New York: S.M. Crane, 1847. Soft cover. 2.25" x 3.75" Scarce. Orig. brown paper wrappers, sewn binding. 16 pp. B&W engravings in text. Chipping to spine, fore edge, and corners. Some creasing, rubbing, and a few stains to covers. A few stains to interior. A pictorial, rhyming alphabet for children..... More
Cincinnati: The U.S. Playing Card Company, 1921. Soft cover. 16mo. Illustrated wrappers. 16 p.p. Illustrated. Contains entertaining games, puzzles, card stunts, and other tricks to be enjoyed with an old playing deck. Dampstain to head and foot of rear cover along joint. Pages lightly browned. Dampstain to title page and..... More
1987. Soft cover. 7.25" x 6.75" Soft cover. 31 pp. Fully illustrated in colour. Top and tail edges of front cover are tanned, corners curled, some light warping from apparent damp staining. Interior has been marked up with purple ink. More
London: The Livingstone Press. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. N.d., [1922]. Blue cloth spine, colour pictorial paper boards. 95 pp. Colour and B&W illustrations in text. Spine sunned, boards and edges rubbed, stained to rear board. Presentation bookplate from The Young People's Forward Movement Toronto to verso of ffep. Offsetting to..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1800. Soft cover. 6.75" x 8.75" Limp pictorial cloth, stapled binding. Unpaged, [16] pp. Considerable staining, rubbing to covers and extremities. Creased through the middle. Good. More
Toronto: Morang Educational Company Limited, 1909. Soft cover. 12mo. Morang's Modern Text Books. Orig. green cloth-backed card covers. 64 pp. Colour illustrations. Covers sunned to extremities, stained at rear, Wear to cloth at edges. A few damp stains to interior. More
New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company. Soft cover. 16mo. [N.d., ca. 1920]. Orig. colour illustrated wraps, staple bound. Unpaginated, approx [22] pp. B&W illustrations. Covers are damp stained, lightly edge worn with a few small chips, a few creases. Some chips repaired to reverse with tissue. Some light damp staining..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1906. Soft cover. 7" x 9" Mistletoe Series. Colour illustrated wrappers. [10] pp. Colour illustrations. Printed on linen. Worn to extremities and head of rear cover from sticker removal. Creasing to covers. Damp stain to head of front cover. Slight chipping to upper corner. More
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1908. [Fell, Herbert Granville]. Hardcover. 18mo. 156 p.p. Eight colour plates. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and colour pictorial onlay to front board. Hinge cracked at verso of half title and offsetting to half title. Foxing to edges of text block, spine ends bumped..... More
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1922. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. A new and complete version. Orig. red cloth, colour pictorial onlay to front board. Colour pictorial endpapers. Unpaged, [53 pp.]. With 24 coloured illustrations. Spine tilted. Boards are damp stained, chipping and wear to onlay, bruise..... More
Toronto: Friends of the Osborne and Lilian H. Smith Collections, Toronto Public Library, 1971. Soft cover. 4.25" x 7" A new edition (reprint of 1822 edition), embellished with cuts. Tan card wrappers. 52 pp. [6] plates colour woodcut reproductions. A few spots of rubbing to wrappers, small damp stain to..... More
New York: Hurst and Company. Hardcover. 16mo. N.d., [ca. 1905?] Orig tan cloth, pictorial inlay. 282 pp. ads. Spine slightly tilted, lightly stained. Rubbing to extremities. Light blue staining to fore edge of text block. 0. More
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New York: Hurst and Company. Hardcover. 12mo (large). [1912]. Mounted colour illustration on front board of two boys, one in a canoe, the other standing, seperated by the American flag. Illustration on spine. 319 p.p. Previous owner inscription on front free endpaper. Outer frame of illustration traced in marker on..... More
London & Glasgow: The Children's Press, 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. The Boys' and Girls' Library Classics Series. Illustrated boards, 156pp. Boards lightly worn with corners a bit bumped o/w very good. Stories incldue Aladdin and Sinbad the Sailor. More
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London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Hardcover. [n.d.] Original jacket. 458 p.p., plus 6 p.p. ads. [4] full page colour illustrations incl. frontispiece. Ownership inscription on front fly leaf. Jacket soiled with large tears and losses to head and bottom front cover, as well as head and tail of spine affecting..... More
London: James Nisbet & Co. Limited. Hardcover. 8vo. (ca. 191-?). Orig. pictorial green cloth, 123pp., (6)ads. Frontispiece. Owner inscribed on ff/ endpaper, light foxing. Light bruising to spine ends and corners with some markings to boards, but o/w a very good copy. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Bedford, F.D. Hardcover. 16mo. Orig. brown cloth, gilt device to front board. T.E.G. 353 pp. [8] B&W plates incl. frontis. Rubbing to extremities, some spots of damp staining to boards. More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1927. Hardcover. 12mo. Original blue cloth. Geometric endpapers. 299 pp. Colour frontis. Some light edge wear, sunning to spine, bruising to lower rear corner. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Pages are age-toned. Dust jacket is price clipped, chipped at spine ends..... More
Toronto: Annick Press, 1999. Jorisch, Stephane. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (imperial). SIGNED with inscription by Gary Barwin to title page. Soft cover. Unpaged, [32] pp. Fully illustrated in colour. Fine. More
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1939. Neill, John R. Hardcover. 12mo. Abridged junior edition. Pictorial paper boards. 62 pp. Full page colour illustrations + B&W line drawings in text. Light edge wear, bumping to corners. More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. Neill, John R. Hardcover. 8vo. [N.d., ca. 1930s]. Reprint. Orig. cream cloth. B&W pictorial endpapers. 261 pp. Slight darkening to spine, small spot of wear to lower corner of front board. Else fine. More
Toronto: Coles Publishing Company. Neill, John R. Soft cover. [1980]. Paperback. Coles Children's Books Series. [12] 287 p.p. [1]. Illustrated throughout with characters from Oz.. Light yellowing to covers. Very little rubbing to edges, extremities. Interior clean. Near fine. Book 12 of the classic Oz Books by L. Frank Baum..... More
London: Atlantic Books, 2008. Rawle, Graham. Hardcover. 10.5" x 9.5" Quarter green cloth with pictorial paper boards, gilt lettering to spine. Fully illustrated in colour. 296 p.p. Some spotting and staining to interior. This book presents The Wizard of Oz as it has never been seen before. The acclaimed collage..... More
Chicago: The Book House for Children, 1948. Sturges, Katherine. Hardcover. 4to. 191 p.p. Blue cloth boards with colour illustrated onlay and gilt lettering to spine and front board. Front board is discoloured in a few places, light rubbing to fore edge, rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners, onlay..... More
Chicago: The Book House for Children, 1925. Sturges, Katherine. Hardcover. 8vo (imperial). Blue buckram boards with colour illustrated onlay and gilt lettering to spine and front board. 191 pp. Vibrantly illustrated endpapers and colour illustrations throughout. Spine sunned and tilted, extremities rubbed. Scuff to gutter at front endpapers. An illustrated..... More