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By: Newby, P. H.
Price: $4.75
Publisher: New York, NY, Dell Publishing: 1972
Edition: 27th Edition
Seller ID: 000969
ISBN: 0440081912
Condition: Good+
Cover/spine a bit creased, somewhat scuffed. Pencil tracings and a small stain on front cover. Shelf wear, foxing. Bookstore stamp and numbers written on front FEP. "When three people lose their memories at the same time -- a boy, an elderly man, and a cocksure young man called Jem -- one begins to suspect more than coincidence. It is suddenly the land of nowhere and Jem, who seems to remember the most, convinces Roger and Bowler Hat that their loss of memory is part of a plot and that they must organize and resist. . . Rogers is now certain that the spirit of Jem is that lust for powe... View more info
By: Hope, Laura Lee
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1921
Seller ID: 000478
Condition: Fair with no dust jacket
Covers/spine show some shelf wear and chipping and darkening. Book has mostly pulled away from the spine, but is still attached. Some foxing and a few pages dog-eared. Est Level: 3rd-6th grades. This is one of a series entitled Make-Believe Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap. "The Nodding Donkey dated his birth from the day he received the beautiful coat of varnish in the workshop of Santa Claus at the North Pole. Before that he was just some pieces of wood, glued together. His head was not glued on, however, but was fastened in such a manner that with the least motion the Donk... View more info
By: Moore, Eva
Price: $4.00
Publisher: New York, NY, Scholastic, Inc.: 1971
Edition: 27th Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 001096
Condition: Fair
Spine/covers somewhat creased, scuffed. Shelf wear, corners bumped, foxing. There is a 3/4" tear on the front cover about 2" from the top of the spine. It goes through the first 35 or so pages. "When he was seven years old, George had a secret garden in the woods. It was his plant hospital where he took care of sick and dying plants. He knew so much about plants that everyone called him The Plant Doctor. The Plant Doctor grew up to be the famous scientist, George Washington Carver. This is the true story of his life." Pen & ink illustrations and marvelous old phot... View more info
By: Defoe, Daniel
Price: $8.95
Publisher: New York, NY, Random House: 1952
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 001497
Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
Spine slightly shelf-cocked and shaken, corners bumped, some shelf wear, boards somewhat soiled and darkened. Owner's name inside front cover, H stamped twice on ffep. Pages in very good condition. This children's classic is adapted for the slightly younger reader by Josette Frank. Black and white and color illustrations by Jay Hyde Barnum. Est level: 3rd - 6th grades.; 9 ¾" - 11" Tall View more info
By: Wyss, Johann
Price: $7.25
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio, World Publishing Company: 1947
Seller ID: 001098
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
Boards scuffed, darkened. Spine shows some lightening, plus chipping at top and bottom. Corners chipped a bit, with small threads sticking out. Pages somewhat foxed, with a few stains. 'Survivor' can't hold a candle to this classic tale of the family shipwrecked on a desert island. Black and white illustrations. Est Level: 5th grades and above; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View more info
Price: $24.00
Publisher: Maplewood, NJ, C. S. Hammond & Company: 1961
Edition: Possible first Edition
Seller ID: 000391
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Jacket shows darkening on the spine, plus a coffee cup ring on the front cover. This seems likely to be a first edition -- only the copyright date is listed on the title page -- no evidence of other printings. Est. Level: Teenagers. Their summer fishing business leads teenagers Joe and Fred Talbot into a search for sunken treasure, an attempted murder and similar "routine adventures." But it's when they go to visit their cousins on Big Talbot Island that things really start getting dangerous.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1915
Seller ID: 005567
Condition: Good
112 pp. plus a several page "A Word to Grown-Ups" at the end which describes his TUCK-ME-IN TALES for young children, of which this apparently is one. Boards are a somewhat soiled beige cloth with black lettering on the spine and the title on the front board in thick red lettering. Front board also features a charming red, black and beige picture of Cuffy Bear encountering a porcupine. Spine is slanted and corners bumped. Several red, gray and white full-page illustrations throughout the book. Cracking at pp. 32 and 64. The adventures and misadventures of a very young bear ... View more info
Price: $14.00
Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1921
Edition: Reprint Edition
Seller ID: 002988
Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
Spine slightly slanted, sunned, corners bumped and chipped, some edge wear, primarily at top and bottom of spine, a little rubbing, owner's name inside cover. A nice copy. No publication date listed, but likely early 1930s as one of the advertisements in back lists 8 Nancy Drew titles. Fifth in the Page Twins series. The Twins are fifteen and on summer vacation at Janet's home (inherited from her late grandmother) in New York State as well as a month long visit to Major Harrison's home in Virginia. The Twins happen upon a number of adventures as well as wrapping a seemingly endless stream... View more info
By: White, Anne H.
