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The Underneathby: Appelt/David Small, Kathi

The Underneath
by: Appelt/David Small, Kathi

Hardcover. New York, Atheneum, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.311 pages, illustrated in b&w by David Small. A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. She dares to find him in the forest, and the hound dares to befriend this cat, this feline, this creature he is supposed to hate. They are an unlikely pair, about to become an unlikely family. Ranger urges the cat to hide underneath the porch, to raise her kittens there because Gar-Face, the man living inside the house, will surely use them as alligator bait should he find them. But they are safe in the Underneath...as long as they stay in the Underneath. Clean copy.

Record # 405544

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White Stag, Theby: Seredy, Kate

White Stag, The
by: Seredy, Kate

New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth cover, leaping stag embossed on front. 94 pages. Black & white illustrations by Seredy. Previous owner's signatures on front end paper. Slight discoloration to edges of pages. Water stain to covers. Faded spine.

Record # 603514

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Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat, The: or The Rivals of the Mississippiby: Allen, Captain Quincy

Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat, The: or The Rivals of the Mississippi
by: Allen, Captain Quincy

Hardcover. New York , Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 236 pages, 4 b&w line plates, olive green cloth covers with orange and black decoration. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 407198

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I Have Words to Spend: Reflections of a Small-Town Editorby: Constance Cormier, Robert Cormier

I Have Words to Spend: Reflections of a Small-Town Editor
by: Constance Cormier, Robert Cormier

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte Books , 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Presents the author's reflections on small-town America, current affairs, and insights and anecdotes from his personal life. Clean copy.

Record # 380722

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The Telegraph Boy (Tattered Tom Second Series)by: Horatio Alger, Jr

The Telegraph Boy (Tattered Tom Second Series)
by: Horatio Alger, Jr

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Porter & Coates, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Preface and copyright dated 1879. Mustard cloth boards, embossed fruit and floral cover design and w/ornate spine titles on gilded fields, moderate wear, Tale of a penniless boy who finds a job as a telegram messenger boy. The "Telegraph Boy" completes the series of street-life tales in New York; inaugurated eleven years prior with the publication of "Ragged Dick." Front hinge cracked, slant to spine, light circular water stain to first 3 pages including title page and illustration of telegraph boy opposite.

Record # 380731

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Other Bells for Us to Ringby: Robert Cormier

Other Bells for Us to Ring
by: Robert Cormier

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Great b/w illustrations by Deborah Kogan Ray. Tale of a young girl in Massachusetts during WW II, who moves to a French-Canadian neighborhood where she meets Kathleen O'Hara & learns about Catholicism. Clean copy.

Record # 380723

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Temba Dawn: The Story of a Boy and His Calfby: Alec Lea

Temba Dawn: The Story of a Boy and His Calf
by: Alec Lea

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with some darkening to spine. "Rob decided to call the newborn calf Temba Dawn for she had been born early on a frosty September morning on their farm in Scotland." Clean copy.

Record # 380734

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James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story by: Dahl, Roald

James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story
by: Dahl, Roald

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2nd pr., 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, red cloth with blind-stamped wreath around a portrait of a boy to front, gilt-stamped title to spine; lime green endpapers. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Colophon page mentions this is the first book written by Roald Dahl for children, second issue with 4-line colophon, bound by The Book Press. Covers show wear and light soil, esp. rear panel. No markings.

Record # 380580

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The Atami Dragonsby: Klass, David

The Atami Dragons
by: Klass, David

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The teenage character of this story is taken to Japan after his father gets a job. Getting used to his new life in Japan is hard for him due to the fact that he had to leave his team behind and after the death of his mother. The move to Japan was supposed to be a fresh start for this whole family yet, he doesn't truly find happiness there until the discover of the baseball team at the high school. Clean copy.

Record # 380703

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The Dingle Ridge Fox and Other Stories (SIGNED COPY)by: Sam Savitt

The Dingle Ridge Fox and Other Stories (SIGNED COPY)
by: Sam Savitt

Hardcover. NY, Dodd, Mead, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 122 pages, in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Six animal stories with full page black and white illustrations by author. Previous owner's inscription and SIGNED UNDERNEATH BY SAVITT. Clean copy.

