Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. The Riverside Press Cambridge. First Edition. Royal octavo, gold illustrated cloth (hardcover), 117 pp. Good, with wear to covers and upper hinge starting -- still, clean, bright & tight. From story: Obed Timmons stopped his work and looked about the schoolroom. What he saw was enough to make any boy sit and stare. Of course it was the same classroom where he sat five days in the week. Obed didn’t live in the village of Jefferson where the school stood. He lived a mile away, up Butternut Hill, with Aunt Myra and Uncle Rufus Bates. But Uncle Rufus, or sometimes Aunt Myra, drove him to and from school as regularly as clockwork, except on fine days when Obed walked. So he knew the classroom just as well as if he lived next door.There were the same chairs and tables. There were the same boys and girls. The teacher, Miss Short, was walking about as she often did, stopping to speak to a boy or a girl at this table or that. But, this spring afternoon, there were sights in the classroom such as OBed had never seen before. in front of him, two tables away, sat a boy bending over a large sheet of paper. On the boy’s shoulder perched a monkey. The monkey’s long brown tail curled halfway down the boy’s back. That was a sight to see in school, anyone would admit. The boy was John Bright and the monkey was called Bimbo. Bimbo had come from South America with John’s uncle not long ago. Bimbo turned his head and grinned at Obed. Then he ran his brown paws through John’s curly hair. The next moment he had nipped a peanut from John’s pocket and had popped it into his own mouth. John seemed used to Bimbo’s antics. He worked steadily on the paper spread before him. But Obed couldn’t look away until Bimbo crept down into John’s lap and out of his sight...

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Bookseller: Lighthousebooks, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5116bd
Title: A Name for Obed. Illustrated by Lois Lenski.
Author: Phillips, Ethel Calvert
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. The Riverside Press Cambridge. First Edition.
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1941
Keywords: Children’s Literature, Illustrated, Lois Lenski.

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Orders usually ship within two business days. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know that an extra shipping fee is required.All items are subject to prior sale. Shipping costs are $4.25 for the first volume via USPS media rate, or $8.00 via USPS Priority Mail. Each volume thereafter is an additional $1. International orders shipped USPS Priority Mail International Flat Rate Envelope, for a fee of $28.00; or otherwise, by weight. Sets, oversize and/or heavier volumes will generally cost more to ship, both domestically and internationally; we will quote a price to you when this is the case. Florida residents must add 7% sales tax. Payment may be by Check/Money Order (in US dollars), Credit Card (American Express, Mastercard, and Visa) or PayPal. All items are returnable within ten days of receipt.

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Lighthouse Books, ABAA is a family-owned and operated book shop located in downtown Dade City, Florida, celebrating more than 40 years of business. We're open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Our specialties include Florida history and literature, Americana, literature of the South, military history (including, but not limited to, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Vietnam, Korean War), children's literature, antique maps, leather bindings and rare & unusual items. We have a wide variety of general stock, including a large landscape/gardening section, a great selection of Christian/church history/Bible study titles, Beat literature, fishing, aviation, maritime, Asian history, African history, European history, South Pacific, British history, archaeology, psychology, philosophy, Latin American and Caribbean history, Canadian history, discovery & exploration, art, antiques & collectibles' reference, pop-up books, railroads, hunting, fire arms, etc. About 25 per cent of our total stock is listed in our online inventory. If ever you're in the area, we invite you to come in and browse; to show our appreciation, we'll offer a 15 per cent discount off any purchases made on your first visit. The proprietor, Michael F. Slicker, is one of about 450 qualified members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, Inc., and its affiliate the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He was also the founding president of the the Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association and is still an active member and committee chairman. In addition to keeping regular hours at the storefront location, Lighthouse Books participate as a vender in about a dozen book fairs, antiques shows, map fairs and related events each year. One such show is The Florida Antiquarian Book Fair, an annual trade show/charity benefit held in downtown St. Petersburg in the spring, that has become the oldest and largest antiquarian book fair in the Southeast; Slicker has served as Chair since its inception thirty years ago. Please contact us for more information regarding our certified appraisal services. Please visit our website: www.OldFloridaBookStore.com. Bibliophiles might also enjoy our blog, featuring articles on unusual books, author biographies, and other book related subjects:.OldFloridaBookStore.blospot.com.

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