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BRAINS & BRAVERY
Written by G.A. Henty; Guy Boothby; et al. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1403629
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

A Collection of Stories - first four by Henty. 8 b/w plates. Russet pictorial cloth with gilt title boxes. 398 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges a little bumped and worn. Gilt on front a little worn. Covers grubby. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight. Inscription to half title page. Foxing mainly to prelims and page edges. Some light fingering to page margins. Small ink mark affecting edge of a few pages.

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BRAINS & BRAVERY
Written by G.A. Henty; Guy Boothby; et al. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2116025
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1903. Almost very good condition.

A Collection of Stories - first four by Henty. 8 b/w plates. Blue pictorial cloth with gilt title boxes. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some marks and scuffing to covers. Tape/glue residue with some paper residue to edges of pastedowns. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Some grubby margin marks. One plate is partially detached.

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THE ADVENTURES OF SQUIRREL FLUFFYTALE
Written by Dolores McKenna.
Stock no. 1402406
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1951. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of Brownie Squirrel's journey to a party. Green boards with gilt title. Black & white pictorial endpapers. 6 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 37 pages. Spine and corners a little bumped. Browning to endpapers. Pencil erased from top of verso of front endpaper. Colour plates all present but not in right order. They may have been reinserted into book. One plate has ragged edges and is a little detached from the book and has a couple of shiny marks (?glue).Pictorial dustwrapper is edgeworn and torn with a little loss. Front panel is creased. Wrapper is grubby.

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SEVEN SCAMPS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1311805
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1957. Almost very good condition.

The La Rochelle series. An exciting adventure based in the Channel Islands and Guernsey. Grey boards with red title to spine. 296 pages. Spine bumped some light indentations to spine and cover. Old tape marks to pastedowns. Contents lightly browned and slightly wrinkled else clean.

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THE PEDLAR'S PACK
Written by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin. Illustrated by Charles Pears.
Stock no. 1402073
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Very good condition.

Brown illustrated cloth covers. 9 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 397 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Browning to endpapers. Some page browning and foxing, including to margin of plates, otherwise contents are clean. A couple of hinges are cracked.

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GOLDEN SQUARE HIGH SCHOOL
Written by May Baldwin. Illustrated by A.S. Boyd.
Stock no. 1311119
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. circa 1927. Good condition.

Green cloth with dark green titles and vignettes. B/w frontis. 311 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, pale foxing to spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Frontis is detached but still present and has name and address written in biro on verso. Hinge between frontis and endpaper cracked, rear joint partly cracked. Endpapers browned.

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UNCLE SAM'S MONEY-BOX
Written by Mrs. S.C. Hall. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell; et al..
Stock no. 1311040
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. circa 1912. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth (illustration to front by Attwell). 2 b/w plates and 2 b/w text illustrations by other artists (not named). 127 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Prize plate to front endpaper. The 2 b/w illustrations have been coloured in (not too badly) and there is heavy foxing else the contents are clean.

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CHUDLEIGH HOLD
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1401758
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

First of the three Chudleigh Hold books by the author of the Chalet School series. Blue boards. B/w frontis illustration. 204 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to top of front pastedown. Page browning throughout. Couple of margin marks else contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears, Crease to top of front panel. Rear panel is a little grubby.

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THE CHALET GIRLS IN CAMP
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 2111410
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 3rd 1937. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with dark blue title to spine. B/w frontis piece by Brisley. 234 pages. 7.5 x 5 inches. Light wear to covers. Bumping to spine. Pale foxing/browning to endpapers and outer page edges. A few hinges are pulled.

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THE FORESTER'S GIRL
Written by Mrs. W.F. Irvine Bell.
Stock no. 1401548
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Very good condition.

Blue boards. Red title to spine. Red borders to front board. 302 pages Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers browned. Blind stamp to title page saying Presentation Copy. Some foxing, mainly to page edges.

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MY PRETTY AND HER LITTLE BROTHER TOO, AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Lewis Baumer.
Stock no. 1306706
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. circa 1901. Almost very good condition.

Orange pictorial cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations throughout. 229 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped, spine darkened, covers a little grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to preliminary pages.

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THE APRIL-FOOL TWINS
Written by Elizabeth Westyn Timlow. Illustrated by Harriet Roosevelt Richards.
Stock no. 1306073
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. 5 b/w plates. 286 pages plus 48 page publisher catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to contents.

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