| A BOY NINETEEN. A LAST DIARY OF THE TEENS [n.d. = 1952] "The hero is eighteen and two months at the opening of this story." The youth's life at his boarding school is brightened by the arrival of a new student, with whom he forms a "profound bond". This novel, told in the form of a diary, has an unusual amount of punishment scenes, well described. (pp 262), red cloth, 43,11 |
| AUBREY FOWKES BUTTERFLY DAYS [1957] This very well written book is one of the "Repton" novels, famous for its description of flagellation practices in English boarding schools, and the suppressed sexual longings of older boys for younger. (pp 200), green cloth, 43,11 |
| AUBREY FOWKES WAIF TRIUMPHANT [1958] This novel, set at the turn of the century, is something of an Horatio Alger story of an orphan triumphing against adversity. As most Fowkes's novels, Waif Triumphant has a surfeit of flagellation scenes. The period English slang adds great amusement to this volume. For example, the hero's "true friend" nicknames him "My young cock". (pp 232), pale blue cloth, 43,11 |
| AUBREY FOWKES THE BLUE MARBLE [1965] Herbert is nine at the outset of the book, and over the next few years is much adored by classmates and teachers at his new boarding school, Repton. Jealousies and the affection of a "special friend" both complicate and inspire his life. A false accusation causes a drama. He is brutally punished, but vindicated at the end. (pp 216), blue cloth, 43,11 |
AUBREY FOWKES "KING JOHN." YOUNG HERO OF TRANSPORTATION DAYS [1969; in fact, released in May 1971] John Johnson, a skilled climbing boy, transported to Port Arthur, the then new penal settlement in the wilds of the Tasman Peninsula, for the theft of a pair of shoes at the age of ten, and endowed with matchless courage and hardiness, proves such a magnetic young prisoner that he at once becomes the leader of his older fellow-unfortunates, and at the same time a sharp thorn in the side of all authority. (pp 134), red cloth; buff dust wrapper, 43,11 |