Search Results: Children''s - Story Collections from Homeward Bound Books

Toronto: Gage Educational Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 512 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in orange and white boards. Light bumping to bottom fore-corners. Tiny bit of glue remains along inside top edges. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has darkened on the spine, edges and folds, but has only light edge wear. Not price clipped. A collection of 49 stories and poems for children, by a wide variety of international and Canadian writers. Although it is numbered Book 6 on the title page, the jacket notes three books in the series called "Big Books for Young Canadians" of which this is book three. Possibly the book was issued originally as a school text, then again aimed at the general public. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Very Good-. [1920]. Hardcover. 159 p. 26 cm. Sound and square with cloth backed spine. Coloured pastedown illustration on upper board. Corners rounded and worn through. Edges worn. Bottom of spine is slightly frayed. Upper board has a couple of small pull marks and stains. Lower board has darkened has has a stain along the bottom front corner. Inside, the endpapers are discoloured, the front free heavily so. The pages have occasional soiling, mostly in the margins, and are slightly age toned. One plate has a closed tear that extends 1" into the illustration and which has been repaired with acid free PVA. Still quite attractive, overall. A collection of stories and poems by such authors as Ethel Talbot and Angela Brazil, with six full colour plates by Scottish illustrator Anne Anderson, and pen and ink illustrations by her and her husband Allan Wright. .

London: Faber and Faber. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 246 p. 20 cm. Sound and square binding in orange cloth-covered boards. A bit of wear to the corners and spine ends. Minor foxing and some scratches to text block edges. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has some edge wear, more so at the ends of the spine where there are a few tiny tears. Some overall soiling. Not price clipped. A collection of short stories appropriate for a boy to read. Authors include Doris Lesing, Brian Aldiss, Geoffrey Trease, Arthur Catherall, Charlotte Armstrong, and others. .

Chicago: The John C. Winston Co.. Good+. 1938. Hardcover. 346 p. 23 cm. Corners lightly bumped. Gilt on spine dulled. Text block edges somewhat dirty. Both hinges a bit loose. Bookstore label on front free pastedown endpaper. Some edge staining to preliminary pages including the title page. Previous owner's name has been erased. Otherwise, inside pages are still fairly clean and bright. Partial remains of dustjacket (rear panel and rear flap) laid in. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker. B&W Illustrations One of a series of collections of children's stories, known by the colour of their binding cloth. This one is the green book and includes stories and illustrations by Kurt Wiese, Pelagie Doane, Arthur T. Quiller-Couch, Dorothy Lathrop, and many others. .

Boston: Little Brown. Near Fine. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0316273023 . 629 p. 26 cm. Sound and square binding in blue, cloth-covered boards. With the exception of a small rub mark on the spine of each volume, the boards have virtually no discernible wear. The books appear to be unread. The sleeve in which they are housed has some rubbing and scratches, with a light knock to one corner. A selection of dozens of children's stories from classics to contemporary, most of them either British or American. The stories include the original illustrations. This book is heavy and will require extra postage to most destinations. .