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NO AUTHOR_ARTIST TITLE PUBLISHER PRICE COND DESCRIPTION
8734 Hoyt, James
"The Mountain Society" A History of the First Presbyterian Church Orange, NJ CM Saxton, Barker & Co New York 1860 $30.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are scuffed. Edges and corners are rubbed to boards.Top and bottom of spine are chipped and fraying. Backstrip is starting to detach. Hinge is split in front of book.
6751 Stewart, Rev. Alexander
'Twixt Ben Nevis and Glencoe The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-Lore of the West Highlands William Paterson Edinburgh, Scotland 1885 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are bumped and spotted. Page edges are spotted. Backstrip is yellowed. Binding is a bit loose.
6984 Tulloch, Major General Alexander B.
The 45 From the Raising of Prince Charlie's Standard at Glenfinnan to the Battle of Culloden Eaneas MacKay 1908 $25.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Heavy foxing and yellowing. Small tear on one page.
8564 Adjutant Stearns Massachusetts Sabbath School Society Boston 1862 1st Edition $25.00 Poor, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book True civil war story of a young man who died on the battlefield. Written by his father. Brown blindstamped covers are soiled and faded. Cloth is worn on cover edges. Endpapers are missing. Previous owner traced the outline of the fronticepiece on to the tissue guard. Some writing in pen in the margins of the last page. Some pages are loose and starting to detach. Some writing on the inside of the front covers. Good reading copy.
2205 The Advanced Reader No. VII A & W MacKinlay Halifax 1865 $11.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Part of the Nova Scotia School series. Brown cloth is bubbled a bit on front cover. Some spots on covers. Corners rubbed to boards. Front endpapers missing up to title page. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. A few pencil marks. Not a bad copy.
3823 Luckock, Herbert Mortimer
After Death: An Examination of the Testimony of Primitive Times Respecting the State of the Faithful Dead, and Their Relationship to the Living Longmans, Green and Co. London 1894 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers with gilt lettering on backstrip. Small rips on ends of backstrip. Small tear in cloth. Top page edge is discoloured. Spine is slightly askew. Clean inside. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Some underlining pen and pencil marks inside.
467 Tenney, E. P.
Agamenticus Lee and Shepard, Publishers Boston 1878 $28.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green embossed covers with gilt lettering are worn with a few dirty spots. Corners and top/bottom of spine is bumped. Inside hinges are split at front and back, remaining book block is still tight. Inscription on front end papers. Some foxing on pages.
3492 Hawkins, N.
Aids to Engineers' Examinatins Prepared for Applicants of All Grades, with Questions and Answers. A Summary of the Principles and Practice of Steam Engineering Theo. Audel & Co. New York 1901 $12.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Maroon covers are soiled and rubbed to boards on edges. Top and bottom of backstrip are chipped and torn. Hinges are holding well. Inside is clean.
333 Yoxall, J.H.
Alain Tanger's Wife A Romance of 1899 $15.00 Poor, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers with white, gold and green decoration. Covers are worn. There is a paste down from a 1905 promotion of building lots on the inside front cover. Front and back hinges are split. Much of the front matter is missing. Last page is detached. All text from page is complete, a reading copy only.
6468 Dunham, Curtis
Kerr, George F.
The Amazing Adventures of Bobbie in Bugabooland (Next door to Fairyland) A Cheerful Chronicle for Children not Younger than Seven or Older than Seventy The Bobbs Merrill Company Publishers Indianapolis 1907 $125.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Decorative covers are rubbed on corners and on top and bottom edges.Spine head and tail are chipped and have small rips. Covers are a bit discoloured and faded. Hinge is starting to crack. Some yellowing on endpapers. Inscription to previous owner on ffep. Some foxing. Fronticepiece is almost completely detached. Each page has a decorative border illustrated with fairies or elves. Some colour illustrations. A scarce book.
8551 Lewis, Elisha J.
The American Sportsman: Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Shooting, and the Habits of the Game Birds and Wild Fowl of America J.B.Lippincott & Co Philadelphia 1885 $35.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Subtitled: Containing new chapters on the origin, breeding, and science of breaking dogs, and full information on breech-loading and hammerless guns, etc. Decorative covers are soiled and scuffed. Corners and edges are rubbed to boards. Previous owner's name on endpapers.
4885 The American Text-Books of Art Education Teacher's Manual for the Primary Course of Instruction in Drawing L. Prang and Company Boston 1882 $40.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Paper covered boards are rubbed on edges and have some tears. Some dampstaining on pages. Endpapers are missing up to but not including title page. Some foxing. Book is fairly tight, hinges are good.
6940 Harper, J.M.
The Annals of the War Illustrated by a Selection of Historical Ballads Musson Book Company Limited 0 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Previous owner's name on back side of fronticepiece. Ffep is missing.
7089 Pritchard, Captain H.L.
Army Organisation and Administration A Study of the Subject William Clowes and Sons, Limited London 1910 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are rubbed on corners. Some small tears on fold-out maps, especially on map of India where there is a large tear. Foxing throughout. Some pen marks on ffep.
1865 Scudder, Mrs. A. M.
Attractive Truths in Lesson and Story A Series of Outline Lessons with Illustrative Stories for Junior Christian Endeavor Societies, Children's Meetings, and Home Teaching Fleming H. Revell Company New York 1889 $11.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Grey covers with blue lettering and design are soiled, scuffed and worn, with a few white paint spatters. Backstrip is darkened, corners and spine ends frayed. Interior hinges split. Some writing on end papers, but otherwise not written in, and complete.
3998 Harrison, Mrs Burton
Wiles, Irving R.
A Bachlor Maid The Century Co. New York 1894 $14.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are discoloured and scrached. Backstrip is frayed and chipped at both ends. Some foxing. Spine is slanted.
8448 Battle Fields of Today Distributed by the Halifax Herald in Halifa Nova Scotia Rand McNally 1916 $35.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Paper Covers Book A paper bound atlas of WWI battlefields distributed by the local newspaper in Halifax, NS. One inch rip on bottom of spine. Covers are wrinkled and a bit discoloured. Small rip on page edge. Previous owner's name written on cover.
5079 Gorges, Mary
Beautiful Britain: Killarney Adam & Charles Black London 1912 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Includes images of Killarney. Some soiling on covers. Foxing throughout. Small tears on top and bottom of backstrip.
523 Farwell, Ellen Drummond
Oldys, Henry
Bird Observations Near Chicago Privately Printed 1919 First Edition $22.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on front cover and backstrip. Backstrip a bit faded. Corners of boards are bumped and a little rubbed, although not to the point of fraying. A damp stain along bottom corner of pages. Light foxing. Beautiful book, very clean and tight.
7109 Mockridge, Rev. Charles H.
The Bishops of the Church of England in Canada and Newfoundland An Illustrated Historical Sketch of the Church of England in Canada, as Traced by her Episcopate F.N.W. Brown Toronto 1896 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Book has leather corners and spine with raised bands. Gilt lettering. Leather is rubbed and cracked some on spine and corners. Marbled page edges and endpapers. One page has chipped piece off margin.
8224 Busch, Dr Moritz
Bismarck in the Franco German War 1870-1871 (Translated from the German) Belfords, Clarke & Co Chicago 1879 $30.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Abridged. Green covers with gilt decoration on front cover. Top and bottom of spine and corners are rubbed. Library markings and small sticker on spine (mostly faded) and library inkstamp on various pages. Library card envelope was removed from rear of book leaving some paper residue.
1970 Strathesk, John
Bits from Blinkbonny or Bell O' the Manse A Tale of Scottish Village Life Between 1841 and 1851 Oliphant, Anderson, & Ferrier Edinburgh 1882 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Bevelled boards. Brown covers with gilt lettering. The decoation and lettering on front cover is fading. Top and bottom of backstrip are fraying. Seems like illustrations were pulled out. Remainder of book is intact. Hinges weak.
1149 Carey, W.J.
A Book of Instruction for Church People Longmans, Green and Co. London 1917 $9.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers are discoloured. Backstrip yellowed with age. Corners bumped and rubbed. Previous owner's name in pencil on first free endpaper. Hinges starting to crack. Some notes in pen and pencil in margins.
4963 Bungener, L.L.F.
Bordaloue and Louis XIV or, The Preacher and the King D. Lothrop & Company Boston $20.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are spotted and fading. Edges and corners are rubbed. Endpapers are heavily foxed. Some pencil marks in the margins. Binding starting to crack.
6279 Fenn, George Manville
The Boys at Menhardoc Blackie & Son Ltd London 1911 $15.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Nice decorative covers are bright with minimal scuffing. Rubbing to boards on corners. Inscription to previous owner behind fronticepiece. Clean and fairly tight.
2123 Charles, H. Frederick
The Boys of Highfield or, The Hero of Chancery House The Religious Tract Society London $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book No publication date given, but inscription to previous owner is dated 1907. Decorative covers. Edges rubbed. Top and bottom of backstrip rubbed. Backstrip fading. Back cover a bit soiled. Inscription to previous owner on endpaper. Stain on a few pages, does not obscure text. Minimal foxing.
7074 Henty, G.A.
By Pike and Dyke A Tale of the Rise and Fall of the Dutch Republic Blackie & Son Ltd London 0 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Decorative covers. Inscription to previous owner on endpaper dated 1890 and small sticker under inscription.
7858 The Bystander October 1880- May 1881 (bound into one volume) 1881 $95.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Three-Quarter Leathe Book Articles from the Canadian publication "The Bystander" bound into hardcover book. Articles include: "The Pacific Railway Agreement"," The Presidential Election", "Parliament and the Pacific Railway", and many others. Marbled boards, raised bands, some yellowing on first few pages, marbled page edges.
265 Colson, F.H. (Edited by)
Caesar Book III George Bell & Sons London 1900 $8.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Bell's Illustrated Classics. Covers are soiled and worn. Lettering on backstrip barely legible. Inscription on front end papers, back has several notes in pencil.
2476 Bullen, Frank T.
The Call of the Deep Being some Further Adventures of Frank Brown George Bell & Sons London 1907 $11.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Part of the publisher's "Indian and colonial library" for sale only in India and the colonies. Red covers. Back cover has some water staining. Backstrip is faded, chipped and fraying. There was some red colour transfer on the rear endpapers where they were damp. Two rips in the cloth along backstrip. Rear hinge starting to crack. Previous owner's name on endpaper.
9748 Freir, F.W.
Canada The Land of Opportunities A. & C. Black Limited 1919 $49.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: Good, Hardcover Book Dustjacket has some small rips along edges. Inside is very clean. Seems like an advertisement for British citizens to immigrate to Canada.
8950 Canadian Canticles The Musson Book Company Toronto, Ontario 0 $40.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Cover corners and top and bottom of covers are bumped. Maroon covers with gilt lettering. Illustrated endpapers. Pages have deckled edges. Some foxing. A scarce book of poetry.
249 Jenkins, R.S.
Canadian Civics The Copp Clark Company Limited Toronto 1912 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Nova Scotia edition. Red covers soiled. Edges bumped and rubbed. Front and rear hinges cracked. Pencil marks throughout.
1507 Canadian Seed Growers' Association Report of Fifth Annual Meeting Held at Ottawa, February 4th and 5th 1909 Part I- Minutes, Part II- Papers and Addresses Presented Government Printing Bureau Ottawa 1909 $30.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Paper Covers Book Stapled binding. Some dampstaining on back. Contains list of seed growers of the time, may be of interest to their families.
1508 Canadian Seed Growers' Association Report of Fourth Annual Meeting Held at Ottawa, February 3rd and 4th 1908 Part I- Minutes, Part II- Papers and Addresses Presented Government Printing Bureau Ottawa 1908 $30.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Paper Covers Book Stapled binding. Some dampstaining and small rips and tears on covers. Contains list of seed growers of the time, may be of interest to their families.
6479 Vernon, C.W.
Cape Breton Canada at the Beginning of the...Twentieth Century Nation Publishing Company Toronto 1903 $65.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Purplish blue covers faded on cover edges and spine. A few small stains on covers. Head and tail of spine are bumped. Some foxing on endpapers. Inside is clean. Binding fairly tight.
6753 Gillis, James D.
The Cape Breton Giant A Truthful memoir John Lovell Montreal, Quebec 1899 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Rebound with green hardcovers.Some yellowing on title page and some scotch tape. Someone has corrected errors in pencil on several pages. Inside is fairly clean. The story of giant Angus MacAskill who live in Cape Breton Nova Scotia.
800 Russell, W. Clark
Captain Jackman or A Tale of Two Tunnels F.M. Buckles & Company New York 1899 $60.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Dark red covers, backstrip faded. Stamp from private library on first endpaper. Some soiling on page edges. Book tight.
2717 Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh: Its History, Its People, and Its Places 6 Volumes (Divisions) Complete Cassell and Company, Ltd. London $145.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Red covers, beveled edges with gilt and black decoration range from heavily water stained (division III) to only minor water stained. Some soiling and spines are sun darkened. Spine ends frayed, corners bumped and some edge wear. Gilt page edges. Hinges are starting to split on some volumes, but most are still OK. Foxing througout. Some minor dampstaining and red bleed through on some interior pages, but generally quite readable and even the worst volume's illustrations are generally unscathed. No date, but likely late 1800s. 10 full size plates at the beginning of each volume, many more illustrations throughout.
9711 Field, Mrs E.M.
Skeats, Leonard S
Castle Dangerous of Canada Wells Gardner, Darton & Co London 0 $18.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Cloth is rubbed on covers. Hole in cloth covering spine. Foxing throughout. First endpaper, fronticepiece and some other illustrations are missing. Name written in pen on half-title page. Some pen marks on cover. Hinge is cracking in rear.
6421 Chamberlain, Montague
A Catalogue of Canadian Birds with Notes on the Distribution of the Species J & A Mc Millan Saint John, NB 1887 $30.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Brown covers with gilt lettering. Hinges are cracked with webbing exposed. Covers are loose but still attached. Inside is clean.
