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Mr. Hobbs' Vacation by Streeter, Edward - 1954

Mr. Hobbs' Vacation

by Streeter, Edward

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Book. Illus. by Dorothea Warren Fox, Illustrator. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Stated First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Dorothea Warren Fox, Illustrator. Collectible quality First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean sky blue cloth boards with black cloth spine, red lettering, blue decoration on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 248 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped (3.00 on front inside flap), no tears, slightest hint of edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Things don't always go the they way you expect them to when you take a family vacation! This story is even funnier than the author's previous "Father of the Bride." Made into a rollicking movie (1962) starring James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, and Fabian..
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  • Illustrator Dorothea Warren Fox, Illustrator
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  • Edition Stated First Edition.
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  • Publisher Harper & Brothers
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1954
  • Keywords FICTION, FIRST EDITION, EDWARD STREETER, DOROTHEA WARREN FOX, HUMOR, FAMILY VACATION BOOKS INTO FILM

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Devil In A Blue Dress

Devil In A Blue Dress

by Mosley, Walter

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New York: W.W. Norton, 1990. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. . Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WALTER MOSLEY IN 1991. The 1st Easy Rawlins mystery that was made into a film a few years back with Denzel Washington as Rawlins. Nice dustjacket artwork. Fine/fine.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. By Wanda Ga'g. 1938. Coward-McCann, Inc. First Edition, 18th Impression Thus. EXLIB. Good- Condition/ Good- Condition DJ. A clean, solid copy. Summary: "The beloved tale as the Grimm Brothers set it down, accompanied by perfect pictures." Translated and illustrated with woodcuts by author Wanda Ga'g. DJ flaps have been trimmed by library. DJ protected by mylar. (Please see our photos.) Back panel of the green, red and white dust jacket is a book list of Wanda Gag titles.
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 A Picture for Harold's Room: Another Adventure with the Purple Crayon
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 A Picture for Harold's Room: Another Adventure with the Purple Crayon

by Johnson, Crockett

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Johnson, Crockett. A Picture For Harold's Room, A Purple Crayon Adventure. USED. Harper Crest Library bound but from private owners. First Edition, Harper and Brothers 1960. Used. Good Plus Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Rare/scarce. A nice find!
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Harold At The North Pole
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Harold At The North Pole

by Crockett Johnson

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Harold At The North Pole (HARPER & BROTHERS 1958 1st Ed. W/ original Dj) 1958 FIRST EDITION, Early printing thus. Exlib. Good Condition/ Good Unclipped Dust jacket. Original price $2.50. Clean. Missing the blank front free endpaper. Please see our photos. RARE/SCARCE. Will ship from Oregon
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The Day Of The Triffids
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The Day Of The Triffids

by Wyndham, John

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The Day Of The Triffids Michael Joseph Fourteenth Impression Thus. March, 1984 Wyndham, John: The Day of the Triffids, Michael Joseph, London. Original copyright 1951. Science Fiction, Horror. Original source material for the film of the same name. One of the creepiest stories you will ever read. Good/Good Price-clipped DJ. Dust jacket is black with large green and white titling and ornamentation. EX-LIB.
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The Human Comedy
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The Human Comedy

by William Saroyan

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Harcourt & Brace 1943, First. VG/none. Rust orange boards with black titles to spine and illustration of young man on bike with dog chasing (delivering telegrams) . Also an illustration of a young boy on the spine. PO's signature on first fly leaf. Otherwise, a clean tight copy - no other marks. No DJ. The Human Comedya loving novel about a family during WWII. It was made into a movie starring Mickey Rooney , Fay Bainter and Frank Morgan. The book won a Pulitzer Prize, and the movie won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Rooney received an Oscar Nomination for Best Actor.
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The Searching Wind
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The Searching Wind

by Hellman, Lillian

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Hellman, Lillian: The Searching Wind. PLAY The Viking Press, 1st Ed., First printing Thus, June, 1944. DRAMA. Used. Good/Good unclipped DJ $2.00 price. Protected in a mylar wrap.
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Baby Weems
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Baby Weems

by Grant, Joe; Huemer, Dick

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NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn and sunned, shaken, several small . tears to lower edges of pages.. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Slate blue illustrated cloth. Introduction by Robert Benchley. Many black and white illustrations by Disney studio artists. The humorous story of the genius baby, which was part of the 1941 Disney film, The Reluctant Dragon. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [64] pages .
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The Long Winter

