The Best of Chums
Edited by Philip Warner

‘Chums’ was a colourful, vigorous boys’ paper which gave full-blooded entertainment in the years between 1892 and 1941. This book contains a varied facsimile selection from those magazines which gives a fascinating insight into the scope and appeal for boys of all ages and the changes in attitudes and tastes during its half century of publication.

Published by Cassell (London) in 1978 (1st edition).
Illustrated in black & white, 191 pages. Includes an introduction outlining the history of ‘Chums’, chapter headings (along with description) of: The birth and early development of Chums, 1892-1900; Chums consolidates its hold, 1900-1914, and ‘does its bit’ in the Great War, 1914-1918; The Post-War Years, 1919-1941.

A large format hardback (24.5cm x 31cm): dustjacket is faded on the spine, very slight foxing on the page edges – otherwise in very good condition.