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THE ONTARIO READERS FIRST BOOK.
(Coles, Toronto, 1971)
122 pp, small 8vo, soft cover. "This book is an exact facsimile of the first book which was authorized for use in Ontario schools from 1923 to 1938" Originally published by T. Eaton Co. B&w illus. A collection of stories and poems by Robert Loui s Stevenson, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Aesop, Alice Cary, Christina Rossetti, Isabel Ecclestone Mackay, Charles Kingsley, et al. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear, spine flat and uncrea s e d . V G +
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Aldridge, Janet. THE MEADOW-BROOK GIRLS BY THE SEA OR THE LOSS OF THE LONESOME BAR.
Saalfield, Akron, Ohio, c1914.
255 pp, small 8vo (7 5/8" H), hard cover (dark blue/green cloth with black lettering on spine and front board, illustration of girl with paddle coming out of tent on front board and a pair of crossed logs on spine), in dust jacket. 4 b&w illustrati ons, including frontispiece. The further camping adventures of the Meadow-Brook girls, set in early 20th century America. The titles on the back of the dust jacket list up to "The Meadow-Brook Girls on the Tennis Courts". Heavy browning t o p a g e s , front inside hinge paper is split, heavy browning to edges of textblock, minor edge wear, a few very small white soiling marks on spine and boards. Dust jacket has heavy wear at top/bottom of spine an flap-folds, small chips and tea rs wi th c re as es , small erased pencilled numbers on front flap. Good/Good-
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20.00 USD
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Andersen, Hans Christian. Retold by Deborah Hautzig. Illustrated by Kaarina Kaila. THE WILD SWANS.
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1992.
Unpaginated, 10 1/4" H, hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 067983446X Color illustrations. When their wicked stepmother transforms her eleven brothers into swans, a devoted young princess must fashion a shirt of nettles for each of them, while remai ning absolutely silent, in order to break the curse. Tiny dint on bottom edge of each board, slight tiny bump to top of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling - mainly a top of spine/flap-folds and along top edge. Very Good+/Very Goo d
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12.50 USD
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Ardizzone, Edward. TIM AND CHARLOTTE.
Oxford University Press, London, 1958 reprint.
Unpaginated, 10 3/16" H, hard cover with pictorial boards - no dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with Edward Ardizzone's wonderful colour and b&w drawings. Tim and Ginger find a little girl washed up on the shore and take her home to revive her. But when she awakes, she can't remember who she is... Minor small crease on title page, some bubbling under the rear pastedown, moderate wear at top/bottom of spine and at corners. Good+
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Ardizzone, Edward. TIM AND CHARLOTTE.
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, New York, (2000), reissue.
Unpaginated, small 4to (10 1/2" H), hard cover with pictorial boards in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with wonderful color and b&w drawings by Edward Ardizzone. "One dark and stormy day, Tim and Ginger found a little girl, Charlotte, washed u p on the beach. Who was she? Where had she come from? They didn't know - and neither did she!" One of the classic Little Tim stories, loved by generations of children. Very minor edgewear to dust jacket. This is a new, unread book. F / F
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16.00 USD
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Ardizzone, Edward. TIM TO THE RESCUE.
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, New York, (2000), reissue.
Unpaginated, small 4to (10 1/2" H), hard cover with pictorial boards in dust jacket. ISBN 0688176798 Profusely illustrated with wonderful color and b&w drawings by Edward Ardizzone. "Bored with his schoolwork, Tim was longing to be at sea again, when who should appear but his great friend, Captain McFee, the old sea captain. Soon Tim was on his way to new adventures on the salty main, including a mighty storm and a daring rescue." One of the classic Little Tim stories, loved by generation s of children. Dust jacket has minor wrinkling at top of spine. This is a new, unread book. Fine/Near fine
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Attwell, Mabel Lucie. (A.I. Mungeam, Charles Giffiths, Gertrude Munro Higgs, Paddy Smith, Dora Cook, Mary Steer, Margaret Connor.) LUCIE ATTWELL'S BUMPER BOOK OF FUN.
Dean & Son, London, 1973 edition.
125 pp, 10 1/4" H, hard cover with glazed pictorial boards - no dust jacket. Contents: The Missing Glue Pot; The Toys Are All So Big Today; The Singing Lesson; How to Make "Humpty-Dumpty" Sit on the Wall; I'd Like to be a Policeman; I Wonder Why My Plants Don't Grow; A Painting Page; The Broken Rocking-Chair; We're Building a House; "Oh, Teddy Dear"; All Aboard the Daisy Bell; It's Waggles; The Lost Children; A Painting Page; Flossie the Lamb; The Elf Who had Chilblains; How to Make Annie A p p le; The Plain Princess; A Party Swing Song; Leap Frog; It's Dreadfully Foolish to Put to Sea; The Music Lesson; A Painting Page; The Wishing Well; I Had a Jolly Bubble Pipe; Elizabeth's Happy Morning; When I Take Spot Out; How to Make a Kitche n M o pp et Man; The Golden Forest; My New Fur Hat! (A Painting Page); The Whistling Kettle; I Wish I Had a Scooter!; The Happy Windmill. Light browning to pages, one tiny corner bump, tiny dint on bottom edge of front board, light wear at top ed ge of re ar board. Very Good
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25.00 USD
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Avery, Gillian. Illustrated by John Verney. THE ITALIAN SPRING.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, (1972), first American edition.
