Danny B Gordon (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 832 pages + plates. 11 colour plates (2 fold-out) : 30 cm. Summary:Chums was established as a boys' weekly paper in 1892 by Cassell & Company, in direct competition with The Boy's Own Paper which had been launched thirteen years earlier. It attracted readers with tales of daring and adventure such as Max Pemberton's 'The Iron Pirate' and Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island'; these stories, interspersed with competitions, editorials and rich illustrations, earned Chums considerable popularity. The publication was also notable for its sponsorship of the National Naval Cadets, for which it served as an enrolment tool from 1909, and of the British Boy Scouts. In 1927 Cassell & Company sold Chums to The Amalgamated Press, already known in the field for their publication of Schoolgirl's Weekly and The Modern Boy. In July 1932 it was reduced to monthly circulation, and two years later reduced again to an annual. Publication finally ceased in September 1941 with the onset of wartime paper shortages.…

paperback. Condition: Good. Empire Publishing, c.1988, (so called "large print edition", but print is not that large), trade paperbk., 208pp., VG $.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of covers and ends of spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Chums 1922 Annual. Several contributors, including S. Walkey, S.S. Gordon, B. Clements-Henry, Charles Gilson, George Smith, Danny Steel, Charles Seton Fletcher, N.F. Watson, & many others. Numerous classic 1920s-vintage b&w illustrations throughout. Complete with folding colour frontispiece & 11 additional colour plates (including folding supplement), as issued. Printed in England. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with black illustrations & gilt lettering to front board & spine. NOTE: A GOOD READING COPY ONLY. Handling wear, marginal toning & foxing, both front & rear hinges cracked (but holding, though rear hinge heavily cracked with final page & rear endpaper almost detached), insect nibbling to ffep, otherwise a clean solid hardcover copy. Internally VG. 832pp. Large thick very heavy book, extra shipping may be required. Uncommon. SB-69. …