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THE THREE ADMIRALS
Written by W.H.G. Kingston. Illustrated by Archibald Webb.
Stock no. 1324245
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1918. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth. 6 colour plates. 410 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight scuffing to covers. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock.

GOD'S BAIRN
Written by Dorothea Moore. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.
Stock no. 1324188
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

A story of the Fen Country. Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 240 pages plus catalogue to rear, all edges gilt. 8 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing throughout. Front hinge is cracked.

THROUGH VELD AND FOREST
Written by Harry Collingwood. Illustrated by Archibald Webb.
Stock no. 1323810
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

An African story. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 tinted plates. 351 pages, all edges green. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink (dated Xmas 1913) to half title-page. Frontis has been reinserted with glue leaving glue marks at inner margins of opposite pages. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight. Foxing to textblock.

A LAD OF LONDON TOWN
Written by Evelyn Everett-Green. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 1323805
Published by The Pilgrim Press. Circa 1909. Very good condition.

"A Tale of Darkness and Light". Blue pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. 253 pages plus 10 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Tiny dent to top edge of rear cover. Small mark to rear cover. Large name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.

THE SCHOOL'S BEST MAN
Written by R.A.H. Goodyear. Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 1323804
Published by Jarrolds Publishers. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 320 pages. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper by means of a dedication. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name plate and name in ink to front pastedown. Heavy foxing else contents clean.

DICK O' THE FENS: A TALE OF THE GREAT EAST SWAMP
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Frank Dadd.
Stock no. 1323790
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Gilt title to spine. Green text block. 8 b/w plates. 383 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Ink address stamp on the front free-endpaper has been partially erased. Heavy fox spots throughout.

WHEN BEATTY KEPT THE SEAS
Written by Frank H. Shaw. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1323785
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1917. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 4 colour plates. 312 pages. Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Child's heavy pencil inscription to front pastedown. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Foxing. One plate is loose but all still present.

THE WHITE TRAIL
Written by Alexander MacDonald. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1323783
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1925. Good condition.

A story of the early days of Klondike. Green pictorial cloth. 8 b/w plates plus a b/w map of the Klondike Goldfields. 392 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn with small split to base of spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Page 303 is detatached but still present with slightly ragged edges and a grubby margin at top.

STORIES FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; Robert Barnes; M. Ellen Edwards; W.H.C. Groome.
Stock no. 2140035
Published by Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1st 1897. Good condition.

Pictorial grey cloth. B/w illustrations throughout. 264 pages. In Illustration of the Lord's Prayer. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks and browning to covers. Some fraying to cloth in places. Foxing and browning, with some margin marks to pages.

HOODIE
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Lewis Baumer.
Stock no. 1322898
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Circa 1900. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt. B/w illustrations. 269 pages plus 32 page catalogue to rear. Spine slightly bumped and corners lightly rubbed. Some slight darkening to cover edges and spine. Endpapers browned. Large inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Contents are clean.

DICK O' THE FENS: A TALE OF THE GREAT EAST SWAMP
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Frank Dadd.
Stock no. 1822483
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red pictorial boards showing huntsmen in gilt to spine and front board. Gilt titles, bevelled edges. Green text block. Twelve full page illustrations in b/w. 383 pages plus 32 page publisher adverts to rear. Spine lightly faded and lightly worn to top & tail. Corners lightly rubbed. Name stamp and erasure marks to free front endpaper. Scattered foxspots throughout. Hinges pulled but binding tight.

WITH GORDON AT KHARTUM
Written by Eliza F. Pollard. Illustrated by Frances Ewan.
Stock no. 2134726
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. Spine is faded, with wear. Some marks to covers. Couple of ink marks to front pastedown; transferred across to front endpaper. Foxing. All plates present.