1.
The Modern Boy's Book of Achievment
1st edition,
published by Edmund Ward in 1958
Edited by Eric Layland.
Green cloth-covered boards with black lettering.
127 pages.
Dustwrapper a little worn.
Close to VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
3.
The Modern Boy's Book of Achievment
by
Eric Leyland
1st edition,
published by Edmund Ward in 1958
Quarto green covers, black lettering on spine.
Colour frontispiece, numerous black and white photographs, and line drawings.
Half of the dustwrapper back is missing, and closed tear at the base of front cover.
Book itself close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
4.
5.
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: medium)
6.
Boys' Book of All Sports
by
W. J. Hicks
1st edition,
published by The News Chronsicle in 1953
Quarto green covers, black lettering.
Dustwrapper is price clipped and edge chipped, with approx. 1.5cm. missing from top of spine.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
First fifteen pages marred by compass holes at base of pages.
Edited by the Sports Editor of the News Chronicle.
Third book in a series which lasted from 1951 - 1961.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
7.
Boys' Book of All Sports
Published by News Chronicle in 1955
Edited by W. J. Hicks.
Red cloth-covered boards with white lettering.
156 pages.
Fifth in series.
Slight wear and marking to covers.
Name on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
8.
Boys' Book of All Sports
by
W. J. Hicks
Published by News Chronicle circa 1952
Green cloth-covered boards with black lettering.
160 pages.
Second in series.
Slight wear to covers.
Name on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
9.
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)
10.
Daily Sketch Modern Boys Annual
Published by Waterlow and Sons circa 1958
Edited by Robert Campion.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
197 pages.
Light wear to dustwrapper and edges of covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Neat gift dedication on title page.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
11.
The Modern Illustrated Encyclopedia
Published by Collins circa 1955
Edited by John, R. Crossland.
Quarto.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
564 pages.
8 colour plates.
Numerous black and white illustrations.
All plates present.
Dustwrapper worn and price-clipped, with loss at top edge.
Corners of covers bumped.
Top 3cm of Back inner hinge damaged.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
12.
Modern Boys Annual 1932
by
W. E. Johns
1st edition,
published by Fleetway in 1931
Large format, glazed pictorial board, cloth spine. Contains one colour and four black and white plates by W E Johns; some articles written by him but not attributed. Edges of covers worn. Contents generally Very Good but some finger marking.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
13.
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: medium)
14.
Blackie's Boys Annual 1924
Published by Blackie and Son Limited in 1923
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Stain at base of back cover.
Some slight soiling to edges of page block.
Binding sound.
Faint gift dedication on front pastedown.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
15.
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: low, Confidence: medium)
16.
The Bumper Sports Book
Published by Spring Books circa 1950
Edited by Robert Bateman.
Green cloth-covered boards with red lettering.
160 pages.
Loss to top of dustwrapper spine.
Covers unevenly faded.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
17.
The Big Book of Sports
Published in 1957
Quarto.
Dark blue paper-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper chipped at upper edge, closed tear.
Gift dedication on title page.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
18.
Commonwealth and Empire Annual
by
Raymond Fawcett
Published by Gawthorn Press in 1953
Quarto.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on front cover and spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with loss to upper and lower edge of back panel and spine; re-backed onto plain paper.
Book itself close to VG.
Minor wear to edges.
Covers unevenly faded where dustwrapper damaged.
Neat name on reverse of front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
19.
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)
20.
The Big Book of Sports
Published circa 1956
Red boards with black lettering.
Dustwrapper a little worn, with two closed tears and loss to lower 5cm of back.
Dedication partially erased from front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
VG in other respects.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
21.
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)
22.
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: medium)
23.
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)
24.
25.
The Modern Marvels Encyclopedia
Published circa 1946
Edited by John, R. Crossland.
Quarto.
Red blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
448 pages.
8 colour plates.
Numerous b/w. illustrations.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Undated, but marked '1946' by original owner.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)