HISTORICAL STORY
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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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- BOYS
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
- PICTORIAL BINDING
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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- CHILDRENS
- 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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THE YOUNG CARTHAGINIAN
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by C.J. Staniland.
Stock no. 815020
Published by Blackie & Son.
Circa
1901.
Very good condition.
Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 b/w plates. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. A Story of the Times of Hannibal. Covers browned. Corners bumped. Bookplate to front pastedown. All plates present.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- HISTORICAL STORY
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
- PICTORIAL BINDING
A FINAL RECKONING
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 814889
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A Tale of Bush Life in Australia. Red cloth, embossed decoration to front and spine. Gilt title to spine, blind title to front. 4 colour plates. 352 pages. Covers clean and bright. Page 49 detached. All plates present. Contents generally clean and tight. One hinge pulled. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with a few chips.
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- AUSTRALIA
A FINAL RECKONING
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 814900
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A Tale of Bush Life in Australia. The New Henty Library. Green cloth, black titles, brown border outline to front and vignette of a man to spine. 4 b/w plates. 352 pages. Covers clean and bright. Inscription in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is lightly worn at corners and scuffed to rear panel.
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- AUSTRALIA
A MARCH ON LONDON
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by W.H. Margetson.
Stock no. 440809
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. 2nd state of 1st edition (has plain endpapers). Spine and corners are bumped. Small split to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to prelims. Frontis has silvery sheen, giving an overall browned effect.
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- PICTORIAL BINDING
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WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 381320
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1898.
Almost very good condition.
Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. 12 b/w plates. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. All edges green. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers lightly rubbed. Tiny nick to front edge of spine. Small address sticker and ink stamp to front pastedown. Front joint cracked. Rear endpapers replaced. Light foxing throughout.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- BOYS
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
- HISTORICAL STORY