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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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FACING DEATH
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 818043
Published by Blackie & Son. Circa 1915. Good condition.

Or The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines. Green cloth, gilt titles. Decorations to front cover and spine. 304 pages. B/w plates. 6 b/w plates present, however, there is no frontis or illustration list - so can not confirm how many plates originally present. Possible that 1 plate is missing. Top and tail of spine have small nicks with fraying to cloth. Bookplate to front pastedown.

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THE RED, WHITE, AND GREEN
Written by Herbert Hayens. Illustrated by Arch Webb.
Stock no. 818048
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1907. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt title box to spine. Part of the Lone Star Series. B/w plates. Pungent odour to book. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. All plates present. Foxing.

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IN THE REIGN OF TERROR
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 815905
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1900. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front and gilt pictorial spine. 8 b/w plates. The Adventures of a Westminster Boy. 351 pages plus 32 page booklist. Corners are bumped. One hinged slightly cracked.

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ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S EVE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Herbert J. Draper.
Stock no. 815513
Published by Blackie & Son. Fair condition.

Dark green pictorial boards. 12 b/w plates plus map of France. 384pp plus Blackie's Book List. A Tale of the Huguenot Wars. Early reprint. Covers are scuffed, corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Joints cracked. 2 plates detached and one missing.

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THE YOUNG CARTHAGINIAN
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by C.J. Staniland.
Stock no. 815020
Published by Blackie & Son. Circa 1901. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 b/w plates. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. A Story of the Times of Hannibal. Covers browned. Corners bumped. Bookplate to front pastedown. All plates present.

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A FINAL RECKONING
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 814889
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Tale of Bush Life in Australia. Red cloth, embossed decoration to front and spine. Gilt title to spine, blind title to front. 4 colour plates. 352 pages. Covers clean and bright. Page 49 detached. All plates present. Contents generally clean and tight. One hinge pulled. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with a few chips.

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A FINAL RECKONING
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 814900
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Tale of Bush Life in Australia. The New Henty Library. Green cloth, black titles, brown border outline to front and vignette of a man to spine. 4 b/w plates. 352 pages. Covers clean and bright. Inscription in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is lightly worn at corners and scuffed to rear panel.

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A MARCH ON LONDON
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by W.H. Margetson.
Stock no. 440809
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. 2nd state of 1st edition (has plain endpapers). Spine and corners are bumped. Small split to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to prelims. Frontis has silvery sheen, giving an overall browned effect.

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WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 381320
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1898. Almost 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. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers lightly rubbed. Tiny nick to front edge of spine. Small address sticker and ink stamp to front pastedown. Front joint cracked. Rear endpapers replaced. Light foxing throughout.

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THE LAST OF THE BUCCANEERS
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by John De Walton.
Stock no. 809768
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. 3 b/w plates. Corners are bumped. Fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates are present. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with loss to top and tail of spine and corners and ink stain to top of front panel.

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A LAD OF GRIT
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 809462
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1928. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red and cream pictorial cloth. A story of adventure on land and sea in restoration times. 4 b/w plates. 240 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Front endpaper missing. Some surface paper damage to front pastedown. Browning and foxing to some pages and outer page edges. 4 b/w plates all present. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with some pieces of loss and grubby marks.

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