Search Results: Childrens - Chapter Books from Deja Vu Books

Abingdon Press, 1966. Rust colored hardcover binding clean square and tight. Signed on ffep by author dated 1970. Clean bright and tight interior. 176 pages. Dustjacket not price-clipped, some rubbing and ships along edges - in clean Brodart to protect from further damage. When Mike fails tryouts for music camp, his mother sends him to spend the summer with his grandfather, the curator of a zoo.. Illus. by Scholz, Catherine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

New York: National Women's League of the United Synagogue, 1964. Originally published in 1935 for 10 printings, this 11th Printing is the first revised edition of 1964. Blue hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. Previous owner bookplate ffep, else no writing or tears. 100 pages with glossary, there is a bit of soiling to outside edges of pages. DJ has chips, tears and wrinkles, remains of sticker on front cover, but protected from further damage in clean Brodart. The adventures of a Jewish Thumbling - for all Jewish children between five and ten and their mothers. K'tonton is no longer than your middle finger and is equipped with his full share of gaiety and mischief. Each adventure emphasizes some celebration or holy day of the Hebrew religion.. Illus. by Berkowitz, Jeannette. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair.

McGraw-Hill, 1966. Mostly clean, square and tight. Tape marks on endpapers, back pocket intact, some stamps on endpapers. ".you would think Wuffles were a funny sort of rabbit - but you would be wrong, terribly wrong.". Illus. by Stobbs, William. Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

New York: Triple Nickel Books, 1955. Stapled cover is secure except back cover torn bottom one-third along spine. Soiled. 64 pages. Yellowed, brittle, but secure. Story of the most famous woodsman of all.. Illus. by illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Grosset & Dunlap Blue tweed G&D hardcover binding with illustration of the five Peppers on front in dark blue. Square and tight, light shelfwear, Illustrated endpapers, no writing tears or marks = interior clean and tight. DJ has shelfwear, some small chips and wrinkles - protected now in clean Brodart. Back of dj states: Have YOU Met the Five Little Peppers? and proceeds to describe each child and then lists the books in the series. Back flap advertises Louisa M. Alcott books. No price on front flap. Joel is the middle Pepper and the most mischievous and irrepressible of them all. 308 pages.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Good.

New York: Parents Magazine Press, 1968. Mustard colored hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. Bookplate fep. DJ has some shelfwear, price sticker on front, price-clipped flap. 158 pages with stain on outside edges of pages, does not affect interior of book which is clean bright and tight. Aha, the first domesticated cat of Egypt, falls asleep in a bag of grain and is carried into the desert where he helps a runaway slave girl and boy. For ages 10-14.. Illus. by Pulido, Shirley. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

Delacorte Press, 1981. Binding clean square and tight - one stamp on title page, marks on outside edges of pages. DJ in clean plastic glued to endpapers. Sticker on plastic inside back flap. Back endpaper removed, back pocket removed. Clean ex-lib copy. Hamlet is an uncommonly intelligent cat who lives at the Hotel Algonquin, congenial New York haunt of literary and theatrical personages from around the world. One day, when things that have gone wrong for some of the hotel guests are mysteriously and wonderfully set right, Hamlet seems even more than usually pleased with himself. Charming story with delightful illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers show some of the books many eccentric characters.. Illus. by Knight, Hilary. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good.

New York: Random House, 1946. Two hardcover books with decorated boards - ALICE has blue cloth spine with gilt and LOOKING GLASS has red cloth spine with gilt. The books and binding are clean square and tight but the spines have a bit of shelfwear and have been sunned. Cardboard slipcase with pastedown is in good structural condition but is soiled and spotted - did its job protecting the books! The book interiors are overall clean and tight with some foxing.. Illus. by Tenniel, John and Kredel, Fritz. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Slipcase - Good Condition.

