1.
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)
2.
FA Soccer Book for Boys 1980
Published by World Distributors in 1979
ISBN: 0723565295.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Price-clipped.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
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5.
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: high)
6.
Hotspur Book for Boys 1980
Published by D. C. Thomson in 1979
Pictorial laminated boards.
Light wear to covers.
Base of spine neatly taped.
Price-clipped.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
7.
Hotspur Book for Boys 1980
Published by D. C. Thomson in 1979
Pictorial laminated boards.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication on first page.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
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10.
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: medium)
12.
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)
13.
14.
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)
15.
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)
16.
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: low, Confidence: medium)
17.
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)
18.
The Victor Book for Boys 1977
Published by D. C. Thomson in 1976
Laminated boards.
Light wear to covers.
Price-clipped.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
19.
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)
20.
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)
21.
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)
22.
Hotspur Book for Boys 1970
Published by D. C. Thomson in 1969
Pictorial laminated boards.
Covers and spine worn at edges.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Some scribble on endpapers, contents not affected.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
23.
The Two Boys and What They Did With A Year
Published by Boston (U.S.A) Congregational Publishing Society in 1871
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards with embossed black decoration.
Gilt lettering and decoration on spine.
313 pages.
Some wear to sides of spine and spine ends.
Covers in general a little shabby.
Prelims. marked and soiled.
Heavy fingermarking at the front of the book.
Page 15/16 is badly edge chipped, and has been re-inserted.
Book is complete, and tightly bound.
Apart from the above mentioned faults, is in reasonably good condition.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
24.
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)
25.
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)