Search Results: Children's - Mice from Homeward Bound Books

London: McCorquodale & Co. Ltd.. Good. Stapled wraps. 30 cm. Not dated. Possibly 1930's? Sound binding in centre-stapled cardstock covers. Split to the spine. Staples are rusty. Both covers show soil and have a little insect predation. Inside pages have some occasional light soil and a little more insect predation. Full colour illustrations. One of the "All Picture" series of children's books from this publisher. .

San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0152002030 . 134 p. 24 cm. Minor crinkling at spine ends, else fine. Dust jacket has a bit of edge wear and shows rubbing on back panel. Not price-clipped. Lightly ead. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings. The story of a mouse named Cervantes and his life in a bookstore. .

New York: E.P. Dutton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0525444009 . [32] p. 29 cm. Sound and square binding in illustrated boards. Some very tiny impressions marks on upper board. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has a bit of wear to the spine ends and corners, and a bit of edge rippling. It is price-clipped. Tiny area of soil on the front flap. The story of a mouse who moves into a cathedral. .

London: Dean & Son Ltd.. Very Good-. 1969. Hardcover. 0603005195 . [20] p. 19 cm. Sound and square binding in illustrated boards. Wear to the corners, lesser amount to the edges. Some rubbing and light scratches. Inside, two leaves have a short edge tear and one page has a light crease mark and small smudge mark. The story of a family of mice who move into Mr and Mrs. Toddy's house. Illustrated in colour. .

London: Collins. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 143 p. 21 cm. Minor wear to the corners. Spine has a short, 1/2" crease mark. Spine tail slightly darkened. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dust wrapper has some spine ends, flap fold, and corner wear. A few tiny edge tears. Rear panel has a scratch. Spine has a few tiny spots of colour loss. Some foxing on the flaps and reverse side of the jacket. Not price-clipped - 12s. 6d. Lightly read. Pen and ink drawings illustrations by Garth Williams. The adventures of Miss Bianca, the mouse, who leads the rescue of a girl named Patience who is being kept in the Diamond Palace by the wicked Grand Duchess. A sequel to "The Rescuers". .

London: Macmillan Children's Books. Near Fine. 2003. Advance Review Copy. Softcover. 183 p. 20 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor edge wear. Tiny area of glue remains from sticker. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. An uncorrected advance proof of a story about a battle between a group of rats who overrun a house and the mice who already live there. .

London: Frederick Warne & Co. , Ltd.. Fair. 1926. Hardcover. 85 p. 16 cm. A fair copy only, because it has become disbound, is missing some of the spine. Heavy wears to the edges and corners. Inside pages generally bright, with occasional evidence of fingering and page turning and a few creases. Recommended for use as a breaker. The illustrations are quite charming and most would be frameable. A story of a little grey mouse who runs around meeting other animals, and finds a female mouse to marry. Same format as the Beatrix Potter animal stories. Postage will be reduced. .

Toronto: Groundwood Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0888994745 . 68 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in green, paper-covered boards. Light wear along edges. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has light wear at the corners and spine ends. Rubbed with light scratches, overall. Not price clipped. The story of an imprisoned mouse named Ned and his attempts to get out of jail, written by award winning Canadian children's author Tim Wynne Jones. Illustrated in pen and wash. .

Mulder. Good. Card Covers. [10] p. 19 cm. No publication or copyright date. Staple bound binding with illustrated card covers. Wear to corners and edges. A couple of short edge tears. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A children's picture story book about a mouse named Peter who goes out in the snow against his Mother's wishes. Published and printed in the Netherlands with colour illustrations by what looks like "Leeuvwen". I cannot read the first name. .

Edmonton: Tree Frog. Very Good+. 1975. Card Covers. 0889670129 . 48 p. 19 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to the corner tips. Light shelf rubbing. Front free endpaper has a soft corner crease and erasure smudge mark. Postage will be reduced due to weight of book. .

New York: Atheneum. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0689830580 . [32] p. 17 cm. Sound and square binding in illustrated and laminated boards. Virtually no discernible wear to the book itself. Dustjacket has a bit of wear at the spine ends and corners and a few light scratches. Not price clipped. An American edition of one of the series about the mice who live in Brambly Hedge, by British author Jill Barklem. Colour illustrations of life along the hedgerow. .