751.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
by
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Published by Ward Lock circa 1950
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
752.
Under Clearer Skies
by
Bessie Marchant
Published by Knapp, James B. circa 1915
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Spine a little darkened.
Gift dedication on front pastedown.
Foxing and spotting to edges of page block.
Prelims and endpapers tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
753.
754.
Under French's Command
by
Frederick Sadlier Brereton
with illustrations by
Archibald Webb
Reprint,
published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Green covers, blue lettering on front cover and spine.
Pictorial dustwrapper badly creased, closed tear across front, piece missing from top edge, and from base of spine.
Small crease at bottom corner of front endpaper.
Fore edge spotteed.
Four black and white illustrations.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
755.
756.
Under the Lone Star
by
Herbert Hayens
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1900
Octavo.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
390 pages.
"A story of revolution in Nicaragua."
Light wear to covers.
Hinges slightly strained.
Neat name and address on front endpaper.
Two plates missing, out of six.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
757.
758.
759.
Vashti Savage
by
Sarah Tytler
New edition,
published by Partridge circa 1904
Octavo.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
320 pages.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Illustrated with six engravings,
Twenty four page catalogue at rear of book.
A few light marks on some pages.
Diagonal crease on the last two pages, and lighter crease marks for several pages.
VG in other respects.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
760.
Violet Vaughan
by
Emma Jane Worboise
New edition,
published by James Clarke in 1899
Plain red boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Covers have darkened with age and some soiling.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Some foxing to early pages, and intermittent spotting to edges of pages.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
761.
762.
We of the Never-Never
by
Aeneas Mrs Gunn
Reprint,
published by Hutchinson circa 1969
ISBN: 0904709310.
Octavo.
Brown paper-covered boards.
Blue lettering on spine.
256 pages.
Dustwrapper has been plasticised, which suggests an ex-library copy, but the book itself shows no other signs of being ex-library.
Dustwrapper worn and marked.
Covers VG.
Some very faint spotting on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
763.
Westward Ho!
by
Charles Kingsley
Published by Macmillan in 1882
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Inner hinges cracked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
764.
Westward with Columbus
by
Gordon Stables
with illustrations by
Alfred Pearse
Published by Blackie in 1894
Pictorial covers.
Olivine edges.
Black endpapers.
Front hinge cracked, front endpaper creased.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
765.
Westward with Columbus
by
Gordon Stables
with illustrations by
Archibald Webb
Reprint,
published by Blackie in 1927
Red pictorial boards.
Colour frontispiece.
Three black and white plates.
Name on front pastedown.
Dedication to previous owner on front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
766.
What Katy did next
by
Susan Coolidge
Published by Thames Publishing Co circa 1958
Dark red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
767.
What Katy did next
by
Susan Coolidge
Reprint,
published by Dean circa 1965
Octavo.
Green paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
184 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Name and address written opposite half title.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
768.
What Katy did next
by
Susan Coolidge
Reprint,
published by The Children's Press in 1966
Red covers.
Silver lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
769.
What Shall the Title Be?
by
Flower Newman
with illustrations by
Charles Grave
Published by Cassell and Company circa 1925
Light grey boards with embossed gilt lettering.
7 black and white plates.
Dustwrapper a little worn.
Foxing to edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
770.
When the Beaty Kept the Seas
by
Frank H. Shaw
with illustrations by
A. H. Browne
1st edition,
published by Cassell and Company in 1917
Octavo.
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Yellow decoration on covers.
312 pages.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine worn at edges and decoration scuffed.
Some foxing to fore edge.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Old tape marks on inner hinges.
Light foxing to page edges throughout.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
771.
When the Blackbird Sings, or Alone in the Storm
by
M. E. Drewson
Published by Alfred Holness circa 1880
Sextodecimo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
158 pages.
Illustrated with nine engravings.
Covers firm, but a little darkened with age.
Inner hinges beginning to crack.
A few ink marks on frontispiece.
Contents clean and unfoxed.
Very occasional fingermarking.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
772.
When you look back
by
Eve Knight
1st edition,
published by Cobden-Sanderson in 1933
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
"A collection of letters written to children by illustrious persons."
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners bumped.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
773.
Where Duty Lies
by
Silas K. Hocking
with illustrations by
Harold Copping
1st edition,
published by Warne in 1894
Blue bevilled boards, gilt lettering, black and gilt decoration.
Spine worn, corners a little bumped.
All edges gilt.
Patterned endpapers.
Name on reverse of frontispiece.
A little spotting on prelims.
Back hinge cracked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
774.
Whither Bound? A Story of Two Lost Boys
by
Owen Landor
with illustrations by
William Rainey
Published by Patridge
Purple boards with white lettering and decoration.
Covers a little worn and faded.
Prelims discoloured.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
775.