BLACKIE'S BOYS' ANNUAL
Written by Olaf Baker, Percy F. Westerman, C. Bernard Rutley, et al
Illustrated by H.R. Millar, Alfred Sindall, Gordon Browne, et al.
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.
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BLACKIE'S BOYS' ANNUAL
Written by Olaf Baker, Percy F. Westerman, C. Bernard Rutley, et al.
Illustrated by H.R. Millar, Alfred Sindall, Gordon Browne, et al..
Stock no. 1325090
Hardback.
Almost very good condition.
Cream cloth spine with black title and rugby player vignette. Front board shows cowboy on horseback. 4 colour plates. B/w text illustrations throughout. First story "Prairie Boy" by Baker. Covers are slightly edge worn. Spine a bit grubby. Name plate and small booksellers sticker to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock and some foxing & grubby fingermarks to contents. Hinge pulled between half-title page and frontis. One plate half detached.
Front cover
Contents
- STORIES:
- Prairie Boy by Olaf Baker
- Tyson trumps a Trick by Richard Bird
- "A Bad Lie" by Walter Rhoades
- "Express Cattle" by Johnston Graham
- The Menace from the Sea by George Blake
- The King of the Rats by D.H. Low
- The Survivors by L. Cobbold
- Keverne's Revenge by E.E. Cowper
- Stonewall Stallard by Arthur O. Cooke
- The Out Trail (Verse) by Hilton Brown
- Why Mr. Driver changed his Mind by George Surrey
- In the Pavilion by Edward Lewis
- Zorbig the Cachalot by L.A. Knight
- Getting His Own Back by W. Kersley Holmes
- All in the Day's Work by Dick Halliday
- The Man with the Hose by H. Mortimer Batten
- The Beddinghurst Ghost by J.D. Westwood
- Hugh's Holiday by Percy F. Westerman
- The Temple of Maya Falu by Ross Hobben
- A Classical Allusion by David L. Smith
- A Fight and a Climb by Robins Millar
- The Curse of the Flame by E.M. Wagstaff Smith
- The Mystery of Threeways Hall by W. Bourne Cooke
- The Elephant and Castle by R.D. Peck
- The Cricket Pro by F. Abbott
- David and Jonathan by C.B. Rutley
- Their Happy Day by Wilfrid B. Price
- ARTICLES:
- Curious Locomotives by G.C. Jackson
- The Underworld by Professor J. Arthur Thomson
- Some Strange Pets and How to Keep Them by A.E. Hodge
- Jungle Episodes by A.W. Strachan
- Birds of the Night by Wanderer
- "Vetting" a Second-hand Motor-cycle and How to Improve It by George H. Cutbush
- The Rugby Game by J.M.B. Scott
- Tea-planting as a Career by Planter
- Gold Dust and Indian Braves by N. Tourneur
- The Famous East Indiamen Sailing Ships by E. Keble Chatterton
- Cricket Laws and Cricket "Twisters" by Stumper
- Lantern Making by Thomas Lochhead
- Tips about Tramping by Centurion
- Fly-fishing for Beginners by A.W. Strachan
- Robinson Crusoe's Island by M. Wynne