THE YOUNGSTERS' INVENTIVE POWERS
DOUGLAS, Norman London Street Games. London:Chatto & Windus.1931.
12mo. Original publisher's red and beige cloth binding with red lettering to spine; blue and white price clipped dust jacket with blue lettering to spine; pp. [x], 102, [2]; slightly bumped to edges with discolouration to upper edge; dust jacket spine toned; otherwsie a very good copy.
Second edition following the original 1916 publication. Revised and expanded with a preface by the author himself.
"It was a pastime that grew on you like a fever- collecting these outdoor sports in Finsbury, Hackney, Islington, Whitchapel, Stepney, Limehouse, Poplar, Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, Deptford, Camberwell, Kennington…and God knows where else".
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