OUR GIRLS' HOBBY BOOK
Written by Ethel Talbot, J.T. Gorman, Bertha Leonard, et al
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press
OUR GIRLS' HOBBY BOOK
Written by Ethel Talbot, J.T. Gorman, Bertha Leonard, et al.
Stock no. 1202915
circa.
1928.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
Collins Bumper Books Series. Yellow pictorial boards. Front cover shows girl swinging a sports club. First hobby is 'Gardening as a Hobby' by Talbot. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Prize plate to verso of frontis. Foxing, mainly to page edges.
Front cover
Contents
- Gardening as a hobby
- Roadside cookery
- The delightful hobby of sketching in pen and ink
- How to use a camera
- A caravan holiday
- Punting on the Thames
- Keeping a nature diary
- Ball Games
- Netball for girls
- Fancy swimming for girls
- Touch-ball
- Jumping and vaulting
- A Christmas party for ten shillings
- Experiments in sweet-making
- Badminton
- Hints to amateur actors
- Book parties
- Decoration in water colour