Record # 380701

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Kristie and the Colt and the Othersby: Brock, Emma L.

Kristie and the Colt and the Others
by: Brock, Emma L.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in tan cloth with dark green drawing and lettering on spine. 88 pages. Black & white and color illustrations by Brock. Soiling, spine and corners rubbed. Front hinge tender.

Record # 503053

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Red Coats and Blue: A Story of a British Girl in the American Revolutionby: Campbell/Marguerite DeAngeli, Harriette R.

Red Coats and Blue: A Story of a British Girl in the American Revolution
by: Campbell/Marguerite DeAngeli, Harriette R.

Hardcover. NY, Juniot Literary Guild, Book Club, 1930, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, 324 pages. Color frontispiece, 9 b&w plates by Marguerite DeAngeli. Red cloth with blue lettering. Spine slightly cocked, previous owner's inscription on front paste-down. Still very good.

Record # 600987

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Adventures of Estebanby: Butterfield/Enrico Arno, Marguerite

Adventures of Esteban
by: Butterfield/Enrico Arno, Marguerite

NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers. Illustrated in 2-colors by Enrico Arno. Ex-lib copy with endpaper marking, residue. Internally very good. The everyday adventures of a young boy living in a small village in Majorca.

Record # 501392

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Pinto's Journeyby: Bronson, Wilfrid S.

Pinto's Journey
by: Bronson, Wilfrid S.

New York, Julian Messner Inc., 1st, 1948, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardbound in a damaged dust jacket. Previous owner's signature back of front endpaper. Soiling to endpapers, covers. Waterstains to covers. Spine wear. Dust jacket with large chunk missing from top of spine and back cover. Pinto Goodluck, a little Indian boy, lived with his mother, his grandfather and his burro, Ambrosio. His grandfather made beautiful jewelry from silver and turquoise. Then the Great War came and all the young men went away and the turquoise mines were closed. Grandfather knew of a secret mine but it was a long way off and the journey was full of danger. How Pinto found the secret mine and brought home the turquoise is an absorbing adventure story beautifully illustrated in b/w and color by Bronson.

Record # 500763

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At Midsummer Time - A Story of Swedenby: Brock, Emma L.

At Midsummer Time - A Story of Sweden
by: Brock, Emma L.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 80 pages. Color and black & white illustrations by Brock. Child's writing in pencil front endpaper. Soiling to covers. Faded blue top edge. Corners a bit bumped. An enchanting children's story of how Sigrid and her twin brother and sister celebrate a Swedish Midsummer's Eve.

Record # 500703

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Stooping Hawk and Stranded Whale: Sons of Libertyby: Bronson, Wilfrid S.

Stooping Hawk and Stranded Whale: Sons of Liberty
by: Bronson, Wilfrid S.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 225 pages. Black & white illustrations by Bronson. Color illustrated endpapers. Review copy stamp on half-title page. Corners bumped, rubbed. Soiling to covers. A tale of two adolescent Native American boys on islands off the coast of Spanish-conquered Mexico. 47 illustrations by the author.

Record # 500665

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Sorrow's Songby: Callen/Marvin Friedman, Larry

Sorrow's Song
by: Callen/Marvin Friedman, Larry

Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket,150 pages. Black & white illustrations by Marvin Friedman. What happens when Pinch and Sorrow Nix tend to an injured crane and try to protect it from The Zoo Man and others who want the bird for their own profit.

Record # 207569

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Dear Little Girl's Summer Holidays, Aby: Amy E. Blanchard

Dear Little Girl's Summer Holidays, A
by: Amy E. Blanchard

Hardcover. Philadelphia, George W. Jacobs, 1st, 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with a illustration pastedown with white lettering. 5 two-color plates by Elizabeth Otis. A near fine copy with page 5 having a piece (about 15%) torn away. Otherwise bright and tight with cover label illustration.

Record # 380634

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Snythergenby: Garrott/Dugald Walker, Hal

Snythergen
by: Garrott/Dugald Walker, Hal

Hardcover. New York, Robert McBride, 1st, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped in black and gilt. 157 pages. Black & white illustrations and color frontispiece by Dugald Walker. School bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean inside, no marking, tight binding.. Covers with light edgewear and soil. Little is known about Hal Garrott, but he did write this title and Squiffer (1924). Both are fantastical fairy tales intended for children designed by better known Dugald Stewart Walker. Walker was a prominent early 20th century illustrator and known for his ethereal and fantasy based illustrations.

