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Second Reader

Toronto, Copp, Clark Co. Ltd.. [circa 1899]. (12mo) Very good plus. 184pp. Frontispiece, illus. Very light wear to covers, a trifle stained. Hinges barely tender. Former owner's name to endpaper. Rubber stamp to title-page. Canadian Catholic Readers; Approved by the Education Department for use in the Roman Catholic Separate Schools of Ontario.

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Book number: 110444

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Juvenile, Primers

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A Visit to the Sea Side

London, A. K. Newman and Co.. 1843. (24mo) Very good plus. Two parts in one volume: Part I - 170 p; Part II - 257 p. Engraved frontispiece. Gilt-printed spine remaining very bright despite some sunning to green cloth. Front hinge tender. Former owner's contemporary name to endpaper. A little age spotting and off-setting within but very good indeed overall.

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Book number: 203936

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Juvenile

ABBEY, LLOYD

Selections 1959-1989

Coquitlam, B.C. Cacanadadada. (ISBN: 0-921870-04-3). 1989, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 106pp. 8vo. Pictoral covers. Illustrations. Clean, white and tight.

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Book number: 114041

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Canadian Poetry, Canadian Poetry, Poetry 0921870043

ABBOTT, ELEANOR HALLOWELL

Little Eve Edgarton

Toronto, the Copp Clark Co. Limited. 1914, 1st thus. (Decorative cloth) Fine, no dust jacket. 210pp. 12mo. Dark blue illustrated cloth covers. Bumped corners. Shelf wear and fading as expected due to dark colour of covers and use. Frontispiece. B&W illustrations. Illustrations by R. M. Crosby.

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Book number: 114027

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Fiction, Canadian Literature, Fiction, Literature

ABBOTT, JACOB

Willie and the Mortgage, Showing How Much May Be Accomplished by a Boy

New York, Harper & Bros.. 1854. (16mo) Good. 160pp. Illus. - "embellished with numerous and beautiful engravings." Edge wear with slight damage to head & tail, and dulling of gilt-printed spine. Former owner's name to endpaper. Soiling and age spotting within. Shaky. Harper's Story Books. "A series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the young.".

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Book number: 203894

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Juvenile

ABLEY, MARK

Glasburyon

Kingston, Quarry. 1994, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 86pp.

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Book number: 102965

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Literature, Canada, Canadian Prairies, Poetry

ACHARD, EUGENE

Le Vainqueur du Rodeo

Montreal, Librairie Generale Canadienne. 1956. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. 80pp. Illus. Juvenile - fiction set in Alberta.

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Book number: 102973

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Literature, Canada, Canadian Prairies, French, Juvenile

ACKLEY, EDITH FLACK

Paper Dolls: Their History and How to Make Them

New York, Frederick A Stokes. 1939, 1st Edition. (4to, cloth) Very good plus. 107pp. Illus. Covers show light wear, minor abrasions to extremities, remaining bright enough. Former owners' names on endpapers. Internally very clean, bright and tight. Illustrations by Telka Ackley.

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Book number: 203485

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Juvenile, Art, Hobbies

ADAMS, ANDY

Brazillian Gold Mine Mystery

New York, Grosset & Dunlap. 1960, 1st printing. (hardcover) Fine in near fine dust jacket. 182pp. 1963, 1st printing. (12mo) Fine in near fine jacket. 182pp. 12 mo. Grey thatched / tweed boards with black printing to spine and illustration to front. Illus. Endpapers. Illus. Frontispiece depicts scene from book. Slightest of shelf wear to head and tail of spine to book. Clean, white and tight throughout book. Binding is in immaculate shape. DJ is in F with very small amount of wear at head and heel. Exceptional condition overall. Mylar cover to DJ. Adverts to rear cover run to 6) Alaska Ghost Glacier Mystery. First book in the Biff Brewster Mystery Adventure series.

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Book number: 129672

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Children's Literature

ADAMS, HENRY

The Education of Henry Adams

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library. 1983, Special edition. (Leatherbound) Fine, no dust jacket. xx, 530pp. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography 1919.

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Book number: 121519

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Literature, Americana, Autobiography, Literature

ADAMS, ANDY

Egyptian Scarab Mystery

New York, Grosset & Dunlap. 1963, 2nd printing. (12mo) Fine in very good plus dust jacket. 170pp. 12 mo. Grey thatched / tweed boards with black printing to spine and illustration to front. Illus. Endpapers. Illus. Frontispiece depicts scene from book. Slightest of shelf wear to head and tail of spine to book. Clean, white and tight throughout book. Binding is in immaculate shape. DJ is in VG-F with very small chip to spine at head. Slightest of rub along front to spine. Exceptional condition overall. Mylar cover to DJ. Very small name plate to FF EP. Advert to rear goes to 10) Mystery of the Tibetan Caravan. Ninth book in the Biff Brewster Mystery Adventure series.

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Book number: 113502

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Children's Literature, Adventure Thriller, Children's Literature, Mysteries

ADAMS, GARY

End of Season Report: York Factory National Historic Site

Ottawa, Parks Canada. 1979. (4to, wrappers) Fine. 6pp. Illus. Research Bulletin #114, September '79.

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Book number: 111971

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Fur Trade, Canada, Canadian Prairies, Hudson's Bay Company

ADAMS, GARY

End of Season Report: York Factory National Historic Site

Ottawa, Parks Canada. 1981. (4to, wrappers) Fine. 13pp. Illus. Research Bulletin #157, June '81.

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Book number: 111980

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Fur Trade, Canada, Canadian Prairies, Hudson's Bay Company

ADAMS, RICHARD

The Girl in a Swing

London, UK, Allen Lane / Penguin Books Ltd.. (ISBN: 0 7139 1345 2). 1980, 1st UK edition; first issue. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 397pp. 8vo. True first UK edition, supressed issue, with 'Kathe Guetner', as the girl's name, and with the publisher's imprint to the title page. The author's 4th major novel, tells of a love affair, set in the 1970s, with intimations of the supernatural. Jacket in loose, plastic protective sleeve. Fine / fine copy.

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Book number: 128432

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: British - Literature, British - Literature, Literature - British 0713913452

ADAMS, RICHARD

The Girl in a Swing

London, UK, Allen Lane / Penguin Books Ltd.. (ISBN: 0 7139 1345 2). 1980, 1st Canadian edition. (hardcover) Fine in near fine dust jacket. 397pp. 8vo. First Canadian edition, $12.95 on jacket; else all first tells, with 'Kathe Guetner', as the girl's name. The author's 4th major novel, tells of a love affair, set in the 1970s, with intimations of the supernatural. Jacket shows the faintest of wear, and a thin line of light discolouration at the inside, upper edge. Fine / near fine copy.

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Book number: 128750

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: British - Literature, British - Literature, Literature - British 0713913452