Dick Onslow by W H G Kingston | Collins Hardback | 1926 Newcastle School Prize
£12.99
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A vintage red cloth hardback of The Adventures of Dick Onslow by William H. G. Kingston, published in London and Glasgow by Collins’ Clear-Type Press. This adventure novel has a colour frontispiece, a decorative embossed cover and black lettering to the front and spine.
The book itself is undated. The Newcastle upon Tyne Education Committee prize label inside the front cover records that Northview Council School’s Senior Department awarded it to Thomas Rowell for drawing in December 1926.
Fair vintage condition. The boards show some rubbing and small marks, with wear at the spine ends. The page edges are darkened and spotted, and there is noticeable foxing to the opening pages. Red pencil ticks and doodles appear on the prize label, front endpaper, half-title, title page and contents page, as shown. The colour frontispiece is present. No dust jacket.
The book measures approximately 19 cm high × 12.5 cm wide (7.5 × 4.9 in) and weighs 392 g unpacked.
Dick Onslow by W H G Kingston | Collins Hardback | 1926 Newcastle School Prize
£12.99
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The book itself is undated. The Newcastle upon Tyne Education Committee prize label inside the front cover records that Northview Council School’s Senior Department awarded it to Thomas Rowell for drawing in December 1926.
Fair vintage condition. The boards show some rubbing and small marks, with wear at the spine ends. The page edges are darkened and spotted, and there is noticeable foxing to the opening pages. Red pencil ticks and doodles appear on the prize label, front endpaper, half-title, title page and contents page, as shown. The colour frontispiece is present. No dust jacket.
The book measures approximately 19 cm high × 12.5 cm wide (7.5 × 4.9 in) and weighs 392 g unpacked.