1.
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: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
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: medium, Confidence: high)
3.
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: medium, Confidence: high)
4.
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)
5.
The Hardy Boys Casefiles
by
Franklin W. Dixon
Published by Armada / W. H. Smith in 1990
ISBN: 9780006940418.
Paperback.
Two Hardy Boys novels in one:
"Dead on target", and
"Evil, Incorporated".
Light wear to covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
6.
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: medium)
7.
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)
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9.
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)
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14.
Three Great Hardy Boys Mysteries
by
Franklin W. Dixon
1st Thus edition,
published by Armada in 1985
ISBN: 000692607X.
Paperback.
570 pages.
Three Hardy Boys stories in one volume:
"The Night of the Werewolf",
"The Mystery of the Samurai Sword" and
"The Pentagon Spy".
Light wear to covers.
Spine faded.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
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20.
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)
21.
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)
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 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)
24.
The Boys' Book of Motors
by
K. B. Hopfinger
Reprint,
published by Burke in 1961
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
144 pages.
Slight wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
25.
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)