1904-1906 The Wreck of the Golden Fleece & Dreadnoughts of the Dogger

Description

Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Two volumes. Written by Robert Leighton, a Scottish journalist, editor, and writer of boys' fiction. Best known as an editor of juvenile magazines such as Young Folks. This set contains: Wreck of the Golden Fleece: The Story of a North Sea Fisher-Boy, 1904. New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. Collated complete. Following fifteen-year-old Leonard Golding as he joins the local fishermen as an apprentice, dreaming of cod-fishing off the coast of Iceland. Illustrated by Sir Frank William Brangwyn, a Welsh artist, painter, watercolourist, printmaker, illustrator and designer. Dreadnoughts of the Dogger: A Story of the War on the North Sea, 1916. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen plates. Collated complete. Set against the backdrop of World War I, this story revolves around young characters, particularly Mark Redisham and his brother Rodney, as they navigate the tensions and dangers associated with naval warfare in the North Sea.