The Schoolboy's Annual: The Boy's Own Book of Pluck and Peril
Haydon, A. L. (editor)
| Publication Date | n.d. [1920s]. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Boy's Own Paper, |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Condition | Good copy. |
| SKU | 3390 |
| Notes | Front internal hinge beginning to split - 3'' up from lower edge - with some weakness to rest of that hinge. Slightly rubbed with boards exposed to edges in some places. Some browning to prelims. Previous owner's prize label, dated 1925, to endpapers. |
Description
11'' x 8'', 128pp. Substantial collection of longer stories for older boys with spies, Scouts, military and colonial adventures. With four colour plates (all present though one has been tipped back in) including a frontis and many others by Stanley L. Wood. and many integral black and white illustrations. The first story is ''Dingo Face' by Wooramel. Red cloth to spine and illustrated paper, showing American prospectors and Indians, to front.
