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The Jungle Spies

By: Bevan, Tom

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Collins' Clear-type Press:

Seller ID: 003804

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair to Good

Original blue cloth with black lettering and decoration on boards. Both hinges cracked and weak, but holding. Set in India just before WWI. 315 pp.
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Hurricane Treasure

By: Bice, Clare

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan of Canada: 1965

Seller ID: 004672

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original blue cloth on boards. "Fair Vale Elementary School" in ink script, but no library evidence. Very clean. Circus folks turn treasure hunters in Nova Scotia. 191 pp. Minor fading to front cover.
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The Circus of Adventure

By: Blyton, Enid

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co, Ltd.: 1963

Seller ID: 005805

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original yellow pictorial cloth on boards. Price-clipped DJ has small, repaired tear at foot of spine. Two brown spots on cover edges. Previous owner's name blacked out, with address. This is the seventh book in the "Adventure" series. The four children meet Gussy, a bossy boy who gets them into trouble repeatedly. 317 pp.
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You're a Good Friend, Noddy !

By: Blyton, Enid

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd.: 1958

Seller ID: 006728

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original illustrated laminated boards. Price-clipped DJ matches cover. Previous owner's name. 61 pp.
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The Searchlight and the Mouse; and Other Talks to Boys and Girls

By: Bonsall, Joseph

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Epworth Press: 1939

Seller ID: 001026

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original bright blue cloth on boards, no DJ. Religious inspiration for children based on Bible stories. P.O.N. and edge foxing, OW very good. Foreword by Leslie F. Church. SEE SCAN. 91 pp.
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The Book of Imaginary Beings

By: Borges, Jorge Luis with Margarita Guerrero

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Viking: 2005

Seller ID: 011746

ISBN: 0-670-89180-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

White paper boards backed in maroon cloth. Translated by Andrew Hurley. An amalgamation of animals reported from various sources as having been seen in dreams. What, no Hobbihas ? 236 pp.
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Sea, Forest, and Prairie

By: Boys and Girls of Canada

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Montreal, John Dougall & Son: 1893

Seller ID: 003644

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Original brown cloth lettered in gilt on boards. Some loose prelims. A collection of short stories written by Canadian school children and selected to represent various provinces. Minor abrasion to head and foot of spine. 323 pp.
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Young Folks' Encyclopaedia of Etiquette

By: Braddy, Nella

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page, and Company: 1921

Seller ID: 006805

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original maroon cloth on boards. Arranged in three parts: Etiquette, Parties, and Games. Ever play Yemari ? How to act on almost any occasion, anytime, anywhere. Book is clean and sound. DJ has one-inch section missing across top of back. 219 pp.
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Granny's Wonderful Chair

By: Browne, Frances

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Blackie:

Seller ID: 000376

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original red cloth, no DJ. Four vivid colour illustrations by Barbara Freeman. No faults. 126 pp.
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Uncle John's First Shipwreck; or, The Loss of the Brig, 'Nellie'

By: Bruce, Charles

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston:

Seller ID: 002375

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original red cloth with black pictorials on boards. Previous owner's name (twice), with date of 1932. At the age of sixteen, Uncle John runs away to sea. Shipwrecked, he and his pals together with two ladies and a tiny girl escape on a raft and have many exciting adventures. 124 pp. plus several ads.
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Stories to Tell to Children

By: Bryant, Sara Cone

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd.: 1930

Seller ID: 012716

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Green cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Three comical stickers. Suggestions to take stories seriously, take one's time, don't admit to your mistakes, use appropriate voice, etc. Many story titles are offered. 251 pp.
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The Adventures of Prickly Porky

By: Burgess, Thornton W.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, Limited: 1943

Seller ID: 011134

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Blue cloth on boards. First 22 pp. re-attached. DJ chipped all round, missing two small corners, and torn along half of spine. Clean and sound. 116 pp.
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The Adventures of Bob White

By: Burgess, Thornton W.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, Limited: 1943

Seller ID: 011135

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Blue cloth on boards. DJ worn all round and torn in spine. Jimmy calls Peter "Stupid." 117 pp.
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Little Sky-High; or the Surprising Doings of Washee Washee Wang

By: Butterworth, Hezekiah

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Thomas Y. Crowell: 1901

Seller ID: 003008

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original pictorial grey cloth with yellow and black on boards. Minor hinge strain at copyright page glued to prevent separation. Presentation bookplate (not filled in) to a pupil of "Sabbath School through the Upper Canada Tract Society as Trustee of the late Jesse Ketchum, Esq." Based in part on a true story of a young Chinese nobleman's education, which begins with his shelling peas in the kitchen of a wealthy home. Racial stereotyping. 86 pp.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

By: Carroll, Lewis

Price: $750.00 USD

Publisher: London, Hodder and Stougton Ltd.:

Seller ID: 013059

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good Minus

No publishing date on this lovingly cared for book, but the owner's name in front says she received it from "Aunt Elizabeth, Christmas, 1923." This may be the first Hudson edition of 1922. Brick-coloured boards with black and bright gilt decoration on cover and spine. One 1/8" tear in cloth at base of spine. Author's name is misspelled, "Lewis Caroll" on title page. 12 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, several black and white drawings, and black and orange page decorations throughout. Even the endpapers have decorations of the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit! 180 pp. This bo...
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The Chimp and the Clown

By: Carroll, Ruth

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Henry Z. Walck, Incorporated: 1968

Seller ID: 012483

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A "no-text" book with full-colour drawings on every page (The pictures tell the story). Bright orange cloth on boards. 32 pp.
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The Boy Scouts on War Trails in Belgium; or Caught Between Hostile Armies

By: Carter, Herbert

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., A.L. Burt: 1916

Seller ID: 000425

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

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.
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Our Childhood's Holidays

By: Cheerful, Chatty

Price: $135.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Cassell Publishing Company: 1890

Seller ID: 001740

Binding: Pictorial Cover

Condition: Good

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.
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Birdie; A Tale of Child-Life

By: Childe-Pemberton, Harriet L.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., E.P. Dutton and Co.:

Seller ID: 009219

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

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...
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Nelly's Work; A Story for Christian Endeavourers and Others

By: Chilton, E.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, The Sunday School Union:

Seller ID: 001074

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

Original blue cloth decorated in red, yellow, orange, and green. No DJ. 95 pp. plus ads. Cover soiled by handling, OW good.
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