The Chums

[London]: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1906]. First edition (presumed). Quarto in original red-burgundy cloth (blank spine); 24 numbered pages (alternate pages only); 24 color illustrations; 26 cm.; Good++; cloth and boards show signs of being well-loved; rubbed and lightly frayed corners; soil stains and fading; title "CHUMS" is rubbed but the outline is still visible; corners of boards are bumped; edges of leaves are lightly to moderately soiled and foxed; paste-down papers and endpapers are split at the hinges; pages are creased at the binding; a slightly fragile book when turning the pages though binding is very much in tact; endpapers are foxed; light foxing to leaves; illustrations are colorful and bright; pages are still handsome; a solid, well-loved, collectible copy; In English and scarce. Hardcover.