Original black 1/4 leather on textured leather boards, with gilt lettering and banding on spine. Rubbing and breakage at top and bottom of spine edges. Back hinge strained. Rear free endpaper missing. Heavy foxing. Two pages have underlining. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper and title page. This book begins at page 167 and continues to page 375, so it is reasonable to assume there is another part to it, although it is not indicated on the title page. 208 pages. View More...
Original blue cloth on boards. Reading copy only. Margaret Carnegie Fletcher introduced barley mills and weaving mills to Scotland. Only two other copies found. 222 pp. View More...
Original black cloth with red borders and lettering on boards. Lord Wolseley was a soldier's soldier, with a long, glorious career through many battles. The rear hinge was cracked and glued, but overall the book is sound and clean. 440 pp. View More...
Black cloth on boards. Three tiny worm holes in inner margin of cover and first 20 pp. Book I, The Initiates. Address for a Prize Day. Argument. Statement. Letter to a Wound. Book II, Journal of an Airman. Book III, Six Odes. 111 pp. Slight odor. View More...
Orignal maroon cloth on boards. First free endpaper missing. Front hinge cracked. No writing. Not only a history, but also a commentary on early Canadian literature. 200 pp., including index. View More...
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...
Original blue cloth lettered and decorated in yellow on boards. Two of four illustrations are missing. Front endpaper missing. Cover worn, but holding together well. A delightful first-person novel of Sandpeep, a girl of the east coast who lives with Aunt Hit after her father dies early. 421 pp. View More...
Original grey softcover. Spine joint torn about 2 inches up from foot. Meditations on favourite hymns by a Presbyterian minister who lost his voice after serving four years in Dumfries Street Church, Paris, and two years in Knox Church, St. Thomas, both in Ontario. 128 pp. View More...
Original green cloth on boards. No writing. Upper half of rear hinge broken through. Hot stuff for 1920 reviewer in New Zealand who ends her review with the putdown, "But Miss Jane Burr and her explanation disgust us." Apparently Miss Burr had the nerve to write about adultery and divorce ! For myself, I started reading out of curiosity and soon found myself on page 60 ! 197 pp. View More...
Blue cloth on boards, lettered and illustrated in gilt. 20 detailed monochrome drawings by the famous Scottish painter, Sir Joseph Noel Paton (1821-1901), installed as Queen's Limner in 1866 and knighted the following year. Top cover abraded along joint and corner tips worn through. All edges gilt. Bookplate carelessly removed. Previous owner's name and date in pencil (1875). NOTE: The initial "J" in the artist's name resembles a modern "F", which led me to confuse him with his second son, F. Noel Paton, who served as director of Commercial Intelligence to the Government of India. 69 p... View More...
Original olive cloth with gilt lettering and black and silver Art Deco decoration. Flower patterned endpapers. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's name. Spine is badly faded. Wear to cloth at top and bottom of spine. Back cover is wrinkled at bottom corner. Print is only on right hand side of pages (left pages blank). There are two sections to the book: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which has drawings on every page, and several black and white plates by Dore: and a section in the back called "Favorite Poems" which is an unillustrated anthology of various poets' work. Heavy book. 84 pp... View More...
Original colour-illustrated paper boards. Clean and sound. Minor chipping head of spine, and corners worn.. This is a larger format with reasonably large print, but light enough for young readers to handle easily. Some full-page colour plates as well as black-and-white drawings. 144 pp. View More...
Original grey cloth on boards. Cracked hinges have been glued. Interior clean and readable. Author grants permission to use any of the readings for free. 140 pp. plus testimonials. Cover grubby. View More...
Original colour illustrated paper boards backed in olive cloth. Edgewear. Previous owner's name and inscription. Retold for children by Louey Chisholm, who saw it in a book entitled, "The Parent's Assistant", when she was a little girl. 64 pp. View More...
Original maroon cloth with gilt lettering on boards. A well-documented account of the conversion of a Hindu to Christianity. Not easy to follow, for the author warns, "I know I must ask those who are to read the recital to walk in a winding way." - Preface. Binding is strained; not separated. Three small unrepaired edge tears. An excellent source for any student of Hindu tradition as well as for evangelistic Christians. Patterned endpapers with evidence of paper label removed. 87 pp. View More...
Original blue cloth on boards. 1/2" tear head of spine. Gutter break just before half-title. Presentation bookplate from IODE. Portrait of King Edward VIII glued to first free endpaper. Eight striking full-page colour portraits of various members of the royal family. 128 pp. View More...
Blue cloth on boards.Both hinges cracked. Basic theme is the deep friendship and commitment between the two men. They began their friendship as children, and continued their comradeship for 40 years. Bentinck served the king as diplomat and fellow soldier. 433 pp. View More...
Original deep maroon cloth on boards. Two illustrations missing, of eight. Sunday School Library evidence. Covers spotted and edgeworn, but holding together ! 352 pp. View More...
Original brown blindstamped cloth on boards. Edge and corner wear. Last free endpaper missing, and previous leaf punctured. With notes and a biographical sketch. 427 pp. View More...
Original thin off-white cloth on boards, no DJ. Harper's Black&White Series. 1894 issue of the 1891 copyright. Hinge repair at page 24, still Good Minus. Seven full-page line drawings by Smedley. 68 pp. plus ads. View More...