World Syndicate Orange hardcover cloth binding is square and secure, minimal soiling. front hinge just a little shaky but not cracked. Interior clean. 233 pages. Illus. by Frontispiece only. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Hutchinson, 1956. Grey hardcover binding has weak front hinge, marks on covers, rubbed edges and bumped corners. Back date slip mostly removed, a few marks. Binding secure but shaky. Interior has some general soiling. 151 pages. Story of Angelo's search for a fancy dress costume - the young Italian boy has the chance to go to the Carnival and needs to have the right thing to wear.. Illus. by Kettlewell, D.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Good-/Good-.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. Blue hardcover decorated cloth binding square and tight, sun-faded along edges with barely bumped corners. Decorated endpapers slightly yellowed. 196 pages with yellowed edges. Clean and tight interior. No writing tears or marks. DJ not price clipped, rubbing along edges, closed tears, chips bottom of spine and at corners. Back of dj has photo of the story subject, Ann. Story of a girl, Ann, and her mother who helped to civilize parts of the West in early Wyoming. Ann had her own horse and she was taught to rope and ride and swim by stage-drivers. Scarce title in very nice condition.. Illus. by Suba, Susanne. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Stated. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1961. Rec cloth binding is clean, square, tight. Price-clipped dj has minor edgewear. Author's grandfather, caught in the Chicago fire of 1871, lost the house he had secured for his wife and seven children arriving from London. This is the story of that first Chicago year as seen through the eyes of the oldest daughter, Annie Sarah Rowland, 13. Father is excited about the new land, but it takes awhile for the rest of the family to catch his enthusiasm. Author and illus are both neices of the heroine, Annie - who is 100 when this book is published. Genuine and treasurable Americana for 10-14 year olds.. Illus. by Monroe, Katherine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

Oxford University Press - Books for Boys and Girls, 1942. Blue hardcover cloth binding has spotting, square and tight. Foxing. 62 pages. DJ is price-clipped, shelfwear and rubbing. Protected in clean Brodart. Annie lives in Arlington in a big house on the Potomac in a house built by her grandfather in the days of General Washington. Her father is Robert E. Lee, and he is very understanding to an 8 year old who was always trying to do everything her brothers did.. Illus. by Patton, Lucia. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1948. Blue hardcover binding square and tight - bumped corners. 1950 gift note on illustrated endpapers. Iinterior clean and tight. DJ has some minimal shelfwear and chips. 158 pages. 12th in the series of a family who travels the United States in their trailer.. Illus. by Le Grand. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1947. Blue hardcover binding square and tight - bumped corners. 1950 gift note on illustrated endpapers. A bit of wrinkling to endpapers. Else interior clean and tight. DJ has some minimal shelfwear. 134 pages. 11th in the series of a family who travels the United States in their trailer.. Illus. by Le Grand. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Very Good.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. Beige hardcover binding has line drawing of title character standing next to the sea with binoculars. Originally published by Bobbs-Merrill. No illustrator indicated - nice line drawings throughout. Name on front illustrated endpapers and bookstore sticker inside back cover, else clean and tight. Very slightly bumped corners, but book is square and binding crisp. 128 pages. 4th in the series of a family that travels the United States in a trailer.. Illus. by illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Lutterworth Press, 1956. Green hardcover binding square and tight, a bit of rubbing. Award presentation plate ffep. Lots of foxing. 120 pages. Price clipped dj ahs shelfwear, remains of tape on endpapers. Jenny Graham is envious as she watches her brother leave for boarding school; it doesn't seem fair that he gets to go because he's a boy even though she is smarter. So she helps out on her parents' New South Wales sheep station.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good.

New York: Criterion Books, 1959. Light green hardcover binding sunned along all edges. Clean square and tight. 148 pages, no writing tears or marks. DJ has minor shelfwear. From the DJ flap: ¿This is a book about the denizens of Deep Wood -- Old Stripe the Badger, Potter the Otter, Woo Owl, little Digger Mole and their neighbors of copse and river and treetop. It is also a book about friendship and courage and individuality -- and high adventure. For what starts out as a domestic upset (who broke Potter's wheel and raided Mole's bean patch?) quickly becomes a breathless drama of piracy in which the animals' skill, daring and resourcefulness are put to the test.¿. Illus. by Atkinson, Leslie. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good.

American Book Company, 1908. Decorated brown hardcover binding square and tight, minimal soiling and rubbing. 1927 Christmas gift note ffep along with name and small sticker. 172 pages includes Baldwin's open letter to Jonathan Swift. Interior clean - pages yellowing.. Illus. by Illustrated. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 1st This Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Holiday House, 1944. Green hardcover cloth binding clean and tight. Bumped corners, slight rubbing top and bottom of spine. 192 pages with illustrated endpapers showing map of story. Some foxing. Bottom outside edges of pages show indentation but does not affect text block. Story of a young American boy during the War of 1812. Author was in the US Army during WWII. He also wrote Mike of Company D about an Irish Terrier dog during wartime and Up Anchor!. Illus. by Pitz, Henry C.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.