967 MacKenzie, Alexander
The Celtic Magazine: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folklore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad Volume IX A & W MacKensie Inverness, Scotland 1884 $90.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Cloth Book Contains "The History of the Camerons" by the Alexander Mackensie and lots of articles, poetry etc. issues from November 1883 to October 1884. Blue cloth covers with paste-on label on backstrip are worn at the corners. Binding a little loose. The odd mark in pen and pencil throughout the book. 1/4 page section of page 537/538 has been snipped and removed, part of an article on land law reform.
6580 Centennial of Canadian Methodism William Briggs Halifax, NS 1891 $18.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Decorative covers with gilt lettering and some blindstamped designs. Some rubbing on corners and edges of covers.
2657 The Chapel Hymnal The Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work Philadelphia 1914 $8.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green covers with gilt lettering are scuffed and worn, particularly at edges. Hinges starting to crack. Some minor soiling on title page. Large asterisks on several songs written throughout the book and some writing on back endpapers and inside back cover.
2082 MacAdam, Stevenson
The Chemistry of Common Things A & W MacKinlay Halifax $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Part of Nelson's School Series and Nova Scotia School Series. Not sure of publication date but there is a date of 1877 written in by the previous owner. Covers are clean, but bumped and rubbed on edges and corners. Heavy discolouration on endpapers. Minimal foxing inside. Hinges holding.
124 Coady, H.A.
The Chief of the Ranges A Tale of the Yukon Hodder and Stoughton New York 1913 $8.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Decorative brown covers with red lettering and illustration of totem pole with native indian. Hinge cracking. Sticker from previous owners private lending library. Spine slightly cocked. Back cover stained. Backstrip and corners rubbed.
2086 The Children of the Church and Sealing Ordinances Presbyterian Board of Publication Philadelphia $29.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green covers scuffed on edges and a bit soiled. Gilt title on backstrip. Previous owner's name and date of 1886 on endpaper. Not sure of publication date but it was entered "to act of Congress in 1858". Some foxing inside. Scarce old book.
2752 Ingram, Arthur F. Winnington
Christ and His Friends Gardner, Darton & Co London 1897 $49.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Olive green decorative covers. Minimal foxing on endpapers. Previous owner's name in pencil on half-title page. In the preface it is stated that "this little volume consists of six sermons preached in West End churches during Lent 1897, and is meant to form a sequel to The Men Who Crucify Christ, Preached to the same congregations in Lent 1896...." There is an introductory chapter, a chapter on St. John, Mary of Bethany, Simon Peter, Mary Magdalene and one on St. Thomas. Binding is cracking in center. Scarce book.
2241 Cooper, Jessie Goldsmith
Christabel's Influence S.W. Partridge London 0 $9.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers scuffed and rubbed on edges. Foxing on endpapers. Pages yellowed on edges. Four illustrations. Dampstain on bottom corner of pages. Inscription to previous owner dated 1913 on front endpaper.
9557 Campbell, Alexander (editor) & Revised by: Burnet, D.S.
The Christian Baptist Seven Volumes in One American Christian Publication Society Cincinnati 1854 Tenth Edition $75.00 Far, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Leather Covered Boar Book Backstrip split along top and bottom hinge. Cover edges are rubbed to boards on corners. Heavy foxing. A few rips and creases on first few pages. A heavy book, may require additional postage
2744 Phillips, Rev. S.
The Christian Home as it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Church Gurdon Bill New York 1863 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Maroon covers with fading gilt decoration. Covers are soiled. Cloth is worn on corners and along backstrip. Foxing throughout. Tissue guards missing from illustrations. Pressed flower found inside discoloured some of the text. Does not obscure text. Binding starting to loosen.
8563 Smith, Hannah Whitall
The Christian's Secret to a Happy Life Fleming H. Revell Company Chicago 1888 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book New and enlarged version. Some bad water staining on back cover only. Foxing on endpapers.
2328 Christie Redfern's Troubles The Religious Tract Society London $11.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Brown bevelled decorative boards are scuffed. Cloth is wearing on edges and corners and is torn a bit in a couple of spots. Gilt page edges. Spine is cocked. Front hinge cracked. Front endpaper missing. Moderate foxing. Page edges soiled. Good reading copy.
3763 Froissart, Sir John
Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV Volumes I and II The Colonial Press New York 1901 $45.00 Good, Dustjacket: New, Hardcover Book Part of the University Collection Edition De Luxe Limited to One Thousand Sets of which this is Number 645. Grey covers, deckle fore and bottom edge, gilded top edge. Backstrips both faded and spotted. Clean and unmarked inside.
1135 Wilson, Philip Whitwell
The Church We Forget A Study of the Life and Words of the Early Christians Fleming H. Revell Company New York 1919 $11.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Black covers with black lettering on backstrip. Corners bumped and rubbed. Previous owner's name on first free endpaper. Hinge starting to crack.
1393 Thurston, Katherine Cecil
Birch, Reginald B.
The Circle Dodd, Mead and Company New York 1903 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green pictorial flowered covers with a verse stamped into the back cover. Edge wear along cover edges and backstrip. Backstrip faded. Corners bumped and rubbed. Hinges cracked at half- title and at rear inside cover. Some foxing. Previous owner's name and date of 1905 on first endpaper.
4570 Blades, Leslie Burton
Claire George H. Doran Company New York 1919 $18.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Book has a slight upward curvature. Covers are soiled. Cover edges are rubbed. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Some foxing.
7014 Smith, Benjamin
Climbing A Manuel for the Young Who Desire to Rise in Both Worlds Wesleyan Conference Office London 1876 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Foxing throughout, especially on endpapers and title page. Covers have beveled edges and are rubbed on corners and top and bottom of spine. Gilt lettering on covers.
6161 Gowers, W.R.
Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Nervous System Delivered at the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, London P. Blackiston, Son & Co. Philadelphia 1895 $225.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Soiling and small paint splotches on covers. Cloth is torn and chipped at top and bottom of back strip. Corners are rubbed to boards. Mark and small tear on half-title page. The top of the half title page and title page are starting to detach from the book. Pages are yellowed. A scarce book.
6900 Silburn, P.A.
The Colonies and Imperial Defence Longmans, Green, and Co London 1909 $25.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are scuffed and faded. top and bottom of backstrip are fraying. Foxing throughout book and on page edges. Hinges starting to crack.
7943 Olmstead, Denison
A Compendium of Natural Philosophy Adapted to the Use of Schools and Academies Clark & Maynard, Publishers 1870 $20.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book "Natural philosophy or philosophy of nature and was the philosophical study of nature and the physical universe that was dominant before the development of modern science. It is considered to be the precursor of natural science." Lots of writing in pencil on front and rear endpapers. A bit of writing in pencil in the margins. Book covers are rubbed to boards on corners and a bit stained. Leather spine is chipped at top and bottom.
9710 Scott, Benjamin
The Contents and Teachings of the Catacombs at Rome Morgan & Scott London 0 5th or later Edition $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Subtitled: "A vindication of pure and primitive Christianity; and an exposure of the corruptions of Romanism; derived from the sepulchral remains of the early Christians" Cover edges are rubbed. Spine is cocked. Some writing on endpapers.
4640 McCulloch, J.M.
A Course of Elementary Reading in Science and Literature Compiled from Popular Writers; to Which is Added, A Copious List of the Latin and Greek Primitives Which Enter Into the Composition of the English Language Oliver & Boyd Edinburgh 1855 $60.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Leather Covered Boar Book Edges are rubbed to boards.Top half inch of backstrip is missing. Bottom of backstrip is chipping. Page edges are discoloured. Some pencil marks on endpapers. Book is split at copyright page but was previously glued and is strong. Page 7 is almost completely detached.
799 Train, Arthur
Crosby, R.M.
CQ or, In the Wireless House McClelland & Goodchild, Limited Toronto 1912 $13.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Decorative Cloth Book First free endpaper is missing. Residue from torn out paste-on is on inside front cover. Front hinge weak.
1607 Norris, W.E.
The Credit of the County D. Appleton and Company New York 1904 $25.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green blindstamped covers with red lettering. A bit of wear around corners and edges. Very clean and bright on inside. Hinges tight.
515 Allibone, S. Austin and Kirk, John Foster
A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors Living and Deceased from the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century. 3 Volumes Plus 2 Volume Supplement J. B. Lippincott & Co. Philadelphia 1874 $200.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book " ... Containing over Forty-Six Thousand Articles (Authors), with Forty Indexes of Subjects." Three Volumes Complete. Brown beveled and embossed covers are worn. Backstrip is sun faded, worn and chipped frayed at ends. Most of the inside hinges are split. Pages are complete and unmarked. Also two volume Supplement from 1899: " ... Containing over Thirty Seven Thousand Articles (Authors), and Enumerating over Ninety-Three Thousand Titles." Burgundy half leather covers are worn, particularly at corners. Spine is very worn and chipped, both have a 2-3 inch piece missing from the top, with some cloth type covering it on one and the remains of tape covering the other. All interior hinges split. Pages are unmarked and complete.
66 Gulliver, Lucile
Daniel Boone The MacMillan Company New York $11.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Brown decorative covers, lightly soiled and some edgwear. Hinges are good, no marks.
9556 Pares, Bernard
Day By Day with the Russian Army Constable & Co. Ltd London 1915 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Cloth covering spine is discoloured. Previous owner's name on inside of front cover.
1092 Lever, Charles
A Day's Ride George Routledge and Sons London $14.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Ex-Library No date, but likely late 1800s. Green covers with gilt lettering are worn and discoloured in spots, bumped at corners and spine ends. Hinges are split. Inside front cover has some library stickers and stamps. Some foxing and page yellowing.
5574 Kipling, Rudyard
Departmental Ditties Barrack Room Ballads & other Verses United States Book Company Successors to John W. Lovell Company New York 1890 $65.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book First issue with publishers name at foot of spine and address on title page. Maroon cloth, beveled boards. Gilt top page edge. A bit of scuffing on covers. Top right corner of front cover is rubbed to boards and starting to fray. Pages 103-114 are detached but included. Binding is cracking at page 117. Some disclouration on rear endpapers.
6133 Dick, William B.
Dick's Games of Patience; or, Solitaire with Cards. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged Containing Sixty Four Games Fitzgerald Publishing Corporation 1912 $20.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book With fifty explanatory tableaux. Page 88 has a rip in the illustration. Binding is cracked in a few places. Nicely illustrated cover.
5828 Horner, Jacob
Did a Hen or Egg Exist First? My Talks as a Skeptic The Religious Tract Society 0 $35.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers are soiled. Some pages are written on in pencil. Small rip on the flyleaf. Foxing throughout. Binding is cracked and a few pages have become loose.
8277 Hamilton, Alexander of "Heuvel"
Dramas and Poems Dick & Fitzgerald New York 1887 $40.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Written by the grandson of the founding father with the same name. Top and bottom of covers are rubbed. Corners are bumped and rubbed. Inscription to precious owner on endpaper. Some foxing. Book is tight. A scarce book.
145 Saintsbury, G.
Dryden MacMillan and Co., Limited New York 1902 $7.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Edited by John Morley. Part of the English Men of letters series. Covers discoloured. Back hinge starting to crack. Some shelf wear on backstrip and edges. Corners bumped.
5479 Lieutenant-General The Honerable C. Grey
The Early Years of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort. Compiled under the Direction of Her Majesty the Queen Harper & Brothers New York, U.S.A. 1867 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Clean, tight copy. Green cloth is bumped and frayed on to and bottom of spine.
3439 Houston, Edwin J.
Electricity in Every- Day Life Volume Two P.F Collier & Son Corporation New York 1904 $25.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers are discoloured. Top and bottom of backstrip are ripped and chipped. Cloth is torn up the backstrip two inches from bottom. Lots of foxing on endpapers and title page. Inside fairly tight.
2383 Tomline, George
Elements of Christian Theology Luke Hansard & Sons London 1823 $42.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Full-Leather Book In two volumes this is volume one. Subtitled: "Containing proofs of the authenticity and inspiration of the holy scriptures; a summary of the history of the jews; a brief statement of the contents of the several books of the Old and New Testaments a short account of the English translations of the Bible, and of the liturgy of the Church of England; and a scriptural exposition of the thirty-nine articles of religion. Leather covers are scuffed and soiled otherwise not bad condition for age. Some foxing mostly on endpapers. Some pen marks on title page and opposite page. Inside is mostly clean except there are some pencil marks in margins.
1791 Houston, Edwin J.
The Elements of Natural Philosophy. For the Use Schools and Academies Eldridge & Brother Philadelphia 1879 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Black covers are edge worn and mildly soiled. Corners bumped, backstrip ripped about an inch from the top. Some writing on the first front endpaper and on title page. Otherwise unmarked. Text is interspersed with many small illustrations.
4951 Hoten, A.
The Elements of Object and Nature Drawing A Guide for Teachers of Drawing in Elementary Schools McDougall's Educational Company, Limited London $49.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green covers, corners are bumped. Lettering on backstrip is faded. Decorative endpapers. Inscribed and dated 1910 by previous owner. Ink stamp on title page. Inside is clean and fairly tight.
3153 Pansy
An Endless Chain Lothrop Publishing Company Boston 1884 $15.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Decorative maroon covers are scuffed and a bit soiled. Backstrip is faded. Hinges are cracked to webbing in front and rear of book. Previous owner's name in written pencil on an endpaper. Some soiling and underlining of text in pen and pencil. Some foxing. Tissue guard is ripped down one inch from top. Pages 9 and 11 are ripped in the margins. Text is not obscured. Ink stamp in the margin of page 231. Middle is cracked.
7132 Haskoll, W. Davis
The Engineer's, Mining Surveyor's and Contractor's Field-Book Lockwood & Co London 1871 $25.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green covers are bumped and rubbed. Top and bottom of backstrip are rubbed, cloth top is ripped on top part. Hinges are starting to crack. Previous owner wrote on ffep, on inside of back cover and on top of preface page. Lots of tables inside. Book is cracked on inside to webbing.
4247 The English in Italy in Three Volumes Vol. II Saunders and Otley London 1825 $20.00 Poor, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Front and back covers are detached but included. Foxing and soiling throughout. Top inch and a half of title page is torn off. Pages seem to be all intact.
