COLLECTIBLE CHILDREN from Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)

With Beatty off Jutland. A Romance of the Great Sea Fight, Westerman. Percy F. Published by Blackie & Son Limited, London, Circa 1920. 12mo up to 7½" tall., 284pp. with six black and white illustrated plates by Frank Gillett. Black cloth boards with illustration front and spine. Tanning to endpapers, light spine roll. In very good condition. Set against the… Read more about this item

Winning His Wings, a Story of the R.A.F., Westerman, Percy F. Published by Blackie & Son Limited, London, Glasgow, Circa 1919. 12mo up to 7½" tall., 288pp. with black and white illustrated plates by E.S. Hodgson. Tan cloth boards with illustration front and spine. Tanning to endpapers, foxing to outside edges, hinges lightly weakened. A World War 1 adventure; a… Read more about this item

The Quest of the Golden Hope. A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure, Westerman, Percy F. Published by Blackie and Son Ltd, London, Circa 1925. 12mo up to 7½" tall., 255pp. with colour frontis, three black and white illustrated plates by Frank E. Wiles and one map. Blue cloth boards with illustration front and spine. Frontis is neatly detached but present,… Read more about this item

The Sea-Girt Fortress, A Story of Heligoland, Westerman, Percy F. Published by Blackie & Son Limited, London, Circa 1925. Inscription dated 1935. 12mo up to 7½" tall., 296pp. with four black and white illustrated plates by W. Edward Wigfull. Tan boards with blue and black illustrations and titles to front and spine. In very good condition. Percy Francis Westerman (1876 -… Read more about this item

With Shield and Assegai. A Tale of the Zulu War, Brereton, Captain F. S. Published by Blackie & Son, London, Circa 1920. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 320pp. with six black and white plates illustrated by Stanley l. Wood. Illustrated boards, bevelled edges. Christmas inscription to free endpaper dated 1928. In very collectible condition. This is a rare copy of… Read more about this item

A Gallant Grenadier: A Tale of The Crimean War, Brereton, F.S. Published by Blackie and Son, London, 1911. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 352pp. with one map and six black and white plates illustrated by Water Paget. Illustrated boards, bevelled edges. In very good condition with an occasional mark, tea stains to a few pages, and name to free endpaper.… Read more about this item

The Great Aeroplane, A Thrilling Tale of Adventure, Brereton, Captain F. S. Published by Blackie & Son, London, Circa 1925. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 306pp. with six black and white plates illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson. Illustrated boards, bevelled edges. In very good condition with ex-libris label to pastedown, name free endpaper; title page separated near bottom of hinge,… Read more about this item

Under Foch's Command, A Tale of the Americans in France, Brereton, Captain F.S. Published by Blackie & Son, London, Circa 1925. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 286pp. 4 black and white plates illustrated by Walter Paget. Illustrated boards, bevelled edges. In very good condition: inscription to free endpaper, light toning and foxing to outside edges, light spine lean; boards have… Read more about this item

A Boy of the Dominion: A Tale of Canadian Immigration, Brereton, Lt.-Colonel F. S.; William Rainey (illustrator). Published by Blackie & Son, London, Circa 1913, 8vo up to 9½" tall., 367pp. with six black and white plates. Blue boards with illustration front and spine, bevelled edges. In very good condition with toning to endpapers, light foxing to title page and… Read more about this item

For Life and Liberty, A Story of Battle by Land and Sea, Gordon Stables; illustrations by Sidney Paget. Published by Blackie, London, 1908. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 352pp. with colour frontis and six black and white illustrative plates; double page color map of the Civil War 1861-1865; 16pp. rear illustrated publisher's ads. Blue boards with illustration front and spine,… Read more about this item

On Special Service: A Tale of Life at Sea, Gordon Stables, C.M., M.D., R.N. Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1910. New Edition. First Edition published 1886. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 362pp. with colour illustrations by H. Vedder. Grey cloth boards will color illustration front and spine, gilt titles front and spine, all edges dyed blue. In… Read more about this item

A Captive of The Corsairs, John Finnemore. Published by Thomas Nelson, Oxford, Circa 1906. Assumed First Edition. Prize inscription dated 1906 to pastedown. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 415pp. with six colour illustrated plates. Blue cloth-covered boards with colour illustrated front and spine, gilt titles, top edge gilt. Front inner hinge partially cracked, occasional foxing spots and light toning to… Read more about this item

The Invisible War-Plane: A Tale of Air Adventure in The Great Campaign, Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper. Published by Blackie and Son Limited, London, Circa 1915. Laid-in newspaper obituary of Claude Grahame-White. 12mo up to 7½" tall., 272pp. with six black and white illustrated plates by John De G. Bryan. A tale of air adventure in the Great Campaign. Tan… Read more about this item

The Wreck of the Golden Fleece: The Story of a North Sea Fisher Boy, Leighton, Robert. Published by Blackie and Son London, Glasgow and Bombay. Circa 1910. Label to pastedown: Prize for Football, 1913, London County Council. 352 pp. with 5 illustrations by Frank Brangwyn; rear publisher ads. Blue cloth boards with colored illustrations to front and spine; gilt titles… Read more about this item

The Scarlet Scouts: A Story of the Great War, D. H. Parry. Published by Cassell, London. Circa 1915. Assumed First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 312pp. with four illustrations in colour by Dudley Tennant. Blue cloth boards with colour illustrations to front and spine; gilt titles; bevelled edges. Inscription to free endpaper dated Christmas 1918; contents are otherwise without… Read more about this item

The Little White Bird, Barrie, J. M. Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London 1902. First Edition, First printing. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 312pp. with tissue guarded frontispiece map of Kensington Gardens. Black cloth boards with gilt titles, top edge gilt, bevelled edges. Light foxing and toning to contents which are otherwise clean of markings and without tears or folds.… Read more about this item

Olaf the Glorious: A Story of the Viking Age. Leighton, Robert. Published by Blackie & Son, London, Circa 1900. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 350pp. with Family Tree and 4 black and white illustrations by Ralph Peacock. Blue cloth boards with orange and dark blue illustrations front and spine. Toning to endpapers, 2 tiny spots to outside fore-edge and light… Read more about this item

A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court, Twain, Mark. Published by Rose Publishing Company, Toronto, Canada, 1890. First Canadian Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 575 pp. with 221 black and white illustrations by Daniel Carter Beard. Olive green cloth boards with blue, black and gilt illustration front and spine, gilt titles front and spinel green patterned endpapers. Inked name… Read more about this item

Little Lord Fauntleroy, Burnett, Frances Hodgson. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1887. Second Issue. Signed on small card to half-title: "Yours sincerely, Frances Hodgson Burnett, January, 1904." 8vo up to 9½" tall., 209pp. illustrated throughout by Reginald Birch; rear illustrated publisher's advertisements. Grey cloth boards with decorative front and spine in gilt, black and red, brown endpapers. Fading… Read more about this item

On the Field of Waterloo, Brereton, Captain. F.S. Published by Blackie & Son, London, 1915. First Edition. 12mo up to 7½" tall., 400pp. with eight plates painted by John de Walton. Blue cloth boards with illustration in black, beige, red to front and spine; titles in gilt; all edges blue. Small, neat Inscription dated 1919 to pastedown and a small… Read more about this item