Category Archives: Inadvertentalia
Pearls of wisdom
Novelty Evenings, by Pearl A Cole. ‘The Pearl Series’, Printers Proprietary, Melbourne. (n.d. I’m guessing 1950s). Can you think of any novelties evenings you’ve had with pearls? Well Ms Cole certainly can! She’s got whole lists of them!
Pearls of wisdom
Novelty Evenings, by Pearl A Cole. ‘The Pearl Series’, Printers Proprietary, Melbourne. (n.d. I’m guessing 1950s). Can you think of any novelties evenings you’ve had with pearls? Well Ms Cole certainly can! She’s got whole lists of them!
One has to start somewhere
Foreign Birds for Beginners. By DHS Risdon. Iliffe Books, 1965. See also the companion volume: British Lads for Beginners, available in several translations. Having let the joke write itself, I’ll briefly pause to note that the rather ropy art on
One has to start somewhere
Foreign Birds for Beginners. By DHS Risdon. Iliffe Books, 1965. See also the companion volume: British Lads for Beginners, available in several translations. Having let the joke write itself, I’ll briefly pause to note that the rather ropy art on
Just super chums
A Fourth Form Friendship: A school story. By Angela Brazil. Blackie & Son, London, nd (Edwardian by the looks). According to the list of works by this author in the front, the Educational News said of it: No girl could
Just super chums
A Fourth Form Friendship: A school story. By Angela Brazil. Blackie & Son, London, nd (Edwardian by the looks). According to the list of works by this author in the front, the Educational News said of it: No girl could
Nell 2: Me 0
How Nell Scored. By Bessie Marchant. Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, nd. (circa 1930?) Attentive readers will realise that this is my second copy of Nell. Last time she scored up a tree, this time it’s with fish! On our
Nell 2: Me 0
How Nell Scored. By Bessie Marchant. Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, nd. (circa 1930?) Attentive readers will realise that this is my second copy of Nell. Last time she scored up a tree, this time it’s with fish! On our
Unsavory doings
Aircraftman Poke. By Chris Savery (see what I did there?). Lutterworth Press, London, 1958 (this printing 1963). This is one of those titles that just make me stare in disbelief when it turns up on a sale table. What on
Unsavory doings
Aircraftman Poke. By Chris Savery (see what I did there?). Lutterworth Press, London, 1958 (this printing 1963). This is one of those titles that just make me stare in disbelief when it turns up on a sale table. What on
Get it while you can
That Exciting Holiday. By Nigel Strong. London, C.S.S.M (Children’s Special Service Mission?), nd (guess: 1940s). Treasure! Burglars! Philately! Adventure! Rescues! Reward money! all ‘Interwoven with the theme of divine mercy’ — so you know it’s got to be exciting. (I
Get it while you can
That Exciting Holiday. By Nigel Strong. London, C.S.S.M (Children’s Special Service Mission?), nd (guess: 1940s). Treasure! Burglars! Philately! Adventure! Rescues! Reward money! all ‘Interwoven with the theme of divine mercy’ — so you know it’s got to be exciting. (I
So many have felt it…
The Fellowship of the Hand. By Edward D. Hoch. Stoneshire Books, London, 1981. I’m just being childish again, aren’t I? And I’m not sure why, but the cover and the breathless synopsis … Jazine got in the way — so
So many have felt it…
The Fellowship of the Hand. By Edward D. Hoch. Stoneshire Books, London, 1981. I’m just being childish again, aren’t I? And I’m not sure why, but the cover and the breathless synopsis … Jazine got in the way — so
For those who are tired of Dick and Jane
We present this mild variation. Jane and Winky. By Beth Coombe Harris. Stirling Tract Enterprise, Stirling, nd (hard to tell anytime from the 1920s to the 1950s). The subtitle of this stirring work of adventure and religion is: The story
For those who are tired of Dick and Jane
We present this mild variation. Jane and Winky. By Beth Coombe Harris. Stirling Tract Enterprise, Stirling, nd (hard to tell anytime from the 1920s to the 1950s). The subtitle of this stirring work of adventure and religion is: The story
No Ordinary School Story
Or so we are lead to understand. Toddy Scores Again: Being the School Adventures of No Ordinary Boy. By Alfred Judd. Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, n.d. (40s or 50s. My copy has 1954 written on the flyleaf in pencil)
No Ordinary School Story
Or so we are lead to understand. Toddy Scores Again: Being the School Adventures of No Ordinary Boy. By Alfred Judd. Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, n.d. (40s or 50s. My copy has 1954 written on the flyleaf in pencil)
Children can be cruel
Children’s authors even more so. Having invented an unkindly childish nickname for her protagonist, the author proceeds to use it relentlessly all the way through. Lead by example: that’s what I say! Thistledown Tony. By Constance Savery. Victory Press, London,
Children can be cruel
Children’s authors even more so. Having invented an unkindly childish nickname for her protagonist, the author proceeds to use it relentlessly all the way through. Lead by example: that’s what I say! Thistledown Tony. By Constance Savery. Victory Press, London,
Queer doings and other inadvertentalia 