Physical description

A vintage 1950's hardcover children's book with the title Champion Book for Boys printed in blue at the top of the coloured illustration showing a boy eating an orange with other footy team players in the background. It is bound on the left side with stained red tape. The back cover is plain grey coloured cardboard.The frontispiece coloured illustration inside depicts a man in a blue suit and hat looking surprised at two boys in school uniform holding a large colourful model of a Komodo Dragon, Ho-Ling, to be used in a parade. This is related to the first story, The Eyes of Ho-Ling. The title page has the title, publisher and printer details. There are three further coloured plates in the collection of nine adventure stories. Pp. 124.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Written in blue ink on the left side endpaper: ' To George with fondest love and best wished From Auntie Nellie and Uncle Frank. XXXX Merry Xmas & Happy New Year.

Summary

A vintage 1938 collection of adventure stories for boys with black lined illustrations and coloured plates throughout.