Crockett, S R [ Samuel Rutherford ] - The Surprising Adventures Of Sir Toady Lion With Those Of General Napoleon Smith An Improving History For Old Boys, Young Boys, Good Boys, Bad Boys, Big Boys, Little Boys, Cow Boys, And Tom Boys

Gardner, Darton & Co, 1897, 2nd impression. Decorated cloth, P+. xiv+379pp+20pp publishers catalogue, b/w frontis, folding map, many b/w illustrations by Gordon Browne, cloth rather rubbed with the spine lettering & decorated very worn, Chard School prize bookplkate dated 1909 to the pastedown ( awarding the book to H J Balfour ), a reading copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Juvenille fiction, which paints a more realistic & less idyllic narrative than mostt of the children's literature published at the time. Samuel Rutherford Crockett [ 1859 - 1914 ] Scottish novelist.