D Rice — The Boy on the Boat-Train

London and Glasgow, Blackie and Son Ltd. c1955. First edition. Hardback. A children's adventure novel by D Rice. Undated, dated using Copac. With a frontispiece by Thomas Perks. Undated, dated using Copac. This novel follows the two Fox brothers on their holiday in France. The dustwrapper is price-clipped. Dorothy Vicary was an English novelist. She wrote many school adventure stories for young girls such as 'Lucy Brown's School Days. She also wrote under the name 'Dorothy Mary Rice&apos. In original full cloth binding and held in original, price clipped, dustwrapper. Externally, very smart with bumping to the head of spine. Head of the spine is sunned. Dust wrapper is smart. Bumped to the head and tail of wraps. Light chipping to the head and tail of spine. Light spots to the wraps. Marks to the rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to the edges due to paper used. Just the odd light spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Thomas Perks. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.