Boys Will Be Boys; the story of Sweeny Todd, Deadwood Dick, Sexton Blake, Billy Bunter, Dick Barton, et. al.

Turner (E.S.).  Introduction by Capt. C.B. Fry Illustrations Michael Joseph,  1948 Second Impression     Very nice copy in spotted, torn and partially defective dust-wrapper. Loosely inserted is a cutting from T.P.’s Weekly of 28th February 1913 concerning “Old Boys’ Books”  A survey of the history of boys’ magazines, the authors who wrote for them and the characters they created, such as Sexton Blake 

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