Orange paper on boards. DJ shows four children heading for a swim. The protagonist, Simon, lives at Oak Cottage in the Royal Homes for Orphan Children. Simon is astonished to find that he has several older half-brothers and sisters, for he had thought he was alone in the world. One of the half-brothers wants to take him to France to live. The choice of language is decidedly British, but with help from an understanding adult this book might be useful to any child in similar circumstances. Bottom edges show foxing . 80 pp. View More...
Original dark blue cloth on boards, no DJ. Masking tape on gutters of FFEPs and Front., OW good. Over 200 drawings by Seton. Don't be put off by the masking tape. The rest of the book is good and clean. Homemade plastic wrapper taped to covers. Vol. I, Hiking and Canoeing. of the Library of Pioneering and Woodcraft. 439 pp. View More...
Original reddish-brown cloth with black lettering on boards, no DJ. Front hinge repaired. Spine a bit wobbly, but generally intact and clean. Some pencil notes in prelims. 289 pp. View More...
Original bright red cloth on boards. New Edition stated. Previous owner's name, otherwise very clean and undamaged. "In memory of a little boy who has gone home." - Dedication. No synopsis found, but was first written in 1883, apparently. 128 pp. View More...
A little, old book, nice as it could be. All paper, Very Good. Number IV in the series of Milner Toys. In this story, Henry Milner goes to great lengths, and depths, to learn about amphibia. Another of the moralizing tales of Mrs. Sherwood(1775-1851). Ca. 1851. Nine woodcuts and 24 pp., the standard format of the series. Cover is purple, as the cover of the only other I have seen (pictured). Please see Master Henry's Walk, listed separately. View More...
Tiny all-paper booklet. 1" tear bottom of spine, OW would be graded Very Good. Number III in the set of 6 of the Milner Toys, of which Henry Milner is the protagonist. In this story he learns more about animals, but also about the kindness of his father toward a bedfast woman. Cover is yellow, while the only other I have seen (pictured) is purple. Nine woodcuts and 24 pp. as in the other I have listed, Master Henry's Visit. Lightly foxed. View More...
Grey-blue cloth backed in dark blue cloth on boards. "13 Sept. 99" written on last free endpaper (the only marks). One of the Golden Nails Series. The author was minister of New Wortley Wesleyan Church, Leeds. Bottom of rear board broken but present. 189 pp. View More...
Original red blindstamped cloth with gilt spine titles on boards. Upper corners of last 50 pp. darkened, not affecting text. Previous owner's name in elegant script. Small chip missing from head of backstrip. Precepts and morals for the growing boy. 378 pp. View More...
Grey cloth showing cattails and dragonflies. Young Helen and her older brother, Harry, visit the Park where they enter a trap-door, the entrance to the home of the Pin Elves. Eventually they meet the Pin Elves, Gnomes, and Water People. 153 pp. plus company catalog. View More...
A broad selection of stories of children from around the world, at work and play. Illustrated in black-and-white. Previous owner's name. Foxing to cover of book. DJ has several short tears. 254 pp. View More...
Original pictorial cover of girl at window on blue cloth on boards. A later printing of one of the earliest titles. Previous owner's name. Thumb-sized piece missing from top of front pastedown, otherwise only normal light wear and soiling. 176 pp. plus ads. Have you read Little Prudy's telling of the story of "Cindrilla"? View More...
Colour illustrated paper boards. Frontispiece (wrinkled) matches cover. Mrs. Graham has been feeling poorly, so she calls on her sister-in-law to care for the four children until she gets her strength back. Under Aunt Chrissie's care the children mature into more helpful, expressive individuals. Much evangelical discourse ! 96 pp. View More...
Original orange cloth on boards, figure of pilot on cover. No DJ. C. by Cupples and Leon, 1930, so believed First Edition. Cover lightly bowed and edge-soiled. Previous owner's name stamp. 208 pp plus ads for four contemporary series - Bomba, Motor Boys, Baseball Joe, and Webster. View More...
Original beige decorative cloth card covers with black and gold illustration of a couple with a deer, and black lettering. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. This book belonged to Charlotte Foster, one of two daughters of the Honourable Walter Foster, Premier on New Brunswick from 1917 to 1923, and later Senator of Canada. 192 pages. View More...
Seven stories with four full-page colour plates. Stories are The Edge o' Heaven by Alice Massie; A Girl Who Loved Animals by Amy Barnard Lla; Housekeeper Jack, as told to Esmee Rhoades; How to Form a Country Club by L.C. Hobart; The Minotaur by Nathaniel Hawthorne; A Handful of Silver and Gold by Lilian Quiller-Couch; A Memorable Race by H. Russell Ford; and four short poems. `This book belongs to page`is coloured and contains a name in pencil. Front cover shows two girls letting a boy down into a well. Unpaginated. View More...
Original pictorial boards. Backstrip worn and repaired by gluing; cloth hinges exposed. Covers worn all round, not affecting text block. Text generally clean and unmarked, with one page finger-spotted. Colour frontispiece and lots of b/w drawings throughout. Several short stories and poems. No writing. Unpaginated. (Approx. 150 pp.) View More...
Original dark green cloth with lighter green florals on boards. Jack thinks of himself as English, but how many English boys have ostriches as pets ? Five uncredited b/w plates re-inserted. Front hinge cracked and glued. 192 pp. View More...
Blue paper on boards. An edition I hadn't seen before, designed to help learning readers. Colour pictures on every page. An interesting collectible for Lone Ranger fans ! 78 pp. No writing anywhere ! View More...
