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TRIXY AND HER TRIO
Written by L.E. Tiddeman.
Illustrated by Bertram Gilbert.
Stock no. 1804553
Published by Jarrolds.
Circa
1924.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth with pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis. Covers faded, corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.
MAIDS OF THE MERMAID
Written by E.E. Cowper.
Illustrated by Dudley Tennant.
Stock no. 1804542
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Circa
1920.
Very good condition.
Beige pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. A story of adventure on the coast of England. Corners bumped. All plates present.
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THE THIN GREY MAN
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Desmond Knight.
Stock no. 1305037
Published by MacMillan.
1st
1966.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Crown Books Series. Grey/blue/black pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Light browning to half title-page and last text page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some small tears and some slight loss, mainly top and tail of spine, there is a vertical crease to front flap.
CHALLENGE TO ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson.
Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1204205
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited.
1st
1942.
Very good condition.
A story of the Locketts family. Red cloth. B/w illustrations. Spine is faded. Light crease to rear cover.
AUGUST ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson.
Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1204166
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1936.
Very good condition.
Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Five children in a caravan, and a horse between its shafts, in pursuit of an absent-minded aunt whose address they didn't exactly know! A story of the Lockett family. Edges are worn. Corners are bumped. Some foxing.
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NOT SCARLET BUT GOLD
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by A.R. Whitear.
Stock no. 1203662
Published by George Newnes Ltd..
1st
1962.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, gilt titles. Map endpapers. Black and white illustrations in text. A Lone Pine adventure. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper a little grubby with some edge-wear and small tears.
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- CHILDRENS
- LONE PINE
- SHROPSHIRE
- ADVENTURE
THE BUCKINGHAMS AT RAVENSWYKE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 1303035
Published by Evans Brothers Limited.
1st
1952.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A thrilling story set in and around Whitby and the moors of North Yorkshire. Blue boards, gilt titles and author signature vignette to front. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 216 pages. Spine and corners bumped, a few marks to covers. Small dent to edge of front cover. A small brown spot to edge of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly edge worn, faded to spine.
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THE ENCHANTED UNCLE
Written by Christian Tunstall.
Illustrated by Doris Pailthorpe.
Stock no. 1701554
Published by Silas Birch Limited.
1924.
Very good condition.
Green cloth with dark titles and image of armoured hero surrounded by children. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author with personal dedication to front endpaper. Some foxing.
WILL'S VOYAGES
Written by F. Frankfort Moore.
Illustrated by W.H. Overend.
Stock no. 447062
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Circa
1909.
Good condition.
Brown cloth with illustrations to front cover and spine. B/w frontis and two b/w plates. Covers are grubby. Corners are bumped and worn. Front and rear joints cracked. Bookplate to front pastedown.
THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN CARFAX
Written by Lawrence R. Bourne.
Stock no. 815572
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1934.
Very good condition.
A Gentleman of Devon and Sometime Sea-man in the British Navy. Beige cloth with red ship decoration to front and gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. Covers marked.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S EVE
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by Herbert J. Draper.
Stock no. 815513
Published by Blackie & Son.
Fair condition.
Dark green pictorial boards. 12 b/w plates plus map of France. 384pp plus Blackie's Book List. A Tale of the Huguenot Wars. Early reprint. Covers are scuffed, corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Joints cracked. 2 plates detached and one missing.
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- CHILDRENS
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- ADVENTURE
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- HISTORICAL STORY
BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 442842
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Very good condition.
With Cortez In Mexico. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 8 b/w plates + 2 maps. 384 pages. Spine faded. Corners are bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper.
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- CHILDRENS
- ADVENTURE
- PICTORIAL BINDING