Quarto green gilt pictorial cover with girl in rowboat with boy looking on etc. (tips worn/rebacked with part of old spine relaid) All Edges Gilt 104pp + [8]pp publisher's catalogue. Name (Bishop) to half title. Some rusty marks from staples and about 4 pages with some soiling else neat and tight. *A school story and several Christmas stories some of which seem to be quite adventurous and illustrated by well-known English artists (see Houfe Dictionary of British Book Illustrators).