ROBERTS, Cecil.
The Growing Boy; The Years of Promise; The Bright Twenties; Sunshine and Shadow.
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972.
First edition; 4 vols, 8vo (22 x 15 cm); black and white photographic illustrations throughout all vols., two contemporary newspaper clippings loosely inserted to front of vol. I, occasional minor spot or mark, else internally clean; later binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, half blue morocco over blue cloth, lined in gilt, spines in 6 compartments with gilt ribs, lettered in gilt, cockerel endpapers, top edge gilt, spines a little faded, minor signs of wear to extremities, occasional slight mark to cloth, very good; 254pp, 446pp, 424pp, 286pp.
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The Growing Boy; The Years of Promise; The Bright Twenties; Sunshine and Shadow.
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