Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Homeward Bound Books

Toronto: Ryerson Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1951. Hardcover. 517 p. 24 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to corners and edges. No internal marks. Clean and bright. Dustjacket is edge and fold worn, with some chips and tears. Some foxing started on front panel and also has some impression marks. Overall light soiling. A history of the Young Men's Christian Association's first one hundred years in Canada. May require extra postage due to weight of the book. B&W Photographs .

Cobalt, Ontario: Highway Book Shop. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0889541434 . 200 p. 21 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to the corners. Small previous owner's label on the front free endpaper. Dustjacket has some wear at the spine ends and corners. The spine is a little darkened. The story of the discovery of silver in Cobalt, Ontario, and the subsequent developmentof the mining camp there. The book highlights some legendary characters of the era. It includes a few black and white historical photographs. .

London: The Girl Guides Association. Very Good. 1951. Reprint. Booklet. [20] p. 13 cm. Centre stapled booklet with cardstock covers. Light spot staining along the front edge. Very light crease to the rear cover. Gift inscription and date on back of front cover. Pages are age toned. A small booklet related to the Girl Guides. It is a reprint of a 1947 1st edition. It includes three tales, which discuss the origins and characteristics of being a tenderfoot and some of its requirements. Shipping costs will be reduced due to weight and size of book. .

Toronto: Year Book Committee. Good. 1930. Softcover. 92 p. 24 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Wear to edges and corners. Front cover lightly creased. Rubbed. Staining where back side of front cover meets text pages. Foxing starting on preliminary and ending pages, and on some of the interior pages. Published on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Class, February 2, 1930. Includes black and white photographs. .

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 1968. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 203 p. 21.5 cm. Sound and square reinforced library binding in cloth-covered boards. A little predation to the spine ends and top edge of the lower board. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with slight toning. Dust jacket has a large section of the spine and the spine ends chewed, affecting the title. Corners and edges have some wear. Shelf rubbed with light soil overall. A children's science fiction novel, intended for teen readers. Jacket design by James Heugh. .

Belleville, Ontario: Essence Publishing. Very Good. 2005. Softcover. 1553069692 . 165 p. 22 x 27.5 cm. oblong Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. A little wear to the edges and covers. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A full colour photographic record of the community of Warkworth, Ontario as recorded in photographs over a year in the early 2000's. .

Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888991541 . [40] p. 26 cm. Sound and square binding in glossy, illustrated boards. Minor wear to head of spine. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has a bit of corner wear and one tiny edge tear. The spine is faded. Very lightly rubbed. The story of a grandfather who tells his granddaughter about the time the whole county caught fire and burned for a year. Gorgeous pen, ink, and watercolour illustrations by award winning artist Ian Wallace. .

Elmvale Presbyterian Church. Near Fine. 1985. Hardcover. 286 p. 27 cm. Sound and square binding in naugahyde-covered boards. The spine is rippled, which is from the binding process, not from being wet. Otherwise, it has a little light edge wear. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A history of the Presbyterian Church in Elmvale, Ontario, published to celebrate its 125th Anniversary. Includes black and white archival photographs. .

London: Evans Brothers Limited. Very Good- in Fair dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 384 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Fading along the top and bottom edges and the spine ends. Some soil to both boards and the text block edges. Endpapers lightly toned. "This Book Belongs To: " has been completed in ink. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The dust jacket has heavy wear to the spine ends and corners, including paper loss, long and short tears, and creases. It has been reinforced on the reverse side with cello tape in several places. A collection of articles that provide advice to girls about growing up and facing a wide range of choices dealing with personal care, how to act at home, leisure activities, sport, and careers. The authors include Elizabeth Arden, Richmal Crompton, Virginia Graham, Rumer Godden, Noel Streatfeild, and others. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates and drawings. May require extra… Read More

Toronto: Coles Publishing Co.. Good in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. 0774026782 . 149 p. 22.5 x 29 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Ex-library with the usual markings. Dust jacket protector is stuck down to the endpapers and I have not attempted to remove it. A photographic record of the city of Toronto in the late 19th and early 20th century. Photographs are black and white. Ex-Library .

