Herbert Strang [George Herbert Ely and Charles James L'Estrange] — Round the World in Seven Days

London, Henry Frowde, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated adventure novel, with coloured plates and a folding map. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative blue cloth binding. An adventure novel that tells the tale of a scientist, shipwrecked on the Solomon islands full of Savages, and how his daring son fly round the world to rescue him.Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, five coloured plates, and a folding map. Collated, complete. A work by Herbert Strang, the pseudonym of two English authors, George Herbert Ely (1866–1958) and Charles James L'Estrange (1867–1947). They specialized in writing adventure stories for boys, both historical and modern-day. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, with fading. Front gutter cracked, but hinge is firm. Ink inscription to rear of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: A.C. Michael. Very Good .