221.
Twixt School and College - A Tale of Self-reliance
By
Gordon Stables
Illustrator
W. Parkinson.
Reprint, circa 1910, Blackie.
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
352 pages.
Six black and white plates.
16 pages of adverts at rear of book.
Covers clean and bright.
Prize label on front paste down.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Contents VG, pages clean and unmarked.
Good condition.
222.
Twixt School and College - A Tale of Self-reliance
By
Gordon Stables
Illustrator
W. Parkinson.
Reprint, circa 1931, Blackie.
Octavo.
Green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Yellow lettering on covers.
352 pages.
Colour frontispiece, and seven black and white plates.
Some wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Spine faded.
Gift dedication on front paste down.
Contents clean and white, no foxing or spotting.
Good condition.
223.
Two Girls in the Wild
By
May Wynne
Reprint, circa 1938, Blackie.
Black and white frontispiece by H. Collier.
Dustwrapper edgeworn with two closed tears to front.
Very good condition with dust-wrapper.
224.
Two Girls in the Wild
By
May Wynne
Reprint, circa 1948, Blackie.
Green boards with dark green lettering.
Frontispiece by H Coller.
Covers worn at edges.
Good condition.
225.
Two Girls in the Wild
By
May Wynne
Reprint, circa 1951, Blackie.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
224 pages.
Frontispiece by H. Coller.
Spine lightly faded.
Name on front endpaper.
Good condition.
226.
Two Girls in the Wild
By
May Wynne
Reprint, circa 1945, Blackie.
Green cloth-covered boards with black lettering.
Black and white frontispiece by H. Coller.
224 pages.
Dustwrapper a little worn.
Faint damp mark to edges of prelims.
Contents not affected.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
227.
Uncle Bob
By
Meredith Fletcher
Illustrator
S.B. Pearse.
Reprint, circa 1915, Blackie.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
12cm x 18cm.
112 pages.
Colour frontispiece by H.M.Brock.
12 black and white drawings by S.B.Pearce.
Covers and contents clean and unmarked.
Endpapers tanned.
Some light foxing to edges of page block.
Gift label on front endpaper.
Very good condition.
228.
229.
Under the Lilacs
By
Louisa May Alcott
Blackie.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dark green decoration on covers.
Undated.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Very good condition.
230.
231.
Westward with Columbus
By
Gordon Stables
Illustrator
Archibald Webb.
Reprint, 1927, Blackie.
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.
232.
What Katy did
By
Susan Coolidge
Circa 1950, Blackie.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with some chipping at spine ends.
Minor wear to covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
233.
Wilberforce and the blue cave
By
Leslie Coleman
Illustrator
John Laing.
1st edition, 1974, Blackie.
ISBN: 021689770X.
2nd book in Wilberforce series.
Octavo.
Light blue paper-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
96 pages.
Small stamp on title page.
Dustwrapper complete, but edge-chipped.
Light marking on a few pages.
Good condition with dust-wrapper, ex-library.
234.
Winged Might
By
Percy F. Westerman
Circa 1930, Blackie.
Light grey cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Top edge dyed dark green.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, but otherwise good.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Very good condition with dust-wrapper.
235.
236.
Wreckers' Bay
By
Percy Woodcock
Reprint, circa 1951, Blackie.
Orange covers, red lettering.
Some wear to dustwrapper.
Gift dediction on front endpaper.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.