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BABIES OF THE PONDS AND STREAMS
Written by Marla Tyrrell. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1503563
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format 6 x 4.752, pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 60 pages. Minimal bumping but a little wear to spine and corners. Ink inscription to front endpaper otherwise contents clean. One hinge cracked. Just an odd fox spot. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with small piece missing from front panel disguised by paper stuck to verso. Small patch of damage to spine and a few fox spots.

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SUMMER SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1713072
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1926. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Beige paper boards with green titles. Green cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. 12 poems with accompanying tipped-in colour plate and music by Linnell. Light foxing to prelims. Wrapper chipped and grubby with odd short closed tear.

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SOLDIERS IN ARMS
No author listed. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1313603
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1918. Good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour and two-tone pictures. Ink writing inside front cover states "G.S.Fletcher - Mother bought me this book" - Fletcher believed to be the famous artist. Covers are edge worn and grubby. Foxing and grubby fingermarks to contents. Top and tail of spine of cover is split.

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THE SENIOR CADET
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Rowland Hilder.
Stock no. 1503106
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1932. Very good condition.

Green cloth with black titles and small picture to front cover. 255 page. 6 b/w plates. Bumping and some wear to spine and corners. Spine browned, covers unevenly browned and slightly grubby. Book plate and name to front endpaper. Some marks to margins. Erased ticks to list of titles in prelims. All plates present.

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BY CONDUCT AND COURAGE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1313330
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles, bevelled edges. Grey endpapers. 8 b/w plates. 384 pages and 16 page catalogue to rear. All edges olivine. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Uneven fading to rear cover. Title to front cover is slightly grubby. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Some light foxing and page browning otherwise contents clean.

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STRUWWELPETER
Written by Heinrich Hoffmann.
Stock no. 2114800
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1914. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine, yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers have faded. A little scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots; odd margin mark.

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THE JOLLY KITTEN BOOK
Written by R.M. Ballantyne. Illustrated by F.A. Williams.
Stock no. 2114788
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1926. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine; pictorial front cover. 2 colour plates, plus other b/w plates and illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Binding is starting to become a bit weak in places; front joint is partially cracked. Foxing to pages.

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WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 2114707
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1898. 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. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some foxing to pages internally. Name in ink to front endpaper. All plates present.

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IN THE REIGN OF TERROR
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 1312975
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1888. Good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front and gilt pictorial spine. 8 b/w plates. The Adventures of a Westminster Boy. 351 pages plus 32 page booklist. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Spine is rubbed. Covers ever so slightly marked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and name in ink on verso. Some light foxing and fingering throughout. Book leans to one side a little.

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WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 1312972
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1895. 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. Spine and corners bumped and covers edge rubbed. Some light scuff marks to rear cover. Foxing to prelims and catalogue pages. Some hinges pulled but binding still tight.

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A KNIGHT OF THE WHITE CROSS
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Ralph Peacock.
Stock no. 1312968
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1896. Very good condition.

A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes. Dark green and gilt pictorial cloth. 12 b/w plates plus portrait of Henty and a plan. 392 pages plus 32 pages catalogue. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, small nicks to top and tail of spine. Some erased pencil doodles to front pastedown. Name and date in ink to half-title. Hinges cracked and some fingermarks to page margins. Endpapers browned.

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GAMMON AND SPINACH
Written by John Brymer. Illustrated by Stewart Orr.
Stock no. 1312737
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Verses with accompanying colour illustrations. Large oblong format. Beige pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Covers edges worn, spine a little bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Foxing to endpapers. Some fingermarks to page margins and a couple of small page edge tears.

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