HISTORICAL STORY
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PLAIN JANE
Written by Barbara Softly.
Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1329055
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1st
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Set in the time of the civil war between Charles I and Parliment. Jane and her twin brother find themselves unavoidable drawn into a struggle while helping their father, who is a leading Royalist. Red boards with black titles and vignette to front cover. 256 pages. Some b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped, browned/spotted to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
THE GREAT CAPTAINS
Written by Henry Treece.
Stock no. 1328944
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited.
1st
1956.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 254 pages. Spine bumped. Heavy foxing to textblock, endpapers and page margins throughout. Price-cut wrapper is foxed on verso, is edge worn and torn, is faded to spine and is grubby to rear panel.
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- HISTORICAL STORY
AUGUSTINE CAME TO KENT
Written by Barbara Willard.
Illustrated by Hans Guggenheim.
Stock no. 1328865
Published by World's Work Ltd..
1st
1964.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Portraying all the drama of lives and stirring times in sixth century England. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 194 pages. Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock and prelims. Prize inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is foxed on verso, grubby to rear panel, edge rubbed with minimal loss at corners.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
- ADVENTURE
THE SIEGE OF MONTSEGUR
Written by Inge Ott.
Stock no. 1827902
Published by Floris Books.
1st UK
1982.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The historical story of the besieged Pyrenean castle of Monsegur in 1244. Originally published in German under the title Geier uber dem Montsegur. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0903540630. Small nick to cloth at lower edges. Light black mark tlo rear board. Page browning else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and just a little scuffed to rear panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
THE SILVER BRANCH
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff; Julia Eccleshare.
Illustrated by Roman Pisarev.
Stock no. 1827877
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2009.
Nearly fine condition.
Introduced by Julia Eccleshare. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt title to spine. Full-page b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (VG+).
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
DESOLATION ISLAND
Written by Patrick O'Brian.
Stock no. 1827197
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Blue pictorial cloth with gilt title blocks and black title. Colour plates and b/w chapter footers. vii and 285 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has some minor marks.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- HISTORICAL STORY
THE MAURITIUS COMMAND
Written by Patrick O'Brian.
Stock no. 1827196
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Blue decorated covers. Gilt title boxes. Colour & b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and a few minor marks to one end and spine.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- HISTORICAL STORY
THE ARMOURER'S HOUSE
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff.
Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 1826287
Published by Oxford University Press.
1975.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Oxford Children's Library series. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. A story of Tudor London. ISBN: 0192770276. Reprint. Pale horizontal glue mark to lower end of boards (caused by the glue on the dustwrapper laminate). Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is clean but creased to rear panel where the publisher's laminate has been attached.
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- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
- OXFORD CHILDRENS LIBRARY
THE ADVENTURES OF DICK TREVANION
Written by Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 1325222
Published by Oxford University Press.
1933.
Very good condition.
New Ensign series. A Story of Eighteen Hundred and Four. Colour pictorial boards and spine. B/w frontis. 399 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing else contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
WINNING HIS NAME
Written by Herbert Strang.
Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1325221
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1928.
Very good condition.
The New Ensign Series for Boys. A romance of Stuart days. Pictorial boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 412 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, small split to base of spine. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Prize plate and a school ink stamp (small) to front pastedown. Some foxing to textblock.
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- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
THE LITTLE DUKE OR RICHARD THE FEARLESS
Written by Charlotte M. Yonge.
Illustrated by T. Cuneo.
Stock no. 1324913
Published by The Sheldon Press.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth with black titles and illustrations to front and spine. 160 pages. Colour frontis. 16 page catalogue to rear. Spine very slightly bumped. Neat name in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss.
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- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
FOOD FOR POWDER
Written by D.H. Parry.
Illustrated by G.C. Glover.
Stock no. 1324696
Published by Ernest Nister.
Circa
1899.
Very good condition.
A tale of the Light Dragoons. Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Chromolithograph frontis plus b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Name plate to front pastedown. A few hinges pulled. Browning to contents otherwise clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- HISTORICAL STORY
- BOYS
- NISTER