2497 Morley, John (editor)
English Men of Letters Series Vol. VI Sir Walter Scott, Robert Burns & Samuel Taylor Coleridge MacMillan and Co. London 1895 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book These are biographies of Scott, Burns & Coleridge. Dark blue covers with gilt lettering on backstrip. Covers are bright, clean and only slightly scuffed. Some foxing on endpapers. Some pencil marks.
8110 Huxley, Thomas H.
The Essays of Thomas H. Huxley 9 Volume Set D. Appleton and Company New York 1904 Authorized Edition $225.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Half-Leather Book Includes: Methods and Results, Darwinana, Science and Education, Science and Hebrew Tradition, Science and Christian Tradition, Hume with Helps to the Study of Berkeley, Man's Place in Nature, Discourses Biological and Geological, Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays. Authorized edition. Attractively bound with half-leather, marbled boards and gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top page edges. Some pages uncut. Leather is still supple. Very minor scuffing on board edges and spine ends. Additional postage will be required for US and overseas orders.
532 Macaulay, T. Babington
Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous New and Revised Edition Phillips, Sampson, and Company Boston 1858 $22.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Cloth Book "The Modern British Essayists" on spine. Brown embossed covers are worn to the boards at the corners and edges and lightly soiled. Corners bumped. 1/2 inch chip missing from top of spine, bottom of spine chipped as well. Hinges holding. Foxing on interior pages.
1667 Gallagher, R.E.
The Essentials of Commercial Law with Forms of Legal and Business Documents The Federated Business Colleges of Ontario, Limited Toronto 1902 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Former textbook used by Maritime Business College in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. Covers are brown with gilt lettering. Some scuffing and a couple of fairly small paint stains on covers. Previous owner's name in pencil on first free endpaper. Inside pages yellowed but clean. Fairly tight.
9368 Bosanquet, Bernard
The Essentials of Logic Being Ten Lectures on Judgment and Inference MacMillan and Co. London 1895 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Former university textbook. Previous owners names written in pen. Lots of writing in pencil in the margins. Notes completely covering the last page.
4212 Tschudi, Clara
Eugenie, Empress of the French A Popular Sketch MacMillan and Co. New York 1899 $12.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Authorised translation from the Norwegian. Covers are faded especially backstrip. Front endpaper is removed. Endpapers are discoloured. Front hinge is cracked.
7130 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Evangeline John B. Alden New York 1892 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue and white covers have some soiling. Silver coloured lettering and decoration. Gilt page edges. Previous owner's name and inscription on endpaper. Several illustrations.
1534 Everybody's Book of Scotch Wit and Humour Saxon & Co. London $15.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers with black lettering. Advertisement for Fry's Cocoa on back. Previous owner's name in pen behind title page and in pencil on preface. Dated 1894 by previous owner. Front hinge cracked.
3205 Talmage, Rev. T. De Witt
Evils of the Cities A Series of Practical and Popular Discourses Delivered in the Brooklyn Tabernacle Thos. W. Jackson Publishing Company 1891 $13.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Maroon covers are fairly clean. Some edge wear on top and bottom of backstrip. Front and rear hinges are cracked. Pages are yellowed.
2337 Northrop, Henry Davenport
Excelsior Writer and Speaker Being a Standard Work on Coposition and Oratory J. R. Jones 1899 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Decorative covers. Some edges wear on covers. A bit of red colour transfer on bottom corner of front cover. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Front hinge cracking. Binding a bit loose. Otherwise clean copy.
7073 Henty, G.A.
Facing Death or The Hero of the Vaughan Pit A Tale of the Coal Mines Blackie & Son Ltd London 0 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Decorative covers. Some small tears on top on backstrip. Page edges are soiled.
4178 Vernede, R.E.
Cuneo, Cyrus
The Fair Dominion A Record of Canadian Impressions Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & CO, Ltd London 1911 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Some soiling on covers. Heavy foxing on endpapers. Previous owner's name on front and rear endpapers. Clean inside.
4722 Hanson, William
The Fallacies in "Progress and Poverty" in Henry Dunning MacLeod's Economics, and in "Social Problems" with The Ethics of Protetion and Free Trade, and The Industrial Problem Considered A-Priori Fowler and Wells Co. New York 1884 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are scuffed and bumped on corners. Small piece torn from page opposite title page. Some soiling inside.
4322 Bolton, Sarah K.
Famous English Statesmen of Queen Victoria's Reign William Briggs Toronto 1891 $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are clean but rubbed on edges. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Clean inside.
2143 Morris, Charles
Famous Orators of the World and Their Best Orations The John C. Winston Company Philadelphia 1902 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Decorative covers are scuffed and a bit chipped in spots. Lettering on backstrip is faded. Cloth is torn along backstrip at rear of book. Decorative endpapers. Price sticker on inside front cover. Inside clean and fairly tight.
125 Phillpotts, Eden
The Farm of the Dagger George Newnes, Limited London 1904 $19.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Backstrip and small part of cover mottled water damage to cloth. Hinge cracked, corners rubbed donw to boards. Some foxing.
132 Fasquelle, Louis
Fasquelle's Colloquial French Reader with Notes and References Ivison & Phinney New York 1854 $40.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Edges rubbed and worn down to boards. Previous owners name in pen on end papers. Some notations on back end papers. Some foxing. Hinge cracked .
7088 Hamilton, Pierce Stevens
The Feast of Saint Anne and Other Poems John Burgoyne Reporter Times Office Halifax, NS 1878 $25.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Former library book, some library markings on spine and evidence of library card envelope in rear. Library inkstamp on endpaper.Chipped at top and bottom of spine. Corners are rubbed to boards. Inside is fairly clean.
2615 Fifth Census of Canada 1911 Religions, Origins, Birthplace, Citizenship, Literacy and Infirmaties, By Provinces, Districts and Sub-Districts Volume II King's Printer Ottawa 1913 $30.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Orange covers are mottled and marked on with pencil. Page edges dusty and foxed. Inside tight. Some foxing inside.
1583 Pancoast, Henry S. & Shelly, Percy Van Dyke
A First Book in English Literature Henry Holt and Company New York 1910 $10.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Maroon covers are bright, there is gilt lettering on backstrip. Cover is blindstamped with crest. Copyright page is inkstamped " Made in the USA".
7592 Clark, George H. & Malte, M. Oscar
Criddle, Norman
Fodder and Pasture Plants 1913 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Beautiful colour plates throughout. Ink stamp on inside of front cover. Some foxing. Front cover is stained.
8585 Miller, Fred S.
Haskell, W.L.
For God, Home and Country Fighting Modern Evils the Destroy Our Homes L.W. Walter 1913 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Subtitled:" A startling exposure of the snares and pitfalls of the social world. Vividly depicting how homes are wrecked and souls destroyed through the wiles and trickery of mystic cults, and the soulmate, the affinity, easy marriage, easy divorce, intemperance, etc., etc. A crusade for the purity of the home." Some discolouring on the covers. Cloth rubbed on edges. Previous owner's name on ffep. Some staining on 5 pages inside.
133 General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
For the Scholar. Bible History. Second Grade Textbook General Council Publication Board Philadelphia 1899 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Cloth Book Some edgewear. Hinge cracked in middle of book. Front and back covers soiled. Previous owners name in pen on front end papers.
910 The Four Great Preachers A Collection of Choice Sermons By Spurgeon, Moody, Talmage and Beecher With Biographical Sketches of These Celebrated Divines J.S. Robertson & Bros. Toronto 1885 $21.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Decorative Cloth Book Blue decorative covers. Hinges cracking. First free endpaper somewhat detached. Foxing throughout. Still fairly tight.
5789 Bairnsfather, Captain Bruce
Bairnsfather, Captain Bruce
Fragments from France G.P. Putnam's Sons New York and London 1917 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers with paste-down illustration depicting WWI British soldiers in France. Fully illustrated by the author. Previous owner's name on end-paper. Corners are rubbed. Top and bottom of backstrip are fraying.
7536 Fosdick, Lucian
The French Blood in America Fleming H. Revell New York 1906 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blindstamped cover spine is faded. Deckle edges. Edges bumped. Inside is clean.
716 Carlyle, Thomas
The French Revolution: A History Wm. L. Allison New York $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Maroon covers with gilt lettering on backstrip. Some edge wear along top and bottom of backstrip. Hinges starting to crack. Back cover a bit loose. No date, circa 1900
4115 Everett-Green, E.
Friends or Foes? A Story John F. Shaw and Co. London $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Decorative illustration of a cricket player on cover. Some mottling on covers. Gilt page edges. Heavy gauge paper. A nice clean fairly tight copy. Inscription to previous owner on endpaper dated 1907.
2620 Thompson, Rev. James Thompson
From Accadia to Machpelah or, the Homes and Journeys of Abraham Presbyterian Board of Publication Philadelphia 1885 $31.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Maroon covers are scuffed. Covers are a bit worn along edges. Decorative endapers. Musty smell inside. Some foxing. Small rip on endpaper.
6894 McKerlie, P.H.
Galloway in Ancient and Modern Times William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh, Scotland 1891 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Corners are bumped. To[ and bottom of backstrip are rubbed. Hinge is cracked. Spine cocked.
4936 Wright, Walter P.
Garden Trees and Shrubs Headley Brothers London 1913 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are fairly clean. Spine is faded. Some small rips on cloth. Foxing throghout. Tipped in images.
1565 Newell, Lyman C.
General Chemistry Part I Principles and Applications D. C. Heath & Co., Publishers Boston 1914 $15.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Maroon covers are bright with only a small amount of fading There is also a small ink stain on cover. Small amount of rubbing to extremities. Title is blindstamped on front cover. Previous owner's name in pen on first front endpaper. Some notes written in pencil in margins and on back endpaper.
7356 Wilson, Isaiah W.
A Geography and History of the County of Digby Nova Scotia Holloway Bros. Halifax, NS 1900 $65.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Paper Covers Book Paper covers are creased and a bit soiled and discoloured, especially on the spine. Previous owner's name on inside of front cover.
832 Henderson, G.E., & Fraser, Geo. A.
Geography Notes The Educational Publishing Company Toronto 1897 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Card Cover Book Brown covers are creased and worn with some damp staining. Some pencil marks on the inside front cover, pages are browning, but unmarked and all intact.
4890 Donnell, Annie Hamilton
Gloria and Treeless Street David C. Cook Publishing Company Elgin, Illinois 1910 $10.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Nicely decorated cover with paste down of birds. A few spots on front cover. Inscription to previous owner on ffep. Clean and tight.
2619 A Golden Book of Deeds of All Times and All Lands Sever, Francis, & Co Boston 1869 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green covers. Cloth has small rips along backstrip. Some soiling on covers and on page edges. Pages are bit of foxed and yellow.
5392 Cuyler, Rev. Theo L.
Golden Thoughts on Mother, Home, and Heaven from Poetic and Prose Literature of all Ages and all Lands Bradley, Garrettson & Co Philadelphia 1882 $20.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Back cover was damp at one time and is mottled. Gilt page edges. Some foxing. Inside clean and tight.
242 Daring, Hope
The Gordons American Tract Society New York 1912 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Red covers with pine cone decoration have some wear. Inscription on front end paper. Back hinge is split. Some small stains on the pages.
1558 Morris, Helen
Hoyt, P.L.
Grandma's Girls Little ,Brown and Company Boston 1902 First Edition $39.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Pictorial cover depicting grandmother waving to a wagon load of young girls. Some bumping and rubbing along corners and edges. Backstrip is faded. Inside front cover there is an inscription in pencil that states: This was written by Helen Morris (Nellie) Grandpa's cousin of Los Angeles (died in 1912). Frontispiece and tissue intact. Dampstain on top edge of pages. Six illustration by Hoyt. Rear hinge cracked. Last endpaper missing. Nice copy of scarce book.
7685 Great Irishmen Short Lives Written for Young Children George Bell and Sons London 1900 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are spotted. Some foxing inside and on page edges.
8451 Snyder, William L.
Great Opinions by Great Judges A Collection of Important Judicial Opinions by Eminent Judges with Introduction, Notes, Analyses, Etc Baker, Voorhis & Co Law Publishers New York 1883 $120.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Three-Quarter Leathe Book Leather spine covering and corners. Raised bands. Marbled boards. Scuffed boards, Cover edges are rubbed to boards.
1823 De La Pasture, Mrs. Henry
The Grey Knight E. P. Dutton and Company New York 1908 $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Grey covers with black lettering and green and red design are slightly cocked with minor soiling. Previous owner's name in pencil on 1st front end paper. Hinges holding, interior unmarked, small bit of writing on inside back cover.
7818 Bain, R. Nisbet
Gustavus III and His Contemporaries 1746-1792 An Overlooked Chapter of Eighteenth Century History in Two Volumes Volume I & II Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co Ltd London 1894 $45.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Cover edges are rubbed to boards. Top and bottom of spine are chipped and frayed. Former library books. Library markings on spine and on interior pages. Library card envelope in rear of book. Name of previous owner in pen on title pages. Bookplate paste down on inside of front cover. Binding is cocked.
485 Morier, James
Millar, H.R
Hajji Baba of Ispahan MacMillan and Co., Limited London 1895 $11.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Maroon blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering. Edges scuffed, corners fraying. Backstrip is faded. Page edges rough cut and yellowing. Page edges must have gotten damp as there is a bit of maroon staining on some pages. Nice tight copy.
1133 Strong, Thomas B.
Handbooks for the Clergy: Authority in the Church Longmans, Green and Co. London 1903 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Edited by A.W. Robinson. Green decorative blindstamped covers with gilt lettering are in very good condition. Page edges are heavily foxed. Comes with satin bookmark still attached. Hinges ok. Foxing on inside text. Pages yellowed. Previous owner's name on first free endpaper. Book seller sticker on inside back cover.
3427 Smyth Jr, Lindley
Happy Sundays with the Bible- Arranged for the Fifty-two Sundays of the Year An Interesting Method of Fixing Indelibly Upon the Minds of Young and Old, the Important Truths of the Old Testament and of the New Testament By Symbols, Pictures and Stories The John C. Winston Company Toronto 1908 $15.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Olive covers have faded illustration of Jesus. Backstrip faded and has a one inch piece of cloth missing. Covers are loose but still attached. Hinges are cracked to webbing. Might be missing some coloured illustrations. One illustration is detached and included. Some foxing. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Endpaper is becoming detached.
