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INDIAN AND SCOUT
Written by F.S. Brereton. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo.
Stock no. 1324437
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

A tale of the Gold Rush to California. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 b/w plates. 368 pages, all edges olivine. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge rubbed. Spine slightly discoloured. Rear cover ever so slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Names and dates in ink to verso of front free-endpaper and to half title-page. Name on half title-page crossed out. Front joint cracked. Foxing to contents. Some hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still tightly bound.

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HOW CANADA WAS WON
Written by F.S. Brereton. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1324429
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

A Tale of Wolfe and Quebec. Green pictorial cloth. 391 pages.. 6 b/w plates plus 3 maps. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light scuffing to covers. Pale browning to endpapers and some light foxing to contents.

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THE EAGLE'S NEST
Written by S.E. Cartwright. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1324425
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. 3 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly rubbed/grubby. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked. Top edge of textblock is dusty.

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WITH BEATTY OFF JUTLAND
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1324338
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Romance of the Great Sea Fight. Blue cloth with pictorial front board and spine. 6 b/w plates. 284 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name plate to front free-endpaper, newspaper clipping referring to the death of Westerman taped to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock.

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BLOWN AWAY FROM THE LAND
Written by David Ker. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.
Stock no. 1324325
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1930. Very good condition.

An adventure in the Mediterranean. Green pictorial cloth, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 2 b/w plates. 175 pages, 2 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock.

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WYNPORT COLLEGE
Written by Frederick Harrison. Illustrated by Harold Copping.
Stock no. 1324294
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1900. Very good condition.

A story of school life. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 8 b/w plates. 351 pages plus 32 page catalogue to rear, all edges olivine. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some slight spotting to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to prelims.

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THE FOUR SCHOOLS
Written by R.A.H. Goodyear. Illustrated by T.M.R. Whitwell.
Stock no. 1324292
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1922. Very good condition.

A brisk story of school life. Grey pictorial cloth covers with black titles and borders. 6 black and white plates. 319 pages. 7.75 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and page margins. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Top edge of textblock is a little grubby.

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WHEN EAST MEETS WEST
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by C.M. Padday.
Stock no. 1324251
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1913. Almost very good condition.

"A story of the Yellow Peril". An imaginary story in which Japan and China join together to overwhelm the Northern Hemisphere. Olive green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Grey endpapers. 6 b/w plates. 292 pages, all edges olivine. Spine bumped. Foxing to contents. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. One plate has been reinserted in the wrong place (plate opposite pg 211 is opposite pg 196 instead).

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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.

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THE INVISIBLE WAR-PLANE
Written by Claude Grahame-White; Harry Harper. Illustrated by John De G. Bryan.
Stock no. 1324056
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A tale of air adventure in the Great Campaign. Grey pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. 272 pages. 7.5 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby. Inscription in ink (green) to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock and prelims.

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FLORENCE GODFREY'S FAITH
Written by Emma Raymond Pitman. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.
Stock no. 1324055
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

A story of Australian life. Burgundy decorated cloth. Colour frontis and 3 b/w plates. 309 pages. Spine bumped. Covers a bit darkened and rear cover unevenly discoloured. Name in ink and a prize plate (partially removed) to front free-endpaper. Small hole to free-endpaper from removal of prize plate. Heavy foxing throughout. There are grubby marks to the first 20 pages, worst at pages vi & vii (contents and illustrations pages).

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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.

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