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NATURAL HISTORY: MOLLUSCA
Written by P.H. Gosse.
Stock no. 1828984
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1854. Almost very good condition.

Gosse's Natural History. Small format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. viii and 328 pages including index. Sp[ine browned, boards a little grubby and marked. Wear to top & tail of spine. Tiny nick to vertical edge of rear board. Text block browned. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. Name & address ink-stamped to half-title page. Some foxing, a few grubby marks and stains to contents.

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1779 A STORY OF OLD SHOREHAM
Written by Frederick Harrison. Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood.
Stock no. 1324452
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Circa 1913. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. Green floral endpapers. B/w plates. 512 pages. Spine bumped, a few light scuff marks to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Some foxing, mainly at page margins, else contents clean.

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GOLDEN SUNBEAMS 1899-1900
Written by Mary E. Lester; Maud Carew; Edith Farmiloe; et al. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; T.H. Robinson; W. Heath Robinson; Edith Farmiloe; et al..
Stock no. 1324329
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1900. Almost very good condition.

Includes 2 years from January 1899 to December 1900. Yellow cloth with gilt borders and gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine professionally rebacked. New endpapers. Cloth a bit grubby. Page edge browning else contents clean.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE 'ALBATROSS'
Written by W.C. Metcalfe. Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 1323792
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 3 colour plates. 16 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Name plate and small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Small pink mark to edge of textblock. Foxing to textblock.

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GREAT-UNCLE HOOT-TOOT
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; E.J. Walker; Lizzie Lawson; et al..
Stock no. 2140038
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1889. Almost very good condition.

Larger format. Dark blue cloth with gilt title and pictorial front cover. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Page edge browning; some foxing; margin marks.

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A HOUSE TO LET
Written by Mrs. Molesworth.
Stock no. 2140036
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1889. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt title. Coloured text illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping/fraying to cloth at top and tail. Marks to covers, including red marks to rear cover. Foxing to various degrees throughout.

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MIRANGO THE MAN-EATER: A TALE OF CENTRAL AFRICA
Written by C. Dudley Lampen. Illustrated by Ernest Prater.
Stock no. 2137439
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

The Narrative of George Pryce, Traveller and Exile, First Writ Down Anno Domini 1706, and Now Retold. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine and red title to front cover. B/w frontis. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; wrinkling to cloth on front cover. Chipping to top and tail of spine. Award plate to front pastedown; browning to endpapers. Frontis has damp marking to margins. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges.

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A YEAR OF COUNTRY LIFE; OR, THE CHRONICLE OF THE YOUNG NATURALISTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1319310
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1856. Good condition.

Embossed blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. 247 pages, all edges gilt. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby and stain to top edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Tiny binders sticker to rear pastedown. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins but generally contents clean.

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BIRD STORIES OLD AND NEW, TOLD IN PICTURES AND PROSE
Written by Harrison Weir. Illustrated by Harrison Weir.
Stock no. 1319206
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Circa 1887. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Pale peach pictorial boards. 63 pages. B/w illustrations. Covers are edge worn and a bit grubby. Light damp stains to edges of front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Grubby fingermarks to some pages.

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SHORT STORIES FROM EUROPEAN HISTORY - SWEDEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318790
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1851. Almost very good condition.

Small fromat. Embossed grey cloth with gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. 198 pages plus publication list to rear. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Musty smell to contents.

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A YEAR OF COUNTRY LIFE; OR, THE CHRONICLE OF THE YOUNG NATURALISTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318701
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1853. Good condition.

Embossed brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. 247 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spinea nd corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Cloth scuffed. Tiny binder's (S.Curtis) sticker to front pastedown. Foxing and fingering to textblock and page margins.

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CRAGS OF DUTY
Written by Emilie Vaughan Smith. Illustrated by Harold Piffard.
Stock no. 2131346
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Circa 1914. Almost very good condition.

Pale green/blue pictorial cloth. Colour plates. Bumping to spine and corners. Browning and spotting to spine and cover edges. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper; colour butterfly transfer to verso of frontis; some to inscription. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins.

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