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365 bedtime Nursery Rhymes : A Rhyme for Every Day in the Year

By: N/A

Price: $120.00

Publisher: Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing: 1946

Seller ID: 006614

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Whitman Publishing Nr 5049, 381 pp, green quarter cloth with pictorial boards. Spine slightly cocked, corners chipped, some edge wear and chipping, 3/4" tear near center of rear board, a few other nicks and scuffs to boards. Diamond patterned end papers with drawings of a toy or pet inside each diamond. Jacket in new Brodart with moderate edge wear and chipping especially along alap edges, some rubbing, a number of small holes from insect damage, an old price in crayon at top of front panel and '1952' written in white on back panel, 1 1/4" chip near center of back panel. Overall, a nic...
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Adam of the Road (Puffin Newbery Library)

By: Gray, Elizabeth J.

Price: $4.50

Publisher: New York, Puffin Books: 1987

Seller ID: 008187

ISBN: 014032464X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Corners bumped, a little scuffing, text clean and unmarked. An attractive copy.

A Newbery Award Book.
"Eleven-year-old Adam loved to travel through the open roads of 13th century England with his father, a wandering minstrel, and his red spaniel, Nick. But when his father suddenly disappears and Nick is stolen, Adam finds himself alone searching these same roads filled with rich merchants, pilgrims with cockleshells upon their hats, farming folk driving pigs to the fair, minstrels and priests, saints and thieves -- and somewhere in the crowd his father and his dog. "
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Alaska Challenge

By: Clarke, Tom E.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Lothrop Lee & Shepard: 1960

Seller ID: 005890

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Blue cloth boards. DJ in protective wrap taped to boards. Ex-library with usual stamps. Text is clean and bright.

"It had started out to be a miserable summer for Jerry Nelson - with his father in the hospital recovering from an automobile accident and his mother so worried about him - and about finances, too. And Jerry only adding to her worries! At least, that was the way it looked the night he was picked up in a car driven by a hot-rodding friend and escorted home by the police. And then the embarrassment of finding his Uncle Ed there in the living room with his mother - well,...
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All around the Alphabet

By: Towsley, Lena

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar & Rinehart: 1933

Seller ID: 9059

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Red cloth with black lettering, unpaginated. Spine cocked, a little edge wear, some chipping at top and base of spine. A little soiling, gift inscrip on front free end paper. A little soiling to a few pages, binding starting between signatures. Overall a solid copy with no jacket. ; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall;

Nifty book with one or two pages for each letter along with a child's photo to illustrate it.
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An Old Fashioned Boy

By: Finley, Martha (aka Martha Farquharson)

Price: $13.95

Publisher: Chicago, M. A. Donohue & Co.:

Seller ID: 006445

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Part of M. A. Donohue & Co."s "The Golden Days Series;" no publication date given. 346 pp., orange cloth boards with black lettering, pastedowns show silhouette of boy fishing with dog at his side, glossy color frontispiece tipped in of three boys fishing. Front board is spotted, spine sunned and frayed along top and back edge, corners bumped and chipped, webbing exposed between frontispiece and title page. Appears to be ex-library because it has a "Date Due" slip inside, although no other stamps; PO name inside. Text has 2" dampstain which intrudes into margin app...
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An Old-Fashioned Girl

By: Alcott, Louisa May

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1911

Seller ID: 005839

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Spine slightly slanted, some edgewear & bumping, boards spotted near spine. Text yellowed, but clean and unmarked.

From the author's Preface: "As the first part of An Old-Fashioned Girl was written in 1869, the demand for a sequel, in beseeching little letters that made refusal impossible, rendered it necessary to carry my heroine boldly forward some six or seven years into the future. The domestic nature of the story makes this audacious proceeding possible; while the lively fancies of my young readers will supply all deficiencies and overlook all discrepancies. The 'Old-Fashioned ...
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Anne and the Sand Dobbies: A Story About Death for Children and Their Parents.

By: Coburn, John B.

