Desmond Coke — The House Prefect

London, Humphrey Milford, 1923. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated and bright copy of Desmond Coke's scarce fiction novel, illustrated by H. M. Brock. A later edition, first published in 1908.Illustrated by Henry Matthew Brock with a colour frontispiece and five coloured plates. Collated complete. In the publisher's original cloth with a colour illustration by Brock to the front board. A scarce work. This fiction novel was written by Desmon Coke, an English poet and author, and tells the story of a school boy called Bob Manders who gets made into the house prefect. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Externally excellent with only slight fading to the spine. Light offsetting to the free endpapers with an old ink inscription dated 1928 to the front, and light spotting to the pastedowns. Internally firmly bound with bright pages, with light spotting throughout, heavier to the front and rear, and to the fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: H. M. Brock. Very Good Indeed .