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WESTWARD HO!
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by G.C. Hindley.
Stock no. 1326438
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 596 pages. 8 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Page browning and foxing but generally contents clean. Rear joint is cracked showing webbing beneath but binding still tight.

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WHAT KATY DID AT SCHOOL
Written by Susan Coolidge.
Stock no. 1825995
Published by Ward, Lock & Co.. Circa 1881. Almost very good condition.

The Lily Series. Small format. Red pictorial boards, gilt titles. Plain endpapers. Advert for Judson's Dyes sixpence per bottle facing title page. 236 numbered pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Slight loss of cloth to front edge of spine. Spine slightly cocked. Corners of boards worn. Joints pulled, front endpapers grubby and name & date in ink to free front endpaper. Text bkock browned. Grubby marks to contents. Overall, pretty good for a book of it's age and genre.

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THE GREEN BOOK FOR BOYS
Written by Herbert Strang; George Manville Fenn; Edward Step; G.A. Henty; et al. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1325523
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1926. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial cloth, black titles. 6 colour plates. Edited by Strang. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, some spotting to covers and a large but light stain to rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing, heavy at textblock. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and grubby.

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PAGE, SQUIRE, AND KNIGHT: A ROMANCE OF THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY
Written by W.H. Davenport Adams.
Stock no. 1325411
Published by The Book Society. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. 113 b/w illustrations. 326 pages. The base of the spine mentions W. Mack but inside the book it says published by The Book Society. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Endpapers are faintly damp spotted. Light page browning to contents.

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FRANK
Written by Maria Edgeworth.
Stock no. 1325409
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Good condition.

Beige cloth with black decorations to spine and front cover, gilt title labels and two small colour onlays to front cover. Gilt title to spine. Hand coloured frontis and title-page. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Slight page browning and foxing.

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THE RACE AROUND THE WORLD
Written by Charles Gilson. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo.
Stock no. 1825777
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1914. Good condition.

Being the Account of the Contest for the £100,000 Prize offered by the Combined Newspaper League, of the Invention of Methylite, and certain passages in the life of Mr. Wang. Blue pictorial binding, gilt titles. 1 folding map and 6 colour plates. Boards rubbed and scuffed. Some foxing present. Hinges pulled but binding is tight. All plates present.

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GREGORY OF THE FORETOP AND OTHER TALES
Written by J. Erskine Clarke.
Stock no. 1325344
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Circa 1902. Very good condition.

Attractive blue pictorial cloth with gilt title to front. 52 pages plus 4 page publication list to rear. Some b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned but clean.

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THINGS IN THE FOREST - A BOOK FOR THE YOUNG
Written by Mary Kirby; Elizabeth Kirby.
Stock no. 1325342
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1894. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt vignettes to front cover and spine and a gilt title-label to spine. 41 b/w engravings. 144 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers browned. Contents clean.

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PEACOCKS OR WHAT LITTLE HANDS CAN DO
Written by W. Percy Smith. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.
Stock no. 1325340
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1900. Almost very good condition.

Red decorated cloth with gilt titles. 176 pages plus 32 page booklist to rear. B/w frontis. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers a bit grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to contents. Hinges pulled and cracked but binding still tight.

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A CHUM WORTH HAVING
Written by Florence Coombe. Illustrated by Harold Copping.
Stock no. 1325339
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

"The Story of Hector's Friends". Blue cloth decorated with floral design and gilt titles. 2 b/w plates. 160 pages. 7.25 x 4.75". Spine bumped and rubbed. Prize inscription in ink to front pastedown (partially erased). Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock.

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THE WALLYPUG IN LONDON
Written by G.E. Farrow. Illustrated by Alan Wright.
Stock no. 1325257
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.. Circa 1904. Good condition.

Attractive green, gold and black pictorial cloth. Gilt title and vignette to spine. All edges gilt. Numerous b/w illustrations. 174 pages. Spine and corners are worn, scuffing to covers. Some stickers and messy crayon writing to front free-endpaper which is detached. Possible that a fly-leaf has been neatly removed. Messy crayon colouring to illustration at beginning of preface. Contents foxed. Joints and hinges cracked and pulled. Brown stain to a few pages (possible that a flower was pressed within the pages).

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GENTLE JESUS: A LIFE OF CHRIST FOR LITTLE FOLKS
Written by Helen E. Jackson. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 1325251
Published by The Sunday School Union. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gitl titles. Green floral endpapers. B/w frontis by Robinson, b/w plates by Stacey. 223 pages, all edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light score marks to rear cover. Endpapers partly browned. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Some light foxing.

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