THE PICTS AND THE MARTYRS
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1405132
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine, blind title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers depicting map for the book. B/w illustrations throughout. 303 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners are bumped. Some marks to covers. Book leans slightly to one side. Small pieces missing from bottom of some pages and from come page corners. Foxing to page edges

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ISLAND BORN
Written by Bessie Marchant. Illustrated by Leo Bates.
Stock no. 1208282
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1921. Good condition.

A Tale of Hawaii. Grey cloth with orange borders and vignettes. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. All plates present. Covers soiled with white marks to rear. Spine bumped. Corners slightly bumped. Endpapers browned. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to prelims, edge of textblock and some page margins.

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TALES OF DARING AND DANGER
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1505437
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. circa 1900. Very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title blocks and yellow and grey floral decorations. B/w frontis. 5 tales. 160 pages plus two page booklist. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine faded and some uneven fading to covers. A few marks to covers too. This has been a publisher's prize with prize plate to front pastedown. One hinge cracked. Endpapers browned. Some foxing and an odd fingermark to contents.

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CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1505355
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1907. Slightly better than good condition.

A story of escape from Siberia. New Edition. Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 8 b/w plates plus 1 map. 352 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. All edges green. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly rubbed with a few small marks. Frontis is MISSING. Front joint cracked. Prize plate to front endpaper. A few marks to prelims, text pages very good. Light foxing.

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DOOMED FLIGHT
Written by J. Railton Holden.
Stock no. 2119169
Published by Newnes. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with black title to spine. This thriller-of-the-air is set around the Suez Canal zone, with heroes 'Spider' Stockwell and 'Nugget' Willis, members of the Air Intelligence branch of the Australian Expeditionary Force. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Front joint a bit cracked. Some foxing. Contained in a colour PHOTOCOPY wrapper.

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THE BUCKINGHAMS AT RAVENSWYKE
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 2118941
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A thrilling story set in and around Whitby and the moors of North Yorkshire. Blue boards, gilt titles and author signature vignette to front. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 216 pages. A few light marks to covers. Surface paper damage to front pastedown and front endpaper, where it used to have some school library bookplates; rest of contents are excellent. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing and some scuffing.

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THE SHATTERED STONE
Written by Robert Newman.
Stock no. 2118484
Published by Hutchinson of London. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

There were mysteries about their life in the forest that Neva and Ivo did not understand. ISBN: 0091266203. Cover edges are browned, with a bit of bumping. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some foxing. Wrapper is browned with some edge-creasing.

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BARTLETT AND THE CITY OF FLAMES
Written by Odo Hirsch. Illustrated by Andrew McLean.
Stock no. 2118411
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An exciting adventure story in which Bartlett must draw on all his legendary powers of Inventiveness, Desperation and Perserverance. Pictorial boards. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0747546096.

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WINGED VENTURERS
Written by Guy Dempster. Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 2118379
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1942. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light brown cloth with red title to spine. Black and white frontis by Lumley. Spine is bumped and darkened to top. A few grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has 2" missing from top of spine; rest is browned. A few marks to covers; uneven browning and grubby marks to edges; some closed tears and chips, with minimal loss.

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SHIPWRECK
Written by James Norman Hall.
Stock no. 2117802
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The adventure of the author in 1933 when he sailed from Tahiti to Pitcairn. Some uneven fading and a little mottling to covers. Vertical creasing to some pages of prelims. Page browning with a little foxing. Wrapper is a bit grubby with some creasing and small nicks.

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CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1404263
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1893. Almost very good condition.

Greyish blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. Burgundy endpapers. B/w frontis and 7 other plates, plus 1 map. 352 pages plus 32 pages of adverts to rear. All edges olivine. Spine bumped, worn and faded. Corners bumped and rubbed. White mark to rear panel and small red mark to top of front panel. Board edges a little rubbed. Writing to top of title page - possibly an inscription - some of the writing is faded. Several hinges are cracked. Heavy foxing to first couple and last couple of pages. Foxing to some other pages but many pages are clean.

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THE ADVENTURES OF SAMUEL AND SELINA
Written by Jean C. Archer. Illustrated by Jean C. Archer.
Stock no. 2117195
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1902. Almost very good condition.

Small format. The Dumpy Books For Children Series No. 13. Green cloth with dark green titles and borders. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Front cover is a bit bowed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint a little cracked. Some browning to pages, a few grubby marks; couple of small nicks to page edges.

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