Stevenson Collier (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. James Stevenson (illustrator). Very good condition paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. New York: Stein and Day Publishers 1983. Hardcover. 0812828488 . First US edition. Collects 13 stories. 203 pages. Near Fine with light dust soiling and foxing top page edges in fine jacket. clphE.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair +. Molly Brett (illustrator). Covered in clear pleastic tape. School oval stamp. In reasonably good condition for a school reader of its type. Contains 5 lovely colour plates by Molly Brett plus many black and white vintage. illustrations throughout. 192 pages. Stories, poems and puzzles. Size: 12mo. Ex School.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Cicely Englefield; Newnham; Cora Paterson Ethel Guy - Baker; E. M. Overnell (illustrator). No date. circa 1940's/50's. Buff Cardboards with blue tone picture of boy and girl pretending to be pirates. Spine missing hence binding a bit loose.Boards a little grubby and worn. Blue/buff and Green/Buff illustrations throughout. Two tri-tone colour illustrations. Thick cardboard pages. First story is "The Boy who Wouldn't Get Up" 127 pages of stories and .poems for younger children of the time. Book.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Woods, Rex; Fischer, Anton Otto; Klett, Walter; Wilcox, C.R.; Ball, Seymour; Dahlberg, Edwin; Merwin, Decie (illustrator). First Edition. Wonderfully illustrated front cover by Rex Woods depicts two medieval musicians performing a Christmas tune. 96 pages. Features: Charming colour ad for Green Giant canned tomatoes inside front cover includes map of Essex County, Ontario, where "the swankiest tomatoes in Canada' are grown; Nice one-page ad for the 1937 Chevrolet; Christmas 1936-2000 - a thoughtful article on the the future of the church and those born in 1936; Gorgeous one-page colour ad for the new 1937 V-8 Ford cars, featuring a maroon sedan; Lucky Keyes - short story by A.D. Divine; Silver Legs - short story by Margaret Nyren Hoffman; Christmas poems; I Was A Stranger - a true Canadian story as told to Janet Erskine Scott; Santa Claus for a Quarter - short story by Emma-Lindsay Squier; The Transit of Venus - short story by Gertrude Macaulay Sutton; Fog Over Fundy - short story by Louis Arthur Cunningham; Marvelous one-page colour-illustrated Campbell's Soup ad features grocer talking to well-heeled lady; Teens and Twenties; Fulfill Wishes - by Eva Nagel Wolf; Nice one-page ad for Jane Seymour Beauty Preparations; Movie reviews of "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "The Gorgeous Hussy", "Craig's Wife", and "Seven Sinners"; A Peek at the Books - Margaret Lawrence reports on the Toronto Book Fair; One-page Carnation Milk ad features photos of the Dionne Quints; Lovely one-page colour ad for Five Roses flour features Christmas baking; Eight delicious-looking recipes by Mona Parr for Christmas puddings and sauces - Rich Plum, Plum, Simple Dark Fruit, Carrot, Fluffy Mocha, Chilled Moulded Plum, Hard Sauce, Brown Sugar Sauce; One-page Libby's baby food ad features photos of the Dionne Quints; Fashion ideas - 'Dresses for Dates'; Delightful page of illustrations to be cut out entitled "Mary Lou and Bobby's Christmas" by Lydia Fraser; and more. A quality copy of this heartwarming depression-era piece of Christmas Canadiana.