| NO | AUTHOR_ARTIST | TITLE | PUBLISHER | PRICE | COND | DESCRIPTION |
| 4331 | Rainey, William Rainey, William |
Abdulla The Mystery of an Ancient Papyrus | Wells Gardner Darton & CO.,Ltd London | $12.00 | Poor, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Covers are discoloured and faded especially backstrip. A few large tears on backstrip. Hinges badly cracked. Covers are detaching. |
| 6468 | Dunham, Curtis Kerr, George F. |
The Amazing Adventures of Bobbie in Bugabooland (Next door to Fairyland) A Cheerful Chronicle for Children not Younger than Seven or Older than Seventy | The Bobbs Merrill Company Publishers Indianapolis 1907 | $125.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Decorative covers are rubbed on corners and on top and bottom edges.Spine head and tail are chipped and have small rips. Covers are a bit discoloured and faded. Hinge is starting to crack. Some yellowing on endpapers. Inscription to previous owner on ffep. Some foxing. Fronticepiece is almost completely detached. Each page has a decorative border illustrated with fairies or elves. Some colour illustrations. A scarce book. |
| 1479 | Dalkeith, Lena |
Animals of Other Lands | Thomas Nelson & Sons 0 | $10.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | " This book is designed to form a Reading Companion to Nelson's Geography Practice entitled The Magic Cave" Number 78 in the reading practice series. Cloth on corners and edges is rubbed and starting to fray in spots. Small teats in cloth on backstrip. Covers soiled. Endpapers stamped with previous owner's name. Some pencil marks were erased on front endpaper. Some foxing and soiling on text, but does not obscure text. Previous owner neatly coloured two illustrations. Hinges ok. |
| 2742 | Field, Mrs E.M. Walker, A.G. |
At the King's Right Hand | Wells Gardner Darton & CO.,Ltd London | $10.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Covers are soiled. Backstrip is soiled and discoloured. Page edges are soiled. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. Pages yellowed. |
| 2639 | Domm, Kristin Bieber Domm, Jeffery C. |
Atlantic Puffin Little Brother of the North | Nimbus Publishing Limited Halifax 2005 | $6.00 | Fine, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book | A nice copy. May have been damp on bottom edge as there is a dampstain on rear endpapers. Beautifully illustrated. Still a nice copy. |
| 2638 | Domm, Kristin Bieber Domm, Jeffery C. |
Atlantic Puffin Little Brother of the North | Nimbus Publishing Limited Halifax 2005 | $6.00 | Fine, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book | A nice copy. Next to new. Beautifully illustrated. |
| 9315 | MacDonald, Frankie; Sawler, Sarah |
Be Prepared!: The Frankie MacDonald Guide to Life, the Weather, and Everything | Nimbus Publishing 2018 | $15.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book | Frankie signed the title page. A book geared to children that explains a bit about weather and a bit about life with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Author is a local Cape Breton celebrity with his own You Tube weather forecast who happens to live with Autism. |
| 1493 | Madison, Lucy Foster Beard, Adelia B. |
Bee and Butterfly a Tale of Two Cousins | M.A. Donohue & Co. Chicago 1913 | $11.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Ex-Library | Blue covers are scuffed, gilt lettering is faded. Backstrip is stained and the colouring is mottled. Cloth is ripped on top of backstrip. Back cover is stained. Inscription to previous owner on inside front cover. Usual library markings and stamps. Frontispiece is torn along hinge 3 inches up from bottom. Hinge cracking in centre. Inside clean. |
| 9618 | Marshall, Ingeborg |
The Beothuk of Newfoundland A Vanished People | Breakwater Books Ltd 2001 | $12.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book | In good clean condition. Written for children. |
| 9617 | Taylor, Wanda |
Birchtown and the Black Loyalists | Nimbus Publishing 2014 | $10.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book | A child's history book. In clean unmarked condition. |
| 1620 | Bowker, James |
Birds of the Bible: Chats with the Children about Bible Birds | Morgan & Scott London | $29.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Blue decorative boards with bevelled edges. Board edges are rubbed. Endpapers are decorative. Previous owner's name in pen on endpaper. Some foxing. Missing coloured frontispiece. Some blck and white illustrations were coloured in by previous owner. Hinges are cracking. |
| 3829 | Wiggin, Kate Douglas |
The Birds' Christmas Carol | Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 1916 | $10.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Book is clean inside and out. |
