A TREASURY OF VERSE FOR CHILDREN by John R. Crossland

Glasgow: The Literary Press Book. Illus. by Decorated Endpapers. Good++. Hardcover. No Printing Info Available. 6 1/2" X 4 1/2". 316 pages. No date. Front endpapers show the Cunard White Star Liner, "Queen Mary". Rear endpapers show the De Haviland Air Express. Light edgewear, pages browning. Small blue hardcover with gold lettering & design. Solid binding. No writing or stamps. 19??.

Odhams Press Limited, 1933. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Odhams Press, 1935. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1935. No edition remarks. 763 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt blind stamped decoration. Contains in-text monochromatic illustrations throughout. Illustrated black and white frontispiece. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting causing the binding to be shaky. Binding has come away from spine strip, text-block held on by end-papers. Rear end-paper coming away from board. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Small split to cloth at head of spine. Moderate tanning to spine. White stains to boards.

Collins, 1957. Hardcover. Good. 1957. 96 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Orange cloth with silver lettering. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Book has a forward lean.

Collins, 1960. Hardcover. Good. 1960. Twelfth Impression. 191 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Library stickers and tape to spine. Faint dark stained marking to boards.

Glasgoq. Good+ with no dust jacket. Hardbound.

Collins, 1957. Hardcover. Good. 1957. Second Impression. 185 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Collins Clear Type Press, 1936. Hardcover. Good. 1936. 'Latest edition' . 256 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Binding remains firm.Pages & illustrations remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have heavy edge-wear with substantial bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Some tanning to spine and edges.

New York: Collins' Clear-Type Press, no date. 1st Edition thus? . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 35778 CF shelf. Circa 1935. Gold-stamped deep red cloth. Thick heavy volume. "Sanford Maxwell" boldly stenciled verso color frontispiece. With several color plates, many b/w photos. Index. Solid, still interesting!

Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Pages remain intact. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Small splits to spine ends. Marks overall.