The Story of Captain Cook - 1958 - du Garde Peach(1890-1974)

L. du Garde Peach - The Story of Captain Cook - Edition no.561 in the series: "An Adventure from History" - Illustrations by John Kennedy - Loughborough, Wills & Hepworth Ltd., 1958 - 1st edition - 51p. - Hardcover: illustrated, cardboard binding with straight spine, with original, polychrome animated dust jacket, with decorative endpapers (ladybird drawing) - 11.80x17.80cm - Very good copy: minimal signs of use.

•      Lawrence du Garde Peach (1890–1974), who wrote under the name L. du Garde Peach, was an English author and playwright for radio, stage, and screen. He is probably best remembered as the author of over thirty works in the Adventure from History series of non-fiction books for children which was published by Ladybird Books between 1957 and his death in 1974. It was the largest series Ladybird produced, and remained in print until 1986.

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