1613 Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume LXXVIII, December, 1888, to May, 1889. Harper & Brothers New York 1889 $27.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Half-Leather Book Covers are spotted and soiled. Leather is rubbed to boards in some places. Somewhat musty smell. Some damp stains on inside, does not obscure text. Lots of illustrations. Page 667 has small piece removed. Endpapers yellowed.
7999 Grenfell, Wilfred T.
The Harvest of the Sea A Tale of Both Sides of the Atlantic Fleming H. Revell New York 1905 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Spine is slightly cocked. A couple of illustrations are detached from the book. Some spotting on spine.
1488 Verne, Jules
Hector Servadac Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1905 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Red covers are mottled, backstrip is faded. Hinge starting to crack at frontand rear. Previous owner's name behind frontispiece. Frontispiece is creased.Book has musty odour. Inside clean.
8809 Haight, Canniff
Here and There in the Home Land England, Scotland and Ireland, as Seen By A Canadian William Briggs Toronto, Ontario 1895 $30.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Previous owner's bookplate is pasted on the inside front cover.
4974 Wentworth, G.A.& Hill, Thomas
High School Arithmatic for High Schools and Academies Ginn & Company Boston 1881 $15.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Has been rebound. Lots of pencil marks on endpapers and in the margins. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Some pages are dog-eared.
4929 Morrah, Herbert A.
Benger, Berenger
Highways and Hedges Adam and Charles Black London 1911 $25.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Colour is badly faded from covers. Inscription to previous owner on inside from cover. Beautiful tipped in images.
8998 Hannay, James
The History of Acadia From Its First Discovery to Its Surrender to England By the Treaty of Paris J & A McMillan St John, NB 1879 $35.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are badly faded to a light purple. Large ink stain on front cover and spine. Some foxing. Piece ripped out of top corner pages 3 & 4, it does not affect text.
2080 Collier, William Francis
History of Greece T. Nelson & Sons London 1867 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Part of Nelson's Schoo; Series. Brown blindstamped covers are crisp and clean. Small amount of scuffing on front cover. A bit of rubbing on edges. Previous owner's name and address in pen and bookseller inkstamp on endpaper. Some foxing on page edges. Otherwise clean nice copy.
8366 Somers, Rev. A. N.
History of Lancaster, New Hampshire The Rumford Press Concord, NH 1900 $55.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Spine is faded and covers have scratch marks on them. Hinge is cracked to webbing but covers are securely attached. Previous owner's name on ffep. Over 600 pages. Due to the weight of the book extra postage will be required.
6750 Langtry, Rev. J.
History of the Church in Eastern Canada and Newfoundland The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge New York 1892 $20.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Map is detached, binding loose and is cracked to webbing. Ink stamp on title page. Covers are soiled and scuffed. Rip in the cloth on the cover.
6591 Campbell, Rev. J.R.
A History of the County of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia J & A McMillan Saint John, NB 1876 $40.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Brown cloth covers rubbed and bumped on corners and edges. Cloth covering spine is chipped away, only a bit remaining and has been glued and taped with adhesive tape. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front cover. Endpapers are creased. Foxing throughout, but mostly on endpapers and on tops and bottoms of pages. Some dog-eared pages. Previous owner's name in rear of book. Seem as book was re-glued at one time but is holding fairly well. Good reading copy
7099 Kent, Charles Foster
A History of the Hebrew People From the Settlement in Canaan to the Division of the Kingdom Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1905 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are clean with slight rubbing on edges. Previous owner's name on ffep.
6419 Walsh, Thomas The Rev.
History of the Irish Hierarchy, with the Monasteries of Each County. Biographical Notices of the Irish Saints, Prelates, and Religious Compiled from the Most Authentic Records, Foreign and Domestic D & J Sadlier & Co Boston & Montreal 1854 $65.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book This book has been rebound with red boards. Original text inside. Foxing throughout. Index is heavily foxed. Previous owner has place a sticker on the inside of the front cover. Will cost more to ship due to the size of book.
6659 Morrison, Leonard A.
The History of the Morison or Morrison Family with most of the "Traditions of the Morrisons" (Clan Mac Ghillemhuire), hereditary judges of Lewis by Captain F.W.L. Thomas, of Scotland, and a record of the descendants of the heriditary judges to 1880 A comp A. Williams & Co Boston 1880 $40.00 Poor, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are heavily scuffed. Previously there was adhesive tape on the covers that help to adhere the backstrip to the rest of the book but that has since been glued. Webbing is visible. Cloth is ripped at top and bottom of backstrip. Front hinge is cracked to webbing, cover is loose. A few previous owners have written their names on the endpapers. Illustrations and fold out map.
6648 Wylie, Rev. J.A.
History of the Scottish Nation Volume I Pre-Historic, Druidic, Roman, and Early Christian Scotland Hamilton, Adams & Co. Edinburgh, Scotland 1886 $35.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are scuffed. Top and bottom of backstrip are rubbed and have small rips. Heavy foxing on endpapers and title pages. Inscription to previous owner on second endpaper.
7297 Stimson, Rev. E.R.
History of the Separation of Church and State in Canada Self Published Toronto 1888 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Cover is green with gilt lettering and has beveled edges. Top and bottom of backstrip are fraying. Hinge is cracking.
538 Mathews, William
Hours with Men and Books S. C. Griggs and Company Chicago 1889 Twelfth Edition $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green covers are lightly worn. and have some puckering, probably due to moisture. Backstrip is frayed at ends and outer hinges are worn. Inner hinges are splitting. Previous owner's stamp on front end papers. Minor browning and foxing on inner pages, complete and unmarked.
3844 Dennis, G. Ravenscroft
The House of Cecil Constable & Company LTD London 1914 $18.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers are bumped on corners and rubbed. Backstrip is faded and frayed on top and bottom. Page edges are foxed. Heavily foxed on endpapers and on text.
1835 How to Make a Flower Garden Doubleday, Page & Company New York 1910 $18.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Ex-Library Grey covers with garden scene paste-down are a little loose, show some wear and minor soiling. Library paste-down and library stamp on inside front cover. Some writing and small old bookseller sticker on 1st front end paper. Hinges are split. Interior is clean and unmarked. Many black and white photographs.
402 Mitchell, S. Weir
Hugh Wynne Free Quaker Volume I The Century Co. New York 1898 $4.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Grey covers with embossed design on front and back. Backstrip faded. Dent on front cover has torn the cloth about 1/2 inch on part of the title. Gilt top edge of pages. Deckle edges. Clean tight text.
6973 Sigourney, Mrs. L.H.
Illustrated Poems Allen Brothers New York 1869 $50.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are faded, top and bottom of backstrip have small rips in the cloth and one large inch and a half rip along backstrip edge. Gilt page edges. Illustrated with beautiful engravings. Covers have beveled edges. Hinges are cracked.
8610 Curran, W. Tees and Calkins, H.A.
In Canada's Wonderful Northland G.P. Putnam's Sons New York and London 1920 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Subtitled: " A Story of Eight Months of Travel by Canoe, Motorboat, and Dog Dash Team on the Northern Rivers and Along the New Quebec Coast of Hudson Bay." A bit of spotting on back cover. Cloth is starting to fray on top and bottom of spine. Corners are bumped. Previous owner's name on endpaper.
4081 Taylor, J.T.
In the Heart of India The Work of the Canadian Presbyterian Mission Board of Foreign Missions Presbyterian Church in Canada Toronto 1916 $35.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are fairly clean but a bit scuffed. Lettering on backstrip is faded. Previous owner's name on front endpapers. Inside is clean.
9234 Ware, Richard D.
In the Woods and on the Shore L.C. Page & Company Boston 1908 $40.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Binding was re-glued at one time. Covers are rubbed on edges, especially near spine. Spine is faded. Image of moose on cover. Previous owner's name on endpapers. Some foxing. Book has a musty smell. Pages 191-193 are chipped. Large crease on page 193. A book on hunting and fishing in Newfoundland and New Brunswick.
2124 Watson, J. Madison
Independant Sixth Reader A. S. Barnes and Company New York 1873 $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Part of the "Independant National Series" Black blindstamped covers with leather backstrip. Leather is chipped at top and bottom of backstrip. Boards rubbed on corners and small tear on cloth.. Marbled page edges. Previous owner's name on endpapers. Small area on inside front cover where price sticker was torn off. Slight musty odour. Inside fairly tight.
1689 Hall, Charles Cuthbert
Into His Marvellous Light Studies in Life and Belief Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 1900 $195.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Ex-Library Blue covers. Library markings on backstrip. Discard stamps and some writing on first front end paper, title page and dedication page. Hinges are cracked after title page. Library card and pocket on inside back board. Inside is clean. A scarce find.
8733 Gray, Asa
Introduction to Structural and Systamatic Botany and Vegetable Physiology Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co New York 1864 $35.00 Far, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Corners are rubbed. Covers are soiled. Foxing throughout. A heavy book, may cost more shipping.
4891 Chambers, W & R (editors)
Introduction to the Sciences for Use of Schools and for Private Instruction New Edition William and Robert Chambers Edinburgh 1838 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are a bit mottled. Fabric on boards is ripped on backstrip from bottom up three inches. Fabric is also frayed in a few spots. Foxing throughout. Previous owner's name written in pen on ffep.
1765 Erskine, Payne
Iona A Lay of Ancient Greece Cupples & Hurd Boston 1888 $20.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Maroon covers are mottled due to possible dampness. Cover edges are bevelled. Hinges starting to split. Interior is unmarked. Epic poem.
790 Birmingham, G.A.
The Island Mystery George H. Doran Company New York 1918 $10.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers with red lettering. Inside of book is very tight and clean. A little worn on edges of covers.
8856 Wilkinson, John
Israel My Glory or Israel's Mission, and Missions to Israel Mildmay Mission to the Jews' Book Store London 1894 $30.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are clean. Edges are rubbed to boards on corners. Some creasing and small rips on the corners of some pages. Pages are yellowed.
9235 Mowbray, Jay Henry (compiler)
Italy's Great Horror of Eathquake and Tidal Wave G.W. Bertron 1909 $15.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are faded and scuffed. Inside is good.
2794 Scott, Sir Walter
Ivanhoe. A Romance DeWolfe, Fiske & Co. Boston $9.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Part of the Waverly Novaels. Brown decorative covers with gilt and black decoration. Rear cover is discoloured. Foxing on endpapers and page edges. Tissue guard starting to detach. Inside clean and fairly tight. Index at rear.
798 Holmes, Mary J.
Jessie Graham or Love and Pride G.W. Dillingham Company New York 1906 $80.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Decorative black cloth with green lettering. Covers are scuffed and faded. Front and rear hinge cracked. Inscription in pencil from 1917 on first endpaper. Some discolouration on page edges. Good reading copy.
2145 Sangree, Allen
Gruger, F.R.; Gunn, Archie; Taylor,C.J.and Emerson, Chase
The Jinx Stories of the Diamond G.W. Dillingham Company New York 1911 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Red covers. Very faded on backstrip. Two tears in cloth on front cover. Corners bumped. Previous owner's name in pencil on endpaper. Fronticepiece intact with tissue guard. Inside fairly clean.
9830 Bright, John
John Bright on America- The Trent Affair, Slavery and Succession, The Struggle in America 1861-3 G.P. Putnam's Sons 0 $25.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Card Covers Book Red leather over thin board covers. Gold Lettering. Top and bottom of spine are chipping. Previous owner's book plate pasted on endpaper. Binding is cracked, front cover is separating from binding.
1664 Grant, G.M.
Joseph Howe A & W MacKinlay Halifax 1906 2nd Edition $23.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Subtitled " To which is added Howe's Essay on the Organization of the Empire". Red covers with gilt lettering. Back cover soiled. Small paint spatter on backstrip. Foxing on page edges. Hinges tight. Inside clean and fairly tight.
8211 Agassiz, Professor & Mrs Louis
A Journey in Brazil with Illustrations Ticknor and Fields Boston 1868 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Small sticker on back cover, attempted to remove but not successful. Some scuffing on covers. Some staining on ffep. Inside is fairly clean and tight. Small tear on a couple of pages and a few dogeared pages. Previous owner's name on endpaper.
4388 Holland, J. G.
Kathrina: Her Life and Mine in a Poem Charles Scribner and Company New York 1867 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green covers are decorated in gilt. Page edges are gilt. Binding cracked at dedication page making the binding a bit loose.
2343 Scott, Sir Walter
Kenilworth Wm. L. Allison New York $10.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Olive covers are scuffed and stained. Some edge wear. Date inscribed by previous owner in 1899. Spine cocked. Pages yellowing. inside fairly tight.
9257 Written by the Pupils
Kentucky Deaf Mute Vol VII Nos. 2-10 & Nos. 12-13 January-June 1881 Danville, KY 1881 $35.00 Far, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Eleven issues of the Kentucky Deaf Mute bound together with a hard cover. One page with ads has a large piece ripped out. The text is not affected. Some foxing. Some scuffing on covers. Plain green covers.
8565 Bailey, Ebenezer
A Key to the First Lessons in Algebra Containing the Answers to the Questions with Numerous Explanations and Solutions Jenks, Palmer & Co Boston 1850 $18.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book An answer key to Bailey's Algebra books that were used in schools at the time. Leather backstrip is chipping on edge. Some foxing inside. Some writing in pencil on endpapers.
240 Hall, Eliza Calvert
Nelson, G. Patrick & Strong, Beulah
The Land of Long Ago The Musson Book Company, Ltd. Toronto 1909 $8.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Pictorial cover is faded. Backstrip is faded. Covers are soiled. Corners and backstrip edges are worn. Page edges are soiled. Small tear on backstrip. Rear hinge split. Title page and last page stamped.
5074 Latin Rudiments, with Copious Exercises in Reading and Composition, for the Use of Schools Drawn Up for the Scottish School Book Association Being XXI of Their New Series of School Books William Whyte and Co. Edinburgh $85.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Leather Covered Boar Book Covers are scuffed and spotted. Hinges are tight. Inscription to previous owner on endpaper dated 1857.
