Adventures Near and Far

Undated but circa 1910 (presentation inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1913). Unpaginated but circa 100pp, plus colour plate frontispiece and three further colour plate illustrations, and numerous line drawings in text. In red-paper covered boards, linen backstrip and tipped in illustration on front panel; black titles on spine, cream decorations and lettering on front panel. 8vo. Boards worn and faded, rubbed at edges, shelf worn with a few mild marls. Front hinges cracked making the volume a little loose. Presentation inscription, from 1913, on front free endpapers. A collection of stories including The Last Fight of the Revenge, Waring and the Wilsons by Meredith Fletcher, The Assault of Badajos by Sir William Napier, and the Black Sheep - A Tale of a Tasmanian Sheep Station by Capt Charles Gilson. Very hard to find volume of adventures stories, with stunning colour plate illustrations.