Category: Children's Books: Vintage

The 'G' Man's Son At Porpoise Island (#2 in G-Man Series)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Chicago, The Goldsmith Publishing Company : 1937

Seller ID: 006453

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket

251 pp., red cloth boards with black lettering. Front board has light spotting near top, edgewear along bottom edge. DJ in new Brodart protective plastic wrap. DJ has shallow chipping at spine and flap ends, and wear along edges, spot at top. Cracked at front hinge, PO name inside in pencil. Text is yellowed, but clean and unmarked. A nice copy. "Another exciting exploit of Stanley Sandborn, whose father is a Secret Service Agent, and his chum the irrepressible, wise-cracking John Tallman. In this book they go exploring themselves right into the clutches of a powerful ring of intern...
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The Adventures of Robin Hood

By: Stebling, Saba Hawks (retold by)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap : 1921

Seller ID: 005497

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Red boards with black lettering on spine and front board and a black medallion depicting an archer on both spine and front board. Spine slanted and corners very slightly bumped. PO inscription on front frre endpaper dated 1939. Pastedowns in red and ivory depict an archer in a forest setting kneeling on one knee preparing to shoot. Vintage DJ depicts Errol Flynn as Robin Hood, DJ has minor soiling and shallow chips at spine and flap ends and 1" tear at top of spine. Text is clean and unmarked. A charming copy. "With the fair Maid Marion at his side, Robin Hood waged war against...
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The Banner Campfire Girls: Flying Around the Globe/At Holly House

By: DeVries, Julianne

Price: $10.75

Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio, The World Syndicate Publishing Co. : 1933

Seller ID: 003845

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Spine sunned, corners bumped, spine ends a little frayed, three spots on green boards. Text is yellowed, but clean and unmarked. A two-books-in-one reprint edition featuring the adventures of the Campfire Girls. In Flying Around the Globe (116 pp.) Mrs. Evans' Wa-Wan-da Camp Fire girls are off on another adventure as they are chosen by the National Camp Fire Girls Organization to be its representative on a round the world flight to establish contact and create good will with other Camp Fire groups around the globe. In At Holly House (120 pp.) the Wa-Wan-da Camp Fire girls have an adventure ...
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The Bobbsey Twins and Their schoolmates (The Bobbsey Twins Series)

By: Hope, Laura Lee

Price: $11.95

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap : 1947

Seller ID: 005834

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

244 pp., green cloth boards with round picture of the four twins on the front board. This copy was published in 1947 (c. 1928) utilizing Grosset & Dunlap Format #11 as described by James D. Keeline (green pressed board cover stock, red and cream "tree" endpapers, frontispiece illustration on plain paper stock). Boards show a little soiling and edgewear, with corners chipped and "The Bobbsey Twins" written in crayon on the back. Text is browned, but clean and unmarked. The book opens with the twins getting ready for the annual summer church picnic with their schoolmates held ...
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The Bobbsey Twins at School (The Bobbsey Twins Series#4)

By: Hope, Laura Lee

Price: $14.50

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap

Seller ID: 005833

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

216 pp., green cloth boards with paste-on illustration by Thelma Gooch. This copy was published between 1927 and 1931 (c. 1913) utilizing Grosset & Dunlap Format #5 as described by James D. Keeline (green cloth cover stock with a coarse weave, blank endpapers, frontispiece plus 3 internals tipped in on glossy stock). Boards show rubbing and edgewear, with corners chipped and webbing exposed at spine bottom. A few pages have smudges, but text is basically light and clean. The Bobbsey twins are coming home on the train from their summer vacation when they are stopped by a circus train wreck o...
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The Bobbsey Twins at the Circus (The Bobbsey Twins Series)

By: Hope, Laura Lee

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap : 1932

Seller ID: 004719

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

250 pp., frontispiece. Green boards with picture of two Bobbsey twins and their dog. Spine slightly slanted, some edgewear/bumping, PO name inside. Text is clean and unmarked.