Record # 380624

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Rafa's Dogby: Griffiths, Helen

Rafa's Dog
by: Griffiths, Helen

Hardcover. New York, Holiday House, 1st US, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket with minor soil to rear panel. 107 pages.

Record # 403798

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Running Away WIth Nebbyby: Garrard/Willy Pogany, Phillis

Running Away WIth Nebby
by: Garrard/Willy Pogany, Phillis

Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with white lettering and drawing of horse's head on cover. 144 pages. Black & white drawings and color frontispiece by Willy Pogany. Pink top edge. Previous owner's signature front end paper. Rubbing, light soiling to endpapers. The story of an old dapple-grey workhouse, Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebby, for short, and the two siblings who love him, Marigold and Noel, who live with their mean old aunt-in-law.

Record # 503149

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Snythergenby: Garrott/Dugald Walker, Hal

Snythergen
by: Garrott/Dugald Walker, Hal

Hardcover. New York, Robert McBride, 1st, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped in black and gilt. 157 pages. Black & white illustrations and color frontispiece by Dugald Walker. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper and previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Spine and edgewear. Corners bumped. Sort tear to cloth spine. Little is known about Hal Garrott, but he did write this title and Squiffer (1924). Both are fantastical fairy tales intended for children designed by better known Dugald Stewart Walker. Walker was a prominent early 20th century illustrator and known for his ethereal and fantasy based illustrations.

Record # 503095

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Knockabout Club on the Spanish Main, Theby: Ober, Fred A.

Knockabout Club on the Spanish Main, The
by: Ober, Fred A.

Hardcover. Boston, Estes & Lauriat, reprint, 1891, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 239 pages plus advertisements in back. Black & white illustrations. No illustrator named. Previous owner's signature on half-title page. Edgewear, chipping, scratchings to covers. Corners worn.

Record # 503178

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William's Dollby: Zolotow, Charlotte; (illustrator) Pene Du Bois, William

William's Doll
by: Zolotow, Charlotte; (illustrator) Pene Du Bois, William

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Pictorial boards in a bright, unclipped dust jacket., $3.95 price. Color illustrations by William Pene Du Bois. William wants a doll but his father tries to discourage him. 32 pages. Clean.

Record # 374197

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One Hundredth Thing About Caroline, The (SIGNED COPY)by: Lowry, Lois

One Hundredth Thing About Caroline, The (SIGNED COPY)
by: Lowry, Lois

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company , 4th printing, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 150 pages. INSCRIBED BY LOIS LOWRY on title page "for Karen with love." Dust jacket shows light wear. In protective plastic jacket.

Record # 600113

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Underrunnersby: Mahy, Margaret

Underrunners
by: Mahy, Margaret

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st US, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Like new in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 169 pages. clean, tight copy.

Record # 600014

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Crimson Banner, The: A Story of College Baseballby: Moffat, William D.

Crimson Banner, The: A Story of College Baseball
by: Moffat, William D.

Hardcover. New York, World Syndicate Publishing Co, reprint, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 287 pages. Black & white frontispiece. Some edgewear. Front hinge loose at title-page. Dust jacket with edgewear, soiling.

Record # 508398

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Turnipseed Jonesby: Mammen, Edward W.

Turnipseed Jones
by: Mammen, Edward W.

Hardcover. NY, Jr. Literary Guild/Harper, BC Ed., 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 26 b&w line drawings by Jessie Robinson. Dust jacket worn, chipped. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover.

Record # 602232

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Finishing Becca: A Story About Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnoldby: Rinaldi, Ann

Finishing Becca: A Story About Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold
by: Rinaldi, Ann

Hardcover. New York, Gulliver/Harcourt Brace & Co., 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 362 pages, illustrated glazed boards with a matching unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 403750

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The Bold Heroes of Hungry Hill and Other Irish Folk Tales by: Seumas MacManus

The Bold Heroes of Hungry Hill and Other Irish Folk Tales
by: Seumas MacManus

Hardcover. London, J. M. Dent, 1st UK, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover in poor dust jacket with pieces missing. 180 pages, b&w drawings. 12 authentic tales from Ireland. Book is tight and clean.

