Robert the Bruce, 1964, Series 561

Robert the Bruce was the 18th title in the 561 series, colourfully written by L du Garde Peach and illustrated by John Kenney.

This is a colourful telling of the life of Bruce, the story builds up to the Battle of Bannockburn which is re-told with great vigour in words and pictures.  This book was one of the last ever to be originally issued with a dustwrapper.

This copy:

Matt boards.  Very Good condition inside and out with very nice clean pages.  This copy dates to the early-1970s and has the original price of 15p printed inside.