The Basket of Flowers; or, Piety and Truth Triumphant

Hodder and Stoughton, 1889. Hardback. Brown pictorial cloth-covered boards. 12cm x 18cm. Covers a litte worn at edges. Corners bumped. Spine strip darkened. Gift dedication dated 1888 on front pastedown. Pages slightly tanned. Good.

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Book number: 115960

Catalogue: Pre 1940

Captain Cook's Voyages

Hodder and Stoughton, circa 1913. Hardback. Webb, Archibald. Non-fiction. Red pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Covers heavily worn. Prize label on front endpaper. Occasional spotting to contents. Reading Copy.

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Book number: 58111

Catalogue: Pre 1940

Keywords: Australia

The Children's Friend 1881

Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, 1881. Hardback. Bevilled dark green embossed cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Gilt decoration on covers. All edges gilt. Picture onlay to front cover. Minor wear to covers. Corners bumped. Pages very slightly tanned. Good.

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Book number: 111649

Catalogue: Pre 1940

Children's Treasury of Great Stories

Daily Express, circa 1935. Hardback. Rackham, Arthur. Quarto. Black embossed cloth-covered boards. Picture onlay to front cover. Covers worn and a little shabby. Hinges strained. Pages tanned. Good.

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Book number: 114492

Catalogue: Pre 1940

Famous Boys and How They Became Great Men

Darton and Co, 1860. 6th. Hardback. Octavo. Bevilled red embossed cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on covers. All edges gilt. Dark brown endpapers. Covers soiled and heavily worn. Extensive scuffing to edges. Spine faded. Corners heavily bumped. Contents good. Reading Copy.

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Book number: 108036

Catalogue: Pre 1940

Famous Discoveries by Land and Sea

Blackie. Hardback. Pictorial covers. Covers unevenly faded. Red stain on corner of prelims. Good.

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Book number: 58928

Catalogue: Pre 1940

Keywords: Historical

Favourite Bible Stories for the Young

Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1903. Hardback. Octavo. Blue cloth-covered boards. Black lettering on covers. Gilt lettering on spine. Black decoration on covers. Light wear to covers. Scuff mark on back cover. Endpapers tanned. Contents clean. Good.

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Book number: 110543

Catalogue: Pre 1940

Fireside Amusements: A Book of Indoor Games

W. & R. Chambers, 1890. Hardback. Octavo. Yellow pictorial cloth-covered boards. Covers lightly worn and somewhat soiled. Corners slightly bumped. Prize label inside front cover. Occasional finger-marking to page edges. Good.

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Book number: 114695

Catalogue: Pre 1940

For God and the King

Bousfield, circa 1900. Hardback. Red pictorial boards with gilt blocking. All edges gilt. Black endpapers. Slight wear to edges of covers. Undated. Neat dedication on prelims dated 1900. Very Good.

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Book number: 49806

Catalogue: Pre 1940

Keywords: Biography Pictorial Covers

Four Little People and Their Friends

W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, circa 1910. Reprint. Hardback. Octavo. Light blue pictorial cloth-covered boards. Dark blue lettering on covers. 128 pages. Five short stories plus sixteen pages of publisher's adverts at the rear. No authors credited. Flower pattern on front cover and spine. Gilt blocked titling on spine. Patterned endpapers. Black and white frontispiece. Slight signs of wear at corner's and sides of spine. Name and address opposite half title. Very Good.

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Book number: 91827

Catalogue: Pre 1940

Keywords: Short Stories

The Gateway to Chaucer

Thomas Nelson and Sons, circa 1913. 1st. Hardback. Octavo. Bevilled red cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on covers. Gilt decoration on covers. Top edge gilt. 18cm x 13cm. 269 pages. Some wear to covers. Gilt dulled. Spine slightly faded. Endpapers tanned. Contents clean and unmarked, but slightly tanned. Good.

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Book number: 105524

Catalogue: Pre 1940

Gipsy Mike

John F. Shaw, circa 1910. New. Hardback. Octavo. Light brown cloth-covered boards. White lettering and decoration. Gilt decoration on spine. 222 pages. Black and white frontispiece, head and tail pieces. Covers slightly soiled. Gift dedication on front endpaper. Foxing on prelims. Contents tanned. One page torn across, repaired with transparent tape. Good.

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Book number: 99367

Catalogue: Pre 1940

Keywords: Moral

Good Stories

Wells Gardner Dalton, circa 1890. Hardback. Red decorated boards, gilt blocked titling on front cover and spine. Back cover marked. Four colour plates (colour printing from wood). Series 49. One plate damaged:- frayed at edges, mended tear. Good.

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Book number: 62485

Catalogue: Pre 1940

Keywords: Moral Short Stories

Great Explorers

Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1902. Hardback. Very Good.

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Book number: 49808

Catalogue: Pre 1940

Keywords: Pictorial Covers

Here and There

Blackie and Son Limited, circa 1932. Hardback. Quarto. Pictorial paper-covered boards. Grey cloth spine. 'Pictures, Stories, Poems' by various authors and illustrators. Colour frontispiece by Honor Appleton. Eight full page colour illustrations. Numerous black and white drawings, both full page and in the text. A few faint marks on front cover. In general covers are firm, bright and clean. Neat gift inscription on front endpaper (book dated from this). Contents clean and unmarked. Very Good.

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Book number: 104421

Catalogue: Pre 1940

Keywords: Young Children