| 314 | Saxon, Carl |
Blackie Thorne at Camp Lenape | Books, Inc. New York 1940 | $5.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Brown cloth soiled. Page edges soiled, some foxing. Corners bumped, rubbed. Tight copy. |
| 501 | Baker, Willard F. |
Bob Dexter and the Storm Mountain Mystery | Cupples & Leon Company New York 1925 | $9.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Grey-green pictorial cloth. Starting to wear at edges. Some soiling at page edges. Tight and clean. |
| 2030 | Grayson, Donald |
Bob Steele from Auto to Airship or Strange Adventure In the Air | David McKay, Publisher Philadelphia 1909 | $25.00 | Poor, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Decorative covers badly soiled. Backstrip chipped and frayed. Backcover almost detached from book block, but attached to backstrip and front cover. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Loose binding. Good reading copy. |
| 8910 | Watson, Robert |
A Boy of the Great North West | Graphic Publishers Ottawa, On 1930 | $35.00 | Good, Dustjacket: Fair, Hardcover Book | Subtitled: The Rousing Experience of a Young Canadian among Cowboys, Hunters, Trappers, Fur Traders, Fishermen and Indians. Some rips, tears and soiling on dustjacket. Front endpaper is torn out. Small tear on page 20. |
| 2050 | Watson, W.H.L. (compiler) |
A Boy's Book of Prose | Philip Allan & Co. London 1924 | $25.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | In the table of contents there are nine parts listed, they are as follows: Travellers' Tales, Romances, Plague and Fire, On the Sea, Soldiers and some Battles, Courtship, In the Town, In the Country, and A Little Philosophy. Covers Blue and a bit scuffed. Page edges mottled. First front endpaper torn out. Inside clean and tight. |
| 1355 | Meadowcroft, William H. |
The Boy's Life of Edison | Harper & Brothers New York 1921 | $8.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Ex-Library | Blue covers are scuffed and wearing at edges. Corners bumped and rubbed to boards. Top and bottom of backstrip fraying. Library markings on backstrip, title page, table of contents and back endpapers. Inside clean. Hinges ok. |
| 6279 | Fenn, George Manville |
The Boys at Menhardoc | Blackie & Son Ltd London 1911 | $15.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Nice decorative covers are bright with minimal scuffing. Rubbing to boards on corners. Inscription to previous owner behind fronticepiece. Clean and fairly tight. |
| 2123 | Charles, H. Frederick |
The Boys of Highfield or, The Hero of Chancery House | The Religious Tract Society London | $12.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | No publication date given, but inscription to previous owner is dated 1907. Decorative covers. Edges rubbed. Top and bottom of backstrip rubbed. Backstrip fading. Back cover a bit soiled. Inscription to previous owner on endpaper. Stain on a few pages, does not obscure text. Minimal foxing. |
| 7074 | Henty, G.A. |
By Pike and Dyke A Tale of the Rise and Fall of the Dutch Republic | Blackie & Son Ltd London 0 | $25.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Decorative covers. Inscription to previous owner on endpaper dated 1890 and small sticker under inscription. |
| 2476 | Bullen, Frank T. |
The Call of the Deep Being some Further Adventures of Frank Brown | George Bell & Sons London 1907 | $11.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Part of the publisher's "Indian and colonial library" for sale only in India and the colonies. Red covers. Back cover has some water staining. Backstrip is faded, chipped and fraying. There was some red colour transfer on the rear endpapers where they were damp. Two rips in the cloth along backstrip. Rear hinge starting to crack. Previous owner's name on endpaper. |
| 1596 | Vandercook, Margaret |
The Camp Fire Girls in Merrie England | The John C. Winston Company Philadelphia 1920 | $30.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Beige decorative covers, depicting a North American Indian girl paddling a canoe. Cover edges are rubbed. Inscription to previous owner on first endpaper. Front hinge cracked to webbing. Fronticepiece is ripping at hinge. Foxing toward front and back of book. |
| 5361 | Everett, Shirley; Scott, Chris Augusta & Moore, Marie |
Cape Breton Wonders | Cape Breton University Press Sydney, Nova Scotia, 2008 | $8.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book | Book is clean. Covers are starting to curl. |
| 9711 | Field, Mrs E.M. Skeats, Leonard S |