When an accident brings the circus to town unexpectedly, Freddie and Flossie Bobbsey have an idea. They have taken in a very clever stray dog "Waggo" who does amazing tricks - good enough to be in a circus. Maybe they'll sell him to the circus and make a lot of money!; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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The Bobbsey Twins or Merry Days Indoors and Out (Bobbsey Twins Series Book #1)

By: Hope, Laura Lee (Edward Stratemeyer)

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap : 1945

Seller ID: 005562

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

214 pp, green boards with black lettering and on front board a drawing of the four twins enclosed in a circle. This is the only Bobbsey Twins book actually written by Edward Stratemeyer himself. The text is the expanded text which dates from 1928, The publication date of this copy is 1945 as determined by the publication date of the last Bobbsey Twins book to be listed on the front flap. Pages are tanned, Table of Contents present but detached, some pages trimmed shorter than others, a few pages have tears. DJ shows chipping along edges and spine. DJ is enclosed in protective mylar wrap. ...
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The Boundary Riders

By: Phipson, Joan

Price: $4.65

Publisher: New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. : 1963

Seller ID: 002717

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Some bumping, edgewear, boards somewhat scuffed, front board 's lower corner creased, free end paper chipped, price in corner, corner removed front back end paper, text somewhat yellowed. Front cover depicts children exploring a forest setting. A clean unmarked copy.

A children's adventure/mystery set in central New South Wales, Australia. Black and white illustrations.
Age Level: Grades 4-8; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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The Cricket in Times Square : All about Animals (Chester Cricket Ser.)

By: Selden, George

Price: $3.95

Publisher: New York, Dell Publishing : 1970

Seller ID: 000810

ISBN-13: 9780440415633

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good+

Covers somewhat creased, some ordinary shelf wear. Some pages bent out at corners. A Newbery Award Honor Book and a Dell Yearling book. "After Chester, a cricket, arrives in the Times Square subway station via a picnic basket from his native Connecticut, he takes up residence in the Bellinis' newsstand. There, the tiny creature is lucky enough to find three good friends: a little boy named Mario whose parents run the unsuccessful newsstand, a fast-talking Broadway mouse named Tucker and his pal, Harry the Cat. Throughout their escapades and their ups and downs in New York City, together ...
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The Emerald City of Oz (Oz Book # 6)

By: Baum, L. Frank

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Dover Publications : 1988

Seller ID: 006891

ISBN-13: 9780486256818

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

296 pp, 105 b/w illustrations. An unabridged reprint of the original, with all b/w illustrations. 'A number of the preliminary pages have been redistributed. Nothing is omitted.' Spine slightly slanted, corners bumped, a little edge wear. Interior is clean and bright. A nice copy of this children's classic. "For the first time in move than 80 years, the most spectacularly illustrated of all the Oz books is available again with the metallic 'emerald' green ink that illuminated the color plates of the original edition." Sixth book in Baum's beloved Oz series: "Here is a 'double' ...
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The First Book of Snakes (Revised Edition)

By: Hoke, John

Price: $7.95

Publisher: New York, Franklin Watts, Inc. : 1956

Seller ID: 004473

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Corners bumped, minor edgewear. Text is clean and unmarked.

A kid's book about snakes.
Age Level: Grades 3-6; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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The Gods of Mount Olympus

By: Warren, Robert Penn

Price: $13.25

Publisher: New York, NY, Legacy Books : 1959

Seller ID: 000972

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Ex-library in library binding. Slight shelf wear with a few scuffs, corners slightly chipped. School name is stamped inside front board and on front FEP, otherwise none of the usual library markings.

The famous author Robert Penn Warren sets his pen to the task of telling school children the story of the Greek gods.
Blue and black drawings. Nr. Y-1 in the Legacy children's books series.
Est Level: 3rd - 8th grades.; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia Book 3)

By: Lewis, C. S.

Price: $4.44

Publisher: New York, Collier Books : 1975

Seller ID: 8782

Binding: Mass Market paperback

Condition: Good+

Corners bumped, light reading crease, a little edge wear and a couple creases to front cover. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. ; Pictures are adapted from the illustrations by Pauline Baynes. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 217 pages; "How a talking horse and a boy prince saved Narnia from invasion." "Their shared adventures take them to the city of Tashbaan in disguise (Bree is disguised as a pack horse), where Shasta is mistaken for a truant prince, and on an endless ride by burning day and silvery night over the desert to Narnia, where Shasta discovers his ...
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The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia Book 3)

By: Lewis, C. S.

