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Prout, Geoffrey.
Scouts in Bondage.
Publisher: Aldine Publishing Co, London;
Date of Publication: 1930
Stock Code: 11880
Octavo, pp., 192. Publisher’s scarlet cloth with black title to spine, with illustration to spine and upper cover blocked in black to match the pictorial scene on the dust-jacket. In the scarce unclipped, pictorial dust-jacket. Spine tips and upper board corner a little bruised, edges and prelims a touch foxed. No inscriptions or annotations. Some loss, chipping and creasing to dust-jacket, lower white panel a little soiled. A wholesome adventure novel designed to promote the values and activities of scouting. The title-page notes that Prout is also the author of ‘Trawler Boy Dick. A ‘Bizarre Books’ classic, the book’s rather questionable title was also featured in Michael Bell’s compilation ‘Scouts in Bondage: And Other Curious Titles From Bygone Times With Titles That Might Cause Vulgar Minds To Misapprehend Their Content’. £75.00