Castle Dangerous of Canada | Wells Gardner, Darton & Co London 0 | $18.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Cloth is rubbed on covers. Hole in cloth covering spine. Foxing throughout. First endpaper, fronticepiece and some other illustrations are missing. Name written in pen on half-title page. Some pen marks on cover. Hinge is cracking in rear. |
| 773 | Lynn, Escott |
A Cavalier of Fortune A Story of the Monmouth Rebellion and the Revolution | W & R Chambers Ltd. London | $24.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Decorative Cloth Book | Covers have minimal wear. Corners have some wear. Endpapers are discoloured. Foxing on paper edges. Part of the Chambers's Supplementary Readers series. |
| 4366 | Trotter, Reginald G. |
Charters of Our Freedom | Ginn & Company Toronto | $10.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | A canadian book meant to help teach youth. Clean and unmarked. Presentation certificate pasted to inside front cover. |
| 2328 | Christie Redfern's Troubles | The Religious Tract Society London | $11.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Brown bevelled decorative boards are scuffed. Cloth is wearing on edges and corners and is torn a bit in a couple of spots. Gilt page edges. Spine is cocked. Front hinge cracked. Front endpaper missing. Moderate foxing. Page edges soiled. Good reading copy. | |
| 4941 | Pyn, Susan Keating, Nancy |
The Colours of My Home: A Portrait of Newfoundland & Labrador | Creative Book Pub Saint Johns, Newfoun 2007 | $8.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book | A children's picture book. A nice clean book. |
| 4711 | Raddall, Thomas H. Gjesdal, are |
Courage in the Storm | Pottersfield Press Porter's Lake, Nova 1987 | $10.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book | Some creases on covers. Inside is clean |
| 2236 | French, Susan (editor) |
Daily Mail Annual for Boys and Girls | Daily Mail London 1947 | $10.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Red covers are faded in spots especially near and on backstrip. Inside is clean. Crossword puzzles completed in pencil. Photos, line drawings and coloured plates. Inscription to previous owner dated 1947 on endpaper. |
| 4432 | Richards, Milton |
Dick Kent in the Far North | A.L. Burt Company New York 1927 | $8.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Cover is faairly clean and bright with the exception of the backstrip which is mottled. Inscription to previous owner on first free endpaper. |
| 43 | Cole, Carol Cassidy |
Downy Wing and Sharp Ears | The Musson Book Company, Ltd. Toronto 1944 | $4.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Cartoon paste-on front cover with a 1" chip torn off, probably from a pricetag. Previous owner's name and address in pen inside front cover. Cover slightly soiled. Otherwise, clean, book is completely intact with no rips or tears. |
| 3827 | Martin, George Madden |
Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress | Appleton and Company New York 1916 | $12.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Blue covers with gilt lettering and colour paste down illustration are clean and bright. Backstrip is discoloured. Foxing on page edges and interior, especially on endpapers. Previous owner's name on endpaper. |
| 1940 | Knowlton, J. Burnett |
The Empire Annual For Boys Volume Twenty: Tales of Adventure, School Life, Topical Articles on Sports, and Many Plates in Colour and Tint | The "Boys Own Paper" Office London | $15.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Paper Covered Boards Book | Cover edges are rubbed. Cloth backstrip is frayed at top. Cover depicts an airplane in midflight and a young boy climbing up a ladder to it. Presnted to previous owner in 1928 as attendance prize. Inside clean. Hinges weak. Rear endpaper detached. |
| 4407 | Johnson, Edwin |
The End of the Crooked Cross | Collins London 1970 | $6.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Part of the Seagull Library for boys. Decorative covers. Wartime novel for older boys. |
| 405 | Everett-Green, E. |
Evil May-Day A Story of 1517 | Thomas Nelson & Sons London | $12.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Blue decorative covers are worn and soiled. The flyleaf has a small black mark, the front end paper has an inscription dated 1912 in pen. Hinge is split at the front. Pages are complete and clean. |
| 7073 | Henty, G.A. |
Facing Death or The Hero of the Vaughan Pit A Tale of the Coal Mines | Blackie & Son Ltd London 0 | $20.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Decorative covers. Some small tears on top on backstrip. Page edges are soiled. |