286 Hamilton, D.W.
Lesson Topics in Nature Study and Elementary Agriculture for Rural Schools Macdonald College McGill University 1915 $22.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green cloth covers very soiled and fraying at corners and backstrip edges. Top left corner of rear cover is chipped to boards. Some light soiling and pencil marks on pages, does not obscure text. Front hinge starting to crack. Previous owners name in pen on flyleaf.
6752 Butler, Elizabeth
Letters from the Holy Land Adam and Charles Black London 1912 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Leather Covered Boar Book Leather on edges are worn. Marbled boards and page edges. Blindstamped gilt crest on cover. Presentation paste-down on inside front cover. Several images inside.
3739 Stevenson, Robert Louis Edited By Colvin, Sidney
The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson to His Family and Friends Selected and Edited, with Notes and Introduction Volume I & II Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1902 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Red covers are clean. Backstrips are slightly faded. Previous owner's name on endpapers of both volumes. Otherwise very clean and nice.
3118 Northrop, Henry Davenport
Life and Labors of Dwight L. Moody The Great Evangelist R.A.H. Morrow St. John, N. B. 1899 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Subtitled:"Containing a full account of his grand career; his remarkable traits of character; his world-wide fame as orator and philanthropist; burning zeal and devotion in the cause of christianity. Including his brilliant discourses; pithy sayings; famous conferences at Northfield; glowing tributes to his life and labors from the pulpit the press, etc, etc. Green covers with colourful decoration are fairly clean. Only back cover has a stain. Top and bottom of backstrip are fraying. Backstrip is discoloured. Inside is clean. Previous owner's name in pencil on endpaper.
3843 Hale, Jr. Edward E.
The Life and Letters of Edward Everett Hale Volumes One and Two Little ,Brown and Company Boston 1917 $15.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Both volumes are clean inside and out.
2575 Kelsey, D.M.
Life and Public Service of Hon. WM. E. Gladstone R.A.H. Morrow St. John, N. B. 1898 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue decorative covers are wearing on edges. Some pencil marks on back cover. Front and rear hinges cracked to webbing. Page 246 is ripped 3 inches from the top down. Some foxing. Inscription to previous owner on endpaper.
1768 Talmage, Rev. T. De Witt
Life and Teachings of Rev. T. De Witt Talmage D.D. Memorial Volume The Parish Publishing Co. Toronto 1902 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book " The Noblest Truths; The Most Delightful Narratives; Poetic Imageries; Striking Similies; Fearless Denunciations of Wrong and Inspiring Appeals for the Right; Gems of Pathos and Eloquence; Graphic Descriptions of Historic Events - The Whole Comprising A Most Delightful Collection of Beautiful Thoughts Embracing the Richest and Most Brilliant Utterances Given to the World During his Phenomenal Career by Rev. T. De Witt Talmage Whose "Trumpet Blasts" have Sounded All Over the Globe and Proven Him to Be The Most Distinguished Orator of Modern Times with an Introduction by Rev. Russell H. Conwell The Famous Preacher and Lecturer Superbly Embellished with a Large number of Phototype and Wood Engravings" Attractive green covers with gilt lettering have only minor soiling and wear. Paste down of author's photograph on cover. Frontispiece is ripped, otherwise a clean unmarked copy.
2882 Farrar, F.W.
The Life and Work of St. Paul E.P. Dutton and Company New York 1889 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Brown covers are mottled and soiled. Some wear on cover edges. Top and bottom of backstrip are frayed and chipped. Front hinge is split, webbing is showing and cover is loose. Page edges are discoloured. Map of St. Paul's first missionary journey opposite title page. Previous owner's signature on title page. Pages 364-371 are ink stained and ripped on text.
4748 Hopkins, J. Castell
Life and Work of the Rt. Hon. Sir John Thompson P.C., K.C.M.G., Q.C. Prime Minister of Canada Bradley, Garretson & Co. Brantford, On. 1895 $18.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Leather Covered Boar Book Covers are clean, but scuffed on the rear. Hinges are tight. Small amount of edgewear along covers. Inside is clean.
8709 Rockhill, W Woodville
The Life of Buddha and The Early History of His Order Trubner & Co Lugate Hill 1884 $85.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Subtitled: "Derived from Tibetan Works in the Bkah-Hgyur and Bstan-Hygur. Followed by notices on the early history of Tibet and Khoten" Appears to be rebound. Library stamps on title page and on page 81 137 and 193. Small rip on first page of introduction. Part of Trubner's Oriental Series.
1980 Lyford, James
Life of Edward H. Rollins A Political Biography Dana Estes & Company Boston 1906 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers are rubbed at edges. First two endpapers are missing. Previous owner's name on half title page. Rear hinge cracked to webbing. Inside clean with minimal foxing.
7880 MacPherson, Col. J. Pennington
Life of Sir John A. MacDonald Volume I & II Earle Publishing House St John, NB 1891 $90.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Marbled boards and page edges. Leather on spine is chipped and pieces are missing. Scotch tape is holding some of the leather on spine pieces on Vol II. Cover edges are rubbed. Marbled endpapers. Some foxing.
7814 Dowd, Rev. James
Limerick and its Sieges G McKern & Sons Limerick 1890 $50.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green covers with gilt decoration. Corners are rubbed. Some foxing on pages. Binding starting to crack.
774 Briscoe, Margaret Sutton
Links in a Chain Dodd, Mead and Company New York 1893 $36.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Decorative Cloth Book Blue decorative covers. Backstrip and edges of covers are discolored. Some discolouration on page edges. Inside fairly clean and tight.
3738 Winslow, Helen M.
Literary Boston of To-Day L.C. Page & Company Boson, MA 1902 $15.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Ex-Library Library sticker on backstrip. Covers are scuffed, corners are rubbed, and backstrip is ripped and chipped on top and bottom.Book block is adhered to covers with binding tape. Book block is in good condition. Library card envelope was torn out of rear, residue is present. Writing in pen on endpaper.
4194 Little Bo-Peep The Canada Games Co. Toronto 1921 $10.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Paper Covers Book Two inch tear on spine. Some coloured pencil marks on cover illustration. Some yellowing on text. Bound with staples that are starting to rust. Otherwise clean.
2670 Fox, John Jr.
Yohn, F. C.
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come Charles Scribner and Sons New York 1903 First Edition $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Maroon boards with gilt lettering. Covers a little soiled. Backstrip discolored. Previous owner's name on endpaper in pen and pencil. Small rip on the bottoms of first few pages. Hinges strong.
298 Little, Frances
Kataoka, Genjiro
Little Sister Snow The Musson Book Company, Ltd. Toronto 1909 $5.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Grey cloth with decorative cover. Beautifully illustrated. Inner hinge starting to crack. Deckle edges. Covers lightly soiled. Previous owners name on endpaper. Edges lightly bumped and rubbed. A story set in Japan with 12 colour illustrations.
746 Mitchelet, Jules De La Martine, Alphonse & Trollope, T.A.
Lives of Celebrated Women: Joan of Arc, Mary Queen of Scots & Vittoria Colonna Wm. L. Allison New York $14.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book "Arundel Series" Red decorative covers are a bit waterstained. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Pages yellowed. No date, circa 1900.
2169 Lives of Wellington and Peel from the London Times D. Appleton and Company New York 1852 $25.00 Poor, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Red covers faded and soiled. Part of the" Appleton's Popular Library" series. Old tape covering backstrip. Covers may have damp. Dampstained on inside first few pages. Lots of foxing throughout. Hinges intact.
6168 Pratt, Ambrose
Fancher, Louis D.
The Living Mummy McLeod Allen Toronto 1910 $125.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Four illustrations by Louis Fancher. Book is fairly tight. Shelf wear to extremities of boards. Spine is slightly cocked. Some soiling on covers. Cloth is buckled a bit on front cover. Rear cover is bumped on left hand side. Ink-stamp on flyleaf. Bookstore sticker on inside of front cover. Tissue guard is intact. A nice copy of Edwardian Science Fiction.
9353 Stedder, Eleanor
Lost in the Wilds A Canadian Story Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd 0 $69.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Published circa 1910. A scarce book. Top and bottom of spine are bumped. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front cover, dated 1910. Hinges are starting to crack. Covers are slightly loose. Part of Nelson's Travel Series.
6069 Wrong, George M. (editor & translator)
Louisbourg in 1745 The Anonymous Lettre D'un Habitant de Louisbourg (Cape Breton) Containing a narrative of the siege in 1745 William Briggs Toronto 1897 $45.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Paper Covers Book Paper covers have small tears all around the perimeter of the book. Bound with staples which are rusty and have discoloured the paper. Paper is yellowed with age.
8492 Carman, Bliss
Low Tide on Grand Pre A Book of Lyrics Charles L Webster Company New York 1893 $39.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are faded. Some foxing.
2314 Fasnacht, G. Eugene
Macmillan's Progressive German Course I.- First Year Containing Easy Lessons on the Regular Accidence MacMillan and Co., Limited New York 1904 New Edition $10.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Orange covers with black lettering. Endpapers yellowing. Inside clean and very tight.
4281 Kingsley, Charles
Madam How and Lady Why or First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children MacMillan and Co. London 1899 $12.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green covers are faded soiled and scuffed. Cover edges are bumped and rubbed. Front endpapers are missing up to but not including half title page. Hinge is cracked and binding is loose. Discolouration on half title page. 1" X 3" piece is cut out of the half title page.
2307 Curtis, John Charles
A Manual of the Analysis of Sentences Simkin. Marshall, & Co. London 1884 Sixteenth $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Small thin volume. Covers worn a bit on edges. Cloth covered boards with paper label.Some foxing, but mostly on endpapers. Inside unmarked. Small inventory sticker on endpaper.
7113 Manual of the Educational Statutes and Reguations of Nova Scotia Commissioner of Public Works and Mines Halifax, NS 1888 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Corners are rubbed. Inside is clean
350 Lovell, Ingraham
Williams, J. Scott
Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty John Lane Company New York 1909 $7.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green decortive covers are worn and lightly soiled corners bumped. Hinge split at front. Some foxing on the pages. Pages clear.
1327 Lanyon, H. Sant Martin
The Married Bachelor A Farcical Romance Greening & Co., Ltd London 1906 $49.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Pictorial Cover Book Blue covers fairly bright. Dark blue decoration and lettering on front cover. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Some rubbing at corners, edges and top and bottom of backstrip. Corners bumped. Book plate from previous bookseller on inside front cover. Previous owner's name and date on first free endpaper. Some foxing on first few endpapers, title page, dedication page and into preface. Also some foxing on last few pages. Some soiling on page edges. A scarce book.
4966 Marvels of America $100.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Rebound by previous owner with leather spine and corners. Marbled endpapers. Full of black and white photos and descriptions of sights found in the late nineteenth around North America. Most pictures are of the US, some are of Canada and Mexico.
8212 Harrison, F. Bayford
Masaniello A Nine Days' Wonder E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 0 $40.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Part of the Boys Favorite Series. Decorative front cover. Back cover has some staining. Some rubbing on edges. Some yellowing to book block. Some pages are starting to loosen from binding.
970 Carhart, Alfreda Post
Gillespie, Jessie
Masoud the Bedouin Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada New York 1915 First Edition $11.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Personalized inscription by author. Front hinge cracking. Pictorial cover is very clean. Inside clean and tight.
522 Arnold, Matthew
Matthew Arnold's Poetical Works MacMillan and Co., Limited London 1890 First Edition $100.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Cloth Book Green cloth with gilt lettering on backstrip. Corners of boards bumped and rubbed to boards. Half inch tear to cloth along edge of backstrip. Top and bottom of backstrip starting to fray. Some foxing, particularly on inside front and back covers. Tissue guard intact. Inside fairly clean and tight.
165 Lemon, Ida
Matthew Furth Longmans, Green and Co. New York 1895 $50.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green cloth. Edges, corners and ends of backstrip show signs of wear. Some foxing throughout. Otherwise very tight copy.
1566 Morton, S.A.
Mechanical Drawing T. C. Allen & Co, Halifax 1905 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Bright blue covers are clean except for small ink stain on front. Spine slightly cocked. A few pencil marks inside. Hinge starting to crack on inside front cover.
6258 Verne, Jules
Meridiana: or Adventures of Three Englishman and Three Russians in South Africa Scribner, Armstrong & Co. New York 1874 $125.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Cover edges are rubbed, corners are rubbed to boards. Green covers are blindstamped and have gilt lettering. Back cover has a large spot that was damp and left a stain. Some foxing. A very early edition. 1st American edition.
6723 Drummond, R.
Minerals and Mining Nova Scotia Mining Record Office Stellerton, NS 1918 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green covers are a bit soiled and are wearing on corners and at top and bottom of backstrip.
1630 Rose, Joseph H.
Modern Sheet-Metal Workers' Instructor Frederick J. Drake & Co. Chicago 1906 $45.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book "Over 200 Illustrations" Burgundy covers with decorative design and gilt lettering. Light soiling on covers. Previous owner's name in pen on first front end paper. Square, tight and clean inside.
1396 Jacobs, W.W.
More Cargoes Frederick A. Stokes Company New York 1898 Fourth Edition $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Orange decorative cloth covers. Some fraying and small tears at top and bottom of backstrip. Corners bumped and rubbed. Previous owner's name in pen on inside front cover and on first free endpaper. Small sticker on first endpaper. Front and middle hinges cracking. Some foxing. Spine slightly cocked.
9236 Hodgson, Fred T.
Mortars, Plasters, Stuccos, Artificial Marbles, Concretes, Portland Cements and Compositions Frederick J. Drake & Co Chicago 1916 $20.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Subtitled: " Being a practical treatise on the latest and most improved methods of preparing and using limes, mortars, cements, mastics and compositions in constructive and decorative work, including a practical treatise on reinforced concretes" Profusely illustrated. Stain on covers. Covers are rubbed on edges. Some writing in pen on inside front cover. Some damp staining on page edges.
8544 Spooner, Henry J.
Motors and Motoring T.C & E.C Jack 1914 8th Edition $30.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Revised and enlarged. Green decorative coversFoxing on endpapers. Pen marks on endpapers.
