Binding: Decorative Cloth

Crown of Glory; or Faithful Unto Death; A Scottish Story of Martyr Times

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: London, T. Nelson and Sons : 1876

Seller ID: 001983

Condition: Good

Original decorated red cloth on bevelled boards. Cocked; corner wear. "By the author of Little Hazel, the King's Messenger."157 pp. Author unidentifed, but also wrote "Little Snowdrop and Her Golden Casket" and "Under the Old Oaks; or Won by Love," according to ads in back of this volume.
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David Livingstone; The Story of His Life and Travels

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, T. Nelson and Sons : 1894

Edition: First ( No Additional printings)

Seller ID: 001951

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

Original blue cloth with lettering and portrait in red on boards Gilt spine title. Intended for younger readers, but a serious, well-rounded account. 118 pp.
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Fighting a Goose; and Other Stories

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Edinburgh, Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier

Seller ID: 001792

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original colour pictorial on green cloth. No author. No date. Stories are Fighting a Goose, The Strange Adventures of an Old Gentleman, Poor Bobby, Johnny and Will, and The Dog that Had His Day. Estimated 1891. 61 pp. plus 16-page catalog. Endpapers tanned.
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SALESMAN'S SAMPLE; SIX TITLES

Price: $325.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, J.L. Nichols : 1910

Seller ID: 000925

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

Original dark green cloth with gilt design and lettering on front cover. Original grey cloth with crossed flags, pastedown insert of woman, and gilt lettering on rear cover. HALF HOUR TALKS ON CHARACTER BUILDING BY SELF-MADE MEN AND WOMEN, J.S. Kirtley(Ed.), pub. by J.L. Nichols Co., Toronto, Ont., Canada comprises the front cover and about 82 pp., incl. several portraits and pronouncements of famous men and women. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY SPEAKER by Emma G. Lumm comprises the rear cover and the second section of the book, about 84 pp., which include 8 full-page colour plates and 15 full-page ...
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The Child-Angel and Angel Lilly(plus Barbara Ellerton

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Henry Hoyt

Seller ID: 001081

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Fair

Original purple blind-stamped cloth on boards. No DJ. The Hillside Library. Three stories is one book. Getting harder to find. Unusual that the third story, Barbara Ellerton, is not mentioned on cover or title.Small portion missing top of spine. General wear, but well bound and intact. 45 pp.
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The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell; Household Edition

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin : 1890

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 001009

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

Original black cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on boards, no DJ. Serious hinge break repaired. Dedicated to George William Curtis. 12 engravings or drawings in all. 507 pp. incl. indices of first lines and titles. One of the Fireside Poets, known for their blatant moralistic work, and first editor of Atlantic Monthly.
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The Wesleyan Sunday-School Magazine and Journal of Education for the Year 1867; New Series - Volume II

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: London, Wesleyan Conference Office : 1867

Seller ID: 000506

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Fair

Original reddish-brown cloth, no DJ. Both EPs missing. Extensive hinge repair, but all essential text present. 428 pp.
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The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas; Or, Fun and Frolic in the Summer Camp

By: Aldridge, Janet

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Akron, OH, Saalfield : 1913

Seller ID: 001315

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original orange cloth with black pictorials and lettering on boards in very good condition. No DJ. This is one of the brightest covers and cleanest books of its age that I have seen. Ohh, for a DJ ! Spine lettering also perfect. Title page refers to two previous Meadow-Brook adventures; "Across Country" and "Afloat." Find a better one ! 212 pp.
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The End of a World

By: Anet, Claude

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Knopf : 1927

Seller ID: 000567

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

Original beige cloth decorated in green and black on boards, no DJ. Translated from the French by Jeffery E. Jeffery. Name clipped from top of half title. A tale of the maturing of No, son of Timaki, of the People of the River. 268 pp. with postscript.
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Narratives of Little Henry and His Bearer; The Amiable Louisa; (and) Ann Eliza Williams

By: Anon.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., American Tract Society

Seller ID: 000871

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original brown blind-stamped cloth on boards, gilt spine dec. and lettering, no DJ. Very good condition. Undated, but P.O.N. lightly pencilled on inside cover with date l858. One steel engraving each with the first and third stories. Light internal foxing, minor bent corners, still exceptionally attractive and clean. Gilt spine dec. complete and bright. 111 pp. plus one ad.
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Young Orland

