Category: Children's Books: Vintage

People I'd Like to Keep

Price: $6.75

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company : 1964

Seller ID: 000973

Ex-library with library binding and usual stamps and markings. Covers show a little shelf wear, some chipping at the corners and scuffing. A couple pages dogeared. There is a poem scrawled on the FEP, starting "God Bless mothers every where"

Short stories, in rhyme, of all sorts of interesting people, from Paddy, the Railroad-Crossing Watchman to Pico Zimballi, the Shoe-Repair Man.
Mostly black and white with some color illustrations.
Est level: 2nd - 4th and Read Aloud.; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Pirate's Doll: The Story of the China Poblana

By: Long, Eula

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, Alfred A Knopf : 1956

Seller ID: 005829

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

71 pp., red boards with green lettering and ivory, green and red illustration on front board. Corners bumped with tiny chips. Text has a few smudges. Ex-library with usual stamps.

The early 17th century adventure of the little Chinese girl who was stolen by pirates and ended up in the house of Captain Miguel Sosa in Puebla, Mexico. She inspired the design of the "china poblana," the Mexican national costume for girls.
Age Level: Grades 2-4; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Play and Work

Price: $225.00

Publisher: New York, McLoughlin Brothers : 1886

Seller ID: 8979

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Spine sunned and chipped, some edge wear and chipping, some scuffing and soiling to boards, gift message on front end paper. Interior clean and bright. A nice copy. ; No publishing date listed, but the gift message is dated December, 1886. ; 11" - 13" tall; 32 pages; Four full page color illustrations set off a number of short tales for young folks. These include 'The Little Farmer,' 'The Little Ploughman,' 'The Little Gardener,' 'The Little Florist,' The Birth-day Tree,' 'The Little Joiner' and more. A delightful book from McLoughlin Brothers who specialized in children's books during...
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Prince Caspian: The Return To Narnia (Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2)

By: Lewis, C. S.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company : 1966

Seller ID: 006859

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good+ dust jacket

Blue cloth with black lettering, 186 pp, line drawing in black on front board. Spine is sunned and slightly slanted, corners bumped, a little edge wear, some sunning along all edges, b/w drawings throughout, text is clean and unmarked. Jacket in new Brodart, spine somewhat sunned, some edge wear and chipping, mainly along top edge from top of spine across front panel. Back flap lists the other six volumes (in the order originally published in the U.S.). Overall, a nice copy of a fairly early American printing. How Prince Caspian and his army of Talking Beasts conquered the Telmarines. "I...
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Pursuit in the French Alps

By: Bonzon, Paul-Jacques

Price: $4.95

Publisher: New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. : 1963

Seller ID: 005307

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Pictorial boards, moderate edge wear with some chipping, spine slightly slanted, binding fairly tight, text clean and unmarked. A nice copy.

Fourteen-year-old Vincent Missillier goes alone up to Wolf Ridge in the French Alps to cut hay when his injured father cannot. Then Vincent is visited by a mysterious stranger banished from his Italian village across the border after being accused of stealing the village cross. Convinced of his innocence, Vincent resolves to solve the mystery.
Age Level: Grades 4-7; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Puzzletime

By: Clemmons, Edwards I.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Carlton Press : 1972

Seller ID: 003411

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket

Very minor shelfwear, front board very slightly bowed out, PO's name on pastedown. Top edge of DJ tattered, with 3 1/2" and 1 1/2" tears in front, 1 1/2" chip at bottom, and approx. 1 1/2" jaged piece removed along back edge. "Rainy day, sunny day, shut-in-day--any day is the right day for Puzzletime, an intriguing new book of word games bound to keep young people interested and entertained. Specifically aimed at boys and girls from 10 to 14 years old, this collection of over 50 puzzles, from simple standard crossword puzzles to oddly shaped and more difficult ones which...
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Ralph S. Mouse

By: Cleary, Beverly

Price: $2.95

Publisher: New York, NY, Dell Yearling : 1983

Seller ID: 000984

ISBN-13: 9780440475828

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Owner's name and penciled prices on half-title page. "Ralph 'Smart' Mouse is fed up with living at the country inn with his rowdy mouse cousins who always want to ride his motorcycle. When his pal Ryan Bramble takes him to school, Ralph is delighted with his new home and instant rise to fame. But Ralph doesn't like it one bit when he's in a mouse exhibit and a reporter writes that there are mice throughout the school! What's worse is Ryan's quarrels with his classmate Brad, who ends up breaking Ralph's motorcycle. Can anything replace his treasured motorcycle? Why can't they all be frien...
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Ralph S. Mouse

