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THE SCHOOL'S BEST MAN
Written by R.A.H. Goodyear. Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 1323804
Published by Jarrolds Publishers. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 320 pages. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper by means of a dedication. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name plate and name in ink to front pastedown. Heavy foxing else contents clean.

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THE DUKE'S OWN
Written by J. Percy Groves. Illustrated by Lieut. Col. Marshman.
Stock no. 1323803
Published by Griffith Farran Browne & Co Limited.. Very good condition.

Or, the adventures of Peter Daly. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 320 pages. B/w frontis with tissue-guard. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small dent to top edge of rear cover. Prize(?) plate has been removed from front pastedown. Endpapers are browned. Foxing to contents. Ink spot to edge of textblock.

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A BOOK OF SHIPS
Written by A.C. Hardy; M.J. Hardy. Illustrated by Laurence Dunn.
Stock no. 1323798
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 2nd 1942. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 11. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers slightly edge worn and chipped. Some light foxing to covers. Staples rusty. Some foxing to contents.

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ANIMALS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by Arnrid Johnston. Illustrated by Arnrid Johnston.
Stock no. 1323795
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st thus 1944. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 7. Pictorial cardwraps. Covers edge rubbed. Staples rusty. Some foxing to contents.

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A BOOK OF INSECTS
Written by Richard James. Illustrated by James Holland.
Stock no. 1323793
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1944. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No.5 Colour lithographed illustrations. Printed by W.S. Cowell. Paperwraps. Covers grubby and foxed. Inside covers also foxed. Slight pulling at staples.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE 'ALBATROSS'
Written by W.C. Metcalfe. Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 1323792
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 3 colour plates. 16 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Name plate and small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Small pink mark to edge of textblock. Foxing to textblock.

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DICK O' THE FENS: A TALE OF THE GREAT EAST SWAMP
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Frank Dadd.
Stock no. 1323790
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Gilt title to spine. Green text block. 8 b/w plates. 383 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Ink address stamp on the front free-endpaper has been partially erased. Heavy fox spots throughout.

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MENHARDOC
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by C.J. Staniland.
Stock no. 1323787
Published by Blackie & Son. Circa 1888. Almost very good condition.

A story of Cornish nets and mines. Brown pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 8 b/w plates. vii + 352 pages + 48 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few spots to covers. Prize inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing, mainly to textblock but also effecting the page margins.

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WHEN BEATTY KEPT THE SEAS
Written by Frank H. Shaw. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1323785
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1917. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 4 colour plates. 312 pages. Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Child's heavy pencil inscription to front pastedown. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Foxing. One plate is loose but all still present.

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THE WHITE TRAIL
Written by Alexander MacDonald. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1323783
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1925. Good condition.

A story of the early days of Klondike. Green pictorial cloth. 8 b/w plates plus a b/w map of the Klondike Goldfields. 392 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn with small split to base of spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Page 303 is detatached but still present with slightly ragged edges and a grubby margin at top.

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THE STREAM IN THE WILD WOOD
Written by Dorothy Clewes. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1323776
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tan cloth, blue titles and large vignette to front cover. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 52 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Spine and corners very sightly bumped and some faint spotting to covers. Foxing, mainly to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a little grubby, edge chipped and creased and foxed on verso.

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THE VICARAGE CHILDREN IN SKYE
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Elizabeth Grant.
Stock no. 1323775
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The third story about the lively King family. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 160 pages. Spine is bumped. A few tiny spots to front cover. Light foxing to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and slightly edge worn.

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