209 pp., red boards with black lettering and oval picture on front board with boy with his hands in his pockets in foreground and house and boy in background. Back board slightly bowed, corners a bit bumped, minor edgewear. DJ in new Brodart protective plastic wrap. DJ has a 1" tear as well as some edgewear and a few tiny chips, and light soiling on back. Pages are starting to brown in the margins. Lists to this title (#17 in series) on copyright page and to #20 "Buddy and the G-Man Mystery" (copyright date 1944) on the front flap. A nice copy. From the front flap: "You ... View More...
Minor edgewear and bumping, crease on back. A nice, attractive copy. "For as long as Carole and Lisa have known their best friend, Stevie, she's been at war with one - or all - of her three brothers. In fact Stevie never misses an opportunity to tease Chad about his current girlfriend, dye Alex's underwear pink, or put rocks in Michael's lunch bag. But all that changes when Stevie's twin, Alex, contracts meningitis, and becomes seriously ill. This time Stevie is looking for a way to show one of her brothers just how much she cares." Age Level: Grades 4-8; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall... View More...
Pictorial cover, 212 pp., b/w illustrations. End papers have illustrations of Doc Savage opposite his associates. Back cover also has color insets of Doc and his partners. Corners bumped, slight edge wear, birthday inscrip. inside front cover. Pages browned but text is clean and unmarked. Originally published in 1934 and reissued by Golden Press. A nice copy. "Gangs of men garbed in weird and grotesque silver disguises ravage New York City. No ordinary criminals, these Silver Death's-Heads, following a masterly design to dominate the business world, blow up buildings, capture ocean liners... View More...
Scuffing along spine, minor edge wear, a little cover creasing and scuffing, store stamp inside cover. A solid copy. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 72 pages; "The town of Idaville is lucky to have that sleuth in sneakers, the very best detective around! And Encyclopedia Brown has got some tricky cases to solve: " (1) Wilford Wiggins claims he's bred chickens that lay square eggs, "(2) Lucy Fibbs is sure someone's feeding her racing pigs on the sly so they won't rum so fast, " (3) Sally Kimball is accused of tying up Edsel Waggonbottom with a garden hose. "Here are 10 brand-new my... View More...
Corners bumped, a little edge wear, binding tight. Pages browned but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. "Now! Test your wits against the fantastic boy sleuth as he tackles ten mind-astounding puzzles including 'The Case of the Mysterious Tramp' (How did John Morgan give himself away?); 'The Case of the Bitter Drink' (How had Melvin cheated?); 'The Case of the Divining Rod" (How did Encyclopedia know the divining rods were fake?) Are you stumped? The answers are all here." Black and white illustrations by Leonard Shortall. Age Level: Grades 2-6; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall... View More...
A little chipping at base of spine, minor edge wear and a little scuffing. A nice copy. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 89 pages; "Whenever there's a mystery to be solved, Encyclopedia Brown gets going! Yes, Idaville's sleuth in sneakers is back with ten cases to crack. "A valuable painting is stolen, and it looks as if just about everyone in the neighborhood could be a suspect. How will the real thief be discovered? "Wilford Wiggins claims that his friend Bill has invented a machine that can make roosters crow. Is this story just a lot of cock-a-doodle-doo? "Did Cephas Keefer or Tere... View More...
Blue pictorial boards, 188 pp. New, never read. Signed by author at MarsCon 2014.
"Hundreds of ships carrying thousands of Viking warriors are attacking medieval Paris. The Parisians are fighting back, but they can only last so long. And that's bad news - especially since Dak has been captured and forced to work with the invading army while Sera and Riq defend Paris from within. No matter which side wins, the kids will lose . . . Unless Dak can find an ally among the vicious Vikings. "; 6" - 7" Tall; Signed by Author View More...
301 pp. Dark blue cloth with gold lettering. Spine a bit slanted and slightly sunned, corners bumped, a little edge wear, some soiling along edges. Store sticker pasted on front end paper and inside back board, owner's name on front end paper, covered with white out but still quite legible. Jacket is in new Brodart, moderate soiling and darkening, some edge wear and small tears, 3/4" chip at top of spine, smaller chipping mostly at corners and along the flap folds. Overall a solid copy with the uncommon jacket. "Jimmie Dale, the gentleman adventurer, is back on the scent with the King... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, a bit creased and chipped, corners bumped, minor edge wear and rubbing, reading crease, light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. ; Fourth in the Lucky Starr series, written by Isaac Asimov using the pen name Paul French. ; Lucky Starr; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 143 pages; "The barren crust of Mercury lay covered by a network of wire designed to harness the dazzling blaze of the sun and send it sizzling through hyperspace. " But someone, or something, on that airless world was sabotaging the top secret mission. Where no life was said to exist,... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, a bit creased, corners bumped, minor edge wear and rubbing, reading crease, light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. ; Second in the Lucky Starr series, written by Isaac Asimov using the pen name Paul French. ; Lucky Starr; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 144 pages; "Twenty-five years before, Lucky Starr's parents had been destroyed during a pirate raid on the Terrestrial Empire. Lucky had since brooded, awaiting a chance to avenge their deaths. Now the vermin of space once more threatened the empire's safety and tranquility. The time for sweet vengeanc... View More...
