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All About Sailing Ships

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Collins' Clear-Type Press, London and Glasgow, 0,

Seller ID: 102669

PROTHEROE, Ernest. All About Sailing Ships. London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press, [n.d.] - ca. 1920s?]. Pp. (6),7-95,(1), colour frontispiece, + 24 p. of black and white plates. Illustrated. 8vo, yellow cloth with black borders to front board, black lettering to front board and spine. Contents: 1. The Ships of Old Time; 2. Sailing Through the Centuries; 3. The Wooden Walls; 4. Hearts of Oak; 5. East Indiamen and Clippers; 6. The Modern Full-Rigged Ship; 7. Some Fore-and-Aft Rigs. Bump to bottom right front corner, faint soiling to boards, inner hinges starting, else good. 20.00
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Allies' Fairy Book.

By: GOSSE, Edmund, introduction. RACKHAM, Arthur.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: William Heinemann, London, 0,

Seller ID: 104228

RACKHAM, Arthur. The Allies' Fairy Book. With an introduction by Edmund Gosse and Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann / Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., [n.d. - ca. 1918?]. Printed at The Complete Press, West Norwood, London. With Heinemann to the foot of the spine. Pp. (8),ix-xxii,1-[122], colour frontispiece, + 11 leaves of colour Rackham plates,with tissue guards. Illustrated. Decorated endpapers. 8vo, navy blue cloth with gilt decorations to front board, dark blue lettering to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Contents: 1. English: Jack the Giant-Killer; 2. Sco...
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Alphabet from A to Z

By: GALE, Leah Little Golden Library, 3) BLAKE, Vivienne

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York, 1946,

Seller ID: 98379

GALE, Leah. The Alphabet from A to Z. Illustrated by Vivienne Blake. New York: Simon and Schuster, (January 1946). Ninth Printing. Pp. (42). Unpaginated. Illustrated. Square 8vo, illustrated pink paper covered boards with blue cloth tape spine. No. 3 in The Little Golden Library. "This book offers anew and very appealing presentation of the ABCs. Vivienne Blake's large, c lear illustrations of familiar objects give the book unity and interest, while the scrambled letters will delight young readers." - from the dust jacket. Very good in chipped, price-clipped dust jacket. 35.00
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Ameliaranne and the Green Umbrella. First Edition in the present form in dustjacket

By: PEARSE, Susan Beatrice). HEWARD, Constance HEWARD, Constance PEARSE, S.B.

Price: $70.00

Publisher: George G. Harrao & Co. Ltd., London, 1939,

Seller ID: 103815

(PEARSE, Susan Beatrice). HEWARD, Constance. Ameliaranne and the Green Umbrella. Pictured by Susan Beatrice Pearse. London : George G. Harrao & Co. Ltd., (1939). First Edition in the present form. Pp (56). Colour Illustrated.8vo, blue cloth spine lettered in black, colour illustrated blue paper cov ered boards. Susan Beatrice Pearse (1878 – 1980) was a British illustrator of children's books best known for the Ameliaranne series of books. This series of 20 children's books was published between 1920 and 1950 by George G. Harrap of London. It was unusual as it involved eight different individua...
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Ameliaranne Camps Out. First Edition

By: PEARSE, Susan Beatrice). HEWARD, Constance HEWARD, Constance PEARSE, S.B.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: George G. Harrao & Co. Ltd., London, 1939,

Seller ID: 103813

(PEARSE, Susan Beatrice). HEWARD, Constance. Ameliaranne Camps Out. Pictured by S.B. Pearse. London : George G. Harrao & Co. Ltd., (1939). First Edition. Pp (56). Colour Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth spine lettered in black, colour illustrated blue paper covered boards. Susan Beatrice Pearse (1878 – 1980) was a British illustrator of children's books best known for the Ameliaranne series of books. This series of 20 children's books was published between 1920 and 1950 by George G. Harrap of London. It was unusual as it involved eight different individual authors working with a single illustrator...
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Ameliaranne Goes Touring. First Edition in dustjacket

By: PEARSE, Susan Beatrice). HEWARD, Constance HEWARD, Constance PEARSE, S.B.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: George G. Harrao & Co. Ltd., London, 1941,

Seller ID: 103814

(PEARSE, Susan Beatrice). HEWARD, Constance. Ameliaranne Goes Touring. Pictured by S.B. Pearse. London : George G. Harrao & Co. Ltd., (1941). First Edition. Pp (56). Colour Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth spine lettered in black, colour illustrated blue paper covered boards. Susan Beatrice Pearse (1878– 1980) was a British illustrator of children's books best known for the A meliaranne series of books. This series of 20 children's books was published between 1920 and 1950 by George G. Harrap of London. It was unusual as itinvolved eight different individual authors working with a single illustra ...
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Anne of Ingleside. M&S in dustjacket. Cavendish Library Edition.