By: Cleary, Beverly

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow : 1982

Seller ID: 006759

ISBN-13: 9780440475828

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

160 pp., light blueish-green boards with medium blue cloth spine, blue endpapers. Spine somewhat slanted, corners a bit bumped, edges slightly rubbed, two light pen marks on bottom edge. Gift inscription on free endpaper, 1 3/4" tear on p. 31; text is clean and bright. DJ in new Brodart protective plastic wrap. DJ is price-clipped, with light edgewear and tiny chips at spine and flap ends. A nice first edition by this beloved author. "Ralph 'Smart' Mouse is fed up with living at the country inn with his rowdy mouse cousins who always want to ride his motorcycle. When his pal Ryan...
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Revolving Pictures A Reproduction from an Antique Book

By: Nister, Ernest

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cali, Columbia, William Collins Sons & Co. : 1979

Seller ID: 8860

ISBN-13: 9780529055514

Binding: Pictorial Cover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Unpaginated. A little edge wear and rubbing. The circular pictures are all present, functional, nd in excellent condition. An attractive copy. ; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall;

"The original Revolving Pictures book was published in 1892 by Ernest Nister of London. This reproduction features the unique changing pictures, the delicate illustrations and the delightful verses from the original book.
" A presentation of poems, each accompanied by a circular picture with parts that can be moved by a ribbon to reveal a new picture. "
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Rilla of the Lighthouse

By: North, Grace May

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Akron, Ohio, The Saalfield Publishing Company : 1926

Seller ID: 004650

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

310 pp., frontispiece. Orange boards have a few spots. Spine slanted/sunned, minor edgewear, corners somewhat bumped with tiny chips. Text is darkened, but clean and unmarked. We believe this was the first of a three-book series by Grace May North which also included "Nan of the Gypsies" and "Meg of Mystery Mountain."

An innocent young girl, in a sheltered life with her beloved grandfather the lighthouse keeper since birth, begins to encounter the world outside.
Age Level: Young Adult; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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River Treasure

By: Burgwyn, Mebane Holoman

Price: $225.00

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press : 1947

Seller ID: 006656

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

159 pp. This copy has been rebound in durable dark green cloth. Spine shows some wear, especially at ends, corners bumped, minor edge wear, light soiling on a few pages. Ex-library with stamps sprinkled about, rear pastedown has pocket and bar code sticker, "JB" lettered on spine. Plain paper frontispiece, full-page and chapter-head black and white line drawings by Ralph Ray throughout book on plain paper. Overall a nice copy of Burgwyn's first book. "Poor little Guy. He was so lonely. His mother died when he was little, and then his father, leaving him with a cross stepmother. ...
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Robin Hood

By: Gilbert, Henry

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Akron, Ohio, Saalfield Publishing Company

Seller ID: 005498

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good+ dust jacket

Published by Saalfield "Every Child's Library #3031". No publication date is given, but it appears to be the original 1913 Saalfield edition. 252 pp., blue boards with black lettering. Spine slightly slanted with minor edgewear/bumping, PO name inside. DJ has a little edgewear/chipping, with 1" tears at bottom of spine and flap. Text is yellowed, but clean and unmarked. Black and white illustrations by Frances Brundage throughout text. "With the fair Maid Marion at his side, Robin Hood waged war against the rich and proud lords who were the enemies of poor and humble fol...
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Rockets Into Space

By: Crosby, Alexander L.; Larrick, Nancy

Price: $9.95

Publisher: New York, Random House : 1959

Seller ID: 002175

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Corners bumped, spine slightly slanted, slight edge wear, top edge a bit soiled. Jacket shows some edge wear/chipping especially along spine. Some rubbing, darkening. Small tear at base of back cover has been repaired with tape. 82 pp, index. An Easy-to-read book. "'Rockets into space? Nonsense!' That's what people said not long ago. But a few rocket pioneers knew better. This book tells how they worked on bigger and better rockets, so that someday man could travel into space. Now that day is almost here. Would you like to go along on a trip into outer space? This exciting book is the ne...
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Roy Rogers and the Gopher Creek Gunman (Roy Rogers Series #3)

