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New Delhi: Penguin Books India / Puffin, November 2002. Trade Paperback. Revised and Updated Edition, First Printing / full number line. As New. Perfect. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. xii+404 pages. In an informal, engaging style, The Puffin History of India for Children 3000 BC - AD 1947 tells the fascinating story of India from the Indus Valley Civilization to Independence. Tracing the social, political, cultural and economic development of India, the book focuses on the high points of Indian history: the Vedic Age, the Mauryan Empire, the Gupta period, the Battle of Panipat, the conquests of Alauddin Khalji, who had the largest empire since Ashoka, the Brahmani and Vijayanagara kingdoms and their conflicts, the rule of Akbar, Shahjahan and Aurangzeb and the building of the Taj Mahal, the British conquest, the 1857 Revolt, the Nationalist movement and, finally, the triumph of Independence. The contributions of the important personalities who shaped this…
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Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, books 44-47, matching set c. 1974 (The Clue in the Crossword Cipher, The Spider Sapphire Mystery, The Invisible Intruder, The Mysterious Mannequin)
by Carolyn Keene; Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1967-72. Hardcover. c.1974 printings. Yellow pictorial boards (NO yellow band to front covers). Blue-dyed top edges. Second style white multi-scene endpapers. Last pages and rear covers all list to The Mystery of the Glowing Eye (51). All volumes in Fine condition. Interiors pristine. Spines straight and tight, ends bumped. Covers clean and bright, light rubbing to a few rear covers. 175-179 pages. 20 chapters each. Manuscripts by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Not from a library.
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- Publisher Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1974
- Keywords Nancy Drew, Nancy Drew set, set, Stratemeyer, fiction, children, children's, juvenile, fiction, tween, adventure, crime, detective, mystery, thriller
- Size 12mo
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The Puffin History of India for Children: 3000 BC to AD 1947
by Roshen Dalal
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All the Cowboys Were Indians
by Stan Brock
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Lenoir City, Tennessee: Synergy South, December 1999. Hardcover. Commemorative Edition. Originally published as Jungle Cowboy. As New book in an As New jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 310 pages. For years, Stan Brock was a regular fixture in America's living rooms as co-host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. All the Cowboys Were Indians is Brock's account of his coming-of-age on the Dadanawa, the world's largest cattle ranch, in Guyana, South America. You will meet Brock as a fugitive schoolboy from England, longing to become a cowboy. You will agonize with him as he learns bone-crushing lessons the hard way. You will share his triumph as he tames a killer horse. You will fall in love with Leemo, his pet mountain lion, and all the other four-footed and feathered friends he acquires during his days on the Dadanawa.
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Bible Stories for Children
by Myrtle Barbre
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Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1940. Hardcover. First Edition, likely first printing (no additional printings listed). Quarter-bound in green cloth with black lettering to spine and pictorial sides. Sewn binding. Very Good book / no jacket. Text block pristine. Small adhesive ghosts to front endpapers. Spine straight and tight. Corners and spine ends bumped and frayed. Rubbing to pictorial covers. Not from a library. 96 pages. 9.25 x 11 x 0.6 inches. Twelve striking full page, full color prints including frontis and many many black-and-white drawings. Seventeen Old Testament stories and 17 New Testament stories, retold in simple and vivid language.
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Banjo Billy and Mr. Bones
by May Justus
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Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 1944. Hardcover. First Edition, no additional printings listed. Blue cloth over boards with red lettering to spine and illustrated pastedown to front. Illustrated endpapers. Color frontis. Many color and B&W illustrations. Very Good book in pictorial cover. No jacket. Bookplate to verso of FFEP, otherwise interior is unmarked. Binding tight. Cloth lifting off upper edge of inner board. Corners and spine ends bumped and worn. See photos. Not from a library. 63 pages. The story of an orphan boy and his dog, Mr. Bones, looking for his own "stay place."