| 2713 | Fairy Tales From Grimm | Spring Books London | $18.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | "Early Reader Series 6." Vintage children's book. Cloth spine. Decorative covers show some wear, corners worn to boards. Missing first front end paper, but all text is present. Title page is a little soiled, otherwise unmarked. | |
| 2945 | French, Donald (editor) Turner, Stanley and Morley, Rosalind |
Famous Canadian Canadian Stories Re-told for Boys and Girls New Edition | McClelland & Stewart Toronto 1931 | $10.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Red covers are scuffed and rubbed to boards on corners and edges. Cloth torn on bottom of backstrip. Front hinge is cracked. Cover is loose. Page edges are soiled. Front endpapers are missing up to half-title. Inside fairly clean. |
| 2321 | Pennell, Mary E. & Cusack, Alice M. Davis, Marguerite |
Fun and Frolic Canadian Children's Own Series 1 | Ginn & Company Toronto New Edition | $11.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Blue covers decorated with circus elephant. Small amount of edge wear and discolouring on covers. Decortive endpapers. There may be the odd pen mark inside, otherwise clean and tight. Nice copy. |
| 2582 | Ripley, G.S. |
Games for Boys | Henry Holt and Company New York 1922 | $12.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Red covers are scuffed. Wearing on edges. Some waterstaining on cover and red dye transfer on inside front cover. Cracked at title page. Title page is detached. Some foxing. Rear hinge cracked. |
| 1850 | The Girls Budget | Blackie & Son, Limited London | $12.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Decorative covers showing picture of two girls holding tennis rackets sho some wear and soiling. Spine is darkened. Hinges are holding, some foxing, but otherwise clean and unmarked inside. Printed on very thick paper stock. Contains 26 short stories for girls, early 1900s. | |
| 1094 | Flower, Jessie Graham |
Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras | The Saalfield Publishing Company Akron, Ohio 1923 | $6.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Green pictorial covers with black design and lettering. Inscription to previous owner on first free end paper. Pages yellowing, page 23 has small tear in corner. Otherwise clean and unmarked. |
| 1558 | Morris, Helen Hoyt, P.L. |
Grandma's Girls | Little ,Brown and Company Boston 1902 First Edition | $39.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Pictorial cover depicting grandmother waving to a wagon load of young girls. Some bumping and rubbing along corners and edges. Backstrip is faded. Inside front cover there is an inscription in pencil that states: This was written by Helen Morris (Nellie) Grandpa's cousin of Los Angeles (died in 1912). Frontispiece and tissue intact. Dampstain on top edge of pages. Six illustration by Hoyt. Rear hinge cracked. Last endpaper missing. Nice copy of scarce book. |
| 151 | The Grandstand Book For Boys | Spring Books London 0 | $10.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Nice pasted on pictoral cover with outer space theme. Piece of cover ripped off where price tag was glued on. Red cloth backstrip is faded. Edges and corners worn down to boards. Previous owners name in pen. Some pencil marks on back cover. Back cover is somewhat soiled. | |
| 7685 | Great Irishmen Short Lives Written for Young Children | George Bell and Sons London 1900 | $15.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Covers are spotted. Some foxing inside and on page edges. | |
| 1281 | Kipling, Rudyard and Thomas, Lowell Wiese, Kurt |
Great Kipling Stories Together with a Life of Rudyard Kipling | The John C. Winston Company Toronto 1936 | $8.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Orange covers scuffed and soiled. Shelf wear and some fraying to covers. Backstrip and bottom edge of back cover faded. Hinge cracked in frint at table of contents and in rear at glossary. Binding loose. |
| 2322 | Daniel, Elizabeth |
Happy Hours Photographs of Happy Children with Verses By the Author | Rand Mcnally & Company Chicago 1936 | $6.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Paper Covered Boards Book | Front cover creased and scuffed. Edges wearing. Paper starting to peel and tear a bit around backstrip. Inscription to previous owner on endpaper dated 1937. Minimal soiling and pencil markings on inside. Sweet verses to match each black and white photo of children. |
| 882 | Methley, V.M. Rainey, W. |
Held to Ransom | Wells Gardner Darton & CO.,Ltd London | $19.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Green covers with gilt lettering on backstrip. Ends of backstrip have small tears along edges. Page edges soiled. Board corners rubbed. Endpapers mottled with age. Inside fairly clean and tight. |