Corners bumped, minor edge wear and rubbing, light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A fairly tight, attractive copy. ; Sixth in the Lucky Starr series, written by Isaac Asimov using the pen name Paul French. ; Lucky Starr; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 144 pages; "The twin rings of Saturn were suddenly swarming with the robot ships of the deadly Sirian enemy. " The avowed antagonists of Earth, they had crossed 50 trillion miles of space to provoke a war which they knew they could not lose . . . For the awesome forces of earth dared not rally against the invaders. " Only Lucky S... View More...
8402074081 Illustrated (edicion ilustrada) , 205 pp. Corners bumped, a little edge wear and soiling, a little chipping at top and base of spine. A nice copy. ; First juvenile book by Isaac Asimov (writing as Paul French) and first in the Lucky Starr series. Translated by Ana Goldar. ; Lucky Starr; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; "El ranger del espacio es la primera de una serie de novelas, llenas de intriga y accion, que el gran escritor de ciencia ficcion Isaac Asimov situa en los distintos planetas del sistema solar. La Tierra esta gobernada por un Consejo de cientificos, y para sus suministr... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear, pencil mark across leading edge, binding tight. An attractive copy. "The end of the world has come. . . and gone. There is a computer called Mother that runs the ship keeping the remaining members of the human race alive. And that computer has the ability to create imaginary worlds filled with things that don’t - can’t - exist. The problem is that this computer has evolved. It experiences emotion. And it is out of control. Jobs, Mo’Steel, 2Face, Billy, and the other Remnants are struggling to survive within Mother’s environments. But they are not al... View More...
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... View More...
Spine slanted, slight shelfwear. Text is starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked. "It's front-page news when the crew of an old Viking dragon ship seizes a yacht in the waters outside New York City. It's merely the beginning, however, of a fantastic mystery - the mystery of Qui - that takes Doc Savage and his assistants to an isolated, presumably uninhabited region of the Artic. Here they struggle for survival against the excruciating cold, against a band of people intent on enslaving them, and against a gang of evildoers who will not hesitate to use any means - even murder - to kee... View More...
Very slight edgewear & bumping. Text block a little wavy, probably due to humidity exposure, but text is clean and bright. "David's life was pretty normal. School. Friends. Girlfriend. Actually, Senna was probably the oddest aspect of his life. She was beautiful. Smart. But there was something very different about her. Something strange. "And on the day it began, everything happened so quickly. One moment, Senna was with him. The next, she was swallowed up by the earth. Her screams echoing from far, far away. David couldn't just let her go. Neither could the others. His friends - a... View More...
Crease on back, minor edgewear & bumping. A bright, attractive copy. "Stevie Lake, Carole Hanson, and Lisa Atwood are hoping to compete in a prestigious horse show. To that end, they're doing everything they can to stay on stable owner Max Regnery's good side - including doing extra chores around Pine Hollow, such as exercising stable horses. Veronica diAngelo is sure she'll be making the trip to the horse show - just as she's sure she'll bring home a blue ribbon. And of course Veronica has no intention of lifting a finger to help anyone. The Saddle Club would love to beat Veronica, ... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. A bright, attractive copy. ; First in the Young Wizards series. ; Young Wizards; 6" - 7" Tall; 386 pages; "Something stopped Nita's hand as it ran along the bookshelf. She looked and found that one of the books had a loose thread at the top of its spine. It was one of those So You Want to Be a ... Books, a series on careers. So You Want to be a Pilot, and a Scientist ... A Writer. "But this one said, So You Want to Be a Wizard. "I don't believe this, Nina thought. She shut the book and stood there, holding it in her hand, confused, amazed, suspici... View More...
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 ... View More...
Spine sunned and slanted with paper lifts at top, corners bumped, some edge wear, a little soiling to boards, back pastedown separated from end paper with webbing showing. Jacket in protective wraps with some sunning and scuffing, some edge wear primarily where folds have worn through in some spots, chipping at top and base of spine, store sticker on front flap. Random House Children's book F-19, 214 pp, no publication date listed. Overall, a nice copy. "'What, girls in racing?' Henry Dailey, trainer of the Black Stallion, exploded at the though of girls competing against men in the sport he ... View More...
