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A BORN SCHOOL CAPTAIN
Written by W.J. Batchelder. Illustrated by Charles Pears; Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1324065
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1921. Good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. Colour frontis (by Pears) and 4 b/w plates (by Browne). 256 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and rubbed. Large but neat prize inscription in ink to front pastedown. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked, old glue has browned. Frontis has been neatly re-inserted. Top corner tip of front free-endpaper has been torn off. Blue crayon scribble to rear pastedown.

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FORGE OF FOXENBY
Written by R.A.H. Goodyear. Illustrated by T.M.R. Whitwell.
Stock no. 1324057
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Good condition.

Green cloth. 4 b/w plates. 280 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and other grubby marks to page margins.

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TWIXT SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
Written by Gordon Stables. Illustrated by A.E. Jackson; W. Parkinson.
Stock no. 1323812
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1912. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis by Jackson, 6 b/w plates by Parkinson. 352 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Prize plate to front pastedown. Vertical crease to inner margin of title-page. Heavy foxing (mainly to textblock). Small chip to edge of rear free-endpaper.

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YUSSUF THE GUIDE OR, THE MOUNTAIN BANDITS
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 1323811
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

"Being a story of strange adventure in Asia Minor". Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 352 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. 6 b/w plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers lightly marked. Prize plate to front pastedown. Heavy foxing.

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THE WHITE TRAIL
Written by Alexander MacDonald. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1323783
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1925. Good condition.

A story of the early days of Klondike. Green pictorial cloth. 8 b/w plates plus a b/w map of the Klondike Goldfields. 392 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn with small split to base of spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Page 303 is detatached but still present with slightly ragged edges and a grubby margin at top.

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BUSY LITTLE FOLK
No author listed. Illustrated by Ruth Cobb; Ethel K. Burgess; Harold Earnshaw; N. Buchanan; Honor C. Appleton; et al..
Stock no. 1320060
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, front shows two children gardening, Blackie's picture Books advert to rear. 8.5 x 6". Full page colour illustration to insides of covers. Stories and rhymes with b/w illustrations. Rear cover is a little grubby. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Split to lower 2" of spine. Some slight fingering to page margins.

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THE AGE OF MACHINERY
Written by Alexander R. Horne.
Stock no. 1819205
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

The Forces of Nature turned to the Service of Man. Some ordinary useful applications of the sciences explained in simple language for young people. Blue boards, pale blue titles. B/w illustrations. Boards marked, spine and title to spine faded. Endpapers and text block heavily browned. Rear pastedown has a sticky label stuck to it and pencil scribble. Rust spot to gutter edge of prelims.

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PET'S PROJECT
Written by Cora Langton.
Stock no. 1318247
Published by Blackie And Son Limited; Blackie. Circa 1911. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. Gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. 64 pages plus 12 page catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Cloth slightly dusty. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Textblock is dusty. Some page corner creases and some some grubby marks to margins.

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MY BOOK ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA
Written by Alice Talwin Morris. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1317172
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine, red boards with large pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, corners worn. Rubbing to cover edges and black mark to edge of rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light browning to title-page and last text page. Contents clean.

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MY BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1405800
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl in red dress and dog, white titles. Book advert to rear cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and browned. Corners are bumped and worn. Prize presentation plate to rear cover. Cover edges rubbed. Covers grubby. A few pale foxspots and margin marks otherwise contents are clean.

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JOLLY LITTLE PEOPLE
No author listed. Illustrated by Harold Earnshaw.
Stock no. 1506099
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two children feeding parrot on stand. Full page illustration to every page with title beneath, 12 colour plates, rest two-tone. 10.25 x 8". Spine bumped, worn and faded with nick to bottom edge. Wear to corner and cover edges. Covers grubby and marked with stains to rear cover. Top 2" of front joint cracked plus a couple of hinges cracked. Two pages are detached, one with ragged edges. 2" tear to title page alongside spine. Some light browning, foxing and marks to contents. All plates present, tear to bottom margin of frontis. Small bookseller's label to rear pastedown.

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THE CHEERY CHICKS BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Harold Earnshaw.
Stock no. 1405368
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. circa 1925. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing three children, one on a scooter and two on roller skates with a cat and a dog. 6 colour plates. Two tone illustrations. 10" x 8". Spine bumped, rubbed and faded. Corners bumped and very worn. Boards are grubby. Inscription in ink in belongs to box some of which has transferred to opposite page. Paint marks to train on first page. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. Some light fingering. A few small margin tears.

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