London: Blackie, 1918. Green pictorial cloth stamped in black and white. pp 224 + colour frontispiece and three b&w plates. Page edges yellowed, else a fine, bright copy. UK setting. A doctor and his three children take in a distant cousin Jack, who has been brought up at a miners' camp in Canada, when Jack's father dies. First edition? First was [1918]. A volume in The Crown Library, the present title is the fifth from the last in the ads. I suspect this copy is a 1920s reprint. But it is in exceptionally nice condition.; Octavo

Toronto: Key Porter Kids, 1997. Glossy pictorial boards. Fine in fine jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (simple signature, no inscription). A selection for younger readers. ; Squarish quarto; Signed by Author

Toronto: Oxford, 1989. Quarto, pale blue boards. [32] pp. Light erasure to upper outer corner of front free endpaper; minute rubbing to spine tips, outer corners; else fine in fine jacket. A fairy tale by the noted Canadian poet / artist (as P.K. Irwin), with good colour illustrations by an internationally acclaimed Canadian illustrator. 0195407040.

Toronto: Oxford, 1989. Quarto, pale blue boards. [32] pp. Advance copy for review, with rubber stamp on front free endpaper. Fine in fine jacket. A fairy tale by the noted Canadian poet / artist (as P.K. Irwin), with good colour illustrations by an internationally acclaimed Canadian illustrator. 0195407040.

Toronto: Stoddart, 1984. Octavo, glossy illustrated boards without jacket, as issued. pp [32], unpaged. Colour illustrations. Ink gift inscription, else fine. Poetry for children.

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1974. Pictorial boards without jacket, as issued. 32 pages. Ex library, with rubber stamp on title page crossed out in ink, pouch removed at rear, otherwise mainly fine. A scarce juvenile by the noted Canadian literary writer.Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.

Toronto: Macmillan, c1965. Unindicated ater printing. 16mo, lime green boards. pp (10), 105, [5]. Large 1980 ink gift inscription at front, text paper a little toned as always, else fine. Near fine jacket has mild rubbing, tiny nicks. Buckskin Books 11. A novel for young people, the late Canadian literary author's first book. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.

London: Pitman. 19th UK issue, Aug. 1913 (first was Sept. 1909). Octavo, original light brownfine ribbed cloth bordered in blind, gilt lettered, colour pictorial label on front cover. pp (viii), (368), (1, blank), (24) ads + colour frontispiece with captioned tissue guard. Made frolm US sheets. Lacking the front free endpaper, front inner hinge neatly repaired; page edges yellowed, covers a bit bowed, else a VG clean and unworn copy of the second Anne Shirley novel, published Sept. 1909, following the classic ANNE OF GREEN GABLES of the previous year.

Toronto: Key Porter, 2004. Oblong octavo, glossy colour pictorial boards. pp [32]. Excellent colour illustrations. A fine, jacketless copy.

Boston: Little, Brown. Second printing, Nov., 1934, same month as first. Blue illustrated cloth stamped in black, lettered in light green. pp (xii), 247. Vignette and full page line drawings in text. Spine a bit sunned; light foxing to endpapers; yellowing and slight foxing to page edges; else a VG+ unworn copy, no owner names. Jacket has small chips at head of lightly yellowed spine, all flap corners clipped; small chips and tears to panels; VG otherwise, still attractive in appearance. A children's story set in England.

Toronto: Copp Clark, 1959. Light blue cloth. pp (6), 168, [2]. Fine copy. Dust jacket has nicks to ends of lightly yellowed spine, small rubbed tears to ends of flap folds, VG otherwise. A novel for teenagers about ice fishing on Lake Winnipeg by a Winnipeg author of Icelandic descent whose father was a lake fisherman in Gimli. Watters p.315. Good illustrations.

New York: Carlton Press, 1981. Beige cloth. 63 pp. Fine copy, signed by the author, in fine jacket. Stories for children by this German- Canadian author. Uncommon vanity press publication. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.; Octavo.; Signed by Author 0806216832

Akon, Ohio: Saalfield, c1927. Brown boards. pp (2), 223, [7]. Frontispiece illustration. Pulpy text paper yellowed as always, ink gift inscription and small thin spot from erasure at front, else fine. Dust jacket has small chips and tears, VG otherwise, attactive. The fifth Dick Kent Mountie yarn for young readers, set in the frozen north. Northland Series. Saalfield 3341. ; Octavo

Montréal: Librairie Granger frére, 1945. Card covers, pp (80). Text paper tanned, else fine. A book for younger readers, a volume in the Bibliothèque de la Jeuness Canadienne series.. This was Canadian scholar and frequent reviewer of French-Canadian literature W.E. Collin's copy. It has his catalogue card laid in. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced. ; Octavo

Toronto: Musson, 1899. Beige pictorial cloth, front cover stamped in red and black, spine in gilt, top edges gilt. pp (8), 307 + frontispiece with tissue guard and three other b&w plates. Spine lightly darkened; Xmas, 1916, ink gift inscription at front; bit of foxing to leaves adjacent to the plates and occasional mild text soiling; in all still a VG unworn copy of this historical adventure novel for boys by a Nova Scotia author. A later Canadian issue made from plates of the Boston: Little, Brown, 1899, first edition, as was the 1899 Morang first Canadian issue. ; Octavo

Toronto: Macmillan, 1925. Red linen grain pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, illustrated endpapers. pp (8), 48 + 4 colour plates; numerous line drawings in text. Small light spot on rear cover, light tanning to pp 14-15, else VG+ clean, tight and unworn jacketless copy, no owner names. A scarce volume of verse for children by this Canadian author. Nice illustrations.; Octavo

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. Octavo, pp viii, 31. Grey cloth. Light yellowing to inner margins of endpapers, else fine. Dust jacket has nicks at head of spine, short red marks to lower rear panel, else fine, flap price intact.The poet's last book for children, a prose piece. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced, depending upon your location.