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COUNT BELISARIUS
Written by Robert Graves; Lindsey Davis. Illustrated by David Hughes.
Stock no. 1824930
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Very good condition.

Introduced by Lindsay Davis. Black buckram spine, gilt titles. Vivid illustrated covers. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with the usual scuffing.

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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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BOTH SIDES THE BORDER
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Ralph Peacock.
Stock no. 1324480
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower. New Edition. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 8 plates. 384 pages + 16 page booklist. All edges olivine. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading to spine and slight marking to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown.

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1779 A STORY OF OLD SHOREHAM
Written by Frederick Harrison. Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood.
Stock no. 1324452
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Circa 1913. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. Green floral endpapers. B/w plates. 512 pages. Spine bumped, a few light scuff marks to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Some foxing, mainly at page margins, else contents clean.

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HOW CANADA WAS WON
Written by F.S. Brereton. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1324429
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

A Tale of Wolfe and Quebec. Green pictorial cloth. 391 pages.. 6 b/w plates plus 3 maps. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light scuffing to covers. Pale browning to endpapers and some light foxing to contents.

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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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MENHARDOC
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by C.J. Staniland.
Stock no. 1323787
Published by Blackie & Son. Circa 1888. Almost very good condition.

A story of Cornish nets and mines. Brown pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 8 b/w plates. vii + 352 pages + 48 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few spots to covers. Prize inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing, mainly to textblock but also effecting the page margins.

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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 PRINCE'S STORY BOOK
Written by George Laurence Gomme. Illustrated by H.S. Banks.
Stock no. 1323568
Published by Archibald Constable And Co.. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Being historical stories collected out of English romantic literature in illustration of the reigns of English monarchs from the Conquest to Victoria. Attractive green cloth with gilt titles and illustrations. 392 pages plus 16 page publication list. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. 24 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly darkend (gilt still bright). Some foxing but contents generally clean.

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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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