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ROUNDING UP THE RAIDER
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 1324464
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Naval Story of the Great War. Green boards with pictorial front cover and spine. Black titles to both spine and front covers. Colour frontis + 3 other b/w plates. 255 pages. Spine bumped. Yellow stain(?) to rear edge of spine. Removal of an inscription to front pastedown has caused some surface paper loss. Foxing, mainly to prelims and textblock.

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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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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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WHEN EAST MEETS WEST
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by C.M. Padday.
Stock no. 1320554
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1913. 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 and corners bumped and worn with small splits at top and tail of spine. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Joints cracked. Some foxing to textblock and page margins. 1 plate is missing (opposite page 211).

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BLACKIE'S BOYS' ANNUAL
Written by Jeffrey Havilton; Percy F. Westerman; Geoffrey Prout; et al. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; Reginald Cleaver; Rowland Hilder; et al..
Stock no. 2132738
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1931. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth spine with vignette of cowboy standing, front board shows cowboy on horseback. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. First story is "Rabbit" Unwin by Richard Bird. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; Some scuffing to cover edges. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Foxing to outer page edges. A few margin marks.

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THE TERROR OF THE SEAS
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Stock no. 2131012
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

Stone cloth with black title to spine, black and orange titles and decoration to front cover. B/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Foxing; heaviest to endpapers and outer page edges.

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LESLIE DEXTER CADET
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Norman Hepple.
Stock no. 2129099
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1937. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An adventure story for boys. Dark blue cloth pictorial cloth. Front covers shows ship at docks, spine shows sailor looking out. Yellow/cream titles. 6 b/w plates. Top edge blue. 255 pages. Light bumping along cover edges. A few marks and light foxspots to outer page edges. All plates present. Wrapper is price-cut with large tear to base of spine; a few marks; some chips and nicks, but minimal loss.

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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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SQUADRON LEADER
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Terence Cuneo.
Stock no. 1201131
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1946. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with dark blue titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates, including frontis. 296 pages. SIGNED by author. Top and tail of spine slightly bumped. Corners bumped. Bright pictorial wrapper is slightly edge-chipped. A very nice bright copy.

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STORIES FOR BOYS
Written by W.K. Holmes; Percy F. Westerman; et al.
Stock no. 815681
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1950. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. First story is 'THe Captain's Cannon' by Holmes. Colour frontis and b/w plates and illustrations. Corners worn. Spine browned. Covers worn. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing.

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STORIES FOR BOYS
Written by W.K. Holmes; Percy F. Westerman; et al.
Stock no. 815683
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1950. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. First story is 'THe Captain's Cannon' by Holmes. Colour frontis and b/w plates and illustrations. Corners worn and bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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THE TERROR OF THE SEAS
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 814855
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Circa 1927. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with black titles and decoration to front cover. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Covers nice and clean. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing present else contents clean.

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