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Penumbra Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 1894131622 . 343 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards. A little wear along the edges and boards have some light scuffing. Front text block edge has some faint soil spots. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has some wear to the edges and corners and is shelf rubbed. An account of "treasure-hunting" for paper records and such for the Ontario Archives, where the author was employed. Black and white illustrations. .
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Adventures of a Paper Sleuth
by MacMillan, Hugh P.
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A Book of Booksellers; Conversations with the Antiquarian Book Trade 1991-2003
by Markham, Sheila
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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press. Very Good+. 2004. Softcover. 0954799712 . 323 p. 23.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Virtually no discernible wear, except a little light soil to bottom edge of text block at corner. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Stories about fifty antiquarian booksellers and their trade, based on the author's conversations with them. .
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Books for Boys and Girls
by Smith, Lillian H. (Editor)
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Toronto: The Ryerson Press. Very Good. 1940. Second Edition. Hardcover. 370 p. 19.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Corner tips are softened and worn through. Cloth thinning along spine edges. Call number written on copyright page. A few pencil marks in the margins. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. Prepared at Boys and Girls House Toronto Public Libraries. An annotated list of recommended children's books, arranged by subject. Follows on the first edition of 2000 titles published in 1927. .
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Books for Boys and Girls
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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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Books in Search of Children
by Bechtel, Louise Seaman
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New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 268 p. 24 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Remainder dot on the bottom edge. Light wear to corner tips and spine ends. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has some wear to the corners and light soil to the panels. The spine is darkened. A collection of speeches and essays by the founder of the Macmillan Children's Book Department, to mark the company's fiftieth anniversary. Many of them first appeared in the The Horn Book Magazine. .
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Box of Delights; 600 Years of Children's Books
by Shefrin, Jill
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Toronto: Toronto Public Library. Very Good+. 1996. Softcover. 0920601316 . 54 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. A hint of curl to the fore-corners. Lightly shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A catalogue based on an exhibition (October 1995 to February 1996) to mark the opening of a new home for The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. Produced by the Friends of the Osborne & Lillian H. Smith Collection. Consists mostly of text, with accompanying pictures of some, but not many, of the works listed. .
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The Brilliant Career of Winnie the Pooh
by Thwaite, Ann
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New York: Dutton Children's Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0525452486 . 192 p. 24.5 cm. Sound and square in cloth covered boards. Minor edge and corner wear. Tiny stain on upper text block edge near the spine and a few sprinkles of foxing. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. The dust jacket has a little light edge wear and shelf rubbing. The spine is slightly sunned. The story of A.A. Milne and his writing for children, and how the Pooh brand expanded beyond books, to include pottery, postage stamps, bookends, bedlinens, etc. Illustrated in colour and black and white. .
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The Brilliant Career of Winnie the Pooh
by Thwaite, Ann
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London: Methuen. Good. 1994. Softcover. 0413687805 . 192 p. 25 cm. Sound and square in cardstock covers. Wear to the covers' edges and corners, including corner creases. Price sticker on back cover. Overall rubbed. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. The story of A.A. Milne and his writing for children, and how the Pooh brand expanded beyond books, to include pottery, postage stamps, bookends, bedlinens, etc. Illustrated in colour and black and white. .
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The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration
by Dalby, Richard
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London: Michael O'Mara Books Limited. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 1854797964 . 144 p. 27.5 cm. Sound and square binding in glossy boards. Minor wear to the corner tips and spine ends. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has light edgewear and shelf rubbing. The spine is faded. Biographies of over fifty artists from the golden age of book illustration. Illustrated with three sections of colour plates and numerous black and white in text drawings. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .
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Great Natural History Books and Their Creators
by Desmond, Ray
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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 1584560908 . 176 p. 29 cm. Sound and square in green cloth covered boards. Minor wear to corners. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has some edgewear, moreso to the bottom edge of back. It has a few light scratch marks. The story behind the creation and publication of many highlight natural history books from the 17th to 19th centuries. Chapters devoted to: William Curtis, "The Temple of Flora", "The Birds of America", "Flora Graeca", and "Flora Danica". It includes a chapter on nature printing methods. In-text colour and black and white illustrations. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .
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Ingenious Contrivances; Table Games and Puzzles for Children
by Shefrin, Jill
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Toronto: Toronto Public Library. Near Fine. 1996. Softcover. 0920601375 . 54 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Very lightly shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A catalogue based on an exhibition (November 1996 to February 1997) mounted by The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. Produced by the Friends of the Osborne & Lillian H. Smith Collection. Illustrated, for the most part, in colour. .
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The Juvenile Review; in Two Parts
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Toronto: Toronto Public Library. Very Good. 1982. Softcover. 16 cm. Sound and square binding in heavy, cardstock covers. A bit worn along the edges and at the corners. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A reproduction in one volume of two rare 19th century books about children's literature. The Juvenile Review was issued in two parts in 1817; part one being remarks on books for children under eight years of age (iv, 68 p.), and part two being remarks on books for young persons from eight to twelve years old (iv, 100 p.) This volume was issued by the Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections and includes a commentary about the review and an index. .
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The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Gilliver, Peter
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Oxford: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2016. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 0199283621 . 625 p. 25 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards. Minor wear to edges and corner tips. A couple of tiny, light smudge marks to the front edge of the textblock. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dust jacket has minor edgewear. The books appears unread. A history of the OED, Oxford English Dictionary, from the 19th century to the early 21st century. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .
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Reading About Japan; A Bibliography of Japanese Children's Literature
by Wakan, Naomi
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Vancouver: Pacific Rim Publishers. Very Good+. 1992. Softcover. 0921358172 . 32 p. 28 cm. Sound binding in centre-stapled cardstock covers. A little wear to the corner tips and edges. Else fine. A bibliography covering 200 English language children's books with Japanese people or culture as the central theme. .
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The Telling Line; Essays on Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustrators
by Martin, Douglas
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New York: Delacorte Press. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0385300484 . 320 p. 26 cm. Ex-library copy with usual marks. Wear to bottom edges. Staining to fore-edge of text block. Inside pages generally still clean and bright. Dustjacket is still in library mylar and is glued to the paste-down endpapers of the book. It has a library spine label. Includes examples in colour or black and white of each of the illustrators featured. Ex-Library Fifteen essays on British (born or living in) contemporary book illustrators, including: Charles Keeping, Faith Jaques, Victor Ambrus, Nigel Lambourne, Brian Wildsmith, Shirley Hughes, John Lawrence, Jan Pienkowski, Helen Oxenbury, John Burningham, Raymond Briggs, Quentin Blake, Janet and Allan Ahlberg, Anthony Browne, and Michael Foreman. May require extra postage due to packaged weight. .
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