Published by Pickering & Inglis Ltd., London in 1955, this is an attractive and increasingly uncommon piece of vintage children’s adventure fiction.

The book features cream textured boards with a wonderful period illustration of a flying boat approaching a tropical island, together with a striking full-colour illustrated frontispiece.

An especially nice piece of provenance is the original decorative Sunday School award plate, presented in January 1960, which remains inside the book and adds to its social-history and collectible interest.

Book details:

• Vernon Heaton – Banana Island

• Pickering & Inglis Ltd., London

• 1955 edition

• Vintage hardback

• Printed in Great Britain

• Illustrated throughout

• Colour frontispiece

• Original January 1960 Sunday School award plate

• Vintage children’s adventure fiction

CONDITION: Good vintage condition for a book over 70 years old. The cream cloth boards show age-related marking, discolouration and general shelf/edge wear. Internally there is expected age toning and some spotting/foxing. The original Sunday School presentation plate is present. No dust jacket. Please examine all photographs carefully as they form an important part of the condition description. The exact book photographed is the book you will receive.

A characterful surviving example for collectors of 1950s children’s books, vintage adventure fiction, Pickering & Inglis publications, illustrated juvenile literature and Sunday School presentation books.

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