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Shanghai, China: Commercial Press, Ltd.. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. DJ is missing small pieces at top and bottom edges. ; 99 pages .
An American Crusoe: A Record of Remarkable Adventures on a Desert Island with only a Jackknife by Verrill, A. Hyatt - 1914
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An American Crusoe: A Record of Remarkable Adventures on a Desert Island with only a Jackknife
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New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1914. 251 pages. 2 halftone plates, one 2-page plate with map, black and white illustrations in text. Lovely clean book in about very good condition except for missing frontispiece. Bound in yellow cloth, bright and attractive, with picture in black, lettering in red and black. Minor bumping and wear to extremities. Binding is sound and reasonably tight, gap visible at half-title page. Contents clean and unmarked, paper faintly toned but supple, original bookseller's label (J H Kenner, Stratford, Ontario) on front endpaper. A rare and wonderful story, firmly based on fact, probabilities, and possibilities - including the author's research in the form of camping for several weeks on the very island described in the story, where he "actually attempted and performed every feat related in the story" with only one exception! . Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Martin Lewis. 5 x 7.5 in. (12.5cm x 19cm).
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- Keywords Adventure Fiction Shipwreck Mariners Robinson Crusoe Boys
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CHINESE CHILDREN'S RHYMES
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VERY LITTLE CHILD'S BOOK OF STORIES
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New York: Duffield & Company. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Spine weak and cracked. Bookplate. Surface tear on back endpaper. Exlibrary. ; Ex-Lib; 232 pages .
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TANGLEWOOD TALES (For Girls and Boys; Being A Second Wonder Book)
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Boston-New York: Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1887. TANGLEWOOD TALES (For Girls and Boys; Being A Second Wonder Book)- Nathaniel Hawthorne- Illustrated by George Wharton Edwards- Houghton-Mifflin Co.- Boston-New York, The Riverside Press, Cambridge- 1887- 1st Edition-1st Printing-Thus- no further date on copyright page( 1st Edition in this format with illustrator being Edwards)- Hardcover:- 4to- FINE/ no jacket as issued- book in protective mylar jacket- Original beveled blue cloth with gilt titles on spine and cover, pastedown of Theseus slaying the Minotaur in gilt and black.- Very minimal wear to extremities- Textblock and spine are tight and square, book is clean-gilt is bright on cover and spine- A lovely copy!- 190pp are clean, no writing anywhere, all edges are gilt and very well preserved- SEE MY PHOTOS- Includes The Wayside, The Minotaur, The Pygmies, The Dragon's Teeth, Circe's Palace, The Pomegranate Seeds and The Golden Fleece- 22 full page and many in text, head and tail illustrations…
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Pleasant Hours
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De Wolfe & Fiske Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. N.D.. No Edition Stated. Pictorial Hardcover. No publication date found; corners of covers lightly bumped w/small tears, rear cover has moisture mark, shelfwear, pages lightly toning, owner's inscription (dated 1907) in pencil on FFEP, little bit of light soiling; illustrated with b/w pictures and 4 color plates .
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by Forrester, Izola L.; Illustrated By B. Cory Kilvert
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Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs (1907). 150 pgs. Blue cloth with color plate pastedown, gilt title on spine, rubbing to spine ends & corners, light surface rubbing to pastedown, internally nice and clean. 8 color plates plus cover, includes one chapter called Baseball and lemonade with a great color plate, also baseball themed. . First Edition Thus. Very Good. Illus. by B. Cory Kilvert. 8vo.
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Wee Winkles and Snowball, Series #2 in RARE Color DustJacket By Elizabeth Colborne of Boy in Shorts & Red Top & Hat & Blonde Girl with Red Gloves & Hat with White Horse, Snowball & Grey Cat with Blue Ribbon, Snowball is Pet Pony &
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Harper & Brothers,, 1906. HBDJ, 1906. 1st Edition, Early Printing, Beautiful brown Tweed with Black red white Illustrated Cloth Hardcover of Boy in Hat with White Horse pulling Carriage. Book Condition: Very Good. Shelf wear DJ , GOOD+ Condtion, AS-IS, , Cover light Rub, Wear, Interior nice tight Clean light FOX, Wear, 147 Pgs, NO ADS in Back, Fading to DJ & tiny Chips Tears pieces Extremities, Spine ends DJ small Chips Tears, Back DJ lists thru Sandmans Stories of Snowed-In Hut Fox Wear . Snowball is pet Pony & Wee Winkles & Her Brother Learn How to Care For Him, How to Harness & Drive Him & Many other Interesting Things About Animals, Kindness to pets is Keynote of Book. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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Not For Profit. A Story for Girls., Girl Comrades Series#12 In RARE Color DustJacket of Side Profile Beautiful Girl in Pink Bonnet with Green Silk Ribbon, Holding Purple Flowers
by Fannie E .Newberry, Former Owner Inscription in Pencil Blank Endpapers, B/W Frontispiece Anything for Me ? Said Mr. Kennedy as Esther Silently Held Out a Paper
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A L Burt Co NY, 1894. HBDJ, 1894. Early Edition, VG-/GOOD , AS-IS, Bright Octavo Soft Lime Green Decorated Cloth with black line decoration and red lettering to top board and spine and Oval Paper Inlaid Vignette of young Victorian miss to top board which Duplicated DJ Illustration. Dustwrapper that is Slightly chipped and worn At Edges Extremities Yet Front Illustration & Titles INTACT, Spine Ends DJ small Chips, Slight Lean Book, Interior Nice Tight Clean light FOX, Wear, 287 Pgs NO ADS in Back, Back DJ light Soil & Tiny Chips Tears Edges Lists Thru Sara a Princess, Handsome Cloth Binding,. Hard Cover.
