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The Fate of the Black Swan, A Tale of New Guinea (1885)

By: Moore, F. Frankfort [Frank Frankfort Moore]

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, S. P. C. K: 1900

Seller ID: VN2470

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Undated reprint, c1900. Grey-tinted frontispiece. Original illustrated grey cloth. Lightly scuffed, prize plate (1918) on front free endpaper, very good.
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The Story of Wandering Willie (1870)

By: Noel, Lady Augusta

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1870

Seller ID: 01370

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Frontispiece by Sir Noel Paton. Later pinky-brown cloth, with leather title label on spine. Cloth darkened, chip to title label, faint stamps for Neath Boys Club on prelims, owner's signature (1870) on title page, good. Published anonymously.
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The Hope of the Katzekopfs; or The Sorrows of Selfishness. A Fairy Tale (1844)

By: Paget, Rev. F. E. [Francis Edward Paget]

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, J. Masters & Co.: 1874

Seller ID: 04393

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Fifth Edition, The Juvenile Englishman's Library, No 2. Illustrated. Original green cloth, lettered and decorated in and gilt and black. Rubbed on spine ends and free corners, inscription (1875) on front pastedown, good.
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Prevarication, A Story for Youth (1857)

By: Pinchard, Margaret Douglass

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, William Tegg: 1867

Seller ID: 02759

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Small format in blindstamped emerald green cloth, title and framing in gilt on front board and spine. Bookplate partially removed from front pastedown (with small are of damage to paper) otherwise a clean, bright, tight copy, good++
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A Poor Buffer A Story for Young People (1900)

By: Savile, Helen

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Swan, Sonnenschein & Co.: 1900

Seller ID: 82083

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Original navy blue cloth with military insignia, crown etc on front board, lettered in gilt. Minimal scuffing, minimal foxing: near fine. The story of an Irish soldier who dies heroically to save a little girl from drowning. Setting: the coast of Donegal.
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Tales and Pamphlets from the S. P. C. K.

By: Several Authors including Selina Bunbury

Price: £45.00

Publisher: London, S. P. C. K. (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge): 1870

Seller ID: 93139

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

A collection in two volumes comprising: Jemima's Brooch or Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness (1861); Lottie Ashley. A Story of the Seventh Commandment (1865); Ascension Day; or The Skylark's Lesson (1868); Katie's Lessons. A True Story by S. C. S (1865); Truthfulness (1861); Nelly Wort; or "I Can't Depend Upon Her" by the author of Hester Blake (1868); Milly Fenton. A Tale for Girls (1867); The Orphans (1867); BUNBURY, Miss S[elina]: Little Dora Playfair; or "I Won't Go to School" (1851); Ellen and Lizzie; or If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments (1859); ADAMS, Charlotte: Mamma's Little Friend (...
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CHAMBERS'S LIBRARY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (from 1848)

By: Several Authors: Maria Edgeworth, Mrs S. C. Hall, Mary Howiit, Thomas Miller, Leith Ritchie etc

Price: £150.00

Publisher: Ediinburgh & London, W. & R. Chambers: 1869

Seller ID: 95013

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

16 volumes: ANONYMOUS: Alfred in India or Scenes in Hindoostan (1848) "A familiar account of the more interesting features of English life in India...written by a lady who has returned to England from her family in India."; ANONYMOUS: Truth and Trust (1848). Two stories (both anonymous): Jervis Ryland & Victor and Lisette; EDGEWORTH, Maria: Orlandino (1848); EDGEWORTH, Maria and others: Self-Denial and Other Tales; Self-Denial: The Story of Garry Owen is by Maria Edgeworth. The other three stories (Jacopo, The Camelia & The Little Errand Boy) are anonymous; EDGEWORTH, Maria and others: True H...
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The Two Knights; or Delancey Castle. A Tale of the Civil Wars (1851)

By: Sherwood, Mrs [Mary Martha Sherwood]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Halifax, Milner & Sowerby: 1860

