TREASURE
Written by M.C. Reynolds.
Stock no. 1311353
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Being the strange adventures of Mr. Francis. Red cloth with black titles and decoration to front and spine. 255 pages. Colour frontis. Spine very slightly bumped and rubbed. Prize plate to front endpaper. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly chipped at spine and corners.

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THE MANOR HOUSE SCHOOL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Arthur A. Dixon.
Stock no. 1108784
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1922. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial cloth, colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some page browning and foxing. Wrapper is grubby and browned, with tears and a little loss to corners and top and tail of spine.

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MORE ADVENTURES OF ALISON
Written by Sheila Stuart. Illustrated by Gervase.
Stock no. 1108761
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth with dark brown titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates. 286 pages. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some marks and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has large edge-tears; a few to corners have small pieces of loss; creased.

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A HARUM-SCARUM SCHOOLGIRL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by John Campbell.
Stock no. 1108589
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1924. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. 288 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine is browned. Some bumping to corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is very browned to spine and edges; a few nicks and some edge-creasing; minimal loss.

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THE SILENT HUNTER
Written by Phyllis Briggs. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard.
Stock no. 1401934
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a Lynx whose hunting ground is in the forests of Sweden. Captured by a boy who loves the wild creatures of the wood it is at last released to live its own happy life. Beige cloth, brown titles & borders with vignette of lynx to front cover. 222 pages. Top edge brown. B/W illustrations. Spine and corners a little bumped. Covers a little browned. Inscription in ink to front endpapers. Endpapers are browned. Some light foxing else contents are clean. Couple of pages are wrinkled at the inner margin - a result of the binding process. Price cut dustwrapper is edge worn with loss. Top part of spine has been ton off. Spine is browned and rear panel is grubby.

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JOSEPHINE, JOHN AND THE PUPPY
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1311079
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Miniature edition. Colour pictorial boards. 8 colour plates. 62 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is a bit grubby, booksellers ink stamp to lower edge of rear panel.

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THE SILENT HUNTER
Written by Phyllis Briggs. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard.
Stock no. 1501551
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1939. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The story of a Lynx whose hunting ground is in the forests of Sweden. Captured by a boy who loves the wild creatures of the wood it is at last released to live its own happy life. Beige cloth, brown titles & borders with vignette of lynx to front cover. 222 pages. Top edge brown. B/W illustrations. A little bumping to spine and corners. Spine and some cover edges slightly browned. Endpapers browned. A few light fox spots otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears, creasing and some loss especially at top of spine.

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THE AIR FORCE OF TO-DAY
Written by E. Colston Shepherd.
Stock no. 1605154
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1939. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. With sixteen half-tone plates. Bookplates to front pastedown and endpaper. Corners bumped, spine browned.

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FRISKY FOX GETS A PRESENT
Written by E.E. Ellsworth. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 1310625
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Some rubbing to spine and corners. Centre hinge is broken but binding still holding tight by stitches. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and has a small tear to top corner of front panel.

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ADVANCE IN THE AIR
Written by F.V. Monk; H.T. Winter.
Stock no. 2110956
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

The advances in the science and art of aerial travel of the time. Written for boys and girls. Blue cloth. B/w photos and diagrams. Top edge blue. Some page browning and foxing. Only titles of original wrapper are left and pasted onto homemade brown paper 'wrapper'.

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DROLL DOINGS
Written by The Cockiolly Bird. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 1310267
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1900. Good condition.

Animal tales in verse. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. Spine has been professionally rebacked. Corners worn, covers scuffed. New endpapers. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Contents are foxed and lightly fingered. Musty smell to contents.

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HOW THEY WENT TO SCHOOL
Written by S. Rosamond Praeger. Illustrated by S. Rosamond Praeger.
Stock no. 2110405
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1904. Good condition.

Kitty and Hal didn't mean to be late for school but so many things happened on the way... Delightful full-page colour pictures. Pictorial paper boards, green cloth spine. Publisher information states 'Blackie & Son, Limited' Glasgow and Dublin, which makes this edition pre-1910 (in 1910, Blackie dropped 'and Dublin' from the publisher information). This book has been rebound and rebacked, with new spine, but original covers and endpapers laid down. Appears to have new pastedowns. Some bumping and heavy wear to corners and cover edges. Names and inscriptions in ink to prelims. A few page edge tears, foxing and some grubby marks. Illustrations are lovely and bright for the age! This is a very early edition (the first being published in 1903). One gift inscription is dated 1904.

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