Stella & Rose's Books

MUSIC IN PUSSYTOWN
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 626888
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

Father Tuck's "Wonderland" Series. Pictorial cardwraps. 4 full page colour illustrations plus two tone illustrations of Wain's anthropomorphic cats. Accompanied by rhyme. Oblong format. Backstrip missing. Base of spine to first stitch is split and therefore contents a little fragile. Vertical crease in centre of book. Small patch of surface paper loss to front spine edge corner. Light browning to contents else lovely and bright. A nice copy of an exceptionally rare Louis Wain title.

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DAYS IN CATLAND
Written by Arthur Burnaby. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 626891
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1912. Poor condition.

A Father Tuck's Panorama. Oblong format. 4 plates in concertina form that fold out to create a large panorama with 14 numbered card figures of cats, and corresponding numbered slits in the panorama to insert the cat figures. On the reverse is a rhyme by Arthur Burnaby with b/w illustrations also by Wain. Each plate has now separated (the spine has completely gone) so that four individual plates are left. Plates are nice and bright. Six of the fourteen cat figures are missing. One cat figure is missing the head. Some figures a little creased. Rear cover grubby and torn where pocket flap was (pocket flap missing).

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AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE
Written by Harold Child. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 377843
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Translated and edited with introduction by Child. White cloth with blue decoration and titles to front and spine. 6 tissue guarded Colour plates. Text surrounded by border. Xliii and 132 Pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a bit grubby and lightly rubbed. It looks as though the front endpaper was missing (torn out) and then the rear endpaper has been removed to replace the front one! Strange! Some foxing and fingering to contents but generally clean.

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RUN-ABOUT'S HOLIDAY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Lilian Chivers.
Stock no. 592213
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1955. Very good condition.

Blue boards, dark blue titles. Colour frontis. B/w text illustrations. Browning to spine. A few brown marks to covers. Corners a bit bumped. Foxing to outer page edges and a few to page margins.

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THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS
Written by Thomas Ingoldsby. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 592196
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st thus 1907. Very good condition.

Olive green cloth, gilt titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. Large format. Dark green pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 24 mounted colour plates with captioned tissue guards, 12 full-page tinted illustrations plus numerous b/w drawings. Book: all plates present. Tissue guard to frontis heavily foxed not affecting plate. Title page lightly foxed. Spine slightly faded and bumped. Corners rubbed.

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GWAITH JAMES KITCHENER DAVIES
Written by Mair I. Davies.
Stock no. 592157
Published by Gwasg Gomer. 1st 1980. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Text in Welsh. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850889227. Wrapper spine faded.

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THE MASTER OF PEN Y BRYN
Written by E. Tegla Davies.
Stock no. 592163
Published by Christopher Davies. 1st 1975. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The action of this novel takes place during the Tithe war of the 19th century. ISBN: 0715401793. Dustwrapper: price-cut. Spine browned.

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PHILOSOPHIE CHIMIQUE
Written by A.F. Fourcroy.
Stock no. 592165
1st 1792. Slightly better than good condition.

Verites Fondamentales De La Chimie Moderne Disposees Dans Un Nouvel Ordre. Published in Paris 1792. L'An IV De La Liberte Francoise. Small format. 6.5 x 4 inches. Blue paperboards, red title label to spine. 128 pages. Text in French. A few foxspots else contents in general very good. Spine split at base. Corners and edges rubbed.

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ZEBROLOGY
Written by H.A. Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 739991
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1937. Very good condition.

Small oblong format. Cream pictorial card wraps. A story without words showing how the zebra came to be. 8 delightful colour pictures. Author's first English title. 1" to front side of spine is slightly browned. A few very light scuff marks to covers but generally clean. Ever so slight creases to top page corners. Contents very clean. A nice copy of this rare story without words.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 23 - RUPERT AND THE SNOW SPORTS
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 739972
Published by Daily Express. Circa 1955. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Snow Sports. Also includes Rupert And The Vanishing Pet. 24 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Some light rubbing to cover edges. Some light foxing to rear cover (inside and out). Top page corners lightly creased. A nice copy.

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FLY THE SPACE SHUTTLE
Written by Carole Stott.
Stock no. 991161
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

Complete 32 page book plus separate spectacular 3-D space shuttle model to make. ISBN: 0751356255. Model unused and still in its polythene bag.

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THE FARM
No author listed. Illustrated by Claire Henley.
Stock no. 991141
Published by Thunder Bay Press. 1st 1994. Fine condition.

Open out a three-dimensional farm. Glazed pictorial boards. Orange ribbons. ISBN: 1571450238. In fine condition.

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