GORDON, W. J. - Edited by:: WARNE'S PLEASURE BOOK FOR GIRLS. [No,6.]

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GORDON, W. J. - Edited by: : WARNE'S PLEASURE BOOK FOR GIRLS. [No,6.]

LONDON.FREDERICK WARNE & CO. LTD,,1929.

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UK,8vo HB,1st edn.VG.Owner's faded black ink name+address inscrptn to ffe (front free endpaper).Original,bright,crisp, clean,white bordered colour pictorial artwork illustration by RIDOUT,with white and white outlined-green lettering to front board/cover,rear board/cover also with a b/w twin-lined bordered colour pictorial illustration (non-credited) with No.6 to lower,right-hand corner,spine also with a colour pictorial panelled illustration and black lettering but also with a quadrant-shaped (approx 1" x 1") tear+loss and affecting letters 'WARN' and 'PL' (partially),of the title at the head of spine.Front board/cover concavely bowed,rear board/cover unaffected. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping and rubbing to edges and corners,head+foot of spine/ backstrip.Top,fore and lower edges all appear lightly toned with little or no sign of foxing/spotting - despite book's age and thick paper stock used - contents bright,tight,clean and solid with no intentional dog-ear reading creases noted, possibly unread(?) - apart from my own collation.Beware of one page edge with a small horizontal tear to its fore-edge in 'On the Stroke of Time' story - opposite a b/w part-page illustration.UK,8vo HB,1st edn,200pp(?) [unpaginated] includes 18 schoolgirl's stories by assorted authors each with b/w line illustrated headpieces, profuse part-page and 7 full-page illustrations interspersed throughout the text and the book along with 4 colour illustrations all present and called for.A variety of authors includes: C. Bernard RUTLEY (2 stories),May WYNNE (2 ditto), Mary GERVAISE (2),Marjory JOYCE (2),single stories from A.E. SEYMOUR,Emmaline CARR, and Edna LAKE amongst others.Illustrators in b/w include: Mary S. REEVE,Gordon ROBINSON,Florence LEICESTER,and Kenneth LOVELL,amongst others and the 4 colour illustrations by M.S. REEVE (frntis), Florence M. LEICESTER,Saville LUMLEY and one indecipherable and unidentified respectively. 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,8vo HB,1st edn.
 Not SIGNED.

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