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Andersen's Fairy Tales

By: N/A

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, The Nourse Co.:

Seller ID: 10933

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

The copyright is 1919, Platt & Nourse Co., Inc., but the title page lists only Nourse (The Nourse Co.) and no date. Likely an early 1920s reprint. Moderate wear to the extremities. Cracking inside the front cover and near the middle of the book. Previous owner penciling on the front endpapers. Tear to the Contents page and a few other pages. The rest of the book is holding up pretty well, but foxing was found on several pages and some of the color plates are loose. 211 pages with numerous black and white illustrations and seven full-page color plates. Illustrator not named and the lower corner...
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Illustrated Tales from Shakespeare: A Modern Adaptation from the Charles and Mary Lamb Classic

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, The Promotional Reprint Company Ltd.: 1993

Seller ID: 08852

ISBN: 1856480410

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Pictorial covers in a matching dust jacket. Barely a trace of wear. 207 pages with black and white and color illustrations. Written in 1807 to introduce young readers to the plays of Shakespeare. Fifteen of the best-known plays are retold in this edition, which adults will enjoy, too.
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The Uncommon Soldier: Major Alfred Mordecai

By: Abrahams, Robert D.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus & Cudahy/Jewish Publication Society: 1959

Seller ID: 05639

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Foxing/spotting to top edge of page block. Illustrated endpapers and jacket. A title in the Covenant Books series for young readers, this book relates the life of Alfred Mordecai, an American Jewish hero of the Civil War. 178 pages, followed by a list of six Covenant books to date (1959).
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Baba Yaga & the Little Girl

By: Arnold, Katya

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, North-South Books: 1994

Seller ID: 09472

ISBN: 1558582878

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Rubbing wear to the dust jacket, more on the rear panel. Tiny nick on the front panel at the spine. Slight edge wear or bumping to the top and bottom edges. Protected now in a clear Mylar sleeve. Storyline from the publisher: "When she is sent by her cruel stepmother to the fearsome Baba Yaga, a clever young girl uses kindness to make her escape. Based on a story from the collection compiled by the nineteenth folklorist Aleksandr Afanas'ev and illustrated in a bold, colorful style inspired by Russian 'lubok' art."
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In the Forest: A Portfolio of Paintings

By: Arnosky, Jim

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books: 1989

Seller ID: 06779

ISBN: 0688081622

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Light sticker shadow to rear endpaper. Slight wear to bottom edge of jacket's rear panel. 28 pages
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Save Sirrushany! Also Agotha, Princess Gwyn, and All the Fearsome Beasts

By: Baker, Betty

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Macmillan: 1978

Seller ID: 07530

ISBN: 002708230X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Top edge only of boards worn, possibly from inscet damage. Rest of the book is fine. Story of a young girl on a quest to save the impoverishe kingdom of Sirrushany. A fast-paced plot that gently spoofs traditional fantasies. 134 pages with a fold-out map. Signed by the author to fellow children's author, and four-time Edgar winner, Joan Lowery Nixon: "For Joan Nixon, who's encountered a few dragons herself. Betty Baker 6/26/90." Formerly in the late Ms. Nixon's collection of association copies from fellow children's authors. See our other listings from this collection.
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Timber from the Terry Forks

By: Baldwin, Clara

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Abingdon Press: 1956

Seller ID: 08841

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Mild shelf wear to boards. Dust jacket is edge-worn with some large chips and a tape repair on the inside of the jacket's spine as well as to a few short edge tears.
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President Adams' Alligator and Other White House Pets

By: Barnes, Peter W. and Cheryl Shaw

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Lorton, Virginia, VSP Books: 2004

Seller ID: 06739

ISBN: 1893622134

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Just a trace of bumping to the top edge of the jacket, else a fine copy. "Autographed Copy" sticker on front panel of jacket. Signed by Cheryl S. Barnes on first page. About 25 pages (not numbered) with a "ballot" at the back of the book for the reader to vote for his or her favorite White House pet and explain why. A Bibliography is provided at the end of the book.
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J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan: The Story of the Play Presented By Eleanor Graham and Edward Ardizzone

By: Barrie, J.M. (Retold By Eleanor Graham)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1962

Seller ID: 03678

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Shelf and edge-wear. Spotting to all edges of the page block. Jacket chipped and edge-worn. Deep scratch or tear to front panel with tape residue. Tear on rear panel, top-edge. Protected now in a new Mylar cover. This edition is a retelling of Barrie's classic story, preserving the unique quality and spirit of the original play. 175 pages with author and artist bios. Illustrated with color and black and white drawings.
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Swift Deer the Navajo

By: Berry, Rotha McClain

Price: $15.00

Publisher: San Antonio, Texas, The Naylor Company: 1953

Seller ID: 02225

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Light wear at spine ends and corners. Binding solid, interior clean and bright with no writing, marks or stains. Jacket chipped at the spine ends and corners, with a larger piece missing on the top edge of front panel near the spine. Does not affect the title. Original price of $2.00 intact on front flap. Protected now in a Mylar sleeve. Story of a young Navajo boy who yearns to be a great Medicine Man, but, as he becomes a young man and receives an education from the white man, he struggles to reconcile his environment with his heredity. Aimed primarily at early teen readers, this book offers...
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Swift Deer the Navajo

