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THE BUFF BOOK FOR BOYS

Written by Herbert Strang
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press

£ 20.00 Photo of THE BUFF BOOK FOR BOYS- Stock Number: 594951

THE BUFF BOOK FOR BOYS
Written by Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 594951
1927. Hardback. Large format. Very good condition.

Edited by Strang. Large format. Beige cloth spine with black title and decorations. Pictorial covers. Colour frontis and other colour plates through book. First story is 'Lost, Stolen or Strayed' by Hugh Banstead. Reprint. Some bumping to spine. Wear to cover edges. Browned rectangle marks to first few pages, including front pastedown and front endpaper - possibly a bookplate has been removed. Names in pencil in belongs to box. Damp marks to rear pastedown and endpaper. Book has been a little repaired. Light surface paper loss to last page, which is affecting text.

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Front cover

Cover of THE BUFF BOOK FOR BOYS by Herbert Strang

Contents

  • Lost, Stolen of Strayed by Hugh Banstead
  • Paying a Debt by Lawrence R. Bourne
  • Giants of Old Time by Laurance Woodhouse
  • The Wild Dogs of the Ranges: A New Zealand Scouting Story by L.B. Thoburn-Clarke
  • The Mystery of the Mascot: A School Story by Gunby Hadath
  • Science by A.P.H. and George Morrow
  • How Birds Build by Marcus Woodward
  • The Flare-Up: A Wireless Yarn by Walter Rhoades
  • The Luck of the Leopard: A Scout Story by Stacey Blake
  • The Ships of Queen Bess by S.G. Hulme Beaman
  • The Upshot of the Storm: A Prehistoric Story by Mark Harborough
  • Treasure Lure and Treasure Trove by N. Tourneur
  • A "Vintage" Final by Laurance Woodhouse
  • Some Famous Escapes by Arthur O. Cooke
  • "My Lord's Affairs" by E.A. Wyke Smith
  • The Accident by Captain Oswald Dallas
  • The Sled Dogs of the Northland by George S. Surrey
  • The Stretcher-Strap: A School Rowing Story by Jeffrey Havilton
  • The Mad Mullah of Mir by Leslie Beresford
  • The Runaway: A Story Without Words by Jean Routier
  • Eastward Ho! The Cruise of an Eight-ton Yacht from Falmouth to Amsterdam by E. Keble Chatterton
  • The Highwayman's Supper by John Finbarr
  • From a Cliff-Edge by Lawrence R. Bourne