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Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Illustrated by E. Mackinstry
by Elizabeth Mackinstry
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New York: Macmillan. Hardcover. September 1935. First Edition / no additional printings listed. Green cloth over boards with black lettering and lamp decoration to front cover. Yellow endpapers. Lavishly illustrated. Very Good book / no dust jacket. Bookplate to front pastedown. Text block unmarked. Binding tight. Fading to spine and both covers, but black lettering is still dark. Not from a library. See photos. 16 pages. 11.25 x 8.75 inches. Here is the Famous Old Tale of that Strange & Wonderful Lamp which brought the Boy Aladdin great Riches, a marvelous Palace built all in one night and a beautiful Princess for a Wife. By rubbing this Magical lamp, from a poor lad in Rags he became the rich merchant Aladdin. Elizabeth Mackinstry adds new luster to this oldest of fairy tales with her pictures in gorgeous colors and carefully patterned black-and-white. The jewels in the secret cave glow with Oriental richness; jovial genii, grinning broadly, build Aladdin's palace in a sapphire night, while the…
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The Puffin History of India for Children: 3000 BC to AD 1947
by Roshen Dalal
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- as new
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- Revised and Updated Edition
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- 9780143335443 / 0143335448
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New Delhi: Penguin Books India / Puffin, November 2002. Trade Paperback. Revised and Updated Edition, First Printing / full number line. As New. Perfect. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. xii+404 pages. In an informal, engaging style, The Puffin History of India for Children 3000 BC - AD 1947 tells the fascinating story of India from the Indus Valley Civilization to Independence. Tracing the social, political, cultural and economic development of India, the book focuses on the high points of Indian history: the Vedic Age, the Mauryan Empire, the Gupta period, the Battle of Panipat, the conquests of Alauddin Khalji, who had the largest empire since Ashoka, the Brahmani and Vijayanagara kingdoms and their conflicts, the rule of Akbar, Shahjahan and Aurangzeb and the building of the Taj Mahal, the British conquest, the 1857 Revolt, the Nationalist movement and, finally, the triumph of Independence. The contributions of the important personalities who shaped this…
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The Commonsense Scots Cookery Book
by Gordon Hay
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- 9780207957970 / 0207957975
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Brighton, England: Angus and Robertson. December 1978. Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Inscription on front free endpage. Text block unmarked. Spine square and tight. Corners bumped. Jacket clean and crisp, but price clipped. 117 pages.
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What Can You Do with an Old Red Shoe?: A Green Activity Book About Reuse
by Anna Alter
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New York: Henry Holt. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. March 2009. As New book in a Fine cover. Suitable for gifting. 32 pages. What can Ruby do with her old red shoe? Use it as a planter for pansies! In this "green" craft book, children can appreciate that recycling is a part of everyday life, and with a little creativity, exciting projects are only a few steps away. Turn a worn flip-flop into an art stamp, a ripped shower curtain into an apron, and an old T-shirt into a pillow. These activities are just a few of the many crafts to be explored. With easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions, this interactive book will challenge kids to come up with clever recycling ideas of their own.
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The Children's Treasury of Virtues
by William J. Bennett
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New York: Simon & Schuster, November 2000. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. As New book in an As New jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. xv+333 pages. Color illustrations on every page. 9.5 x 12.0 x 1.2 inches. 4.1 pounds. The Children's Book of Virtues, The Children's Book of Heroes, and The Children's Book of America combined into one volume. A collection of stories and poems about virtues, conduct of life, heroes, and American history and folklore. Heavy item: extra charges for expedited shipping.
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Lisbeth Holly
by Ruth C. Barlow
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New York: Dodd, Mead, 1947. Hardcover. First Edition (no additional printings listed). Inscribed by author and illustrator with personal gift message on FFEP. Blue cloth over boards. Dark blue printing to spine and decoration to front board. Good+ book / no jacket. Text block pristine. Spine straight and tight. Spine ends and corners bumped. Cover frayed at edges, faded at spine. viii+209 pages. Several B&W illustrations. Youngest sisters who are trying hard to catch up with the rest of the family will have an especially friendly feeling for Lisbeth Holly, who wasn't quite 10 and a trifle sensitive about being the baby of the family. But no matter what their rank in age, girls of 8 to 11 will enter whole-heartedly into the Holly children's good times during a summer on the shores of Lake Michigan forty years ago.
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