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Aunt Hannah and Martha and Johnby: Alden, G. R (Pansy)/Mrs. C. M. Livingston

Aunt Hannah and Martha and John
by: Alden, G. R (Pansy)/Mrs. C. M. Livingston

Hardcover. Boston, Lothrop Publishing Company, reprint, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in gilt and black. Spine slightly cocked. Four b&w plates not credited. No date on title page, copyright page states 1890. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Alden was the best-selling Christian author of her time. Born in 1841, her first book, Helen Lester, was published in 1865. With that success, Isabella became a tireless writer of books and short stories that explained God's plan for salvation and reinforced Christian values. A talented writer, her inventive plots and wonderful dialog were featured in over 100 books, many of which were translated into different languages and sold around the world.

Record # 382343

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Peter Pan and Wendyby: Barrie, J. M./Attwell, Mabel Lucie (Illustrator)

Peter Pan and Wendy
by: Barrie, J. M./Attwell, Mabel Lucie (Illustrator)

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st illust thus, 1921, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in black, light blue and gilt. 185 pages. 12 color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Front hinge cracked with spine cloth starting to separate, binding shaken but holding. All 12 color plates present, in excellent condition and without tears, creases or rubs. Covers edgeworn with bump to bottom corner of cover. Gilt faded on spine and front board, a bookplate on the front fly leaf. a lighter gutter crack between pages 22 and 23. Despite flaws, an attractive copy of the scarce American edition.

Record # 396791

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Plupy - The Real Boy by: Shute, Henry A.

Plupy - The Real Boy
by: Shute, Henry A.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Good, Hardcover, red cloth, faded at spine. Stamped in red and black. 361 pages plus four pages of ads at the rear. 8vo. Silhouette frontis and 51 full page silhouettes by Warren Rockwell. The further largely autobiographical stories of the lad Plupy and his youth in the Exeter, NH of the 1860's. Rear hinge cracked, mild soil to front fly leaf, bookplate on inside front cover.

Record # 383053

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Emily's Questby: L.M. Montgomery

Emily's Quest
by: L.M. Montgomery

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear, 310 pages. Emily knows she's going to be a great writer. She also knows that she and her childhood sweetheart, Teddy Kent, will conquer the world together.But when Teddy leaves home to pursue his goal to become an artist at the School of Design in Montreal, Emily's world collapses.With Teddy gone, Emily agrees to marry a man she doesn't love . as she tries to banish all thoughts of Teddy. In her heart, Emily must search for what being a writer really means. Clean copy.

Record # 383411

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Poems of Childhood by: Eugene Field/ Maxfield Parrish

Poems of Childhood
by: Eugene Field/ Maxfield Parrish

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st illust. thus, 1904, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with pictorial pastedown on the front cover. With 9 color plates by Maxfield Parrish, including the illustrated title page. 199 pages, two-color drawing on endpapers by Parrish. Spine has a 1/2" tear to top front edge, otherwise very good. No markings.

Record # 383580

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My Brother's Storyby: Allen Johnson, Jr.

My Brother's Story
by: Allen Johnson, Jr.

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Reading Matter.Com, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Set in the South in the 1930s, Johnny and Will are identical twin boys who are separated at an early age. Will is part of a happy, well-off family near Birmingham, Ala. In Tennessee, Johnny is trying to survive neglect and abuse at the hands of his mean-spirted aunt. When Johnny sees a boy on a train who looks just like him, he is determined to meet him, despite every hurdle Aunt Min places in his path. Illustrated in b&w by Leanna Lesley.

Record # 383895

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Jungle Babiesby: Kaigh-Eustace, Edyth

Jungle Babies
by: Kaigh-Eustace, Edyth

Hardcover. New York, Rand McNally, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 255 pages. Foreword by Kermit Roosevelt. Color plate and black & white illustrations by Paul Bransom and Don Nelson. Green covers with gold lettering and paper color illustration on front cover. Light green top edge. Marking, soiling to cover. Internally clean, light yellowing at edges of pages.

Record # 503042

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby: Carroll, Lewis and Anthony Browne

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by: Carroll, Lewis and Anthony Browne

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st illustrated thus., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 117 pages. Color illustrations by Anthony Browne. Blue dust jacket shows very little wear.

Record # 501733

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The Secret at the Gatehouse (The Dana Girls Mystery Stories) by: Keene, Carolyn

The Secret at the Gatehouse (The Dana Girls Mystery Stories)
by: Keene, Carolyn

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, lavender cloth with black lettering and design. End papers show the Dana girls reading a letter printed in dark green. Nancy Drew titles listed to The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 385060

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Piokee and Her People - A Ranch and Tepee Storyby: Jenness, Theodora R.

