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Toronto: The Boys and Girls House Public Library of Toronto Canada. Very Good-. 1927. Hardcover. 294 p. 19.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Worn through at the corner tips. Spine ends and joints softened. Small soil spot on upper board. Top edge of the text block is somewhat grimy and all edges are tanned. Front free endpaper has been removed. First blank page is tanned. A few pages have some pencilled notes. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean and unmarked, with toning to some of the gatherings. "Being a List of Two Thousand Books Which the Librarians of the Boys and Girls Division of the Toronto Public Library Deem to Be of Definite and Permanent Interest - With Annotations and Descriptions". (from the title page) Introduction by George H. Locke, Chief Librarian. .
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- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6735
- Title
- Books for Boys and Girls
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Publisher
- The Boys and Girls House Public Library of Toronto Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1927
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Campbellcroft, Ontario
About Homeward Bound Books
Homeward Bound Books is an online bookshop operated from our home in the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario. We specialize in children's and illustrated books – collectible and reading copies; and local histories, particularly for Ontario. We also stock a selection of collectable mystery fiction, ephemera, and any other titles we find interesting or unusual. We have thousands of books yet to be catalogued. So, please contact us to be added to our client list, and we will let you know when we have books of interest to you. It is our pleasure to send books homeward bound -- from our shelves to yours.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...