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By Conduct And Courage. A Story Of The Days Of Nelson. Illustrated By William Rainey.
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., 1905. [Children's adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.384; 32, ads. With eight halftone plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's green pictorial cloth with bevelled board edges, coated grey endpapers, all edges green. Contents clean, discreet owner name to free end paper, binding very lightly rubbed, rolling to spine, bumping to corners. Near fine. G.A. Henty's classic children's stories are often described as the perfect blend of hair-raising adventure and historical verisimilitude. The publisher's note reads: "the present story is the last of Mr. Henty's great series of historical stories for boys." Item #68936
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