Author Name: Cadogan, Mary
Title: FRANK RICHARDS: The Chap Behind the Chums
Binding: Hard Cover + D/J
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Publisher: London Viking/Penguin 1988
ISBN Number: 0670819468 / 9780670819461
Seller ID: 002407
xiii, + 258pp., unpaginated [8 page] candid and historic, b/w halftone plate section. Intext, b/w, facsimile sketch illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket has a short closed tear and crease on head of rear panel, otherwise very good. The biography of Charles Harold St.John Hamilton [b. Aug. 8, 1876 d. Xmas Eve, 1961], better known as Frank Richards. Instantly known for his large-than-life anti-hero 'Billy Bunter', it is estimated he published, under various pseudonyms, at least 72,000,000 words of fiction [equivalent of a thousand novels]. He was the most prolific writer in the English language, producing Westerns, Romances, Marine adventures, Detective stories and the legendary, witty, addictive 'School Stories'. Prelims., 12 chapters, Afterword, Appendices, Notes, Biblio., Index. Book weight approx. 720g.
United Kingdom, Biography, Authors, Charles Harold St. John Hamilton [frank richards] 1876-1961, the Chums, Billy Bunter
Price =
16.83 USD
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