Stella & Rose's Books

CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 22
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1713654
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Many subjects are covered by the 203 illustrations - trade, industry, religion, education, public service, sport, entertainment, transport. ISBN: 1870402456. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine.

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PRINCESS BADOURA
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1505035
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

White cloth beautifully decorated in pale green and gilt to front cover. Pale green endpapers. 10 tipped-in paper-guarded richly coloured plates. A tale from The Arabian Nights retold by Housman. Spine browned, bumped and worn with small nicks to cloth at either end. Corners worn. Covers grubby and marked. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. A couple of hinges cracked but binding still firm. A little foxing and browning. Fingering to contents but generally clean. All plates present and in very good condition.

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THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by J. Finnemore; F.L. Emmanuel.
Stock no. 1404571
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. circa 1918. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Patterned endpapers. 110 pages. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Front board edge a little rubbed. Browning to endpapers and prelims. Name and date to flyleaf. Browning and some foxing to some pages else contents are generally clean.

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A TRIP TO STORYLAND
Written by R.V.; Christina Rossetti; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Harold Copping; Thomas Maybank; et al..
Stock no. 1404568
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial boards with dark titles to spine. Colour frontis plu b/w illustrations. Adverts on endpapers. Spine bumped and worn with small split at top. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Covers are grubby. Front joint and one hinge badly cracked showing webbing below. A couple of other hinges beginning to crack. Remains of a blue presentation plate to front endpaper. Small, blind bookseller's stamp to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Tissue guard for frontis is detached and browned. Some grubby marks to page margins. Advertising leaflet inserted into book.

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THE POOR DEAR DOLLIES
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 1404567
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards with red titles. Green cloth spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine re-backed. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Some small indents to rear board. Small bump to top of rear board which also affects internal pages. Boards are grubby. Small red mark to top of front board. Name and date to front endpaper. Front joint beginning to crack. One hinge cracked. Erased writing and slightly sticky residue possibly from removal of label to front endpaper which is a little grubby. Some foxing and fingering to contents.

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UNCLE'S ANIMAL BOOK
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1404566
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1923. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Written in rhyme. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Boards grubby. Bottom corner of front endpaper torn off. Small booksellers label to rear pastedown. Some hinges cracked. Browning to endpapers. Large inner margin tear to one page. Foxing and some marks to contents.

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THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON VOLUME V
Written by James Boswell; Napier.
Stock no. 1404562
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1892. Very good condition.

Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Edited by Alexander Napier. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Folding map at front of book. 422 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Browning to endpapers and prelims. An occasional foxspot. Top edge of text block is dusty. Contents are otherwise clean.

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BALLADS AND SONGS
Written by William Makepeace Thackeray. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1404554
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1896. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine and front. Grey and white patterned endpapers. B/w illustrations. All edges gilt. 276 pages plus 14 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 'Heffer' and 'Cambridge' written in ink beside a small bookseller' label to the front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Couple of joints are cracked. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to some pages including prelims and frontis tiissue guard.

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THE COMEDIES OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Written by Oliver Goldsmith; Joseph Jacobs. Illustrated by Chris Hammond.
Stock no. 1404546
Published by George Allen. 1st thus 1896. Very good condition.

Dark green cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine and front. Dark green endpapers. B/w illustrations. 310 pages. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Light marks to rear board. Erased writing to half title page. Some foxing to prelims and page edges otherwise contents are clean. A few scratches to gilt edges.

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THE FAIRY WASHING PAINTING AND STORY BOOK
Written by Dorothy Marsh. Illustrated by Chow.
Stock no. 2118352
Published by Blackfriars Press. Slightly better than very good condition.

Paperwraps. Storybook, with different scenes depicted on opposite page with a larger picture to colour in (to copy from smaller picture). Pages are browned. Drawings are NOT coloured in.

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THE RUPERT PICTURE STORY BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2118348
Published by L.T.A. Robinson Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards, front shows Rupert hiking and gnome on a hare. Colour illustrations. First story is "Rupert and the Enchanted Princess". Spine is browned, with wear. Scuffing to covers; patch of surface paper lifting to front cover. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. A few grubby margin marks and some marks to outer page edges.

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PLAYMATES AND PETS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2118334
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1909. Very good condition.

Stories and poems about pets. Pictorial boards showing three children at a gate and a small black dog. Green cloth spine. Mounted colour frontis (chromolithograph) plus b/w illustrations. 3 page book list to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Some scuffing also to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few margin marks and foxspots.

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