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NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1929. First Edition, first printing. Hard cover. Published NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1929. Illus. by Gordon Grant. Blue cloth with yellow lettering and cover illustation. Spine faded, otherwise very good - tight, straight, text clean, pages very bright, no markings.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gordon Grant. 8vo.. Illus.
Beechy of the Harbour School by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer - 1955
by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
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Beechy of the Harbour School
by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
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London, United Kingdom: Oliphants Ltd, 1955. Green boards have general wear and marks plus a few small watermarks at rear. 1cm split at bottom edge of spine. Presentation sticker to front free endpaper. Yellowed pages. 96 pages with colour frontispiece. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Date Published 1955
- Keywords CHILDRENS FICTION ELINOR M. BRENT-DYER CHALET SCHOOL CG1
- Size 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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THE BOY WHO SAILED WITH COLUMBUS
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NY: Little, Brown, 1992 Book. Illus. by Michael Foreman. Very Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fictionalized story of a 12 year old Viking orphan who travels to the New World w/Columbus & ultimately must choose between the Old World & the New. SIGNED BY FOREMAN..
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Chappie and the Others
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London: Frederick Warne and Co.. 1926. 12mo. [17x12cm]. Good condition in dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Dustjacket is price-clipped with some loss to spine ends and corners. Book has corresponding fading and a tiny tear to top of spine. Corners a little rubbed. Illustrated with lovely colour and black & white pictures by Savile Lumley. 54 pages. Constance Heward was the author of the popular Ameliaranne series. Savile Lumley was a popular book illustrator and poster designer. He also provided the drawings for several magazines and comics including The Boy's Own Paper, The Champion Annual, Chatterbox and Little Folks. During the First World War he designed the famous poster, Daddy, what did you do in the Great War? . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1915. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1915. 12mo., 5 1/4" x 7", 58pp. plus 1pp. publisher's ad, illustrated with 16 full page color illustrations by John R. Neill, pictorial endpapers, color pictorial cover inset. Mid to late 20's imprint with The Lost King of Oz as last title of publisher's list, September 1927 presentation inscription. Gentle wear at the tips, light rub to corner of cover inset, name on front pastedown, else near fine, clean attractive. . Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Neill, John R. . 12mo.
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Winter of Enchantment
by Walker, Victoria
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U.K.: Hart-Davis, 1969 Very Good First Hart-Davis Edition 1969 In Very Good Unclipped Dust Jacket. Remnant Of Book Plate On Ffep.Light crease to both front board and Dust Jacket. Clean Purple Boards With Gilt Lettering First Novel Written And Illustrated By Victoria Walker.
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Penrod Jashber
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NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1929. First Edition, first printing. Hard cover. Published NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1929. Illus. by Gordon Grant. Blue cloth with yellow lettering and cover illustation. Spine faded, otherwise very good - tight, straight, text clean, pages very bright, no markings.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gordon Grant. 8vo.. Illus.
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THE BOY WHO SAILED WITH COLUMBUS
by Foreman, Michael & Richard Seaver
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NY: Little, Brown, 1992 Book. Illus. by Michael Foreman. Very Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fictionalized story of a 12 year old Viking orphan who travels to the New World w/Columbus & ultimately must choose between the Old World & the New. SIGNED BY FOREMAN..
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Chappie and the Others
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London: Frederick Warne and Co.. 1926. 12mo. [17x12cm]. Good condition in dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Dustjacket is price-clipped with some loss to spine ends and corners. Book has corresponding fading and a tiny tear to top of spine. Corners a little rubbed. Illustrated with lovely colour and black & white pictures by Savile Lumley. 54 pages. Constance Heward was the author of the popular Ameliaranne series. Savile Lumley was a popular book illustrator and poster designer. He also provided the drawings for several magazines and comics including The Boy's Own Paper, The Champion Annual, Chatterbox and Little Folks. During the First World War he designed the famous poster, Daddy, what did you do in the Great War? . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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The Three Bears : A Jerry-Sue Talking Book
by Douglass, Donald R.
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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San Francisco: Talking Books, Inc, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Douglass, Donald R. Pictorial cardboard casing with illustration and title printed onto upper board, title printed onto spine and illustration printed onto lower board, 4to (11 inches tall), "Copyright 1959" stated on title page, pp. [title page], 14. A complete and near very good copy of this scarce item, with less than the normal wear and tear expected from a children's book-toy. Audio from record much less than perfect, rust to staples of booklet, soil to cover with edges rubbed, slight contour to top board from height allowance of underlying finger operated handle, all illustrations and text still clean and bright.