Piokee and Her People - A Ranch and Tepee Story
by: Jenness, Theodora R.

Hardcover. Boston , Lothrop Publishing, 1st, 1894, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, turquoise cloth stamped in red and gilt, 306 pages. Twelve b&w illustrations by Maria L. Kirk. Frontispiece piece protected by tissue guard. Unusually bright, clean copy. Light cornerwear to cover.

Record # 200400

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Dragon Prows Westward by: Bunce, William H.

Dragon Prows Westward
by: Bunce, William H.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace & Co, reprint, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. A fine adventure story for young people. Soon after their dragonship lands on the coast of Vineland, Erik--the youngest of the Vikings--is captured by a raiding party of Mengwi warriors. How heescapes with a friendly Algonquin Indian with whom he lives for many moons, and how he and a rescue party from the dragon-ship aid the Algonkins to defeat the Mengwi make a story full of excitement. 199 pages, b&w illustrations by Lorence Bjorklund. Text pages tanning, probably a book club edition.

Record # 385922

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Pirate Lair (SIGNED COPY)by: Leon W. Dean

Pirate Lair (SIGNED COPY)
by: Leon W. Dean

Hardcover. NY, Rinehart & Co., 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with black lettering. SIGNED BY DEAN on the half-title page. 246 pages, a adventure story featuring pirates by this Vermont author. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Record # 387210

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A Child of the Sunby: Charles Eugene Banks/Louis Betts

A Child of the Sun
by: Charles Eugene Banks/Louis Betts

Hardcover. Chicago, Monarch Book Company, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 166 pages. Sixteen color plates by Louis Betts. Yellow cloth cover with title and illustration on front. Spine very slightly darkened. Private library sticker on inner front cover, no other markings. First published by Herbert Stone in 1900, this edition undated but appears to be soon after as quality color plates appear to be from that printing. Clean.

Record # 378016

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A String in the Harpby: Nancy Bond

A String in the Harp
by: Nancy Bond

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 4th pr., 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 370 pages. When fourteen-year-old Jen leaves her home in Massachusetts to visit her father, brother, and sister in Wales, she never expects anything but a normal winter break from school; until her brother finds the tuning key to Taliesin's harp. Author's first book, originally published in 1976. Small owner's stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Silver Newbery Medal emblem on the front panel.

Record # 387312

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Memoirs of A Certain Mouse by: King, Alexander

Memoirs of A Certain Mouse
by: King, Alexander

Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a chipped, worn dust jacket, 93 pages illustrated in b&w by Richard Erdoes. Written By the well-known raconteur who was often seen on Jack Paar's Tonight Show. The tale is narrated by Pinky Whiskereeno, a laboratory mouse who's suddenly lured into the wild open world. Large child's name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387861

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Horn Book Magazine - 1978by: Ethel Heins (Ed,)

Horn Book Magazine - 1978
by: Ethel Heins (Ed,)

Hardcover. Boston, The Horn Book, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, six issues of the bi-monthly bound in tan cloth. Clean. Articles by and about Penelope Lively, Lawrence Yep, Mollie Hunter, Leonard Wibberley, Peter Spier, Katherine Paterson, Paula Fox, Virginia Hamilton, Ellen Raskin, Margaret Hodges, many others. Dozens of book reviews, ads.

Record # 393591

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On the Far Side of the Mountain (INSCRIBED COPY)by: George, Jean Craighead

On the Far Side of the Mountain (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: George, Jean Craighead

Hardcover. NY, Dutton Children's Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 170 pages with b&w drawings by George. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the front fly leaf. All numbers including 1 on copyright page. A like-new signed copy of the sequel to the Newbery Honor-winning, My Side of the Mountain. This time, Sam must save both his younger sister and his trusty falcon, Frightful. Dust jacket art by Ted Rand.

Record # 396658

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Northern Lights: A Tale of Spitzbergenby: Mikkjel Fonhus

Northern Lights: A Tale of Spitzbergen
by: Mikkjel Fonhus

Hardcover. NY, Longmans, Green, 1st US, 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers with dark green lettering and decoration, 151 pages. Four 2-color plates, endpapers design and b&w text drawings by James Reid. The story of a polar bear. Mild shelf wear.

