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FOOD FOR POWDER
Written by D.H. Parry. Illustrated by G.C. Glover.
Stock no. 1324696
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1899. Very good condition.

A tale of the Light Dragoons. Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Chromolithograph frontis plus b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Name plate to front pastedown. A few hinges pulled. Browning to contents otherwise clean.

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KING OF RANLEIGH
Written by F.S. Brereton. Illustrated by Ernest Prater.
Stock no. 1324693
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

A school story. Brown pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 6 tinted plates. 416 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and page margins. Small splash mark to textblock.

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WITH ROBERTS TO CANDAHAR
Written by F.S. Brereton. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1324689
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

A tale of the third Afghan war. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 b/w plates. 352 pages plus 16 page catalogue to rear. All edges are olivine. Spine and corners bumped, spine slightly darkened. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper and name in ink to half title-page. Foxing otherwise contents clean.

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THE LION OF ST. MARK
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1324686
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A story of Venice in the 14th century. Green pictorial cloth. 5 b/w plates. 384 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small dent to edge of rear cover. Slight scuffing to cloth. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint cracked. Endpapers are browned. Foxing and browning to textblock and some foxing to prelims.

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A LIVELY BIT OF THE FRONT
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1324679
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 288 pages. A tale of the New Zealand Rifles on the Western Front. Spine and corners bumped. Some light scuffing and a light mark to rear cover. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to textblock.

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THE SWORD OF FREEDOM
Written by Charles Gilson. Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1324666
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

A tale of the English Revolution. Brown pictorial coth with gilt titles. 6 colour plates. xi + 420 pages. Spine bumped. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked showing webbing beneath. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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UNDER THE WHITE ENSIGN
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 1324664
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Fair condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. A Naval story of the Great War. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few light marks to covers. Name plate to front pastedown, name and address in pencil to front free-endpaper. Hinges pulled and joints cracked causing contents to be a little loose. Frontis has been re-inserted with tape which has now browned with age. Unfortunately 2 of the b/w plates are MISSING.

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MARTIN THE SKIPPER
Written by James F. Cobb.
Stock no. 1324655
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Very good condition.

A tale for boys and seafaring folk. 5 b/w plates. Blue pictorial cloth with gilt title block to spine and title to front, gilt vignettes. 403 pages plus 2 catalogues at rear. Spine bumped and very slightly browned. Name plate and tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Small red ink stamp (and blue ink marks) to front free-endpaper. Textblock is foxed. Some spots to margins.

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COMRADES IN CAMP AND BUNGALOW
Written by Edith E. Cuthell. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.
Stock no. 1324652
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Limited. Circa 1924. Good condition.

Pictorial green cloth. Four b/w plates. 183 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped, rubbing to spine edges. Light scuffing to covers, small white mark to rear cover. Prize inscription in ink to front pastedown. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing throughout.

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IN THE KING'S NAME
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1324594
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1905. Good condition.

Or, The Cruise of the Kestrel. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 12 b/w plates. vii + 374 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers scuffed and slightly marked. Name plate to front pastedown. Pencil doodles erased from margins of page 65 and pencil doodles to rear endpapers. Joints and hinges pulled and cracked causing contents to be slightly loose. Contents are foxed and a bit grubby.

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WILLIAM THE OUTLAW
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1324575
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1937. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Thirteenth impression, July 1937. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with some loss. Spine of wrapper is browned and faded, rear panel of wrapper is grubby.

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WILLIAM'S CROWDED HOURS
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1324574
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1938. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cheap edition. Red cloth, black title to spine. 250 pages with 2 page advert to rear. B/w illustrations. Ninth impression, November 1938. Spine and corners bumped. A few light marks to covers. Some foxing and some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with some slight loss and tape repairs on verso. Dustwrapper spine and rear panel are a bit grubby.

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