'The Wonder Book of Soldiers for Boys and Girls'

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Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.

c. 1915

Overview

Antique book entitled 'The Wonder Book of Soldiers for boys and girls', Fourth Edition, edited by Harry Golding.
It has colourful cover and a spine illustration on a green cloth background. The cover depicts a British soldier in uniform (including Sam Browne belt, puttees and peaked cap) in front of a red, white and blue Union Jack flag on a decorative flagpole topped with a finial and long tassel.
He is holding a revolver in his right hand and has a bag attached to his left side He is standing on a mound of dirt from which a piece of barbed wire protrudes. The border of the cover is in gold.
The spine has an illustration of a Scottish bandsman carrying a drum and wearing a ceremonial headdress.The publisher's name appears at the bottom of the spine.
The back cover is highly decorative, having black line drawings of wreaths, ribbons and ropes over a shiny gold background.
The book is profusely illustrated with six double-page and four other coloured plates and over three hundred greyscale photographs and illustrations.
There is an inscription on the inside cover from a mother to her son, dated 9 December 1916.
The seller's name is written on a sticker on the inside of the book.

Historical information

Harry Golding was born on 8 June 1870 in Hendon, the son of bootmaker Frank Golding and Mary Dancy. At a young age, he entered the advertising department of publisher, Ward and Lock (which became War, Lock and Co. Ltd in 1897).
From there, he rose to be a publisher's reader and the editor of 'The Windsor Magazine'.
He became the editor of a series of books for children entitled 'The Wonder book of...' which includes this title.
He also wrote a few novels, including 'Between Two Fires' (1900). He married and had a son and a daughter. For much of his life, he was deaf. Golding died on 1 April 1947 in London.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-119-RoW00243

Item type

Books

Collectibles

Themes

Social History
War and Conflict
War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Book Cloth (Textile Material)

Ink

Photographic Paper