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Price: $60.00 USD
Publisher: London, S.O. Beeton: 1864
Seller ID: 003641
Condition: Good Minus
Original green cloth, intricately blindstamped and decorated in gilt on boards. Several gatherings and illustrations were loose, so I glued them carefully and priced the book accordingly. A marvelous collection of stories, tricks, projects, and puzzles to delight any serious young person. All edges gilt. Hinges cracked but holding. 552 pp. plus catalog bound in. View more info
By: Bevan, Tom
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Collins' Clear-type Press:
Seller ID: 003804
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. View more info
By: Bice, Clare
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan of Canada: 1965
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 004672
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. View more info
By: Blyton, Enid
Price: $50.00 USD
Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co, Ltd.: 1963
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 005805
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. View more info
By: Blyton, Enid
Price: $18.00 USD
Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd.: 1958
Seller ID: 006728
Condition: Good Plus to Very Good
Original illustrated laminated boards. Price-clipped DJ matches cover. Previous owner's name. 61 pp. View more info
By: Bonsall, Joseph
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Epworth Press: 1939
Edition: Fiirst Published in 1939
Seller ID: 001026
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. View more info
By: Borges, Jorge Luis with Margarita Guerrero
Price: $50.00 USD
Publisher: New York, Viking: 2005
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 011746
ISBN: 0-670-89180-0
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. View more info
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: Montreal, John Dougall & Son: 1893
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 003644
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. View more info
By: Braddy, Nella
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page, and Company: 1921
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 006805
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. View more info
By: Browne, Frances
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Blackie:
Seller ID: 000376
Condition: Very Good
Original red cloth, no DJ. Four vivid colour illustrations by Barbara Freeman. No faults. 126 pp. View more info
By: Bruce, Charles
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston:
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 002375
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. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd.: 1930
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 012716
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. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: New York, Grosset and Dunlap: 1927
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 010864
Condition: Good Minus
Green cloth on boards. Previous owners' names. 2-inch gutter tear to title page. Cover wear head and foot of spine. Check marks on rear endpaper. 207 pp. View more info
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, Limited: 1943
Seller ID: 011134
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. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, Limited: 1943
Seller ID: 011135
Condition: Good
Blue cloth on boards. DJ worn all round and torn in spine. Jimmy calls Peter "Stupid." 117 pp. View more info
Price: $24.00 USD
Publisher: N.Y., Thomas Y. Crowell: 1901
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 003008
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. View more info
By: Carroll, Lewis
Price: $750.00 USD
Publisher: London, Hodder and Stougton Ltd.:
Seller ID: 013059
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 Rabbi... View more info
By: Carroll, Ruth
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: New York, Henry Z. Walck, Incorporated: 1968
Seller ID: 012483
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. View more info
By: Carter, Herbert
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: N.Y., A.L. Burt: 1916
Seller ID: 000425
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. View more info
By: Cheerful, Chatty
Price: $135.00 USD
Publisher: N.Y., Cassell Publishing Company: 1890
Edition: First (No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 001740
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. View more info