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THE ROVER BOOK FOR BOYS 1938

by Leslie Grant; C.L. Spiers; Alan Drake; et al

Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1938

Almost very good condition. Pictorial covers and spine. Front cover shows a cowboy having his tooth pulled out with a rope! Colour frontis + 3 other colour plates. First story is 'How Lee Perry Played the Juice' by Grant.

Cover edges are bumped and worn, with some chipping. Score mark to top of front cover. Chipping along edges of spine. Some tears to paper on spine which appear to have been repaired with glue. Browning to pages internally. A few grubby finger marks. All colour plates are present. Couple of b/w illustrations have been coloured in.

Stock no. 437520

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Contents

  • How Lee Perry Played the "Juice", By Leslie Grant
  • "How's That?", By C. L. Spiers
  • The Million-Dollar Man-Trap, by Jack Ballantine
  • The "Fag-End" at Friarley, By C. V., L. Cunnison
  • The Grappler, By Warwick Anderson
  • Red Colin's Round-Up, By Arthur Radclife
  • The Head-Hunters of Southwood, By W. W. Kennedy
  • The Last "Round", By Alan Drake
  • "It's all to Pot!" said Bimbow, By Richard White
  • The Policeman's Holiday, by Gilbert Chester
  • The Four-Footed A.B.'s, By Gordon Drew
  • Colour Plates
  • Illuminated by a ghostly light from above stood the figure of an old-time trapper
  • Tomahawk's injured ankle was caught in Blackbeard's deadly bear-trap
  • It was a titanic fight, but finally the Grappler's right hand got the white Wolf by the throat
  • The spectacle of the crooks glaring through the net gave Grandpa Barger a good laugh

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