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[Honesdale]: Boyds Mills Press 1993 Hardcover. 1563970538 . First edition [stated]. "Summary: Living in the 1920s, Annie must decide whether to go on to high school or stay at home to help her family". 196 pages. Near Fine copy in like jacket bx282

Chicago: Goldsmith. Good in Good dust jacket. 1933. Hardcover. This vintage juvenile series book is Good in Good jacket . The front hinge is cracked but holding well , edge wear anfd light dust soiling. The paper is age toned, The dust jacket has chips to the top edge of the front panel and the head of the spine , with dust soiling and a few small edge tears as shown. See Photos; A nice vintage boys series book. ; Jacket by Gretta .

NY: Cupples & Leon. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. A very good copy of this vintage series book with light edge wear , dust soiling to the page edges. 5 and 1/2 by 8 inch, 208+ 3 page publishers catalog . See Photos; A classic in the boys series genre. ; Frontis .

New York: Henry Holt and Company 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0805063811 . First edition. "Summary: In mid-nineteenth-century London, three young boys try to retrieve a valuable roll of copper from the bottom of the Thames River". 104 pages, illustrated, glossary. Fine in Fine jacket bx275

New York: Clarion Books 1992. First US edition. "Summary: Seventeen-year-old Christopher is kidnapped from Earth to serve as a pawn for Ben-Harran, a renegade Galactic Controller, in his fight against the Council of Atui and its policies of planetary control". 228 pages. VG+ or better copy in VG+ Dust Wrapper [some wear to the spine head] with a 1/8" x 3/4" chip to the top edge of the rear panel.195

[New York]: Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins Publishers 2003 Hardcover. 0060539305 . First edition This copy has been signed and dated in the year of issue ["2003"] by the author on the title page. "Summary: Leon, a fourth grader at the Classical School, tries to outwit the school bully and learn to sew for fanatical teacher Miss Hagmeyer, with unexpected help from his final project---a doll with magical powers". [308] pages [last numbered page is 301], illustrated with black-and-white drawings. Fine copy in Fine jacket. clphE

Racine WI: Whitman. Good with no dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. This vintage TV -tie in is in good to very good collectible condition with dust soiling and edge wear to the boards , A previous owners name and address on the reverse side of the front decorated end-paper. Light age toning to paper. See Photos; A classic from the 60's with illustrations by Tom Gill . ; Tom Gill . 210 pages
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New York: McLoughlin Bros. Publishers. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1882. Hard Cover. 93 pages. CONDITION: The covers are worn and soiled. The spine ends and corners are frayed. The front hinge is cracked. The rear hinge has been repaired at some point. There is light soiling and age toning to pages. Some pages have a shallow dampstain along the edges in the margins only. 8 By 10 Inches. Hard Cover. ; A beautifully illustrated book with 6 full page color lithographs and 16 black and white illustrations, some are full page, some have 2 on each page. "Mary Godolphin was the pseudonym of Lucy Aikin who undertook translating great literature into single-syllable words so that young readers could enjoy plots that were considerably more interesting than, say, the McGuffey readers of the 1880’s or the Dick and Jane primers of the 1950s (still around today as decodable readers in elementary schools) . She produced this volume based on Daniel Defoe’s most famous work..."-… Read More

London and Boston: Faber and Faber [1991]. First edition of this poet's first work of fiction. "Abigail is thirteen-an only child, pampered and bored. But the life to which she has grown accustomed is under threat...The country beyond is torn by an endless and meaningless civil war. Then on day the soldiers arrive..." 186 pages. Near Fine or better copy [hint of bumping, text paper starting to tan] in Near Fine Dust Wrapper [slight spine fading] with a short creased tear to the upper right corner of the rear panel. bx28

MA: Houghton Mifflin First Edition 125 page Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A fine copy in like dust jacket. See Photos S bx 107.24

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada: Tundra Books 1979. Life in Vancouver's Chinese community is revealed in this memoir by artist Sing Lim. These are his memories of his childhood in the 1920s. Sing Lim lived with his parents, brothers, and sister in a prison-like apartment. ... . Fine in a price clipped dust jacket with very light dust soiling. Protected by a Mylar protector. See Photos; Nice copy of this collectible children's book. ; Drawings .

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San Diego: Harcourt Inc 2001. 0152025510 . First edition [stated]. "Summary: Teenage wizard Nita travels to other universes to find a cure for her mother, who has brain cancer". The fifth book in the Young Wizards series. 403 pages. Very good copy with spine slightly cocked, and lightly bumped at the ends as is also the bottom edge of the rear board] in lightly creased else Near Fine jacket bx272.

Mariposa: Ponderosa Press Revised edition originally published in 1967 . "Yosemite National Park, one of the most magnificent places in the world, provides the setting for this dramatic story of eleven-year-old Jan Kern. Within weeks of enrolling in the Yosemite School, Jan's uncontrolled temper and her rebellion at being a girl bring her rejection from the other girls and probation at school". 121 pages, illustrated. Fine copy. bx11