Record # 382013

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Story of the Treasure Seekers - Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune, Theby: Nesbit, E.

Story of the Treasure Seekers - Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune, The
by: Nesbit, E.

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st US, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 296 pages. Black & white illustrations by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper. Green cloth covers with gilt titles on cover and spine. Illustration in white of children along a bannister on front cover. Copyright 1899, with no previous printings listed. Light foxing to some pages. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610121

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Cocoaby: Otto, Margaret G. and Peter Spier

Cocoa
by: Otto, Margaret G. and Peter Spier

Hardcover. New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 7th pr., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound, 90 pages. Black & white illustrations by Peter Spier. Light soiling to covers. Dust jacket witeh rubbing, edgewear. Brodart cover.

Record # 500849

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Borrowers Aloft, Theby: Norton, Mary

Borrowers Aloft, The
by: Norton, Mary

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 193 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Moderate wear to cover edges. Dust jacket has light wear, chipping.

Record # 368326

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Town Cats and Other Tales, The by: Alexander, Lloyd

Town Cats and Other Tales, The
by: Alexander, Lloyd

Hardcover. New York , Dutton, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 126 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. B&W illustrations by Laszlo Kubinyi. Dust jacket with light edgewear, price clipped. Front fly leaf has been excised, but hard to tell.

Record # 304779

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House In The Tree, The - A Story Of Israelby: Molly Cone / Symeon Shimin

House In The Tree, The - A Story Of Israel
by: Molly Cone / Symeon Shimin

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. B&w illustrations by Symeon Shimin. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Sticker residue on front of dust jacket. Clean copy.

Record # 375079

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Day No Pigs Would Die, Aby: Peck, Robert Newton

Day No Pigs Would Die, A
by: Peck, Robert Newton

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 150 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with minor fading along red cloth cover boards. Dust jacket shows light amount of rippling to front cover.

Record # 12944

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Cape Cod Story of Thornton W. Burgess, Theby: Lovell, Jr., R.A.

Cape Cod Story of Thornton W. Burgess, The
by: Lovell, Jr., R.A.

Hardcover. Taunton, MA, William S. Sullwold, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 111 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.Black & white illust. 111 pages., end paper map. With an extensive bibliography by Ralph M. Titcomb.

Record # 68837

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Hired Man's Elephant, Theby: Stong, Phil

Hired Man's Elephant, The
by: Stong, Phil

Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 149 pages, illustrated by Doris Lee. Dust jacket edge wear, creases and rub, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853330

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Sagebrush Fillyby: Stone, Eugenia

Sagebrush Filly
by: Stone, Eugenia

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth with a drawing of a saddle on front cover. 184 pages. Black & white illustrations by Earl Mayan. Faded green top edge. Corners slightly bumped. Spine faded. No dust jacket. Rick and his sister Jinny help raise an orphan filly. Clean copy.

Record # 503150

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Lob Lie-by-the-Fire and The Story of a Short Lifeby: Ewing, Mrs.

Lob Lie-by-the-Fire and The Story of a Short Life
by: Ewing, Mrs.

London/NY, J.M. Dent / E.P. Dutton, 1st illust. thus, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, decorated cloth in a bright dust jacket. B&W illustrations by Randolph Caldecott, color plates by H.M. Brock. 177 pages plus publisher's listings. Dust jacket with light edgewear. A lovely reissue of these two classic English children's stories from the late 1800s.

Record # 600385

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Moffats, Theby: Estes, Eleanor

Moffats, The
by: Estes, Eleanor

NY, Harcourt, Brace & Co., 5th, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 290 pages. Black & white illustrations by Louis Slobodkin. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper. Color illustrated dust jacket with chunks gone from top & bottom of spine, edgewear. Nice reading copy.

