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From back cover: "No more ordinary balloons! It's easy! Twist your balloons into an animal frenzy! These easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions show you how." "You'll also find tips for becoming a successful balloon entertainer."Very Good condition. Front cover has been slightly opened and has a soft "thumb" crease in middle. Very light bumping. Very minimal edge/corner wear. Please see photos. 32 pages.

200 medium difficulty, contemporary crossword puzzles from The Boston Globe Sunday Crossword series, in one volume.Near Fine condition. Slight bumping to front and back covers. Very minimal edge/corner wear. Spine is not creased. Pages are clean and tight. This book looks almost new. Please see photos.200 pages, plus crossword answers in the back.

From front cover:
"Revised and Expanded to Help Solve Today's Crossword Puzzles"
"Political, geographical, and technological terms, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, Academy Award winners, sports legends, biblical and mythological characters, and more"
From back cover:
"Here is the work that made all other puzzle dictionaries obsolete. Its unique Instant Finder System saves you time-consuming searches through the long, jumbled paragraphs of words that are so common in other crossword puzzle dictionaries. Suppose your clue is a six-letter word for RAGE: just turn to that entry and your eye immediately picks out the bold number 6. Now you can pick your answer from just five words, ignoring the 32 others that can's fit."
Good- condition. Covers are rubbed, bumped, with much corner and edge wear. There is some soiling to closed book page edges, but text inside is clean. Some pages have creased corners. Spine is cracked, but binding is good. A good reference.
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This is a 32 page booklet of facts and fun. Info and stories aimed at kids age 8 to 11. The articles look pretty interesting and I'm 69!Good condition. Very minimal edge/corner wear, but there are two stains on back cover near the bottom. Please see photos.32 pages.

From the Preface: "I was led to arrange "The Oracles from the Poets," by observing the vivid interest taken by persons of all ages in a very common-place Fortune-Teller in the hands of a young girl. It occurred to me that I might avail myself of this love of the mysterious, for the intellectual enjoyment of my family circle." "...I yield this volume up as a public offering, for the advancement of those rational social enjoyments which seem to belong to the moral movement of the age."This book was written for the amusement of the author's children. There is a "Directions" page "FOR THE GAME OF THE ORACLES FROM THE POETS." (for 2 or more persons)This is a really nice copy of a book printed in 1853. See photos.Good condition. Red cloth covers impressed with a design that has lightly rubbed gold gilt, the spine also has the design and the title is also gold gilt. There is a black mark near the top on the front cover. There is much wear at the top and bottom of the spine and the corners, but the edges are… Read More

From back cover: "REAL BOOKS offer something unique in the world of reading for young people. They are original, authoritative and stimulating books that harness the reader's natural appetite for fun and excitement to an equally natural curiosity about the real world we live in. Written by fine authors, illustrated by highly competent artists, carefully checked by experts, and set in a handsome format, each book introduces the reader to an exciting new field of interest."Book - Good+ condition. Tan cover has green & black images and black text. Covers show some edge wear especially at spine. Bottom of closed book pages have some spots, top has a green tint. Text is clean - no marks. Binding is tight.Dust Jacket - Fair condition. Color is good, but there are many tears and chips. Please see photos.191 pages including Index.

From front cover:
"The Easiest-to-Use, Most Complete Crossword Puzzle Dictionary in Print"
"More than 300,000 clue and answer words. Easy alphabetical and letter-count listings. Convenient information tables."
Very Good- condition. Slight rubbing/bumping to covers. Light edge/corner wear. Spine is not cracked. Looks nice except last few pages (starting at page 611) have a curvy wrinkle that goes down the pages about 3/4 of the way to the bottom. The text is still readable. The rest of the text in the book is clean. The binding is good.
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652 pages.