HISTORICAL STORY
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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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- PICTORIAL BINDING
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- 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
THE OAK STAIRCASE
Written by Mary Lee; Catherine Macaulay Lee.
Stock no. 2105278
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Limited.
Circa
1913.
Very good condition.
A Narrative of the Times of James II. Red cloth, black titles and decorations. Scholars' Library Series. B/w frontis. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some browning and foxing.
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- HISTORICAL STORY
THE HIDDEN CHALICE
Written by Ierne L. Plunket.
Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1206320
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Purple pictorial cloth, orange titles. Colour frontis. 251 pages. Spine slightly faded and a little bumped.
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- HISTORICAL STORY
THE DUNGEON
Written by Lynne Reid Banks.
Stock no. 1305183
Published by Collins.
1st
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A powerful medieval tragedy. Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 000713777X. SIGNED by author to title-page. Heavy bumping to top and tail of spine of book and wrapper else a fine copy.
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- HISTORICAL STORY
THE AMBER TREASURE
Written by Richard Denning.
Stock no. 1803354
Published by Mercia Books.
1st
2010.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Historical fiction set in Dark Age Britain. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780956483522. SIGNED by the author as a personal inscription to front endpaper.
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- HISTORICAL STORY
THE BOYS AT MENHARDOC
Written by George Manville Fenn.
Illustrated by C.J. Staniland.
Stock no. 1302071
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
circa
1912.
Very good condition.
A story of Cornish nets and mines. Blue decorated cloth with pictorial onlay to front, gilt title to spine and front cover. Colour frontis plus 6 b/w plates. 352 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. A few light marks to covers. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light fingering to page edges else contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- CORNWALL
- HISTORICAL STORY
- PICTORIAL BINDING
THE YELLOW COACH
Written by Elisabeth Kyle.
Illustrated by Alexy Pendle.
Stock no. 448841
Published by Heinemann.
1st
1976.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Yellow pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. A Long-Ago Children book. A children's story set in historical France. ISBN: 0434949183. Wrapper slightly edge-torn but with little loss.
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- HISTORICAL STORY
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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- CHILDRENS
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- HISTORICAL STORY
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)