London: Faber and Faber. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 246 p. 20 cm. Sound and square binding in orange cloth-covered boards. A bit of wear to the corners and spine ends. Minor foxing and some scratches to text block edges. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has some edge wear, more so at the ends of the spine where there are a few tiny tears. Some overall soiling. Not price clipped. A collection of short stories appropriate for a boy to read. Authors include Doris Lesing, Brian Aldiss, Geoffrey Trease, Arthur Catherall, Charlotte Armstrong, and others. .

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Bookseller: Homeward Bound Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 962
Title: Stories For Boys 2
Author: Buckeridge, Athony
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1965
Bookseller catalogs: Children's; Children''s - Story Collections;

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