THE KEY OF THE CASTLE
Written by Elisabeth Kyle. Illustrated by Joanna Troughton.
Stock no. 2138014
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Long Ago Children's Books Series. Black pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0434949221. Wear along cover edges. Wrapper has a few marks and small nicks to edges.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Written by L. Du Garde Peach. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1320626
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 561. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Some browning to covers. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is not price-cut, last title listed on rear flap is this one. Wrapper is slightly edge worn with browning to spine and some foxing.

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
Written by L. Du Garde Peach. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1320622
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 561. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine very slightly bumped. Some light foxing to textblock and page margins. Pictorial wrapper is not price-cut, is slightly edge rubbed and last title listed on rear flap is "Stone Age Man in Britain".

HENRI IV
Written by G. Montorgueil. Illustrated by H. Vogel.
Stock no. 1320311
Published by Boivin & Cie, Editeurs. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

Collection D'Albums Historiques series. Title on front cover is "Henri IV Roy de France & Navarre". Large format. Green pictorial cloth. 70 numbered pages, the leaves are tipped onto stubs. Colour illustrations throughout and includes 4 double-spread illustrations and 4 colour plates mounted on green paper. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. There is light page browning else the contents are clean.

SHORT STORIES FROM EUROPEAN HISTORY - SWEDEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318790
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1851. Almost very good condition.

Small fromat. Embossed grey cloth with gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. 198 pages plus publication list to rear. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Musty smell to contents.

SHORT STORIES FOUNDED ON EUROPEAN HISTORY SPAIN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1406374
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. circa 1855. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth with blind border to front and back and gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 226 pages. 5.5" x 4". Spine and corners are bumped. Small split in cloth of spine. Covers are a little scuffed. Name plate to front pastedown. Glue marks to front pastedown by label. Foxing, mainly to page edges and fingering to contents.

A GALLERY OF HEROES AND HEROINES
Written by Sir Harry Johnston. Illustrated by Joseph Simpson.
Stock no. 1504786
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. circa 1915. Very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, tan pictorial boards, dark titles. Grey paper. Features 12 heroes/heroines with a tipped in colour plate for each. 140 pages. Spine is bumped, worn and lighter in places (damp stained?). Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. Light browning to endpapers and a few brown spots to rear endpapers. Faint black marks to half-title page and page opposite. Tissue guard to frontis marked. Contents very good. All plates present.

PICTURE LIVES OF GREAT HEROES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2114723
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1886. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt title and green/brown decorations to front. With 48 coloured and tinted illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Front endpaper is browned, with tear to bottom of page next to spine. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few hinges are pulled. Margin marks and a little foxing.

THE FIRE ANIMAL
Written by Gerda Rottschalk; Elvira Bonfield. Illustrated by Gerhard Preuss.
Stock no. 1312221
Published by Richard Sadler Ltd.. 1st UK 1973. Very good condition.

Set in China some 400,000 years go, vividly portraying primitive man's daily life and habits. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Translated from the German by Bonfield. ISBN: 0085410096. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean.

VALOUR AND VICTORY
Written by Gordon Stables; E.A Gillie; C.H. Lyall; Duncan McLaren; G. Stebbing; Kade Chattan.
Stock no. 1605694
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Good condition.

Green boards with illustrated front panel and spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Inspiring historical tales of Empire. Front joint cracked between title page and frontispiece. Rear joint pulled. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Pages browned at margins. Spine and corners bumped, some surface damage to lower corner.

TRADING AND TRAVELLING
Written by E.H. Dance. Illustrated by C.F.G. Viner; H.A. Bennett.
Stock no. 1709658
Published by Longman. 1965. Very good condition.

Man's Heritage Series. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. 60 pages. Spine faded. Name in ink to first page.

THE STORY OF SAINT JOAN
Written by Margaret R. Keary.
Stock no. 1310965
Published by A.R.Mowbray & Co. Ltd. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 130 pages. Rear endpapers are a map of Northern and Central France. 9 b/w plates plus a plan of Orleans. Spine and corners worn, spine and rear cover rubbed. Name in heavy pencil to front endpaper. Foxing and fingering else contents clean. Endpapers discoloured.