By: MONTGOMERY, L. M.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Limited, Toronto, 1939,

Seller ID: 104409

MONTGOMERY, L. M. Anne of Ingleside. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, Limited, Publishers, (1939). Later printing. Cavendish Library Edition. Pp. (10),1-323,(1). 8vo, green cloth with pressed decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine. "Plots thicken and more and more characters are introduced in their satisfactory solution, in this story of the Four Winds Harbour folk. Here we meet all the Ingleside young folk -- Jem, Shirley and Walter Blythe, and a long succession of Merediths, their close friends. We share in the vivid accounts of their good times, their work and their play. ...
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Ben Hadden; or, Do Right, Whatever Comes of it

By: KINGSTON, W.H.G.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Religious Tract Society, London, 0,

Seller ID: 76773

KINGSTON, W.H.G. Ben Hadden; or, Do Right, Whatever Comes of it. London : The Religious Tract Society, [n.d.]. Pp. [1]-160,(4) of ads, including frontispiece. 8vo, illustrated red cloth with black lettered gilt title block tospine. William Henry Giles Kingston (b. February 28, 1814, London – d. Aug ust 5, 1880, Willesden, Middlesex), prolific English writer of boys' adventure novels. An adventure novel for young adults about a young man who serves as a Pacific Island missionary, travelling between myriad islands. Ex-library (spine sticker, stamp to flyleaf), inner hinges tender, else very good...
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Book of Nonsense and More Nonsense. Warne Edition in dustjacket.

By: LEAR, Edward. LEAR, Edward.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co., London, 1930,

Seller ID: 104302

LEAR, Edward. The Book of Nonsense, to which is added, More Nonsense. With all the original pictures and verses. London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, [n.d. - ca. 1930]. Copyright Edition. Pp. (224). Unpaginated. Illustrated. Oblong 8vo, green cloth with black lettering and illustration tofront board and spine, gilt lettering to spine, in similarly illustrated b rown jacket with colour pictorial panel to front. Some very light shelfwear, else very good in spine-chipped, short-closed-torn (two inch diagonal split from middle of the front flap fold through "Verses" on the front...
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Book of Science: A Familiar Introduction...

By: Anonymous]

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Chapman and Hall, London, 1833,

Seller ID: 70160

[Anonymous] The Book of Science: A Familiar Introduction to the Principles of Natural Philosophy, Adapted to the Comprehension of Young People. London: Chapman and Hall, 1833. Pp. xx, 462. Demi octavo (12.8 cm. x 10.2 cm.). Wood-engraved frontis, with a generous quantity of charming textural illustrations. Original half calf, spine gilt-titled and -ruled, and reeded in blind. Sections comprise Mechanics, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Acoustics, Pyronomics, Optics, Electricity, Galvanism and Magnetism. Boards andspine extremities rubbed and worn, corners bumped, rear fore-edge of board ...
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Brave Little Taylor

By: GRIMM MILLER, J.P. Little Golden Book, 178

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Golden Press, Racine, WI, 1975,

Seller ID: 75884

Brothers' GRIMM. The Brave Little Taylor . Pictures by J.P. Miller. Racine,WI: Golden Press, (1975). Third Printing. A Little Golden Book, number 178 . Pp. (24). Unpaginated. Illustrated. Square 8vo, illustrated blue paper covered boards with decorated gold spine. The Grimm classic, in Golden Book format. Lightly rubbed, else vg. A nice Golden Book. 15.00
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Brogeen and the Red Fez. First Edition in dustjacket,

By: LYNCH, Patricia. SANDERS, Beryl.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Burke, London, 1963,

Seller ID: 103024

LYNCH, Patricia. Brogeen and the Red Fez. Illustrated by Beryl Sanders. London: Burke, (1963). First Printing. Pp. (6),7-159,(1). Illustrated in blackand white. 8vo, red cloth with black lettering to spine. "The adventure be gan when Cousin Agnes opened the drawer and found a high, round, red cap with a flat top and a long, black silk tassel. Long before that Brian had wanted to join his father, who was going on an unexpected trip to Egypt, but it was only when he found himself wearing the red fez that he knew somethingexciting was about to happen. And he was quite right. The first thing t...
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Brydons at Smugglers' Creek. ex-lib. 1st UK.