The Long Winter

by Wilder, Laura Ingalls

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Wilder Laura Ingalls: The Long Winter. 1953 Harper & Brothers Uniform Edition. Pictures by Garth Williams. BIOGRAPHY. Used. VG/Acceptable $2.95 Original Snowball fight Dust Jacket. Back panel of jacket is water- stained. The story of the hard winter of 1880-1881 in the Dakota Territory with the pioneer Ingalls Family. Little House on the Prairie series. 335 pages. 6 X 8 ¼.
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The Odessa File

The Odessa File

by Frederick Forsyth

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The Easton Press, 1990 (1972). First Edition thus; Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "as new" / unread condition. Very minor shelf wear to bottom edges. Binding and text block are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper with gilded edges. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A beautiful gift copy!
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Mr. Hobb's Vacation

by Streeter, Edward

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Harper & Brothers, NY, 1954.. Very Good/Unknown. Octavo, hardcover, VG in tan boards with corners lightly bumped. Part of dj taped to endpapers. Hobbs, a frustrated and successful businessman, was looking forward to his vacation, a place by the sea with his children and grandchildren. But when the time came it was a disaster. A man who worshipped order was in the midst of chaos. Humor. How our dreams are knocked about by reality. 248 pp.
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Mr. Hobbs' Vacation

by Streeter, Edward

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Harper, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good. Dorothea Warren Fox. Very nice copy, firm in binding, unmarked in unclipped jacket showing gentle sunfade to spine. There is tan coloration perhaps from glue at endpaper edges.
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MR. HOBBS' VACATION (Novel made into Film)

by STREETER, EDWARD

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popular library, , (first PB 1962), . K-09, near fine, unread (MOVIE TIE-IN / JIMMY STEWART), paperback,
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Mr. Hobbs' Vacation (Movie Tie-In Starring = James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian ;...
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Mr. Hobbs' Vacation (Movie Tie-In Starring = James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian ; Popular K9)

by STREETER, EDWARD

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Canada: Popular Library., 1962. Book. Illus. by PHOTO Cover From FILM/Movie. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 156 pages."Mr. Hobbs wants to spend a quiet holiday at the beach, but his wife has invited all their family to stay with them." Movie Tie-In Starring = James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian ; >> Minor creasing to covers..
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Mr. Hobbs' Vacation

by Streeter, Edward

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Harper & Brothers. Good/Good. 1954. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. (S295) .
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Mr. Hobbs' Vacation

by Streeter. Edward

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Harper & Brothers, 1954. First Edition. Interior is excellent/Minimal wear to cover and jacket.
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Mr. Hobbs' Vacation

Mr. Hobbs' Vacation

by Streeter, Edward

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NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1902. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vi, (i), 248 pp .
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Mr. Hobbs' Vacation

by Edward Streeter

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Harper & Brothers, 1954. hard cover. good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Good, hard cover book with torn dust jacket, book club edition, sunned, deckle pages, 248 pages, 8vo.
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Mr Hobbs' Vacation

Mr Hobbs' Vacation

by Streeter, Edward

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New York: Harper & Brothers. Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Well cocked, edge tone, staining/foxing to covers at top, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket small tears and chips, light rub, light foxing, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "For months ahead Mr Hobbs had daydreamed of the pleasures that would be his and the many things he would do. But, somehow, when the time arrived, affairs did not turn out as he anticipated. His grandchildren were either sleeping or eating. His daughters were involved in their own pursuits. His sons-in-law baffled him. The business of living kept getting in his way - the problem of hot water, the demands of hospitality, garbage disposal. A man who worshiped order, Mr Hobbs found himself existing in the midst of what seemed to him unbelievable chaos." Illustrated with drawings by Dorothea Warren Fox. First Edition, First Printing of this delightful humor novel by the author of Dere Mabel… Read More
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Mr. Hobbs' Vacation

by Edward Streeter

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Harpr & Bros., 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition stated. 1/4 black cloth on teal paper-covered boards, spine title in teal and red. Modest shelf wear to the binding. The dustjacket is not price-clipped, has some rubbing at the spine ends, and one very short closed tear at the top of the front panel.
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The Sky and the Forest
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The Sky and the Forest

by Forester, C.S

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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

by Christie, Agatha

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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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The Midnight Sky
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The Midnight Sky

by George Clooney

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Los Angeles: Netflix, 2020. Oversized hardcover with white boards, front cover embossed title and photo, spine black embossed lettering, black endpapers. Very good condition with some shelf wear. Pages are unmarked. Book published in conjunction with the movie. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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The Silence Of The North

