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CAPTAIN CAIN
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Stock no. 814602
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1924. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with black titles to spine and front cover and black borders. The Champion Series. B/w frontis. 284 pages. Corners bumped, spine browned. Front joint starting to crack. Contents a little grubby.

CAPTAIN CAIN
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Stock no. 814608
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1924. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with black titles to spine and front cover and black borders. The Champion Series. B/w frontis. 284 pages. Spine creased, a few small marks to covers. Slight lean to spine. A few minor foxspots but genrerally contents are clean.

THE RED PIRATE
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Rowland Hilder.
Stock no. 814498
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1935. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black titles and vignette to front cover. 6 b/w plates. 320 pages. Covers marked. 1 plates missing.

BOY'S CINEMA ANNUAL 1937
No author listed.
Stock no. 814393
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1937. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue cloth spine. B/w photos. Spine faded. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Rear board grubby.

MIDSHIPMAN RAXWORTHY
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 814259
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

An adventure story for boys. Blue cloth, black titles, three line black border to top and bottom of front cover and spine. 3 b/w plates. 208 pages. Spine browned. Bumping to spine and corners. All plates present.

BLACKIE'S BOYS' ANNUAL
Written by Richard Bird; Percy F. Westerman; et al. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; D.L. Mays; et al..
Stock no. 814185
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Front cover shows man dressed in white on a horse, riding through what looks like a tea plantation. First story is 'Martingale's Move' by Westerman. Colour and b/w plates. Spine and edges are worn. Covers grubby. Small chip to rear cover onlay. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. 1 plate has 1" closed tear. All plates present. Front joint cracked.

YOUNG ENGLAND VOL. XXXIII
No author listed.
Stock no. 813786
Published by The Pilgrim Press. 1912. Good condition.

Large format. Pictorial binding. Thirty-third annual volume for 1911-12. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Some tears and a little loss to original spine and cloth corners.

THE PLOTTERS OF ST. JIM'S
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 381812
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Gem volume no. 15. Large format. Green boards wit gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0703002341. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at spine and corners.

TOM MERRY'S BEST
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 812641
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st 1979. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Gem no. 8. Eight reproductions in facsimile of issues of The Gem 1935-36. ISBN: 0703001612. Front endpaper very lightly marked.

SKY HIGH
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 811890
Published by Newnes. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. 251 pages. The First in the Steeley Series, a young adventurer of the skies. REDUCED FROM £800. Two inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Contained in 2nd impression wrapper (only difference from 1st is rear panel book titles). Wrapper has 2cm loss to base of spine and 3 to 7mm loss from top of spine, loss has been diguised by photocopy loosely laid underneath. Front flap has had price-cut - 2cm diameter hole. Rare to find any copy in a dustwrapper.

MORE ABOUT MANDY
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Ann Kent Robinson.
Stock no. 439879
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. Blue/white endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. A second story about the King family. Damp mark to base of rear cover, which is also to corresponding parts of wrapper. Contents are excellent. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut, with damp marking and a couple of pencil words to front panel.

WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 381320
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1898. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. 12 b/w plates. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. All edges green. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers lightly rubbed. Tiny nick to front edge of spine. Small address sticker and ink stamp to front pastedown. Front joint cracked. Rear endpapers replaced. Light foxing throughout.