1.
Gowrie Adventure
by
M. Whiteford
Published by Rex Collings circa 1975
ISBN: 0860361063.
Black covers, gilt lettering.
Dustwrapper worn and unevenly faded.
Title page missing.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
Adam of Pendle Grange
by
David Bingley
with illustrations by
Colin Twinn
1st edition,
published by Galliard in 1979
ISBN: 0852494750.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper a little worn.
Some faint foxing to prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
3.
The Story of the Cowboy
by
Frank Humphris
with illustrations by
Frank Humphris
Published by Ladybird Books in 1972
ISBN: 0721403328.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges and slightly faded.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
4.
5.
Adam of Pendle Grange
by
David Bingley
with illustrations by
Colin Twinn
1st edition,
published by Galliard in 1979
ISBN: 0852494750.
Marron cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
6.
In the Heart of the Rockies
by
George Alfred Henty
Abridged edition,
published by Foulsham circa 1955
Dark blue paper-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and worn at edges.
Book itself close to VG.
Address label and neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
7.
Stories from Froissart
by
Henry Newbolt
with illustrations by
Gordon Browne
Published by Wells Gardner Darton circa 1915
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Prelims and edges of page block foxed.
Contents clear.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
8.
Historical Tales
by
Charles Morris
with illustrations by
M. Anno
Published by Gibbings in 1894
Beige cloth covers, gilt lettering and decorations.
Patterned endpapers.
The early history of Germany.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
9.
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: low, Confidence: medium)
10.
Growing up in Roman Britain
by
Frances Wilkins
1st edition,
published by B. T. Batsford Ltd in 1979
ISBN: 0713407735.
Purple cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine.
72 pages.
Front endpaper missing.
Label removed from title page.
Dustwrapper price clipped and unevenly faded.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
11.
The March of the Prince
by
Jane Lane
with illustrations by
Douglas Relf
1st edition,
published by Evans in 1965
Red covers, gilt lettering.
Label removed from prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
12.
13.
Through Three Campaigns
by
George Alfred Henty
with illustrations by
Walter Paget
Reprint,
published by Blackie in 1904
Octavo.
Bevilled red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
383 pages.
Grey endpapers.
8 black and white plates.
3 maps.
32 page catalogue at rear of book.
All edges olivine.
Spine strip darkened.
Some wear to spine ends.
Excellent condition for its age.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
14.
15.
Ten Old Men
by
Stephen Southwold
with illustrations by
R. M. Turvey
Reprint,
published by Hutchinson circa 1947
Quarto.
Cream pictorial glazed boards.
48 pages.
Pictorial endpapers, showing fashions in dress from 1040 - 1940.
Ten short stories, which illustrate different historical times.
Printed on art paper.
Illustrated in colour, with small drawings in the text.
Spine strip missing.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Contents generally good.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
16.
17.
18.
For Queen and King or the Loyal 'Prentice
by
Henry Frith
with illustrations by
Frank Dadd
3rd edition,
published by Cassell circa 1895
Slightly worn red pictorial covers, gilt lettering and decoration.
Eight black and white illustrations.
Prize label on front paste down.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
19.
20.
21.
My Lord goes Wayfaring
by
Moyra Charlton
with illustrations by
Frank R. Grey
1st edition,
published by Methuen in 1935
Green boards with black lettering.
Pink dustwrapper with black lettering and picture onlay.
Colour frontispiece.
Five black and white plates.
Dustwrapper edgeworn and slightly faded.
Small label removed from front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
22.
Cargo for a King
by
J. S. Andrews
1st edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1972
ISBN: 0370012380.
Octavo.
Light orange cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
171 pages.
A tale of piracy in the Irish Sea.
J. S. Andrews is unusual in that his historical stories deal with the kingdom of Ulster, as it then was, rather than the better known provinces in the south of Ireland.
Dustwrapper complete, and not price-clipped, light wear to edges.
Covers and contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
23.
Thirteen Banners
by
Henry Garnett
with illustrations by
Peter Jackson
1st edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1956
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Faded gilt lettering on spine.
196 pages.
Covers worn and marked.
Name on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
24.
The Palace of Danger, a Story of la Pompadour
by
Mabel Wagnalls
with illustrations by
John Ward Dunsmore
1st British edition,
published by John Long in 1909
Red boards.
Black lettering and gilt decorations on front cover.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Four black and white plates.
Covers marked in places.
Spine-strip edge-worn.
Light foxing on title page, remainder of contents clean.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
25.
The Other One
by
Simone Martin-Chauffier
with illustrations by
Kenneth Ody
1st British edition,
published by University Of London in 1961
Translated from French by James Kirkup.
Prelims messy and dustwrapper messy.
Old sellotape marks on front and back pastedown and covers.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)