| 925 | Thorndyke, Helen Louise |
Honey Bunch and Norman Play Detective at Niagara Falls | Grosset & Dunlap New York 1957 | $11.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Pictorial Cover Book | Some pencil marks on page edges. Decorative endpapers. Clean and fairly tight. |
| 2997 | Wood, Christine |
The House That Died | Victory Press Acorn Books London 1966 | $6.00 | Good, Dustjacket: Good, Hardcover Book | Dustjacket and covers are rubbed on top and bottom. Inside clean and fairly tight. Book for young girls with religious overtones. |
| 3004 | Bice, Clare Bice, Clare |
Hurricane Treasure | The Viking Press New York 1966 | $9.00 | Good, Dustjacket: Good, Hardcover Book | Dustjacket protected in mylar covering. Inscription to previous owner on endpaper. Some pages are dogeared. Otherwise clean and tight. Children's mystery set in Nova Scotia. |
| 786 | Montgomery, Rutherford, G. Shimer, James |
Hurricane Yank | The Musson Book Company, Ltd. Toronto 1945 | $10.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | This book is in excellent condition for a children's book. Inscription from 1945 on front endpaper, given as a prize for high academic achievement. Only thing wrong with the book is that the backstrip is faded a shade or two lighter then the covers. Covers are clean and very bright. |
| 4119 | Henty, G. A. Schonberg, J. |
In the Reign of Terror The Adventures of the Westminster Boy | Blackie & Son, Limited Toronto | $20.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Decorative covers are discoloured. Edges and corners are rubbed. Some pen marks on endpapers. Foxing throughout. |
| 3862 | It's Story Time: Day By Day Stories | The Copp Clark Company Limited Toronto 1962 | $9.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Part of the Canadian Reading Developement Series- Primary. Book has a number 3 on the backstrip. Covers have some faded spots. Previous owner's name is on the front endpaper. Inside is clean. | |
| 7925 | Richler, Mordecai Wegner, Fritz |
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang | McClelland & Stewart Limited Toronto, Ontario 1975 First Canadian Editi | $20.00 | Good, Dustjacket: Good, Hardcover Book | Dustjacket has some small tears and tiny chips all along top edge. Covers are a bit faded. Otherwise good used condition. |
| 2103 | Pitt, Frances Knight, M. Forster |
Jane Squirrell | Country Life London 1942 First Edition | $9.00 | Good, Dustjacket: Good, Hardcover Book | Tan covers a bit soiled. Backstrip slightly faded. Spine a bit slanted. Clean inside and out. |
| 4558 | Brown Murphy, Cathy |
Jasmine's Journey | Creative Book Pub St Johns, Newfoundla 2002 | $8.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book | The story of a cat who survives a house fire and travels across the province to find her owners. Children's fiction. Previous owner's name in on half-title page. |
| 717 | Grey, Shirley |
Judy's Holiday Quest | Oxford University Press London 1934 | $14.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Book shows some edge wear. Decorative cover nice and bright. Presented as an attendance prize in 1938. Inside very clean and tight. |
| 277 | Everett, Edna |
Kindergarten and Primary Songs | Beckley-Cardy Company Chicago 1922 | $24.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Card Cover Book | Appoximately 7" x 11". A few scuffs on front cover. Some of the centre inner pages are loose at the staples. A few 1/2" rips on inner pages. The centre pages are rough on the edges due to being slightly askew, last page has a corner missing. A few pencil marks thoughout. Pages are otherwise clear and readable, not a bad copy despite the flaws. |
| 9654 | Baum, L Frank Neill, John R. |
The Land of Oz A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz | The Copp Clark Co Ltd 0 | $40.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Date stated on copyright page is 1904, no other date given however, I believe this was published later and is a possible 1st Canadian edition. Hardcover blue cloth with paste down image of the Scarecrow and Tin Man shaking hands on front cover. Very clean inside except there is a number written in pen on first free endpaper. Otherwise seems unmarked. |
| 4746 | Grey, Zane & Wetmore, Helen Cody |
Last of the Great Scouts (Buffalo Bill) | Grosset & Dunlap New York 1918 | $12.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Covers are soiled. Top and bottom of backstrip is frayed. Previous owner's name and address in pencil on first front endpaper. Front hinge is split making cover and first few pages loose. Some foxing. |
