Search Results: Adolescent/Childrens Books from Walnut Valley Books/Books by White

New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1955 The Macmillan Company, New York. 1955. Hardcover. Retired small town library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for library stamps on endpapers and copyright page. Book Condition: Good; index number on spine; missing small piece at spine head; wear to board edges; checkout pocket on front endpaper. No DJ but front flap is pasted to rear pastedown. Gray cloth boards and spine with red lettering on the spine and front board in decorative design box. Clean interior; internal hinges are sound. 90 pp 12mo. This is the story of an Egyptian boy and his camel who worked in the fields of Egypt. Abdul's main interest was in drawing pictures which eventually led him a totally different life. The book gives a clear picture of Egyptian city and rural life in the 1920s. A clean presentable copy.

Akron, OH: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1927 The Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, OH. 1927. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner who signed her name on the "This Book Belongs To" line. Book Conditoin: Good; breaks in the paper covering the spine; wear to tips, head, and tail; curled bottom tips; sunned spine. No DJ. Red paper covered boards and spine with black lettering on the spine and front page with Brownie picture. Internal hinges are sound without cracks or breaks. Un-paginated 12 mo. Adventures of a Brownie follows the life of a brownie who lives in a family's coal cellar and the adventures he gets into with the members of the household. This edition has 3 full-page B&W illustrations plus many partial page ones. A clean presentable copy.

New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap , 1898 Grosset and Dunlap, New York. 1898. Hardcover. Reprint Edition of the 1897 copy by The Century Co. Book is tight, has slight spine roll, and is unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; light wear to head, tail, and tips; dust soiling to textblock top; light soiling to boards. No DJ. Orange cloth boards and spine with black lettering on spine and front board; emblem/seal on spine and front board in colors. Internal hinges are sound and not split or cracked. Deckled fore edge. Uncut papers. Advertisements in rear. 321 pp 8vo. This is the story of the waif/orphan Francois and his dog Toto. Francois is a choirboy/thief in Paris who with lots of charm and guile lives a life of picking pockets until the Reign of Terror when he by chance meets with the Marquis St. Luce whom he fights crowds with and gets him out of prison to a new life in the countryside and a possible meeting with the Marquis' daughter. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966 G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 1966. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition 1966. Retired school library rebound copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for index numbers on the spine and front pastedown. Book Condition: Good +; scars to the front and rear pastedowns from removal of the checkout slip and pocket; soiling to boards; glue remnant on the front board. Blue buckram boards and spine with black and white lettering on the spine and front board; dog pictures on the front board. Clean internals. 188 pp 8vo. When their fathers' business takes both families to the Arctic, the Robertson and Stanford children are thrilled. The five children and Mac, the pilot, are taking an exploratory trip over the vast wasteland when the plane is forced to crash land. After a rescue attempt fails, the group treks over the wasteland to an Eskimo camp where they receive help. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1998 Grosset & Dunlap, New York. 1998. Hardcover. 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Illustrated Junior Library Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant shelfwear to tail and lower tips. No DJ but does have the original vinyl book cover in Near Fine shape with a small nick at the head. Pictorial laminate boards and spine with gilt lettering in a brown shadowbox on the spine; gilt title on the front board. 317 pp tall 8vo. Written in 1876 and set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, the book covers the adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi town at the end of the 19th Century. A clean very presentable copy.

Burlington, IA: Self-Published by Author/Spring Daisy Publications , 1980 Self-Published by Author/Spring Daisy Publications, Burlington, IA. 1980. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; scattered foxing spots to wraps; rubbing to wraps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 44 pp 8vo. A pre-teen fiction book that shows the Dickson family living out their faith in Jesus Christ in the midst of unexpected events. Two young boys have a couple of life threatening events in a short time over bad weather, a story, and rising water that makes them rethink their lives and dedicate themselves to Jesus Christ. A clean very presentable copy.

