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THE MYSTERY OF HORSESHOE ISLAND
Written by F.W. Gumley.
Stock no. 804370
Published by Roger Gordon. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

4 b/w illustrations. 143 pages. Board edges worn. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is torn with loss.

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A THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR
Written by Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 679245
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Colour pictorial paper boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 160 Pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Front joint cracked. Light foxing throughout. A few hinges pulled. Wrapper browned, edge-torn and chipped, repaired with tape to verso.

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THE PICTS AND THE MARTYRS
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 565908
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1943. Nearly fine condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine, blind title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers depicting map for the book. B/w illustrations throughout. 303 pages. 8 x 5.5". Two corners bumped.

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THE PICTS AND THE MARTYRS
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 805278
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1944. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine, blind title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers depicting map for the book. B/w illustrations throughout. 303 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine darkened.

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THE BIG SIX
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 565909
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. Repaired closed edge-tear to two pages. Covers lightly scuffed.

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THE BIG SIX
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 805038
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. Boards Slightly scuffed. slight foxing to endpapers.

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GOOD WIND AND GOOD WATER
Written by Nancy Cabot Osborne; Alice Cushing Gardiner. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 324483
Published by The Viking Press. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards. B/w full page and text illustrations. 248 pages, maps for endpapers. Contents lightly foxed. Otherwise an excellent copy. Dustwrapper edge worn and slightly grubby. Slight loss to edge and spine.

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THE MANILA MENFISH
Written by Frank Crisp.
Stock no. 721913
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Dirk Rogers adventure, the crew of the Sulawesi pick up the body of a diver who has been shot dead with an arrow through his heart. Red boards, black title. Colour frontis. Spine bumped. A few foxspots to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is rubbed and slightly grubby to rear, very slight loss to top and tail of spine.

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THE VOYAGE OF THE ARCTIC TERN
Written by Hugh Montgomery. Illustrated by Nick Poullis.
Stock no. 725923
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A classic tale of treason, treachery and treasure that sweeps across many centuries and different lands. Mottled green boards with browne spine. Blue pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744592518. Spine very slightly bumped at head and tail. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is a little rubbed at corners and lightly creased to front flap.

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THE VOYAGE OF THE ARCTIC TERN
Written by Hugh Montgomery. Illustrated by Nick Poullis.
Stock no. 729567
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A classic tale of treason, treachery and treasure that sweeps across many centuries and different lands. Mottled green boards with browne spine. Blue pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744592518. Front panel of wrapper has a tiny sticky patch from removal of small label else a fine copy.

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SNAIL AND THE PENNITHORNES AND THE PRINCESS
Written by Barbara Willard. Illustrated by Geoffrey S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 731683
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark pink boards, cream title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 159 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Contents clean. White pictorial wrapper is slightly grubby with tape reinforcements to verso at top of spine and flap folds. A nice copy.

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