1.
Away in the Wilderness
By
R. M. Ballantyne
Reprint, circa 1909, James Nisbet.
Octavo.
Olive green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
Gilt blocked lettering on spine.
123 pages.
Very attractive pictorial covers.
Black and white frontispiece.
5 pages of adverts at rear of book.
Hand-written gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean nd unmarked.
Very good condition.
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3.
Dulcibel's Day-dreams
By
Emma Marshall
Circa 1905, James Nisbet.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers and spine.
Red decoration on covers and spine.
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Gilt on spine rubbed and a little faded.
Good condition.
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5.
Little Lou
Illustrator
M. L. Stone.
2nd edition, 1869, James Nisbet.
Red cloth-covered boards with black lettering and decoration and gilt blocking.
268 pages.
Spine ends frayed.
Name on front endpaper.
Four out of eight illustrations present.
Frontispiece painted with watercolours.
Half title missing.
Reading condition.
6.
Little Lou's Sayings and Doings
By
Elizabeth Prentiss
Illustrator
M. L. Stone.
2nd edition, 1869, James Nisbet.
Octavo.
Bevilled brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
268 pages.
Covers are moderately worn.
Corners bumped, some damage at spine ends.
Names written on f.e.p. and following page.
Five black and white illustrations still in place.
Frontispiece has been painted by child owner.
Contents mostly clean, but marks on some pages.
Good condition.
7.
New Relations
By
Emma Marshall
Circa 1907, James Nisbet.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers and spine.
Red decoration on covers and spine.
Top edge gilt.
Eighth thousand.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication on prelims.
Binding sound.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition.
8.
Not Your Own
By
G Rev Everard
Circa 1889, James Nisbet.
10cm x 15cm.
Brown boards with gilt and black lettering.
Covers worn and marked.
Inner hinge cracked.
Half title missing.
Reading condition.
9.
Tales of Adventure in the Wild West
By
Robert Michael Ballantyne
Reprint, circa 1914, James Nisbet.
Picture onlay front cover.
Various illustrators.
Omnibus of stories, containing:
"Life among the Red Indians,"
"Fur Traders of North America,"
"The Pioneers" and
"Over the Rocky Mountains."
Covers worn.
Front hinge cracked.
Good condition.
10.
The Flying Submarine
By
John Francis Cyril Westerman
1912, James Nisbet.
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
White decoration on covers.
312 pages.
Minor wear to covers.
Fore edge and prelims heavily foxed.
Pages lightly tanned, with some intermittent foxing.
Good condition.
11.
The Lads of Lunda
By
J. M. E. Saxby
Illustrator
F. W. Burton.
5th edition, circa 1900, James Nisbet.
The Boys Holiday Library series.
Green pictorial embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
261 pages.
Light wear to edges covers.
Gilt a little rubbed.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition.
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