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WOOD**, ERIC [pseud. of F. Knowles Campling.]: : HOW WE BAFFLED THE GERMANS: THE EXCITING ADVENTURES OR TWO BOYS IN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA

LONDON.THOMAS NELSON & SONS,LTD.,[n.d. - circa early 1920s.]

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UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn.VG+.Neat, handwritten ink familial gift presentation inscrptn+date (1923) to top edge of plain grey front free endpaper.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original light grey cloth bds with 4-colour blocked (b/w,flesh,red and same background grey) illustration to front board+spine/ backstrip with bright,crisp,clean,black ink lettering to each,lightly marked, smudged rear board/cover plain and undecorated; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears,splits or fraying present,and plain grey eps with W.H. Smith bookseller's small oval sticker to lower edge of rear pastedown,with both hinges solid and sound,no splits or tears or cracking.Top edges very lightly toned from light dust-soiling,but still bright and without foxing/spotting,fore-edges slightly toned with some minimal thumbing and few sporadic blemishes; contents bright,tight,clean - text body virtually foxing-free - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Any discolouring or other imperfections are commensurate with book's age and therefore with some minimal foxing/spotting mainly to page edges.UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn,vipp+1-346pp [paginated] includes recto of contents list/table and illus list/table,XXXIII (33) chapters,4 colour illustrations (includes frntis) by Arch(ibald) Webb all called for though not in the places listed except for the frntis - but stll present and interspersed throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] off-set shadowed verso of blank,slightly foxed verso+recto of half- title,colour frntis,title page and verso of contents list/table and 2p blank at the rear. Eric Wood (1855 – 1940), pseud. of F. Knowles Campling,an English Editor of juvenile magazines,including 'Chums' (1915–18),and wrote both juvenile fiction and non-fiction. Boy's historical military adventure fiction.Story from WW1,British and Boers against the Germans set in South Africa. Another uncommonly presentable item,this example has survived exceptionally well, particularly without any dw/dj protection - as issued - particularly in respect to the book overall,and unusually,without the usual major discolouration and other imperfections usually encountered or expected in a children's book of this age. Archibald Bertram Webb (b. Ashford, Kent, 1887 – d. 1944),studied at St. Martin's School of Art,and later taught art at the Perth Technical College,Western Australia. He was a wood engraver,poster and commercial artist,competent illustrator and landscape painter who emigrated to Australia in 1915,but briefly returned to the UK in 1934.He signed his work A.B. Webb,as seen in his famous poster advertising Wales,for the Great Western Railway. A.B. Webb was known for his pictures of the Australian landscape and his use of woodcuts.He frequently exhibited at the Fine Art Society. Webb was popular as an illustrator for boys' adventure stories.Webb illustrated around 150 books for a range of authors, either in first editions or reissues. Contributed to several periodicals: The Captain,Chums (Editor),The Empire Annual, The Girl's Realm,Herbert Strang's Annuals, Little Folks,and The Quiver. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn
Not SIGNED.

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