THE BROWN BOOK FOR BOYS.
Pp. [292], coloured frontispiece and 8 plates, numerous black & white text illustrations (some full page), the pictorial ownership and title pages printed in red & black; small cr. 4to; cloth backed pictorial papered boards, slightly soiled and rubbed, edges lightly worn; inked gift inscription (dated 1919) on upper free endpaper, name neatly entered in the ownership panel before frontispiece, several leaves and a couple of the pages slightly creased, some small edge tears, scattered foxing and occasional slight soiling; Humphrey Milford/ Oxford University Press, London, 1917. Reprinted. *Herbert Strang was the pseudonym of George Herbert Ely (1866-1958) and Charles James L'Estrange (1867-1947), staff members of Oxford University Press. Together they wrote and edited numerous stories for boys and (under the name 'Mrs. Herbert Strang') girls. Item #172329
Price: $50.00