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Masterman Ready

By: Marryat, Capt. Frederick

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Grosset & Dunlap:

Seller ID: 007115

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

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 eager in their pursuit they run blindly into danger." - P. 85. 398 pp.
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The Biggest Bear on Earth

By: McCracken, Harold

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, J. B. Lippincott Co.: 1943

Seller ID: 010805

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Minus

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.
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The Secret Jungle

By: McGregor, R. J.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: London, Sheldon Press: 1928

Seller ID: 008164

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

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 prescribed 160 pp. and the 16-page catalog at the back is dated 1928. I re-inserted the frontispiece. The author was Headmaster of ...
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A Bunch of Cherries

By: Meade, L.T.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Grosset and Dunlap:

Seller ID: 001255

Binding: Pictorial Cover

Condition: Good

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.
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Little Mary and Other Stories

By: Meade, L.T.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, W. & R. Chambers, Limited:

Seller ID: 005072

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

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.
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Queen of the Day and Other Stories

By: Meade, Manwell, Crompton

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Ernest Nister:

Seller ID: 006948

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

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.
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Arthur Mee's Golden Year; Over the Hills and Far Away

By: Mee, Arthur

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton:

Seller ID: 000681

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original bright orange cloth with sunrise motif suggestive of art deco, in black and yellow, on boards.. Black lettering cover and spine. A marvelous, serious, substantial look at world history and geography for the young reader, but I like it, too! PON on pictorial EP. Greatly undervalued. Hinge paper cracked, but still firmly and solidly bound. Dozens of photos and colour art works. 316 pp.
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A Challenge for the Poppies

By: Middleton, Ivy F.E.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Victory Press: 1965

Seller ID: 000797

Binding: Pictorial Cover

Condition: Good

Original pictorial boards, no DJ. A Girl Guide story. 120 pp.
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Mother Truth's Melodies. Common Sense for Children. A Kindergarten

By: Miller, Mrs. E.P.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Chicago, Fairbanks & Palmer Publishing Co.: 1888

Seller ID: 013137

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Bright red hardcover with gilt and black titles and cover illustration. Spine is worn, frayed, sunned, and has a 3/4 inch tear at bottom of rear hinge. Slight folding to bottom corner at the hinge of pages 101-112, and cuts at bottoms of pages 225-230 (not affecting text). Patterned endpapers in cream and tan. Delightful rhymes for young children with hundreds of black and white illustrations. Includes all the classics such as Humpty Dumpty; Little Bo-Peep; Twinkle, Twinkle; Little Boy Blue; and Hi-Diddle Diddle. 352 pp.
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The Bear Who Wanted the Mostest and Other Stories

By: Misheiker, Betty

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd.: 1963

Seller ID: 005039

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original green pictorial cloth on boards. First free endpaper and library evidence neatly removed. 13 delightful animal stories will have the kids singing, "I've got the bestest cage in the zoo !" 126 pp.
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The Little Old Portrait; A Story for Girls and Boys

By: Molesworth, Mrs.

Price: $15.00 USD

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

Seller ID: 005081

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original grey cloth with lovely pictorial of boy giving a girl a flower. The story is about some bright spots of life amidst the horror of the French Revolution. Clean, with no writing. One tiny nick to edge of rear cover. 236 pp.
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The Magic Nuts

By: Molesworth, Mrs.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Philadelphia, Henry Altemus Company: 1899

Seller ID: 008789

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Original red shield on gold background on green cloth boards. No writing or damage. Young Leonore takes a train ride with her governess to Alton in the first chapter, Night and Morning. Next chapters are Apples and Nuts, It is Hildegarde, On the Way, What's O'Clock ?, Gnomeland, A Collation under Difficulties, Tree-Top Land, A Concert, The Blue-Silk Room, The Unselfish Mermaid, and The Unselfish Mermaid (continued). Corner wear. 198 pp.
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The Blue Castle

By: Montgomery, L. M.

Price: $125.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, Limited: 1947

Seller ID: 013226

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original blue cloth on boards. Pictorial dustjacket with young woman and a castle. Cavendish edition copyright 1926 and reprinted 1947. Previous owner's name. Pages 41-48 stick out slightly from text block - possibly re-glued. DJ has edgewear, and two large tears in the back with some paper loss in one. Ad on back of DJ for Cavendish Library ends with Magic for Marigold. 265 pp.
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Kilmeny of the Orchard

By: Montgomery, L.M.

Price: $150.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, The Page Company: 1917

Seller ID: 001874

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original violet cloth with oval portrait pastedown and gilt lettering. Front. duplicates cover board. Gilt spine lettering. The little-known but haunting tale of Kilmeny, who was never taken to church or sent to school, presumably because she couldn't speak. How she learned to express herself so beautifully with her violin is a delightful example to all, regardless of age or station. Minor corner bumps. Untrimmed edges. 256 pp.
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The Golden Road

By: Montgomery, L.M.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto and Halifax, Ryerson Press: 1947

Seller ID: 013223

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good Minus

Original blue cloth with yellow lettering and decoration on boards. Previous owner's name. Follows The Story Girl, as she returns to Carlisle and gets involved in publishing a magazine.. 369 pp.
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Out of the Sun

By: Montgomery, Rutherford G.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Musson: 1945

Seller ID: 000971

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original yellow cloth cover on boards, no DJ except one flap enclosed. Colour front. plus several B/W drawings. Racial slang. Light cover soil, 2 P.O.N.'s,OW very good. 255 pp. plus ad.
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The Boys' Country Book

By: Moore, John (Ed.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Collins: 1955

Seller ID: 007059

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original bright red cloth on boards. Gift notation, with no other writing and no damage. DJ flap, List of Contributors, laid in. Articles by 27 writers, suggesting how and where to have fun and learn something. No thumb smudges, scribbles, or tears suggests to me that the owner was either not a reader or not a "going concern," since either of these types would have received inspiration and ideas for any number of activities or projects from these pages. A book I would have devoured as a boy. 352 pp. Small ding to top edge of cover.
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Exploring Earth History

By: Moore, Patrick and Brinton, Henry

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Odhams Books Limited: 1967

Seller ID: 004852

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original red cloth on boards, with DJ and mylar wrap. Library stamps and card pocket, otherwise very good. I learned about the island of Surtsey from this book. 96 pp.
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Feversham's Fag

By: Mowbray, John

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Cassell: 1927

Seller ID: 001086

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

Original brown cloth bordered and lettered in black, no DJ. Ex-library with customary evidence. Colour front and three additional full-page drawings by H.M. Brock. Cocked, and outer cover seems to have been lacquered to a hard, shiny finish.. 216 pp.
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Rosy

By: Mrs. Molesworth

Price: $15.00 USD

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

Seller ID: 006604

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Original illustrated blue cloth on boards. Gift note. A few light smudges.Hinges cracked. "How was it that Colin was so good-tempered and reasonable, Felix so gentle and obedient, and Rosy, poor Rosy, so very different? ...Rosy had always been a very fiery little person, but the great pity was that she had been sadly spoiled." - p. 12
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