The Modern Book for Girls

The Modern Book for Girls

Brin Brothers, c1940s, black and white illustrations in text, illustrated end papers, illustrated title page and frontispiece, hardcover with illustrated boards and red cloth binding

Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing, bumping, chipping and wear to edges, covers, spine and corners, no inscriptions, a little foxing, age toned pages, worn spine (see photographs)

“Here is something for every taste, and a veritable feast for the girl who likes her stories packed with action and full of surprises.  If it’s tennis you like, then start at the beginning with Beryl C. Lawley’s yarn about Anne and her lovable little wirehaired terrier, and then switch to Jean Brent’s story of the girl whose mother was a famous tennis star.  But maybe you like your stories spiced with humour?  If so, start with Arthur Groom’s tale of a peppery Colonel who, in the end, proves a friend indeed to the girls of Hillier House School.  If, however, you are a hockey girl, Lee Stone gives you just the right kind of hockey story.  Then there’s a pony yarn with a gypsy background; a tale of a rather unusual kind of buried treasure, and two thrilling stories by that popular girls’ writer, Mabel Esther Allan.
Finally, the trouble over the ownership of the watch-tower (or gazebo) in the grounds of “The Elms” makes as exciting a short story as anyone could wish for.”