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by Herbert Strang; G. Lusignan; Captain Charles Gilson; et al

Illustrated by Gordon Robinson; Thomas Somerfield; H.M. Brock; et al.

Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1927

Good condition. Beige cloth spine, purple pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "William the Silent" by Lusignan.

Covers are edge worn and a bit grubby. Spine bumped. Endpapers are browned. Foxing. Name in pencil (heavy) in belongs to box.

Stock no. 1325452

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Contents

  • William the Silent: A Story of the Next War by G. Lusignan
  • A Bout With a Bear by Colonel F. Markham
  • Touch and Go by Stacey Blake
  • To Horse! The Country Boy and His Mounts by William Howitt
  • The Masquerader by Herbert Strang
  • A Half Term Holiday by by A.C. Curtis
  • Some Adventures of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
  • The Last Fight of the Revenge
  • Waring and the Wilsons by Meredith Fletcher
  • The Assault of Badajos by Sir William Napier
  • The Black Sheep by Captain Gilson
  • An Underground Adventure by Herbert Strang
  • The First Voyage of Columbus by Washington Irving
  • Signalling in the Navy by Captain Mathew R.M.A.
  • On His Majesty's Service: An Adventure in the Balkans by Herbert Strang
  • Engine Trouble: What it means for the Aviator by Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper
  • The Real Robinson Crusoe by J.Cuthbert Hadden
  • A Fool of the Forty Third by by D.H. Parry
  • The New Boy: Things He Has to Learn at our great Public Schools by Desmond Coke
  • The Arethusa by Prince Hoare
  • Stumped At Last: An Original Sketch for the Junior School by V.E. Johnson M.A.

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