G.A. Henty; G. Manville Fenn; David Ker; Headon Hill; W.H.G. Kingston; Reginald Horlsey; Harold Blindloss — Dash & Daring

London, W. & R. Chambers, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming collection of short stories, illustrated throughout by W.H.C. Groome. The first edition. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. A collection of short stories by a variety of authors, including G.A. Henty, G. Manville Fenn, David Ker, Headon Hill, W.H.G. Kingston, Reginald Horlsey, and Harold Blindloss. Illustrated with a frontispiece and six plates by W.H.C. Groome, one of the most prolific children"s book illustrators of his era. Collated, lacking the plate to p.303.  Including stories such as 'On the Spanish Main', 'The Guerrilla', 'West African Yarns', and more.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, fading to spine, with bumping to the head and tail. Rubbing to joints. Faint marks to boards. Ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Plate facing p.56 disbound but present, loosely inserted inside the volume. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting to the front and rear. Lacking one plate. Good . Ill.: W.H.C. Groome. Good .