Physical description

This is a hard cover book of 39 short stories. The cover is faded and worn at the edges. The title is reliefed in a gold rectangle with a crown surrounded by couchant royal lion and unicorn. There is a central illustration of a kangaroo with a hunter in the distance framed by rope around a colonnade. There is an arrangement of sporting equipment at the base of the colonnade. There are inscriptions in black ink which have been re written in grey lead in a child's hand.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Front cover & spine: The Empire Annual for Australian Boys
Inside facing page: To Master Joe Kane. with best wishes for a Happy New Year. from Mrs Lindsay "Quamby" 1912
Reverse inside facing page: To Master Joe Kane. with best wishes for a Happy New Year. from Mrs Lindsay "Quamby" Woolsthorpe 1912

Summary

This is a collection of 37 short stories for boys presented as an annual collection.