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Les Jeunes Bienheureux.
by M. L'Abbe C... [Carron, Guy-Toussaint-Julien (1760-1821)]
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First and only edition. Chez Louis Janet Libraire, successor de son pere. nd [c.1800]. 12mo. 212pp. Engraved title page, 12 engraved plates, with tissue guards. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary full red grained morocco, spine with gilt rules, lettering and embellishment. Boards with double gilt border rules, foliar and floral embellishment, edge tooling, inner foliar curlicues. All edges gilt, (gilding a little faded in places), green silk ribbon bookmark. Small area of surface loss to lower board (see photo). Corner tips lightly rubbed. Occasional light spotting, mainly to free endpapers. Text and plates crisp and bright.Guy Toussaint Julien Carron (1760-1821) born in Rennes. Educator, writer and philanthropist who founded a number of social and educational institutions: schools, libraries and pharmacies while in exile in England. Deported to Jersey (1792-1796), on the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, Carron returned to France and became head of the Institut de Marie - Thérèse.
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The Babes In the Woods: Mother Goose Rhymes and Jingles, Fanny Cory's mother goose
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Bobbs-Merrill Company 1917 (c) 1913, No place stated, 1917. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 36 pages with black and white and green illustrations.Illustrated by 5 full color plates by Fanny Y Cory (illustrator). original decorated boards. This uncommon book and its delightful illustrations refresh our memory and remind us why Fanny Cory was much in demand as a children's author and illustrator in the early 1900s.; Unpaginated. Spine rubbed and somewhat loose. some color plates may be missing, owner signature in pencil inside front cover. example in abe that purports to have 12 full color plates, is priced as US$ 299.96
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The Peep of Day;: or, a Series of the Earliest Religious Instruction the Infant Mind is Capable of Receiving.
by Anon. ( Favell Lee Mortimer )
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This Fourth Edition, dated 1837, which genuinely can be considered as a "First thus", includes a preface to the Third Edition in which the author states that she has added: "some verses illustrative of each subject".In addition to the 1833 First Edition is added "The Author's Apology". It is, in effect, a considerably extended "Peep" and includes within the standard pagination: "Hints for Teachers", "Questions on the lessons","Verses to be committed to memory" and finally a "List of Books for Young Children".As the author herself notes that she has endeavoured to prove every statement "either by the notes or by the references prefixed to each chapter, both of which are intended solely for the use of the teacher" (see page xxiv).Wiki notes as follows: According to Todd Pruzan, "For the better part of the 19th century, Mrs. Mortimer was something of a literary superstar to an impressionable audience, both in her native England and beyond."[2] The Peep of Day series was immensely popular: over 500,000…
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An American Crusoe
by Verrill, A Hyatt
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Dodd & Mead & Company, 1914. a good to very good beige hardcover. Cover: Man with bow standing beside pelican. Cover has some soiling. some wear to tips. Solid binding. Inscribed and dated 1929 on ffep. 4 glossy plates including 2 page map. Plate described as frontis is found against page 172 (possibly retipped in).. Hardcover. Good to Very Good. Illus. by Martin Lewis.
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An American Crusoe
by A. Hyatt Verrill
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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New York: Dodd, Mead And Company, 1914. Hardcover. Fair. Martin Lewis. 1914. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Loose binding- see photos. Edgeworn. Corners bumped. PO's stamp inside board & flyleaf. 251p.
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An American Crusoe
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Northridge, California, United States
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New York: Dodd, Mead. Very Good with no dust jacket; No d/j. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Light green pictorial cloth, spine darkened, mild soil.. Spine lean, spine ends/corners rubbed, PO name to ffep. Number stamped on title page. Sound binding. Frontis. ; Real-life story of a man who survived on a desert island with only a pocket knife in the British West Indies. Author was a naturalist, explorer, archaeologist, writer, and general polymath whose intellectual curiosity had no bounds, including the true adventure told in this volume; Illustrations by Martin Lewis; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 251pp. pages .
