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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S DIARY FOR 1920
Written by Lilian Holmes. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1325407
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. 1920. Good condition.

Small format. Beige cloth with large colour only to front. 6 colour plates with verses on the rear. Spaces for each day of the year plus other sections at rear. Covers warped. Joints and hinges cracked but binding still tight. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents unused but foxed.

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SIX AND TWENTY BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1325042
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1889. Almost very good condition.

An ABC of children told in rhymes... Awkward Ada, Dirty Dick, Kind-Hearted Kitty, Particular Paul, etc etc. Each rhyme is illustrated with a full-page colour illustration. Green decorated cloth with black title to spine and cream title to front cover. All edges are gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some stains (minor) to front cover. Apart from some foxing the contents are clean and bright.

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WITH ROBERTS TO CANDAHAR
Written by F.S. Brereton. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1324689
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

A tale of the third Afghan war. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 b/w plates. 352 pages plus 16 page catalogue to rear. All edges are olivine. Spine and corners bumped, spine slightly darkened. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper and name in ink to half title-page. Foxing otherwise contents clean.

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IN THE KING'S NAME
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1324594
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1905. Good condition.

Or, The Cruise of the Kestrel. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 12 b/w plates. vii + 374 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers scuffed and slightly marked. Name plate to front pastedown. Pencil doodles erased from margins of page 65 and pencil doodles to rear endpapers. Joints and hinges pulled and cracked causing contents to be slightly loose. Contents are foxed and a bit grubby.

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UNDER THE SPANGLED BANNER
Written by F.S. Brereton. Illustrated by C.M. Padday.
Stock no. 1324470
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1919. Almost very good condition.

A tale of the Spanish-American War. New Edition. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 b/w plates. 352 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing, mainly to textblock.

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THE BOYS OF WYNPORT COLLEGE
Written by Frederick Harrison. Illustrated by Harold Copping.
Stock no. 1324336
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Good condition.

A story of school life. Green pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. 351 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers lightly scuffed. Endpapers browned. Foxspots to prelims and textblock. Plate opposite pg 224 has been reinserted and has slightly ragged edges.

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TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A ROMAN BOY
Written by Rev. A.J. Church.
Stock no. 1324323
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1904. Very good condition.

New Edition. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 b/w plates. 384 pages plus 32 page catalogue to rear. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Tiny splash mark to rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown and name plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock.

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FORGE OF FOXENBY
Written by R.A.H. Goodyear. Illustrated by T.M.R. Whitwell.
Stock no. 1324057
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Good condition.

Green cloth. 4 b/w plates. 280 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and other grubby marks to page margins.

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YUSSUF THE GUIDE OR, THE MOUNTAIN BANDITS
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 1323811
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

"Being a story of strange adventure in Asia Minor". Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 352 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. 6 b/w plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers lightly marked. Prize plate to front pastedown. Heavy foxing.

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THE WHITE TRAIL
Written by Alexander MacDonald. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1323783
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1925. Good condition.

A story of the early days of Klondike. Green pictorial cloth. 8 b/w plates plus a b/w map of the Klondike Goldfields. 392 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn with small split to base of spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Page 303 is detatached but still present with slightly ragged edges and a grubby margin at top.

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BUSY LITTLE FOLK
No author listed. Illustrated by Ruth Cobb; Ethel K. Burgess; Harold Earnshaw; N. Buchanan; Honor C. Appleton; et al..
Stock no. 1320060
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, front shows two children gardening, Blackie's picture Books advert to rear. 8.5 x 6". Full page colour illustration to insides of covers. Stories and rhymes with b/w illustrations. Rear cover is a little grubby. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Split to lower 2" of spine. Some slight fingering to page margins.

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THE AGE OF MACHINERY
Written by Alexander R. Horne.
Stock no. 1819205
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

The Forces of Nature turned to the Service of Man. Some ordinary useful applications of the sciences explained in simple language for young people. Blue boards, pale blue titles. B/w illustrations. Boards marked, spine and title to spine faded. Endpapers and text block heavily browned. Rear pastedown has a sticky label stuck to it and pencil scribble. Rust spot to gutter edge of prelims.

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