Children's Books from Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB

(Kapuskasing): Penumbra Press, (1988). First edition., 1988. Trade paperback format, pp. 128. Young adult novel, aimed at readers 12-15 years of age. Plot concerns a indigenous youth in Northern Ontario, blessed with the talent to draw and paint. Slight creasing along front gutter from careful reading, else a very good, clean copy..

Toronto: A Groundwood Book /Douglas & McIntyre, (1996). First edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto, publisher's pictorial boards,unpaginated, colour illustrations by Harvey Chan. Signed by Yee, with the inscription: "from the past for the future, with best wishes". Also signed by the illustrator: "Harvey Chan, 1997". Gold seals for the Governor General's Literary Awards and Ruth Schwartz Award affixed… Read more about this item

London: Robert Scott, 1936. Third impression. Small octavo, blue cloth, pp. 197. Front free endpaper with non-authorial inscription and small colourful transfer illustrations, else very good. No dust jacket..

Buckinghamshire: Allan Industries, (ca 1962). Fuzzy-felt board game with felt figures from the Noddy Toyland characters. Original felt pieces, complete as per diagram, with tray, felt board, and two printed inserts. Very light creasing to a couple of characters, o/w near fine in the original pictorial box, which is split at one corner, and with a 1" split and a… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, (1980). First edition. Octavo, brown boards, pp. [95]; attractively illustrated by the author. Fine in a dust jacket which lacks a printed price..

London: Chatto & Windus, (1979). First edition. Approximately 19.5 cm x 25 cm, pictorial boards, unpaginated. Pictures by Elizabeth Falconer. No dust jacket. Very good..

London: Hodder Causton, 1974. No statement of reprinting. Approximately 8" x 6", pictorial boards, pp. [28]. Illustrated in colour. Previous owner's name neatly written on first leaf, covers rubbed at extemities with small split at lower front gutter, small impressions near top of covers, rear board with a crease. Still a good, sound copy that remains attractive.. Illus. by Illustrated… Read more about this item

(London): M(acmillan, 1976). First edition. Octavo, green boards, pp. 254. Spine a little cocked, page edges tanned, fore-edge with a few tiny flecks, else very good in a price-clipped dust jacket with a 0.5 cm tear, some edge wear, and a bit of waviness to the jacket. Presents well in a mylar dust jacket protector..

London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd., (N.d). Octavo, brown cloth stamped in black, pp. 364; illustrated. A volume in the Real Adventure Series. Trinity College School prize plate on front paste-down and school emblem in gilt on upper board. Endpapers browned, corner tips slightly frayed, else a very good, clean copy. No dust jacket..

London: Country Life Limited, (1951). First edition. Tiny quarto, brown boards, pp. 128; illustrated in b&w by Phyllis Ladyman. The story of a summer vacation in the country, and a quest to acquire a canoe, form an Indian tribe, build a wigwam on an island in a river, and declare war on invaders. Very good in an edge-worn dust jacket,… Read more about this item

Toronto: Longmans, Green & Company, (1941). Canadian edition. Octavo, pictorial boards, unpaginated; illustrated by A. Mireur. Book and dust jacket printed in the USA. A story told in rhyme concerning a seven year old English boy living in America; intended to inspire nationalistic feelings during wartime. Tiny label removed from bottom edge of front pastedown, some darkening to cover, else… Read more about this item

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1971). First edition. Slight foxing at edges, else near fine in a price-clipped dust jacket (some isolated rubbing and foxing)..

New York: The Viking Press, (1983). First edition. 26 cm x 21 cm, orange boards, unpaginated; illustrated by the author. Story of a mischievious fox. Small remainder mark on front pastedown endpaper, non-authorial inscription on front free endpaper, else very good in a dust jacket with a 2" closed tear, edge wear, and some rubbing..

London: Hodder Causton, 1974. No statement of reprinting. Approximately 8" x 6", pictorial boards, pp. [28]. Illustrated in colour. Previous owner's name neatly written on first leaf, light wear to covers, else very good or better.. Illus. by Illustrated by Tony Linsell..

(Kingswood): A World's Work Children's Book, (1971). First UK edition. 22 cm x 15.3 cm, pictorial boards backed in grey, pp. (63). Illustrated by Lillian Hoban. "An I Can Read Book No 77". Slight slant to binding, one tiny nick to upper board, else near fine in a lightly spine-sunned dust jacket, with a short tear in the front gutter… Read more about this item

(Ottawa): Oberon Press, 1968. First edition, case-bound issue. Small quarto, yellow boards with paste-on labels to front and back covers, pp. 121; illustrated by Currier. Previous owner's gift inscription and Christmas seals on front free endpaper, top corners lightly bumped, else a very good copy in the original unprinted acetate dust jacket..

Blackie: Glasgow and London, (1973). First English edition. Square quarto, maroon boards, unpaginated; illustrated in beautiful rich colours by Jocelang Vaing. EX-LIBRARY COPY, clearly marked as being de-accessioned. With typical library markings such as rubber-stamps, tape-stains, and labels. Extra caricular activity has left the front free endpaper torn out, and there is some institutional rubber-stamping on one illustration. A worn,… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931. First edition . Small octavo, blue cloth, pp. [v], 102; six illustrations from drawings by Harve Stein. Bookplate awkwardly applied to pictorial endpapers, inscription presenting the book as a school prize, spine faded with gilt dull, dark staining to covers, including a ring to the front cover, likely from a coffee cup, otherwise… Read more about this item

Manila: Tahanan Books for Young Readers, (1993). Third printing, paper issue. 25.5 cm x 20.5 cm, stiff card covers, pp. 55, [1]; illustrated in black and white by Joanne De Leon. Covers are a little rubbed at the edges, else very good..

Chicago: Goldsmith, (1936). Near fine in a bright fresh dust jacket, with just a few tiny edge-chips..