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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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KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS
Written by Anthony Mockler. Illustrated by Nick Harris.
Stock no. 1824946
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford illustrated classics. Blue boards, gilt titles. Full page colour and B/W illustrations. 294 pages. ISBN: 019274531X. Lower corners and base of spine lightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE SWORD OF FREEDOM
Written by Charles Gilson. Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1324666
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

A tale of the English Revolution. Brown pictorial coth with gilt titles. 6 colour plates. xi + 420 pages. Spine bumped. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked showing webbing beneath. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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THE CHANCELLOR'S SPY
Written by Tom Bevan. Illustrated by Richard Tod.
Stock no. 1324665
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

A vivid picture of life in the reign of Henry the eighth. Green pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 2 colour plates. 263 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing and page browning. Some hinges pulled.

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RALPH THE OUTLAW
Written by Mrs. Henry Clarke.
Stock no. 1324591
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

A tale of adventure in medieval England. Colour frontis and title page. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 248 pages + 24 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Small booksellers sticker to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock, a couple of spots to margins. Some hinges pulled but generally binding still tight.

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WITH KITCHENER IN THE SOUDAN
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1324489
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1903. Good condition.

A Story of Atbara and Omdurman. Red pictorial cloth, gilt. 10 b/w plates plus 3 maps. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed and grubby. Library label (pencil markings erased) to front pastedown (no other evidence of this being an exlibrary copy). Inscription in ink and small booksellers embossed stamp to front free-endpaper. Hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose. Foxing to verso of frontis. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A ROMAN BOY
Written by Rev. A.J. Church.
Stock no. 1324323
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1904. Very good condition.

New Edition. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 b/w plates. 384 pages plus 32 page catalogue to rear. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Tiny splash mark to rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown and name plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock.

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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 GREY ADVENTURER
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Beatrice Goldsmith.
Stock no. 1824128
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A colourful and exciting story for boys and girls laid in Restoration England and early American Colonies. Blue cloth boards, red title block to spine with gilt title. B/w illustrations. Blue mark to spine. Cloth to base of spine and lower 1/3 of rear board creased. Top corner of front board creased. Text block a little browned. Contents generally clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears and small chips, blue biro to 'G' and 'y' of title, spine browned, rear panel grubby.

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THE BOMBARD
Written by Henry Treece. Illustrated by Christine Price.
Stock no. 1323269
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

King Edward III and his son struggle against the French, the Welsh and the Scotts. Dark red boards, gilt to spine. B/w text illustrations. 187 pages. 8 x 5.25". Minimal bumping to spine. Rear endpapers are browned. Foxing to textblock. Old pencil price erased from front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby to rear panel, browned to spine and slightly worn at head of spine.

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THE MAURITIUS COMMAND
Written by Patrick O'Brian.
Stock no. 2136498
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Fine condition.

Blue decorated covers. Gilt title boxes. Colour & b/w illustrations. 2nd printing. Contained in a nearly fine slip-case.

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