The Rebel of St. Jim's ("Gem" Facsims.) by Clifford, Martin - 1972

London: Howard Baker, 1972. Six complete issues of the British magazine, The Gem, in facsimile reproduction. Included in each issue is a Martin Clifford scholboy story featuring the adventures of Tom Merry & Co., Ralph Reckless Cardew, Arthur Augustus D'Arcy and others. Two of the stories in this volume are from the Victor Cleeve series, and there is a Christmas story. Book is lightly bumped at corners; foxed at top edge and fore edge. Dust jacket is in mylar. A nice tight copy.. First Hardcover Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover.

Howard Baker Press Ltd, 1972-11-13. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.9985 in x 26.5798 in x 17.9863 in. A clean, tight copy throughout with minimal wear. No markings. Unclipped dust jacket.

Howard Baker Press Ltd, 1972-11-13. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.9985 in x 26.5798 in x 17.9863 in. Clean and bright throughout. No markings. Unclipped dust jacket.

Howard Baker, 1972. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, super octavo, 10 3/4" x 7 3/10", a very good tightly bound copy in a very well preserved pictorial dust wrapper that is now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve, the text is clean and unmarked, illustrated, facsimile schoolboy stories reprinted from The GEM..

HARDBACK, "HOWARD BAKER GEM VOL. 03," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1972* Publisher: Howard Baker Press Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Very slight bumps to lower rear corner. Minimal shelf wear at head & tail of spine and corners. No rubs, some age and fading to top & bottom edges. VG+* Jacket condition: Two-colour illustrated dust wrapper (red & blue), showing Boys & girls at a dance party. Not price clipped, showing a shelf price of £2.75. Some shelf wear to head & tail of spine. Slight age colouration overall. Now in a clear protective wrapper. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, some minimal age to prelims & top edges. VG++.* Illustrations: Several colour facsimile front pages of the Gem Magazine. Numerous b/w, line drawings & illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: Approx. 168 pp. text, in separate numbered blocks.* Description: The… Read More

London: Howard Baker Press Ltd. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 1972. Facsimile Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 270mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). 196pp. .

Published by Howard Baker, 1972. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper. Howard Baker Gem Volume No 3. Large format. Green Boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Pictorial wrapper is very slightly browned to a couple of edges.

Howard Baker Press Ltd, 1972-11-13. Hardcover. Good. 1.9985 in x 26.5798 in x 17.9863 in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean copy, sound binding.

London: Howard Baker, 1972. Minor creasing to the top edge of the unclipped dustwrapper, minor shelf wear to bottom edge of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book containing facsimile reprints of the long-defunct boys weekly ''The Gem'' from 1925 and 1928 containing six complete ''St Jim's'' stories. The stories are: ''Shadowed from School'', ''Hunted Down!'', ''Fool's Luck'', ''A Rank Outsider'', ''A Schoolboy's Secret'' and ''Righted at Last''. The author also wrote the ''Billy Bunter'' stories as ''Frank Richards''. Pages not numbered but about 170pp, b&w illustration throughout.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,3 colour- block (red,white+blue),facsimile illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,unblemished,publisher's original,plain green cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn, comprising 6 school stories originally published by The Amalgamated Press,from The GEM,1925 and 1928, includes b/w +3 colour-block facsimile reproduction illustrations,b/w facsimile, contemporary advertisements and stories. HOWARD BAKER proudly present herewith another collection of stories in the saga of St. Jim's,culled from 'The Gem' and representing the halcyon… Read More