Self Published By the Author. Very Good. Card Covers. 80 p. 21 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to edges and corners, with a tiny spot on the bottom edge of the text block. Previous owner's label on the title page. Otherwise, inside pages are clean and unmarked. A basic history of the art and tools of blacksmithing, with many black and white photos. .

Pictou County History Society. Very Good-. 1995. Second Printing. Softcover. 210 p. 22.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Covers and text block are slightly ripped. Slight darkening along the edges and spine. Short pen streak on back cover. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with one dog-eared corner. A collection of short history stories about the Pictou County area of Nova Scotia, originally published in the New Glasgow Evening News. .

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co.. Good. ©1947. Hardcover. [40] p. 20.5 cm. Bound in paper-covered, illlustrated boards. Front hinge is split and rear is pulling away from the staples, but the text block is still attached. Heavy wear to spine with tears, and much paper loss. Rub worn at the corners and some rubbing to edges. Shelf rubbed with a some soil to both boards. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked overall, with tanning. One of the Cozy Corner series of children's books from this publisher. Whitman 2086. .

Barcelona: Editorial Joventut. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 8426124763 . 32 p. 30 cm. A couple of minor dings to the bottom edges. In Spanish. Cartoons in the ligne claire style. Cartoons Vol. 12 A Yoko Tsuno, Japanese female electrical engineer, adventure story by Belgium cartoonist Roger Leloup. Leloup worked with Hergé on the Tintin comic adventures. .

Toronto: York Mills Heights Association. Very Good. 1998. Softcover. 74 p. 20 x 25 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to the corners and edges. Previous owner's inscription on the back side of the front cover. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A collection of historic black and white photographs and descriptions of buildings and scenes in the York Mills Heights area of Toronto. Some of the photos are somewhat blurry. .

Toronto: The Society. Very Good. 2010. Stapled wraps. 76 p. 23 cm. Sound binding in centre-stapled cardstock covers. Light wear to the corner tips. A bit of light soil to the covers. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Articles about aspects of history in Toronto as well as reviews of activities of the York Pioneer and Historical Society in 2018. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Shipping costs may be reduced due to weight and size of book. .

New York: Beginner Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. Later Printing. Hardcover. 23.5 cm. Copyright date is 1959, but this is a circa 1961 printing. It has 19 titles on the rear of the dust jacket, some that were released in 1961. Dust jacket has the artwork without a rocket. Sound and square binding in pictorial, paper-covered boards. The corner tips show some wear, but are still quite sharp. Very lightly rubbed. Faint remains of price on the front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The top edge of the dust jacket is rough, possibly due to predation, but without a great loss of paper. The rear white panel has some fairly light soil. There is a bit of rub wear to the flap fold edges. The front panel is shelf rubbed, but it still quite attractive. It is price clipped. The story of what will happen to a boy when he goes to the moon. Written during the early days of space travel, and intended to educate and to entertain. Illustrated in colour.… Read More

Toronto: The Ryerson Press. Very Good-. Hardcover. 256 p. 27 cm. Not dated. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards with paste-down illustration to upper board, which shows three people surfing. Corners are bumped and have some wear. Large moisture stain and white spots on lower board. Upper board foxed. Faint remains of price code on front endpaper. Stain along bottom edge of frontispiece and title page. Otherwise, inside pages are clean and unmarked with some toning. Many stories and articles intended for children in Canada, with largely British content. Eight doubled sided black and white plates and a colour frontispiece, as well as black and white in text illustrations. This book is heavy and may require extra postage to most destinations. .

Toronto: Prospero Books / Key Porter. Very Good. 2001. Facsimile. Hardcover. 1552671844 . 80 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to the corner tips. Blackened out previous owner's information on the front pastedown endpaper. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dust jacket has a little wear to the spine ends and edges and is lightly shelf rubbed. A facsimile reprint of an 1890 collection of nursery rhymes intended for Canadian children. The original book had been originally published for English children and was modified to be more relevant to Canada. Illustrated in colour. .

New York: Platt & Munk Co.. Good. 1940. Card Covers. [10] p. 20 cm. Staple-bound with illustrated card stock covers. Corner and edge wear. Tear to the front cover has been repaired with acid-free glue. Some soiling and fingering marks, inside and out. One of Thornton W. Burgess' animal stories, this one featuring Flash the deer. Illustrated in colour and black and white by Harrison Cady. .