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An American Crusoe: A Record Of Remarkable Adventures On A Desert Island With Only A Jackknife
by Verrill, A. Hyatt
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North Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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New York: Dodd Mead and Company.1914. First edition in Light green pictorial cloth [other color cloths have also been reported], 251 pages, illustrated. Novel about a castaway stranded on a desert island in the West Indies. ["In order to procure material which would furnish an accurate account of what a castaway might accomplish in such a spot, the author actually attempted and performed every feat related in the story and underwent all the experience in person, save suffering, and treasure-finding"]. A uncommon book in first edition. Good only copy with the spine slightly cocked with wear and light bumping to the ends, light damp staining to portions of the spine, fore-edge corners very lightly bumped with wear to the tips, a few brief markings to the front free end paper, very scattered upper corner creasing, light upper margin spot staining to a few pages; but the text and illustrations are themselves clean and the hinges are not cracked See Photos LR 1/4E
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An American Crusoe
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Hudson, Maine, United States
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New York: Dodd Mead, 1914. Orange Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Martin Lewis. Bumps to corners, light shelfwear to spine, lower right bump has also bumped the page corners a bit, spine very slightly faded. Sound, clean , and unmarked. "A Record of Remarkable Adventures on a Desert Island With Only a Jackknife".
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Bob Son of Battle
by Alfred Oliphant
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The story focuses on the rivalry between two sheepdogs and their masters, and chronicles the coming of age of a boy who is caught between them. David M'Adam, the boy, was half-orphaned by the death of his mother, and is left to the care of his father, Adam M'Adam, a sarcastic, angry alcoholic with a few redeeming qualities. M'Adam is the owner of Red Wull, a huge, violent dog who herds his sheep by brute force. Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Hardcover. Condition: vg+. .356 pages Find copy in Dark Blue Boards . copyright Doubleday & McClure (New York), 1889. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Rare first edition original 1899 edition by Doubleday and McClure Company New York. Nice copy all on hand laid paper. Deckled edges. Bob Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant. Copyright 1889. Some browning of pages. In a navy cloth binding. Externally sound. Some shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked/,
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus
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Crow Publishing, Victoria, 1971, 30 pages, 6.5" x 8.5", Near Fine, Comb Bound Softcover. An uncommon self published companion to "Ronny Meets The Sasquatch".
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Bedtime Stories
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1978 - 16th printing- vintage Bedtime Stories - Little Red Riding Hood - book: very good - all pages are clean and unmarked - edge wear on boards good for age - pages show some toning at edges - ELEMENT: includes a little red riding hood/big bad wolf as grandma flip doll - doll is professionally sewn with intricate details
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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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A special copy of The Little Prince translated into the Venetian (Venetan/Veneto) language, also called dialeto del mar – the dialect of the sea. Included is the bookmark from the bookstore - Libreria Acqua Alta. Great gift for any Little Prince collector. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The House That Jack Built: The Old Woman and Her Pig
by Rodney Peppe
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Orange, Virginia, United States
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Pocket sized reproduction from Pleasewell Series of the 1890s. This edition is reversible with The Old Woman and Her Pig also featured when the book is flipped over. Each story has reproduced lithographs from the original publication. No creasing, no age spots, Like New !
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Adventures of Raggedy Ann
by Gruelle, Johnny
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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1988 - includes 7" high raggedy Ann and Andy dolls - Raggedy certainly doesn't act her age (she's well over half a century) as she is tied to the trail of a kite, or her yarn hair is being used to line a robin's nest,..." Book: very good dj: very good - 2 small tears repaired with some fading on the spine - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Foreign Agent
by Thor, Brad
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New York: Atria Books, 2016. Signed on fep First Edition with full number line This is a limited, signed edition with an exclusive, to this edition, additional chapter. Please note what looks like a "Signed Edition" sticker on the front of dust jacket. It is not a a sticker; it is part of the design of the jacket. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 338 pages PLUS additional chapter "exclusively for Target customers." Target is US-based department store. From jacket: "Scot Harvath has exactly the skills the CIA is looking for. He's a former Navy SEAL with extensive experience in espionage. Working for a private intelligence company, he will provide the CIA, and more important, the President, with absolute deniability. But deep within the Russian Caucasus, Moscow also has its own special kind of operative... When a clandestine American operations team is ambushed near Syria, all signs point toward a dangerous informant in Brussels..." A new book, but with…
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Little Brighthope's Stories : Months and Seasons
by Anonymous
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Philadelphia: Davis, Porter & Coates. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 8pp. No date circa 1860s. Yellow pictorial wraps, stitched spine. LIght cover soil, contents mostly clean. A 2 line verse describes the hand-colored illustration for each month of the year. A well-preserved little book.
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Maya's Children: The Story of LA Llorana
by Anaya, Rudolfo
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Hyperion, 1997 Hard Cover. New/No DJ Issued. Illus. by Baca, Maria. 10.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 Inches. Library Binding.
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