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ERIK THE RED
Written by Donald Ridler.
Stock no. 1322315
Published by William Kimber.
1st
1972.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Atlantic alone in a home-made boat. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages. ISBN: 071830392X. Spine bumped. Light browning to endpapers and some foxing to textblock. White dustwrapper is grubby, browned to spine and edge rubbed.
THE WORLD OF ICE
Written by R.M. Ballantyne.
Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 2134975
Published by P.R. Gawthorn Ltd..
Circa
1949.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Youth Classics Series. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis. Spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with creasing, chips and tears; some grubby marks.
ADVENTURES OF DICK ONSLOW AMONG THE RED INDIANS
Written by W.H.G. Kingston.
Illustrated by George Soper.
Stock no. 2134724
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press.
Circa
1910.
Good condition.
Red cloth with gilt title/decoration block to spine. Black title and blind decorations to front cover. B/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Damp/splash marks and other marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges, with some to page margins. A few pages have corner creases, including plates.
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- NATIVE AMERICAN
- ADVENTURE
CRASH IN THE CAPRIVI
Written by Duncan Watts.
Illustrated by Paul O'Shea.
Stock no. 1320985
Published by Tynron Press.
1st
1993.
Slightly better than very good condition.
An adventure of the Wallace Boys. Orange pictorial cardwraps. 195 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1856460991. Covers slightly edge rubbed. G1(?) in blue biro to rear cover. Slight foxing to textblock. Very scarce.
ALISON'S SPY ADVENTURE
Written by Sheila Stuart.
Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 1320711
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1955.
Almost very good condition.
Red cloth. 4 b/w plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine sunned and covers lightly marked. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed.
ALISON'S ISLAND ADVENTURE
Written by Sheila Stuart.
Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 1320709
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Circa
1954.
Almost very good condition.
Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates. 253 pages. Spine slightly bumped, light rubbing to spine and corners. Book leans to one side a little. Foxing to textblock. Small brown mark to top margins of some pages.
WIGWAM ISLAND
Written by Elinore Havers.
Illustrated by Phyllis Ladyman.
Stock no. 1319041
Published by Country Life.
1st
1951.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The adventures of the four Conways and two Westwood boys. Brown boards with black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Slight fading to spine and cover edges. Front free-endpapers have been replaced. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is worn with loss to spine and corners and heavily foxed on verso (showing through on panels a little).
PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1318756
Published by Jonathan Cape.
4th
1932.
Almost very good condition.
Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt title to front. Front endpaper is a chart of the atlantic ocean. B/w text illustrations throughout. 431 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded with foxspots. Name in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents, especially at textblock.
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THE SKY BANDITS
Written by George E. Rochester.
Stock no. 2132015
Published by The Ace Publishing Company.
Circa
1938.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Green cloth with black title to spine. 4 b/w plates, including frontis. It was towards the middle of the afternoon that two aeroplanes flying wing-tip to wing-tip, headed eastwards towards the bleak moors on which Bleakmoor Prison was situated. The two pilots had planned an amazing escape of one of the prisoners... Light bumping to spine and corners. Some browning to top and tail of spine and cover edges. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Page edge browning. Ink smudges to a couple of pages of prelims. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips; loss to top of spine and a couple of corners; faded to spine. Wrapper also has some grubby marks.
BLACK WING
Written by George E. Rochester.
Illustrated by John Drever.
Stock no. 2131714
Published by The Epworth Press.
Circa
1951.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. B/w frontis. Spine is bumped with some fading. Page edge browning. A few margin marks. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and chips; piece MISSING along bottom of front panel; a few other smaller bits of loss.
ROBINSON CRUSOE CORAL ISLAND TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Daniel Defoe; R.M. Ballantyne; Robert Louis Stevenson.
Illustrated by John Harcourt Finnie; J.E. Sutcliffe; Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1318496
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press.
Almost very good condition.
Orange cloth, gilt title to spine. Three volumes in one. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Pencil writing (name and address) to front free-endpaper. Endpapers slightly browned, textblock slightly grubby.
THE TERROR OF THE SEAS
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Stock no. 2131012
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited.
1st
1927.
Almost very good condition.
Stone cloth with black title to spine, black and orange titles and decoration to front cover. B/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Foxing; heaviest to endpapers and outer page edges.
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