Brains & Bravery.

First edition, first impression, of this Rackham-illustrated collection of 14 tales of adventurous young men. G. A. Henty has written four of the stories; the others are by Guy Boothby, L. T. Meade & Prof. Robert K. Douglas, John Arthur Barry, Katharine Tynan, H. A. Bryden, W. H. Williamson, Walter Wood, F. B. Forester, Hemingford Grey, and T. R. Threlfall. Dartt, p. 26; Latimore & Haskell, p. 20; Riall, p. 49. Octavo. Half-tone frontispiece illustration and 7 plates by Rackham. Original green cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and front board in blue, cream, black and gilt, brown endpapers. Two gift inscriptions to front flyleaves and initials at rear. Lightly rubbed, some pencil markings to upper board. A very good copy indeed, notably bright.