VARIOUS AUTHORS

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FULL PAGE COLOUR FRONTISPIECE (TWO TIGERS)+170 pp (APPROX, NOT PAGINATED I.E. NO PAGE NUMBERS) INCLUDING NUMEROUS B&W ILLUSTRATIONS (SEVERAL PER STORY)+ 4 FULL PAGE COLOUR PLATES

4to IN SIZE (CHILDRENS ANNUAL SIZE/A4 SIZE)

FINE PUBLISHER'S PICTORIAL COLOUR BOARDS (A HARDBACK, EDGES RUBBED AND CORNERS BUMPED AS TYPICAL OF LARGE 80 YEAR OLD PICTORIAL PAPER COVERED BOARDS) WITH FRONT & BACK BOARDS WITH DIFFERENT ILLUSTRATIONS AND WITH A BLACK INK TOOLED TITLE AND ILLUSTRATION OF AN ATTACKING AFRICAN NATIVE (BERBER) WITH A SPEAR TO THE BLUE-GREEN CLOTH SPINE

FINE CONTENTS: CLEAN TEXT BLOCK, TIGHT BINDING, CLEAN THICK PAPER (ALMOST CARD) PAGES (A SIGN OF QUALITY)AND WITH SMALL TEXT PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME ON FEP, FFEP & TITLE PAGE

A COLLECTOR'S COPY

THIS CHILDRENS BOOK INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STORIES:

ONE MAN AGAINST - A STORY OF COMBAT WITH A BRITISH ARMY OFFICER AND HIS GURKHA SOLDIERS FIGHTING AGAINST INDIAN/AFGHAN HILL TRIBESMEN IN THE 19TH CENTURY (THE LONGEST STORY IN THE BOOK)

IN THE NICK OF TIME - A TALE OF BIG GAME HUNTING OF RHINO IN AFRICA IN LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY(INCLUDES FULL PAGE COLOUR PLATE, FRONT & BACK BOARD ILLUSTRATIONS RELATE TO THIS STORY)

THE SOLE SURVIVORS - SHIPWRECKED ! (INCLUDES FULL PAGE COLOUR PLATE)

HELPING A REBEL - THE DEFEAT OF THE DUKE OF MONMOUTH AT THE BATTLE OF SEDGEMOOR (17TH CENTURY ENGLAND)

THE WRECKERS - CORNISH WRECKERS FOOLING SHIPS INTO DANGEROUS WATERS

MY FIRST TIGER - BIG GAME HUNTING IN LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY INDIA

A CLOSE CALL - 19TH CENTURY ADVENTURE IN THE FOREST WILDERNESS OF CANADA

A BRUSH WITH A BUFFALO - THE STORY OF A NATIVE AMERICAN BUFFALO HUNT (INCLUDES FULL PAGE COLOUR PLATE)

BOBBY GREEN - AN EDWARDIAN PERIOD ENGLISH BOY SCOUT HELPS THE POLICE TO CAPTURE CRIMINALS

CAPTURING AN EAGLE - THE STORY OF A CANADIAN CAPTURING A BIRD OF PREY IN ALGERIA

SAVED BY SALLY - THE STORY OF A COWBOY IN THE AMERICAN WILD WEST SAVED BY HIS HORSE

MIDSHIPMAN APPRENTICE - THE STORY OF AUSTRALIAN MERCHANT NAVY SERVICE IN LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

TO HORSE - AN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (THUS SET IN THE 17TH CENTURY) STORY

MIDGET IN LIONS DEN - LEARNING THE TRADE OF LION TAMING

CAMEL TRAINS - CAMELS IN AUSTRALIA WITH AFGHAN HANDLERS IN THE 19TH CENTURY

WELL TACKLED - A RUGBY PLAYER IS NOT PICKED FOR THE TEAM BECAUSE OF HIS POOR TACKLING BUT PUTS HIS RUGBY TACKLING SKILL TO PRACTICAL USE IN THE CAPTURE OF A CRIMINAL !

LUCKY BIT OF STRING - AN EDWARDIAN PERIOD STORY OF COINCIDENCES

OVERTURNED ON THE BRINK - A COSSACK AND HIS COMPANION RIDE A COACH & HORSES ON MOUNTAIN TRAILS IN THE CAUCAUS MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN SLAVIC EUROPE IN 19TH CENTURY

WYRE CROSS BRIDGE - AN AMERICAN BOY SCOUT STORY

THE SETTLERS YARN - RIVER CROSSING IN THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK (INCLUDES FULL PAGE COLOUR PLATE)

PENDLECLIFFE CAPTAIN - THE STORY OF A BECOMING HEAD BOY AT A SCHOOL (THE SHORTEST STORY IN THE BOOK)