Search Results: Authors starting with F from Homeward Bound Books

Boston: Little Brown. Near Fine. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0316273023 . 629 p. 26 cm. Sound and square binding in blue, cloth-covered boards. With the exception of a small rub mark on the spine of each volume, the boards have virtually no discernible wear. The books appear to be unread. The sleeve in which they are housed has some rubbing and scratches, with a light knock to one corner. A selection of dozens of children's stories from classics to contemporary, most of them either British or American. The stories include the original illustrations. This book is heavy and will require extra postage to most destinations. .

Toronto: Tundra Books. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0887764290 . [32] p. 26 cm. Sound and square binding in glossy, illustrated boards. Virtually no discernible wear. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket spine is slightly faded. A new twist on Nikolai Gogol's classic story "The Overcoat" about a young scrivener named Gogol who uses all his savings for a new coat, only to have it stolen. .

Winfield, B.C.: Wood Lake Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0929032764 . 176 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards. Crease marks along half of the front spine gutter. Corners have light wear. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket spine is faded. Corners have light crinkling. Lightly rubbed. The 100 year story of the Fred Victor Mission in downtown Toronto and its "Soup, Soap, and Salvation" approach to helping the indigent. .

New York: Macmillan Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 143 p. 21 cm. Sound and square reinforced library binding (but not ex-library) in cloth-covered boards. Foxing on the top edge of the text block. Bottom edges lightly rubbed. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has light edge wear, a color streak on the front panel, light rubbing, and the spine is slightly darkened. An edition of a children's book, originally published in 1846, about a doll named Maria Poppet in early Victorian London. This edition has an introduction and notes by Margery Fisher, an noted expert on children's literature. .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Very Good. 1915. Hardcover. 90 p. 20 cm. Sound and square binding in navy, leather-covered flexible boards, with gilt titles, decoration, and edges. Spine faded. Some rub wear to the edges and corners. Pencilled gift inscription on first blank page. Otherwise, inside pages are clean and unmarked with some toning. Four addresses to students of the University of Toronto and to Canadian Clubs in Canada in 1914-1915. .

Bowmanville, Ontario: Central Public School. Very Good+. 1989. Hardcover. 96 p. 27 cm. Sound and square binding in red, cloth-covered boards, with stamped titles and illustration. Virtually no discernable wear to covers. Inside of upper board has a previous owner's book label. Otherwise the inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A yearbook style work produced on the occasion of the school's 100th year of education service. Illustrated with black and white photographs. .

St. John's: Creative Printers and Publishers. Very Good. 1987. Softcover. 0920021476 . 135 p. 28 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light wear to the corner tips. A little shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. The story of French and English exploration of Newfoundland and their desire to claim it for their own countries. .

London: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Third Printing. Hardcover. 240 p. 21 cm. Minor edge and corner wear. A couple of tiny edge dings. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Inside pages clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has a bit of edge and corner wear. A tiny puncture mark on the rear panel. Illustrated with attractive full colour plates. re: Canterbury Tales A retelling of the Canterbury Tales. First published by the Medici Society in 1930. This copy is a 1963 printing of the 1959 edition. .

New York: Random House. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1957. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. 202 p. 21 cm. Sound and square binding with beige cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to corners. Front and bottom text block edges and endpapers are foxed. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dust jacket has edgewear, including some tiny tears and chips. Rubbed at folds. Price clipped. A few ink specks on front flap. The thirteenth of the Black Stallion series of children's books. .

New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1945. Twenty-Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 229 p. 21 cm. Sound and square binding in beige/grey cloth-covered boards with black stamps titles and vignette. Minor edge and corner wear. A few tiny spots and scratch marks on the red-stained top edge. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has wear along edges, including a few tiny tears, and heavier at spine ends and corners. Some light crease marks and rubbing to the folds. There is a greasy stain on both flaps. The second titles in the author's children's series about Alec Ramsay and his horse the Black. After a sheikh, claiming rightful ownership, takes the Black back to Arabia, Alec follows to get him back. .

