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THE SECRET VOYAGE
Written by Gordon Grant.
Stock no. 1403726
Published by George Harrap & Co. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Uncle Ben gives Tommy a Chinese brush. When Tommy uses it to draw ships he is whisked away on the Secret Voyage in search of sunken Chinese Treasure. Green cloth with black titles to spine and vignette to front board. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 56 pages. Spine, corners and bottom of boards bumped. A little foxing to top of boards. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to contents. Price-cut dustwrapper is edgeworn with some small tears and small areas of loss to top and bottom of spine and front fold. Spine is browned and scuffed. Front cover is browned and a little marked. Dustwrapper is foxed.

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SAMBO AND SUSAN AND OTHER TALES
Written by Katharine Harrison-Wallace. Illustrated by Katharine Harrison-Wallace.
Stock no. 2116403
Published by Apple Tree Press. 2012. Fine condition.

Contains: The Adventures of Sambo and Susan, Jim The Huntsman and The Story of a Disobedient Salmon. A modern republication of the original. ISBN: 9780957306509.

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THE FORGOTTEN FARM IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS
Written by Caroline Downey. Illustrated by Caroline Downey.
Stock no. 2116302
Published by Caroline Downey. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Square format. Card wraps. Proper Dragon Tales Series No. 5. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780955361852. SIGNED by author to title page.

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A MASQUE OF MAY MORNING
Written by W. Graham Robertson. Illustrated by W. Graham Robertson.
Stock no. 2116289
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green pictorial cloth. 12 pretty colour illustrations. A play featuring fairies and the seasons. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some browning and foxing to spine and cover edges. Nicks to top corner of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. All plates are present - 2 are detached, but still present and loosely inserted. Several plate pages have ink dots (......) to margin at very edges, near where book is bound. Some pencil annotation to one page in prelims. Foxing.

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BY PIKE AND DYKE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Maynard Brown.
Stock no. 1403692
Published by Blackie & Son. 1st 1890. Slightly better than good condition.

A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic. Brown cloth with gilt title area and decorations. 10 b/w plates + 4 plans. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine bumped and worn with small splits to top and bottom. Small split to cloth between top of spine and rear board. Board edges are rubbed. Couple of white marks to front cover. Gilt and colour in vignettee are a little faded. Rear cover is marked and has a few scratches. Several hinges are cracked leaving the binding a little loose. Foxing and some fingering to contents. Plates are all clean.

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TALES OF DARING AND DANGER
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1403687
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

Green decorated cloth with green titles on orange to front and yellow titles to spine. 3 b/w plates. 160 pages plus two page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and a little rubbed. Spine is a little faded. Couple of small indentations to rear board. Inscription in ink and small booksellers label to front pastedown. Frontis is loose with ragged edge and has marks to verso. Some hinges are pulled. Endpapers are browned. Foxing mainly to page edges and occasional fingering otherwise contents are clean.

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THE YOUNG BUGLERS
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 1403685
Published by Griffith Farran Browne & Co Limited.. circa 1905. Almost very good condition.

A Tale of the Peninsular War. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. 8 b/w plates. 10 battle plans. 346 pages. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Spine is browned. Bottom front corner is heavily bumped. Top of front cover is bumped. A few marks to covers. Front and back joints beginning to crack. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and a name printed in ink. 'Special Prize' written in ink to rear pastedown. Rear endpaper creased. Foxing especially to endpapers and fingering to page margins.

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EAGLE BOOK OF HOW IT WORKS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1504118
Published by Longacre Press. 1st 1962. Slightly better than good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Written with great care in straight forward, non-technical language and illustrated with many fascinating photographs and explanatory drawings. Large format. Blue boards, dark blue title to spine. 192 pages. Minimal bumping to spine, heavy bumping to corners. Wear to bottom edge of front cover, light browning to some cover edges. Heavy foxing to title page, frontis and half-title page. Light foxing to page edges. Book has musty smell. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased. Large tear to front panel, stain to bottom part of spine and panels alongside. Some browning. Clear tape stuck on verso to edges and tears. Foxed.

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AT ABOUKIR AND ACRE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1403674
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.; William Briggs. 1st Canadian 1899. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 8 b/w plates and 3 battle plans. 352 pages + 32 page booklist. A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt. Spine is bumped, worn and faded. Corners are bumped and worn. Couple of marks to rear cover. Name and date to front endpaper. Transfer sticker has been stuck to half-title page with slight transfer of colour to opposite page. Endpapers a little browned. Foxing to prelims and page edges but most pages clean.

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WATER CREATURES
Written by Maurice Burton.
Stock no. 1504113
Published by Longacre Press Ltd.. 1st 1961. Almost very good condition.

A Swift Picture Book. Red glazed boards with polar bear to front cover. Yellow titles. B/w photos throughout with a couple of paragraphs of text to a page. Spine bumped with damage and wear to either end. A little wear to corners and small nick to top edge of front cover. Name, address, date and ink stamp to front endpapers. Grubby fingermarks to foreword page. Contents are clean but have a musty smell.

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THE RED TRUE STORY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1403653
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1895. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles to spine and illustration to front cover. Black endpapers. Numerous b/w illustrations. 419 pages. All edges gilt. Spine bumped, browned and a little worn at top. Corners are bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Foxing and some fingering throughout.

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UNDER WELLINGTON'S COMMAND
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1403630
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1899. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles and bevelled edges. 12 b/w plates. 383 pages + 32 page booklist. A Tale of the Peninsular War. Spine bumped and worn. Vignette is rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Covers a little grubby. Both joints and several hinges cracked. Name plate to front pastedown. Name and date in ink plus some pencil marks to front endpaper. 1 plate missing. Foxing generally to page edges and some fingering.

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