Author: Samuel Orchart Beeton
Title: Beeton&Apos;S Tales of Chivalry, School Stories, Mechanics at Home, and Exploits of the Army and Navy
Description: London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, c1880 . Cloth. A scarce early edition of this collection of short stories from fiction and history for boys. Early edition of Beeton's Tales of Chivalry, School Stories, Mechanics at Home, and Exploits of the Army and Navy. A collection of short stories for boys.A scarce work with only one copy held in libraries. Undated, dated from Jisc. Densely illustrated throughout with various in-text and full page illustrations. With a colour plate as the frontispiece. Edited by Samuel Orchart Beeton, an English publisher, who published Boy's Own Magazine and Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management. He was a pioneer of Victorian self-help, guidance, and entertainment works for every day people. Prior owner's ink stamp to the first pastedown. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, sound. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There are some marks and staining to the boards. The front hinge is starting but firm and the rear hinge is slightly strained but firm. Prior owner's ink stamp to the first pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Good Only . Ill.: Not stated. Good Only .

Keywords: Beeton Tales of Chivalry Illustrated Scarce Tales of Chivalry Not stated


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