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THE JOLLY BOOK - FOURTEENTH YEAR

by Edwin Chisholm; Harold Avery; Ethel Talbot; G.E. Hopcroft; et al

Illustrated by Lawson Wood; W.H.C. Groome; Peter Fraser; et al.

Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd..

Slightly better than good condition. Large format. Colour pictorial boards show children running after dog. 16 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 287 pages. Edited by Chisholm. First story: Pocket Thunder by Harold Avery.

Spine bumped, picture on it worn, 1.5" split to bottom of front edge. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Covers very grubby. Erased writing and faint ticks to both endpapers and verso of frontis. Pencil writing about contents to front endpaper. Some light foxing and a few marks to contents but most pages are clean. All plates present.

Stock no. 1505452

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Contents

  • Facing the Music (coloured plate)
  • Old Marf tells a Story (coloured plate)
  • Pocket Thunder
  • The Haunted Bog
  • The Perils of Bird-nesting
  • Life of Diogenes
  • The Sagacity of Dogs
  • Piercing a Coin with a Needle
  • Rowing (coloured plate)
  • The Shell gatherers The Magic Pointer
  • Cricket (coloured plate)
  • Left in Charge
  • Catching teh Donkey
  • A Mystery
  • Edward Lear's Funny Pictures
  • The Bead Bracelet (coloured plate)
  • "I've called for the Rent" (coloured plate)
  • Some Knotty Points

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