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SPRING SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 737291
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Grey boards with blue titles, pictorial onlay to front. Blue cloth spine. 12 poems with music by Linnell, each has accompanying colour tipped-in plate. A beautiful book! Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Joints cracked but not broken. Some light foxing and fingering. All plates present and in fine condition. White pictorial wrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss at corners and grubby.

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THE SECRET OF THE PLATEAU
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 586361
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1931. Almost very good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped, corners lightly worn. Faint marks to rear cover. Cloth at top of spine a little creased. Front endpaper missing and damage to front pastedown. Foxing to prelims and page edges.

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TWO MERRY MARINERS
Written by John Brymer. Illustrated by Stewart Orr.
Stock no. 736486
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1902. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour plates. Story in verse. Covers edge worn with slight loss of surface paper to corners. Spine bumped and slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some light fingering and foxing but contents generally clean. A nice copy.

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THE WHISPERING WINDS AND THE TALES THAT THEY TOLD
Written by Mary H. Debenham. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.
Stock no. 584792
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1908. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 4 b/w plates and numerous b/w text illustrations. New edition. Spine and cormers rubbed. Bookplate to front pastedown. Prelims foxed. One plate missing.

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THE SECRET OF THE PLATEAU
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 584613
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 224 pages. Book: all plates present, name in ink to front endpaper. A few scattered foxspots to prelims.

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THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN HOPE
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Frank E. Wiles.
Stock no. 584614
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, pictorial spine. 4 b/w plates + b/w map of the island. 255 pages. A 17th century story of adventure. Book: all plates present. A few foxspots to prelims and edge of textblock.

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HOPE'S TRYST
Written by Bessie Marchant. Illustrated by James F. Sloane.
Stock no. 735464
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Story of the Siberian Frontier. Green pictorial cloth with black to spine and front cover. Grey endpapers. Colour frontis plus 3 b/w plates. 288 pages plus 32 page publication list to rear. Spine slightly bumped. Light fading to covers. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some foxing else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is slightly edge rubbed, grubby on rear panel.

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THE PILOTS OF POMONA
Written by Robert Leighton. Illustrated by John Leighton.
Stock no. 582196
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1915. Very good condition.

A story of the Orkney Islands. Colour frontis. 3 b/w plates. Blue pictorial cloth. Gilt title blocks. vii + 352 pages. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Covers clean and bright. All plates present.

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WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 577066
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 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. Prelims and last few pages foxed. A few scattered foxspots throughout. Top and bottom of spine bumped. Small nick to edge of front cover. Covers clean and bright.

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A MYSTERY OF THE BROADS
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by E.A. Cox.
Stock no. 576484
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1930. Slightly better than very good condition.

Light brown and orange pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 223 pages. SIGNED by author. Corners lightly bumped. Overall a very bright copy. Rare with Westerman's signature. All plates present. Reduced from £350

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AN EXCITING TERM
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Francis E. Hiley.
Stock no. 732923
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light grey cloth, blue titles and vignette of girl to spine. Four b/w plates. 255 pages. Spine bumped. Slight darkening to cover edges. Erased pencil name to front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering to page margins. Dustwrapper is worn and creased with 2 x 1" loss to lower edge of front panel, some darkening at edges and grubby on rear panel and spine. Tape repairs on verso of dustwrapper edges.

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ANIMAL STORIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 657018
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial front board showing young girl putting harness on horse. Colour and b/w illustrations. Head of spine chipped with slight loss. Probably c1920.

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