Toronto: Reginald Saunders, 1940. Edward Shenton (DJ and chapter headings). Popular (Canadian) Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in black onto upper board and spine, top edge unstained, 8vo (9-1/4 inches tall), pp. 427, (428), colored endpapers, decorations by Edward Shenton. Volume with 1943/44 presentation bookplate..... More
Sydney: John Sands, [1948]. Walter Cunningham. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Tan paper over boards, title printed in maroon onto upper board, tall 8vo (9-11/16 inches tall), pp. 43, (44), illustrated throughout with engaging natural-history watercolors. Volume with neat p.o. name and a small juvenile window drawing to ffep, tiny..... More
New York: Cupples and Leon, (1927). Hardcover. Illustrated boards, 12mo, pp. 208, (4) ads, frontis, titles on "Books for Boys" page list to self. Volume with spine ends softened, pencil price and erasure top ffep, no dust jacket. More
n.p. Harlan Quist Book, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in bright blue onto upper board and spine, square 8vo (9 inches tall), unpaginated, colored endpapers. Price-intact DJ has rubbing to front panel with small chips, closed tears and creases to edges..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Original blue ribbed cloth, title and decorations in gilt to upper cover and spine with oval paste-down illustration on upper cover, 8vo (7-3/4 inches tall), unpaginated, illustrated throughout. Paste-down rubbed with wear and small stains to covers, a few..... More
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1887. Paperback. Incredible survival of an unused set of copy books from 1887, together three volumes. Saddle stapled printed paper wraps, square 8vo (8-5/8 inches tall), pp. unpaginated [32], illustrated with printed writing examplars across the head of each page and lined for copy..... More
Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing Company, 1943. Stated Second Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards, title printed in red onto spine, 8vo, (8 inches tall), pp. 311, top edge stained yellow. Volume with text toned and two small spots of paper where corner of the DJ flaps were once stuck to..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1945. First Illustrated Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Beige cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, color illustrated paste-down onto upper board, large 8vo (9-5/16 inches tall), pp. 131, ads, all edges trimmed and stained blue, colour illustrated end papers, Volume about fine with spine..... More
Greenock, Scotland: James McKelvie & Sons, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt onto upper board, 12mo (7-3/8 inches tall), pp. 144 [for all 6 vols.], illustrated. Volumes with rubbing and wear to covers, taped spines and offset to endpapers. One ffep missing..... More
London: Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co, (c. 1935). Gordon Browne. Reprint. Hardcover. Moss green cloth with title stamped in gilt onto spine and blind stamped with decorative borders onto upper board, 12mo (7-1/4 inches tall), pp. 246, illustrated glossy frontis. Volume with slight slant, top edge dusty, name and date..... More
London & New York: Anthony Treherne & Co. Ltd. / The H.B. Claflin Co., n.d. Mary Tourtel. Second Edition. Hardcover. Date from OCLC. This small, circa early 1900s volume is No. 1 (of 7) in The Stump Books For Children series, and includes the following nursery rhymes : Old King..... More
New York & Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1938. Paperback. Illustrated wraps, title and star photograph to top cover, oblong 8vo (8-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches), unpaginated (pp. 47, not inc. front of top cover), text and small B&W movie stills verso, full page B&W movie stills recto. Top cover..... More
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Mockba (Moscow): (Education Publishing), 1967. Hardcover. (English title) Illustrated paper over boards, gray quarter cloth spine, 8vo (8-7/16 inches tall), pp. 103, [105], alphabet illustrated endpapers, small rubber stamp "Printed In Soviet Union" to foot of colophon page, illustrated throughout in duo-tone, B&W and color, "[Price] 31 Kon." printed at..... More
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Mockba (Moscow): (Education Publishing), 1967. Hardcover. Illustrated paper over boards, gray quarter cloth spine, 8vo (8-7/16 inches tall), pp. 103, [105], alphabet illustrated endpapers, small rubber stamp "Printed In Soviet Union" to foot of colophon page, illustrated throughout in duo-tone, B&W and color, "[Price] 31 Kon." printed at top of..... More
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Mockba (Moscow): (Education Publishing), 1968. Hardcover. (English title) Illustrated paper over boards, gray quarter cloth spine, title stamped in black onto spine, 8vo (8-3/8 inches tall), pp. 159, [160], small rubber stamp "Printed In Soviet Union" to foot of title page, price of "31 K." printed at top of rear..... More
London: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd., 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Tan hardcover, title stamped in gilt onto spine, medium duodecimo, 7-3/4" x 5" [19.6 cm x 12.7 cm] all edges trimmed, "First Published 1973" stated on copyright page pp. 224. Volume with a 1" sticker ghost on..... More
Toronto, ON: J. Walsh, (1916). J. Walsh. Hardcover. Color pictorial boards with green cloth spine, small 4to (9-5/8 inches [24.3 cm] tall), pp. 42, illustrated with photographs and drawings throughout, terminal leaf with "The Strathmore Press / Toronto" printed at foot, publication date from the frontis and other illustrations which..... More
London: Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co, (c. 1935). Reprint. Hardcover. Red cloth with title in gilt to spine and blind stamped onto upper board, 12mo (7-1/4 inches tall), pp. 187 (2) ads, illustrated with four B&W plates inc. frontis. Volume with light wear and rubs, name and date in pencil..... More
New York: HarperCollins (Harper Collins), 2005. Williams, Garth (Illustrator). Collectors Edition. Hardcover. Collector's Edition Gift Set in publishers shrink wrap. Two full-color collector's edition volumes in slipcase with two frameable prints included. Shrink wrap is open at front of slip case, publisher's sticker present. Small 4to, pp. 184, 131. Extra..... More
New York / London: D. Appleton and Company, 1927. Clara Elsene Peck. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Christmas play set in a wealthy home with "colorful dialogue", it is attractive for both reading and acting with a cast of eighteen. Cloth backed decorative boards, title printed in green onto..... More