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Tales of Heroism and Adventure. by Treble, H. A. (selected by) - 1939

by Treble, H. A. (selected by)

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Tales of Heroism and Adventure. by Treble, H. A. (selected by) - 1939

Tales of Heroism and Adventure.

by Treble, H. A. (selected by)

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London, UK.: Oxford University Press / Clarendon Press.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. Hardcover. 16mo - 17 x 11.5 cm.; 160 - (2) pp. Wine red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and blind stamped scroll borders on the front and back boards. A reader designed for upper school. Contents: 1 - "We Taste the Full Measure of Beduin Hospitality" by T. E. Lawrence, 2 - "The Desert" by A. W. Kinglake, 3 - "Photographing Enemy Trenches" by Cecil Lewis, 4 - "The First Ascent of the Matterhorn" by Edward Whymper, 5 - "A Perilous Descent" by Herman Melville, 6 - "How Roshan Khan Saved My Life" by J. H. Patterson, 7 - "Pearls, Bullocks, and Baobabs" by Thomas Wood, 8 - "Alone in the Arctic" by Augustine Courtauld, 9 - "Pigsticking" by F. Yeats-Brown, 10 - "A Boy's Adventure in Mashonaland " by Kingsley Fairbridge, 11 - "The Bear-Hunt" by Leo Tolstoy, 12 - "An Adventurous Voyage" by Rt. Hon. J. E. B. Seely, 5 pages of biographical notes of the various authors. Previous owner's name on the front free end paper, the externals show mild wear and the spine is faded. Otherwise the book is clean with a sound binding. .
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores CA (CA)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Oxford University Press / Clarendon Press.
  • Place of Publication London, UK.
  • Date Published 1939
  • Keywords Literature; Reader; Literature;, Tolstoy; Melville; Lawrence; Melville;, Short Stories;

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TALES OF HEROISM AND ADVENTURE

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The Clarendon Press Oxford University Press 1937 G (no dj, lightly worn maroon cloth with gilt titles on lightly sunned spine, no foxing, contents clean and bright, neat signature front free endpaper, few words in one chapter neatly underlined and two small pencil notes in margins) 16mo 160pp. Oxford Anthology for Schools. Contents include: We tast the full measure of Beduin Hospitality, by T.E.Lawrence: The first ascent of the Matterhorn, by Edward Whymper: A perilous descent, by Herman Melville; Pigsticking, by F.Yeats-Brown; The Bear-Hunt, by Leo Tolstoy.
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