HISTORICAL STORY
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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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- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
- OXFORD CHILDRENS LIBRARY
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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- HISTORICAL STORY
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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- HISTORICAL STORY
TANK COMMANDER
Written by Ronald Welch.
Illustrated by Victor Ambrus.
Stock no. 1324799
Published by Slightly Foxed Ltd..
1st thus
2016.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Limited edition of 2000 copies. Grey cloth, cream titles with illustration to front cover. Endpapers are a family tree of The Careys. B/w illustrations. 232 pages. ISBN: 9781906562915. This is copy no. 381. Slight bumping to spine and corners. A few small, light marks to covers. Contents fine.
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- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
- LIMITED EDITION
CAPTAIN OF FOOT
Written by Ronald Welch.
Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 1324798
Published by Slightly Foxed Ltd..
1st thus
2014.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Limited edition of 2000 copies. Orange cloth, cream titles with illustration to front cover. Endpapers are a family tree of The Careys. B/w illustrations. 224 pages. ISBN: 9781906562601. This is copy no. 1096. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine.
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- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
- LIMITED EDITION
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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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- HISTORICAL STORY
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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- CHILDRENS
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- HISTORICAL STORY
- BOYS
- NISTER
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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- CHILDRENS
- OXFORD ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS
- HISTORICAL STORY
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.
THE CHANCELLOR'S SPY
Written by Tom Bevan.
Illustrated by Richard Tod.
Stock no. 1324665
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons.
Circa
1920.
Almost very good condition.
A vivid picture of life in the reign of Henry the eighth. Green pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 2 colour plates. 263 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing and page browning. Some hinges pulled.
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- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
- PICTORIAL BINDING
COUNT BELISARIUS
Written by Robert Graves; Lindsey Davis.
Illustrated by David Hughes.
Stock no. 1824930
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2010.
Very good condition.
Black buckram spine, gilt titles. Vivid illustrated covers. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with the usual scuffing.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- HISTORICAL STORY