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Green cloth cover boards are clean with slight bumping & mild fading on the ends of spine. Gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated dustcover has small tears; covered in mylar for protection. Front and back end papers have glue markings; a price lightly pencilled in The text block is secure, clean & unmarked, the pages are lightly age toned. First edition, 4th printing

Green cloth covers with black lettering, stained on spine and front. Binding is secure and text block foxed. Handwritten note on page 42 -- "A good story". Stories contributed by authors as J.M. Barrie, A. Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. 12 tipped-in color plates, reproductions of paintings by various well-known British artists. Numerous black & white illustrations throughout the text, also by well-known British artists. All Profits From Sale are Given to The Queen's "Work for Women" Fund which is acting in conjunction with The National Relief Fund. Ex-Libris.Inscription to grandchild, January 16 1915. Publication date unmarked, but estimated 1915.140 pages.

Blue cloth boards with black lettering are a bit rubbed. Binding solid.Text block is age-toned. Foreword by John Galsworthy. "In Aid of Queen Mary's Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals for soldier and sailors who has lost their limbs in the war." Stories contributed by authors such as J.M. Barrie, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Ernest Thompson Seton. 12 tipped-in color plates, reproductions of paintings by various well-known British artists. Numerous black & white illustrations throughout the text, also by well-known British artists. Publication date unmarked, but estimated 1915. Owner's name signed on 1st page. Handwritten initials bottom right corner page 160 pages.

Decorative blue boards with black lettering. Blue cloth boards a bit rubbed. Previous owner's name on 1st page. Binding intact with some cracking. Foreword by John Galsworthy. "In Aid of Queen Mary's Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals for soldier and sailors who have lost their limbs in the war". King & Queen portraits and 10 color plates are loose but all are present. Many black & white drawings. Publication date unmarked, circa 1915. 160 pages.

Complete set of 6 volumes. Memorial edition. Bound in leather with gilt titles on spine, and red decorative paper front & back. Heavy; may require extra postage. Some shelf-wear on cover edges which are not leather bound. All volumes have broken front hinge in various conditions. The worst condition is Volume I (Military History of Canada), which has 2 loose pages (but all pages included). Volumes include illustrations, fold-out maps, and frontispiece with tissue guard.

This Author's Copyright Edition" circa 1874-79 is undated. The embossed red cover boards are printed with black lettering and gold on the spine. The illustration on the front cover is repeated again after page 296. There is slight bumping on the corners and spine ends.The pages are secured by the binding. The text block is clean, unmarked and foxed. There is a coloured plate on the frontis and two color plates near the end. Front endpaper inscribed as gift from Grandmother. 300 pp

Circa 1928. Red cover boards, decorated in black on front and spine. No publication date. Wear to edges of spine, corners slightly bumped. Cracks within book but binding intact. No pages missing, text clear. Age toned. 341 pages plus 5 pages about Jules Verne at end.