Price: $6.50
Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1957
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 003802
Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
Some edgewear, corners bumped/chipped, green boards with red picture of donkey show some spots. Pastedowns are starting to yellow. Text is clean and unmarked. A funny story about the Linian family's summer at the beach which is turned upside down by the arrival of a donkey from Italy, Fra Diavolo. Expressive pen and ink drawings by Don Freeman throughout. Age Level: Grades 4-9; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View more info
By: Lewis, C. S.
Price: $3.75
Publisher: New York, Collier Books:
Edition: Forty-Eighth Printing
Seller ID: 8374
ISBN: 0064471071
Condition: Good
Slight spine slant, some edge wear and rubbing, small tear at top of spine, a few page corners with small creases. A good reading copy. ; Cover art by Roger Hane, interior pictures adapted from the original illustrations by Pauline Bayne. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 216 pages; Book 5 in The Chronicles of Narnia. "Lucy and Edmund, accompanied by their peevish cousin Eustace, sail to the land of Narnia where Eustace is temporariily transformed into a green dragon because of his selfish behavior and skepticism." " Narnia . . . Where a dragon awakens . . . Where stars w... View more info
By: Lewis, C. S.
Price: $4.50
Publisher: New York, Harper Trophy: 2005
Edition: Forty-Eighth Printing
Seller ID: 8779
ISBN: 0064471071
Condition: Very Good
Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing, small label on back cover. A fairly tight, attractive copy. ; Cover art by Cliff Nielsen, interior illustrations by Pauline Baynes. ; Narnia; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 271 pages; Book 5 in The Chronicles of Narnia. "Lucy and Edmund, accompanied by their peevish cousin Eustace, sail to the land of Narnia where Eustace is temporariily transformed into a green dragon because of his selfish behavior and skepticism." " Narnia . . . Where a dragon awakens . . . Where stars walk the earth . . . Where anything can happen. &#... View more info
By: Garner, Alan
Price: $14.95
Publisher: New York, Henry Z. Walck, Inc.: 1963
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 003360
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
Boards show some shelfwear/bumping, ex-library with a few stamps. Text is clean and unmarked. "Goblins, witches, and warlocks are after the magic stone which Susan wears on her bracelet in this exciting story." Age Level: Grades 4-9; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Baum, L. Frank
Price: $22.50
Publisher: Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing Company: 1957
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 8726
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
Corners worn, some edge wear, owner's name on front end paper. Edges and pages are age toned, but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy of this Whitman Classics edition. ; Pictorial cover showing Dorothy and companions on the Yellow Brick Road, with munchkins on the back board. Very uncommon cover art and illustrations by Russell H. Schulz. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 282 pages; From the April, 1900 Introduction by L. Frank Baum: "Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love fo... View more info
Price: $22.50
Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap:
Edition: Reprint Edition
Seller ID: 005510
Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
#6 in the X Bar X Boys series. 216 pp., red boards with black lettering and silhouette of cowboy on a bucking horse on front board. No publication date listed, but the red boards mark this book as after 1932. Front and back pastedowns have green and ivory drawing of cowboys rounding up cattle. Corners bumped. Vintage DJ a little yellowed with 2 small tears, one 2 1/2" tear, and small chips at top and bottom of spine. Text clean and unmarked. A very nice copy. " When the boys find an old miner who had been shot and left for dead, they bring him to the ranch for some tender lov... View more info
Price: $24.00
Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap:
Edition: Reprint Edition
Seller ID: 005509
Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
