HISTORICAL STORY
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WITCH DOG
Written by John Beatty; Patricia Beatty.
Stock no. 1109365
Published by Morrow Junior Books.
1st USA
1968.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth, black title to spine. American edition. Bumping to spine. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with cup marks and edge-tears and chips; a few pieces of loss.
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- HISTORICAL STORY
SONS OF THE STEPPE
Written by Hans Baumann.
Illustrated by Heiner Rothfuchs.
Stock no. 1808855
Published by Oxford University Press.
1966.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of how the Conqueror Genghis Khan was overcome. White boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Text block a little grubby. Corners bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is covered with publishers clear laminate and has a small '65p' written in ink to lower edge of front flap.
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- CHILDRENS
- ASIA
- HISTORICAL STORY
THE DUNGEON
Written by Lynne Reid Banks.
Stock no. 1207935
Published by Collins.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
A powerful medieval tragedy. Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 000713777X. SIGNED by author. Light page-edge browning.
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- HISTORICAL STORY
DEATH AND THE ARROW
Written by Chris Priestley.
Stock no. 1207925
Published by Doubleday.
1st
2003.
Nearly fine condition.
Glazed pictorial boards. B/w chapter headers. A Tom Marlowe adventure. ISBN: 0385604920. SIGNED by author. Small blemish to top of front joint, probably a binding error.
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THE HUNTED KING
Written by Laurence Meynell.
Stock no. 1108651
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
1959.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Earlham Library Series. Yellow cloth with black title ot spine. Novel based on Charles I's son when he is hunted from place to place in southern England. A little bumping to a couple of cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with fading to spine and a few marks; couple of small nicks to edges.
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- HISTORICAL STORY
BEYOND THE SUNSET
Written by Arthur D. Howeden Smith.
Stock no. 1108637
Published by Brentano's Ltd.
1st
1923.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth with gilt titles. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby with some edge-tears and chips - a few small pieces of loss.
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- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
- ADVENTURE
PLOT FOR THE QUEEN
Written by Margaret J. Miller.
Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1108521
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd..
1st
1969.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, black title to spine. ISBN: 035602671X. Heavy bumping along bottom edge of front cover. Ink stamp to front endpaper.
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- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
HELGI THE HIGH-BORN
Written by Captain W.H. Milligan.
Illustrated by John De Walton.
Stock no. 1310178
Published by The Boy's Own Paper.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A story of the Days of Athelstan. Brown pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 272 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fingerprints to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss and a little grubby, removal of small label to rear panel.
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- HISTORICAL STORY
- PICTORIAL BINDING
WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 1108435
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1895.
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. Covers are scuffed and unevenly browned. 2 plates are detached. Binding is a bit weak in places. Some foxing. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis.
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- CHILDRENS
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- HISTORICAL STORY
- BOYS
- LONDON
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 1206545
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Circa
1899.
Almost 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. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some scattered foxing throughout. Corners bumped and rubbed.
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- CHILDRENS
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- HISTORICAL STORY
- BOYS
- LONDON
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
THE LION AND THE WHITE ROSE
Written by Richard De Methley.
Stock no. 1805976
Published by White Boar Publishing.
2011.
Nearly fine condition.
A story of love, murder, treachery, sex and high adventure in the days of King Richard Coeur de Lion. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9780955748011. SIGNED with dedication to title page.
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- LITERATURE
- HISTORICAL STORY
MY LADY VENTURESOME A STORY OF 1685
Written by Dorothea Moore.
Illustrated by P. Walford.
Stock no. 1805769
Published by The Sheldon Press.
1st
1926.
Almost very good condition.
Green cloth boards, black titles and vignettes with pink highlighting. Colour frontispiece by Walford. Boards a little grubby, Top & tail of spine edges worn. Prize plate to front pastedown. A few marks to margins. Some hinges pulled.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- HISTORICAL STORY