| 4194 | Little Bo-Peep | The Canada Games Co. Toronto 1921 | $10.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Paper Covers Book | Two inch tear on spine. Some coloured pencil marks on cover illustration. Some yellowing on text. Bound with staples that are starting to rust. Otherwise clean. | |
| 894 | Uttley, Alison Tempest, Margaret |
Little Grey Rabbit's Party | Collins Toronto 1947 | $18.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Green boards with maroon lettering and pasted on illustration. Some water staining on back cover which has discoloured the cloth. Illustrated endpapers. Previous owner's name in pen on first free endpaper. Inside quite clean and tight. |
| 9353 | Stedder, Eleanor |
Lost in the Wilds A Canadian Story | Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd 0 | $69.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Published circa 1910. A scarce book. Top and bottom of spine are bumped. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front cover, dated 1910. Hinges are starting to crack. Covers are slightly loose. Part of Nelson's Travel Series. |
| 4281 | Kingsley, Charles |
Madam How and Lady Why or First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children | MacMillan and Co. London 1899 | $12.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Green covers are faded soiled and scuffed. Cover edges are bumped and rubbed. Front endpapers are missing up to but not including half title page. Hinge is cracked and binding is loose. Discolouration on half title page. 1" X 3" piece is cut out of the half title page. |
| 3197 | A Marvellous Book for Girls | Blackie & Son, Limited London | $20.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Paper Covered Boards Book | Covers are dampstained and scuffed. Endpapers are dampstained. Front cover is slightly curled. Inside clean. | |
| 8212 | Harrison, F. Bayford |
Masaniello A Nine Days' Wonder | E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 0 | $40.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Part of the Boys Favorite Series. Decorative front cover. Back cover has some staining. Some rubbing on edges. Some yellowing to book block. Some pages are starting to loosen from binding. |
| 422 | Penrose, Margaret |
The Motor Girls on the Coast or The Waif from the Sea | The Goldsmith Publishing Co. New York 1913 | $8.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Green covers with black lettering are lightly worn. There is a sticker on the spine and on the flyleaf from a Sunday school. Front and back hinges are starting to split. Pages are darkening, but are unmarked. |
| 1509 | Garis, Lilian Foster, John |
Nancy Brandon: Idealist | Milton Bradley Company Springfield, Massach 1925 | $12.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Grey pictorial covers. Backstrip fading. Some hinges starting to crack. Inside very clean and nice. |
| 8580 | Corbett Sampson, Natalie |
No Girls Allowed: Inspired by the True Story of a Girl Who Fought for her Right to Play | Nimbus Publishing Limited Halifax, N.S. 2019 | $15.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book | A nice clean copy. |
| 7290 | Cody, Rev. H.A. |
On Trail and Rapid by Dog-Sled & Canoe The Story of Bishop Bompas's Life Amongst the Red Indians and Eskimos Told for Boys and Girls | The Musson Book Company Toronto 1911 | $20.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Beautifully illustrated covers and spine. Previous owner's name on ffep. |
| 5838 | Ellis, Edward S. |
Outdoor Life and Indian Stories | L.T. Myers 1912 | $35.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Covers are soiled and rubbed on corners and top and bottom of backstrip.Page edges are soiled. Some foxing. |
| 787 | Comfort, Mildred Houghton |
Peter and Nancy in Australia and Islands of the Pacific | Beckley-Cardy Company Chicago 1937 | $10.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Decorative Cloth Book | Part of a series of book for young adults, a pictorial view of the world. Decorative endpapers, map of Australia and South Pacific. Black covers are rubbed down to boards at corners and at edges of backstrip. Previous owner's name on endpaper and very lightly in pencil on page edge. Book is tight, but endpapers are starting to fray where two endpapers meet at middle of page. |
| 3041 | Fitzgerald, Percy (editor) |
Pictures of School Life and Boyhood Selected from the Best Authors | Cassell and Company, Ltd. London 1895 | $19.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Olive covers are decorated. Boards are bumped and rubbed on corners. Paste-down on inside front cover indicating that the book was given as a prize to former owner in 1895. Tissue paper, fronticepiece and title page are heavily foxed. More foxing toward rear of book. Spine slightly cocked. |
