Grand Story Book for Boys: The Bumper Book Series 4

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. Softening of the backstrip edges with bumping and shipping – the underlying board is visible – to the book corners. A little rubbing of the book panels with browning and staining of the textblock edges. Age toning of the pages. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 125 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Annual; Inventory No: 0119634. .