Sails of Gold

VG- first edition. Blanchard C53. A collection of stories and poems for children written by well-known writers of the day including John Buchan,AAA Milne, Mary Webb and Hilaire Belloc. 230pp Red cloth; black lettering; illustrated in black line drawings on spine and front; illustrated endpapers; numerous illustrations; 4 tipped in colour illustrations. Bright but the cloth on the front board is slightly rippled. The extremities are rubbed and the front joint is partly split. The rear lower corner has the surface varnish worn away. Internally very bright with just some spots on the first 3 or 4 leaves.