Price: $16.95

Publisher: New York, The Seabury Press: 1964

Seller ID: 003078

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Corners somewhat bumped, spine slightly slanted, edges lightly foxed. Ex-library w/ usual stamps. A bright, attractive copy.

Eleven year old Danny says: "This is the story about my sister, Anne, who died. It’s also the story of Bonnie, my dog, who died, too—or rather he got killed. Anne and Bonnie are tied in together. Because of them something has happened to our family, something good. How can that be good? That’s what I’d like to know. That’s what I’m trying to figure out and write about." An added bonus to this book is that the art on the end papers is by An...
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Bed-Knob and Broomstick

By: Norton, Mary

Price: $4.95

Publisher: New York, NY, Scholastic, Inc.: 1972

Seller ID: 000747

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Front cover has several chips and a 1" tear on the upper edge. Covers/spines somewhat creased. Some foxing -- pages in good condition.

Delight again in this children's fantasy adventure classic that became a Disney movie.
"The bed-knob glows red . . . Then with a sickening lurch, the big bed zooms dizzily into the sky. Carey, Charles, and Paul hang on tight. Far, far below their dangling feet lie fields, woods, city streets, and finally the ocean . . ."
Est level: 3rd - 8th grades; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse

By: Sewell, Anna

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Akron, Ohio, Saalfield Publishing Company: 1924

Seller ID: 006166

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fair in Good+ dust jacket

234 pp. Saalfield Every Child's Library #3001. Front board detached at pastedown, but still attached at rear pastedown, corners a bit bumped. Text browned with 3/8" bookworm hole (I'm not kidding) affecting pp.16-56. One page dogearred. DJ in protective Brodart plastic wrap. DJ has scuff mark on front, small chips at spine and flap ends, some edgewear, PO name on front flap. Florence Williams' full-page black and white illustrations and chapter head silhouettes make this a charming early reprint of this beloved 1877 classic.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Bob, Son of Battle

By: Ollivant, Alfred

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Astor Place, New York, Doubleday & McClure Company: 1901

Seller ID: 005836

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Spine slanted, olive green boards with gold lettering and scene on front board depicting mountains and sheep grazing. Gold along top edge. Edges worn and corners a little chipped. Black and white glossy frontispiece and glossy illustrations throughout text. Webbing exposed at front pastedown, cracked at p 174, dampstain along top edge, but otherwise text is light and clean.

Set in the Daleland, this is the story of Bob, son of Battle, the last of the Gray Dogs of Kenmuir—a story of the great sheep-dog trials, the Shepherds’ Trophy, the mystery of the Black Killer, and Owd Bob o’ K...
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Bread and Jam for Frances

By: Hoban, Russell

Price: $3.95

Publisher: New York, Scholastic: 1977

Seller ID: 003028

ISBN: 0590478435

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good+

Covers slightly soiled, crease on back. A nice, unmarked copy.

Frances' parents have a problem. Whatever Mother serves, Frances wishes it was bread and jam and proclaims accordingly in rhyme. So one day Mother serves her just what she wants-bread and jam for every meal! Soon Frances is not quite as thrilled as she expected to be. A charming book of reverse childhood psychology which children will appreciate on one level and every parent who ever had a stubborn child to contend with will appreciate on quite a different level.
Cute color illustrations by Lillian Hoban add so much t...
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Carl Hall of Tait

By: Tomlinson, Everett T.

Price: $9.25

Publisher: New York, Barse & Hopkins: 1916

Seller ID: 002998

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Spine slightly slanted, edges darkened, front board somewhat loose at spine, considerable wear at top 1/2" of spine/front board, green boards show some soiling. Pictorial cover. Text is clean and unmarked. Black & white glossy frontispiece.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall
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Cinderella

By: Perrault, Charles

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, Alfred A Knopf: 1988

Seller ID: 001003

ISBN: 0394996038

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Owner's name/sticker on front FEP.

