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By: Kalman, Bobbie
Price: $20.00
Publisher: N.Y., Crabtree: 1987
Seller ID: 000732
Original pictorial plasticized cover on boards, no DJ. Very clean, with only minimal library stamp and numbering. Any lover of animals in the wild will appreciate the colour and b/w drawings. 57 pp. including glossary and index. A book for children, or put it on a coffee table! View more info
By: King, Dorothy
Price: $15.00
Publisher: London, Blackie:
Edition: Blackie's Easy To Read Books
Seller ID: 000194
Original pictorial boards. Only a small chip from the cover drawing of Sly Tod keeps this from being Very Good. A second story, Not Too Small, has one line drawing, while Sly Tod has six with front. In large type for young readers. See how Sly Tod, the fox. manages to catch chickens and ducks. He even escapes the fox hunters ! Not Too Small demonstrates that size isn't all that matters. 64 delightful pp. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: London, Blackie & Son, Limited:
Seller ID: 007428
Original bright blue cloth on boards. DJ missing small pieces head of spine and has a few closed tears, protected by clear plastic wrapper. Innocent DJ and front. show naked children frolicking in water. Kingsley was a clergyman who served as Chaplain to Queen Victoria as well as Professor of Modern History at Cambridge. The story first appeared in 1863. It has been called a liberal Protestant version of a religious tract, the protagonist of which is Tom,an amoral ch... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co., Limited:
Seller ID: 009882
Green cloth on boards. No writing. 18 full-colour plates in this colourful volume. Price-clipped DJ. Light foxing on the reverse of the DJ. 224 pp. View more info
By: Kingston, W.H.G.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: London, Collins:
Seller ID: 000700
Original red cloth pictorial cover of canoeists chasing a moose(?) on boards, no DJ. Another of the colourfully-illustrated Kingston books. Eight full-page colour plates by Berkeley. Three-masted ship on spine. Book is soiled and worm-worn, but the drawings are unique ! 304 pp. View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Montreal, Editorial Associates Limited: 1945
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012347
Large, multi-coloured hardcover. All about larger passenger or cruise ships. Explains the various personnel and their tasks. Some local history, too, as the ship's names are given, and the statue in honor of Madeleine de Vercheres is described. Visit Quebec City, ride in a caleche, see the Manoir Richelieu, and learn to sing 'Alouette'. There are some crayon scribbles on the inside covers, but all text is easily readable. 29 pp. View more info
By: Kringle, George
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, H.L. Kilner and Co.: 1884
Seller ID: 002734
Origiinal blue cloth with black lettering and decoration on boards. Three stories bound into one volume. Cover states Premium Library. Frontispiece was glued inside front cover, but is tearing away. Many b/w illustrations. 67, 63, and 59 pp., respectively. Minor cover edge wear. View more info
By: L. Frank Baum
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, HarperCollins: 1991
Seller ID: 012939
This will bring back memories ! From The Way to Butterfield to The Birthday Celebration, these 24 chapters will have you joining Dorothy and her friends for adventures you've forgotten about ! Wonder Book Series. 267 pp. View more info
By: Lane, Estella H.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Boston, The Pilgrim Press: 1928
Edition: Second Printing
Seller ID: 004370
Original blue cloth with full airplane pastedown on boards. A book of stories for children. 142 pp. View more info
By: Le Feuvre, Amy
Price: $25.00
Publisher: N.Y., Fleming H. Revell Co.: 1898
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 002561
Original grey pictorial cloth decorated in green and red on boards. This book has been read, loved, and fingered nearly to death, but with no writing or obvious abuse. The "Pair" are Guy and Beryl(Berry), young twins who live with their father and servants in a neglected manor house by the sea in Devon. The father is a writer going through lean times, but opportunity calls him away to the city. The children, arguing over who is to be "master" or "... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, John C. Winston Company: 1934
Seller ID: 008881
Original dark blue cloth on boards. Bellview School stamped inside front cover. Ho-Ming is twelve years old and living in old-fashioned China. As a friend shares new ideas with her over the next five years, Ho-Ming becomes part of New China. No writing or serious damage to book. Cover shows general wear from reading. 266 pp. View more info
By: MacMillan, Rev. Alexander (Ed.)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Toronto, United Church Publishing House: 1937
Seller ID: 012275
Maroon book on cloth boards. Approx. 125 songs and finger plays with recommendations for three age groups: Nursery (3 yrs.), Beginner (4-5 yrs.), and Primary (6,7, and 8 yrs.). Pp. 95-96 have a long tear, but are readable. 100 pp. View more info
By: Mahy, Margaret
Price: $15.00
Publisher: London, Faber and Faber: 2006
Edition: First (No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 010692
Black paper boards. Minor wear to DJ. Previous owner's name. Garland Maddigan is 12, and the daughter of Fantasia's ringmaster. When three strange children join the circus, things take a turn for the worse. Also on BBC TV. 441 pp. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: London, Methuen & Co., Ltd.: 1968
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 006537
Original blue cloth on boards. Stories of giants from around the world. Although they are big and sometimes eat people, they can usually be conquered by quick thinking. School library stamp. 125 pp. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: N.Y., Grosset & Dunlap:
Edition: NOISBN Juvenile. Fiction.
Seller ID: 007115
Original dark blue cloth on boards. Gift note. No other writing or damage. Preface describes the author's appraisal of Swiss Family Robinson (his children's favourite book) as having "difficulties which for me were insurmountable...It does not adhere to the probable..."- Preface. This book, then, can be expected to adhere to the probable, and to present to children a realistic picture of life, together with the occasional caution, "When people are too eag... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, J. B. Lippincott Co.: 1943
Edition: Tenth Impression
Seller ID: 010805
Light blue cloth on boards. Author appears enamoured of large bears - and this is the largest ! Library card pocket and two short spine rips on front joint. Cover soil. Firmly bound. Colour frontispiece and several b/w. 114 pp. View more info
By: McGregor, R. J.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: London, Sheldon Press: 1928
Edition: First
Seller ID: 008164
Original brown cloth lettered and illustrated in black on boards. A co-operative effort between the publisher, Sheldon Press, and the SPCK, this book was also awarded first prize as the "best boy's story with a missionary interest" by the United Council for Missionary Education, London. Previous owner's name, Betty Short, together with the very good condition, suggests that the book was hardly read. Satisfies First Edition guidelines in that it has the prescri... View more info
By: Meade, L.T.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: N.Y., Grosset and Dunlap:
Seller ID: 001255
Original beige cloth decorated in floral green with large colour pastedown of girl in pink dress. No DJ. Noticeable wear and soil to cover. Front. torn 1 1/2 inch at bottom. 288 pp. plus several ads. View more info
By: Meade, L.T.
Price: $25.00
Publisher: London, W. & R. Chambers, Limited:
Seller ID: 005072
Original highly decorated red cloth on boards. Poor Dolly Dingle was not like all the other Dingles. She wasn't pretty, and she was naughty. She didn't like to wash her face or hands. As she grew older she began to wish for a baby sister. If only Dolly could have a little sister, she'd be a good girl ! 136 pp. Previous owner's name and date of 1901. Some edge wear and hand soil, but sound and easily readable. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, Ernest Nister:
Seller ID: 006948
Original colour illustrated paper boards. A lovely little book. Queen of the Day by L.T. Meade, Miss Corny's Niece by M.B. Manwell, and The Moorland Brook by Frances E. Crompton. Gutter strain between pp. 32-33 necessitated gluing to prevent separation. No writing. Some spine abrasion. 40 pp. View more info
