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Fenn, George Manville Middy and Ensign or the Jungle Station A Tale of the Malay Peninsula London Henry Frowde New Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket G. D. Rowlandson COLOR PLATE FRONTISPIECE 3 COLOR PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS AUTHOR OF "The Adventures of Don Lavington," "In Honour's Cause," "Cormorant Crag," etc. "George Manville Fenn lived from 1831 to 1909, and was a prolific writer of boys’ adventure stories. He also wrote serialised books for the various boys’ periodicals. The feature that is common to most of his books is the method of sustained suspense that he employed. He wrote, in explaining this, that he relied upon the human desire to unravel a mystery, to retain his readers’ attention. He was able to retain their interest right up to the very last page, by building up mysterious and dire situations one upon the other. You are constantly left asking, How does he get out of this one?" ATHELSTANE Very good green decorative cloth with pictorial color pastedown on cover and spine. Some wear. Prize bookplate inside. (n.d., Circa 1883), 12mo, 371pp.12 pages advertising bound in Price:
14.40 CAD
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Fenn, George Manville To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondyke Gold Craze Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Musson Book Company Ltd. First Edition Hard Cover Fair No Jacket Paul Hardy FRONTISPIECE 11 ILLUSTRATIONS AUTHOR OF "The Adventures of Don Lavington," "In Honour's Cause," "Cormorant Crag," etc. "George Manville Fenn lived from 1831 to 1909, and was a prolific writer of boys’ adventure stories. He also wrote serialised books for the various boys’ periodicals. The feature that is common to most of his books is the method of sustained suspense that he employed. He wrote, in explaining this, that he relied upon the human desire to unravel a mystery, to retain his readers’ attention. He was able to retain their interest right up to the very last page, by building up mysterious and dire situations one upon the other. You are constantly left asking, How does he get out of this one?" ATHELSTANE Fair red cloth. Some wear, soiling, fading, tears reparied to spine extremities, tanning to pages, lacking ffep. [n.d. Circa 1896-1904], 12mo, 408pp. In Honour's Cause Published 1896 cited in book. S. W. Partridge Edition published 1904 Musson edition precedes S.W. Partridge British Library Catalogue, Egoff 440 Canadian Children's Books 1799-1939 Price:
50.00 CAD
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