3921 Mrs. Beaton's Pudding and Pies Tarts, Souffles, Omelets and Fritters 350 Recipes Ward Lock & Co Limited London 0 $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are soiled. Heavy foxing inside. Previous owner's name on endaper.
1680 Shaw, Albert
Municipal Government in Continental Europe The Century Co. New York 1900 $40.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Ex-Library Burgandy covers faded in spots. Backstrip is faded and has library marking, library sticker is partially ripped off. Library stamps, markings and discard stamp on inside front cover, title page and inside back cover. Card pocket on inside back cover. Top of page edges is gilt.
2642 Eliot, Elinor Marsden
My Canada Hodder & Stoughton, Limited Toronto 1915 $18.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Some pen marks on covers. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Foxing throughout. Rear hinge cracked and cover loose.
3220 Sue, Eugene
The Mysteries of Paris Donohue, Henneberry & Co. Chicago $19.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Maroon covers are scuffed and soiled. Book may have been damp at some point as there is dampstaining on back page edges. Page edges are soiled. Binding is cracked at table of contents and webbing is exposed. Not a bad copy.
1735 McLeod, Robert R.
Nature Studies in the Acadian Land Bradlee Whidden Boston 1899 First Edition $42.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Maroon covers with gilt lettering. Corners rubbed. Backstrip faded. Residue from previous owner's bookplate on first free endpaper. Tissue guard and frontispiece intact. Hinge starting to crack at title page. Inside clean. Author writes about his observations in the woods of Brookfield, Queen's County Nova Scotia. Chapter headings are as follows: The Woods, A Butterfly, Oak Apples, Hares, Weasels, Spiders, A Gold Mine, Lunch by the Brookside, The Cat-Owl, Ledges, Bats, By the Riverside, The Red Squirrel, Birds, Micmac Indians, and Puff-Balls, Toadstools and that Sort of Thing. Scarce copy.
233 Beach, Rex
Christy, Howard Chandler
The Ne'er Do Well Harper & Brothers New York and London 1911 $5.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers with paste-on picture on front. Covers lightly worn, hinges OK, no markings inside.
2032 A New Manual of Devotions in Three Parts. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge London 1826 $45.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Full-Leather Book This book is a former Parochial Lending Library book from St. Paul's Parish Halifax, Nova Scotia. "Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge" is blindstamped on front cover. Leather is mottled and chipped along backstrip. Small sticker on front cover. Back cover present but detached. Some foxing. Library stickers on inside of front and back covers. Nice copy of a 180 year old book.
7942 Norwalk After Two Hundred & Fifty Years C.A. Freeman South Norwalk, Conne 1901 $30.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book " ... An Account of the Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Charter of the Town 1651--September 11th---1901 Including Historical Sketches of Churches, Schools, Old Homes, Institutions, Eminent Men, Patriotic and Benevolent Work, Together with The Record of Soldiers and Sailors Enlisted in Norwalk from 1676 to 1898 The Civic Progress in the Last Century and Statistics of Commerce and Other Miscellany of Local Interest. " Red cloth covers have some staining and mottling. Small rip in cloth. A history of Norwalk Connecticut. One of the illustrations is almost detached.
373 Nouveau Cours De Langue Anglaise Selon La Methode D'Ollendorff Librairie Beauchemain Limitee Montreal 0 $18.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers with black and white design. Very clean tight copy. Small dent at top of covers. edges of pages are yellowing.
5942 Campbell, Duncan
Nova Scotia in its Historical, Mercantile and Industrial Relations John Lovell Montreal, Quebec 1873 $35.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Book covers are rubbed on corners and on top and bottom of backstrip. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front cover. Inside is clean and tight. NS Coat of arms blindstamped on front cover, beveled edges.
9478 Brown, Thomas J.
Nova Scotia Place Names Self-published 1922 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers and fairly clean. Some rubbing on book edges and corners, but not bad. Previous owner's name written, as well as a few other pen marks on first free endpaper.
9372 Ogilvie's Book for a Cook Ogilvie Flour 1909 $20.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Paper Covers Book "A selection of recipes and other things adapted to the needs of the average housekeeper some entirely new, all have been thoroughly tested." Rips on covers, large piece ripped off cover. Very well used. Spine is chipped on top and bottom. Lots of spotting on pages.
813 Spofford, Harriet Prescott
Old Madame and Other Tragedies George N. Morang & Co. Ltd. Toronto 1900 $70.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Half-Leather Ex-Library Rebound, spine slightly askew. Library paste-down on cover. Stickers on spine. Foxing throughout. Hinges holding. Cover edges worn to board. Some writing on endpaper and title page.
6637 MacKinnon, J.G.
Old Sydney Self Published Sydney, NS 1918 $30.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are fairly clean. Top and bottom of backstrip are fraying. Corners are bumped. Page 91 has a two inch rip. Some discolouration on page edges. Previous owner's name written on endpapers.
7290 Cody, Rev. H.A.
On Trail and Rapid by Dog-Sled & Canoe The Story of Bishop Bompas's Life Amongst the Red Indians and Eskimos Told for Boys and Girls The Musson Book Company Toronto 1911 $20.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Beautifully illustrated covers and spine. Previous owner's name on ffep.
3603 Wrong, George M.
The Ontario High School History of England The MacMillan Company Toronto 1916 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Ex-Library Covers are clean. Backstrip has a small square of white paint covering the library numbers. Library discard stamp on title page and following page. Inside clean.
7098 Ordnance Survey Salisbury Plain- Sheet 282 Parts of Sheets 281, 297, 298 1900 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Cloth-like Paper Book Small red book that contains a fold out linen backed paper map. Paper is yellowed. Covers are soiled.
9621 Haldane, John Scott
Organism and Environment as Illustrated by the Physiology of Breathing Yale University Press 1917 $60.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers are rubbed on corners and on top and bottom of spine. Previous owner's bookplate is pasted on to the inside of the front cover. Otherwise seems clean and unmarked.
5680 Tudor, John R.
The Orkneys and Shetland; Their Past and Present State Edward Stanford London 1883 $50.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Binding was reinforced with tape by previous owner in the front and rear of book. Cover is protected by plastic covering. Spine is sunned. Previous owner's name in pen on end paper.
934 Edwards, J.H. ( editor)
Orthodoxy in the Civil Courts Standard Publishing Company Cincinnati 1884 $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Black covers are soiled and faded. Blindstamped covers with gilt lettering on the front. Page edges soiled. Previous owner's ex-libris sticker on inside front cover, and his name in pen on inside front and back cover. Inside fairly tight.
6216 Dale, Daphne
Our Manners and Social Customs A Practical uide to Deportment, Easy Manners and Scocial Etiquette Thompson & Thomas Chicago 1902 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Red and blue cloth covers are faded and a bit soiled. Gilt lettering is mostly faded. Edges are bumped and rubbed. Hinges are cracked to webbing making covers somewhat loose. Previous owner's name on flyleaf is covered with liquid paper.
9019 Conklin, J.M.
Out in God's World or Electa's Story John F Shaw and Co 0 $12.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Beautiful decorated covers are bright and clean. No publication date is given but definitely 19th century. Decorative endpapers. Hinges are tight.
5838 Ellis, Edward S.
Outdoor Life and Indian Stories L.T. Myers 1912 $35.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are soiled and rubbed on corners and top and bottom of backstrip.Page edges are soiled. Some foxing.
293 Haggard, H. Rider
Pearl-Maiden A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem Longmans, Green and Co. London 1915 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are worn and soiled, backstrip is sun faded.. The front cover cloth has some minor puckering like air bubbles. Front hinge is split. There is a tiny sticker from an old bookseller on the inside back cover. It's hard to be certain, but there may have been a flyleaf that is now missing. All other pages have some spotting, but otherwise are unmarked, intact, relatively clean and certainly readable.
2345 Reade, Charles
Fildes, S.L.
Peg Woffington A Novel Chatto & Windus London 1895 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Red covers with black decoration. Some soiling and scuffing on covers. Backstrip discoloured. One of the endapers is ripped out. Book block stiff. Some discolouration on page edges. Some foxing.
1414 Kipling, Rudyard
Phantom Rickshaw The Jefferson Press Boston 0 $7.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Dark blue decorative covers and backstrip. Corners are starting to fray. Hinges are cracked at front and rear inside covers. Book is clean and unmarked. No publication date, probably early 20th century.
3041 Fitzgerald, Percy (editor)
Pictures of School Life and Boyhood Selected from the Best Authors Cassell and Company, Ltd. London 1895 $19.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Olive covers are decorated. Boards are bumped and rubbed on corners. Paste-down on inside front cover indicating that the book was given as a prize to former owner in 1895. Tissue paper, fronticepiece and title page are heavily foxed. More foxing toward rear of book. Spine slightly cocked.
7697 Griffis, William Elliot
The Pilgrims in Their Three Homes England. Holland, America Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 1898 $35.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Title page is starting to detach. Former library book (markings on spine, in rear and sticker on inside of front cover).
1347 Pitman's Commercial Correspondance in French ( Correspondance Commerciale ) Sir Issac Pitman & Sons Canada Ltd. London 1910 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Book is written in French. Black covers mottled. Cloth is torn along backstrip and rubbed on corners. Front hinge starting to crack.. Foxing on endpapers. Previous owner's name on first free endpaper. Dampstain on bottom front cover, inside front cover and along bottom page edges.
3042 Beecher, Henry Ward
Plain and Pleasant Talk About Fruits, Flowers and Farming Derby & Jackson New York 1859 $30.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Brown covers are scuffed, rubbed and bumped. Top and bottom of backstrip are starting to fray and cloth is ripping. Previous owner's name is ink stamped and written on endpaper. Foxing and discolouration of some pages of text. Tight copy.
2499 Wentworth, G.A.
Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, Surveying and Tables Ginn & Company Boston 1903 Second Revised Editi $12.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Cover quite scuffed. Bottom edge of book is worn to boards. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Some soiling on pages and some pencil marks. Cracked in a few places inside.
9628 Howe, Joseph The Hon.
Poems and Essays, John Lovell Montreal, Quebec 1874 $40.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green beveled boards with gilt decoration. Chip at top of spine.Boards are rubbed on corners. Fabric on bottom of spine is ripped. Previous owner's name the endpapers. Published soon after his death.
810 Roberts, Charles G.D.
Poems New Complete Edition L.C. Page & Company Boston 1907 $50.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Inscription by author in 1938. Gilt at top edge of pages, and on lettering on cover and backstrip. Slight bit of water staining on top edge of book. Top corner of pages have minimal folds. Pasted- on ex libris from previous owner. Some colour transfer from covers on to endpapers.
551 Arnold, Edwin
The Poems of Edwin Arnold Hurst & Company New York $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Decorative Cloth Book Orange covers are bright, but backstrip is discoloured. Board edges are bevelled. Pictorial cover is bright and clear. Page edges are gilt. There is a small rip on last few pages. Hinge starting to crack at front and in middle but, the rest of the book is tight. A very nice copy. No date, circa 1900. Muslim and Indian poetry.
932 Tennyson, Alfred Poet Laureate
The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson Poet Laureate Complete Edition Illustrated The American News Company New York $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Decorative Cloth Book Inscription to previous owner dated 1884. Blue covers decorated with black flowered motif. Some gilt lettering on backstrip. Adeline is pictured on frontispiece. Tissue intact. Centre hinge cracked. Page edges discoloured. Rubbing on board corners and on backstrip ends. Rubbing is down to boards in some areas. Cloth is frayed at top of back cover.
9316 The Pot- Pourri Volume VI 1898 Yearbook for Phillips Andover Academy Phillips Academy Andover, Mass 1898 $55.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Photos of teams, clubs, lists of the names of students.
2272 Crossley, Rev. H.T.
Practical Talks on Important Themes to Young Converts Older Christians and the Unconverted William Briggs Toronto 1895 $7.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Maroon covers with gilt decoration. Corners are bumped and rubbed to boards. Top and bottom of backstrip are rubbed and discoloured. Decorative endpapers. Some foxing on endpapers. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Clean interior.
3741 Lang, Andrew
Prince Charles Andrew Stuart The Young Chevalier Longmans Green and Co. New York 1903 $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers are clean. Cover edges are rubbed. Top and bottom of backstrip is rubbed. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Gilt top page edge. Inside is clean.
7856 Hopkins, Castell
Progress of Canada in the Nineteenth Century The Progress of Canada Publishing Company Brantford & Guelph 1900 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Some spots on covers. Rubbing on corners and edges of covers. Some writing in pan by previous owner on ffep. Some pages are dog-eared. Foxing on page edges. A thick heavy book, may require aditional postage to US and overseas.
9761 A Psychiatric Milestone Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary 1821-1921 The Society of the New York Hospital 1921 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Former library book. Green covers with gilt lettering. Spine is faded, lettering is no longer legible. Library markings on spine, and endpapers. Library sticker on inside of front cover and inside of back cover.
829 Sargent, Nathan
Public Men and Events Volumes I and II J. B. Lippincott & Co. Philadelphia 1875 $45.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book " ... from the Commencement of Mr. Monroe's Administration in 1817, to the Close of Mr. Fillmore's Administration, in 1853" Complete in two volumes. Some wear on the covers, particularly at corners and spine ends are frayed, some spotting/mottled look on covers, volume II has considerable mottled look on spine. Some writing on half title page of volume I and first font end paper of volumne two, hinges OK, interior pages very clean and tight.
7881 Tennyson, Alfred
Queen Mary A Drama James R. Osgood Company Boston 1875 $25.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Leather covers with blindstamped detail. Edges are rubbed. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers, gilt page edges.
6425 Tinsley, William
Random Recollections of an Old Publisher Volumes I & II Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. London 1900 $200.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Full-Leather Book Blue leather covers with gilt decoration and lettering. Raised bands and more gilt on spines. Marbled end papers have discoloured where they are in contact with leather. In both volumes there is some foxing on end papers and board edges are rubbed. In volume one the second free end paper and half-title page are detached but included. Top of page edges on both volumes are gilt. Very handsome books.
9683 Veith, Frederick Harris D.
Recollections of the Crimean Campaign and the Expedition to Kinburn in 1855 John Lovell & Son 1913 $30.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Gilt lettering is faded both on spine and cover. Some writing in pencil near text. Binding is loosening.