Diane Goode sumptuously illustrates this classic fairy tale of a mistreated kitchen maid, her fairy godmother, and (of course) a prince charming.
Est Level: 3rd - 6th grades; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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City and Country - New Citizenship Reader

By: Ringer, Edith Hope; Downie, Lou Chase

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, J. B. Lippincott Company: 1940

Seller ID: 002079

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

This was a school textbook rather than ex-library, with a pupil signup sheet pasted inside cover. Corners are bumped with a fair amount of edge wear, chipping, and scurffing to boards. Some fading. Pages show some foxing and soiling. Pages 9 and 69 have pieces torn out that include some text, otherwise I would grade it about Good -. Some other small tears to a few pages, but they don't affect the text.

Originally published in 1930, this is a charming first-grade reading primer from 1940 with lovely color illustrations of the period. Chapter titles range from "Bubbles" to "Pain...
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Cockleburr Quarters

By: Baker, Charlotte

Price: $3.95

Publisher: New York, Camelot Books: 1973

Seller ID: 000935

ISBN: 0380154617

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Spine/covers well-creased, scuffed. Bottom corner of front cover was torn and has been taped together.

"Dolph was kicking cans the afternoon he found the puppies under the Cockleburr Street Kingdom of Heaven Church. Eight puppies guarded by a gotch-eared, half-blind mammy dog. Eight hungry puppies that nobody wanted -- nobody except Dolph and his younger sister, Myrtis. Together they plan and worry and bargain, take risks, make mistakes, work up sweat and blisters, discover their will and determination. And, in the end, in the most believable way, Dolph makes the unbelievable happen!&#...
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Courageous Wings

By: Wirt, Mildred A.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Books, Inc: 1940

Seller ID: 003413

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Some edgewear, corners bumped/chipped, boards slightly soiled, edges darkened, ex-library w/ 2 stamps. Spot on p 192, otherwise a clean, unmarked copy.; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Curiosities of Animal Life

By: Burton, Maurice D.Sc.

Price: $7.50

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co., Ltd.: 1952

Seller ID: 002801

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

224 pages w/ Table of Contents & Index. Spine very slightly slanted, 3 dents on top edge of back board, previous owner's name blacked out on free end paper, spine cracked at pp. 48, 96 & 208. DJ is chipped in several places along top & bottom edges, 1 1/2" closed tear at bottom edge. Text is clean, bright, & unmarked.

A book which draws on the "striking, unusual, and extraordinary" to present natural history in an engaging way.
Age Level: Grades 5-8; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Do and Dare

By: Alger, Horatio Jr.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Chicago, M. A. Donohue & Co.:

Seller ID: 002852

Binding: Pictorial Cover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Corners bumped, moderate edge wear, some rubbing, darkening to spine. Front board separated from text block, spine cracked through in two or three places, front free end paper missing. Some browning but text is clean and unmarked.

"The hero of the story is a poor boy who dreams of traveling through cities and mountains. Being poor these were only dreams. He then meets a wealthy man who makes his dreams come true. A story of overcoming adversity through hard work and other character virtues." Est Level: 4th grade and up.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Doctor Dolittle Tales

By: Lofting, Hugh

Price: $4.95

Publisher: New York, NY, Scholastic, Inc.: 1968

Seller ID: 000750

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good+

Covers show some creasing, chips, darkening. Some foxing. Owner's name on front FEP.

Tales from the famous books about the doctor who talks with animals: "The Purple Bird of Paradise," "The Coronation of King Jong," and more.
Pen and ink illustrations by the author.
Made into a motion picture with Rex Harrison.
Est Level: 3rd - 8th grades; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Doctor Dolittle's Garden

By: Lofting, Hugh

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1927

Seller ID: 002627

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Spine faded & slightly slanted, corners bumped, some edgewear, boards beginning to pull away from textblock and exposing webbing. Bookplate on free endpaper. 2 spots on back cover. A clean, unmarked copy.

Children and adults alike have warmed to the charming adventures of Doctor Dolittle. This 1927 edition is replete with Hugh Lofting's whimsical black and white drawings. The front and back pastedown and free end papers have a striking moonscape featuring a green moon and stars, a trumpet-shaped flower, and a ladybug and her companions.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Category: Children's Books: Vintage