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WEBSTER,F.R.G.S.,F.Z.S. CAPT., F[rederick] A[nnesley] M[ichael] : BY PEAK AND PASS

LONDON.JOHN F. SHAW (1928) & CO. LTD.,[n.d. - circa early 1930s.]

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UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn thus.VG+.No owner inscrptn per se,but School Prize bookplate to front pastedown+date (1935- 36).Bright,crisp,clean,reasonably sharp-cornered - 3 tips with light pushing, publisher's original tan cloth bds with bright,crisp,black ink blocked highly decoratived design with black ink letters to both front board+spine/backstrip,rear board/cover plain and undecorated and with minimal grubbing; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears,splits or fraying present,and clean plain white eps,the rear free endpaper with an accidental(?) oblique angled double crease,both hinges solid and sound - without any splits,tears or cracking.Top edges lightly toned from light dust-soiling,but still bright with faint,minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting, fore-edges similarly,but slightly brighter and also with sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean - text body nearly foxing-free,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Any discolouring and other imperfections commensurate with book's age and therefore some minimal foxing/spotting present.UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,7- 288pp [paginated] includes VIII (8) chapters,4 b/w illustrations frntis included by Alfred Pearse - all called for and present,plus [unpaginated] b/w illus frntis,title page with dedication to reverse,contents list/table,and individual chapter separator pages.Boy's Secret Sevice adventure story set in India. Another uncommonly presentable item,this example has survived exceptionally well, particularly without the dw/dj's protection - particularly in respect to the book,and unusually,without the usual major discolouring and other imperfections usually encountered or expected in a children's book of this age. WEBSTER,F.R.G.S.,F.Z.S. CAPT., F[rederick] A[nnesley] M[ichael] born St. Albans,Herts 27th June,1886 - died Coggeshall,Essex,11th April 1949.UK soldier (King's African Rifles),athletics coach and author,in active service during WW1,who also published as Michael Annesley; much of his work related to athletics,and his best known book in this field being the non-fiction 'Athletes in Action.' (1931).In fact,he wrote more than thirty books on athletics,the Olympic Games,and related topics,championing field-events in Britain.Included in his children's fiction he also wrote several sci-fi novels. Alfred Pearse (1856-1933).Black and white artist,painter of figure subjects and portrait miniatures,wood engraver.Lived in London.Studied wood-engraving (1972-5); worked as a 'special' artist for the 'Pictorial World' periodical (1879-86) and for 'The Sphere' on the Royal colonial tour (1901-03)and contributed to 'The Boy's Own Paper for 45 years (1878-1923). Thorpe describes his work as 'competent without showing much personality',and records that he was known as 'Punctual Pearse'.He contributed two miniature paintings to Queen Mary's doll's house. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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