#5 in the X Bar X Boys series. 212 pp., red boards with black lettering and silhouette of cowboy on a bucking horse on front board. No publication date listed, but the red boards mark this book as after 1932. Front and back pastedowns have green and ivory drawing of cowboys rounding up cattle. Corners slightly bumped. Vintage DJ a little yellowed with 3 small tears and small chips at top and bottom of spine. Text clean and unmarked. A very nice copy. "A pompous easterner, acting on behalf of a conglomerate, makes an outrageously high offer for some of Bardwell Manley's prime catt... View more info
Price: $22.50
Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap:
Edition: Reprint Edition
Seller ID: 005512
Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
#10 in the X Bar X Boys series. 218 pp., red boards with black lettering and silhouette of cowboy on a bucking horse on front board. No publication date listed, but the red boards mark this book as after 1932. Front and back pastedowns have green and ivory drawing of cowboys rounding up cattle. Some edgewear/bumping. Vintage DJ a little yellowed with 1 3/4" at bottom of spine, 1" tear and edgewear/shallow chips Text clean and unmarked. A very nice copy. "A new hand who has shown himself lazy and untrustworthy is given his walking papers by Bardwell Manley on the advice o... View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: New York, Charles Scibner's Sons: 1938
Edition: Early Reprint
Seller ID: 007000
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Early reprint of the 1939 Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Title page is dated 1938, but no 'A' on copyright page and no printing history listed. Tan cloth with green lettering, 428 pp. A little edge wear and some light spotting to lower portion of boards. Some browning but text is clean and unmarked. Jacket in new Brodart with a little edge wear, a little chipping at top and base of spine and base of front flap, a few small tears along edges. Some darkening and soiling. Overall, a nice copy. "With its excellent descriptions of Florida scrub landscapes, its skillful use of native vernacul... View more info
Price: $3.95
Publisher: New York, Collier Books: 1988
Edition: 27th Edition; Seventeenth Printing
Seller ID: 003497
ISBN: 0020449313
Condition: Good+
Front cover creased along hinge and in upper right corner, corners bumped including a few pages, minor edge wear. A fairly tight, attractive copy. 50th Anniversay edition of the 1939 Pulitzer Prize winning novel. "With its excellent descriptions of Florida scrub landscapes, its skillful use of native vernacular, its tender relation between Jody and his pet fawn, 'The Yearling' is a simply written picturesque story of boyhood that stands a good chance, when adults have finished with it, of finding a permanent place in adolescent libraries." - Time.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View more info
By: Ashford, Daisy
Price: $12.95
Publisher: New York, George H. Doran Company: 1919
Edition: First American Edition
Seller ID: 005610
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
105 pp. Beige boards depicting gray marionettes in silhouette on both front, back and spine. Boards are somewhat sunned, with spine paper splitting in front and pulling away from the webbing. Some foxing. Frontispiece is a portrait of the young author. E.M. Barrie introduces this charming portrait of the Victorian "High Life" by a remarkable nine-year-old girl: "Except for the smirk on her face, all I can learn of her now is that she was one of a small family who lived in the country, invented their own games, dodged the governess and let the rest of the world go hang. Sh... View more info
Price: $32.50
Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company: 1962
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 8756
Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
Yellow over pictorial boards, 90 pp. Corners worn, some edge wear and chipping. End papers show a Philadelphia residential streetfront. No jacket - given the pictorial boards it's not clear whether this edition was issued with a jacket, although the first edition evidently did have a jacket. Owner's note on half title page. Inscribed by author on title page, dated 1971. ; No publishing date listed. Other titles by this author are listed, and the most recent title was published in 1961. No ZIP code on the title page, which is another indicator that it was printed in the early 1960s. Au... View more info