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Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp / Robin Hood
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Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1915. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1915. 12mo., 5 1/4" x 7", 58pp. plus 1pp. publisher's ad, illustrated with 16 full page color illustrations by John R. Neill, pictorial endpapers, color pictorial cover inset. Mid to late 20's imprint with The Lost King of Oz as last title of publisher's list, September 1927 presentation inscription. Gentle wear at the tips, light rub to corner of cover inset, name on front pastedown, else near fine, clean attractive. . Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Neill, John R. . 12mo.
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Beechy of the Harbour School.
by Brent-Dyer, Elinor M
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Oliphants Ltd. London. 1955 (Ist Edition). 8vo. Hardcover, somewhat chipped and price-clipped d/w, now in protected clear covering; interior in very good cond. A charming and helpful story for school girls, col frontis.
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Beechy of the Harbour School
by Brent-Dyer, Elinor M
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SHERINGHAM, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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London: Oliphants. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1955. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slim 8vo hbk no dustwrapper; 1st Edition. Book has green cloth Boards; coloured frontispiece; pp lightly browned; Vg-; ; Stand Alone Novel; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Beechy of the Harbour School
by Brent-Dyer, Elinor M
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Oliphants Ltd, London & Edinburgh, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Colour illustrated frontispiece. White coloured boards with blue coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for frontispiece, with dark red and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Beechy would have found the first term at school very pleasant except for the trouble that Olive was causing. "Beechy had become a Christian before starting school but had told nobody. She had to learn the hard way that only when we pray to Him and have the courage to confess to Him, does Jesus give us the strength we need to meet life's difficulties." Â from the front fold over panel blurb. Softening and a little chipping of the pack strip edges; with rubbing of the top book corners and lower book edges. There is a small erosion mark to the top edge of the front panel stop panel show rubs and marks with tanning of the text block…
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Beechy of the Harbour School
by Brent-Dyer, Elinor M
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Forrestfield, Western Australia, Australia
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London: Oliphants, 1955. Book. Illus. by Wardill. Very good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st edition : 1955 White Boards (Ive also seen this title with Green boards) Jacket is backed with brown paper glued to it. The brown paper overlaps onto the front of the flaps by around 1cm and can be seen on the front panel where there is a small loss. The front flap has a large price clip. Front free endpaper is 75% missing. Still a tidy copy of a quite scarce title.
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BEECHY OF THE HARBOUR SCHOOL
by Brent-Dyer, Elinor M
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Monmouthshire, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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Published by Oliphants Ltd., 1955. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good/Good. Almost very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Green boards, black title to spine and embossed publisher vignette to front board. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name and address in biro to front pastedown. Prize plate and a few ink marks to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned but otherwise clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, torn and creased, large tear to front fold which has been tape repaired on verso. Title of book has been written in ink to front flap of wrapper.
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Day In and Day Out (The Alice and Jerry Books, Reading Foundation Series)
by Mabel O'Donnell; Alice Carey
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Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson and Company, n.d. [copyright 1936]. Hardcover. First Edition, no additional printings listed. First-grade reader in the Alice and Jerry basal reader educational series. Red cloth over boards with blue & yellow titles and illustration of a dog and duckling. Good+. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown, a few penciled notes. Sewn binding is straight and tight. Corners and spine ends bumped. Covers clean and bright. Not from a school or library. See photos. 156 pages with color illustrations on every page. Word list.
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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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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
by Elmay Crow
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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
by Tenggren, Gustaf: Illustrated by
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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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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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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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Going To the Doctor (First Experiences Series)
by Fred Rogers
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Fred Rogers: First Experiences Book Series: Going To the Doctor (1986 1st Ed. 3rd Pr. Thus, G.P. Putnam)RARE in this first hardcover edition. Quite the find. Used. VG/VG condition unclipped dust jacket, printed price $12.95 Mr. Rogers appears on the back dj panel wearing a pale blue sweater. "In this book, real life photos are used to help young people feel more comfortable with interacting with other children and making new friends. A Note From Fred Rogers: A child's first visit with a pediatrician usually comes soon after birth. It may be months or even years later, though, that a child first shows fear about going to see a doctor. The worry of an injection or some other unfamiliar medical procedure can trigger that fear. It can also appear because another family member may be feeling medical anxieties. And, of course, new body awareness and needs for privacy develop naturally in children's early years, so all these feelings can make it very hard for them to let doctors investigate the workings of…
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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