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OUR SAILORS
Written by W.H.G. Kingston.
Stock no. 1324691
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Circa 1922. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Some daring exploits by British Sailors. Revised edition, brought down to the end of 1900. Red pictorial cloth with gilt title-blocks. Colour frontis and title-page. 326 pages. Spine bumped, covers scuffed and edge worn. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and browning to endpapers. Very worn dustwrapper has loss at spine and edges.

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THE RACK ROUND THE WORLD
Written by Captain Charles Gilson. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo.
Stock no. 1324335
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1st 1914. Good condition.

Being the account of the contest for the £100,000 prize offered by the Combined Newspaper League, of the Invention of Methylite, and certain passages in the life of Mr. Wang. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 6 colour plates. 1 b/w fold-out map. 283 pages plus 16 page catalogue to rear. All edges blue. Spine and corners bumped, scuffing to covers. Foxing to contents and some light fingermarks to margins. Vertical crease to frontis plate.

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THE PIRATE AEROPLANE
Written by Captain Charles Gilson. Illustrated by Christopher Clark.
Stock no. 1324334
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Circa 1915. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 6 colour plates. 327 pages, all edges blue. Spine bumped and browned. Covers grubby, vertical wrinkle in cloth to centre of rear cover. Prize plate and an ink address stamp to front pastedown. Foxing to prelims and textblock.

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THE ROMANCE OF THE KING'S NAVY
Written by Edward Fraser. Illustrated by N. Sotheby Pitcher.
Stock no. 1324295
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1st thus 1913. Very good condition.

New Edition. 6 colour plates. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 312 pages plus 16 page catalogue to rear. Spine bumped. Some slight scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink and embossed address stamp to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and page margins.

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WHO DID IT?
Written by Rev. H.C. Adams.
Stock no. 1324250
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1st 1910. Good condition.

Red pictorial cloth with gilt title boxes. Colour frontis/title-page. 386 pages. Spine bumped and slightly darkened. Covers slightly scuffed. Name plate to front pastedown and prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light fingering to page margins. Top edge of textblock is dusty.

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LITTLE PETER
Written by Lucas Malet. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1323723
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1909. Very good condition.

A Christmas Morality. Pretty cream pictorial boards. Gilt titles. 8 colour plates mounted on grey captioned card. 175 pages. 8.75 x 6.5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Heavy foxing throughout and endpapers slightly browned. Plates present and in fine condition.

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INDIA
Written by Thomas Hungerford Holdich.
Stock no. 1823522
Published by Henry Frowde. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

The Regions of the World series. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and series logo to front. Colour fold-out maps. B/w maps and diagrams. Boards marked & grubby, corners lightly worn. Remains of presentation label to front pastedown. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight. Some pages unopened at top edge. A few grubby marks to margins.

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THE PEEK-A-BOOS' HOLIDAY
Written by Tom Preston. Illustrated by Chloe Preston.
Stock no. 1320360
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1912. Good condition.

Large oblong format. Red cloth spine with gilt title. Delightful 'chubby' children illustrations! Edges are worn. Spine faded. Some damp marks and general grubbiness to covers. New endpapers. Pages are lightly browned but illustrations are bright. A little damp staining to some page edges.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133295
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Spotting to covers. Bumping to covers. Some hinges are pulled; a few gatherings are detached/stitching is broken. Chipping to page edges; a little loss; foxing. Wrapper is badly creased and torn with some loss; most of picture to front is complete.

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MERRY AND BRIGHT
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133294
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Brown boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Delightful full-page colour illustrations of doggies. Bumping to spine and corners. A few marks/browning to covers. Foxing throughout.

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MY PETS AND THEIR WAYS
No author listed. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin; J.H. Hartley; G.F. Christie; Hubert Whatley; et al..
Stock no. 2133290
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1917. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl, two dogs, cat and duck, red titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. Short stories and verses. First story is Mischief. 1" tear hole to top of spine; a little fraying to cloth. Chipping and bumping along cover edges and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Name in ink to belongs to box. Foxing and margin marks throughout. Front joint is partially cracked.

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FARM YARD PUPPIES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819647
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1911. Good condition.

Chappie takes his friend Chips on a tour of the Farm Yard. Grey pictorial cloth with orange titles. Front cover shows the dogs and a sleeping pig. Colour & b/w illustrations. Pictorial boards faded and dampstained. New endpapers. Foxing throughout and grubby marks to content.s Chapter headers have been coloured in with paints which have imprinted on facing blank page.

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