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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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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 734813
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brown paperboards with chequerboard design and colour pictorial onlay. Exquisite colour plates. Spine and corners a bit bumped. Boards bright. Small ink inscription to front free endpaper. Contents foxed but otherwise bright. price-cut wrapper is edge worn and just a little grubby with a few closed tears to outer edges and very slight loss to corners and top and base of spine. Faint ink mark to rear panel of wrapper.

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WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 577066
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 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. Prelims and last few pages foxed. A few scattered foxspots throughout. Top and bottom of spine bumped. Small nick to edge of front cover. Covers clean and bright.

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A MYSTERY OF THE BROADS
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by E.A. Cox.
Stock no. 576484
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1930. Slightly better than very good condition.

Light brown and orange pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 223 pages. SIGNED by author. Corners lightly bumped. Overall a very bright copy. Rare with Westerman's signature. All plates present. Reduced from £350

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THE SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by W. Smithson Broadhead.
Stock no. 732920
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1922. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, black titles and black/green vignettes to spine and front. 6 b/w plates. 287 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine bumped. Endpapers very lightly browned. Covers and contents beautifully bright and clean. Wrapper is edge chipped with loss, patch of loss to top of spine and corners of panels, small patch of loss to centre of rear panel. 2" closed tear to top of spine and 3" closed horizontal tear to centre of rear panel. Wrapper not as bad as it sounds!

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AN EXCITING TERM
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Francis E. Hiley.
Stock no. 732923
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light grey cloth, blue titles and vignette of girl to spine. Four b/w plates. 255 pages. Spine bumped. Slight darkening to cover edges. Erased pencil name to front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering to page margins. Dustwrapper is worn and creased with 2 x 1" loss to lower edge of front panel, some darkening at edges and grubby on rear panel and spine. Tape repairs on verso of dustwrapper edges.

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ANIMAL STORIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 657018
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial front board showing young girl putting harness on horse. Colour and b/w illustrations. Head of spine chipped with slight loss. Probably c1920.

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DRACULA IN SUNLIGHT
Written by Chris Powling. Illustrated by Robert Geary.
Stock no. 622296
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 106 pages. ISBN: 0216928761. A few slight marks to bottom of front cover. Pictorial wrapper slightly scuffed.

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THE BLACK PATCH PIRATES
Written by Robert Aitchen. Illustrated by Robert Aitchen.
Stock no. 697505
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1948. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. Superb full-page colour illustrations plus b/w drawings. Corners worn. Contents bright.

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THE BUNNY WHISKERS FIND AN ISLAND
Written by Isobel Knight. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 623652
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Why the Bunny Whiskers had to move from their comfortable little home and how they moved house on to an island. The Anytime Series. Pictorial boards, blue spine with white title. Pink, b/w pictorial endpapers and illustrations. 35 pages. Corners rubbed, top of spine worn with slight loss. Inscription in ink to top of half-title page. Pictorial wrapper edge-torn & creased.

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THE GOLDEN MAGNET
Written by George Manville Fenn.
Stock no. 624097
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Brown cloth, black title to spine. B/w frontis. Corners lightly rubbed. 1" split to top of spine. A few foxspots to prelims else contents clean.

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