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SEA SCOUTS OF THE 'PETREL'
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Stock no. 808311
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with pictorial front cover and spine. 8 full colour plates. 292 pages + catalogue to rear. Boards scuffed and worn. Couple chips with a little fraying to top and tail of spine. Corners bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Frontis has been reinserted. All plates present.

THE THIRD OFFICER
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 808300
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

A Present-day Pirate Story. Grey pictorial front cover and spine, with black titles. 6 b/w plates. 288 pages. Title and picture to spine starting to wear off. Corners bumped. White label stuck over prize plate to front pastedown.

SWEETHEARTS AT HOME
Written by S.R. Crockett. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 378517
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth. Brown endpapers. 4 tipped in colour plates mounted on brown card with captioned tissue-guards. 311 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to first few and last few pages. A couple of page margins have light fingermarks. A nice copy.

TROUBLESOME URSULA
Written by Mabel Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 593219
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with black titles and pictures to spine and front cover. B/w plates by Attwell. A few light marks to covers. Prize plate, that has been partially ripped out (So surface paper damage now) to front pastedown. Roughly 1" tear to top of 1st page along spine. Foxing throughout. 8 b/w plates present, including frontis. Still a nice book for its age.

SIR TOADY CRUSOE
Written by S.R. Crockett. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 434153
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1905. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. B/w plates and text illustrations. 406 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners are bumped and worn, with some chipping and a little fraying of cloth. Browning to cover edges. Some grubby marks to endpapers and outer page edges.

WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 591163
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1895. Almost very good condition.

Blue and gilt pictorial cloth. Grey endpapers. 12 b/w plates. 388 pages plus 32 page booklist. A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire. Book: all plates present. Inscription in ink to half-title. Boards scuffed.

BOTH SIDES THE BORDER
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Ralph Peacock.
Stock no. 591118
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower. Navy blue and brown pictorial cloth, gilt. All edges green. 12 b/w plates. 384 pages + 32 pages booklist. Some slight foxing to contents. Top and tail of spine bumped. Small scratch to front cover. Bookplate to front pastedown. All plates present. A nice bright copy.

SIR TOADY CRUSOE
Written by S.R. Crockett. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 738737
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1905. Good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. B/w plates and text illustrations. 406 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped, covers a bit grubby. Front free-endpaper removed. Front joint slightly cracked. Rear endpaper browned. Contents clean.

SEEING IS BELIEVING
Written by L.E. Tiddeman. Illustrated by Hilda K. Robinson.
Stock no. 586477
Published by Ernest Nister. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations.

LITTLE LADY MARIA
Written by Frances Marshall. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 586242
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. Gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Slight discolouration to top edge of rear cover.

WE ARE SEVEN
Written by Caroline Birley. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 584784
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title block to front. B/w illustrations. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Top and tail of spine and corners worn. 4th edition.

THE WHISPERING WINDS AND THE TALES THAT THEY TOLD
Written by Mary H. Debenham. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.
Stock no. 584792
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1908. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 4 b/w plates and numerous b/w text illustrations. New edition. Spine and cormers rubbed. Bookplate to front pastedown. Prelims foxed. One plate missing.