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Ottawa, ON, Canada: Department of Resources and Development, Forestry Branch, 1950. Booklet. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. [28]pp. Full-page colour illustrations for each letter of the alphabet. Colour illustrated wrap showing small scuff to front cover at spine, and moderate wear to back fore edge, general soiling commensurate w age and handling. Stapled binding sound. Reduced shipping may apply.

Regina, Saskatchewan: School Aids Publishing Co., 1935. Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 98 clean, well-bound pages. BW illustrations. Illustrated card wraps show very light wear and soiling not commensurate with age or handling. Stapled binding sound. "In this text the Nature Science prescribed for Grade IV (Saskatchewan and Manitoba) has been very fully dealt with. Each topic has been discussed in sufficient detail to afford teachers a wide choice in selecting activities adapted to the particular environment of each school." Reduced shipping may apply for this publication

Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. Booklet. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Earle, Olive; Berry, William. 36pp. Colour illustrations throughout. Colour illustrated wrap is clean and without wear. Stapled binding sound. A Basic Science UniText - Primary. Reduced shipping may apply.

New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1946. 3rd Edition 4th Printing. Cloth. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 238pp w appendix and index. Dark blue cloth w blindstamp border; gold lettering on spine. Mild bumping to corners, very light shelf wear to bottom edges. Binding square and sound. Octavo. Third edition, 1946, fourth impression, stated.

Educational book Co. Ltd., Publishers. Soft cover. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 48pp. Titled brown stock wrapper is clean showing light wear and handling commensurate w age. Stapled binding is sound. Olong 16 x 21cm. These cursive writing exercise books are unmarked copies. Reduced shipping may apply.

Toronto, ON, Canada: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited at St. Martin's House, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xiv, 377pp. Prev owner name inked to ffep. Green boards w black lettering to cover and spine. Tiny surface scratches near fore edge of front cover. Light bumping to corners. Binding square and sound. Duodecimo: 174 x 117mm. First published 1941, this is the St. Martin's Classics school edition, 1948, stated, "arranged for school reading and with Introduction, Notes and Questions".

Toronto, ON, Canada: The Ryerson Press / The Macmillans in Canada, 1960. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix, 437pp. Illustrations in text, frontis. Blue cloth w two-tone figure to front cover, black lettering to cover and spine. Bumping to bottom corners and tail. Binding square and sound. Small octavo: 201 x 143mm. First published 1927, with revisions in 1932, 1935, and 1948, this is the 38th printing, 1960, stated.

Toronto, ON: Ginn and Company, 1967. 5th or later Printing. Cloth. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 448pp w glossaries. Two-tone and colour illustrations throughout. Illustrated title page. Student name lightly inked to fore edge of textblock. Colour illustrated cloth is clean showing only slight wear, bumping to top corners. Binding square and sound. Octavo. 6th printing, 1969 : CDEF-069 Condition indicates this copy saw limited classroom use. A very nice copy of one of The Canadian Ginn Basic Readers

Toronto, ON, Canada: Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Ltd., 1967. First Canadian Edition 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 134pp w appendices and index. 3cm tear in title page, neatly closed but remains visible. Illust endpapers. Tan cloth w dark brown lettering to cover and spine. No edgewear. Light bumping to head and tail. Binding square and sound. Octavo: 243 x 185mm. This original edition published in commemoration of Canada's centennial year: A.D. 1967, by The Calgary Public School Local of The Alberta Teachers' Association.

Toronto, ON, Canada: The Copp Clark Publishing Company, 1926. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 170pp, xvi (appendix and index). Student identity inked on ffep. Med blue cloth w dark blue lettering on cover and spine. Light scuff to corners, head and tail. Mild soiling commensurate w age and handling. Binding square, joints and hinges sound. "Authorized for use in the Province of Saskatchewan.

