Search Results: Childrens from Purpora Books

New York: Illustrated Editions, 1936. Bound in dark blue cloth with ochre cloth back strip; upper board has red bird flying above red and gilt sea; the spine has red and dark blue designs. Tips barely pushed in, and top of spine frayed a bit. Subtitled "A Wonder Tale for All Children", while on the page opposite the title page has a slightly different subtitle "A Glorious Tale for Children of All Ages". Enchanting, yet somewhat grotesque, illustrations by Blaine. 85 pages.. Thin Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Mahlon Blaine.

Amsterdam: Mulder & Zoon Trace wear to top fore tip of illustrated boards. An illustrated young children's book, of the series by the same author.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Corrie Scherrewitz.

London: Duckworth, 1927. Bound in orange cloth with black lettering stamped on the upper board and the spine. Minor rubs at bottom of spine and to tips, offsetting of front free endpapers, and owner inscription on front free endpaper; otherwise internally clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has medium sized sticker scar on front panel which obscures some of the title lettering, a chip top of spine panel, and a 1/2" tear bottom of front flap fold. 214 pages plus 24 plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by L. R. Brightwell.

Germany: Baufix A brochure showing how to construct various toy models using the Baufix wood construction sets. Not dated; looks 50s or 60s.. Brochure. Very Good..

London: Lutterworth, 1960. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has minor edge wear and exhibits light rubbing to front panel. Golden Way Series No. 8; colour frontispiece; 78 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine.

London: D. C. Thomson, 1979. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus./No Jacket.

London: George Newnes, 1939. Fore tips bumped, some diagonal creases to rear pages; internally clean and unmarked. No. 129 of the New Series. 34 pages including the covers.. First Edition. Booklet. Very Good Plus..

London: Juvenile Productions Traces of edge wear to cover. A 10-page (counting the inside covers) illustrated children's story. Not dated. Billykin is a cat; fun colour illustrations by S.J.C. No. 1714, Juvenile Productions, Ltd.. Chapbook. Near Fine..

Stratford, ON: Three Trees, 1988. Covers gently curling away from page block. Inscribed by author on title page to fellow Canadian author "Michael Pacey / For ___ / Christmas, '88!". Signed by Author. First Edition. Chapbook. Near Fine.. Illus. by Mary Firth.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman, 1945. Large format, 8 1/4" x 11". Normal wear including a few very short tears along the bottom edge of pages; paper tanned but not brittle. 128 pages.. Large Paperback. Very Good.. Illus. by Dan Muller.

London: Religious Tract Society Bound in green cloth with blind stamped decorations and colour illustration label affixed to upper board. Average kind of wear, hinges solid and internally clean and unmarked. Not dated, but looks pre 1920s. Colour frontispiece and one other colour plate. Uniform with other "Every Boy's Bookshelf" series by this publisher. 250 pages plus 8 pages of publisher ads bound in at rear.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Canada, 1956. Bound in colour illustrated boards. "A" in ink on upper board, faint stamp on front pastedown "Greater Victoria Schools". One of the Canadians All series published for Kindergarten-Primary Education. Text in large font with B&W photo illustrations of the ship's captain working on board CPR's "Princess Patricia".. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman, 1957. Bound in glossy illustrated boards with wrap-around art (all panels bright); illustrated endpapers. Minor wear to tips and ends of spine, small sticker scar top of front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Based on the well-known television series; this is the Authorized TV Edition. 282 pages.. Presumed First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Tony Sgroi.

Toronto: Groundwood / Douglas & McIntyre, 1992. Large format, 8 1/2" x 10 3/4", with glossy illustrated cover. Juvenile fiction. Signed by Thomas King (signature only) on title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Illus. by William Kent Monkman.

New York: Dial, 1989. Glossy illustrated stiff paper cover of irregular (ovaloid) outline. Contains a single pop-up of a baby stegosaurus and twelve small pages of text and illustrations. One of six in the series of baby dinosaurs.. First Edition. Near Fine Plus.. Illus. by Robert Cremins.

Burnaby: Laughing Fox Books, 1978. Poems and drawings; 23 pages. Signed by author on inside of front cover.. Second Printing. Chapbook. Near Fine Plus.. Illus. by Kate Scoones.

Burbank, CA: Laughing Fox Books, 1979. Sunned along spine fold. 27 pages. Poems and drawings. Signed by author on inside of front cover. . First Edition. Chapbook. Near Fine.. Illus. by Kate Scoones.

London: Latimer House, 1953. Bound in pale orange cloth with line illustration of brer rabbit stamped on upper board. Spine darkened,, boards a bit grubby, a few small dark brown stains to the margins of a few pages, and two pages with fainter, yet more extensive stains.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Grace Lodge.

Leicester, UK: Armadillo / Bookmart, 2002. Large oblong, 12" x 9 3/4", glossy colour illustrated covers. Very small puncture (no paper loss) in gutter of upper board. "The job of each farm machine is clearly explained alongside every amazing pop-up model. Children will be absorbed by the impressive fold-out, pop-up farmyard which provides the perfect setting for imaginative play.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus./No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Dudley Moseley.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1971. Dust jacket is price-clipped, and has a 1/2" tear bottom of rear panel. Squarish, 8" x 9", 58 pages.. First Edition, First Impression. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine Plus. Illus. by Wendy Watson.