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WILD ANIMAL STORIES
Written by George Manville Fenn; Arthur J. Daniels; et al. Illustrated by E.B.S. Montefiore.
Stock no. 819382
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st circa 1898. Almost very good condition.

A Panorama Picture Book. Printed in Bavaria 867. Large oblong format. Green cloth spine, pictorial paper boards with colour illustration of leopard on a tree branch with five monkeys. 6 full page colour three dimensional scenes. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Top corner of spine bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Hinges pulled. One double page spread with text on one side and three dimensional scene on facing page is detached. Small closed tear with no loss to one lower page margin. A very nice copy. All panoramas in excellent condition. Reduced from £420.

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A MARCH ON LONDON
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by W.H. Margetson.
Stock no. 819213
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1898. Almost very good condition.

Being a Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection. Blue pictorial cloth. 8 b/w plates. 352 pages + 32 page booklist. All edges green. First edition produced in 1897 but dated 1898. Front cover marked and title rubbed. Spine lightly worn but gilt title bright. Corners lightly worn. Bookplate to front endpapers. All plates present. Scattered foxing and margin marks throughout.

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FAIRY TALES AND ROMANCES
Written by Count Anthony Hamilton.
Stock no. 383546
Published by Henry G. Bohn. 1st 1849. Good condition.

Translated from the french by M. Lewis, H.T. Ryde and C. Kenney. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine and blind stamped decorations. Pale yellow endpapers. 562 pages. B/w fronis portrait of the author. Spine and corners worn. Covers lightly rubbed. Grubby marks to some page margins throughout and some light foxing. There is a musty smell to contents (as usual with books this old!). A decent copy of a scarce book.

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THE MAGIC MIRROR
Written by William Gilbert. Illustrated by W.S. Gilbert.
Stock no. 383552
Published by Alexander Strahan. 1st 1866. Good condition.

A round of tales for young and old. Purple cloth with gilt titles and decorative borders. 290 pages, all edges gilt. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine faded and rear cover just lightly spotted. Front joint is cracked and a couple of hinges also cracked. Light foxing throughout. A few marks to page margins but contents are generally clean.

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OUT ON THE PAMPAS
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Frank Feller.
Stock no. 818985
Published by Griffith Farran Browne & Co Limited.. Circa 1897. Very good condition.

The Young Settlers. Blue ribbbed cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 8 b/w plates. Top edge gilt. Corners bumped. Spine browned. Front and rear joints cracked. Endpapers browned and foxed.

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AT AGINCOURT
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 818984
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1897. Good condition.

Olive green pictorial binding. 12 b/w plates. Grey endpapers. 384 pages + 32 pages booklist. Covers marked and scuffed with a few small patches of damage. Bookplate to front pastedown. All plates present.

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REDSKIN AND COWBOY
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Alfred Pearse.
Stock no. 818949
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1893. Fair condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 12 b/w plates. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. A Tale Of The Western Plains. Front endpaper and one plate missing. Half-title page has some loss and remains of sticker. Hinges pulled. One plate detached. Covers marked and worn to corners.

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AT AGINCOURT
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 818138
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. Covers grubby. Corners are bumped. Some light foxing throughout. All plates present.

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ALMANACK FOR 1884
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 817784
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1884. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour frontis and decorated title page. A colour picture every page, printed by Edmund Evans. Post Office regulations at end. A sweet little book. One corner creased.

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THE KING WITH THE SEVEN CROWNS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Edmund Lee. Illustrated by Ernold A. Mason.
Stock no. 383115
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1894. Very good condition.

Stories told to relieve a little girl of the tedium of a sick bed. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 117 pages. Floral decorated endpapers. 3 full-page b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and very slightly faded. Covers are ever so slightly grubby. Heavy foxing to first few and last few pages. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few light fingermarks but contents generally clean. A nice copy of a very scarce Victorian children's book.

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IN THE HEART OF THE ROCKIES
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by G.C. Hindley.
Stock no. 817353
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1899. Very good condition.

Grey and brown pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 8 b/w plates. 352 pages + 32 page booklist. A story of adventure in Colorado. Spine cocked. Top & tail of spine and corners a little worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing mainly to prelims. Hinges pulled. All plates present.

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JUDY or ONLY A LITTLE GIRL
Written by Yotty Osborn. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 382733
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Fair condition.

Red pictorial cloth with silver titles, colour onlay to front cover. B/w frontis and text illustrations. 176 pages. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers just a little grubby. Front joint is broken but binding still holding. Front free-endpaper has a third of it torn off and missin (top corner). Page browning and some light foxing throughout. A couple of hinges are cracked.

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