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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR CHILDREN 16TH YEAR

Written by Florence Harrison, Violet M. Methley, Herbert Strang, et al
Illustrated by Mary S. Reeve, C.E. Brock, Millicent Sowerby, et al.
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press in 1928

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR CHILDREN 16TH YEAR
Written by Florence Harrison, Violet M. Methley, Herbert Strang, et al. Illustrated by Mary S. Reeve, C.E. Brock, Millicent Sowerby, et al..
Stock no. 1807693
1928. Hardback. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth, large pictorial onlay to spine and front board, front board shows boy cooking over an open fire whilst girl is passing sticks for fire. First story is 'The Griffins' by Florence Harrison. Colour frontis shows 'The Brownie Gets His Cream'. Colour & b/w illustrations. Boards clean, worn at corners. Name in ink to front pastedown. A few minor foxspots and light marks to margins. Colour plate "She bore away from the danger" has been neatly trimmed away on bottom margin (about an inch missing) but still bears the title of the plate and has a few small closed tears to vertical edge. Pictorial wrapper has neat inscription in ink to front panel, is edge-worn and has loss at edges. Overall, still a decent copy.

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Cover of THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR CHILDREN 16TH YEAR by Florence Harrison; Violet M. Methley; Herbert Strang; et al

Contents

  • The Griffins. By Florence Harrison
  • "Vuzz". By Violet M. Methley
  • The Changeling. by Mary Strange Reeve
  • The Shepherd Boy of the Moors. By Herbert Strang
  • The Merry Merry-Go-Round. By Flora Forster
  • The Church Spire. By Ellen Maidment
  • Six-and-Twenty Fairy Cows. By Thora Stowell
  • Secrets of Furryland. By Charles S. Bayne
  • There came a Fiddler. By Thora Stowell
  • Marytary and Mr. Pig-Wag. By H. B. Creswell
  • The Little River. By Nesta Minshall
  • The |Letter. By ffrida Wolfe
  • The Little Brown Bird. By E. Seaton
  • The Wishing-Nut. By Margaret Baker
  • The Apple Tree Elf. By Thora Stowell
  • Slow-Coach. By M. A. Peart
  • Dreams Come True. By M. Horace Smith
  • The Salving of the Wagtail. By Lawrence R. Bourne
  • Antonio and teh Ice-Cream Fairy. By M. A. Peart
  • The Greek Merchant and the Tortoise. By Marjory Royce
  • Ships. by Thora Stowell
  • The Princess Pear-Blossom. By M. A. Peart
  • The Fox and the Owl. By Jessie Pope
  • The Marytown Horse Show. By Brenda Girvin
  • Do You Know? By Lilian Holmes
  • The People. By Fy Claude Flight
  • Halfpenny Green. By Flora Forster
  • The Pollywog Post and Pond-Side Gazette. By Margaret Baker
  • Goings-on at Griddle End. By Flora Forster
  • Birds and their Nest. By Charles S. Bayne
  • Colour Pages
  • The Brownie gets his Cream
  • "What are you doing this May-Day morning with a May-Queen amid in a golden chair"
  • The Wreck of the Coach
  • The Guy
  • "Waken, O World - it is Spring!"
  • The road over the Hill
  • Slow-Coach
  • The Gifts for the Princess
  • "She bore away form the danger"
  • "We danced and danced All merry-hearted"
  • Sylvia asks for permission to ride Black Boy
  • The Sailor's Story
  • Camping