Verlag: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1111
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. No Edition Remarks. 126 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative yellow cloth. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine.
Verlag: Musson Book Company
Anbieter: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, USA
hardcover. Zustand: Good. Toronto; no publication date given, Preface dated 1896. Tan illustrated cloth covered boards; edges and covers worn; top edge of front board lightly soiled; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; no jacket. Spotting to free front endpaper, edges and title page; interior is unmarked; 126 pages.
Verlag: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Brighton, 1896
Anbieter: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardback. No Jacket. 1 St UK. school library stamp to fep, decorative binding grubby. book.
Verlag: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Anbieter: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. This is an antique historical fiction book about the Indian Wars, "The Red House by the Rockies - A Tale of Riel's Rebellion" by Anne Mercier and Violet Watt. Circa 1890's (there is no date of publication stated, though there is a prize inscription dated 1897 on the front end paper); Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; London. The book features a frontispiece illustration, vignettes at the beginning and end of most of the chapters, and decorative end papers. From the Preface: "The object of this little story is to tell the tale of the revolt of the Indians and half-breeds in 1885, under Louis Riel, with the aim of getting what the half-breeds held to be their rights in the distribution of Reserve lands by Government. The events are drawn from contemporary papers; and the facts of the struggle, so far as given here, are strictly true (though all the skirmishes are not mentioned), - with this exception, that the name of the worthy agent, Maclean, at Fort Pitt, is changed, and his family - a numerous one - are not all spoken of. But the valour and Pious courage shown by him, his wife, and daughters, are matters of history. The son of Charles Dickens was, as here stated, the Inspector of Police at Fort Pitt at the time. The letters and diaries here given are all genuine. The story of the Red House and its inmates is fictitious, though founded on fact." Condition: Soiling to the covers and spine. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the pages are lightly age-toned and mostly clean with only some occasional mild foxing. Each decorative end paper has lightly tanned rectangular area that covers most of the page. A blank front end paper has a prize inscription dated 1897 written in ink. A half dozen pages at the back have small tears/crinkling at the upper-outer corner. Overall the book is in Good+ condition.
Verlag: Musson, Toronto, n.d., (preface dated 1896, gift inscription dated 1916)., 1916
Anbieter: Capricorn Books, Oakville, ON, Kanada
126 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H), hard cover (medium brown cloth with gold lettering on spine, red and dark brown lettering on front board, red and dark brown decoration on spine and front board) - no dust jacket. B&w frontispiece, chapter decorations. "The object of this little story is to tell the tale of the revolt of the Indians and half-breeds in 1885, under Louis Riel, with the aim of getting what the half-breeds held to be their rights in the distribution of Reserve lands by Gov e r n m e n t . The events are drawn from contemporary papers; and the facts of the struggle, so far as given here, are strictly true (though all the skirmishes are not mentioned), - with this exception, that the name of the worthy agent, Maclean, at F or t Pi tt , is changed, and his family - a numerous one - are not all spoken of. But the valour and pious courage shown by him, his wife, and daughters, are matters of history. The son of Charles Dickens was, as here stated, the Inspector of Pol ice a t F ort P itt at the time. The letters and diaries here given are all genuine.The story of the Red House and its inmates is fictitious, though founded on fact." A few small light foxing marks on a few pages, school award inscrip tio n on fre e f ront end pap er, s mall piece missing fron top edge of rear pastedown, light browning and very small foxing marks on edges of textblock, light edge wear to boards, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, small scuff on front boar d, s catte red v ery faint mark s on boa rd s . Good+.
Verlag: Musson Book Co., Toronto, 1896
Anbieter: Harry E Bagley Books Ltd, Fredericton, NB, Kanada
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. pict cloth cover, dec. gilt spine,126 pages, frontis.illustration, light edge & corner wear, dec. endpapers Size: 12mo.
Verlag: Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge
Anbieter: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Illustration of woman feeding birds on front cover. Some bumping and tanning to covers. Prize plate inside front cover dated 1894.Light foxing to some pages.