Leonard Gribble — Stories for Boys

Paul Hamlyn 1968 Hardback, 358pp. 22 stirring tales by well-known authors, illustrated with many exciting sketches. This book contains some of the best stories published during the last few years. It includes the work of such popular writers as Arthur Catherall, Joseph E. Chipperfield, Jack Cox, S. C. George, Fielden Hughes, Eric Leyland, Geoffrey Morgan and many more besides. There are sports stories, Westerns, tales about animals and detective yarns. There are stories to make you chuckle and stories to make your blood run cold. One story is set in the Arctic, another is set in the jungle. At one moment you will be back in the stirring days when Englishmen and Spaniards battled for supremacy on the high seas; at another you will be speeding through the sky lanes of the future. Each story has an introduction by Leonard Gribble and there are many exciting illustrations. Heavy; Large; DJ. Page edges foxed, wear on dust jacket. Fair.