Toronto, ON, Canada: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, 344pp. Indexed illustrations, maps. Prev owner name inked to ffep. Orange cloth w gold and black figure, black lettering. General soiling commensurate w age and handling. Joints and hinges sound. Octavo. n.d. First published 1928. Reprinted (with supplementary chapters) 1929.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Audubon Society of Canada, 1951. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 256pp. Illustrated w bw photographs and panel drawings. Blue cloth w yellow lettering on cover and spine, showing surface wear to bottom corners, small scuff to tail. Binding square and sound. A compilation of articles and information on wildlife conservation originally appearing in Canadian Nature Magazine, a publication of the Audubon Society of Canada. The book was designed as a resource for classroom use by Canadian teachers.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Audubon Society of Canada, 1953. 2nd Edition . Cloth. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 256pp. Illustrated w bw photographs and panel drawings. Gift inscription inked on ffep. Blue cloth w yellow lettering on cover and spine, showing bumping to corners, small scuff to head and tail. Binding square and sound. A compilation of articles and information on wildlife conservation originally appearing in Canadian Nature Magazine, a publication of the Audubon Society of Canada. First published in 1951, the book was designed as a resource for classroom use by Canadian teachers.

Boston, MA, USA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956. 2nd Edition . Cloth. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 239pp w appendix and extensive vocabulary. Pale green cloth w black lettering in flat-red title panel to cover and spine. Bumping to corners. Student name inked to top back corner. Binding square and sound. Small octavo: 211 x 143mm. Bilingual text w chapter titles, notes and introductions in English, selected readings in German. First published in 1949, this is the second edition, 1956, stated.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: The MacMillan Comany, 1918. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xvi, 329pp w index. Illustrated w biological and botanical drawings. Occasional penciled scoring. Black cloth w gold lettering to spine. Bumping to top corners, small scuff to bottom corners. Moderate soiling commensurate w age and handling.. Joints and hinges sound. Duodecimo: 194 x 134mm. Fifth printing, stated. Very nice condition for a book of this age. "In this book I have endeavored to present in an elementary way some of the fundamental generalizations that are the product of modern research in biology" - from the Preface

Toronto, ON, Canada: Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Limited, 1961. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Alton, Edward; Fantuz, Gastone; Richardson, Aileen. 188pp w index. Illustrated throughout w colour photographs and colour illustrations. Blue cloth w colour photo illustration and white lettering on cover, white lettering on spine. Very light surface scuff to fore edges and hinge, shelf wear to bottom edges. Binding square and sound. Octavo: 230 x 172mm. Condition suggests this book saw very limited classroom use.

New York, NY, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1953. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 631pp w appendix and index. Illustrated w instructional figures, schematics and reproductions of bw photographs. Unpaginated fold-out table tipped in as published and is without tears. Dark blue cloth w silver lettering and borders on cover and spine. Very small surface scuff to corners, light wear to tail. Binding square and sound. Octavo. First published in 1910, this is the fourth edition (1953), seventeenth printing, (c1972).

Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1972. Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 64pp w bibliography. Illustrated throughout with drawings, diagrams and bw photos. Photo illustrated wrapper clean and w/out wear. Stapled binding sound. Standard school library markings, not external. Small adhesive residue inside back cover from pocket cleanly removed. From the series, Man in His World, James Forrester - Ed. Reduced shipping may apply.

Boston, MA, USA: Ginn and Company, 1944. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 550pp. bw photos, reproductions, line drawings. Double-page colour frontis. Student names inked to ffep. Soiling to endpapers commensurate w age and school handling. Name inked to bottom edge, initials inked to fore edge. Illustrated blue cloth showing surface scuff, wear to corners, head and tail. Binding square and sound. Octavo. Original copyright 1941, this is the 1944 edition, stated.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Blackie & Son Limited, 1952. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 192pp w exercises. Four indexed plates tipped in, as published; six indexed cavalcades. Prev owner name inked neatly on ffep. Blue boards w crisp white lettering on cover and spine. Vertical narrow black stain on rear board. Spine shows soiling and white cat no. Binding square and sound. First published in Great Britain, 1940, this is the 8th printing, 1952, stated. Reduced shipping may apply.