Boys Will Be Boys - the Story Of Sweeney Todd, Deadwood Dick, Sexton Blake, Billy Bunter, Dick Barton, Et Al

London: Michael Joseph, 1957. New and revised Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardback: illustrated in b/w, dj (price unclipped), chipped on spine tips, spine is a little rubbed and darkened, red cloth with gilt titles, cloth is discoloured, spine tips slightly worn, endpapers slightly rippled, name stamp on front flyleaf, some foxing, else g. 8vo, 277pp. Popular… Read more about this item

lovely copy of a very interesting look at boys fiction over the ages. good index. illustrated

London: Michael Joseph, 1948. Hardcover. Introduction by Captain C.B. Fry. 8vo. Red cloth with silver spine lettering and decorations, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 269pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Front flyleaf ownership signature; jacket complete and attractive but edgeworn, with triangular paper loss at upper right of front panel. Tight and nice third printing of this survey… Read more about this item

London : Michael Joseph, 1975. New Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 279 pages : illustrations ; 21cm. Subjects: Children's literature -- History and criticism. Boys -- Books and… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: Michael Joseph, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. Third printing. Red cloth stamped in silver gilt. Lacking frontispiece, else very good lacking the dustwrapper. Introduction by Capt. C.B. Fry. Part of the Penny Dreadful genre.

Michael Joseph, London, 1975. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: various black-and-white drawings. second-hand copy, no damage to the dust jacket, the only damage to the book is a slight spotting of the top edge of the textbook. When it was first published in 1948 the author described his book as "purely… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1948. First Edition. 269 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscriptions to pastedowns and front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine… Read more about this item

Penguin, 1976,. 1976. Soft cover. 0140041168 paperback, 304pp, pages browned, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, spine creased; Good condition. ISBN: 0140041168 .

London: Michael Joseph, 1948. 3rd Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall

Penguin, 1976. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Michael Joseph, London, 1975, New Edition,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1975. Hardcover. 0718112822 hardback, 8vo, 280pp, pages browning, text clean and sound., no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper; wrapper edges rubbed, not price-clipped. ISBN: 0718112822 .

London; Michael Joseph; 1957.. New and Revised Edition; Post 8vo; pp. 277; illustrated frontispiece, text with numerous b/w. illustrations, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt decoration on upper board, dustjacket, bookplate of John M. Chapman on front endpaper, very good copy.

London: Michael Joseph, 1975. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A new edition of this excellent exploration and account of the figures popularised in penny dreadfuls, such as Sweeney Todd and Dick Barton. Telling the stories of Sweeney Todd, Sexton Blake, Dick Barton and Billy Bunter, as well as many other fictional figures popularised by penny… Read more about this item

UK,slim 8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to protected dw/dj.Slightly aged,grubbed and spotted red, white and black cartoon illustrated dw/dj panels with red+black letters; with some shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - some minor nicks along edges,some closed tears to gutter's edges of top of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj.All corners minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing,… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1957. New and Revised Edition. 277 pages. Illustrative jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1948. Fifth impression. 269 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 1948. 269 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

London : Michael Joseph, 1948. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Some wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 269p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: Children's literature -- History and criticism. Boys -- Books and reading --… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1957. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Not price clipped (18s. net). Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Minor browning to the free endpapers only. All other pages are clean and unmarked with NO foxing. Illustrated. This is the first printing of the 1957 "New and Revised… Read more about this item