This pretty #ChildrensBook was presented as a #SchoolPrize in #SaintJohn in 1887. The story is #English #author, #HesbaStretton 's most successful #book. #Stretton wrote several #books for the #ReligiousTractSociety. $30. #Booksky #prettybooks #oldbooks #WaifLiterature

This #scarce 1932 #book of #quotes from #Dickens was given as a #SchoolPrize. #SylviaTownsendWarner was #homeschooled by her father after being kicked out of #kindergarten for mimicking the #teachers! $25. #Booksky #literature #BritLit #oldbooks #littlebooks

This #scarce ca.1890 #book was given as a #SchoolPrize for "Practical #Navigation" on the #SchoolShipConway in #England. #Leather binding with #gilt decoration, five #raisedbands, #marbled #endpapers and page edges, and #dentelled boards. $200. #Booksky #oldbooks #prettybooks #biography

This #scarce #children's #adventure #book takes place in #NorthQueensland, #Australia and was given as a #schoolprize in 1901. Being sold #asis due to a nasty break in the hinges! $50. #DLawsonJohnstone #prettybooks