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INDIAN AND SCOUT
Written by F.S. Brereton. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo.
Stock no. 1324437
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

A tale of the Gold Rush to California. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 b/w plates. 368 pages, all edges olivine. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge rubbed. Spine slightly discoloured. Rear cover ever so slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Names and dates in ink to verso of front free-endpaper and to half title-page. Name on half title-page crossed out. Front joint cracked. Foxing to contents. Some hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still tightly bound.

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THE EAGLE'S NEST
Written by S.E. Cartwright. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1324425
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. 3 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly rubbed/grubby. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked. Top edge of textblock is dusty.

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WITH BEATTY OFF JUTLAND
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1324338
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Romance of the Great Sea Fight. Blue cloth with pictorial front board and spine. 6 b/w plates. 284 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name plate to front free-endpaper, newspaper clipping referring to the death of Westerman taped to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock.

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THE RACK ROUND THE WORLD
Written by Captain Charles Gilson. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo.
Stock no. 1324335
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1st 1914. Good condition.

Being the account of the contest for the £100,000 prize offered by the Combined Newspaper League, of the Invention of Methylite, and certain passages in the life of Mr. Wang. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 6 colour plates. 1 b/w fold-out map. 283 pages plus 16 page catalogue to rear. All edges blue. Spine and corners bumped, scuffing to covers. Foxing to contents and some light fingermarks to margins. Vertical crease to frontis plate.

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BLOWN AWAY FROM THE LAND
Written by David Ker. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.
Stock no. 1324325
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1930. Very good condition.

An adventure in the Mediterranean. Green pictorial cloth, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 2 b/w plates. 175 pages, 2 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock.

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WYNPORT COLLEGE
Written by Frederick Harrison. Illustrated by Harold Copping.
Stock no. 1324294
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1900. Very good condition.

A story of school life. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 8 b/w plates. 351 pages plus 32 page catalogue to rear, all edges olivine. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some slight spotting to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to prelims.

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'TENTION!
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Charles M. Sheldon.
Stock no. 1324249
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1906. Good condition.

A story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War. Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 8 b/w plates. Covers grubby. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Ink name stamps to prelims and name in ink to verso of frontis. Foxing to contents and textblock.

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THE THREE ADMIRALS
Written by W.H.G. Kingston. Illustrated by Archibald Webb.
Stock no. 1324245
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1918. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth. 6 colour plates. 410 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight scuffing to covers. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock.

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RED-CAP ADVENTURES
Written by S.R. Crockett. Illustrated by Allan Stewart.
Stock no. 1324189
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Being the second series of "Red Cap Tales" stolen from the treasure chest of the Wizard of the North. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 16 colour plates. 411 pages, 8 page catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight scuffing to the front cover illustration. Light fingermarks to page margins and light foxing to textblock.

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GOD'S BAIRN
Written by Dorothea Moore. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.
Stock no. 1324188
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

A story of the Fen Country. Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 240 pages plus catalogue to rear, all edges gilt. 8 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing throughout. Front hinge is cracked.

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YUSSUF THE GUIDE OR, THE MOUNTAIN BANDITS
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 1323811
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

"Being a story of strange adventure in Asia Minor". Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 352 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. 6 b/w plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers lightly marked. Prize plate to front pastedown. Heavy foxing.

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THROUGH VELD AND FOREST
Written by Harry Collingwood. Illustrated by Archibald Webb.
Stock no. 1323810
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

An African story. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 tinted plates. 351 pages, all edges green. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink (dated Xmas 1913) to half title-page. Frontis has been reinserted with glue leaving glue marks at inner margins of opposite pages. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight. Foxing to textblock.

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