4907 Newcomb, Simon
The Reminiscences of an Astronomer Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 1903 $35.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are bumped and rubbed to boards. Top and bottom of backstrip are rubbed, frayed and chipped. Edges are rubbed. Foxing inside. Hinges are starting to crack. Previous owner's name is stamped on ffep.
2058 Replies to "Essays and Reviews" with a Preface By the Lord Bishop of Oxford; and Letters from the Radcliffe Observer and the Reader in Geology in the University of Oxford D. Appleton and Company New York 0 $49.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Authors are as follows: Rev. E.M. Goulburn, Rev. H.J. Rose, Rev. C.A. Heurtley, Rev. W.J. Irons, Rev. G. Rorison, Rev. A.W. Haddan & Rev. CHR. Wordsworth. This is NOT a modern copy. Brown covers are scuffed. Spine ends are chipped. Corners are rubbed to boards. Small tear and sticker on front endpaper. Book block slightly wavy.
807 Johnson, Burges
Rhymes of Little Boys Thomas Y. Crowell & CO. New York 1905 $30.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Plaid cloth covers with pasted on title on front cover and backstrip. Backstrip is faded. Small amount of wear on cover edges. Top page edge in gilt. Other page edges rough cut. Previous owner's name and inscription from Christmas 1910 on front endpaper. Pictorial endpapers.
6914 Haydon, A.L.
The Riders on the Plains A Record of the Royal North West Mounted Police of Canada 1873-1910 Andrew Melrose London 1910 $20.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are bumped on corners. Backstrip is very faded. Some dampstaining on covers. Top and bottom of backstrip are fraying. Some foxing. Previous owner's name on ffep.
2762 The Rights and Pretensions of the Roman See Lectures Delivered in 1894 Under the Auspices of the Church Club of New York E. & J.B. Young and Company New York 1894 $28.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Red covers are soiled and scuffed. Backstrip very discolored. Front endpapers missing up to but not including title page. Inside front cover has a few marks. Inside fairly clean and tight.
771 Sergeant, Adeline
A Rise in the World F.M. Buckles & Company New York 1900 $65.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green covers with gilt lettering on cover and backstrip. Cloth fraying at corners and top and bottom of backstrip. Rear hinge badly cracked but still attached. Inscription to previous owner on front endpaper. Some foxing.
901 Mozley, John Kenneth
Ritschlianism An Essay James Nisbet & Co London 1909 $43.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Ex-Library Covers faded red. Library markings and sticker on backstrip. Library stamp on title page and on margin of page 51, does not affect text. Other various library markings throughout which do not affect text. Previous owner's name in pen on front and rear endpapers. Library card in rear of book. Fairly clean and tight.
4785 Abbott, Jacob
Rollo at School Thomas Y. Crowell & CO. 1855 $12.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Part of the Rollo series. Green decorative covers. Cloth is torn on top and bottom of backstrip. Corners are rubbed to boards. Covers are scuffed. Front hinge is split to webbing. Ex-libris paste down on inside front cover. Ink marks on endpapers. Page 84 was torn and repaired with tape.
4796 The Royal Path of Life; Or Aims and Aids to Success and Happiness Compiled from the Best Authors Ancient and modern Rose Publishing Company Toronto $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Bright decorative front cover. Back cover was wet at some point damaging cloth. Boards have bevelled edges. Cloth has some tears on board edges and on top and bottom of backstrip. Previous owner's name on inside front cover and on presentation page. Hinges holding.
2378 The Royal Readers No. VI A. & W. MacKinlay Ltd. Halifax, N.S. 1897 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book "Nova Scotia School Series ... Prescribed by the Council of Public Instruction for Use in the Public Schools in Nova Scotia ... Illustrated" Blindstamped Brown/Tan covers are scuffed and soiled. Lots of pencil markings on inside front and back cover. Some soiling and pencil marks inside. Some soiling inside. Some pencil underlining. Page edges soiled. Part of endpaper ripped off board in back of book. Book block fairly tight.
2365 Khayyam, Omar
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam the Astronomer-poet of Persia MacMillan and Co., Limited London 1902 $10.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers are scuffed and worn. Some rips along backstrip, worst is one inch long. Front and rear hinges are cracked. Foxing on endpages. Inscription to previous owner on endpaper. Part of Macmillan's "Golden Treasury Series".
1882 Rules and Forms of Procedure in the Church Courts of the Presbyterian Church in Canada The Westminster Co., Limited Toronto 1914 $10.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers with gilt lettering show minor wear and soiling. Interor shows a little foxing, but is generally clean and unmarked.
7315 Reeves, Francis B.
Russia Then and Now 1892-1917 My Mission to Russia During the Famine of 1891-1892 with Data Bearing Upon Russia of To-day G.P. Putnam's Sons New York 1917 $65.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Spine is faded. Covers are clean and bright.
7411 The General Staff, War Office
The Russo-Japanese War Part I London 1906 $85.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Card Cover Book Binding is starting to crack. Covers are discoloured. Covers are rubbed on edges.
2527 Sacred Lyrics from the German Presbyterian Board of Publication Philadelphia 1859 $35.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Gray boards with black leather on spine, gilt lettering. Some wear on the corners and small chips on the leather, as well as a scuff on the lettering. Hinges starting to split, but book is still well attached. Some minor soiling on the front end papers. Very colourful half title page. Interior pages have some minor foxing but are generally very white.
2475 Brookes, James H.
Salvation: The Way Made Plain Hodder & Stoughton, Limited London 1887 Third Edition $12.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green decorative covers. Corners rubbed. Cloth along backstrip is torn. Endpapers badly foxed. Hinges starting to crack.
4408 Holley, Marietta (Josiah Allen's Wife)
Opper, Frederick
Samantha at Saratoga or "Racing After fashion" Thompson & Thomas Chicago 1887 $10.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Cover illustration is faded. Covers are soiled. There is a small gouge in the cloth on the backstrip. Hinge is cracked and binding is loose. Front endpapers are missing up to but not including title page.
7094 Townsend, Charles Wendell
Sand Dunes and Salt Marshes Dana Estes & Company Boston 1913 $15.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Former library book. Library markings on spine, front and rear endpapers and title page. Title page was ripped at one time and repaired with white book tape. Binding is a bit loose.
1460 Carlyle, Thomas & Macmechan, Archibald ( editor)
Sartor Resartus Ginn & Company Boston 1896 $7.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Atheneum press series. Green covers are rubbed at corners and at top/bottom of backstrip. Some spotting on back cover. Endpapers are yellowed. Inscription from 1915 on endpaper. Some dampstaining on first few pages. Editor was "George Munroe Professor of English Language and Literature in Dalhousie College"
93 Norris, Kathleen
Saturday's Child Grosset & Dunlap New York 1914 $5.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers soiled, front hinge cracked, corners bumped and rubbed. Pages browned with age. Backstrip well worn.
295 Scenes with the Hunter and Trapper in Many Lands Thomas Nelson and Sons London 1894 $23.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Ex-Library No auther given but "... By the Author of 'The Mediterranean Illustrated,' 'The Arctic World' etc. etc." "With Thirty Engravings". Decorative embossed blue-green covers. Front and back covers have about a 1"x2" water damaged area. Was in a Sunday school library. Backstrip is worn and has library number. Several school stamps thoughout, but no stickers/card pocket. Some writing in pencil on front end papers. Pages have some foxing. Hinges are good and text is complete and unmarked.
7403 Hazen, Maj.-Gen. W.B. USA Colonel, Sixth Infantry
The School and the Army in Germany and France with a Diary of Siege Life at Versailles Harper & Brothers Publishers New York 1872 $55.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Book is cocked to one side. Scuffed green covers. Former library book, Library numbers on spine. Library stamp on endpapers. Some foxing and some yellowing on page edges. Some loose pages starting to detach. Book has a musty smell.
1201 Venables, L.C.
The School Teacher's Music Guide J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. London $9.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Brown covers with gilt lettering show some wear, corners bumped and spine ends chipped. Missing front end papers, small piece of title page ripped. Interior shows a few markings in pencil. No date, probably early 1900s.
25 The Scottish Anthem Book T. Nelson & Sons London, Edinburgh an 1905 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Split along inside front and back hinge. Light foxing. Front papers very loose. Corners bumped. Shelf wear. Slight water damage. "Acadia Choir, Londonderry N.S." stamped on title page.Over 200 Scottish anthems/hymns.
3853 Commission of Conservation Canada
Sea- Fisheries of Eastern Canada Being the Proceedings of a Meeting of the Committee on Fisheries, Game and Fur- Bearing Animals of the Commision of Conservation, Held at Ottawa , June 4-5 1912 The Mortimer Co. Ottawa 1912 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Some spotting on covers. Inside is clean.
1913 Slattery, Margaret
The Seed, the Soil and the Sower The Pilgrim Press Boston 1912 $18.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: Good, Hardcover Book Dustjacket has a few small rips at edges. Covers underneath dustjacket kept clean and tidy. Residue from price sticker on front endpaper. Tight and clean inside.
906 Broadus, John A.
Sermons and Addresses B.F. Johnson and Company Richmond, Virginia 1887 Second Edition $28.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Brown blindstamped covers. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Hinges are starting to split. Some scuffing on covers. Presentation inscription from 1888 on first free endpaper.
2761 Dix, Morgan
Sermons Doctrinal and Practical R.D. Dickinson London 1880 New Edition $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Brown covers are scuffed and rubbed. Small chip on bottom of backstrip. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Some foxing. Inside clean.
535 More, Hannah
The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain, and Other Tales Derby & Jackson New York 1858 $12.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Brown embossed covers are worn and lightly soiled. Corners and edged worn to the boards. Backstrip chipped and ends and is separating from spine. About 2.5 inches at the top right of the spine is detached. Hinges holding. Pages are browing and foxed. Frontispiece page is missing. Contents page is ripped. All other pages present and unmarked.
9320 MacVicar, W.M.
A Short History of Annapolis Royal The Port Royal of the French, from 1604 to the Withdrawel of British Troops in 1854 The Copp Clark Co Ltd Toronto, Ontario 1897 $25.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Paper Covers Book Yellowing and spotting on paper covers. Chip off front and rear covers. Rips on spine. Fold out map included.
536 Froude, James Anthony
Short Studies on Great Subjects Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1883 $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book " ... Fourth Series" burgandy covers are worn. Backstrip is sun-faded and frayed at ends. Hinges starting to split at front and back. A 1X2 inch corner of first front end paper is ripped/missing. Minor foxing on interior pages, but mostly clean and unmarked.
6248 Sir William Osler Memorial Number The Canadian Medical Association Journal 1920 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book May have been rebound. Maroon covers with gilt lettering. Minimal foxing. Otherwise clean.
9253 De Schaeck, Ivan
Six Mois En Mandchourie avec Le Grand Duc Boris de Russie Plon-Nourrit et Cie Paris 1906 $35.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Spine is covered in leather, boards and endpapers are marbled. Raised bands. Edges of boards are rubbed. Fronticepiece tissue guard is intact. Book is very tight.
4574 Regan, John W.
Sketches and Traditions of the Northwest Arm Halifax, N.S. With Panoramic Folder of the Arm McAlpine Publishing Company Haliax 1909 Second Edition $40.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Lots of pictures and information. Previous owner's name on first free endpaper. Covers are fairly clean and bright. Some foxing.
1150 Kent, Charles Foster & Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple
The Social Teachings of the Prophets and Jesus Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1917 $9.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Maroon covers with gilt lettering on backstrip. Some scratches and scuff marks on cover. Corners bumped. Clean inside, hinges ok.
9803 Armitage, W.J.
The Soldiers of the King Their Weapons and Victory Marshall Brothers 0 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Some staining on covers. Foxing on first few pages and page edges. Previous owner's name on first free endpaper.
2421 Donn, Rob & Morrison, Hew (compiler)
Songs and Poems in the Gaelic Language by Rob Donn Containing Several Poems Never Before Published, with English Notes and a New Memoir of the Poet John Grant Edinburgh 1899 $50.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green covers are clean with only a few scuff marks. Top and bottom of backstrip are bumped. Gilt lettering on backstrip is faded. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Inside clean and fairly tight. A scarce volume in great condition.
252 Swift, Benjamin
Sordon Methuen & CO London 1902 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green cloth boards scuffed. Small tear in backstrip cloth. Spine slightly cocked. Foxing throughuot. Corners rubbed down to boards. Page edges soiled. There is a printing error in the publishers catalogue at end of book (page is folded up and printed on) does not obscure text. Hinges starting to crack. Inscription on front endpaper.
1955 Tennant, F.R.
The Sources of the Doctrines of the Fall and Original Sin Cambridge at the University Press Cambridge 1903 $19.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Ex-Library Black covers and backstrip are faded. Backstrip is frayed and chipped at both ends. Library markings on backstrip. "Discard" ink stamps on first few pages. Inside clean. Library card inside rear. Cover edges rubbed to boards.
7872 The Spanish-American War The Events of the War Described by Eye Witnesses Herbert S. Stone & Company Chicago & NewYork 1899 $20.00 Fair, Dustjacket: ho, Hardcover Book Covers are scuffed, soiled, and heavily rubbed on corners. Top and bottom of spine are rubbed, frayed and chipped.Front and rear hinges are cracked, rear to webbing. Some foxing and spotting on pages.
7522 Stevenson, Burton E.
The Spell of Holland L.C. Page & Company Boston 1914 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Top and bottom of spine is rubbed and lettering is faded. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Some pages are miscut. Includes a fold-out map of Holland
642 Callender, Geoffrey (Editor)
Spindrift Salt from the Ocean of English Prose Cambridge University Press Cambridge 1915 $25.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers are worn and bumped. top of spine is ripped. Some writing in pen on first front end paper. Hinges are OK. Inside pages are unmarked.
2767 Ramsay, W.M.
St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen Hodder & Stoughton, Limited London 1902 Sixth Edition $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green covers are scuffed. Some fraying at top and bottom of backstrip. Heavy foxing on endpapers, half-title page and title page.. Inside clean. Rear hinge starting to crack. Previous owner's name on half-title page.
