Richmal Crompton — Just William Series & Family Roundabout

London, George Newnes Limited; Hutchinson's Universal Book Club, 1926-1950. Cloth. Five smart volumes of exciting short story collections from Richmal Crompton Lamburn. Five volumes. Written by Richmal Crompton Lamburn, an English writer, popular for her Just William series and humorous short stories. Collections of children's short stories about the young school boy William Brown, which were the basis for numerous television series, films and radio adaptations. Books from the Just William Series: Still William, 1926. Fourth impression, originally published 1925. William The Bad, 1930. First cheap edition published September, originally published March of the same year. Just William, 1948. Thirty-seventh impression, originally published 1922. William Again, 1950. Thirty-first impression, originally published 1923. Illustrated throughout by Thomas Henry, English illustrator, best remembered for his illustrations for this series. Also includes: Family Roundabout, 1949. Universal Book Club Edition, first published 1948. A novel of the lives of two families during the inter-war years, following the matriarchs as they learn to accept their children for who they are. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spines. The odd mark to the board. Light fraying to the head of the spine of William The Bad. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good . Ill.: Thomas Henry. Very Good .