BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
Written by L.T. Meade.
Stock no. 1201400
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1893. Very good condition.

Four children who set off, at the invitation of the King, to join their parents in the land beyond the Blue Mountains. On the way they meet various characters, both good and bad, such as Mrs. Discipline and her father Mr. Penalty, Fungus the Ferryman, Mrs. Steadfast, Mrs. Modesty and Charity the guide. An allegorical tale reminiscent of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Green and blue pictorial cloth, gilt title blocks to front cover and spine. 6 full page b/w engravings plus chapter head and tailpieces. 191 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front endpaper browned. Small price label 'awarded in connection with Chums Empire Map Scheme' on front pastedown. Small foxspots to endpapers and half-title page otherwise the contents are beautifully clean and bright with all plates present. A super copy of this title, exceptionally rare in first edition.

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WHYS AND OTHER WHYS OR CURIOUS CREATURES AND THEIR TALES
Written by Harry B. Neilson; S.H. Hamer. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 384774
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1898. Very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. 109 pages, all edges gilt. Full-page and text illustrations in b/w throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers just a little bit grubby. Front joint cracked. Some very slight fingering to page margins. A tiny nick to edge of rear pastedown. A lovely copy of this attractive book.

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THE MYSTERY AT SHONCLIFF SCHOOL
No author listed. Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 820608
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1894. Good condition.

By the author of Mr Burke's Nieces, Daisy's Dilemmas, etc. Grey cloth boards with green vignettes, green title block with gil ttitles. 4 b/w plates. This story originally appeared in Little Folks Magazine. Boards grubby and worn at corners, spine has some fraying to cloth. Bookplate to front pastedown. List of illustrations almost detached from centre section. Staple binding is rusty. A few grubby marks to contents.

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LASSIE COME-HOME
Written by Eric Knight. Illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse.
Stock no. 596707
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Lassie, the prize dog of a cottager's household is sold to a wealthy family when hard times befall her original owners. Taken hundreds of miles away, she does what many collies have done before her, she starts for home so that she can be faithful to a duty - that of meeting a boy by a schoolhouse gate. Brown cloth, dark brown title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour frontis. Endpapers are maps of England and Scotland. Front joint split exposing mull holding cover to book. Minor foxing to outer page edges else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is worn, chipped at edges and torn with brown tape repair to verso.

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IN THE HEART OF AFRICA
Written by Adolphus Frederick.
Stock no. 559232
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1910. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w photos. 2 folding maps. All plates and maps present. Name in ink to front endpaper. Contents very but spine faded. Covers a little marked and corners rubbed. A decent copy of this scarce book.

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MY FAVOURITE
No author listed. Illustrated by Percy Holland; Victor Prout; et al..
Stock no. 623492
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. Circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

Stories for Little People. Blue cloth spine, pictorial front board shows two young girls huddled under brolly on ferry crossing in snow scene. B/w & two-tone illustrations. Corners worn, covers grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few small margin marks.

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DULCE DOMUM RHYMES AND SONGS FOR CHILDREN (OLD & NEW)
Written by John Farmer.
Stock no. 803517
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. Circa 1893. Very good condition.

Maroon cloth with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Contains 134 rhymes and songs for children, including the score music and verse that now may be forgotten! Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers a little scuffed and rear cover has a grubby 'splash' mark. Name in ink to front pastedown. Front joint a little cracked. Endpapers are browned, but rest of contents lovely and clean, apart from very occasional margin mark.

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POPULAR ELECTRICITY
Written by Walter Hibbert.
Stock no. 556752
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1909. Poor condition.

Blue cloth. B/w photos. Covers badly dampstained. First few pages dampstained else contents very good.

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THE LEAVES IN BUD
Written by Gilbert Carr Waugh.
Stock no. 987433
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1949. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. Black titles. 197 pages. SIGNED by author "To Bill Degenhardt With Every Good Wish Gilbert Waugh 19/1/50" on front endpaper. Also includes loosely inserted the author's personal bookplate. Dustwrapper: corners rubbed.

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JUNGLE BABIES
Written by Edyth Kaigh-Eustace. Illustrated by Paul Bransom; Don Nelson.
Stock no. 690369
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1932. Good condition.

Blue cloth, yellow titles. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Foxing throughout mainly to early pages. Bookplate to verso of front endpaper. Spine faded.

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THE CARIBBEAN CONFEDERATION
Written by C.S. Salmon.
Stock no. 988464
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1888. Very good condition.

A Plan for the Union of the Fifteen British West Indian Colonies. Pages: 175. Original brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Folding coloured map. Royal Statistical Society stamps to verso of map and title page. Contents very good indeed.

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