Original pictorial cover in orange, red, and black on grey cloth over boards. No DJ. The brightest I've seen of this series. Minor corner and spine end wear. 252 pp. plus ads. View More...
Original pictorial paper boards. Corner and edge wear. Previous owner's name. I have glued both hinges and one gutter lightly to prevent breaking. Many illustrations, believed to be woodcuts, uncredited.. 162 pp. plus ads. Copyright by O.M. Dunham, which leads me to believe that he or she is the author, since the only other title by Chatty Cheerful was copyrighted by Dunham in 1889. View More...
Original red cloth lavishly illustrated in gilt on beveled boards. Front cover hand-soiled, with several small spots (See Photo). Corner tips worn through. Missing first free endpaper, otherwise good inside. Eight full-page line drawings, with several small drawings, some of which are carefully hand-colored. All edges gilt. When their mother dies, the Haviland children are challenged to accept a stepmother. Birdie, 9, is very hesitant, and is finally accepting of her only at the end. Hubs, who is younger, is less defiant and eventually pulls away from his sister. It turns out all righ... View More...
Original beige cloth on boards with full 4-colour pastedown by Dudley Ward. "Books for Little Listeners" on spine and lower panel of cover. "Yota, leader of the wild geese in "Velvet Paws" is captured by Eric's father and placed in the barnyard with the tame flock. Eric recognizes her, and he and his dog go very often to talk to her." - DJ. Previous owner's name. 152 pp. View More...
Dark blue cloth on boards. DJ missing 1/8 ? Frontispiece replaced out of register. Bookplate of Saint John County School Finance Board. Marginal ink drivel on p. 108. 118 pp. View More...
Original grey cloth colourfully decorated in red and black on boards. Title in silver. Aunt Maria's Saturday Talks given as series title on cover. Introduction, The Boy Abraham Lincoln, The Boy James Abraham Garfield, The Boy George Washington. The story of James Garfield includes the fact that his father died while James was still young. His brother, Thomas, who was seven years older, then became the man of the family. Thomas stayed home to work the farm in order to allow James to go to school. 77 pp. View More...
Red cloth on boards. Gift note. Spots on cover (see photo to follow). This large format book with 32 full-page colour illustrations is sure to be popular with confident readers and lovers of art. With 379 pages it will require additional postage. View More...
Colour-illustrated paper boards. DJ has small mouse chew at bottom and short tear at top. John finds an ash seed, or key, and seeks to plant it. 56 pp. View More...
Original dark red cloth depicting cattails in a marsh on boards. Previous owner's name (3) and date (1933). Front hinge cracked. Circa 1930 ? Poor unlucky Friday ! He often falls, seldom smiles, and is disappointed frequently through no fault of his own. First published before the turn of the century, but still popular as are several of this author's books. 63 pp. View More...
White stiff card on wire coil. We have had this before in hardcover cloth. Peter plays with his toys, goes sliding and breaks his arm, and is taken care of by his family. 60 pp. No writing. Normal wear. View More...
Highly-decorated blue cloth with floral pastedown panel on boards. Edgeworn. Gift inscription as follows: S.S. Christmas Tree to George McLennan, Lancaster, 21st Dec. 1886. Protagonist of the story is Clara Montgomery, who frustrates her teacher and parents by her laziness. But, when her little brother falls into the harbour while she is supposed to be watching him, Clara eventually changes her attitude. 61 pp. View More...
Original yellow cloth on boards. Two large pastedown panels attached to front and back covers. Clear plastic wrapper. Library evidence removed. Text in both French and English as directed by the Centennial Commission. 121 pp. View More...
Mr. Tootleoo is a sailor who suffers shipwreck but doesn't drown. "Close at hand, upon my word, he found a Cockyollybird." It goes on to tell of the cockyolly chicks, a whale, a seagull who takes an egg to our hero, and finally, the Cockyollybird turns into a lovely lady, her chicks become girls and boys, and Mr. Tootleoo proposes. Now meet Mr. and Mrs. Tootleoo ! The recto pages are full colour, while the verso pages contain the poem. A delightful bit of nonsense. Previous owners' names and date supplied by Aunt Ellen (1928). Approx. 64 pp. View More...
Original colour-illustrated paper boards. Clean and sound. Minor chipping head of spine, and corners worn.. This is a larger format with reasonably large print, but light enough for young readers to handle easily. Some full-page colour plates as well as black-and-white drawings. 144 pp. View More...
Original red cloth with black lettering and border on boards, no DJ. Torch motif on spine. Cover title is The Banner Campfire Girls Flying Around the Globe (See SCAN). No noticeable faults. 120 pp. View More...
Yellow illustrated cloth on boards. DJ chipped and torn. Toronto Board of Education stamp. No writing or damage to book except p. 17, where the words, "he said, Is" are obscured by having stuck to p.16. An imaginative story line, in which two boys aged 9 & 10 manage to win a ride in a helicopter by walking and boating to a selected spot almost nine miles from the cottages where they are staying. They accomplish this by drawing an accurate map and following it. 32 pp. View More...
Original red cloth with gilt lettering on boards, no DJ. Believed first edition, not stated. Front hinge re-glued. P.O.N. B/W front. 251 pp. plus several ads. Mouse- chewed near top of spine. View More...
Gaston and Josephine are two very rosy French pigs who live with their mother and father on a little farm in the mountains in France. Their uncle in America has invited them to come and visit their little cousins. They begin with a look around Paris, but manage to miss their train. The Mayor lends them his bicycle, and they finally reach the ship. A fog closes in, but the little pigs squeak as loud as they can to warn other ships. In New York they receive the key to the city, but discover that they still have four days on the train, for their uncle's ranch is out west. "But we'll have such a g... View More...
