THE SILENT HUNTER
Written by Phyllis Briggs. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard.
Stock no. 1501551
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1939. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The story of a Lynx whose hunting ground is in the forests of Sweden. Captured by a boy who loves the wild creatures of the wood it is at last released to live its own happy life. Beige cloth, brown titles & borders with vignette of lynx to front cover. 222 pages. Top edge brown. B/W illustrations. A little bumping to spine and corners. Spine and some cover edges slightly browned. Endpapers browned. A few light fox spots otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears, creasing and some loss especially at top of spine.

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THE AIR FORCE OF TO-DAY
Written by E. Colston Shepherd.
Stock no. 1605154
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1939. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. With sixteen half-tone plates. Bookplates to front pastedown and endpaper. Corners bumped, spine browned.

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FRISKY FOX GETS A PRESENT
Written by E.E. Ellsworth. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 1310625
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Some rubbing to spine and corners. Centre hinge is broken but binding still holding tight by stitches. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and has a small tear to top corner of front panel.

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ADVANCE IN THE AIR
Written by F.V. Monk; H.T. Winter.
Stock no. 2110956
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

The advances in the science and art of aerial travel of the time. Written for boys and girls. Blue cloth. B/w photos and diagrams. Top edge blue. Some page browning and foxing. Only titles of original wrapper are left and pasted onto homemade brown paper 'wrapper'.

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DROLL DOINGS
Written by The Cockiolly Bird. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 1310267
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1900. Good condition.

Animal tales in verse. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. Spine has been professionally rebacked. Corners worn, covers scuffed. New endpapers. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Contents are foxed and lightly fingered. Musty smell to contents.

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HOW THEY WENT TO SCHOOL
Written by S. Rosamond Praeger. Illustrated by S. Rosamond Praeger.
Stock no. 2110405
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1904. Good condition.

Kitty and Hal didn't mean to be late for school but so many things happened on the way... Delightful full-page colour pictures. Pictorial paper boards, green cloth spine. Publisher information states 'Blackie & Son, Limited' Glasgow and Dublin, which makes this edition pre-1910 (in 1910, Blackie dropped 'and Dublin' from the publisher information). This book has been rebound and rebacked, with new spine, but original covers and endpapers laid down. Appears to have new pastedowns. Some bumping and heavy wear to corners and cover edges. Names and inscriptions in ink to prelims. A few page edge tears, foxing and some grubby marks. Illustrations are lovely and bright for the age! This is a very early edition (the first being published in 1903). One gift inscription is dated 1904.

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THE STORY OF SNIPS
Written by Angusine MacGregor. Illustrated by Angusine Macgregor.
Stock no. 1309804
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Fair condition.

Red cloth spine. Grey pictorial boards. Oblong format. Lovely colour illustrations. Pages uncut and printed on one side only. Cover edges are worn. Spine is grubby. Front joint is completely broken, front free-endpaper torn and creased. Rear joint is cracked but not broken and free-endpaper chipped/torn. Staples rusty. Booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Contents are grubby and foxed but generally good.

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THE FRANK ADAMS BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1309671
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped, corners worn. Covers edge worn and slightly damp stained. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint cracked. Crayon marks and a patch of surface paper damage to top margins of a couple of pages. Some light fingering.

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WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 1108435
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1895. 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. Covers are scuffed and unevenly browned. 2 plates are detached. Binding is a bit weak in places. Some foxing. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis.

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MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1207358
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1909. Good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. 364 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Front joint cracked wide but binding is holding tight. Front endpaper detached but present, worn at edges. Small inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Two illustrations loose but present. Two tiny patches of susrface paper loss to one colour plate ('And Shot his own Sow') and also King Cole Calls For His Fiddlers. Margins of plates a little grubby. One b/w illustration is partially messily coloured in (pg 73) with yellow pencil, also couple of lines to margins of pg 90, 183-185, 193, 207, 308. Large margin tear to one page plus a few small page edge tears. Foxing thoughout, some heavy. Top and tail of spine and corners bumped and worn. Rear board stained.

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WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 1206545
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1899. 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: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some scattered foxing throughout. Corners bumped and rubbed.

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ALISON'S CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE
Written by Sheila Stuart. Illustrated by Gervase.
Stock no. 1706472
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. B/w frontis and 3 other plates. Cream titles. Possible a first edition, war economy edition so pre 1949. White erase fluid over inscription to front endpaper. A little foxing Wrapper edge-chipped and grubby, slight foxing.

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