Stella & Rose's Books

THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1405010
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Orange pictorial cloth. Black titles. Top edge yellow. Decorated endpapers. 12 delightful tipped-in colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 305 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine faded. Covers marked and grubby. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Endpapers browned. A little bubbling to front pastedown. Stain affecting top margin of about half the book. Text is not affected nor are plates. Some foxing.

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ZOO SAINTS AND SINNERS
Written by L.G. Mainland. Illustrated by L.R. Brightwell.
Stock no. 1315575
Published by Partridge. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour frontis. B/w plates and illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Fore-edge of front cover slightly dented. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering, a few of the rear pages are very lightly creased.

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THE RED CAPS OF LYONS
Written by Herbert Hayens. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards.
Stock no. 1315572
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

A story of the French Revolution. Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Brown endpapers. 6 b/w plates. 302 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Joints cracked. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Small erasure mark to top corner of front free-endpaper. Pale foxing and fingering to contents which are generally clean.

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CRUSADERS
Written by Hugh Chesterman; Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Hugh Chesterman.
Stock no. 1315571
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

A book of poems. Blue cloth, black titles and large pictorial onlay to front. 2 tipped-in colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout. 78 pages. Spine and corners bumped. A few light marks to covers, white mark to base of spine. Inscription in ink (biro) to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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OLD RHYMES FOR ALL TIMES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1505546
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1930. Very good condition.

Rhymes collected and illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker. Large format. Beige cloth, green title to spine, red & green title & vignette to front. Cream pictorial endpapers. 12 full page colour plates including frontis. Numerous b/w illustrations. 64 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine faded. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Both joints starting to crack, one hinge cracked. Foxing and an odd fingermark to contents. All plates present.

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TALES FROM HENTY
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1405005
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine and blind title to front. Blind decorations to front and spine. Colour frontis. 219 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Couple of bumps to top of rear board. Covers a little marked. Booksellers sticker to bottom and small name label to top of front pastedown. Some foxing to page edges and margins otherwise contents are clean.

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BILL THE MINDER
Written by W. Heath Robinson. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1505543
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1982. Almost very good condition.

Facsimile edition of this classic children's tale. Large format. Blue boards, gilt titles and vignettes. Blue endpapers. 15 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. 254 pages. ISBN: 0340277327. Spine faded. Lower corners lightly bumped. Mark to lower edge of text block. Contents clean. All plates present. Contained in original glassine wrapper which has small patch of loss from top edge of rear panel, chipping to base of spine and folds, 2" tear to front panel. Original price sticker to rear panel.

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WITH THE ALLIES TO PEKIN
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1405004
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1904. Slightly better than good condition.

A Tale of the Relief of the Legations. Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 8 b/w plates and 1 map. All edges green. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Bumping to top edge of front and rear board. Covers a little marked. Both joints badly cracked showing webbing beneath. Several hinges cracked and pages 119 - 122 are loose. Binding is weak. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light browning to endpapers. Some foxing and margin marks otherwise contents are clean.

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LECONS D'ALGEBRE MODERNE
Written by P. Dubreil; M.L. Dubreil-Jacotin.
Stock no. 2120307
Published by Dunod. 1961. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Text in French. Title translates: Lessons in Modern Algebra. University collection of mathematics. Department of pure and applied mathematics. Some light wear to cover edges. Pale page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and some scuffing.

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MODERN PROBABILITY THEORY
Written by Rui Zong Yeh.
Stock no. 2120303
Published by Harper & Row. 1973. Very good condition.

Harper Series in Modern Mathematics. ISBN: 0060473274. Bumping to corners and a few cover edges. Spotting and a little scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges.

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RESULTS AND PROBLEMS IN COMBINATORIAL GEOMETRY
Written by V. Boltjansky; I. Gohberg.
Stock no. 2120297
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Most of the discussion is restricted to two and three-dimensional Euclidean spaces....so even the mathematically unsophisticated reader can grasp. ISBN: 0521269237. Covers are unevenly faded, especially to spine and edges.

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THE STORY TELLING ALBUM FOR OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1404993
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton And Co. circa 1893. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue cloth spine, black titles. Pictorial boards. 3/4 page b/w illustrations throughout with short stories below. 204 pages plus 32 page bookseller's catalogue to rear. 9.5 x 7.25". Spine bumped, worn and a little faded. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Scratches to front board. Rear board is browned and scratched. Both joints cracked. Front endpaper is partially detached and torn with an inscription in ink. Small tear to bottom of first two pages. Foxing to page edges and margins otherwise contents are clean.

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