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LAUGH AND LEARN
Written by Jennett Humphreys.
Stock no. 584798
Published by Blackie & Son. 1890. Slightly better than good condition.

The Easiest Book of Nursery Lessons and Nursery Games. From learning to readand to count, playsongs, rhymes and jingles to indoor diversions and nursery drill with music. Brown pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Contents very good. Front joint split. Spine split. Corners worn.

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A MARINER OF ENGLAND
Written by Herbert Strang; Richard Stead.
Stock no. 584029
Published by Oxford University Press. 1923. Very good condition.

A Story of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Light green pictorial cloth. 4 colour plates and b/w map. 160 pages. Book: all plates present. Rear board slightly marked.

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THE PILOTS OF POMONA
Written by Robert Leighton. Illustrated by John Leighton.
Stock no. 582196
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1915. Very good condition.

A story of the Orkney Islands. Colour frontis. 3 b/w plates. Blue pictorial cloth. Gilt title blocks. vii + 352 pages. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Covers clean and bright. All plates present.

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STORIES OF MANY WHEELS
Written by William J. Forster.
Stock no. 581146
Published by Charles H. Kelly. 1st 1900. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt title blocks. B/w illustrations. Includes the Night Mail, the Dog Cart, In a Caravan and other stories. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Rear covers a little marked.

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WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 577066
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Blue and gilt pictorial cloth. Grey endpapers. 12 b/w plates. 388 pages plus 32 page booklist. A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire. Prelims and last few pages foxed. A few scattered foxspots throughout. Top and bottom of spine bumped. Small nick to edge of front cover. Covers clean and bright.

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A MYSTERY OF THE BROADS
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by E.A. Cox.
Stock no. 576484
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1930. Slightly better than very good condition.

Light brown and orange pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 223 pages. SIGNED by author. Corners lightly bumped. Overall a very bright copy. Rare with Westerman's signature. All plates present. Reduced from £350

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LITTLE PETER
Written by Lucas Malet. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 317514
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1910. Very good condition.

A Christmas Morality. Pretty cream pictorial boards. Gilt titles. 8 colour plates mounted on grey captioned card. 175 pages. 8.75 x 6.5". boards a little grubby and bumped. Some browning and foxing. Otherwise a lovely copy.

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WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 987834
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Blue and gilt pictorial cloth. Grey endpapers. 12 b/w plates. 388 pages plus 32 page booklist. A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire. Undated but pre 1910. Corners worn. All plates present.

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TALES FROM MARIA EDGEWORTH
Written by Maria Edgeworth. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 711335
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton And Co. Almost very good condition.

With an introduction by Austin Dobson. Blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations. B/w illustrations throughout. 411 pages. Spine and corners worn, spine browned. Endpapers slightly marked. Two embossed address stamps to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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GAMBLE GOLD
Written by Edward Abbott Parry. Illustrated by Harry Furniss.
Stock no. 314281
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial binding. Gilt titles and decorations. All edges gilt. B/w illustrations.

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THE ONE I KNEW THE BEST OF ALL
Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Illustrated by Reginald Birch.
Stock no. 324643
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1893. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue pictorial boards with gilt. Numerous b/w text illustrations. 292 pages. Spine a little darkened. Boards edge worn with some grubby marks to rear board. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Front joint slightly cracked. Front prelims a bit sfoxed and pencil marked. Small 1" closed tear to title page. Rear free endpaper missing leaving last page of adverts browned and rear joint cracked. A nice copy overall.

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IN THE GRIP OF THE SPANIARD
Written by Herbert Hayens. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 710276
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Green pictorial covers with gilt titles. 7 b/w plates. 421 pages, top edge gilt. Spine and corners worn. Covers grubby. Spine faded. Endpapers lightly browned. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some marking to a few pages. A few hinges are pulled. Contents otherwise clean.

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