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The BOYS OWN ANNUAL 1902-1903/ENGLAND/BIG, ILLUSTRATED 100s of PICTURES/CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS/COMPARE at $75- $125
THE BOYS OWN ANNUAL. London: Boy's Own Paper. 25th Annual Volume, 1902-1903. Very Scarce. A nice First Edition copy of this scarce and fascinating very large, thick and heavy book offering one year of issues of the Boy's Own Paper. Lavishly illustrated throughout with hundreds of illustrations, including many foldout and full page chromolithograph illustrated plates. Published more than 100 years ago, this book is now long out of print and quite scarce, as comparable copies can sell for between $75 and $125. Such a nice copy is not likely to come up for sale again soon on ebay.From the text: "DICK & PHILIP: by AM Jackson. An old ramshackle vehicle, drawn by a horse whose weather-beaten look and rusty harness matched well the faded cloth covered cushions and crazy appearance of the vehicle, stood before a little Italian railway station. It was midday; and on the stone steps that led to the booking office two or three peasants were lounging, and exchanging now and again a laugh or a joke with the one legged beggar who sat basking in the sun on one of the steps. A sour faced man, wearing a comically long brown coat, the brass buttons of which had no doubt once shone resplendently, but were now fast turning a dull red colour, stood near them. To connect this man with the shabby vehicle required but little discernment; but whether it belonged to him, or he to it, was another matter, and one more difficult to decide. He might, but for his surroundings and swarthy face, with its typical Italian features, have been a broken down London cabman; but he probably belonged to some Englishman, or other foreigner, who had seen better days and wished that his servants should retain some semblance of livery. He did not appear to notice the peasants lounging on the steps, and they on their side showed no wish to claim his acquaintance; but, as he passed up the steps on to the platform, a close observer might have noticed that he made a sign to the one legged beggar with the fingers of his left hand. Whether a sign of recognition or not it was hart to tell..." Contents include: Abandoned!; Baby Battleships; Cade's Castle; Dogs; Eastern Legend; Football; Game Fowls; Haileybury Holidays; In tow of a Shark; Jack Cade's Castle; Koalas; Lace Plant; Magazine; Nasturium and Topaeolum; Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race; Panorama, a Novel; Waiting for a Bite; Uganda, The boy King; yacht building; Wrestling; Antarctica; Scientific Kite Flying; How to form a School Museum of Natural History; Coins; and much more! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Very Large, very thick & very heavy Quarto - sized hardcover book;xii + 824 pages of text, with hundreds of illustraitons, including many chromolithograph illustrated plates, some of them fold out. Very Good condition book: no writing or markings in the text; edgetears on a couple of pages, and tears and creasing to front free endpaper; no ownership markings, reinforced front hinges; handwritten price "$100". Original decorative binding with gilt lettering & designs on front cover & spine; with light wear; fraying to spinetips & corners; light bubbling to cloth; edgewear; two small repaired tears on back cover. A solid and attractive copy of this scarce book. Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will be happy to reduce shipping costs for multiple purchases. International bids welcomed, international airmail postage $40; Canadian airmail postage $25. NO RESERVE $4.00 for Media Mail postage within the United States. . On Jul-10-09 at 13:00:27 PDT, seller added the following informatio... 
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