By Jean Stewart; Harold Armitage
London   Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd
9" by 6" xi, 439, (5); x, 534pp.
Two smart copies of these charming and entertaining works for children, with ideas for girls and boys.
By Jean Stewart; Harold Armitage

1911-1929 Three Hundred and One Things a Bright Girl Can Do & Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do

London   Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd
9" by 6" xi, 439, (5); x, 534pp.
Two smart copies of these charming and entertaining works for children, with ideas for girls and boys.
£98.00
: 1.5kgs / : 885T3

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Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Two volumes. First edition. Dated from the British Library. Each volume is illustrated throughout with numerous drawings and figures in-text. This set includes: Three Hundred and One Things a Bright Girl Can Do, 1911. A collection of ideas and hobbies for a young girl to try, including: hockey, tennis, may pole dancing, gardening, sketching, stenciling, fortune-telling, knitting, sewing, baking, and much more. Written by Jean Stewart, a British writer. Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do, 1929. A collection of ideas and hobbies for a young boy to try, including: gymnastics, cricket, golf, boxing, model yachts, camping, butterflies and moths, puzzles, steam engines, modelling clay, and much more. Written by Harold Armitage, a British writer appointed Mayor of Bolton from 1945.

Condition

In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper of Things a Bright Girl Can Do dated 1929.

Very Good

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