By: FIDLER, Kathleen REEVES, H. Tilden

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Lutterworth Press, London and Redhill, 1946,

Seller ID: 76774

FIDLER, Kathleen. The Brydons at Smugglers' Creek . Illustrations by H. Tilden Reeves. London and Redhill: Lutterworth Press, (1946). First UK Printing (stated). Pp. [1]-191,(1), colour frontis., + 3 colour plates. Illustrated. 8vo, green cloth with black lettering to spine. Ex-library (stamp to front pastedown, number inked to spine), ffep removed, slight spine roll, elsevg. 25.00
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Captain January

By: RICHARDS, Laura E.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Estes and Lauriat, Boston, 1898,

Seller ID: 78119

RICHARDS, Laura E. Captain January. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1898. One hundred and fifth thousand. Pp. (8),1-64, frontis. 8vo, white cloth spine with pale blue cloth boards, dark blue and gilt illustrations to front, dark blue lettering to front and spine. Smudging and faint spotting to boards, light edge-nicking, hinges a bit shaky, else vg. 20.00
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Carib Gold

By: VERILL, A.H.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Children's Press, London and Glasgow , 1948,

Seller ID: 80752

VERILL, A.H. Carib Gold. London and Glasgow : The Children's Press, n.d. [1940s]. Pp (4),9-188. 8vo, blue cloth, silver lettering to spine. A volume in The Boys' and Girls' Library series. A story of archaeology and treasure on a deserted island off the coast of South America. Very good in chipped dustjacket. 10.00
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Dick Kent with the Malemute Mail. in dustjacket.

By: RICHARDS, Milton

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Saalfield Publishing CO., Akron, OH, 1927,

Seller ID: 103006

RICHARDS, Milton. Dick Kent with the Malemute Mail. Akron, OH: The Saalfield Publishing Company, (1927). Pp. (4),3-230. 8vo, green cloth with black lettering to front board and spine. A volume in the Dick Kent "Northland" series. Drew, Lawmen in Scarlet : An Annotated Guide to Royal Canadian MountedPolice in Print and Performance. p.100. "An epidemic of smallpox is terror izing the Northland. Inspector Cameron of the Mounties sends a corporal to quiet the panic-stricken natives until medical relief can be supplied. The corporal is robbed and nearly perishes, but Dick Kent, Sandy Ma...
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Dr. Harry Locke Paddon

By: GRENFELL, Wilfred, Sir International Grenfell Association 37:04 PADDON, Harry Locke FYFE, Betty P.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Grenfell Association of America, New York, 1940,

Seller ID: 55357

GRENFELL, Wilfred, Sir. "Dr. Harry Locke Paddon" . An article which appeared in the International Grenfell Association : Among The Deep Sea Fisheries,Vol 37, No. 4, p. 123. NY: The Grenfell Association of America, January 19 40. Pp. [123]-168. Illustrated. Port frontis. Double column. 8vo, stapled illustrated green paper covers. Includes: Betty P. Fyfe's "A Labrador Childrens' Home"; Sir Wilfred Grenfell's " Cooperate and Win"; Dr. Charles S. Curtis' " The New Barn"; Dr. Harry L. Paddon's " Of Northwest River". Dr. Paddon (1881-1939), upon hearing a lect...
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Drums Against Frontenac. 2nd US no dj. signed

By: CHALMERS, Harvey

Price: $20.00

Publisher: 1949,

Seller ID: 23956

CHALMERS, Harvey. Drums Against Frontenac. New York: Richard R. Smith, 1949. Second Printing. Pp (12),11-440,(6). Maps. 8vo, red cloth. A juvenile novel set during the 1758 campaigns against Forts Carillon and Frontenac. Covers dampstained, else vg. Signed without inscription by Chalmers on the title page. 20.00
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Elsie and Her Namesakes. ex-lib.

By: FINLEY, Martha

Price: $30.00

Publisher: George Routledge and Sons, London, 0,

Seller ID: 78282

FINLEY, Martha. Elsie and Her Namesakes . London: George Routledge and Sons, [n.d.]. Pp. (4),1-306,(10), frontis. 8vo, pictorial forest green with black lettering to front and gilt lettering to spine. Ex-library (stamps and spine sticker), slight spine roll, browning to leaves, else vg. 30.00
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Elsie's Journey on Inland Waters. ex-lib.

By: FINLEY, Martha

Price: $20.00

Publisher: George Routledge and Sons, London, 0,

Seller ID: 77095

FINLEY, Martha. Elsie's Journey on Inland Waters . London: George Routledgeand Sons, [n.d.]. Pp. (4),[1]-283,(1), frontis. 8vo, pictorial blue cloth. Ex-library (stamps, spine sticker remnants), inner hinges tender, frontis. detached but present, else vg. 20.00
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