Record # 397435

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All the Blue Moons at the Wallace Hotel (SIGNED COPY)by: Phoebe Stone

All the Blue Moons at the Wallace Hotel (SIGNED COPY)
by: Phoebe Stone

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY STONE WITH A SKETCH OF A FISH JUMPING OVER THE MOON on the front fly leaf. Unable to afford dance lessons, Fiona struggles to develop her skills while caring for her emotionally detached sister and longing for her family to heal from a past tragedy. Clean copy.

Record # 382248

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The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat at Homeby: Thornton W. Burgess

The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat at Home
by: Thornton W. Burgess

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with $1 on flap. No. 3 in The Smiling Pool Series (per the number on the spine). 206 pages, b&w drawings by Harrison Cady. Copyright 1926 but a later reprint. Clean copy.

Record # 397889

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Hans Brinker or The Silver Skatesby: Dodge, Mary Mapes; Illustrated By George Wharton Edwards

Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates
by: Dodge, Mary Mapes; Illustrated By George Wharton Edwards

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribners Sons, 1st illust. thus, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light blue cloth pictorially stamped in color and gilt, top edge gilt. Juvenile classic illustrated with 8 color plates and endpapers drawing by George Wharton Edwards. 380 pages, clean copy.

Record # 382173

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St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks -Volume XII - November 1884 through October 1885by: Dodge, Mary Mapes (Ed.)

St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks -Volume XII - November 1884 through October 1885
by: Dodge, Mary Mapes (Ed.)

Hardcover. NY, The Century Company, 1st, 1885, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes. 12 issues bound in hardcovers, black calf spines with gilt lettering. 960 pages. The top juvenile writers and artists of the day. These issues include stories about tennis, futuristic tricycles and choosing an occupation; also biographies of classical composers such as Beethoven, Bach and Wagner by Agatha Tunis. Includes writings by Frank R. Stockton, Marion Satterlee, George J. Manson and many others. Also the original serialization of Davy and the Goblin by Charles Carryl, a "delightful Victorian story of how Davy. who didn't believe in fairies, was taken for a Believing Voyage by a coal-eating goblin in a grandfather clock." Clean, tight condition. No library markings. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 397895

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Camping Down At Highgateby: Wriston, Hildreth Tyler

Camping Down At Highgate
by: Wriston, Hildreth Tyler

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Doran & Co./Junior Literary Guild, BC Ed., 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover, orange-yellow cloth with black stamping, in a very worn, torn dust jacket. 278 pages with line drawings by Ruth Holbrook. After two weeks of camping in a tent by the lake, Emily finds an arrowhead and becomes a real heroine when danger threatens. Endpapers map in green by Holbrook. Clean copy.

Record # 398489

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Preacher's Boyby: Katherine Paterson

Preacher's Boy
by: Katherine Paterson

Hardcover. NY, Scholastic, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with art by Barry Moser. Book Club Edition, clean, bright copy.

Record # 398619

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The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbitby: Julius Lester

The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
by: Julius Lester

Hardcover. NY, Dial Books, 11th pr., 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with a Coretta Scott King Award sticker on front. Illustrated in b&w and color by Jerry Pinkney.

Record # 398639

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The Turtle Dove: and other stories by: Mary Howitt

The Turtle Dove: and other stories
by: Mary Howitt

Hardcover. NY, C.S. Francis & Co., 1st, 1850, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed tan cloth with the publisher's Little Library motif on the cover, 160 pages, two illustrated title pages, several b&w line drawings throughout, not credited. Title page dated 1850. Inscription on blank prelim page, otherwise clean with only mild foxing.

Record # 398664

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The Spider Plantby: Yetta Speevack

The Spider Plant
by: Yetta Speevack

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 3rd pr., 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover in a very worn dust jacket, 154 pages, b&w drawings by Wendy Watson. Ex-lib with stamping, residue t5o rear endpapers.

Record # 398586

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Hey Kid! Does She Love Me? by: Mazer Harry

Hey Kid! Does She Love Me?
by: Mazer Harry

Hardcover. NY, Crowell, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 186 pages. Jeff tables his dreams of directing movies when his dream girl, who left town to become a theatrical star, returns as an unwed mother. PW called this an "engrossing story of lopsided love," but added that "the term YA is really too elastic; this story requires a reader more mature than a 12-year-old." Dust jacket price-clipped otherwise like new.

Record # 367691

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The Phantom Steerby: Floyd Benjamin Streeter / H. D. Francis

The Phantom Steer
by: Floyd Benjamin Streeter / H. D. Francis

Hardcover. NY, Ariel Books, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers stamped in black. A teenage boy's adventure on a cattle drive from Texas to Dodge City in the 1870s. B&w illustrations by Tom Leamon (Tom Lea? Looks like his work). Light shelf wear, no dust jacket, clean copy.