256 pp, small 8vo (7 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Holt Library edition with gold wraparound sticker on dust jacket. B&w illustrations. "When her uncle died, Maria had no idea what would become of her. She dreaded being sent away to school , but it seemed that there was nowhere else to go. When a distant, elderly relative arrived from Italy to settle her uncle's estate, Maria suddenly found herself with a new guardian and a new home in a foreign land. At first she hated Ita l y , w h e r e it always seemed to rain, but when she arrived at her relative's villa outside of Florence and met the energetic Cordelia, the situation began to change at once. If it had not been for Cordelia, Maria would never have ventured bey on d th e g ar de n of the villa and then she would never have visited the little town at the foot of the hill, nor would she have ever seen the wonderful painting that was to mean so much..." Light edge wear to boards, light wrinkling at top/bot tom o f s pi ne. D ust j ack et is clipped, small chip and tears at top of spine area - a few other tiny tears (one with crease) and chips, light browning and soiling, small light stain on rear panel, light to moderate edge wear, light edge wrin klin g. VG/ G
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12.50 USD
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Avi, THE ESCAPE FROM HOME. BOOK ONE OF "BEYOND THE WESTERN SEA".
Orchard, New York, 1996, 2nd printing.
295 pp, large 8vo (9 3/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0531095134 "It is 1851. Thousands are fleeing the Old World for the New, desperate to reach America. Maura and Patrick O'Connell, fifteen- and twelve-year-old Irish peasants, seek to escape a country destroyed by famine and the greed of English landlords. Their emigration is a search for life itself. For Sir Laurence Kirkle, eleven and son of one such English lord, America holds the promise of justice, though he steals a f o r tune from his fath er to get there. Colorful characters, young and old, pop up everywhere - Mr. Pickler, investigator, actor Horatio Drabble, and Fred No-name and Sergeant Rumpkin of the Lime Street Runners Association. And there are Mr. C le m sp oo l and Toby Grout, the Reverend Bartholomew, Ralph Toggs and the vile Mrs. Sonderbye. Are they helping the children or stealing from them? For Maura, Patrick and Laurence,it is often hard to know until it's too late. Indeed, how the O' Con ne lls an d young Laurence come to share a common fate in the English city of Liverpool - embarkation port for America - makes for an adventure alive with ironic coincidence and surprise. Inspired by the Victorian novels published in serial fo rm, whi ch w ith ev ery installment pres ented new and diverting answers to the question 'What will happen next?', (this book) offers more twists and turns of story than a nineteenth-century back alley. (The first volume) ends on a spectacular clif f-ha nger . Mo re s usp enseful fun awaits in 'Book Two: Lord Kirkle's Money'." Fine/Fine
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Avi. MIDNIGHT MAGIC.
Scholastic, New York, (1999), Ist edition.
247 pp, 8vo, HC in wonderful pictorial dust jacket. "A servant boy who knows more than his master, a mischievous princess, and a magician who doesn't believe in magic team up to confront a mysterious ghost in Avi's most delicious tale yet!" This i s a new, unread book. NF/NF
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Bassett, John M. THE COURIERS FOR GENERAL BROCK.
Thomas Allen & Son, Toronto, (1967).
128 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. B&w illus by Leslie Callan. "In the sprinf of 1812, General Isaac Brock found himself with an almost impossible task, the defence of Canada against the power of the United States. The Couriers tells of the daring a nd imagination that General Brock used as he faced this threat. With only a handful of regular troops, local militia units and loyal Indians he moved from victory to victory. The campaign of 1812 is seen through the eyes of two young b o y s , J e r r y B utton and his Indian friend, Louis the Shawnee. The two boys journey to the North West carrying vital messages, return to witness the fall of Detroit and the victory of Queenston Heights." Dust jacket has light edgewear/rubbi ng , li gh t s oi li ng . VG +/VG
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Baum, L. Frank. Illustrated by John R. Neill. THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ. DELUXE FACSIMILE EDITION.
Books of Wonder / William Morrow, New York, 1993, first printing of deluxe facsimile edition.
