Play Up and Play the Game - the Heroes Of Popular Fiction

London: Eyre Methuen, 1973. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hard back in good+ condition, a decent reading copy. Ex-library with tape marks on covers and end papers, free front end paper removed, a few stamps internally. Otherwise clean, binding is good and secure. In good dust jacket with sunning to spine and edges, a couple of tears. 178 pages. Size: 8vo… Read more about this item

Eyre Methuen: London, 1973. First edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. 178 pages: includes chapters such as Christian Socalism And Muscular Christianity, Penny Dreadfuls And The Ballantyne Boy, and Boy Heros And Imperial History. A little browning along page edges, else a fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

Eyre Methuen, 1973. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0413261107

London: Eyre Methuen, 1973. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 178pp., bibliog., Chapters such as Christian Socialism & Muscular Christianity; Penny Dreadfuls; Schoolboy story heroes; White ManÕs burden; Boy heroes & Imperial History. Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy

Methuen Publishing Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardback. New. <p><em>Play Up and Play the Game</em> (1973) examines the type of fictional hero imbued with the spirit of fairplay, loyalty, fearlessness, conformity (while remaining slightly philistine and sexless), tracing his development from the Victorian schoolboy (<i>Tom Brown’s School Days</i>) to the twentieth-century secret agent (Buchan). </p>

Routledge, 2023. Hardcover. New. 194 pages. 9.19x6.13x0.79 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.