Record # 382320

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Ivory Talesby: Donald S. Ching

Ivory Tales
by: Donald S. Ching

Hardcover. London, The Epworth Press, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Stories and fables from French West Africa. 126 pages. Clean copy.

Record # 380994

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Ned Nevins the News Boy; or Street Life in Boston by: Morgan, Henry

Ned Nevins the News Boy; or Street Life in Boston
by: Morgan, Henry

Hardcover. Boston, Lee and Shepard, reprint, 1867, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Green pebble-grained cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations. 428 pages, 5 full-page tissue-guarded illustrations. Very good. Mild binding edgewear; endpapers faintly age toned. The author, Rev. Morgan, ran a mission in Boston and wrote this account of real street kids and their problems. The names are fictitious but the stories are mostly true.

Record # 372706

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Palomino Boy, Theby: Emblen, Don and Betty

Palomino Boy, The
by: Emblen, Don and Betty

Hardcover. New York , The Viking Press, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 189 pages, decorations by Lynd Ward. Dust jacket with minor edgewear, creases, tears at spine, price clipped - still Good. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf.

Record # 175672

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The Tangled Threads (SIGNED COPY)by: Eleanor H. Porter

The Tangled Threads (SIGNED COPY)
by: Eleanor H. Porter

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt decoration. Octavo, seven inserted plates with illustrations by Helen Mason Grose, original decorated red cloth. First edition. Collection of twenty stories. INSCRIBED BY PORTER on front fly leaf. Directly underneath there's another inscription from the person the book is dedicated to: ANNIE SANFORD HEAD.

Record # 372815

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Shanghai Passage: Mystery and Adventure on the Pacificby: Pease, Howard

Shanghai Passage: Mystery and Adventure on the Pacific
by: Pease, Howard

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Doran, reprint, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn and chipped dust jacket, 301 pages. Adventure on the High Seas in Which Stuart Ormsby is Shanghaied Aboard the Tramp Steamer 'Nanking' Bound for Ports on the China Coast.

Record # 373431

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Book of the Little Past, Theby: Peabody, Josephine Preston/ Elizabeth Shippen Green

Book of the Little Past, The
by: Peabody, Josephine Preston/ Elizabeth Shippen Green

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 50 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations by Elizabeth Shippen Green throughout. Quarter cloth hard cover with pictorial paper over boards. Prior owner's signature (dated 1916) and address label on front flyleaf. Tissue cover on frontispiece illustration. .A bit of soil on covers, and moisture stain on top edge. Binding still tight, in very good condition for its age. Charming old book of children's poetry.

Record # 372805

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Thee, Hannah! (SIGNED COPY)by: Marguerite de Angeli

Thee, Hannah! (SIGNED COPY)
by: Marguerite de Angeli

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & Company, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Oblong hardcover in turquoise cloth lettered in yellow, Color illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with color and black and white drawings by the author. INSCRIBED BY DE ANGELI on tile page and dated 1940. Stated First Edition. In a bright dust jacket with light edgewear that's unclipped ($2.00). The story of two little Quaker girls living in Philadelphia just before the Civil War.

Record # 372681

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Fore!  Golf Storiesby: Van Loan, Charles E.

Fore! Golf Stories
by: Van Loan, Charles E.

Hardcover. New York, George H. Doran, rep, 1916, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 328 pages. Foreword by Robert H. Davis. First few pages loose. Light rubbing to corners and spine.

Record # 508528

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Bimbi: Stories for Childrenby: Rame, Louisa De La (Ouida)/Maria Kirk

Bimbi: Stories for Children
by: Rame, Louisa De La (Ouida)/Maria Kirk

Hardcover. Philadephia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 7th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial red cloth boards with gilt titles to front board. 212 pages; 8 illustrations in color by Maria L. Kirk; 7 stories for children by Louisa de la Rame (Ouida) : "Moufflou," "A Provence Rose," "Lampblack," "The Ambitious Rose Tree," "The Child of Urbing," Meleagris Gallopavo," "Findelkind."

Record # 380416

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Told by Uncle Remus: New Stories of the Old Plantationby: Harris, Joel Chandler

Told by Uncle Remus: New Stories of the Old Plantation
by: Harris, Joel Chandler

Hardcover. NY, McClure, Phillips & Co., reprint, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with cover illustration, 295 pages, illustrated throughout, gilt top edge and title. Spine fade and minor corner and edge wear, ex-library stamps, letter F on spine, and previous owner's signature on front fly leaf and end paper. Internally a clean and tight copy.

