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WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 2114707
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1898. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. 12 b/w plates. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. All edges green. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some foxing to pages internally. Name in ink to front endpaper. All plates present.

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SUNNY MEMORIES OF FOREIGN LANDS
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Stock no. 1313013
Published by Milner And Sowerby. 1861. Good condition.

Small format. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. 384 pages plus 32 page publisher catalogue to rear. A series of travel letters. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joints cracked. Some pale foxing and light page browning else contents clean. A couple of pages have not been trimmed correctly (binding error) causing the lower margins to be slightly misaligned.

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WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 1312972
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1895. 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. Spine and corners bumped and covers edge rubbed. Some light scuff marks to rear cover. Foxing to prelims and catalogue pages. Some hinges pulled but binding still tight.

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A KNIGHT OF THE WHITE CROSS
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Ralph Peacock.
Stock no. 1312968
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1896. Very good condition.

A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes. Dark green and gilt pictorial cloth. 12 b/w plates plus portrait of Henty and a plan. 392 pages plus 32 pages catalogue. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, small nicks to top and tail of spine. Some erased pencil doodles to front pastedown. Name and date in ink to half-title. Hinges cracked and some fingermarks to page margins. Endpapers browned.

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THE FAIRY RING
Written by Brothers Grimm; John Edward Taylor. Illustrated by Richard Doyle.
Stock no. 1312924
Published by John Murray. 1st 1846. Fair condition.

"A New Collection of Popular Tales" translated from the German by Taylor. 3/4 leather binding with gilt title and decoration to spine. Blue cloth to covers. B/w plates. Spine is rubbed and slightly darkened. Corners are slightly worn. There are a few light marks to the front cover. Both joints are cracked but not broken. Most of the tissue-guards to the plates have been removed. I think there may be an illustration to the prelims missing. Plate to page 200 has been repaired (was in two pieces has been laid down on a white piece of paper) and the last plate has lower corner torn off (actual illustration not affected). There is foxing and fingermarks to the contents. A decent copy overall of this very rare Brothers Grimm item.

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THE HUMPTY DUMPTY NURSERY RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Constance Haslewood.
Stock no. 2114427
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial board showing child sitting on a wall. Numerous chromolithograph illustrations. Colour frontis and title page. Spine is very browned. Corners worn. Rear board scuffed. One hinge pulled. Some foxing and page margin marks.

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THE RUDDER GRANGERS ABROAD
Written by Frank R. Stockton.
Stock no. 2112877
Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1891. Almost very good condition.

And Other Stories. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Binding is a little weak - stitching pulled. Some foxing.

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CHILD-LAND
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311588
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Fair condition.

Picture Pages for the Little Ones. Brown decorated cloth, gilt titles. Inset pictorial onlay. Crammed with b/w illustrations. 192 pages plus 16 page publication list. Sold with all faults. Spine and corners bumped and worn, scuffing to covers. Prelims missing and new front endpaper. Contents are grubby. There is a glue mark to the front pastedown. The binding repairs to the book are very amateurish.

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THE DAISY; OR, CAUTIONARY STORIES IN VERSE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311585
Published by John Harris. circa 1840. Good condition.

Small format, burgundy mottled boards. 30 b/w engravings on wood. 66 pages plus publication list. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Contents are worn and a bit grubby/foxed with paper repairs. Stitching is pulled causing contents to be loose but binding still holding.

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THE CURSE OF CARNE'S HOLD
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Charles Kerr.
Stock no. 2112114
Published by Griffith Farran Browne & Co Limited.. Circa 1902. Good condition.

A tale of adventure. Red decorative cloth with gilt titles to spine. B/w frontis. 356 pages. All edges gilt. New edition. Spine is browned, with some chipping and fraying to cloth. Covers are scuffed with marks. Bumping to corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and page browning. A reading copy.

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THE CHILDREN'S HOLIDAYS
Written by Marianne Farningham.
Stock no. 1108904
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1878. Very good condition.

Small format. Red cloth with gilt title/title box and black borders and decorations. Out-of-door stories for the Little Ones. Grubby marks and some scuffing to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE KICKLEBURYS ON THE RHINE
Written by M.A. Titmarsh.
Stock no. 1709053
Published by Smith, Elder & Co.. 1850. Very good condition.

Leather spine and corners. Gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. Edges worn, covers scuffed. A few finger marks to contents.

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