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ROB
Written by Evelyn Whitaker. Illustrated by J. Williamson.
Stock no. 2130856
Published by A.D. Innes & Co.. 1898. Good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. B/w plates. Heavy wear and scuffing to covers. Corners are bumped, with some loss. Inscriptions in ink to pages of prelims. Corner of front endpaper has been torn off. Some hinges are pulled. Foxing and margin marks. A reading copy.

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THE APRIL-FOOL TWINS
Written by Elizabeth Westyn Timlow. Illustrated by Harriet Roosevelt Richards.
Stock no. 2130242
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Circa 1915. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. 5 b/w plates. 286 pages. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some foxing.

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LESLIE DEXTER CADET
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Norman Hepple.
Stock no. 2129099
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1937. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An adventure story for boys. Dark blue cloth pictorial cloth. Front covers shows ship at docks, spine shows sailor looking out. Yellow/cream titles. 6 b/w plates. Top edge blue. 255 pages. Light bumping along cover edges. A few marks and light foxspots to outer page edges. All plates present. Wrapper is price-cut with large tear to base of spine; a few marks; some chips and nicks, but minimal loss.

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THE AUTOCRAT OF THE NURSERY
Written by L.T. Meade. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 2126022
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1884. Good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt/black titles. B/w illustrations. 2-3" split to base of spine, with some fraying to cloth. A couple of other smaller splits to spine. Browning to spine. Wear and bumping to corners, with some chipping. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby margin marks and foxing.

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BRUNO AND BIMBA: THE STORY OF SOME LITTLE PEOPLE
Written by Evelyn Everett-Green. Illustrated by A.A. Dixon.
Stock no. 2123995
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1915. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. A few marks to rear cover. Spotting to front cover. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some foxing and page browning.

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A GO-AHEAD SCHOOLGIRL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Harold C. Earnshaw.
Stock no. 1814714
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1919. Good condition.

Green cloth with decorations. 6 b/w plates. 376 pages. Spine & corners rubbed. Text block browned. Front endpapers have multiple inscriptions in ink and free endpapers are unevenly browned. A few grubby marks to margins and a few pulled hinges.

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ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1406635
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

A tale of Cressy and Poitiers. Dark green pictorial cloth, gilt title block and picture to spine, gilt title to front cover. 8 b/w plates. 352 pages. All edges green.. All page edges olive. Purple endpapers. 8 b/w plates including frontis. 352 pages, 32 pages of adverts. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Gilt to title dulled. Couple of marks to rear board. Front joint and hinges cracked. Inscription to front pastedown. Frontis and front endpaper partially detached. Fingering to page margins including margins of some plates. Some wear to olive covering of page edges. Undated.

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ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S EVE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Herbert J. Draper.
Stock no. 1406634
Published by Blackie & Son. Very good 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. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxing especially to endpapers and booklist pages. Ticks to illustration list. Plates all present and in very good condition.

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RHODA
Written by E.L. Haverfield.
Stock no. 1506644
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1901. Almost very good condition.

A Story for Girls. Blue pictorial cloth. Gilt title to front cover, gilt title block to spine. Floral decorated endpapers. 292 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine darkened. Endpapers browned. A few hinges cracked. Ink inscription to prelims. Contents generally clean with some foxing.

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ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S EVE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Herbert J. Draper.
Stock no. 1405183
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1894. Slightly better than good condition.

Dark red pictorial boards. 12 b/w plates plus map of France. 384 pages plus Blackie's Book List. A tale of the Huguenot wars. Spine bumped, worn and faded. Corners bumped and worn. Some light marks to covers. Front joint badly cracked and rear joint beginning to crack. Bumping to bottom of rear board. Several hinges are cracked leaving the binding a little loose. Name to top of front endpaper on both front and verso. Inscription in ink to half title page. Some foxing to page edges otherwise contents generally clean.

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WILL IT LIFT? THE STORY OF A LONDON FOG
Written by J. Jackson Wray.
Stock no. 1208349
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Limited. Circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. Black titles. B/w frontis. 228 pages + booklist at rear. Spine and corners rubbed and slightly worn. Covers scuffed. Inscription in ink on front pastedown. Foxspots to a few page edges, contents generally clean.

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THE DRUMMER BOY
Written by Louis Rousselet; W.J. Gordon. Illustrated by V.A. Poirson.
Stock no. 2120770
Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1st 1883. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt/black titles. A Story of The Days of Washington. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear, with a little chipping to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Joints are cracked. Foxing.

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