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BLACKIE'S BOYS' ANNUAL

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..

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.

Stock no. 1325090

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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

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