Record # 501887

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Lion On the Runby: Rumsey/Ted Lewin, Marian

Lion On the Run
by: Rumsey/Ted Lewin, Marian

NY, Morrow, 1st , 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Ted Lewin. Light edgewear to dust jacket. A twelve year old boy tries to return the mountain lion he's raised from a cub to her native habitat in the Idaho mountains.

Record # 69305

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Further Fortunes of Pinkey Perkinsby: Hammond, Captain Harold

Further Fortunes of Pinkey Perkins
by: Hammond, Captain Harold

Hardcover. New York , The Century Co., 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, olive cloth with drawing of two boys on horseback on the front cover. Sequel to "Pinkey Perkins: Just a Boy". 391 pages, illustrated in B&W by George Varian. mild soil to cover. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 175741

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Bodleys Telling Stories, Theby: n.a. (Scudder, Horace Elisha)

Bodleys Telling Stories, The
by: n.a. (Scudder, Horace Elisha)

Hardcover. NY, Hurd and Houghton, unk, 1878, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrated boards, corner wear, minor edgewear, previous owner's signature otherwise nice. Copyright 1877. Many b&w engravings, not credited. Children's stories, poems, and songs embedded in the daily life of a comfortable, cultured, and unassuming New England family. From the first Bodley series, very popular in their day. Scudder (1838 - 1902) was closely connected to Houghton for most of his career and for nine years the editor of the Atlantic Monthly.

Record # 13182

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On the Golden Trail by: Hildegarde Hawthorne

On the Golden Trail
by: Hildegarde Hawthorne

Hardcover. NY, Longman's, Green and Co., 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth covers stamped in black. B&w illustrated in b&w by Sanford Tousey. An authentic adventure story of the California gold mining camps, contrasting east and west coast cultures. Author was Nathaniel Hawthorne's granddaughter. Bookplate on inside front cover. Otherwise clean.

Record # 380553

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Spin A Silver Dollar: the Story of a Desert Trading Postby: Alberta Hannum

Spin A Silver Dollar: the Story of a Desert Trading Post
by: Alberta Hannum

Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 8th pr., 1956, Hardcover, blue cloth covers in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated with color reproductions of the work of the Navajo Boy Artist, Little No-Shirt (Beatien Yazz). True story of operating a trading post in the Navaho country of Arizona in mid 20th century. Clean copy.

Record # 380552

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The American Twins of 1812by: Perkins, Lucy Fitch

The American Twins of 1812
by: Perkins, Lucy Fitch

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers with black, white, and blue embossed cover illustration. B&w line drawings throughout by Perkins, 189 pages. Copyright page states 1925 but no date on title page so assumed a reprint. Light bump to top corner otherwise a clean, bright copy .

Record # 380551

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Andrew of the Eagleheart (SIGNED COPY)by: Bolton, I. V. (Ivy)

Andrew of the Eagleheart (SIGNED COPY)
by: Bolton, I. V. (Ivy)

Hardcover. London, Gryphon Books, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers. 152 pages, color frontispiece by Marcia Lane Foster. INSCRIBED BY BOLTON on title page. The improbable tale of an American half-Cree Indian soldiering in the highlands of Scotland. Scarce title by this author who was also known as Sister Mercedes. Ivy May Bolton was an Anglican nun and writer. She was the daughter of Reginald Pelham Bolton and Kate Alice, and the sister of the playwright Guy Bolton. She lived in England until she was fourteen, when the family came to the United States, settling in New York. She wrote 10 novels for young adults from 1923 until 1952.

Record # 380549

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Crisis at Fort Laramieby: Barbara Bonham

Crisis at Fort Laramie
by: Barbara Bonham

Hardcover. NY, Meredith Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly rubbed dust jacket. A story set in Nebraska in the 1800s. Centers on the relationship between Matt Bailey and a young Sioux brave, Red Bear. Clean copy.

Record # 380548

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Put in His Thumb and Pulled Out a Plum - Stories for a Christmas Pieby: Baker, Ella M.

Put in His Thumb and Pulled Out a Plum - Stories for a Christmas Pie
by: Baker, Ella M.

Hardcover. Boston, D. Lothrop and Co., 1st, 1886, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth decorated in red and gilt, 322 pages plus publisher's ads. 6 b&w illustrations 9not credited). Clean copy.

Record # 602593

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