London: Dean & Son, Ltd., 160a Fleet St. E.C. Place Published: London Publisher: Dean & Son, Ltd., 160a Fleet St. E.C. Date Published: [1894] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover A RARE JUVENILE BOOK IN ANY CONDITION First edition. 9-3/8 x 7 inches, 48 unnumbered pages, 7 pages of ads... More about Holly Leaves Picture Book
London: Hildesheimer & Faulkner. Place Published: London Publisher: Hildesheimer & Faulkner Date Published: [1892] Edition: Early edition Binding: Hard Cover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" . 18pp. Solied covers, inside end papers reinforced, new end paper at back and agetoned paper, otherwise good condition overall. Short collection of mostly... More about Cradle Songs
London: Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch St. Place Published: London Publisher: Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch St. Date Published: 1829 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover 9cm x 14.5cm (3 3/4’ x 5 3/4”) 157, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates (frontispiece) : 1 ill. ; Original worn leather spine with title... More about The Fisherman’s Hut and Other Tales for Children
London: Printed for Harris and Son Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard. Place Published: London Publisher: Printed for Harris and Son Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard Date Published: 1819 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First UK edition. 2 of 3 volumes. 3-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches. xii, 187, [5]; [4], 224; 4pp... More about True Stories from Ancient History chronologically arranged, from the Creation of the World to the...
London: Thomas Dean & Son, Threadneedle Street. Place Published: London Publisher: Thomas Dean & Son, Threadneedle Street Date Published: [1847] Edition: Later edition Binding: Hard Cover SCARCE JUVENILE STORY BOOK WITH 7 COLOUR PLATES IN VERY GOOD CONDITION Later UK edition. 14.5cm x 11.5cm, (5 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches)... More about The Three Baskets or How Henry, Richard, and Charles were occupied while Papa was away
Date Published: [1955] to 1977 Binding: No binding Susan Cheever is a novelist, nonfiction author, journalist, literary historian, teacher, and biographer. Cheever was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1983. She graduated from Pembroke College in Brown University. Her father was a celebrated American novelist and short story writer. This collection contains... More about Susan Cheever collection primarily school Juvenilia
Date Published: 1878-1902 Binding: No binding & hard cover Mary Mapes Dodge was an American children's writer best known for her story Hans Brinker (1865). She was also editor of the illustrated magazine Hearth and Home and the phenomenally successful children's periodical, St. Nicholas Magazine. This collection includes 8 Autographed... More about Mary Mapes Dodge Collection
Halifax: Milner & Sowerby. Place Published: Halifax Publisher: Milner & Sowerby Date Published: 1859 Edition: Later edition Binding: Hard Cover SCARCE 1859 EDITION OF THREE OF EDGEWORTH'S STORIES Later edition. 5 x 3 inces, frontis, 6, [7]-154pp. (6pp ads) original soiled red cloth with elaborate gilt type on spine and... More about The Birth-Day Present and other Stories
Toronto, London UK: Printed for Wm. Warwick & Son, by Dudley & Burns. Place Published: Toronto, London UK Publisher: Printed for Wm. Warwick & Son, by Dudley & Burns Date Published: 1888 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Soft Cover SCARCE COLOUR PLATE OF SIR JOHN MOORE'S RETREAT TO CORUNNA (Sir John... More about Sir John Moore) Retreat to Corunna coloured plate The Boy's Own Paper, August, Part 114, 1888
Providence: Cory and Daniels. Place Published: Providence Publisher: Cory and Daniels Date Published: 1835 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Soft Cover 15.5cm x 10cm, In original illustrated wrappers. 16 pages in total but pages all out of numerical order, some missing - should be 23 however booklet is in original stitching... More about The Flower Basket or Poetry For Children
Date Published: 1954 to 1994 Binding: No binding & hard cover Sir Stephen Spender was an English poet, novelist, editor and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle in his work. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the United States Library of... More about Sir Stephen Spender collection
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. Place Published: London Publisher: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green Date Published: 1831 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover 14x9cm, 240 pages, Bound in quarter leather, marble boards, yellow end papers. The spine is sun faded, rubbed at the edges with a 2cm... More about The New Year's Gift and Juvenile Souvenir
London: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row. Place Published: London Publisher: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row Date Published: 1876 Edition: 3rd Edition Binding: Hard Cover 4 1/2” x 6 3/4”. viii, [9]-207p. including 3pp. appendix. Illustrated. Green cloth covers with black decorative double border and gold gilt seal in... More about Afar in the Forest ; or Pictures of Life and Scenery in the Wilds of Canada
Boston: Hall & Whiting. Place Published: Boston Publisher: Hall & Whiting Date Published: 1881 Edition: 5th Edition or later edition Binding: Hard Cover 4 1/4" x 6 3/4", Rebacked preserving orginal brown cloth spine, front and back boards. Balck and faded gilt type on soiled boards. New endpapers. (6), [5]-240pp... More about Stories of the Canadian Forest or Little Mary and Her Nurse
London: Harvey and Darton. Place Published: London Publisher: Harvey and Darton Date Published: 1826 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First Edition. Title page dated 1826. 5.5 x 3.5 inches, (2), iv, 168pp., [4pp publisher's ads]. Recased preserving contemporary leather spine with gilt type, and marbled boards, worn corners, with minor... More about The Young Emigrants; or, Pictures of Canada, Calculated to Amuse and Instruct the Minds of Youth
London: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row. Place Published: London Publisher: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row Date Published: 1869 Edition: 1st, 1st issue Binding: Hard Cover 4 1/2” x 6 3/4”. viii, [9]-207p. including 3pp. appendix. Illustrated. Rebacked using original decorative Green elborately embossed cloth with gilt type on... More about Afar in the Forest ; or Pictures of Life and Scenery in the Wilds of Canada
Toronto: William Briggs. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: William Briggs Date Published: 1895 Edition: 1st Binding: Variant blue-grey cloth, spine stamped in guilt (also noted in maroon, dark green and grey cloth) Floral endpapers. (ii), one ad pages. No blank leaf after the ads and possibly lacking. Frontispiece portrait with... More about Cot and Cradle Stories
Boston: Hall and Whiting. Place Published: Boston Publisher: Hall and Whiting Date Published: 1881 Binding: Hard Cover 6-3/4 x 4-1/4 inches, (6), [7]-356, [357]-376 appendix) Rebacked, red cloth with gilt title and elaborate black decorations with very minor wrinkling of cloth on back cover, new endpapers and one illustration as... More about The Canadian Crusoes. A Tale Of The Rice Lake Plains