| 206 | Wilson, Theodora Dixon, Arthur A. |
The Precious Gift Bible Stories for Children | Blackie & Son, Limited London | $10.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Beautifully illustrated. Backstrip is lifting. Back and front hinges are cracked. Edges and corners are worn to boards. |
| 1295 | Le Feuvre, Amy |
Probable Sons | The Religious Tract Society London | $8.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Decorative Cloth Book | Dated probably early 1900's. Tan decorative covers are fairly bright and clean. Corners are bumped and a little rubbed. Top and bottom of backstrip are rubbed. Inscription to previous owner from Christmas 1908 on first front endpaper. Some foxing. Hinges ok. |
| 772 | Clarke, Mrs Henry |
Ralph the Outlaw A Tale of Adventure in Mediaeval England | Thomas Nelson & Sons London | $16.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Decorative Cloth Book | Fairly tight inside and out. Covers a bit faded. Cloth starting at top and bottom of backstrip and on corners. Some foxing on page edges. |
| 2023 | Miles, Alfred H. (editor) |
Recitations for Little People Including Many New Original and Copyright Pieces Never Before Published | The Goodship House London | $29.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Subtitled: "The Goodship Reciters No. 1" Red covers with black and gilt decoration. Previous owner's name on first front endpaper. Hinge cracked at title page. Some pencil marks. Corner of page torn on page 91-92, but does not affect text. Backstrip fraying and chipped. Page edges yellowed. |
| 807 | Johnson, Burges |
Rhymes of Little Boys | Thomas Y. Crowell & CO. New York 1905 | $30.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Plaid cloth covers with pasted on title on front cover and backstrip. Backstrip is faded. Small amount of wear on cover edges. Top page edge in gilt. Other page edges rough cut. Previous owner's name and inscription from Christmas 1910 on front endpaper. Pictorial endpapers. |
| 2104 | Boutilier, L.M. |
Robert Leigh Wilson The Legend of the Kingdom of Camerada | LMB Publishing Tantallon 2004 | $12.00 | Fine, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback Book | Inside very clean and tight. Fantasy book for children written by a Nova Scotia author. |
| 4785 | Abbott, Jacob |
Rollo at School | Thomas Y. Crowell & CO. 1855 | $12.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Part of the Rollo series. Green decorative covers. Cloth is torn on top and bottom of backstrip. Corners are rubbed to boards. Covers are scuffed. Front hinge is split to webbing. Ex-libris paste down on inside front cover. Ink marks on endpapers. Page 84 was torn and repaired with tape. |
| 917 | Meade, L.T. Boyd, A.S. |
Rosa Regina A Story for Girls | Musson Book Company Toronto | $50.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Decorative Cloth Book | Red decorative boards are scuffed, beveled edges are rubbed to boards. Cloth is ripped along top of backstrip. Red colour is gone along top edge of back cover. Some pencil marks inside. Hinges cracking, especially on inside front and back covers; therefore covers loose. |
| 4193 | Rupert Adventure Book No. 46 | Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd. London 1962 | $12.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Paper Covers Book | Small rip on top left corner of front cover. Some creases on covers. Some discolouration. Clean and unmarked. | |
| 3724 | Rupert in Mysteryland & Rupert and the Missing Pieces Adventure Book No. 1 Two Super Stories of the Famous Bear | Daily Express Publications Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd London 1973 | $12.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book | Covers a bit soiled and yellowed. A small tear in back cover. Some yellowing on page edges. Bound with staples which are rusty. | |
| 3196 | Herald, Kathleen Edwards, Lionel |
Sabre the Horse from the Sea | Adam & Charles Black London 1948 First Edition | $20.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: Fair, Hardcover Book | Book was damp at some point as cover edges and top and bottom of backstrip are stained. Dustjacket has some tears including one large one on rear. Book and jacket are musty. Foxing on endpapers and especially on page edges. Inside clean. |
| 407 | Hensley, C. A. E., Patterson, D. A. |
Science Indoors and Out Book One | W. J. Gage & Company, Limited Toronto | $10.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | " ... Revised for Nova Scotia by J. H. Fitch." " ... Authorized for use in the Public Schools of Nova Scotia." Blue decorative covers show some minor wear and soiling. Small splits on exterior hinges. Stamp from "Town of New Glasgow" on inside front cover. Interior hinges OK. Pages are very clean, contains many black and white illustrations. |