Chicago, IL: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1936 M.A. Donohue & Company, Chicago, IL. 1936. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; bumped head and tail; chipping along board edges; wear at tips through paper to boards; foxing to endpapers. DJ: Good; chipping at head, tail, and tips with small loss of paper; closed tears to top edge; flaking at flap folds; moisture stain to front panel near spine. Red pictorial boards with red cloth overlay on the spine with bright black lettering on the front and rear boards; matching illustrated DJ. Non-paginated folio. This book is meant to give children an idea of what to expect on a plane trip in a modern safety-first airplane (especially by Eastern Air Lines who promoted the book). In many B&W photos young Jack and Betty Brown are followed through the flight and their experiences are recorded as they fly from New York to Los Angeles. The photographs illustrate the flight, the planes, and all the preparations that… Read More

Chicago, IL: The Goldsmith Publishing Company, 1943 The Goldsmith Publishing Company, Chicago, IL. 1943 (?). Hardcover. Red Star Classic. Edition/Printing not stated but there is a Christmas gift note for 1943 and with the toned poor quality paper in the book this could be an accurate date. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for some names on the front endpapers and a checkout list on the rear pastedown. Book Condition: Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; light sunfading to top edges of the book. DJ: Good +; wear and missing small pieces at the head and tail; light wear to tips; light age soiling to panels. Red cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine and front board. 236 pp 8vo. A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world filled with nonsensical and amusing characters, and, after climbing through a mirror, Alice enters a world similar to a chess board. Both stories are in this volume of Carroll's beloved fantasy tales. Sir John Tenniel's… Read More

Chicago, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1949 Scott, Foresman and Company, Chicago. 1949. Hardcover. 6th Printing by Line Number. Basic Studies in Science, Curriculum Foundation Series Book B. Book is tight, square, but does have ink markings on the front and rear pastedowns. Book Condition: Good; bumping to head, tail, and tips; shelfwear to head tail, tips and board edges; small tear to rear portion of spine; rubbing to paste-on illustration on the front board with a tear across the upper corner. No DJ. Green cloth boards and spine with a "B" in orange on the spine; illustration on front board with white lettering. 80 pp 4to. Designed for elementary school students this science book introduces the idea of concepts to the student in beautiful color pictures. Through instructional units; Animals, Getting Work Done, Sun, Wind, and Weather, and Plants the student learns differences, changes, families, and solving problems through sequences of pictures and questions about the concepts… Read More

New York, NY: Random House, 1963 Random House, New York. 1963. Hardcover. Edition/printing not stated. American Girl Library No.1. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; toning to spine; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. No DJ. Pictorial laminate boards and spine; green and black lettering on the spine and front board. Green charm bracelet as endpapers. 183 pp 8vo. This is an anthology of 10 horse stories from ten authors that were published in The American Girl Magazine. Wild horses, show horses, old reliable family friends- they are all here in these stories of today and long ago, of places near and far. Exciting reading fr anyone who loves horses. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY : Grosset and Dunlap, Publishers , 1945 Grosset and Dunlap, Publishers, New York. 1945. Hardcover. Special Edition for The Illustrated Junior Library. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the front pastedown dated 1946. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumps to head, tail, and tips; slight shelfwear to board bottoms. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($1.00); chipping and missing small pieces along top and bottom edges; closed tears along flap folds and a spine head. Gray cloth boards with green spine; As and swans as decorations on the spine and boards. Pictorial color endpapers. Clean internals, Tinted textblock top. Internal hinges are sound and not split 343 pp 8vo. This is a collection of 29 of Andersen's best fairy tales highlighted by color and B&W illustrations by Arthur Szyk. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket

Yellow Springs, OH: Antioch College, 1991 Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH. 1991. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for ex-military library stamp on the rear of the front wrap. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight rubbing to spine and wraps. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not split. This issue has a varied set of stories, essays and poetry. The feature is the Army-Navy Poetry Showdown. Other essays, fiction, and poetry are included. The Antioch Review is an American literary magazine established in 1941 at Antioch College in Ohio. One of the oldest continuously published literary magazines in the United States, it publishes fiction, essays and poetry from both emerging and established authors. Pages 484-635 are covered. A clean pristine edition.

Philadelphia, PA: John C. Winston Company, 1924 The John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia, PA.1924. Hardcover. Reprint edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O bookplate on the FFFP verso. Book Condition: Very Good; light wear to head, tail, tips and spine shoulders from shelving. No DJ. Orange cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine; paste on color picture on front board with white lettering. Red Oriental pictorial endpapers. Color frontispiece and sixty pen and ink illustrations with three other color plates. Internal hinges are sound and not split or cracked. This edition contains 24 stories from the original One Thousand and One Nights that tell of a wonderful realm of enchantment and Oriental magic where almost anything is likely to happen. A beautiful clean children's book.

New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1907 Grosset and Dunlap, New York. c1907. Hardcover. Edition not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name and date of Xmas 1916 on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good -; light bumping to head and tail; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; small insect hole in rear gutter; from pages 5-13 on the at the bottom of the pages near the spine there is a stained area began on page 9 and spread out to stain the other pages; it is organic of some type; slight sun fade to spine. No DJ. Orange cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine and front board; pasted on illustration on front board. Clean internals. Internal hinges are sound and not split. 258 pp 12mo. Dannie Macnoun and Jimmy Malone are the best of friends, living and working side by side by the banks of the Wabash, plowing the fields in summer and trapping rats in the winter, rivals in their quest to hook the Black Bass from the local stream. They tend their farms and trap… Read More

Perryton, TX: Axle Publishing Company, 2004 Axle Publishing Company, Perryton, TX. 2004. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Printing by Line Number. Signed by the author on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light edge and tip wear. No DJ. Holographic card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 77 pp 8vo. Axle grew up believing he was a manarkin boy living in the neat, orderly and sometimes boring village of Kamoo on the planet of Mizmoe, but at age 12 he was transformed into a human and had to leave to find Nacklenod who can show him the Gate of No Return and get him back to his real home on Earth. An action packed adventure sprinkled with funny, punny wordplay and slapstick humor. A clean very presentable copy.

Middletown, CT: Xerox Educational Publications, 1970 Xerox Educational Publications, Middletown, CT. 1970. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated; Weekly Reader Children's Book Club Edition. Exclusively arranged and produced by Frank Fehmers Productions N.V., Curacao. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for an ink pen trace of a letter on the front board. Book Condition: Good +; shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; light soiling to boards; light toning to endpapers. No DJ. Pictorial paper over cardstock boards and spine. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. Unpaginated (32 pp by count) 8vo oblong. Barbapapa is a huge, pink, shape-shifting blob who can transform himself into any form he wishes. He was born in a garden, where he became friends with a boy called Francois. Unfortunately, he is too big to stay in the garden, so is sent to live in the zoo, where he is very unhappy. However, when he discovers that he can change his shape, he becomes a hero when he rescues some… Read More

New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1965 Grosset and Dunlap, New York. 1965. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Revised Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the front wrap verso. Book Condition: Good; edge wear and spine tip wear; slight creasing to front wrap; splash stain to upper corner with penetration to several pages (no sticking). No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is secure in saddle staples; text is secure in binding. 75 pp + rule book printed in rear 4to. Designed for younger players just learning the game, or persons who want to be umpires, this book will take them to a different level when they begin to learn the rules that govern the play of baseball. This book with its 200 illustrations will show the rule in action with an explanation. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: HarperCollins Children's Books , 2010 HarperCollins Children's Books, New York. 2010. Hardcover. 14th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light rubbing to boards. No DJ. Black paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 168 pp 12mo. Even though this is fiction, reading this diary of a heroine addict is like watching someone fall into an abyss: knowing a crash is inevitable, but wondering how soon and how hard rock bottom will be. The narrator, 19-year-old Samantha Strasbourg, seems doomed from the beginning, living with an alcoholic mother and her mother's abusive boyfriend, and working a dead-end job at a fast-food restaurant. When Sam moves into her own apartment, she appears to be taking a positive step; however, new-found independence breeds a different set of problems, like raising enough money for rent. Sam starts dancing in a topless bar to raise more cash--and… Read More

Bloomington, IN: 1st Books Library, 2001 1st Books Library, Bloomington, IN. 2001. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Revised Edition. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 92 pp 8vo. This is a story about a boy who experiences feeling of rejection by his peers and how a bully makes life difficult for him at school. The book explores the feelings of children who have difficulty being accepted by peers and provides hope that they can be accepted. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Greenwillow Books , 1998 Greenwillow Books, New York. 1998. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($15.00). Pictorial laminate boards and spine that matches the DJ. Yellow endpapers. 79 pp 8vo. After a violent storm, Lily and Beware ride out to find the livestock have scattered in every direction; the cow and her calf, the big blonde workhorses, and Stogie the uncatchable black Morgan. She can handle the livestock but the Morgan is a different matter and how will she handle him? A riveting, emotion packed adventure. A clean very presentable copy.