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WILL'S VOYAGES
Written by F. Frankfort Moore. Illustrated by W.H. Overend.
Stock no. 447062
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Circa 1909. Good condition.

Brown cloth with illustrations to front cover and spine. B/w frontis and two b/w plates. Covers are grubby. Corners are bumped and worn. Front and rear joints cracked. Bookplate to front pastedown.

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THE BUCKINGHAMS AT RAVENSWYKE
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 383741
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a 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. Very minimal bumping to spine and corners and some very light browning to top and tail of spine. Faint fading to top edges of covers, a tiny brown mark to lower edge of front cover. Some foxing to endpapers. A small brown mark to edge of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is a little edge worn, slightly faded, foxed on verso and a bit grubby on rear panel.

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THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN CARFAX
Written by Lawrence R. Bourne.
Stock no. 815572
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1934. Very good condition.

A Gentleman of Devon and Sometime Sea-man in the British Navy. Beige cloth with red ship decoration to front and gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. Covers marked.

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ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S EVE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Herbert J. Draper.
Stock no. 815513
Published by Blackie & Son. Fair condition.

Dark green pictorial boards. 12 b/w plates plus map of France. 384pp plus Blackie's Book List. A Tale of the Huguenot Wars. Early reprint. Covers are scuffed, corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Joints cracked. 2 plates detached and one missing.

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BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 442842
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

With Cortez In Mexico. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 8 b/w plates + 2 maps. 384 pages. Spine faded. Corners are bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper.

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CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 442858
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1893. 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. Covers grubby. Corners are worn.

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SHORT SORTIES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 441574
Published by Latimer House Limited. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. A variety of stories by Johns. 202 pages. Base of spine rubbed and a little faded. Small mark to front cover. Endpapers and outer page edges foxed. Small tear to bottom corner of front endpaper. Also small tape mark. Wrapper has a few closed edge-tears with slight loss and tape strengthening to edges.

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THE MASTER OF MARYKNOLL
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 441126
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

An exciting story following the Buckingham's, set in Ludlow and Hereford. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations. Some foxing to covers. Front endpaper has been torn out and is missing. Bookseller's label to rear pastedown. Some foxing mostly to page edges. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with some areas of loss. Rear panel is a little grubby. Price crossed out in pen.

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A CHAPTER OF ADVENTURES
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 440945
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1931. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, blind decoration to covers. 4 colour plates. 212 pages. 7" x 5" Bookplate to front endpaper. All plates present. Endpapers are browned and a little foxing to text block.

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BESSIE BUNTER OF CLIFF HOUSE SCHOOL
Written by Hilda Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 381762
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1949. Good condition.

Green cloth covers. Colour frontispiece and black & white illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spine badly faded, some fading to cover edges. Covers also slightly marked. "2211156" written in blue biro on rear pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned and some foxing to page edges. Contents generally clean.

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SHORT SORTIES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 810250
Published by Latimer House Limited. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. A variety of stories by Johns. 202 pages. Spine and corners are bumped. A few grubby marks to covers. Damp mark to bottom corner of front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is damp marked to front flap, edge-torn in places, with some small chips of loss; 3-4" split to bottom of spine and the horizontally across. Worn to edges.

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THE GOLDEN GLEANER
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by M. MacKinlay.
Stock no. 809720
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth with yellow titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates. 272 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Fading to spine. All plates are present. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut with some edge-tears and chips - some repaired to verso with sticky tape; a little loss to corners of wrapper and is creased.

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