By: Middleton, Don

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing : 1945

Seller ID: 006451

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

248 pp., blue boards with title in red and black circled by a lasso. Whitman #2309. Pastedowns are black and white line drawings of Roy Rogers and his horse. This is an early reprint of the Whitman Authorized Edition published approximately 1950 (based on the latest publication date ofother books in ads at back. Last published Roy Rogers book listed is "Roy Rogers and the Outlaws of Sundown Valley." A little edgewear, top corners bumped. Text is yellowing, but clean and unmarked. Roy's adventure starts when he and Trigger stumble upon a hanged man with a note pinned to him claimi...
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Seven Little Maids or the Birthday Week Pictures and Verses

By: Lathbury, Mary A.

Price: $145.00

Publisher: New York, R. Worthington : 1884

Seller ID: 8978

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Minor edge wear and a little chipping, a little soiling to boards, boards starting. Interior very good with some offsetting across from color illustrations. An attractive copy. ;
Cloth over pictorial boards, flowery endpapers, unpaginated, stiff paper with lovely color illustrations. ; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall;

Starting with the 'Monday's Child' birthday poem, each page and illustration shows one of the birthdays.
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Shadow Over the Back Court

By: Christopher, Matt

Price: $6.35

Publisher: New York, Franklin Watts, Inc. : 1960

Seller ID: 004064

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Considerable wear along edges and spine including chipping, corners bumped, boards somewhat spotted, ex-library with usual stamps. Text is clean and unmarked.

A boy faces opposition from his family and teachers to his pursuit of his love for playing basketball.
Age Level: Grades 4-6; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Shirley Temple and the Screaming Specter (An Original Story Featuring Shirley Temple Famous Motion Picture Star as the Heroine)

By: Heisenfelt, Kathryn

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing : 1946

Seller ID: 006425

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

247 pp., dark green boards with orange type. Pastedowns depict black and white drawing of girl on porch of Leech Lake Resort. Frontispiece and other full page illustrations are black and white drawings on plain paper. Corners are somewhat bumped, pages are lightly tanned, but overall a very nice copy.

Shirley Temple finds adventure at Leech Lake Resort.
Age Level: Grades 4-8; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Stories from the Old Testament Book One - From Adam to Joseph

Price: $40.00

Publisher: London, Collins : 1958

Seller ID: 007139

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

Tan cloth with gold lettering, black inset on front board with gold title, unpaginated, lavishly illustrated many in color. Spine slanted, corners bumped, slight edge wear, some spotting along edges of boards. Interior bright and clean. Pictorial jacket in new Brodart, moderate edge wear with several small edge tears and creasing along edges. 1 x 3/4" chip missing to bottom edge of front panel, a little chipping at top and bottom of spine and flaps. Overall, a nice copy. "Covers the whole of Genesis: the creation of the world, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah's ark and the flood, the...
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Teen-Age Football Stories

By: Owen, Frank (Editor)

Price: $9.95

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap : 1948

Seller ID: 006139

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

252 pp., orange boards with brown lettering. Spine very slightly slanted, very minor edgewear. DJ in protective Brodart plastic wrap. DJ has slight edgewear along bottom and a closed 1 1/2" tear, two very small chips in flap. A very well preserved, attractive copy.

A vintage collection published in 1948 of selected football stories targeted towards teenagers by H.C. McFadden, B.J. Chute, John Gartner, Russell Gordon Carter, Bob Eddy, William F. Strube, H.W. Sandberg, and John Everett Dodge.
Age Level: Young Adult; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Teen-Age Football Stories

By: Owen, Frank (Editor)

Price: $8.50

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap : 1948

Seller ID: 006140

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket

252 pp., orange boards with brown lettering. Spine very slightly slanted and a little soiled, very minor edgewear, PO name inside. DJ in protective Brodart plastic wrap. DJ has shallow chipping at spine and flap ends, and edgewear including a few small tears. Text is clean and unmarked.

A vintage collection published in 1948 of selected football stories targeted towards teenagers by H.C. McFadden, B.J. Chute, John Gartner, Russell Gordon Carter, Bob Eddy, William F. Strube, H.W. Sandberg, and John Everett Dodge.
Age Level: Young Adult; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Category: Children's Books: Vintage