The Silence Of The North

by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East

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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK

by SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM

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Norwalk, Ct: The Easton Press, 1967. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pp: 138. Bound in full grey leather covered boards elaborately decorated with the letter 'H' stamped in gilt designed by Peter Winfield Johnson. The book includes raised bands to the spine, gilt edges, frontispiece, and satin endpapers. The illustrations by Legrand were originally in the 1939 Limited Editions Club publication. The text of this edition is also from the 1939 publication which was derived from the Second Quarto of 1604 and the First Folio edition of 1623. It contains the old style spelling and punctuation of the earlier printings. The size of the text block is almost exactly the same as that of the First Folio. The paper was made at the Glatfelter Paper Mill in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. Laid in is a four-page booklet on the historical context of this publication.
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Deliverance

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NY Houghton Mifflin 1970.. vg+/vg+/very minute wear to top of sp. panel. Dickey's 1st novel that was filmed in 72 by John Boorman w. a screenplay by Dickey who also had a sm. part in the film. 1st print. edition. Binding is cl.w.dj.
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Selected Works of Ba Jin, Vol 2: Garden of Repose, Bitter Cold Nights
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Selected Works of Ba Jin, Vol 2: Garden of Repose, Bitter Cold Nights

by Ba Jin; Pa Chin; Li Yaotang; Li Fei-Kan; Jock Hoe (trans); Sidney Shapiro (trans)

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Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. 1988. Hardcover. First Edition (stated, actually First English-language Edition). Blue leatherette over boards with gold titles to spine and front board. Sewn binding. Sewn-in yellow silk place-marker. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Light remainder mark to top edge. Very slight edge-wear to jacket. No tears. Not from a library. Not clipped. 502 pages.Garden of Repose (憩园, Qì Yuán, 1944) and Bitter Cold Nights (aka Cold Nights, 寒夜, Hán Yè, 1947) are both critiques of China's traditional Confucian family system focusing on emotionally fragile and weak men struggling and failing to deal with family demands and social pressure. Both are set in Sichuan during the Sino-Japanese War (World War II) and both have been adapted into movies at least twice. Garden of Repose is the story of two decadent and decaying families. It follows the live of two characters: a drug addict from a rich family forced to sell his family… Read More
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Grand Hotel
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Grand Hotel

by Baum, Vicki

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GRAND HOTEL BY VICKI BAUM. ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Also published in the German language as Menchen Im Hotel. Used. Good Condition. No DJ is included. Bright pages. STATED FIRST EDITION. Copyright page states: "All rights reserved. First published 1930" Geoffrey Bles Publishers, London. Original source material for the famous film of the same name.
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Another Part of the Forest
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Another Part of the Forest

by Hellman, Lillian

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ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST. THE VIKING PRESS, FIRST EDITION STATED FIRST PRINTING THUS, APRIL, 1947. Used. Very good condition/Good + condition original unclipped, $2.00 price appears on front flap. Fuscia dust jacket spine is a trace sunned. Mylar wrap. Another Part of the Forest, a play in three acts by Lillian Hellman, author of "The Little Foxes", and "The Searching Wind". Patricia Neal frontispiece.
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Witness for the Prosecution (Dell #855)

Witness for the Prosecution (Dell #855)

by Agatha Christie

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923ChristieWitness Witness for the Prosecution (Dell #855) Dell Publishing, NY. 1948. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Copyright page states MCMXLVIII and states reprinted by arrangement with Dodd, Mead. No other printings are stated. Cover Art by William George. 192 pages. Mystery Anthology 4 ¼ x 6 3/8. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION. A bit toned.
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