Language: English
Published by Dean & Son Ltd, London, 1943
Seller: Buybyebooks, Honiton, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Philip Simmonds, Buchanan, et al (illustrator). First Edition. HB first edition. n/d dedication o/p dated 1943 so could be 1942 publication. Colour illustd printed paper on board front and back. Orange cloth spine and seam. 22.8 x 17.7cm. 140 pages. f/c frontis. b/w illusts. 12 stories. Starts: The Manor House Villain by Eva Chadwick. Includes: The Spy That Wasn't - E.M.R. Burgess. Ends: The Funk - Gwen Thornber. Condition: cover age and handling scrapes and discolouration. Tear on spine seam at bottom. Wear top and bottom of spine , edges and corners, boards showing. Opening paste down faded dedication in neat ink handwriting dated August 13th 1943. Pages tanning on edges. b/w illusts neatly coloured in, colour has bled to preceeding page. Binding holding firm. All there and complete, fair + condition.