300 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0688115586 Pictorial endpapers, 90 b&w pictures and 16 color plates. The colour plates and dust jacket are enhanced with metallic 'emerald' green ink, as was the original edition. "Jo in Dorothy and the Wonderful Wizard as they take Aunt Em and Uncle Henry on a fabulous tour of Oz. During their journey they encounter such amazing and amusing people as King Kleaver with his Spoon Brigade and Miss Cuttenclip in the land o f p a p e r d olls. But while Dorothy and her friends play, the wicked Nome King has joined forces with the terrible Whimsies, the fearsome Growleywogs, and the evil Phanfasms in a plot to capture the Emerald City. Will Dorothy's friends discove r t he d an ge r b ef ore it's too late?" Book is very slightly cocked. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wear/creasing at top of spine and flap-folds - minor wear at bottom, minor rubbing, small tear at top/bottom of rear flap-fold and tiny t ea r a t t op of sp in e. Near fine/Very Good
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80.00 USD
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Bawden, Nina. A HANDFUL OF THIEVES.
Victor Gollancz, London, 1967, Ist edition.
127 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. Great wraparound cover art by Shirley Hughes. Fred, Sid, Algy, Rosie and Clio determine to bring the people who stole Gran's savings to justice, by fair means or foul! Dust jacket is price clipped, has light edgewe ar/wrinkling, tiny tear at bottom of front flap fold, one tiny area of color loss near spine, spine color is slightly faded but lettering is dark and legible. Scan available on request. VG+/VG-
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15.00 USD
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Bellairs, John. Illustrated by Marilyn Fitschen. THE PEDANT AND THE SHUFFLY.
Macmillan, New York, 1968, first edition.
79 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w drawings. "Once upon a time in a forest of rotting crabapple trees and quaking aspens....there lived a nasty pedant-magician named Snodrog. This Snodrog, whose house is made of old bed slats, spent his days posing logical problems to victimize unfortunate passersby. When they fall into his trap, he turns them into Flimsies, old linen napkins stained with gravy and cranberry juice. Fortunately for everyone, a kind ly old gentleman, Sir Bertram Crabtree-Gore, enlists a Shuffly to foil the nefarious Snodrog. (Shufflies eat Flimsies and are on the side of Right.) A monstrous duel ensues. Someone is turned into a very unattractive ticker tape machine. O t h e r h appenings follow, too humorous to mention here...." Very small light brown mark on title page, book slightly cracked at pages 30/31, minor faint mark on page 7, light edge wear to boards - moderarte at corners, a few small light stain s a t ed ge s o f boards. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light edge wear/wrinkling, light fading to spine color - lettering very legible, light rubbing, a few tiny/very small chips, 1" tear and two small tears with creases. VG-/G+
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35.00 USD
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Besterman, Catherine. Illustrated by Warren Chappell. THE EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATION OF JOHNNY LONGFOOT IN HIS SEARCH FOR THE MAGIC HAT.
Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1949, first edition.
158 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations. "Johnny (Longfoot, son of Peter the Shoe King) must learn many things other boys didn't know. (His family) must find him a most unusual tutor who could teach him arithmetic, algebra, Egyptian, Greek and modern history, and several foreign languages, including Chinese. But where could they ever find a teacher who knew so many things? Finally it was decided that the only one with so much knowledge was - a cat!....(Thoug h Barnac, Squire of Catnap,) was willing to teach the boy, he insisted that Johnny must also learn to think for himself. And so one morning, when a drop of water splashed on Johnny's book, he soon reasoned where it came from - the ceiling. A n d t h e splash of water was a tear. This tear, though Johnny did not at first realize it, was the beginning of another exciting quest. For Phoebe the Spider was crying because he had lost a treasure, the Magic Hat. And Johnny, at Barnac's s ug ge st i on , de cided to find it. The search would put all his new knowledge and keener wits to a splendid test...." Minor bump at three corners, very light edge wear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wear/ wr i nkl ing , s ev era l sma ll tears - one with some surface paper loss, light to moderate rubbing and soiling, very small closed tear on each hinge, light browning to spine and flap-folds. Very Good/Good
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35.00 USD
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Beyer, Ernestine Cobern. Illustrated by Vee Guthrie. THE STORY OF LITTLE-BIG.
Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1962.
48 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with monochrone drawings by Vee Guthrie. "As Little-Big ('very little, but big, very big in our hearts') grew older, he learned many things. Chief Thundercloud taught him to see the wonders of the forest and to hear its sounds. Little-Big was happy except for one thing. He was lonely. He decided to look for a playmate. Where his search leads him is 'The Story of Little-Big'." A few scattered light smudges, otherwise sound with no pre vious ownership marks, Light edgewear to boards, small bumps to top corners, light soiling. Dust jacket is basically complete, but has tiny chips, tears up to 2 1/4", browning, soiling, slight fading to spine color (lettering still very l e g i b l e ) , w rinkling, moderate edgewear - now protected in mylar sleeve. Scan available on request. G+/Fair
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Blyton, Enid. TOY TOWN: A NOVELTY PLAYSET. (PLAY SET.)
