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
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
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
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
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
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
Date Published: 1878-1902 Binding: 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 Signed Letters (ASL); 2... More
Halifax: Milner & Sowerby. Place Published: Halifax Publisher: Milner & Sowerby Date Published: 1859 Edition: 1st Edition presumed Binding: Hard Cover 1st Edition presumed. 5” x 3”, frontis, 6, [7]-154pp. (6pp ads) original soiled red cloth with elaborate gilt type on spine and cover, Internally agetoned paper with some foxing... More
New York: S & D. A. Forbes. Place Published: New York Publisher: S & D. A. Forbes Date Published: 1829 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover RARE 1ST US EDITION OF THIS EARLY SUSANNA MOODIE TITLE. First US edition. 14cm x 9cm, (5-5/8 x 3.5 inches). 100p. Latimer; 80p., Adelaide... More
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
Falmouth: R .Hunter, St Paul’s Church Yard. Place Published: Falmouth Publisher: R .Hunter, St Paul’s Church Yard Date Published: 1832 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover UNCOMMON EARLY 1830’S JUVENILE RELIGIOUS BOOK (V) RELATING TO SLAVERY 12mo, 4 7/8” x 3 1/8”, [5], [6]-144pp. Quite worn, original boards with with... More
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
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
New Haven: S. Babcock. Place Published: New Haven Publisher: S. Babcock Date Published: 1832 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover QUITE SCARCE JUVENILE BOOK OF THIS FIRST EDITION. First Edition. 4-1/4 x 5-1/4 inches. (3)-[5]-111pp. contemporary roan-backed boards, 12 full page wood-engraved plates including frontispiece. Book has bumped and worn... More
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
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
London: Harvey and Darton. Place Published: London Publisher: Harvey and Darton Date Published: 1826 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First Edition. 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 scuffing, engraved frontis, and... More
Toronto: William Briggs. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: William Briggs Date Published: 1895 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover UNCOMMON BOOK AND RARE IN THIS NEAR FINE CONDITION. First edition. Small 8vo, [1],[10],[11]-239p., [1 ad], Illustrated by b/w Port Front ( Mrs Traill is pictured on the first page at age 94)... More
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
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
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