The Boy's Own Annual. Vol.37. 1914-1915. Jules Verne. British Empire.Prince of Wales.First World War.Cricket.Silent film insert.

The Boy's Own Annual. Volume 37. 1914-1915.
Publisher Arthur Lincoln Haydon. London.
760 pages.
Sewn red canvas cover.
Edited in 2 columns.
11 special boards.
Numerous black and white illustrations in the text.
Ships on the inside cover (H.M.S Lion - H.M.S.Queen Elisabeth - H.M.S Lysander - H.M.S. Submarine E-9).
Engraved binding decorated with a cricket player on the front cover and a Native American in a canoe on the spine.
Contains the 1st printing of "Kongre, The Wrecker" or The Lighthouse at the End of the World" signed Jules Verne although now attributed to his son Michael Verne.

Also contains a small advertising insert for the silent film 'The Secretary of Frivolous Affairs' directed by Tom Ricketts and starring May Allison and Harold
Lockwood.

A periodical from 1879 to 1967, "The Boy's Own Annual" was aimed at young boys and included adventure stories, sports articles, slices of high school life and war stories.
This volume 37 is particularly marked by an orientalism specific to the European powers advocating the fact that foreign cultures are inferior, hostile and that they must be tamed. We also find there an apology for national pride and a minimization of the dangers of war.

Binding rubbed (see photos).
Blunt caps and corners (see photos).
Headdress split in the middle by 1.5 cm (see photos).
Scratch, with missing fabric, at the bottom left of the 1st cover (see photos).
Light black stain on the edge opposite the spine.
Junction of the split counterplates (see photos 2 and 9).
Plate "Regiment of British Yeomanry" p. 33 split vertically by 9 cm (see photo 5).
Very clean interior.

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