Various — The Modern Boy&Apos;S Annual

London, The Amalgamated Press, Limited, 1932-1938. Cloth. Seven smart copies of The Modern Boy's Annual, filled with stories and articles for young readers. Seven volumes. A collection of annuals from the Amalgamated Press, featuring the best of the yearly issues of The Modern Boy a British boys' magazine published between 1928 and 1939. The Modern Boy was well known for the stories published in it, notably the works of W. E. Johns famous as the creator of Biggles. This set includes: The Modern Boy's Annual 1932. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one colour plate, and eleven full-page pictures. Collated complete. With fiction including: The Lost Railway, The Second Round, and Targa Florio!, and articles such as: Catapulting Aeroplanes, Amazing Trickery, and Putting the Milk in the Bottle. The Modern Boy's Annual 1933. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one colour plate, and eleven full-page pictures. Collated complete. With fiction including: All Out for the Grand Prix, The Desert Conquerors, and The Water Hawk, and articles such as: Aboard a Tin Whale, Amazing Engineering, and Australian Loco. The Modern Boy's Annual 1934. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one colour plate, and sixteen full-page pictures. Collated complete. With fiction including: The Lone Flyer, The Silver Train, and Speedirons!, and articles such as: Flying Acrobats, Camera Tricks, and Running a Racing Pit. The Modern Boy's Annual 1935. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one colour plate, and ten full-page pictures. Collated complete. With fiction including: The Death Ship, Grey Shadow, and The Water Scorchers, and articles such as: All the King's Motors, Canada's Dog Derbies, and Biggest and Smallest Ever. The Modern Boy's Annual 1936. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one colour plate, and five full-page pictures. Collated complete. With fiction including: The Pearler of Madman's Reef, Winged Magic, and Hill of Fortune, and articles such as: Brainwaves, Champion Grabber, and Decks Awash. The Modern Boy's Annual 1937. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one colour plate, and nine full-page pictures. Collated complete. With fiction including: First Solo, Biggles' Exciting Night, and Fighting Shadows, and articles such as: Balloonatics, Curiouser and Curiouser, and Drinking the Thames Dry. The Modern Boy's Annual 1938. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one colour plate, and many in-text figures. Collated complete. With fiction including: Marked Speedman, Biggles Takes the Bait, and Captain Justice Surrenders, and articles such as: America Makes a Sea, Boulder Dam, and Calling All Cars. In the original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, smart with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. A 3" split in the cloth to the tail of the front joint of the annual for 1935. Front hinge tender to the annuals for 1932, 1934 . Hinges failed to the annual for 1936 with the text block detached. The rear hinge of annual 1932 held by cords only, rear hinges of 1934 and 1938 are starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound other than the annual for 1936 which is generally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot or handling mark. Contemporary ink or pencil inscriptions to the front endpapers or pastedowns. The odd small crease to the endpapers. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .