Book, Hylton Cleaver, The Secret Service at Greyminster, early 1900's

Physical description

Yellow hardcover children's book with the title printed in brown - The Secret Service at Greyminster by Hilton Cleaver and a brown emblem of a galleon ship underneath. The spine has the title, author and Collins publisher listed. A coloured frontispiece opposite the title page shows two boys in a locker room - one in school uniform and the other draped in a towel after a sporting event. Hylton Cleaver is the author of "Captain Harley" " The Old Order" etc.127p.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

M. Riseborough's Class 1st Prize Methodist Sabbath School Wandin Yallock Awarded to Lance Sebire J.H. Lord Supt. H Blanksby Sec. March 1939

Summary

A mystery schoolboy story set in an English Boys' boarding school - Greyminster, depicting typical House competition, Rugby and general altercations between the pupils.

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