New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0689867441 . 459 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in blue, paper-covered boards. One corner very slightly bumped. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has slight edge wear and some light rubbing. A tale for pre-teen readers about a boy and his sister who are enslaved on a Viking ship. .

Port Perry, Ontario: Self Published By the Author. Very Good. 1969. Third Edition. Hardcover. 256 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in green, cloth-covered boards. Light wear to the corners. Some soil to both boards and spine. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A history of the Port Perry, Lake Scugog, Reach Township, Ontario County areas. Chapters on pioneer settlement, home and social life, fashions, roads, post offices, mills, steamboats, early settlers, local villages, and more. Black and white illustrations. .

Port Perry, Ontario: Self Published By the Author. Very Good. 1969. Third Printing. Hardcover. 256 p. 23 cm. Preface is dated 1969. Sound and square binding in red, cloth-covered boards. Light wear to the corner tips and spine ends. A little soil to top edge of the text block. Inside pages are clean and unmarked with slight toning. A history of the Port Perry, Lake Scugog, Reach Township, Ontario County areas. Chapters on pioneer settlement, home and social life, fashions, roads, post offices, mills, steamboats, early settlers, local villages, and more. Black and white illustrations. .

Toronto: Trafford Publishing. Good. 2004. Softcover. 1412015367 . 325 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers that have been laminated. Ex-library copy with the usual markings. Except for the library stamps, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. An account of the role that Canada and seven to eight thousand Canadian soldiers played during the Burma Campaign in eastern Asia in World War II. Ex-Library .

Waterdown, Ontario: Self Published By the Author. Very Good. 1983. Card Covers. 0969133006 . 114 p. 27.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light wear to the edges and corners. Slightly soil on both covers. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A double-spaced, typescript study which details the role of the singing school in Canada's formative years, as well as additional information on the schools from 1790 to 1950. The author considers the singing school movement to be the first form of musical education in Canada. .

London: Pickering & Inglis Ltd.. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Hardcover. 95 p. 19 cm. Sound and square binding in blue cloth-covered boards. Wear at corners. Top edge of text block is dusty. Several names written on front free endpaper. Opens wide at several signatures. Dustwrapper has some spine tears up to 2" long. Corner wear . Some soiling. Part of the publisher's "Sunshine Series", wholesome stories with religous undertones. Sunshine Series. .

London: Whittaker & Co.. Good. 1905. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 141 p. 19 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Rub wear to the corner tips and at the spine ends. Both board and spine darkened from grime. Marks to upper board that indicate someone rubbed it in an effort to clean it. Text block edges also grimy. Previous owner's name on the half-title page and some foxing to preliminary and end pages. Inside pages have some pencil notes and occasional soil. A manual intended for architecture students to show how to write building specifications for the various trades involved in construction. A scarce copy. .

New York: Scholastic Inc.. Very Good. 2001. Hardcover. 0439309034 . 28 cm. Sound and square binding in laminated, illustrated boards. Corners have some wear. Laminate has small areas of lifting and scratches. A few edge dings. One pop up has a piece of the tongue missing. Another has two tiny pull marks. A divided page pop up book in which the reader can make different pop-up animals by opening different combinations of half pages. .

Boston; Toronto: Little Brown. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 28 cm. Sound and square binding in tan, cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to the corners. Text block edges a bit dusty with some foxing to the top edge. Tiny smudge on the front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. Dustjacket spine is faded and has wear at both ends. Rubbing along the folds and less so on the panels. Rear panel a bit soiled. Not price clipped. The continued story of Eagle Child and his Blackfoot people, as they face the white men who are slaughtering massive numbers of buffalo. The native boy Eagle Child was first introduced in the Canadian author's first novel "The White Calf". .

North Bay, Ontario: North Bay Heritage Carousel. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. [2005]. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969309619 . 151 p. 29.5 x 30 cm. Sound and square binding in black, cloth-covered boards with gilt stamped titles. Virtually no discernable wear. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has some shelf rubbing with scratches, and light edge wear. A gorgeous account of the design and construction of a carousel with hand-carved reproduction animals in the city of North Bay, Ontario. Illustrated with many colour photographs. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .