Search Results: Reading-Young Teens from D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.

Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Rust cover with gilt spine print. Book Condition: Very Good + = Near Fine. Clean, not ex-library, unread. Slight spine end bending. Small spot on page 131 in white space. Pictorial glossy jacket with slight edge roll on jacket's back; otherwise "Fine" Summary: Fictitious historical mystery. Peter, a thirteen year old boy lining in a town in West Germany, discovers a letter he was never meant to see. He begins to question everything - the town's peaceful nature, his parents' wartime stories, and his own sense of belonging.

New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ages 13-Adult. Stated First Edition, 1st printing ( no.line 10-1). Blue paper covers with gilt spine print. Illustrated book jacket. Book has been read. Price intact on jacket flap. A teen decides to leave her home because she does like the idea of an arranged marriage to a boy she does not love and considers dull. She and her brother build a house in the wilderness, and she learns what she wants from life and herself.

np: Scholastic Book Services, 1968. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Keith Ward. 1941 copyright, 1968 copyright renewal. Scholastic Book Services soft cover, 7th printing, 1979. No ISBN. TX1913. No dust jacket. Approximately 7.5" by 5,25". 241 pp. Black and while illustrations. Very tight, appears unread. No writing aside from owner's name on bookplate on front pastedown. Corner or corner tip creasing. Covers with light indentations and a few small light creases. Partial light spine crease line. A few pages with corner tip creases. Remainder mark. Soil dusting on covers and fore edges. Toning. Not an obviously worn book.

New York: Scholastic Inc., 1996. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1996, 20th printing. Signed by author. No dust jacket. 133pp. 12mo. Clean, tight, appears unread. No writing. Light edge wear. Slight spine edge wear. Light page edge toning. Synopsis: A twist to the author's previous novel Hatchet. The boy in Hatchet is rescued. However, in Brian's Winter the boy is not rescued and has to survive in the Canadian wilderness.

New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1995. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Moser, Barry . Simon & Schuster, 2nd printing. White linen-like cloth with silver stamped head of a dog. Silver spine print. Introduction by Gary Paulson. This book is clean with no writing or remainder mark. Not ex-library. Unclipped corner price. Soft spine ends' bends from shelf rest and a spine slant on one end. The dust jacket has light spine head wear. A couple of indents. Two small areas of back cover edge roll. Summary: Buck, a dog, lived a pleasant life in the Santa Clara Valley in California in the late 1800's until his owner's gardener stole him and sold him. Transported to the Yukon Territory to be used as a sled dog, he now is faced with survival. Thus he begins a new life with various unkind owners. His last owner treats him well, but when tragedy strikes his friend, he follows his instinct… Read More

Funk & Wagnalls, Inc., 1981. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Charles Schulz. Featuring electricity and magnatism. First printing. Wear to boards on spine ends, corner tips, and adjacent areas. No writing. Panels in very good conditions. Interior in near fine condition. Index. 47 pages plus index

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Tan textured covers with cameo of girl. Brown cover and spine print. 7.5" x 5". 216 pages. Original prices at top (100100) and bottom (110-150) of flap fold. Flap book list begins with The Clue in Blue and ends with The Silver Secret - 11 books. Back flap begins with Cherry Ames Student Nurse and ends with Cherry Ames, Department Store Nurse (18 books). The book covers, spine, and print are bright. The book is clean with no writing or bookplate. Maroon topstain.Three cover corner tips with bump mark/s. Faint crease on back cover of book (Manufacture flaw ?). Approximately 23 leaves with a faint to light bottom corner crease. The dust jacket has many small tears of which the largest is approximately .75". Two large chips (largest approximately .5 "x .5"). Edge chipping, creasing, and wear. Flap fold wear. See photo.

Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Co., 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Philip Gough. 1st American Edition, 1966, assumed 1st American printing. Book condition: Near Fine. Jacket: Very Good. Blue linen cloth over boards with black spine print and stamped picture on front panel of two people on a bridge Red topstain. 8vo. 191 pages. Cover, corners, edges in excellent condition. Very tight, appears unread. Clean, no writing. Soft bend to spine head, slight spine tail bend. Page toning. Dust jacket: Bright pictorial jacket, unclipped top price that is inked over - $3.95. Bottom price clipped. Front flap bottom no. 009-014. Back flap no. A1228. Two closed tears less than .5" on jacket cover. Chipping and wear in fold corners. Small wear areas to spine and top corner. Four books listed on jacket back starting with The Plan for Birds Marsh by K M Peyton, and ending with In the Shadow of Vesuvius by Barbara Kerr Wilson.… Read More

New York : David Fickling Books, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. !st Edition, 1st printing, 2005. No dust jacket. Very tight, unread. Appears new. Tiny indent on front cover corner. Coated pictorial cover over boards. Summary: A fourteen year old apprentice to the Most High Academe of Sanctaphrax is surrounded by gossip, scholars, and treachery. The apprentice Quint is send on a mission with the daughter of the Most High Academe and accidently invokes the curse of the Gloamglozer. This is the fourth title in the Edge Chronicles.

