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THE ADVENTURES OF SAMUEL AND SELINA
Written by Jean C. Archer. Illustrated by Jean C. Archer.
Stock no. 2117195
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1902. Almost very good condition.

Small format. The Dumpy Books For Children Series No. 13. Green cloth with dark green titles and borders. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Front cover is a bit bowed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint a little cracked. Some browning to pages, a few grubby marks; couple of small nicks to page edges.

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BY PIKE AND DYKE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Maynard Brown.
Stock no. 1403692
Published by Blackie & Son. 1st 1890. Slightly better than good condition.

A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic. Brown cloth with gilt title area and decorations. 10 b/w plates + 4 plans. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine bumped and worn with small splits to top and bottom. Small split to cloth between top of spine and rear board. Board edges are rubbed. Couple of white marks to front cover. Gilt and colour in vignettee are a little faded. Rear cover is marked and has a few scratches. Several hinges are cracked leaving the binding a little loose. Foxing and some fingering to contents. Plates are all clean.

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TALES OF DARING AND DANGER
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1403687
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

Green decorated cloth with green titles on orange to front and yellow titles to spine. 3 b/w plates. 160 pages plus two page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and a little rubbed. Spine is a little faded. Couple of small indentations to rear board. Inscription in ink and small booksellers label to front pastedown. Frontis is loose with ragged edge and has marks to verso. Some hinges are pulled. Endpapers are browned. Foxing mainly to page edges and occasional fingering otherwise contents are clean.

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THE BOAT SEEKERS
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by B. Kay.
Stock no. 1314179
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1953. Good condition.

Blue boards, dark blue titles and vignettes. 191 pages. B/w illustrations. Covers are badly faded. Spine and corners bumped. Textblock browned. A few corner tips creased.

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DEMON ISLAND
Written by Cecil R. Baldock. Illustrated by W. Bryce Hamilton.
Stock no. 1402968
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The Bannister twins know how to look after themselves and they need all their resourcefulness when they are kidnapped and taken to Demon Island . Light brown boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. Tower House Series. 128 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Board edges browned. Crease to bottom of first few pages. A little foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with some tears, Patch of surface paper damage to front panel. Wrapper is grubby.

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SEVEN WHITE GATES
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1711828
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Lone Pine Story. Red cloth, black titles. Full-page b/w illustrations plus b/w maps to the endpapers. 200 pages. Small splash mark to front cover. Spine faded at top and tail. Some slight bumping to cover edges. Wrapper is torn and creased with some loss, approx. 1/2" to top and tail of spine and similar across top of rear panel, plus some loss at corners.

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BY CONDUCT AND COURAGE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1313330
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles, bevelled edges. Grey endpapers. 8 b/w plates. 384 pages and 16 page catalogue to rear. All edges olivine. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Uneven fading to rear cover. Title to front cover is slightly grubby. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Some light foxing and page browning otherwise contents clean.

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CONQUEROR'S GOLD
Written by Dan Corby.
Stock no. 1502904
Published by Max Parrish. 1st 1965. Slightly better than good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Four boys and an old man are trapped in a cellar with no obvious escape route and water seeping in. Brown boards with gilt titles to spine. 128 pages. Ex-library with stamps and remains of label to prelims. Rear endpapers grubby. Text pages very good. A couple of small dents to text block. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with one small tear.

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ADVENTURES AT WINDSOR CASTLE
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by David Walsh.
Stock no. 1710990
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A boy living in the shadow of Windsor Castle discovers its history by taking part in it. Blue boards, black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Ink price to front endpaper. Wrapper damp marked with tape repaired closed tears and some chipping.

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X-MEN THE ULTIMATE GUIDE
Written by Peter Sanderson.
Stock no. 1710689
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. A Guide to the Marvel characters. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781409370529. Wrapper edge-creased.

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THE SILVER CANON
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by M.L.P..
Stock no. 2113605
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Tale of the Western Plains. Blue cloth with black titles and decorations. B/w frontis. Bumping to spine. Some light browning to a few cover edges. Presentation plate to front endpaper. A few grubby margin marks; some foxing. Wrapper is creased, with some edge-tears and chips; scuffing in places; only a little loss.

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THE HAUNTED RANCH
Written by May Wynne. Illustrated by John Harris.
Stock no. 2113598
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1936. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black titles and border. Colour frontis. Dean's Reward Series. 247 pages. Heavy dent to top edge of front cover and some corresponding pages. Small split to top of spine. Corners are bumped. Browning to cover edges. Some foxing. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with piece of loss to rear cover; some to corners.

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