THE BOY IN RED
Written by Violet Needham
Illustrated by Joyce Bruce
Published by Collins
in 1948
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THE BOY IN RED
Written by Violet Needham.
Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1318718
1st.
1948.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The Boy in Red is Maurice St. Annalands, page to William the Silent, the heroic leader of the Netherlands in the fight for freedom. Yellow cloth with red title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some very slight loss at spine and corners and neat tape repairs on verso, wrapper has a small/old tape mark to front panel (below "Red) and is slightly grubby to rear.
THE BOY IN RED
Written by Violet Needham.
Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 2111072
1st.
1948.
Hardback.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The Boy in Red is Maurice St. Annalands, page to William the Silent, the heroic leader of the Netherlands in the fight for freedom. Yellow cloth with red title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Some grubby marks to covers. Spine is bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing. Colouring to some b/w illustrations. Wrapper is edge-torn with over 1" loss to top of spine; price-cut; edge-creased with chips that have some small loss.
Front cover
Contents
- It was in a picturesque house in Holland that Violet Needham first saw the Boy in Red. He stood in an old picture in a scarlet tunic, with a falcon on his wrist and a pheasant's feather in his cap. In this book the Boy in Red comes to life as Maurice St. Annalands, page to William the Silent, the heroic leader of the Netherlands in the fight for freedom. Among many daring exploits he carries messages though the enemy lines, becomes entangled with a beautiful Spanish Duchess, and saves the life of his Prince at the siege of Antwerp.