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AN OLD-TIME YARN
Written by Edgar Pickering. Illustrated by Alfred Pearse.
Stock no. 1319679
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1913. Almost very good condition.

'Or, with Hawkins and Drake'. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis plus two b/w plates. 288 pages plus 15 page publisher catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed, small stain to gilt title-block on spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to contents else clean.

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PETER THE PILGRIM
Written by L.T. Meade. Illustrated by Harold Copping.
Stock no. 2133905
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Pictorial covers. 6 b/w plates. 296 pages + 32 pages of booklist/advertising to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; a little fraying of cloth to spine and a couple of corners. Browning to spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some page browning; margin marks; foxing and browning.

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THE LOST TRADER
Written by Henry Frith. Illustrated by W. Boucher.
Stock no. 1818183
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Circa 1897. Very good condition.

Or the Mystery of the Lombardy. Blue pictorial cloth. Pictorial endpapers. 4 b/w plates. 320 pages plus 32 page publication list. Spine darkened (illustration and title faded), boards browned. Prize plate to front pastedown. Text block browned. A few grubby margin marks.

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THE FIRST CRUISE OF THREE MIDDIES
Written by Fox Russell. Illustrated by H.J. Rhodes.
Stock no. 1318312
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Poor condition.

Peach pictorial binding, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 258 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Compass(?) hole to rear cover, and some scratching of cloth to front cover. Rear joint is broken at top half. Vertical crease to front free-endpaper and prelims. Foxing throughout. Large tears to preliminary pages.

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DO YOUR DUTY
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 2131403
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1904. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth and spine, with gilt title to spine. Colour frontis + 7 b/w illustrations. 112 pages + catalogue to rear. 7x 4.75". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine browned. Covers mottled and a little rubbed. Prize plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents, some heavy.

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PENELOPE'S ENGLISH EXPERIENCES
Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 2131111
Published by Gay and Bird. 1901. Very good condition.

Dark green boards, gilt titles and thistle decorations. Title to covers is 'Penelope's Experiences England'. Being extracts from the commonplace book of Penelope Hamilton. All edges gilt. B/w illustrations. 174 pages plus book list. Light bumping to spine and corners. Bookplate to front pastedown. A few light margin marks.

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HIS LITTLE DAUGHTER
Written by Amy Le Feuvre. Illustrated by W.H.C. Groome.
Stock no. 2131014
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1905. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 3 b/w illustrations. 192 pages plus catalogue to rear. Spine is bumped and darkened. Corners are bumped, with wear. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Tear to page 164. Foxing.

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ROB
Written by Evelyn Whitaker. Illustrated by J. Williamson.
Stock no. 2130856
Published by A.D. Innes & Co.. 1898. Good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. B/w plates. Heavy wear and scuffing to covers. Corners are bumped, with some loss. Inscriptions in ink to pages of prelims. Corner of front endpaper has been torn off. Some hinges are pulled. Foxing and margin marks. A reading copy.

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THE APRIL-FOOL TWINS
Written by Elizabeth Westyn Timlow. Illustrated by Harriet Roosevelt Richards.
Stock no. 2130242
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Circa 1915. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. 5 b/w plates. 286 pages. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some foxing.

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LESLIE DEXTER CADET
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Norman Hepple.
Stock no. 2129099
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1937. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An adventure story for boys. Dark blue cloth pictorial cloth. Front covers shows ship at docks, spine shows sailor looking out. Yellow/cream titles. 6 b/w plates. Top edge blue. 255 pages. Light bumping along cover edges. A few marks and light foxspots to outer page edges. All plates present. Wrapper is price-cut with large tear to base of spine; a few marks; some chips and nicks, but minimal loss.

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AESOP'S FABLES
Written by Aesop. Illustrated by Charles Folkard.
Stock no. 2126385
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

The De Luxe limited edition of 250 copies. Cream pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Large format. 12 wonderful tipped-in colour plates mounted on brown paper with captioned tissue-guards plus b/w text illustrations. 209 numbered pages, top edge gilt and others untrimmed. Burgundy silk page marker. SIGNED by Publishers. This is Copy No. 184. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Darkening/browning to spine. A few grubby marks to covers. Yellow stain to one corner of rear cover. Front joint is cracked. Foxing to pages in varying degrees; some pages just have foxing to outer page edges. All colour plates are present and in excellent condition!

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THE AUTOCRAT OF THE NURSERY
Written by L.T. Meade. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 2126022
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1884. Good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt/black titles. B/w illustrations. 2-3" split to base of spine, with some fraying to cloth. A couple of other smaller splits to spine. Browning to spine. Wear and bumping to corners, with some chipping. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby margin marks and foxing.

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