By: Berry, Rotha McClain (SIGNED)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: San Antonio, Texas, The Naylor Company: 1953

Seller ID: 02209

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Boards show a little wear, specifically a small cut or tear (less than 1/4 inch) into the bottom edge of the front and rear boards near the spine. Jacket chipped at the spine ends and corner folds, with a few tiny edge tears. Original price of $2.00 intact on front flap. Protected now in a Mylar sleeve. The author has inscribed this book to an unnamed author: "To an old friend: Good wishes from one author to another. Rotha M. Berry, Writers Conference, June 6, 1953" A young Navajo boy yearns to be a great Medicine Man, but, as he becomes a young man and receives an education from the w...
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A Day at the Farm (New English Supplementary Reader, Stage 2)

By: Black, Gwenda

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Longman Group Limited: 1971

Seller ID: 09680

ISBN: 058259216x

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Rubbing wer along the spine and rear cover. Stapled covers. 30 pages. Black and white illustrations.
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Bed-Stuy Beat: Sonny's Song

By: Blue, Rose

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Franklin Watts, Inc.: 1970

Seller ID: 05690

ISBN: 0531019403

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Trace of soiling to upper area of front cover. Light bumping to corners. Jacket is edge-worn, chipped, and rubbed. Tape repair to small tear at the head of the spine. Small hole in the jacket's spine below the tape repair. A new Mylar protective cover improves the look and feel. Sonny is an African American boy in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood, known as Bed-Stuy, of Brooklyn, and this book is his story told in the lyrics of a song, page by page, with the final page containing the whole song and musical notation. The art work of Harold James illustrates each page and brings the story to l...
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Tiger Eyes

By: Blume, Judy

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Bradbury Press: 1981

Seller ID: 02677

ISBN: 0878881859

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Light edge wear, rubbing to jacket. No tears, marks, or stains.
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The Ivory Cup: Story of Mississippi Through the War Between the States

By: Boggan, Louise Ward

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Huntsville, Alabama, The Strode Publishers, Inc.: 1976

Seller ID: 07398

ISBN: 0873970950

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

97 pages, illustrated with drawings. A history of Mississippi through the Civil War, aimed at younger readers to interest them in the history of the state. This is the author's second book in a series about Mississippi history, the first one being "The Stone Amulet."
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Fritz Osterhas & Sohn Eier Engros

By: Bohatta-Morpurgo, Ida

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Munchen, Josef Muller: 1936

Seller ID: 10038

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

Wear to edges and spine, chipped at the head of the spine. Light, scattered foxing. Binding tight. Unpaginated (about 20 pages). German text. Nine color illustrations by the Viennese author of this charming little children's book.
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Lost Tales: Stories for the Tsar's Children

By: Botkin, Gleb

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Villard: 1996

Seller ID: 09521

ISBN: 0679451420

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Written and illustrated by Gleb Botkin, son of the Tsar's physician for the children of the Russian Imperial family (Romanovs) when they were imprisoned following the 1917 Revolution, these stories, arranged in two 'Books,' feature the adventures of a bear trying to fend off a revolutionary band of monkeys and restore an imprisoned monarch to his throne. BOOK I is the Sacred Truth of the History of the Times of the Great Monkey Revolution. BOOK II is The Restoration of Monarchy on Finch Island After the Failure of the Monkey Revolution. When Tsar Nicholas II, members of his family, and Botkin'...
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Midnight Hour Encores

By: Brooks, Bruce

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row, Publishers: 1986

Seller ID: 07541

ISBN: 0060207094

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

A 16-year-old girl (Sib), who is a cello-playing musical prodigy, seeks her mother, who abandoned her at birth during the 1960s. Her father takes her to San Francisco in a Volkswagen minibus, providing a Sixties retrospective with music and stories from the era, hoping to give her some perspective on the times in which she was born as well as the mindset of her mother at the time. With expectations of an appalling hippie-mom, both Sib and her father are in for a surprise. 263 pages. Inscribed by the author to fellow children's author, and four-time Edgar winner, Joan Lowery Nixon: "For Joan- W...
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The Tale of the Silkworm

By: Cardin, Pierre

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Les Livres Du Dragon D'or: 1992

Seller ID: 04986

ISBN: 2878814207

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Charming fairy tale for children about the story of the silkworm and the treasure it bestowed upon Chinese weavers and later the world. Beautifully illustrated. 44 pages. English translated from the original French by Marilyn Malin.
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Peter Becomes a Trail Man : The Story of a Boy's Journey on the Santa Fe Trail

By: Carson, William C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A., University of New Mexico Press: 2002

Seller ID: 02009

ISBN: 0826328954

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Peter and his dog head west on the Santa Fe Trail in the 1850s to find Peter's father. Along the way they encounter and survive Indians, a buffalo stampede, and other adventures.
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