1.
Little Trouble-the-House
By
L. T. Meade
New edition, circa 1895, J. F. Shaw.
Quarto.
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
144 pages.
Leaf pattern on front cover and spine.
4 pages adverts at rear of book for other publisher's titles.
Both boards stained.
Front endpaper and half title missing.
Contents mostly clean, but some finger-marking.
Reading condition.
2.
The Boy's Watchword or Syd and his Brothers
By
J Harrison
Reprint, circa 1905, J. F. Shaw.
Red-brown cloth covered boards, front cover and spine illustrated in white, black and brown, with gilt lettering.
New edition.
Four black and white plates, not attributed.
Hinge cracked and pages somewhat tanned.
Good condition.
3.
The Cruise of the Vengeful
By
Gordon Stables
Circa 1920, J. F. Shaw.
Red pictorial boards with gilt titling.
All edges gilt.
268 pages.
20 pages of adverts.
Spine worn at extremities.
Lower 9cm of spine front edge worn through.
Rear inside hinge cracked.
Pages heavily tanned.
Reading condition.