London: V. Gollancz, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition, Assumed 1st printing, 1972. No other printings listed. Original price £1.50 net at bottom of dust jacket corner. 237 pp. 8vo. No other price listed. Unclipped corners. Panels are in excellent conditions. Light spine end bends due to shelf resting. Spine lean. None of these minor flaws are easily observed: one edge indent, minute wear on one corner, and one white back cover bottom dot. Tight pages, appears unread. Clean. Dust jacket has a few tiny spine head lines/wrinkles. Jacket inside has bottom wavy discoloration line and small area of tanning. A couple of fore edge flap fold color coating chips. Synopsis: Set in the sixth century of the Byzantine Empire, the daughter of a great lord is captured by Huns. The lord's slave Sylvester, the slave's bear Bubba,, and a dirty old saint head off is pursuit of the girl. One adventure after… Read More

Cambridge, Mass: Candlewick Press, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. T. White. Stated 1st Edition, 1st printing (Full number line beginning with no. 1 on right side). The book appears unread despite inscription to owner. Panels and corners with virtually no wear. No writing other than owner's inscription. Interior is clean and unmarked. Fresh pages. Dust jacket corner price intact. Remainder mark. Book spine ends' area wear with tiny tail bump. Jacket rubbing. Using newspaper clipping from World War I to the Gulf War, the author retells the story of the Trojan War and emphasizes the parallel between the world of Homer's Iliad and our own.

Lincolnwood, Illinois: Jamestown Publishing/Contemporary Publishing Groups, 1995. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Excellent short stories to build vocabulary and reading comprehension. 15 Tales. Readability level grade 7-8. Interest level grades 8-12. A tad of spine head wear. Multiple choice format: story elements, comprehension, and vocabulary. Open-ended critical thinking questions included. The tutor can ignore the multiple choice questions and simply discuss story with the student. No answer key, however, an adult tutor would be able to discern correct answers easily. Progress chart and graph included.

New York, N.Y. USA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition, print line B-J (probable 1st Edition, 1st printing). Book falls between publisher years' comments; however, believed to be 1st Edition, 1st printing due to the comment from the publisher that the words "First Edition" is dropped when 2nd printing is printed. Copyright 1971. Heavy textured gold pastedowns and enpapers. Frontispiece by Charles Keeping. 284 pp. Gold cloth covers with brown and orange spine print. Clean with no writing or remainder mark. Scattered foxing on top fore edges. Pulling between pp. 30-31. Two leafs with top diagonal creases near fore edges. Dust jacket with price intact ($6.95). Edge roughness with spine ends and front flap coating wear. Two small tears less than .25".

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books For Young Readers, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine. Ages 13+. HARDCOVER. Permabound covers.46th printing. Not ex-library. Pictorial cover. 180 pp. Size: 6 7/8". A clean book with no remainder mark. No. at top of first pastedown. Summary: A boy living in an Utopian Society rejects his lifetime assignment after discovering the truth about the assignment and the truth about his perfect community.

International Falls, MN: Lake States Interpretive Assn, 1993. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Summary: Perry, the author, is a lifelong resident of Minnesota with interests in regional history, environmental issues, and social concerns. The Rainy Lake gold rush had a great impact on the settlement of northern Minnesota. Rainy Lake City was founded as part of the boom, but quickly slid into a ghost town facade. by 1901. The glitter of gold was gone, but people stayed for the other resources available in the area - fishing, farming, and lumber.

New York: Bradbury Press, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated 1st Edition, 1st printing (Full no. line), 1992. 138 pp. Library book with the usual stamping, stickers, and card pocket. See photos. Book is listed Good/Good due to the library indicators and that all of the book cannot be seen as jacket is glued and taped to the book. May be difficult to remove the jacket due to the glue. The book is clean with no writing aside from stamping and card writing. Covered with mylar cover over jacket. The jacket appears to be in very good condition but adheres to the book. Some edge wear. Rubbing may be on jacket or just the mylar cover. Summary: Two boys develop a friendship during the World War I time period. They each have to decide what is a hero, what is an American, and when to leave his childhood behind.

Boston, Massachusetts USA: Candlewick Press, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bagram Ibatoulline. 1st printing for Candewick Press (full no. line). A Newbery Honor Book. Contains a new afterword by the author. A clean book with no writing or remainder mark. Black paper over boards with bright silver print on spine. Price on flap corner. Wear area on book's front panel. Dust jacket in fine condition with rubbing. 116 pp. Three stories about a child who can lip-read stories whispered by others into a statue's ears. The artist's creations reveal truths.

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2008. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dave McKean. Grades 6+. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated first edition and noted 10 th printing. Blue paper cover with black quarter binding. Silver "NG" on front and silver spine print. 312 pp. Glossy illustrated dust jacket with John Newberry Medal. Original price on bottom of jacket back. No tears, writing, or remainder mark. Spine tail soft creases from shelf rest. is Dust jacket with minuscule edge wear. A tale of a boy raised and educated in a graveyard by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead.

New York, N.Y. USA: Philomel Books, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Denise, Christopher. 1st Edition, 1st Impression (1st printing), 1996. Glossy pictorial with matching glossy paper dust jacket. Unclipped corner price. A clean book with no writing or remainder mark. A few areas of tiny edge indents. A few pages with finger indents. The dust jacket has faint small scratches and a few tiny indents. Light small creases near spine head. Summary: The riotous celebration and feast for the abbot of the abbey of Redwall is told in rhyme form.

New York: D. C. Comics, 1988. 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1988, stated first printing. Comics 1939-1983. Clean with no writing. Slight corner tip bends and toning. Includes Introduction by Dick Giordano, Forward by Mike Gold, End Notes by Robert Greenberger, and Biographies by Mark Waid.