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Collins, London & Glasgow, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. Colour illustrated frontispiece, and black and white and occasional colour illustration throughout the book – by various illustrators. 1/4 red coloured backstrip with black coloured titles. 3/4 illustrated front board with plain pink coloured rear panel. A series of stories of adventure aimed at boys from probably the 1950s. The book is showing age and wear. Softening to the backstrip edges with bumping of the book corners – the underlying boards visible. Rubbing of the front panel, more pronounced to the rear panel. Nasty bump to the top left hand corner of the rear panel. Browning and scattered foxing of the text of edges and lighter browning of the pages. Offset tanning and foxing to the endpapers. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Not paginated.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator:… Leer más

Juvenile Productions Ltd, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrated endpapers. The text is illustrated with numerous duo tone drawings – Illustrator /s not credited. 1/4 blue coloured cloth covered back strip. 3/4 illustrated boards. An annual put out in the early 50s (dated due to prize plate – 1953) with a theme of Christmas – activities to do and stories to be read. Authors include: – Charles Griffiths, John Hornby and Helen J. Wright. The book is showing age and wear. Softening and rubbing to the back strip edges and book corners – underline board is visible and there is rubbing either side of the back strip, and again, underline board is feasible. Rubbing of the other book edges and panels. A few chips from the panel illustrations. There is a punched hole to the rear book panel. Heavy browning to the text block edges and pages. Prize plate affixed to the lower… Leer más

Beaver Books, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. Illustrated endpapers with black and white line drawings. Colour illustrated frontispiece – Illustrator not credited. The text is illustrated with black and white drawings, by various illustrators. 1/4 dark rose coloured cloth covered backstrip. 3/4 coloured illustrated front cover with black and red coloured titles. An annual put out for boys, probably in the 1950s, with lots of daring do an adventure stories. This edition has two Kenneth Wheeler stories, 3 Frank Richards School stories, Charles Hamilton story set in the world of "King of the Island", Edward Northcott does a short story on the Football Cup (soccer), Ralph Redway writes a daring do story set in the American West, Edward Capper tells the tale of a boxing event and Raymond Glendenning tells you what actually goes behind the scenes of soccer's' Grand Final Day.… Leer más

The Amalgamated Press, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Not Credited. 800 g; 112 pages, illustrated with black-and-white comicstrip colour comicstrip stories with black-and-white illustrations and a frontispiece and three other full-page colour plates by DC Eyles. Colour illustrated front board, brown cloth spine and Cadburys puzzle picture for a rear panel. Rubbing to the top and bottom edges of the boards front edges exposing cardboard, otherwise only minor spotting of the edges of the pages with foxing. Internally clean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Not Credited. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Annual; Inventory No: 0227009. .

Gerald G. Swan Ltd, London, 1956. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. illustrated front endpaper – an ex-libris plate. The text is illustrated with black and white drawings, by various illustrators. 1/ 4 blue coloured cloth covered backstrip. 3/ 4 colour illustrated boards with red and blue colour titles to the front panel and further titles from the publishing house to the rear panel. Stories for the adventurous boy, 1950s style, with car racing, school stories, mysteries and cricket stories. Softening to the backstrip corners and to the book corners. Rubbing to the book panels, particularly the rear. Browning and scattered foxing to the textblock edges and age toning of the pages. Previous owner's name has been pasted over to the top edge of the front paste-down. Browning and foxing to the endpapers. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 123, [1] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture… Leer más

Collins, London, 1955. Reprint. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. foreword by Lord Rowallan – Chief Scout. Colour illustrated frontispiece, and numerous black and white illustrations (and the occasional coloured plate) throughout the book by various illustrators. 1/4 red coloured backstrip with black coloured titles. 3/4 illustrated boards with white and red coloured titles, and pink coloured boards to the rear. A mixture of fiction (written by Arthur Catherall) and non-fiction from the 1950s with a scouting theme. The book is showing age and wear. Softening to the backstrip edges with bumping of the book corners – the underlying board is visible. Cocking of the spine with a little rubbing of the front panel but more pronounced rubbing of the rear panel. There has been a water stain to the lower left hand corner of the rear panel – please see photograph. Browning and scattered foxing to the textblock… Leer más

Collins, London, 1955. Reprint. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. foreword by Lord Rowallan – Chief Scout. Colour illustrated frontispiece, and numerous black and white illustrations (and the occasional coloured plate) throughout the book by various illustrators. 1/4 red coloured backstrip with black coloured titles. 3/4 illustrated boards with white and red coloured titles. A mixture of fiction (written by Arthur Catherall) and non-fiction from the 1950s with a scouting theme. The book is showing age and wear. Softening to the backstrip edges with bumping of the book corners – the underlying board is visible. Cocking of the spine with a little rubbing of the front panel but more pronounced rubbing of the rear panel. There has been a water stain to the lower left hand corner of the rear panel – please see photograph. Browning and scattered foxing to the textblock edges and age toning of the pages. Gift… Leer más

Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London, Melbourne and Cape Town, 1960. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Kenneth Symonds, N. Battershill, MSIA & Rita Parsons. acknowledgements and more about the people in this book – at the end of the book. Illustrated endpapers. The text is illustrated with black and white photographs and illustrations and the occasional coloured illustration. The illustrations have been drawn by Kenneth Symonds, N. Battershill, MSIA or Rita Parsons. 1/ 4 green coloured boards (both different) with black coloured titles. 3/4 illustrated papered boards with white coloured titles. Published in the early part of the 1960s dealing with true adventure, exploration, military derring-do and advancements in the early part of the 20th century. Softening to the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. Some rubbing to the book panels. Age toning and scattered foxing to the… Leer más