The Stay at Home Book for Boys and Girls
198pp, with cartoon-style illustrations throughout. In green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering (boards are worn, chipped and rubbed at edges and corners, back strip absent). Gift inscription, dated 1952, and previous owner's name on a marked front free endpaper, else internally neat and clean. Slightly loose. A huge collection of games, and things for young children to do and make at home - entertainment for children, 1940s style, interesting for its insight into children's play activities n the post-war period, and lots of fun! Oblong 8vo.
