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CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Walter Paget.
Stock no. 2116470
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1900. Very good condition.

A story of escape from Siberia. Green pictorial cloth. Gilt titles. 8 b/w plates plus a map of Russia. 352 pages plus 32 page booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little chipping/fraying to cloth at top and tail of spine. Bookplate to front pastedown.

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MODERN BOY No. 40 NOVEMBER 19TH 1938
Written by W.E. Johns; Murray Roberts; et al.
Stock no. 1403765
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1938. Almost very good condition.

Weekly magazine, paperwraps. Contains an installment of Biggles' Rescue Flight. Staples a little rusty. Spine torn at top and bottom. Contents detached from covers. Writing in pencil to top of front cover. Some marks to covers. Pages browned.

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BY PIKE AND DYKE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Maynard Brown.
Stock no. 1403692
Published by Blackie & Son. 1st 1890. Slightly better than good condition.

A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic. Brown cloth with gilt title area and decorations. 10 b/w plates + 4 plans. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine bumped and worn with small splits to top and bottom. Small split to cloth between top of spine and rear board. Board edges are rubbed. Couple of white marks to front cover. Gilt and colour in vignettee are a little faded. Rear cover is marked and has a few scratches. Several hinges are cracked leaving the binding a little loose. Foxing and some fingering to contents. Plates are all clean.

Price: £60.00 £45.00.

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THE YOUNG BUGLERS
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 1403685
Published by Griffith Farran Browne & Co Limited.. circa 1905. Almost very good condition.

A Tale of the Peninsular War. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. 8 b/w plates. 10 battle plans. 346 pages. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Spine is browned. Bottom front corner is heavily bumped. Top of front cover is bumped. A few marks to covers. Front and back joints beginning to crack. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and a name printed in ink. 'Special Prize' written in ink to rear pastedown. Rear endpaper creased. Foxing especially to endpapers and fingering to page margins.

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EAGLE BOOK OF HOW IT WORKS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1504118
Published by Longacre Press. 1st 1962. Slightly better than good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Written with great care in straight forward, non-technical language and illustrated with many fascinating photographs and explanatory drawings. Large format. Blue boards, dark blue title to spine. 192 pages. Minimal bumping to spine, heavy bumping to corners. Wear to bottom edge of front cover, light browning to some cover edges. Heavy foxing to title page, frontis and half-title page. Light foxing to page edges. Book has musty smell. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased. Large tear to front panel, stain to bottom part of spine and panels alongside. Some browning. Clear tape stuck on verso to edges and tears. Foxed.

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AT ABOUKIR AND ACRE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1403674
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.; William Briggs. 1st Canadian 1899. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 8 b/w plates and 3 battle plans. 352 pages + 32 page booklist. A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt. Spine is bumped, worn and faded. Corners are bumped and worn. Couple of marks to rear cover. Name and date to front endpaper. Transfer sticker has been stuck to half-title page with slight transfer of colour to opposite page. Endpapers a little browned. Foxing to prelims and page edges but most pages clean.

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UNDER WELLINGTON'S COMMAND
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1403630
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1899. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles and bevelled edges. 12 b/w plates. 383 pages + 32 page booklist. A Tale of the Peninsular War. Spine bumped and worn. Vignette is rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Covers a little grubby. Both joints and several hinges cracked. Name plate to front pastedown. Name and date in ink plus some pencil marks to front endpaper. 1 plate missing. Foxing generally to page edges and some fingering.

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THE LION OF ST. MARK
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1403626
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

A story of Venice in the 14th century. Red pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 8 b/w plates. 384 pages plus 16 page publication list. All edges green. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine faded. A few light marks to covers. Library stamp to verso of title page. Front joint badly cracked showing webbing beneath. Some hinges pulled. Remains of labels to front pastedown and endpaper. Three plates are loose and another couple partly detached but all are present. Foxing and a few margin marks.

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BERIC THE BRITON
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by W. Parkinson.
Stock no. 1403587
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth, black title to front cover. 12 b/w plates. 383 pages + 32 page booklist. A Story of the Roman Invasion. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Mark (possibly damp?) to the bottom of the rear board. Endpapers a little browned. Hinges are cracked. A little foxing otherwise contents are clean.

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A CHAPTER OF ADVENTURES
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by W.H. Overend.
Stock no. 1403526
Published by Blackie & Son. Almost very good condition.

Through the Bombardment of Alexandria. Modern brown leather binding wth embossed titles. Raised bands to spine. Green endpapers. All edges are orange. 6 B/w illustrations. 288 pages. A few light marks to covers. Endpapers browned around edges. A few scattered foxspots. A slight smell of tobacco.

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AT AGINCOURT
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1504031
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1897. Very good condition.

Olive green pictorial binding. 12 b/w plates. Grey endpapers. 384 pages + 32 pages booklist. A little bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. A couple of small light marks to covers. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to contents. All plates present.

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IN THE HEART OF THE ROCKIES
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Godfrey C. Hindley.
Stock no. 1403482
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1895. Almost very good condition.

A Story of Adventure In Colorado. Grey cloth with gilt titles and two colour decorations to spine and front cover. 8 plates. 352 pages + 32 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers grubby and slightly rubbed. Name and address in ink to verso of front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing and grubby fingermarks to page margins throughout. Rear endpaper is creased. A few hinges are cracked.

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