Published at 7/6? with illustrations by Hugh someone.
It says “HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN LONDON” I think….
Cursive
Published at 7/6 for (unintelligible) with illustrations by Hugh Morrison esq.
(unintelligible) Ferries? 1941
Published at 7/6…For 3/9…£4…with illustrations by Hugh Thomson etc…Peg Ferrier 1941
All I can make out is “hash browns etc”, hopefully someone else can fill in the blanks
Published at 7/6
For 3/9
With illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
Etc
Jeq Ferries 1941.
Now I read the 3/4 bit as 3 gross and amended to 4.
Rabbletarts at 7/6
Work, elementrybydearwatson by
Hugh Masakela
etc
Get Falsies, 1941
HTH
I’m trying not to over-read it but I read ‘with addendums by…’ rather than ‘illustrations’. Badly written and misspelled if it is that.
I am guessing the price was £4 12 shillings and 6 pence.
Ink illustrations by High Thompson .
Rabluled at 7/6
7 For 3gs 4
Wrk illienl dummo ly
Hugh Thomsa
Elc
7 Elsie’s
Leq 19A1
You’re welcome 👍
“We didn’t burn him, and we don’t want the new road”
Published at 7/6
For 3/9 [£4]
With illustrations by Hugh Thomson
Etc
Geo Ferrier 1941
The first set of information looks like a sales note, along with the sale price in old money. As others have said, it’s possible that this was being sold as a second hand book when that was added, or it could simply indicate a price reduction at the point of first sale.
The name under the title is in a different hand and is just an owner’s mark.
Published at 7/6 for 3/9 £4 with illustrations by Hugh Morrison Ceq Ferries 1942.
Published at seven shillings and sixpence (now) three shillings and ninepence
It says :
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾.
* I think the book has gone through a series of owners and been in second hand book shops more than once
* The inscription “7/6” means 7 shillings and 6 pence. This could be the original price it was sold at? Or the first resale price someone wrote into it. And they have then written “3/9” or “3 shillings and 9 pence” because that is the price they are reselling it at. Basically, “look at this bargain.”
* Much, much later, someone has written “£4” in pencil right next to that original note. That was the resale price for which OP bought it.
* The original subtitle was “BY MRS. E. T. COOK WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HUGH THOMSON AND F. L. GRIGGS”. I think that must have been on the interior page that was torn out ( you can see a page is missing in the picture). So someone has written in “With illustrations by Hugh Thomson etc…” to make up for that.
The bottom part is much harder and I can only speculate here. Theories:
1. It is a name: “Greg Ferrier 1941”. Possibly an owner, and the date he acquired it. Google tells me there was a Greg Ferrier living in Essex in the 1940s… A tantalizing possibility.
2. Or, it could be “Fevrier 1941”, so a different owner has put the date they purchased it but in French. The first letters could be “Seq.” indicating it was one of a sequence of purchases…?
3. The first letter of the line could be a copperplate style capital “C”. But I can’t work out what word that would make.
Take two ibuprofen, twice daily, with a meal.
Published at 7/6 for 3 (shillings) 9 (pence)
with illustrations by Hugh Thomson etc [other illustrator is FL Griggs]
[Something] Ferries 1941
My next door neighbour’s book collection was recently donated. Her handwriting is very similar to this. Any chance its got a name in it?
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Published at 7/6? with illustrations by Hugh someone.
It says “HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN LONDON” I think….
Cursive
Published at 7/6 for (unintelligible) with illustrations by Hugh Morrison esq.
(unintelligible) Ferries? 1941
Published at 7/6…For 3/9…£4…with illustrations by Hugh Thomson etc…Peg Ferrier 1941
All I can make out is “hash browns etc”, hopefully someone else can fill in the blanks
Published at 7/6
For 3/9
With illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
Etc
Jeq Ferries 1941.
Now I read the 3/4 bit as 3 gross and amended to 4.
Rabbletarts at 7/6
Work, elementrybydearwatson by
Hugh Masakela
etc
Get Falsies, 1941
HTH
I’m trying not to over-read it but I read ‘with addendums by…’ rather than ‘illustrations’. Badly written and misspelled if it is that.
I am guessing the price was £4 12 shillings and 6 pence.
Ink illustrations by High Thompson .
Rabluled at 7/6
7 For 3gs 4
Wrk illienl dummo ly
Hugh Thomsa
Elc
7 Elsie’s
Leq 19A1
You’re welcome 👍
“We didn’t burn him, and we don’t want the new road”
Published at 7/6
For 3/9 [£4]
With illustrations by Hugh Thomson
Etc
Geo Ferrier 1941
The first set of information looks like a sales note, along with the sale price in old money. As others have said, it’s possible that this was being sold as a second hand book when that was added, or it could simply indicate a price reduction at the point of first sale.
The name under the title is in a different hand and is just an owner’s mark.
Published at 7/6 for 3/9 £4 with illustrations by Hugh Morrison Ceq Ferries 1942.
Published at seven shillings and sixpence (now) three shillings and ninepence
It says :
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾.
Fly Fishing by J. R. Hartley.
It looks like Hugh Morrison
The top part says:
“Published at 7/6
For 3/9
with illustrations by Hugh Thomson etc”
This is a reprint of The Highways and Byways in London, originally published in 1902. (Gutenberg [link](https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39875/39875-h/39875-h.htm) to one reprint). This was a series of books produced by Macmillan throughout the first half of the 20th century ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highways_and_Byways_(series_of_regional_guides))). There were many editions of each book. Editions from this series seems to be collectors items ([link](https://www.islandrarebooks.org.uk/rare-books/highways-byways/) to an antiquarian who has a whole series of them.)
[Hugh Thomson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Thomson) was a well known illustrator who worked on this series.
Why this inscription:
* I think the book has gone through a series of owners and been in second hand book shops more than once
* The inscription “7/6” means 7 shillings and 6 pence. This could be the original price it was sold at? Or the first resale price someone wrote into it. And they have then written “3/9” or “3 shillings and 9 pence” because that is the price they are reselling it at. Basically, “look at this bargain.”
* Much, much later, someone has written “£4” in pencil right next to that original note. That was the resale price for which OP bought it.
* The original subtitle was “BY MRS. E. T. COOK WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HUGH THOMSON AND F. L. GRIGGS”. I think that must have been on the interior page that was torn out ( you can see a page is missing in the picture). So someone has written in “With illustrations by Hugh Thomson etc…” to make up for that.
The bottom part is much harder and I can only speculate here. Theories:
1. It is a name: “Greg Ferrier 1941”. Possibly an owner, and the date he acquired it. Google tells me there was a Greg Ferrier living in Essex in the 1940s… A tantalizing possibility.
2. Or, it could be “Fevrier 1941”, so a different owner has put the date they purchased it but in French. The first letters could be “Seq.” indicating it was one of a sequence of purchases…?
3. The first letter of the line could be a copperplate style capital “C”. But I can’t work out what word that would make.
Take two ibuprofen, twice daily, with a meal.
Published at 7/6 for 3 (shillings) 9 (pence)
with illustrations by Hugh Thomson etc [other illustrator is FL Griggs]
[Something] Ferries 1941
My next door neighbour’s book collection was recently donated. Her handwriting is very similar to this. Any chance its got a name in it?
Ask a medical doctor they will understand.