LA VENDEE: AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Written by Anthony Trollope. Illustrated by Shirley Bellwood.
Stock no. 1830787
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition.

A historical novel. Introduction by Mervyn Horder. Green cloth spine with black & gilt title labels. Pale green paper boards with floral borders. Top edge green. Full page b/w illustrations. xvii and 413 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is very lightly shelf-scuffed.

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MIST OVER ATHELNEY
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Stewart Sherriffs; J.L. Stokle.
Stock no. 1330203
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story from the dark winter of A.D. 878, when Danish King Guthrum launched his treacherous attack on the kingdom of Wessex. Orange cloth, black titles and vignettes. 243 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped with tiny nicks to top and tail of spine. Some slight fading to cover edges. Foxing to textblock, endpapers and prelims else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso and a little edge rubbed.

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WARRIOR SCARLET
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1330175
Published by Oxford University Press. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A historical novel based in the Bronze Age. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping/rubbing to spine and corners. Light mark at cover edges. Booksellers (Foyles) sticker to front pastedown. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper has been covered with clear adhesive film (by publisher) which is stuck down on edges of verso.

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THE LANTERN BEARERS
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1330172
Published by Oxford University Press. 1960. Almost very good condition.

An exciting chronicle bringing to life the turbulent period of the last Romans in Britain. Purple cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some spotting to covers, mainly at edges and spine. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock.

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THE CROWN OF VIOLET
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 1330171
Published by Penguin. 1st thus 1968. Very good condition.

Puffin Story Book PS330. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Page browning else contents clean.

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BOWS AGAINST THE BARONS
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 1330170
Published by Elliott And Thompson Limited. 1st thus 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

A rousing story of medieval England, of the clash between the rich and the poor, and above all of Robin Hood. leader of the people, presented as the author believes he might have been. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 154 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. ISBN: 1904027261. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Spine is very slightly faded. Top edge of textblock is very slightly dusty.

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ENSIGN CAREY
Written by Ronald Welch.
Stock no. 1329855
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, silver title to spine. 175 pages. ISBN: 0192713868. Spine and corners bumped. Small indentation to top edge of front cover. Dustwrapper is lightly browned, there is a barcode label to rear panel.

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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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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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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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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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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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