Stories of Famous Days: Some Historic Red-letter Days
Undated (circa 1950s). 208pp, eight black and white plates (inc. frontispiece). Red cloth-covered boards; blind-embossed design on front and spine, gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Rubbed spine ends, slightly cocked. Text block edges moderately foxed, tanning. Free endpapers tanning. Front prelim pages lightly foxed. Frontispiece loosely laid-in. Internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket has moderate shelf wear shelf with chipping to corners and considerable loss to spine. Here you have the most famous days of the year - a whole cycle of the best-known red-letter days, in connection with which the boys and girls of the past had happenings that have become historic.