1.
Boys will be Boys
by
Ernest Sackville Turner
Revised edition,
published by Michael Joseph in 1957
Red boards with gilt lettering and decoration.
Spine strip slightly faded.
Faint spotting to prelims.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
The Lucky Boys' Budget
Published by Blackie circa 1934
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
96 pages.
Covers heavily edgeworn and slightly soiled.
Name on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
3.
The First Boys' Paper Omnibus
Collectors edition,
published by Howard Baker in 1981
ISBN: 070300221X.
Greyfriars Book Club, Vol 41.
No. 309 of 400 in a signed limited edition.
Green leatherette boards with gilt letterint and decoration.
Top edge gilt.
In red slip case.
Fine condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
4.
5.
Boys will be Boys
by
Ernest Sackville Turner
1st edition,
published by Michael Joseph in 1948
Red cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
3rd impression.
Light wear to edges of covers and dustwrapper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
6.
The Boys' Budget
Published by Blackie circa 1935
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
160 pages.
Colour frontispiece and majority of line drawings by Ernest Prater.
Covers scraped at edges and soiled in places.
Fore edge stained.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
7.
8.
9.
The Empire Annual for Boys Volume Sixteen
Published by Religious Tract Society circa 1925
Quarto.
Red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Light wear to covers.
Gilt still bright.
Foxing to edges of page block.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
10.
The Great Book for Boys
Published by Oxford University Press in 1927
Edited by Herbert Strang.
Octavo.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Pictorial endpapers in green and white.
A selection of stories and articles.
Authors include Walter Rhoades, A. F. Jackson, Lawrence R. Bourne.
Covers and spine heavily worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Contents lightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
11.
The Collector's Book of Boys' Stories
by
Eric Quayle
1st edition,
published by Studio Vista in 1973
ISBN: 028970412X.
Quarto.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
160 pages.
An overview of boys' adventure stories concerned mainly with books published in the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth.
Minor wear to covers and dustwrapper.
Contents clean and tight.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
12.
The Target Book for Boys
Published by Spring Books circa 1955
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
Red lettering on covers.
253 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations.
Includes two stories by Frank Richards.
Covers edge worn.
Contents tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
13.
Country Scrap Book for Boys and Girls
by
Malcolm Saville
Published by National Magazine Co. Ltd. circa 1944
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Covers unevenly faded and a little worn, with some spotting at edges.
Neat name and address on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
14.
The Great Book for Boys
Published by Oxford University Press circa 1930
Edited by Herbert Strang.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers edgeworn.
Some spottign to fore edge.
Hinges strained.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
15.
16.
Country Scrap Book for Boys and Girls
by
Malcolm Saville
Reprint,
published by National Magazine Co. Ltd. circa 1944
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Neat dedication on front pastedown.
Some foxing to endpapers.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
17.
The Modern Wonder Book for Boys
Published by Collins circa 1940
Quarto.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
384 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
"All the gems from Storyland".
Gilt on covers and spine rubbed and darkened.
Light wear to covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Some white marks on back cover.
Fore-edge, prelims and early pages foxed.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
18.
Hutchinson's Boys' Annual
Published by Hutchinson circa 1936
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
19cm x 26cm.
256 pages.
Covers and spine heavily worn at edges.
Covers scuffed and a little marked.
Prize label inside front cover.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
19.
The Horizon Book for Boys
Published by Spring Books circa 1958
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
125 pages.
Black and white pictorial endpapers and illustrations.
Stories, quizzes and articles.
Covers a little worn at edges.
Pages tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
20.
Famous Boys and how they became Great Men
6th edition,
published by Darton and Co in 1860
Octavo.
Bevilled red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
All edges gilt.
Dark brown endpapers.
Covers soiled and heavily worn.
Extensive scuffing to edges.
Spine faded.
Corners heavily bumped.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
21.
Fifty Famous Stories for Boys
by
Leonard Gribble
Published by Burke in 1958
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers and dustwrapper.
Name on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
22.
Told to the boys
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1929
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Includes two stories, "Room for one" and "Sea-legs", by Harold Avery.
Undated edition, dated from gift dedication on front endpaper.
Light wear to covers.
Scrape at right edge of front cover.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
23.
The Golden Treasury of Stories for Boys and Girls
Published by Victor Gollancz in 1959
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
696 pages.
A collection of short stories.
Authors include: Sewell, Lear, Belloc, Thackery, Browning, Andersen, Grimm and Carroll.
Spine slightly faded.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
24.
25.
The British Boys' Annual
by
Eric Wood
Published by Cassell circa 1922
Blue embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers and spine.
Black decoration on covers and spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
18cm x 23cm.
232 pages.
Small address label inside front cover.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)