Price: $5.40

Publisher: New York, Scholastic : 1996

Seller ID: 8841

ISBN-13: 9780590254779

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Spine slightly creased, corners bumped, slight edge wear, owner's name on front end paper. Slight tanning but text is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy. ; Two page map of the desert to Narnia. ; Narnia; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 224 pages; "How a talking horse and a boy prince saved Narnia from invasion." "Their shared adventures take them to the city of Tashbaan in disguise (Bree is disguised as a pack horse), where Shasta is mistaken for a truant prince, and on an endless ride by burning day and silvery night over the desert to Narnia, where Shasta discovers his true identi...
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The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia Book 3) Full-Color Collector's Edition

By: Lewis, C. S.

Price: $6.95

Publisher: New York, Harper Trophy : 2000

Seller ID: 8634

ISBN-13: 9780064409407

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Spine slightly creased, corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy of this delightful children's classic. ; Wraparound cover is the dust jacket art created by Pauline Baynes for the hardcover editions, with her interior illustrations that she colorized around 1990. Two page map of the desert to Narnia. This special collector's edition features stiff wraps and thick, premium paper inside. ; 7 ¾" X 9 ¾"; 224 pages; "How a talking horse and a boy prince saved Narnia from invasion." "Their shared adventures take them to the city of Tashbaan in disguise ...
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The House at Pooh Corner

By: Milne, A. A.

Price: $3.85

Publisher: New York, NY, Dell Yearling : 1981

Seller ID: 000991

ISBN-13: 9780440737957

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Fine

Slight shelf wear.

Children and adults of all ages will love these charming tales of Winnie the Pooh and his friends Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, Kanga and Baby Roo.
The classic pen & ink illustrations by Ernest Shepard we've all grown up loving.
Est Level: 2nd - 6th grades and preschool read aloud.; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall
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The Johnny Cake Mine

By: White, Dale

Price: $9.25

Publisher: New York, Viking Press : 1954

Seller ID: 002804

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Poor dust jacket

Spine slightly slanted/cracked at p. 64, some bumping/shelfwear, some small light spots on boards. Front cover of DJ completely separated at spine and flap, large chips missing from back and spine. PO's name marked through on free end paper, gift inscrip. on dedication page. Text is bright, clean & unmarked. "Silver—a whole mountain of it! Following the trail of some runaway horses, Jim Norton had stumbled on a fortune. Or so he and 17-year-old Earl thought at first. But they soon learned the truth of Uncle Henry’s words: ‘Silver is work. . . a long way and a million blisters.’ A...
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The Junior Classics: Volume Six: Stories About Boys and Girls

By: Williams, Mabel & Dalphin, Marcia (editors)

Price: $7.00

Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son : 1957

Seller ID: 005607

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

391 pp. Orange boards with black lettering. Spine weak with webbing exposed at hinges, spine ends a little frayed, last two pages detached. Two small spots on end. Two-tone illustrations.

Twenty short stories by various authors including Rachel Field, E.V. Lucas, Eliza Orne White, Louisa M. Alcott, Nargery Bianco, Helen Lomen, Marjorie Flack, Dikken Zwilgmeyer, Jacob Abbott, Violet M. Irwin, Lucretia P. Hale, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Mark Twain, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Booth Tarkington, Richard Harding Davis, Lincoln Steffens, Kathryn Forbes, and Carl Glick.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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The Land of Wonders

By: Ellis, Edward S.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap : 1899

Seller ID: 005802

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

261 pp., orange cloth boards with picture on front board in orange, green and black of a boy reading. Spine somewhat slanted, boards soiled, corners a little bumped, PO gift inscription inside dated 1911. Text is clean and unmarked.

A tale for boys, written in 1899 by the prolific Edward Ellis, which continues the adventures of young Jack Winch and his uncle, Senor Alfredo Alfiero, that began in "Through Jungle and Wilderness."
Age Level: Grades 4-8; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall
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The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, Book 7)

By: Lewis, C.S.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Scholastic : 1994

Seller ID: 8610

ISBN-13: 9780064405034

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good-

Corners bumped, minor edge wear and rubbing, owner's sticker on front cover, some orange lines on top edge. A nice copy. ; Cover art by Chris Van Allsburg, original illustrations by Pauline Baynes. ; 6 ¾" - 7 ¾" Tall; 211 pages; Seventh and last book in the Chronicles of Narnia. How evil came to Narnia and Aslan led his people to a glorious new paradise. "Narnia . . . Where dwarfs are loyal and tough and strong -- or are they? . . . Where you must say goodbye . . . And where the adventure begins again. The Unicorn says that humans are brought to Narnia when Narnia is stirred an...
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Category: Children's Books: Vintage