endpaper. First couple of gatherings pulled. Contents generally clean with some light foxing and browning.

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OLDER PEOPLE AND PETS
Written by Jo-Ann Dono; Elizabeth Ormerod.
Stock no. 1208590
Published by Society For Companion Animal Studies. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

An insight into how companion animals improve health, provide social support and enhance the quality of life for older people in different settings, those living in the community as well as those in sheltered housing and residential care homes. Pictorial card wraps. A few colour photos. 206 pages. ISBN: 0954800117. A fine unused copy.

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LITTLE FOLKS VOL 106
Written by John Mowbray; Nancy M. Hayes; Eveline M. Williams; et al. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson; Harry Woolley; C.E.B. Bernard; Harry Rountree; S.B. Pearse; Harold Earnshaw; et al..
Stock no. 1505855
Published by The Amalgamated Press Limited. 1927. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine with black titles and vignette, pictorial front cover shows boy in jester's outfit, advert to rear cover. 13 colour plates plus b/w photos and illustrations. 416 pages. Serial stories are Feversham's Fag, The Guides at Calamity Hill and The League of Adventurers. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine slightly darkened. Dent to outside edge of front cover. Covers slightly grubby. One hinge cracked. Some foxing and light browning. Contents generally clean. All plates present.

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JANE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1405379
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1964. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue covers, gilt title and stripes to spine. B/w frontis. 211 pages. Spine bumped and a little faded. Small bump to top of front board. Endpapers lightly browned. Light damp marks to rear endpaper. Foxing mainly to paged edges and margins otherwise contents are generally clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with several tears which have been mended on verso with tape. Rear panel is grubby.

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BILLEDHOGGER HILDE MAEHLUM
Written by Hilde Maehlum; Maaretta Jaukkuri; Arve Bringaker.
Stock no. 1208581
1st 2004. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The works of the artists and sculptor Hilde Maehlum, best-known for her sculptures of masks and faces. Colour photos. Text in Norwegian and English. 56 pages. ISBN: 8230302847. SIGNED by author with an inscription on front endpaper "Form is emptiness and emptiness itself is form." A fine copy in blue dustwrapper which is a little grubby.

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REMEMBERING WORCESTER
Written by Ron Shuard.
Stock no. 1208579
Published by Peterson Publishing Company Limited. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A picture postcard panorama of the city scene from the 1890s to the 1950s. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Packed with b/w photos. 124 pages. ISBN: 0904702030. Wrapper has some faint marks with a small closed tear at top edge repaired on verso.

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THE CHEERY CHICKS BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Harold Earnshaw.
Stock no. 1405368
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. circa 1925. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing three children, one on a scooter and two on roller skates with a cat and a dog. 6 colour plates. Two tone illustrations. 10" x 8". Spine bumped, rubbed and faded. Corners bumped and very worn. Boards are grubby. Inscription in ink in belongs to box some of which has transferred to opposite page. Paint marks to train on first page. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. Some light fingering. A few small margin tears.

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THE EVERYDAY FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1405361
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1926. Almost very good condition.

Large format, green cloth spine, large pictorial onlay to front cover. 7 colour plates, 160 pages. 11.5" x 8.5". Spine bumped. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Rear board is grubby. Mark to inner margin of plate opposite page 68 which doesn't affect the illustration. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to page edges and prelims otherwise contents generally clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1944 - RUPERT IN MORE ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1812264
Published by Daily Express. 1944. Good condition.

Pictorial card wraps showing Rupert with chums, waving from a tree. First story Rupert and Rollo. 119 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. Glue to spine dried out and thus covers are detached from contents. 1" split to front edge of top & tail of spine. Covers just slightly grubby gut generally nice and bright. Price-cut. Name in ink in belongs to box. A few grubby marks to contents but generally a very nice copy.

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LITTLE FOLKS VOL 84
Written by D.H. Parry; Geoffrey H. White; Nancy M. Hayes; Eveline M. Williams; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; C.E. Brock; E. Dorothy Rees; A.C. Michael; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1505823
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1916. Very good condition.

Green cloth, front shows onlay of young girl and boy listening intently to service man, white titles, black and white decoration. 9 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 415 pages. 4 serial stories, The Adventures of Madcap Guy, Bobbie and Betty Under the Sea, Gilbert the Outlaw and The Rabbits That Ran Away. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine slightly darkened and gilt dulled. Covers slightly grubby with wear to onlay and title. Rear joint cracked. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. Just an odd mark and fox spot to contents.

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LITTLE SONGS
Written by Tom Pierce Cowling. Illustrated by Lilian Amy Govey.
Stock no. 1505818
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

A Book of Poems with Music for the Nursery. Large format 11.75 x 8.75". Cloth spine, black decoration and titles, pictorial onlay to front cover of girl at piano. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 20 Songs and music. Spine bumped and darkened. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Covers a bit grubby with darkening to some cover edges, rear cover has a lot of surface wear. One hinge cracked. Contents generally clean but with light foxing throughout.

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BRIGHT EYES
Written by Mrs. L. Shorey; et al.
Stock no. 1405339
Published by George Stoneman. 1897. Slightly better than good condition.

An annual for young folks. Large format. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing a boy and girl fishing. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "The Little Browns of Hollow Glen" by Mrs. L. Shorey. Spine bumped and worn with tiny splits to top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Some small patches of surface paper damage to rear cover. Front cover is grubby. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Name written on front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to some pages plus brown marks to several pages where something has possibly been pressed into them.

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