8343 Harris, Gideon and Associates
Starting and Lighting of Automobiles A Practical Treatise on Self Starters Wiring and Lighting and the Storage Battery Theo. Audel & Co Educational Books New York 1916 $35.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Cloth on covers is bubbling and faded. Inside is clean. Lots of illustrations.
6 Eliot, Charles W. (Editor)
Stories from the Thousand and One Nights P F Collier & Son New York 1909 $6.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Split along inside of spine at front and back. Page 1 is 3/4 separated from book. Bumped and worn on cover. This is number 16 of the "The Harvard Classics" - "Dr. Eliot's Five-foot shelf of books. Black cover.
1053 Penstone, M.M. & Hughes, M.V.
The Story of Christ's First Missioners Biographical Lessons on the Acts of the Apostles National Society's Depository London $9.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book "Revised edition. Intended for use with scholars between the ages of 11 and 14." No year, probably late 1800s. Purple/bluish covers are blindstamped with title. Covers are mildly worn, fairly clean. Backstrip is somewhat faded and spine ends are frayed. Hinges OK, Previous owner's name on front end papers. Old bookseller stamp on inside back cover. Pages are slighly yellowed but unmarked.
3152 Canon Farrar, Archdeacon of Westminster
The Story of St. Paul O.M. Crum Publishing Co Jacksonville Ill. $30.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book On the cover is an illustration of Paul writing his epistles in prison. Cover edges are rubbed especially on corners where boards are showing. Top and bottom of backstrip are frayed. Previous owner's name written on endpapers and dated 1892. Lots of illustrations, some colour. Hinges cracked, some soiling inside.
9083 Machum, Lt Col. George C
The Story of the 64th Battalion, c.e.f.1915-1916 0 $125.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Paper Covers Book Red covers. Bottom corner of book has a stain. Name of those in the battalion. History and photos. A unit of Maritime Canadians.
529 Rideing, William H.
Stray Moments with Thackeray: His Humor, Satire and Charaters D. Appleton and Company New York 1880 $34.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Ex-Library "Appletons' New Handy-Volume Series." " .. Being Selections from his Writings, Prefaced with a few Biographical Notes." Green covers have minor wear at the extremities, backstrip lettering and surrounding area is partially worn. Hinges OK. Some writing and library stamps and on title page and a few other spots throughout the book, pages are foxed. Most pages are clean and book is tight.
399 King, Basil
Lowell, Orson
The Street Called Straight Harper & Brothers New York 1912 $5.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Red covers, gilt around the raised red lettreing. Corners rubbed. A very small tear in cloth at backstrip and one on back cover. Covers scuffed and soiled. Backstrip faded and a bit mottled. Last page of text creased. Rear hinge cracked. Some soiling on inner pages. Prev. owner's name on inside front cover.
182 Greene, Sarah P. McLean
Stuart and Bamboo Harper & Brothers Publishers New York and London 1897 $13.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Decorative tartan with shield on covers, with light wear. Two previous owner's names on front end papers. Hinge barely starting to split at cover page, remainder of book is fairly tight and clean.
5519 Gardenier, Andrew A.
The Successful Stockman and Manual of Husbandry The King-Richardson Co. Sringfield Mass. 1901 $40.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Book was repaired at one time. Includes three manikins, one of a horse, one of a horse or cow's leg and one of a cow. Covers are scuffed. Fabric on covers has some rips and discolouration.
5654 Hopkins, J. Castell
The Sword of Islam or Sufferng Armenia Annals of Turkish Power and the Eastern Question The Bradley-Garretson Co Brantford & Toronto 1896 $90.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue decorative covers are rubbed on edges and corners. Some notes written in the margins on a few pages. Inside is fairly tight.
4378 Nichol, John
Tables of European History, Literature, Science, and Art from A.D. 200 To 1909; and of American History, Literature, and Art James Maclehose and sons Glasgow 1909 Fifth Edition $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Some soiling on covers. Inside is clean.
2447 Merriman, Margaret E.
A Tale of York Minster, and Other Tales R. & T. Washbourne, Ltd. New York $39.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Not sure of publication date, probably late 19th or early 20th century. Navy decorative covers are mottled and faded along top edge and backstrip. Cloth is ripped along rear of backstrip. Book plate indicating this was given as a prize to a Sunday School student. Some foxing. Inside is fairly clean and tight. Very scarce book.
4829 Wade, Mary Hazelton
Gallagher, Sears
Ten Indian Hunters Stories of Famous Indian Hunters W.A. Wilde Company Boston 1907 $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are soiled. Covers are rubbed to boards. Inside is fairly clean.
6935 A Textbook on Railroad Engineering Geometrical Drawing- Mechanical Drawing- Tables and Formulas International Textbook Company Scranton 1897 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Three-Quarter Leathe Book Some rubbing on corners and edges. Some writing in the margins and underlining.
2338 Lyall, Edna
Their Happiest Christmas W & R Chambers Ltd. London 1890 $10.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers scuffed and wearing on edges. Backstrip fading. Some foxing. Dampstained on page edges. Endpapers yellowing.
7100 Young, Egerton R.
Three Boys in the Wild North Land Summer Eaton Mains New York 1896 $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Inscription to previous owner on ffep. Covers are a bit mottled. Spine is discoloured.
3743 Falconer, J.W.
The Three Crosses Hodder & Stoughton, Limited London 1908 $11.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers are rubbed on corners and top and bottom of backstrip. Backstrip is starting to fray. Previous owner's name on endpaper. A few pen marks in margins. Binding is starting to crack. Some yellowing on pages. Written in Halifax, NS.
1614 Crothers, Samuel McChord
Three Lords of Destiny Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 1913 $17.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Blue covers with gilt lettering on cover and backstrip. Inscription to previous owner on first endpaper. Previous owner's name in pen on inside front cover. Book is tight. Foxing throughout.
6652 Saunders, Edward Manning
Three Premiers of Nova Scotia The Hon. J.W. Johnstone, The Hon. Joseph Howe and The Hon. Charles Tupper, MD, C.B. William Briggs Toronto 1909 $30.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are clean. Edges and top and bottom of backstrip are rubbed. Rear hinge are starting to crack exposing webbing. Binding a little loose. Previous owner's name in ink on endpaper. Heavy book may require more shipping.
193 Kingsley, Florence M.
Titus, A Comrade of the Cross $5.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Backstrip faded. Cover scuffed and soiled. Corners rubbed. No publisher or date of publication shown, presumed late 1800s early 1900s. Illustrated.
179 McLean, Sally Pratt
Towhead The Story of a Girl A. Williams and Company Boston 1883 $15.00 Poor, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green, red, black and gold decorative covers. Hinges are cracked and very loose. Several sections of the text are loose. Some writing on the front matter. All pages present.
7889 Service, Robert W.
The Trail of Ninety- Eight A Northland Romance William Briggs Toronto 1911 $15.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are scuffed and discoloured. Top and bottom of spine are fraying. Edges and corners are rubbed to boards. HInges are loose. Some stains on pages. First few pages have a one inch piece torn out from bottom.
5796 Hughes, Thomas (selected by: Brown, E.E. )
True Manliness D. Lothrop and Co. Boston 1880 $25.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Part of the Spare Minute Series. Covers are rubbed on corners and on top and bottom of backstrip. Fabric on covers is ripped and fraying backstrip. Heavy foxing on endpapers.
7695 Hubbard, Elbert
Twenty O'Clock and Other Droll Stories The Roycrofters East Aurora, NY 1920 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Green boards. Leather covering spine is chipped causing pieces to hang off. Some spotting of pages.
1910 Footner, Hulbert
Potts, W. Sherman
Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest Musson Book Company Toronto 0 $9.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Decorative covers. Some soiling on covers and page edges. Illustration intact. Tissue guard intact. Hinge weak in rear. Slight musty smell.
1339 Tolstoi, Count Lyof or Tolstoy, Leo
The Two Pilgrims Thomas Y. Crowell & CO. New York 1887 $49.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book "Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Doyle" White decorative covers are now grey with age. Paper covering on boards is ripping on spine and is ripped halfway down top end. Some small rips on page edges. Front hinge cracked. Previous owner's name and date of 1903 on first free endpaper.
4598 Miller, W.H.B.
Lemos, P.J.
Uncle Ben's Cobblestones Familiar Talks About Common Things Pacific Press Publishing Association Mountain View, Calif 1904 $10.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are faded and soiled. Edges are rubbed. First free endpaper is missing. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Foxing throughout.
4464 Monro, Alexander
The United States and the Dominion of Canada: Their Future Barnes and Company Saint John 1879 $35.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Purple boards are badly faded on edges and spine. Some small tears in cloth mostly on board corners. Front hinge is cracked and is a bit loose. Small rip on front endpaper. Hinge is split in center of book. Some dog-eared pages. Some foxing.
2449 Hill, Henry Chase (compiler and editor)
Universal Book of Knowledge and Wonders L.T. Myers 1917 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Three-Quarter Leathe Book Subtitled: "The marvels of modern industry and invention. The interesting stories of common things. The mysterious processes of nature simply explained." Leather is scuffed and worn to boards on corners. Front hinge is starting to crack. Rear hinge holding. Cloth has paint drops on front. Previous owner's name on first front endpaper. Inside clean, binding a bit loose.
7689 McLean, John
Vanguards of Canada The Missionary Society of the Methodist Church Toronto 1918 $18.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book A few scratches on covers and some discolouring on spine and edges. Inscribed to previous owner on ffep.
1642 Hubbard, Charles L.
The Ventilation Hand Book The Sheet Metal Publication Company New York 1920 $35.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Nice handbook for student or beginner. Lots of diagrams. Corners bumped. Previous owner's name in pen on first free endpaper.
8353 Strickland, Captain P.
A Voice from the Deep A. Williams & Co Boston 1873 1st Edition $125.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Brown covers with gilt lettering and illustration on front cover. Inside is clean.
6548 Kneeland, Samuel
Volcanoes and Earthquakes A popular account of their nature, causes, effects and geographical distribution, from personal observation in the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands, Japan, Iceland, the Mediterranean Basin, Spain and the United States D. Lothrop and Co. Boston 1888 $30.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Decorative covers. Edges are a bit rubbed. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. Inside is clean. Fairly tight.
1867 Jerrold, Walter
W. E. Gladstone: England's Great Commoner S.W. Partridge and Co. London $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Brown decorative covers featuring a portrait of Gladstone and a castle. No date, circa 1890s. Hinges OK. Advertising for other books on end papers and back of book. Ink stamps on back of frontispiece. Interior is clean and unmarked, several illustrations.
2065 Stickney, Joseph L.
War in the Philippines and Life and Glorious Deeds of Admiral Dewey Monarch Book Company Chicago 1899 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Half-Leather Book Sub titled: "A thrilling account of our conflicts with the Spaniards and Filipinos in the Orient including the glorious deeds of the great commander and the complete story of the Philippine Islands, historical and descriptive". Blind-stamped image on leather. Marbled boards. Rip on either side of bottom of backstrip Boards rubbed. Some pen marks on cover. Inside fairly clean and tight.
7563 Watson, Isabella B.
War Time Poems and Heart Songs William Briggs Toronto, Ontario, Ca 1918 1st Edition $30.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book In good clean condition.
1425 Lloyd, John Uri
Warwick of the Knobs a Story of Stringtown County, Kentucky Dodd, Mead and Company New York 1901 $8.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Beige covers with brown lettering. Backstrip discoloured. Lots of illustrations of Knob County. Foxing mostly on endpapers. Hinges starting to crack. Ink stamp on first free endpaper.
4156 Scott, Sir Walter
Waverly Novels: Library Edition Volume III The Antiquary S.H. Parker and B.B. Mussey & Co. New York 1852 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are bumped on edges. Backstrip is frayed on top and bottom. Inside is clean.
7129 Lewis M.D., Dio
Weak Lungs and How to Make Them or Diseases of the Organs of the Chest, with Their Home Treatment by the Movement Cure Ticknor and Fields Boston 1863 2nd Edition $25.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Faded blindstamped covers. Corners are bumped and rubbed to boards. Top and bottom of backstrip are chipped. Cover is starting to detach. Some writing in pencil on endpapers. Previous owner has placed their inkstamp on title page and a few other pages.
183 Ranken, George (Related by), Ranken, George (Edited by)
Windabyne Remington and Company, Limited London and Sydney 1895 $60.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Decorative covers of a whip, hat and spurs, worn and bumped. Split almost half way along one side of backstrip. Split on inside covers, previous owner's name on front end papers, bookstore stamp on 1st page of text, some discolouring of pages. All text readable, present and attached.
8497 Falkenhorst, C. Adapted by Lathrop, Elise P.
With Cortez in Mexico A Historical Romance Worthington Company New York 1892 $16.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Hinges are cracked. Edges are rubbed. Previous owner's name on ffep.
8632 With The First Canadain Contingent The Musson Book Company Toronto 1915 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: Good, Hardcover Book Dustjacket has some small tears along edges but has been covered with a clear plastic removable wrap. Inscription to previous owner on ffep. Foxing. Tipped in images. Missing tissue guards.
7542 Seton-Thompson, Grace Gallatin
A Woman Tenderfoot George N. Morang & Co Toronto, Ontario, Ca 1900 $30.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book First Canadian Edition. In good clean condition.
427 Herman, Henry
Hutchinson, George
Woman, the Mystery: A Story of Three Revolutions New Amsterdam Book Company New York 1900 $18.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Red pictorial cloth with paste-on illustration. Top and bottom of backstrip frayed. Corners rubbed to boards. Front and rear hinge cracked, covers loose. Some foxing. Covers scuffed.
9077 Brown, George S.
Yarmouth Nova Scotia: A Sequel to Campbell's History Rand Avery Company, Printers Boston 1888 $50.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Maroon covers with gilt lettering. Spine is faded. Small rips on top and bottom of spine. Book is tight.
6647 Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan
Young Ireland Fragment of Irish History 1840-1850 D. Appleton and Company New York 1881 $35.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Covers are scuffed. Top and bottom of backstrip are rubbed. Front endpaper is missing. Inscription to previous owner on endpaper. Some writing and scribbling on title page. Some creases on pages. Rear hing is cracked exposing webbing.

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