Seller ID: 04248

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

[Reprint]. Frontispiece and vignette title. Small format in original blindstamped blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, yellow endpapers, all edges gilt. Corners bumped, light scuffing, a few foxing spots, inscription (1862) on front free endpaper, very good. A children's story by the author of The Fairchild Family (1818-47), published in the year of her death, and reprinted by a provincial publisher. Scarce.
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The Dog's Mission; or, The Story of Old Avery House and Other Stories (1880)

By: Stowe, Mrs H. B. [Harriet Beecher Stowe]

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, T. Nelson: 1887

Seller ID: 80085

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dated 1887 [but actually 1886]. Illustrated. Original red cloth, illustrated in black and lettered in black and gilt. Cloth a little darkened on edges, small chip at foot of spine, prize plate (Nov. 1886) on front pastedown, good. A short novel for children and seven short stories by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Originally published in America in 1880, the British edition appeared at the end of 1886 (but dated 1887).
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Mary and Florence at Sixteen. A Continuation of Grave and Gay (1838)

By: Tytler, Ann Fraser

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, Hatchard: 1846

Seller ID: VN0815

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Fourth Edition. Frontispiece. original blindstamped green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; yellow endpapers. A little rubbed at head of spine, spine and bottom edge of front board lightly sunned, gift inscription (1848) on front free endpaper, otherwise good+
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St George's Magazine for Boys and Girls. January - December 1914

By: Various Authors

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Horace Marshall & Son: 1914

Seller ID: 03482

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

12 issues bound together in purple binder's cloth: front wrapper of January issue bound in at start of books. Cloth sunned, damp stain on bottom corner of rear board, otherwise good. A miscellaneous magazine which ran from 1906 to 1915, containing stories, articles on the Navy, Scouting etc.
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Once Bitten Twice Shy

By: Whishaw, Fred

Price: £7.50

Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson & Sons: 1920

Seller ID: VN0197

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Undated reprint, c1920. Frontispiece, Original illustrated brown cloth. Prize plate on front free endpaper, otherwise near fine.
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A Cathedral Courtship & Penelope's English Experiences (1893)

By: Wiggin, Kate Douglas

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Boston & New York, Houghton, Mifflin & Co.: 1895

Seller ID: VN0037

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Twenty-second thousand. Original grey-green cloth, blocked in darker green; grey endpapers. Spine a little darkened, otherwise good.
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Winnie's Secret (1885)

By: Wood, Kate

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Blackie & Co.: 1900

Seller ID: VN3572

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Undated reprint, c1900. Illustrated. Original blue cloth with white poppy decorations and gilt on front board; green endpapers. Spine faintly sunned, corners scuffed, signatures on front free endpaper and half title, small chip to upper hinge, a little foxing, good.
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The Caged Lion (1870)

By: Yonge, Charlotte M. [Charlotte Mary Yonge]

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1876

Seller ID: 01369

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Fourth Edition. 6 illustrations. Original green cloth, with bands of black & gilt on front board and spine; brown endpapers. Free corners rubbed, a little cracking to inner joint paper only (joints tight), a few marks on cloth, good. An historical novel for younger readers. Period: c 1407 - 1423. Subject: the imprisonment of King James I of Scotland by the English.
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The Caged Lion (1870)

By: Yonge, Charlotte M. [Charlotte Mary Yonge]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1870

Seller ID: 01458

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Second edition. Illustrated. Contemporary full tan leather, with raised bands, ornate gilt tooling & title label on spine; gilt boarder on boards, maroon marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Spine lightly sunned, a few light marks on boards. A very good and attractively bound copy of this historical novel for younger readers. Period: c 1407 - 1423. Subject: the imprisonment of King James I of Scotland by the English.
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The Caged Lion (1870)

By: Yonge, Charlotte M. [Charlotte Mary Yonge]

Price: £8.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1880

Seller ID: VN1856

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Novels and Tales Volume XIII. Original pale brown cloth, with gilt bands on front board; black endappers. Small chip at foot of spine, lightly sunned, bookplate of Ethel Grenfell on front pastedown, good. An historical novel for younger readers. Period: c 1407 - 1423. Subject: the imprisonment of King James I of Scotland by the English.
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