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Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. London: R. T. S., 1924. Collection of stories, poems and articles for girls of the early twentieth century British Empire. Externally worn copy, illustrated in both color and in black and white. Includes such titles as: The Gnome; The Woman Chief of Mesopotamia; Why Girls Should Play Golf; How They Caught the Ghost; Fun with a Gramophone; How We Caught Our First Python; The Stampede; Women Crusoes; A Day at Sandringham; How Mary Brought the Doctor; Matilda's Tapestry; Britain's Lonely Island; The Treasure Seekers, much more. Content includes not only Great Britain but Australia; New Zealand; South Africa and other outposts of the Empire. Blue cloth lettered in gilt with a color illustration mounted on the front cover, 256 pages. Covers rubbed with some significant fraying to the spine foot, heavy rubbing to corners and spine head, good hinges, sound text block, pages a little age-toned with some occasional light foxing, 1924 gift notation on front free endpaper, no other markings. Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hard Back. Condizione: Very Good. Volume 15. undated c.1920's [ink insc. dated 1924] Bright Gilt titles to Brown boards with Colour Tipped-on plates;of a Ship to front+ Boy in canoe to Spine. 230x160mm. 288pp.Tissue-guard colour Frontis;- Boy in canoe Scene. Edited by A L Haydon. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for Further Details and condition. Illustrated 4 full-page coulor plates+ 4 full page b/w plates+ in line. Book- well kept clean boards, a tidy vol. mild shelf wear rubbing. Bright Gilt titles. rubbing. Aldersey Grammar School & inscp.to reverse of front board dated 1924. no other annotation. Sound binding.light fox spotting to page edges [Authors- Brett, A B Cooper, Ducat, Pocock, Talbot, Whalley etc.].

230X160mm approx,brown boards with tipped on plates to front and spine,gilt lettering front/spine, Aldersey grammer school and inscp.to fep,dated 1924.,colour frontispiece",Including complete storiesof School lfe and Adventure,Topical articles on Sport and Travel,Instructive papers for the practicle boy,illustrated with several plates in colour and b/w by numerous illustrators of the time,index to authors[Hugh Brett/AB Cooper/ Ducat/Pocock/E Talbot/Whalley etc.], VG, A bright/clean copy[ 288 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Not stated. Very good possible first printing hardcover in original dust jacket by an un-named British publisher. Nothing printed on title page or verso, but the rear page states "Printed for the Publisher by Mackays Ltd., Chatham. Straight and sharp hardcover in blue cloth covered boards with decorative frame around title on frt board and backstrip. Light fading along upper 20% of boards, few light marks in upper 25% of backstrip. Tidy gift dedication on fep, both hinge papers are in fine shape, all else tight and bright w/some light age toning on endpapers. Book illustrated with a full color frontis on glossy paper, one full page color plate, and four full page b/w plates within the 381 pp text. Unclipped (and unpriced) dj has a 1/3" x 1/3" round chip at the gutter area 1/2" up from foot of frt panel, light soil on white background rear panel and light rubbing at tips. Front panel and backstrip have full color art with frt panel signed by 'Cuneo', color frontis signed by 'Frances E. Hiley'. More than suitable for gift giving. Exceedingly rare in dust wrapper.