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ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 591164
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers. 4 b/w plates. Green cloth, black/red pictorial spine. Book: all plates present. Front endpaper missing.

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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.

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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.

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BINGO AND BABS
Written by Alan Wright. Illustrated by Alan Wright.
Stock no. 588165
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1921. Very good condition.

A Picture Story. With 12 colour plates and other illustrations by Wright. Large format. Pale blue cloth spine, with grey boards, dark title to top of front cover and colour pictorial onlay. Some grubby brown marks to covers. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Browning and foxing to endpapers and some to pages throughout book.

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SPRING SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 737291
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Grey boards with blue titles, pictorial onlay to front. Blue cloth spine. 12 poems with music by Linnell, each has accompanying colour tipped-in plate. A beautiful book! Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Joints cracked but not broken. Some light foxing and fingering. All plates present and in fine condition. White pictorial wrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss at corners and grubby.

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THE SECRET OF THE PLATEAU
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 586361
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1931. Almost very good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped, corners lightly worn. Faint marks to rear cover. Cloth at top of spine a little creased. Front endpaper missing and damage to front pastedown. Foxing to prelims and page edges.

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TWO MERRY MARINERS
Written by John Brymer. Illustrated by Stewart Orr.
Stock no. 736486
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1902. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour plates. Story in verse. Covers edge worn with slight loss of surface paper to corners. Spine bumped and slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some light fingering and foxing but contents generally clean. A nice copy.

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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.

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THE SECRET OF THE PLATEAU
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 584613
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 224 pages. Book: all plates present, name in ink to front endpaper. A few scattered foxspots to prelims.

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THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN HOPE
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Frank E. Wiles.
Stock no. 584614
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, pictorial spine. 4 b/w plates + b/w map of the island. 255 pages. A 17th century story of adventure. Book: all plates present. A few foxspots to prelims and edge of textblock.

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HOPE'S TRYST
Written by Bessie Marchant. Illustrated by James F. Sloane.
Stock no. 735464
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Story of the Siberian Frontier. Green pictorial cloth with black to spine and front cover. Grey endpapers. Colour frontis plus 3 b/w plates. 288 pages plus 32 page publication list to rear. Spine slightly bumped. Light fading to covers. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some foxing else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is slightly edge rubbed, grubby on rear panel.

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THE PILOTS OF POMONA
Written by Robert Leighton. Illustrated by John Leighton.
Stock no. 582196
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1915. Very good condition.

A story of the Orkney Islands. Colour frontis. 3 b/w plates. Blue pictorial cloth. Gilt title blocks. vii + 352 pages. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Covers clean and bright. All plates present.

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