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DESOLATION ISLAND
Written by Patrick O'Brian.
Stock no. 1827197
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt title blocks and black title. Colour plates and b/w chapter footers. vii and 285 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has some minor marks.

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THE MAURITIUS COMMAND
Written by Patrick O'Brian.
Stock no. 1827196
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue decorated covers. Gilt title boxes. Colour & b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and a few minor marks to one end and spine.

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RINGED BY FIRE
Written by Evelyn Everett-Green.
Stock no. 1326584
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue decorative cloth, gilt titles. 6 colour plates. A story of the Francorussian war. 431 pages. Front endpaper missing. Foxing to tissue-guard of frontis. Some small marks to page margins and textblock. All plates present. Corners, top and tail of spine bumped and rubbed.

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COUNT BELISARIUS
Written by Robert Graves; Lindsey Davis. Illustrated by David Hughes.
Stock no. 1826919
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Very good condition.

Introduced by Lindsay Davis. Black buckram spine, gilt titles. Vivid illustrated covers. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed and has a few small marks.

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THE ARMOURER'S HOUSE
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 1826287
Published by Oxford University Press. 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford Children's Library series. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. A story of Tudor London. ISBN: 0192770276. Reprint. Pale horizontal glue mark to lower end of boards (caused by the glue on the dustwrapper laminate). Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is clean but creased to rear panel where the publisher's laminate has been attached.

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THE ADVENTURES OF DICK TREVANION
Written by Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 1325222
Published by Oxford University Press. 1933. Very good condition.

New Ensign series. A Story of Eighteen Hundred and Four. Colour pictorial boards and spine. B/w frontis. 399 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing else contents clean.

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WINNING HIS NAME
Written by Herbert Strang. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1325221
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928. Very good condition.

The New Ensign Series for Boys. A romance of Stuart days. Pictorial boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 412 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, small split to base of spine. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Prize plate and a school ink stamp (small) to front pastedown. Some foxing to textblock.

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THE LITTLE DUKE OR RICHARD THE FEARLESS
Written by Charlotte M. Yonge. Illustrated by T. Cuneo.
Stock no. 1324913
Published by The Sheldon Press. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles and illustrations to front and spine. 160 pages. Colour frontis. 16 page catalogue to rear. Spine very slightly bumped. Neat name in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss.

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OUT WITH GARIBALDI
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1324702
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1901. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles, red, blue and beige illustrations to spine and front cover. 8 b/w plates plus 2 maps. All edges green. A story of the Liberation of Italy. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light scuffing and a few marks to covers. Initials in ink and a tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Some heavy foxing to contents.

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FOOD FOR POWDER
Written by D.H. Parry. Illustrated by G.C. Glover.
Stock no. 1324696
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1899. Very good condition.

A tale of the Light Dragoons. Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Chromolithograph frontis plus b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Name plate to front pastedown. A few hinges pulled. Browning to contents otherwise clean.

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KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS
Written by Anthony Mockler. Illustrated by Nick Harris.
Stock no. 1824946
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford illustrated classics. Blue boards, gilt titles. Full page colour and B/W illustrations. 294 pages. ISBN: 019274531X. Lower corners and base of spine lightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE SWORD OF FREEDOM
Written by Charles Gilson. Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1324666
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

A tale of the English Revolution. Brown pictorial coth with gilt titles. 6 colour plates. xi + 420 pages. Spine bumped. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked showing webbing beneath. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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