Children's Literature

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1913. vii, 250 p. 7½”/19 cm. Frontispiece. 5 b&w plates. Hardcover. Light green cloth with Boy Scout emblem. Sharp and bright, although spine cocked. Dust jacket, a bit darkened, with small chips and tears in edges.

Boy Scout edition.

London: David Nutt, 1902. 131 p. 8″/20 cm. Frontispiece and b&w illustrations by Archie MacGregor. Title vignette. Hardcover. Orange pictorial cloth (excellent cover illustration). Cloth faded at edges, darkened at spine. Hinges cracked. Endpapers spotted, inscription on front free endpaper.

Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1954. 103 p. 8vo. Colour frontis. and b&w illus. by author. First edition. Hardcover. Cloth spotted. Dust jacket, chipped, with five small holes on back cover. Marker on front endpaper and half-title, front endpaper clipped at corner.

Boston: Mayhew & Baker, 1860. 68 p. First American edition. Illustrations by Richard Doyle. Decorative title-page. Famous frontispiece of The South-West Wind knocking at a the Black Brothers door. 20 illustrations in text. Red cloth. A good copy.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1924. 164 p. 8.5″/22 cm. Clip cut decorations by L. Hummel. Presentation copy, signed Toronto Sept. 13, 1928. The Ryerson Bookshelf. Hardcover. Faint stains to cloth. Interesting Canadian children’s book. Attractively designed.

Chicago: Stanton and Van Vilet Co., 1918. 64 p. 8vo. B&w illus. by author. Pictorial cover, scuffed. Edgewear to cover and spine. Spine chipped at top, large chip at bottom. Owner’s sig. on front free endpaper. Otherwise, a clean interior.

New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1935. 84 p. 11″/28 cm x 8.5″/22 cm. Illustrations by Katherine Kellog. Musical scores with accompanying text. Eighth edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth. A very good copy.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1949. 87 p. 8.25″/21 cm. B&w illus. by author. Illustrated endpapers. Signed by author. Glossary of Columbian words used in the story. Hardcover. Orange cloth. Dust jacket, with small chips and tears.

New York: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited 1958. 211 p. 12mo. First English edition. B&w illus. by Iben Clante. Translated from the Swedish by Inger Boye. Light green illustrated cloth. Dust jacket. Bookplate on front free endpaper.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1940. 172 p. 8vo. First edition. 10 b&w plates. Illustrated by T.J. Greenshields. Green cloth. Dust jacket. 3″ chip in bottom of front cover affecting illustration although not obscuring boy and pony. Small chips elsewhere in edges.

Camden, N.J.: Thomas Nelson, 1969. N. pag. 10″/25 cm. Lovely colour illustrations by the author. First American Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial boards, top of spine bumped with a few small tears, edges rubbed. Dust jacket, edges rubbed, with a few small chips and tears, small pen mark to front cover. Text is Japanese.

Toronto: William Briggs, 1905. N. pag. 8″/21 cm. Wonderfully laid out with many illustrations in text by author. Decorative initials. Head and tail pieces. Text in red. Full page illustrations. Hardcover. Decorative red cloth. Spine and edges of cloth a bit darkened.