Strang Harold (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pictorial boards are a bit worn around edges and a bit grubby. Covers depicts "Four Merry Maids" by E. Brice. Lovely colour frontis. Some pencil inscription to half title page. Some light foxing to some pages but overall the book is in good condition for its age and type. First story is "Carry On!" by Bernard Rutley. "Oxford Books" series. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Circa 1930. Paper covered boards, a little rubbed to the edges, with an illustration labelled Scouting Days of a man on a horse. Colour frontispiece and b + w illustrations. Original owner's name and date 1931 in pencil to the inner board, a few fingerprints, otherwise internally clean. Adventure stories include Trapped! A Scouting Story' by Walter Rhodes and stories by Mark Harborough, Harold Avery and Captain G B McKean V.C. and a poem by William Pitt.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1922. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Yellow cloth spine. Pictorial front board, showing pirate scene. First story is 'Musholme' by Lawrence R. Bourne. Colour frontis and 5 other plates. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, corners worn. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock, some foxing to page margins. A couple of small margin tears, including one of the plates. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Webb, Arch & Brock, R.H. & Brock, C.E. & Edwards, Lionel & et al., (illustrator). …

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Circa 1926. Good condition with no wrapper. Pictorial boards, spine shows totem pole and front shows two scouts on a bouy. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations and plates. First poem is The Shining of the Sun by Markham. Covers are edge worn and a bit grubby, some fading to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock. Small sticker to top margin of page 97 ("April 14 to 19. Easter. House Parties. Worthing & Bexhill"). Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Coales, K.W. & Silas, Ellis & Lumley, Savile & et al., (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Circa 1914. Good condition with no wrapper. Green paperboards, pictorial onlay to front shows boy rescuing another from a cliff fall. Pictorial spine. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. First story is "The Coward" by Rhoades. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly damp stained. Prize plate to front pastedown. Vertical crease to edge of front free-endpaper. Joints starting to crack. Heavy foxing and grubby fingermarks to contents. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Brock, H.M. & Brock, C.E. & Rowlandson, G.D. & Cuneo, Cyrus & et al., (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Circa 1919. Fair condition with no wrapper. First year of publication. Green cloth spine, pictorial front cover showing Scout with flag and bugle. First story is "Luck of the Leopard" by Stacey Blake. 4 colou plates, b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Covers are edge worn and a bit grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper has been blotted out with blue biro scribbles. Belongs to box filled in. Small word in ink to verso of frontis. Frontis is detached but still present. Heavy foxing and some fingering to contents. Hinges are a little pulled causing contents to be slightly loose (binding still tight). Packaged with care and promptly dispatched.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Circa 1920. Very good condition with no wrapper. Green pictorial front board shows a boy scout in shorts with a union jack flag and a castle in the background. First story is "Hogmanay Camp" by Martin. 4 colour plates. B/w plates and text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Some wear to cover edges. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Name in ink in belongs to box. Endpapers are browned. Heavy foxing to textblock and some page margins. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Lumley, Savile & Pitcher, N. Sotheby & Brock, H.M. & et al., (illustrator). …