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FUNNY STORIES ABOUT FUNNY PEOPLE In Rhymes, Pictures and Jingles

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Philadelphia: National Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. 150 illustrations by J. G. Francis, J. C. Shepherd, F. J. Merrill, Palmer Cox, George F. Barnes, and others; Hinges cracked - book tight, clean and bright ; Quarto .
  • Bookseller Gravelly Run Antiquarians US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher National Publishing Company
  • Place of Publication Philadelphia
  • Date Published 1905

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Penrod Jashber

Penrod Jashber

by Tarkington, Booth

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Granville, New York, United States
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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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Jimsey

Jimsey

by Van Dresser, Jasmine Stone

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Chicago, New York: Rand McNally & Company. Story of two little Southern girls, written in Southern dialect, during the 1800's. Moderate wear to blue cloth boards & centered pictorial paste-down. No names or markings, cracked inside hinge, Frontis print is taped in 3 places to the title page, Four full color prints on coated stock by Dorothy Lake Gregory. Page 73 is unattached but still present & in great shape. Mild dust soil throughout margins & edging (nothing serious). 90pp. . Fair. Hardcover. 1923.
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THE BOY WHO SAILED WITH COLUMBUS
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THE BOY WHO SAILED WITH COLUMBUS

by Foreman, Michael & Richard Seaver

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Used - Very Fine
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First American Edition
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9781559701785
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1559701781
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Bacova, Virginia, United States
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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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Chappie and the Others

by Heward, Constance

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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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Munachar & Manachar: An Irish Story

Munachar & Manachar: An Irish Story

by Rockwell, Anne (Illus); Jacobs, Joseph (Auth)

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First Edition
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Torrington, Connecticut, United States
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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell (1970). Yellow cloth with light shelf wear; color pictorial dust jacket with light soil and age-toned. An old Irish folk tale about two leprechauns, one who does the work and the other who benefits (much to the dismay of the other). Bright and hilarious artwork accompany the equally amusing tale. Very difficult to find title.. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Anne Rockwell. Oblong 4to.
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Seventh-Grade Weirdo
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Seventh-Grade Weirdo

by Lee Wardlaw

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Very Good
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Hardcover
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9780590448055
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0590448056
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Halifax, Pennsylvania, United States
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Stated First Scholastic printing, August 1992. Slightly bumped upper and lower spine ends. The dust jacket has some slight scratching on the front cover and slight wrinkling at upper and lower spine ends. Book appears unread.
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True Blue Book

True Blue Book

by Lang, Andrew

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1st Edition
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Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Longmans Green, 1893. Book. Illus. by L. Bogle; Lucien Davis; H.J. Ford;; C.H.M. Ford; Lancelot Speed;. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1893 1st edition. Illustrated in b/w. The blue cloth cover is worn ant the edges and corners and there are a few small splits. The binding is still reasonably firm and there are no loose or missing pages but page 27/8 has a tear at the top edge. The first blank page has a previous owner's name. Inside there are some grubby marks and foxing which is mostly moderately light but widespread on some pages..
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience

by Marianne Parrot

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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.
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Steel Drums and Ice Skates
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Steel Drums and Ice Skates

by Mclean & Anderson

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Hardcover
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9780888992581
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0888992580
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Bethel, Connecticut, United States
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Signed by author Dirk McLean. No jacket, but has illustrated full color exteriors. Front cover-faint surface scratches. Scratches on front end paper. Small black mark on exterior page edges. Unpaginated. Kids picture book. Fiction about immigration. Canadian fiction. 8" X 9.25" X 0.25 Fully color illustrations by Ho Che Anderson. When her parents went to Canada to find work, they left Hollie behind in Trinidad with her Tanty Millie. But one day her parents send for her to join them. She must fly north to a strange new land to reunite with parents she hardly knows. Will she like snow and living with her parents again?
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Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes
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Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes

by Mother Goose

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First Thus
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Webster, New York, United States
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New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1930. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Cooke, Edna. First thus. Lacks jacket. All plates included. Boards lightly soiled, light stain to top corner of frontispiece and title page, ink name on front endpaper. 1930 Hard Cover. 384 pp. 8vo. Navy blue cloth, gilt titles, red, white, and gold design on front board. Color frontispiece and plates, black-and-white illustrations on endpapers and throughout text, all by Edna Cooke. Includes Humpty Dumpty, The Fox and the Farmer, Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin and many more. "The familiar figure of Mother Goose is an imaginary author of a collection of fairy tales and nursery rhymes which are often published as Mother Goose Rhymes. As a character, she appears in one "nursery rhyme". A Christmas pantomime called "Mother Goose" is often performed in the United Kingdom. The so-called "Mother Goose" rhymes and stories have formed the basis for many classic British pantomimes.… Read More
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FUNNY STORIES ABOUT FUNNY PEOPLE: In Rhymes Pictures and Jingles
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FUNNY STORIES ABOUT FUNNY PEOPLE: In Rhymes Pictures and Jingles

by Francis, J. G.; Shepherd, J. C.; Merrill, F. J.; Cox, Palmer; Barnes, George F

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Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, 1905. Very good.. Early 20th-century clever and humorous children's book with illustrations on every page. 10'' x 8''. Original blue pictorial cloth boards, stamped red, yellow, and black to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated with 150 illustrations in shades of brown, blue, and red, a number full page (cw: some racist caricatures). [96] pages. Boards with some soil and rubbing. Front hinge starting but firm; one leaf with marginal closed tear.
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Bedtime Stories
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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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Day In and Day Out (The Alice and Jerry Books, Reading Foundation Series)
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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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First Edition
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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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

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

by Engle, Joanna

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First Edition
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Paperback
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9780394856438
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0394856430
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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
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Bob Son of Battle

by Alfred Oliphant

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first
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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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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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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince
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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
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The House That Jack Built: The Old Woman and Her Pig

by Rodney Peppe

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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
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Foreign Agent

by Thor, Brad

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First
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Hardcover
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9781501147494
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1501147498
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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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… Read More
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Going To the Doctor (First Experiences Series)

Going To the Doctor (First Experiences Series)

by Fred Rogers

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3rd Printing Thus
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Hardcover
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9780399212987
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0399212981
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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… Read More
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series

by Kipling, Rudyard

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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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