Record # 372644

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Goat Boy of Brooklynby: Thomas Fall

Goat Boy of Brooklyn
by: Thomas Fall

Hardcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 192 pages, illustrated in b&w by Fermin Rocker. Children's story about Nial Wren, a 13 year-old goat herder who lived in the early 1800"s near Brooklyn. Clean copy.

Record # 380436

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Prairie Printerby: Medary, Marjorie

Prairie Printer
by: Medary, Marjorie

Hardcover. NY, Longmans, Green & Co., 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 288 pages Black & white drawings by Manning deV. Lee. Dust jacket with small chunk from bottom front edge.

Record # 502043

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Christmas Lightby: Phillips, Ethel Calvert

Christmas Light
by: Phillips, Ethel Calvert

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 128 pages. Color frontis, black & white illustrations by Louise Roberts. Green cloth covers with red & black decorations, lettering. Light wear to spine bottom edge, corners.

Record # 509059

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Little Stories About Little Animals for Little Childrenby: Holton, Susan

Little Stories About Little Animals for Little Children
by: Holton, Susan

Hardcover. Boston, LeRoy Phillips, 1st, 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 84 pages illustrated with 5 color plates, b&w drawings by Katharine Maynadier Browne. Red cloth covers with color label on front. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 403597

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Golden Flash, Theby: McNeer, May and Lynd Ward

Golden Flash, The
by: McNeer, May and Lynd Ward

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 227 pages, illustrated in color and b&w by Lynd Ward. Dust jacket with edgewear, chunk gone from bottom of spine. Previous owner's heavy pencil markings still visable on front fly leaf.

Record # 602255

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Noah's Grandchildrenby: Julier C. Chevalier

Noah's Grandchildren
by: Julier C. Chevalier

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Doran, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth over boards with blue lettering on front cover and spine. Color frontis and b&w plates by W. C. Trout. A story set in the Caucasus Mountains follows the adventures of a Georgian boy named Gogi and his sister Keto. Bookplate on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

Record # 380995

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The Boy Scouts at the Battle of Saratoga:The Story of General Burgoyne's Defeatby: Herbert Carter

The Boy Scouts at the Battle of Saratoga:The Story of General Burgoyne's Defeat
by: Herbert Carter

Hardcover. NY, A.L. Burt, 1st, 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, pictorial tan boards with 3-color decoration. In a bright dust jacket with minor edgewear. All 12 titles of this series are listed in the rear of the book. (This being #9). The blank rear fly leaf has a bottom corner torn away ( 1" X 1/2"). Otherwise bright, clean copy.

Record # 372635

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The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefieldsby: Payson, Lieutenant Howard Payson

The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields
by: Payson, Lieutenant Howard Payson

Hardcover. NY, Hurst and Co., 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in the original white pictorial dust jacket, now in mylar, Pictorial cloth covers decorated in red, brown and black. 312 pages. B&w frontispiece, 3 b&w illustrations by Charles Wrenn. Clean copy.

Record # 372634

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Half A Dozen Boys: An every-day storyby: Ray, Anna Chapin

Half A Dozen Boys: An every-day story
by: Ray, Anna Chapin

Hardcover. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1st, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Brown cloth cover with gilt title. 318 pages. Previous owner inscription in front endpapers. Otherwise clean. B&w line plates by Frank Merrill.

Record # 501560

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Ghost of Peg-Leg Peter and Other Folk Tales of Old New Yorkby: Jagendorf, M. A.

Ghost of Peg-Leg Peter and Other Folk Tales of Old New York
by: Jagendorf, M. A.

Hardcover. NY, Vanguard Press, 2nd pr., 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 125 pages, b&w illustrations by by Lino S. Lipinsky, Fading to dj spine and along spine edgeon front. Un-clpped, clean.

Record # 372559

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The Real Diary of a Real Boyby: Shute, Henry A. [Illustrated by Tasha Tudor]

The Real Diary of a Real Boy
by: Shute, Henry A. [Illustrated by Tasha Tudor]

Hardcover. Peterborough NH, Noone House/Richard B. Smith , 1st thus, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 194 pages, bound in red cloth; black lettering; gold endpapers with pencil drawing of street scene. 12 full page pencil drawings by Tasha Tudor. Cream dust jacket printed in black & red, price of $3.95 on flap. Second state signified by reviews on back panel.

Record # 372554

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