HISTORICAL STORY
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THE AMBER TREASURE
Written by Richard Denning.
Stock no. 1803354
Published by Mercia Books.
1st
2010.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Historical fiction set in Dark Age Britain. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780956483522. SIGNED by the author as a personal inscription to front endpaper.
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THE BOYS AT MENHARDOC
Written by George Manville Fenn.
Illustrated by C.J. Staniland.
Stock no. 1302071
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
circa
1912.
Very good condition.
A story of Cornish nets and mines. Blue decorated cloth with pictorial onlay to front, gilt title to spine and front cover. Colour frontis plus 6 b/w plates. 352 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. A few light marks to covers. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light fingering to page edges else contents clean.
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- CORNWALL
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- PICTORIAL BINDING
THE YELLOW COACH
Written by Elisabeth Kyle.
Illustrated by Alexy Pendle.
Stock no. 448841
Published by Heinemann.
1st
1976.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Yellow pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. A Long-Ago Children book. A children's story set in historical France. ISBN: 0434949183. Wrapper slightly edge-torn but with little loss.
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A MARCH ON LONDON
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by W.H. Margetson.
Stock no. 819213
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1898.
Almost very good condition.
Being a Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection. Blue pictorial cloth. 8 b/w plates. 352 pages + 32 page booklist. All edges green. First edition produced in 1897 but dated 1898. Front cover marked and title rubbed. Spine lightly worn but gilt title bright. Corners lightly worn. Bookplate to front endpapers. All plates present. Scattered foxing and margin marks throughout.
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- PICTORIAL BINDING
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- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
AT AGINCOURT
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 818984
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1897.
Good condition.
Olive green pictorial binding. 12 b/w plates. Grey endpapers. 384 pages + 32 pages booklist. Covers marked and scuffed with a few small patches of damage. Bookplate to front pastedown. All plates present.
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REDSKIN AND COWBOY
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by Alfred Pearse.
Stock no. 818949
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Circa
1893.
Fair condition.
Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 12 b/w plates. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. A Tale Of The Western Plains. Front endpaper and one plate missing. Half-title page has some loss and remains of sticker. Hinges pulled. One plate detached. Covers marked and worn to corners.
AT AGINCOURT
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 818138
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1897.
Very good condition.
Olive green pictorial binding. 12 b/w plates. Grey endpapers. 384 pages + 32 pages booklist. Covers grubby. Corners are bumped. Some light foxing throughout. All plates present.
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FACING DEATH
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 818043
Published by Blackie & Son.
Circa
1915.
Good condition.
Or The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines. Green cloth, gilt titles. Decorations to front cover and spine. 304 pages. B/w plates. 6 b/w plates present, however, there is no frontis or illustration list - so can not confirm how many plates originally present. Possible that 1 plate is missing. Top and tail of spine have small nicks with fraying to cloth. Bookplate to front pastedown.
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THE RED, WHITE, AND GREEN
Written by Herbert Hayens.
Illustrated by Arch Webb.
Stock no. 818048
Published by T. Nelson & Sons.
1907.
Very good condition.
Green pictorial cloth with gilt title box to spine. Part of the Lone Star Series. B/w plates. Pungent odour to book. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. All plates present. Foxing.
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IN THE REIGN OF TERROR
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 815905
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Circa
1900.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front and gilt pictorial spine. 8 b/w plates. The Adventures of a Westminster Boy. 351 pages plus 32 page booklist. Corners are bumped. One hinged slightly cracked.
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ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S EVE
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by Herbert J. Draper.
Stock no. 815513
Published by Blackie & Son.
Fair condition.
Dark green pictorial boards. 12 b/w plates plus map of France. 384pp plus Blackie's Book List. A Tale of the Huguenot Wars. Early reprint. Covers are scuffed, corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Joints cracked. 2 plates detached and one missing.
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- PICTORIAL BINDING
- ADVENTURE
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- HISTORICAL STORY
THE COLVINS OF SHIPLEY COURT
Written by V.C. Clarke.
Stock no. 443060
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1975.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Black boards, gilt title to spine. A story set around the time of the English civil war, in the Thames Valley area. ISBN: 0216897122.
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