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BY CONDUCT AND COURAGE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1313330
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles, bevelled edges. Grey endpapers. 8 b/w plates. 384 pages and 16 page catalogue to rear. All edges olivine. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Uneven fading to rear cover. Title to front cover is slightly grubby. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Some light foxing and page browning otherwise contents clean.

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CONQUEROR'S GOLD
Written by Dan Corby.
Stock no. 1502904
Published by Max Parrish. 1st 1965. Slightly better than good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Four boys and an old man are trapped in a cellar with no obvious escape route and water seeping in. Brown boards with gilt titles to spine. 128 pages. Ex-library with stamps and remains of label to prelims. Rear endpapers grubby. Text pages very good. A couple of small dents to text block. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with one small tear.

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SAUCERS OVER THE MOOR
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1402640
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A gripping and fast-moving adventure story about the Lone Pine Club set on Dartmoor. Cream boards, red titles. Endpapers show sketch of the Moor. B/w illustrations. 244 pages. Spine and corners are bumped. Spine is a little browned. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Top corners of first three pages are lightly creased. Some light fingering else contents are generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased. Rear panel is grubby.

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ADVENTURES AT WINDSOR CASTLE
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by David Walsh.
Stock no. 1710990
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A boy living in the shadow of Windsor Castle discovers its history by taking part in it. Blue boards, black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Ink price to front endpaper. Wrapper damp marked with tape repaired closed tears and some chipping.

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X-MEN THE ULTIMATE GUIDE
Written by Peter Sanderson.
Stock no. 1710689
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. A Guide to the Marvel characters. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781409370529. Wrapper edge-creased.

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INTO THE NIGER BEND
Written by Jules Verne.
Stock no. 2113780
Published by Arco Publications. 1st 1960. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Volume 1 of The Barsac Mission. Translated from the French by I.O.Evans. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. Ex-lib. with usual markings; also rear panel of wrapper is stuck to book. Foxing and heavy page browning. A reading copy.

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THE SILVER CANON
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by M.L.P..
Stock no. 2113605
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Tale of the Western Plains. Blue cloth with black titles and decorations. B/w frontis. Bumping to spine. Some light browning to a few cover edges. Presentation plate to front endpaper. A few grubby margin marks; some foxing. Wrapper is creased, with some edge-tears and chips; scuffing in places; only a little loss.

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THE HAUNTED RANCH
Written by May Wynne. Illustrated by John Harris.
Stock no. 2113598
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1936. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black titles and border. Colour frontis. Dean's Reward Series. 247 pages. Heavy dent to top edge of front cover and some corresponding pages. Small split to top of spine. Corners are bumped. Browning to cover edges. Some foxing. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with piece of loss to rear cover; some to corners.

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SNAIL AND THE PENNITHORNES AND THE PRINCESS
Written by Barbara Willard. Illustrated by Geoffrey S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 1502292
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Dark pink boards, cream title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 159 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Endpapers partially lightly browned. Foxing, mainly to prelims and text block. Grubby mark to text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a few small tears. Unevenly browned and foxed, very foxed on verso.

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SANDRO'S BATTLE
Written by David Scott Daniell. Illustrated by Colin Spencer.
Stock no. 1709714
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1962. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Front endpaper missing, with surface damage to front pastedown. School library stamp to copyright page. Price-cut wrapper is grubby to rear panel and worn to corners.

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THE GIRLS OF GWYNFA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1501811
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with embossed decoration and blind titles to front cover. Spine has gilt titles with author/publisher name in black and embossed decoration. Colour frontis. 310 pages. Spine is bumped at top and bottom with very small splits. Corners bumped and worn. Rear cover is stained with a few small marks. Ink inscription and small bookseller's sticker to front endpaper. Small patch of damage to top 1cm of rear joint. Couple of hinges cracked. Browned to endpapers. Heavy foxing, mostly to page edges. Odd margin mark. Contained in a photcopy dustwrapper.

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MORE ADVENTURES OF ALISON
Written by Sheila Stuart. Illustrated by Gervase.
Stock no. 1108761
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth with dark brown titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates. 286 pages. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some marks and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has large edge-tears; a few to corners have small pieces of loss; creased.

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