| 5089 | Dillman, Mary A. |
Singing Elves of Swiftwater Glen | Nimbus Pub Ltd Halifax, NS, Canada 1980 | $10.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book | Inscribed on title page. Crease on front cover. Inside is clean. |
| 1011 | Irving, Fannie Belle Learned, A.G. |
Six Girls A Home Story | Dana Estes & Company Boston 1903 | $15.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Decorative Cloth Book | Inscription to previous owner on first endpaper is partially whited-out, but dated 1912. Cloth is wearing and frayed at extremities. Cover clean and bright. Rear hinge starting to crack. |
| 4612 | Macaulay, Alan MacAulay, Rosemary |
Sticky Fingers | Cappasland I.T. Moncton, NB 2000 | $8.00 | Fine, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book | This is about an around the world dessert hunt. Small amount of price sticker residue on back cover. |
| 364 | Gregory, B.K. |
The Story of David Livingstone | The National Sunday School Union London | $7.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | " ... Weaver-boy Missionary, Explorer" Red pictorial covers are worn, soiled, with some spotting on the back cover, also some small rips at the edges, corners and backstrip. Hinges starting to split. Past down "Presented to ..." on front end papers, dated 1923-24. Some pages are darkening, but unmarked and clean. |
| 2447 | Merriman, Margaret E. |
A Tale of York Minster, and Other Tales | R. & T. Washbourne, Ltd. New York | $39.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Not sure of publication date, probably late 19th or early 20th century. Navy decorative covers are mottled and faded along top edge and backstrip. Cloth is ripped along rear of backstrip. Book plate indicating this was given as a prize to a Sunday School student. Some foxing. Inside is fairly clean and tight. Very scarce book. |
| 931 | Grierson, E.W. Stewart, Allan |
Tales from Scottish Ballads | A. & C. Black, Ltd London | $17.00 | Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Decorative Cloth Book | Blue covers with a horseman pictured on cover and backstrip. Paste-on on inside front cover indicating that previous owner received book as a prize. Front hinge starting to crack. Some soiling on cover and page edges. |
| 2800 | Parley, Peter |
Tales of Greece and Rome | Blackie & Son, Limited London | $8.00 | Good, Dustjacket: Good, Hardcover Book | No publication date. Previous owner obtained book in 1943. Dustjacket has a few tears along edges and corners and is scuffed and a bit soiled. Previous owner's name is on first endpaper. A few pen marks on last endpaper. Inside clean. |
| 2640 | Tobin, Deborah Domm, Jeffery C. |
Tangled in the Bay: The Story of a Baby Right Whale | Nimbus Publishing Limited Halifax 1999 | $6.00 | Fine, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book | Book is clean inside and out. |
| 4829 | Wade, Mary Hazelton Gallagher, Sears |
Ten Indian Hunters Stories of Famous Indian Hunters | W.A. Wilde Company Boston 1907 | $12.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Covers are soiled. Covers are rubbed to boards. Inside is fairly clean. |
| 2338 | Lyall, Edna |
Their Happiest Christmas | W & R Chambers Ltd. London 1890 | $10.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Covers scuffed and wearing on edges. Backstrip fading. Some foxing. Dampstained on page edges. Endpapers yellowing. |
| 7100 | Young, Egerton R. |
Three Boys in the Wild North Land Summer | Eaton Mains New York 1896 | $12.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Inscription to previous owner on ffep. Covers are a bit mottled. Spine is discoloured. |
| 4598 | Miller, W.H.B. Lemos, P.J. |
Uncle Ben's Cobblestones Familiar Talks About Common Things | Pacific Press Publishing Association Mountain View, Calif 1904 | $10.00 | Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book | Covers are faded and soiled. Edges are rubbed. First free endpaper is missing. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Foxing throughout. |
| 2449 | Hill, Henry Chase (compiler and editor) |
Universal Book of Knowledge and Wonders | L.T. Myers 1917 | $25.00 | Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Three-Quarter Leathe Book | Subtitled: "The marvels of modern industry and invention. The interesting stories of common things. The mysterious processes of nature simply explained." Leather is scuffed and worn to boards on corners. Front hinge is starting to crack. Rear hinge holding. Cloth has paint drops on front. Previous owner's name on first front endpaper. Inside clean, binding a bit loose. |