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WAR INVENTIONS AND HOW THEY WERE INVENTED
Written by Charles R. Gibson.
Stock no. 1317852
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. 1917. Almost very good condition.

Science For Children series. An interestingly written description of the many appliances and weapons used in war, and how they work, told in simple language. Green pictorial cloth. B/w plates, diagrams and text illustrations. 255 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Slight light speckling to cloth. Name and date in green ink to front pastedown, some other writing blotted out with blue ink. Foxing to contents. One page has ragged edges where it has been torn open after the binding process.

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MY ADVENTURES AMONG SOUTH SEA CANNIBALS
Written by Douglas Rannie.
Stock no. 1606080
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 39 plates and 1 map. An account of the experiences and adventures of a Government official among the natives of Oceania. Spine and corners bumped, spine faded. Some foxing. Contents generally very good.

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LIVINGSTONE OF AFRICA
Written by C.T. Bedford. Illustrated by Ogle.
Stock no. 1312411
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition.

Heroic missionary, intrepid explorer and black man's friend. Remarkable Missionary Books series. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w illustrations and a double-spread map. 59 pages. Covers edge rubbed. Vertical split to centre of backstrip and slight wear to top and tail of spine. Pale browning to endpapers and light foxing to contents.

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THE OCEAN ON A PLANK
Written by W.A. Doust.
Stock no. 2107235
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Remarkable Life of a Marine Salvage Engineer. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854220887. Wrapper is price-cut with browning/fading to spine.

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DARING DEEDS AMONG WILD BEASTS
Written by H.W.G. Hyrst. Illustrated by John F. Campbell.
Stock no. 624610
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1924. Very good condition.

True Stories of Adventure & Pluck in Many Parts of the World. Beige & blue pictorial cloth. Colour frontis, b/w plates. Front joint cracked. A few foxspots present.

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IAN HARDY MIDSHIPMAN
Written by E. Hamilton Currey.
Stock no. 571677
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. 1934. Very good condition.

Beige & blue pictorial cloth, blue title to spine. 7 colour plates. Top front corner bumped. Foxing to outer page edges and a few margin marks.

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