HarperCollins, London, 1997, Ist edition.
Closed dimensions: 13 1/2" H x 13 1/2" W. ISBN 0001360701 "Open up this spectacular playset and join Noddy and his friends in Toy Town! You can bring the wonderful world of Toy Town to life with an amazing array of pop-ups, plus press-outs of No ddy, his little car, and all your other favourite Toy Town characters. There's a special booklet for you to read about Noddy's busy life - and you'll enjoy lots of your own adventures in Toy Town too!" "WARNING: CONTAINS SMALL PARTS. NOT S U I T A B L E FOR CHILDREN UNDER 36 MONTHS." Still in original publisher's shrinkwrap - new and unused.
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29.95 USD
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Blyton, Enid. Compiled by Mary Cadogan & Norman Wright. With illustrations by Pat Harrison, E.H. Davie, Eileen Soper, George Brook, G.W. Backhouse, Stuart Tresilian, J. Abbey, H.M. Brock, Stanley Lloyd, Gilbert Dunlop, Beattie, Bruno Kay, et al.) ENID BLYTON'S ADVENTURE TREASURY.
Hodder Children's Books, (London, 1999), Ist printing.
371 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hardcover in dust jacket with integral ribbon bookmark. ISBN 0340765135 'Gameboard' endpapers (at front 'The Way to the Castle', a 'Secret Seven' game, at rear, a 'Famous Five' game), stories and extracts illustrated in co lor by Pat Harrison, E.H. Davie, Eileen Soper, George Brook, G.W. Backhouse, Stuart Tresilian, J. Abbey, H.M. Brock, Stanley Lloyd, Gilbert Dunlop, Beattie, Bruno Kay, et al., plus there are color plates showing book covers, magazines, puzz l e s , b o x e s. "This glorious treasury contains tories and extracts from the adventures of the 'Famous Five' (1942-63), the 'Secret Seven' (1949-63), the 'Adventure' series (1944-55), the 'Adventurous Four' (1940-52) and the 'Five Find-Outers' ( 19 43 -6 1 ), a s we ll as classic out of print stories from the 'Enid Blyton Magazine' and 'Sunny Stories'." Concludes with a memoir of Enid Blyton. Dust jacket has minor rubbing and light edge wrinkling at top of rear flap and fold. This is a new , u nre ad bo ok. Fin e/Very Good+
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30.00 USD
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Blyton, Enid. Illustrated by Anyon Cook. THE RAT-A-TAT MYSTERY. (THE 'BARNEY' SERIES.)
Collins, London, 1967.
153 pp, 7 3/8" H, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations. "Enid Blyton did not mean to write this book. There were already four books in this Mystery Series, all about Roger, Diana, Snubby and his mad little spaniel - four books in which th e circus boy, Barney, was seeking his unknown father. In 'The Rubadub Mystery' he found him - and that was to be the end of the series. But the lovers of these 'Barney Books' begged so hard for yet another, that there was nothing for it b u t t o w r i te a fifth. So here it is, sure of a tremendous welcome, for here are all the well-loved characters again - with Loony the spaniel and Miranda the monkey, madder and more comical than ever! A winter holiday down at Rat-at-Tat House , in th e s no w- cl ad hills, cut off from everywhere - and mystery and adventure spring up out of the snow! Who came knocking at night! Whose were the mysterious footprints in the snow? What was the wandering Snowman? What was hidden in the c el lar ? T hi s is ind eed a very strange mystery - an Enid Blyton Mystery which, as ever, will hold your attention from the first word to the last." Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, pages browning lightly, edges of textblock light ly brow ne d. Dus t jac ket has minor edge wear/wrinkling, minor rubbing and soling on rear panel, front panel picture and spine colors very bright. Very Good/Very Good+
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20.00 USD
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Blyton, Enid. Illustrated by Eileen A. Soper. FIVE ON A TREASURE ISLAND: AN ADVENTURE STORY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. 50th ANNIVERSARY FACSIMILE EDITION.
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1992, facsimile of 1942 edition.
191 pp, small 8vo (7 9/16" H), hard cover (blue boards with flack lettering on spine and front board) - in dust jacket. "The Famous Five, Julian, Dick, George, Anne, and Timmy the Dog in their wonderful first adventure. The ruined castle, wreck an d buried treasure! Publication of this facsimile edition of their first adventure celebrates fifty years of the Famous Five." Previous owner's name in colored pencil on front pastedown, very tiny crease at bottom corner of approx. pages 7 0 t o 1 7 0 , light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, tiny dint on rear board. Dust jacket is price clipped, has wrinkling at top of spine - minor wrinkling elsewhere, minor wear at top of rear flap-fold, very faint writing indentations on front p a ne l. V er y Go od+/Very Good
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37.50 USD
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