By: Asquith, Herbert

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Scribner : 1927

Seller ID: 000803

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original green cloth with black borders and lettering on boards, no DJ. District Officer's Library A/C stamped on front pastedown, no other library marks. Front hinge repaired, OW very good. Asquith(1881-1947) was an English soldier better known for his poem, "The Volunteer", and not to be confused with his father of the same name who was Prime Minister of England 1908-15. 311 pp.
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Unlucky; A Fragment of a Girl's Life

By: Austin, Caroline

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: London, Blackie and Son, Limited : 1891

Edition: First ( No Additional printings)

Seller ID: 001644

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

Original multi-coloured floral design on green cloth on boards. No DJ. Cocked. Cracked hinges reglued. Two line drawings by Handy. 160 pp. plus extensive catalog.
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The Boy Ranchers in the Desert

By: Baker, Willard F.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Cupples and Leon : 1924

Seller ID: 000630

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: As New

Original grey-green cloth decorated in black(pictorial). No DJ. Or, Diamond X and the Lost Mine. Front. of desert storm. Edge only soil and foxing. 208 pp.
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The Little Minister

By: Barrie, J.M.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., R.F. Fenno and Co. : 1897

Seller ID: 001357

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

Original blue cloth with two large irises on boards. No DJ. The play was first mounted in Washington, D.C., on 13 Sept., 1897, at the newly-built Lafayette Square Opera House. Two weeks later it opened on Broadway at either the Olympia Theatre Lyric or the Empire (Our sources conflict). We have identified the lead characters as Maude Adams, who played the Gypsy girl, Babbie Watt, and Robert Edeson, who played the Little Minister, Gavin Dishart, from the eight photos in the book. Several others are shown of the total cast of 16. The Washington opening was on a very hot night. Since ...
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A Manual for Holy Communion

By: Baynes, Rev. R.H.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., E.P. Dutton : 1879

Seller ID: 001651

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original brown cloth decorated in black and lettered in gilt on boards. No DJ. "At the Communion Time", a tiny ritual for Holy Communion in the Church of England. St. Luke's (Portland) bookplate and small stamp on cover. Preface by Lord Bishop of Derry, Right Rev. W. Alexander. Handling soil, no extraneous marks or damage. 114 pp. plus ads.
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Palgrave's Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics; Book Second

By: Bell. W. (Ed.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co. Limited : 1929

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 001483

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

Original blind-stamped red cloth on boards. No DJ. Pencil underlining throughout and endpapers noted, OW clean. Previous owner's name and address. Volume II, covering the period 1616 to 1700. 313 pp. No other copies found.
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A Daughter of Freedom

By: Blanchard, Amy E.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Wilde : 1900

Seller ID: 000476

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

Original highly-decorated tan cloth with 9 hearts comprised of leafy branches, on boards. No DJ. Gilt lettering, worn on spine only. Cocked. OW very close to very good. No marks inside except tiny bookseller's label. A scarce volume based on latter stages of the American War for Independence. 312 pp. plus ads.
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Elementary School Science and How to Teach It; Revised Edition

By: Blough, Schwartz, and Huggett

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Holt, Rinehart and Winston : 1958

Edition: Revised Edition

Seller ID: 001859

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original decorated yellow paper boards; Brown cloth spine. 562 pp. plus bibliography and index. Large and heavy.
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Learning to Care for Children

By: Bradbury, Dorothy E/Amidon, Edna P.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Appleton-Century-Crofts : 1946

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 001202

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original grey cloth with titles in light blue on black background, no DJ. Simple and straightforward, with little to support arbitrary statements, explained in part by the fact that it is aimed at high school students. 153 pp.
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France and Flanders; Four War Years in Poem and Story

By: Brindle, Walter

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Saint John, N.B., S.K. Smith : 1919

Seller ID: 013037

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original green cloth with black titles on boards. Ex-library with related markings/stickers/pocket. The personal account of Sapper Walter Brindle of the Canadian Railway Construction Corps, where he was placed due to not being able to pass the physical for the Infantry, in which his three sons already were serving. The CRCC sailed from Saint John two days after the famed 26th Battalion. Several full-page photos with imprinted tissue guard, including the visit of the Prince of Wales to Saint John, August 15, 1919. 84 pp.
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Binding: Decorative Cloth