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BUTCHER, J. WILLIAMS: : BEWARE OF IMITATIONS! - TALKS TO BOYS. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.WESLEYAN METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION, [n.d. - circa 1913.]

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UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. VG+.No owner inscrptn per se,but a neat, handwritten,author's black ink presentation inscrptn to an off-set shadowed front free endpaper thus: 'H Lawrence Spear July 1913 J William Butcher'.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered publisher's original,dark green cloth boards/covers with black ink tooled shield and scroll ribbon cotaing black ink blocked+gilt uniformed boy blowing a gilt bugle to centre of front board,bright, crisp,blocked gilt title and black ink blocked sub-title+author,bright,crisp,blocked gilt title at top and author's intertwined initials to foot of spine/backstrip and in the centre of same,blocked black ink author's name and Boys' Brigade emblem,and plain,undecorated rear board/cover. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears,splits or fraying present,plain white eps - slight off-set shadowing to front free and off-set shadowing to reverse of rear free endpaper and sporadic foxig/spotting to rear pastedown respectively - but both hinges solid and sound with no splits, tears or cracking.Top edges coloured, fore-edges lightly toned with some minimal,sporadic foxing spots; contents bright,tight - text body and margins with sporadic foxing/spotting and discolouration - commensurate with book's age,but no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj, author SIGNED,1st edn,vipp+8-176pp+2-16pp page-edge toned author's catalogue [paginated] includes contents list/table, 21 chapters,author's catalogue at rear of book,plus [unpaginated] Author SIGNED ffe, half-title,contemporary b/w photograph of uniformed boy frntis,lightly foxed title page with author's dedication to BB's founder W.A. SMITH,to reverse of same. An uncommon SIGNED item. The Boys' Brigade and it's first BB company,was founded in Glasgow on 4 October 1883 at Free Church Mission Hall, North Woodside Road,by William Alexander Smith (knighted in 1909) in order to combine semi-military style drill, discipline and order.Activities included gymnastics,summer camps,and religious services and classes - all with Christian values.In the years following the establishment of the 1st Glasgow company, others were rapidly formed throughout Scotland and the rest of the UK leading to a movement comprising thousands of boys. Being the earliest of all youth organizations,and the first voluntary uniformed youth movement in the world and many of today’s organisations for young people can trace their roots back through history to The Boys’ Brigade.It is the first voluntary uniformed youth movement in the world and many of today’s organisations for young people can trace their roots back through history to The Boys’ Brigade is also the oldest Christian uniformed organisation in the world. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item for correct,insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
'H Lawrence Spear July 1913 J William Butcher'.

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