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New York: Nutmeg Press Book, 1971 Pictorial cover. Remnants of price tag on back cover. Corner wear. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Oversized. (more information)

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Chicago: Childrens Press, 1979 Usual stamps, marking, and card pocket. Some light stains on a couple of pages. Some dog-eared pages. Some minor corner wear. 47 pages. Pictorial cover. Library sticker tape to spine. SUMMARY: Spending the summer at a logging operation in the North Woods, Rusty Grant and his friend Len Drover encounter a family of Bigfoot. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Daley, Joann. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1972 Usual stamps and card pocket. Nice clean interior pages. Library sticker on spine & front cover. Corners bumped. SUMMARY: Traces in cumulative verse the interdependency of weather, plants, animals, and people. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Kaplan, Boche. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Avalon Books, 1976 Usual library stamps, markings, and card pocket. Nice interior pages. Dust jacket's flaps glued inside front & back cover. Flaps have creases and tears to edges. SUMMARY: After having been in Cleveland for three years in nurse's training, Jenny returns to her native state of Florida with glee. She missed the warm breeze, lush grenery, the sand and sea, but most of all she had missed David. Even though David was 5 years older than her she never lost that dream that David would fall in love with her. Jenny began working for David's uncle, Dr. Tobias Mason. But David had a dream to....... First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Clarion Books, 1992 Usual stamps and card pocket. 165 pages. Nice clean interior pages. Remnants of backing of mylar cover glued inside covers. Glue and remnants of mylar cover on backside of dust jacket (top edge). Dust jacket has chips and tears. Very small sections on top edge of jacket missing. SUMMARY: Thirteen-year-old Gilda's parents are getting a divorce, and she seems to be the only one interested in keeping the family together and looking out for her younger brother and sister. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Clarion Books, 1987 Usual library markings and card pocket. Nice interior pages. 167 pages. Tape remnants on covers. Library sticker glued to jacket's spine. SUMMARY: In dealing with her mother's death, Carly befriends a wild deer over the opposition of her friend, an ardent hunter. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Macmillian Publishing Co., 1979 Card pocket. A piece of clear tape inside front and back cover. Nice interior pages. 112 pages. A couple of pages have been folded over in the corners. SUMMARY: Twelve-year-old Jeremy, spending the summer on Cape Cod, befriends a seven-year-old girl whose mother has just died. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Forberg, Ati. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Golden Press, 1980 Wacky Families Series. Previous owners name written on free-endpaper. Nice clean interior pages. Pictorial cover. SUMMARY: Billy and Betty Biff toughen up their dad for his big charity fight against the very fit Mr. Bop. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ahlberg, Janet. (more information)

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New York: Delacorte Press, 1983 Usual library stamp, markings, and card pocket. Occasional stain in margin area. 182 pages. SUMMARY: Determined to save an old elephant from the slaughterhouse, two circus children kidnap the animal and begin a dangerous journey, traveling by night across the English countryside to a safari park where they hope to find the elephant a home.. First U.S.A. Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1991 Usual stamps and no card pocket. Tape remnants on covers. 273 pages. SUMMARY: Bearing six unusual gifts, young Prince Jen embarks on a perilous quest and emerges triumphantly into manhood. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Delacorte Press, 1970 Usual library stamps and card pocket. Interior pages in good shape. Dust jacket's flap, price clipped, and corner clipped. Library regulations sticker glued to first blank page. 151 pages. SUMMARY: Taken captive during a Shawnee raid on his Ohio home, a fourteen-year-old boy must pass a series of demanding tests or be killed. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Ex-Library. (more information)

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Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1975 Usual stamps, markings, and card pocket. Clear tape remants on covers. Library sticker glued to jacket's spine. Nice interior pages. SUMMARY: Disguised in trousers and hat, a wolf and fox pass themselves off as guests at a wedding party in hopes of a meal. "An Addisonian Press book." Ages 5-9.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oversized. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Arcadia House, 1968 Usual library stamps. 192 pages. Black marks running alone top edge and bottom edge of front cover. Black marks running alone bottom edge of back cover. First blank page missing. Top edge of dust jacket has creases and tears. Black marker spots on corners of dust jacket. SUMMARY: When Janet takes a cruise from California to Acapulco to recover from an unhappy love affair, was told by Winston that he intended to whisk her away to a deserted island she didn't believe him. Two weeks later she was married to Winston. She soon discovered that her new husband live like a king in a castle.. Hard Cover. Fair/Poor. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Crown Publishers, 1974 Adapted by Jan Wahl. Ex-library with usual stamps and card pocket. Last blank brown page wrinkled. Nice interior pages. Right corner of front cover has brown stain. Dust jacket's flaps have tape remnants and tears. Dust jacket's edges have chips and small section missing from top of spine. Library sticker on spine. SUMMARY: On the way to the market, a greedy woman dreamed of the riches the eggs her hen laid would bring her. The longer she dreamed, the greedier she became, and with the grandest plan of all, she tossed her head and whoops! . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by Cruz, Ray. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1998 Nice book, interior pages, and dust jacket. SUMMARY: Afraid that she has lost her own artistic ability, fourteen-year-old Susanna feels a connection with her great-uncle Louie, who has spent the past twenty years hidden away in his room, and in trying to reach him, she begins to discover her own inner strength. 152 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. (more information)

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New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1973 Usual Library stamps, markings, and card pocket. B&W photographs throughout. Nice interior pages. Dust jacket corner clipped, not price and flaps glued inside front & back cover. Small edge tears and scratches to dust jacket. SUMMARY: The author offers a wealth of bird lore: the amazing worldwide adaptability of bird species; their habitats and life cycles; the mystery of migration; food habits and mortality rates. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex-Library. (more information)

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Wisconsin: E. M. Hale and Co., 1961 Usual library stamps, markins, and card pocket. Nice interior pages. Right side of front cover and spine discolored (faded) do to sun exposure. 39 pages. SUMMARY: Hippolyte was a small boy who lived in Tuna Puna in Trinidad. He was to young to sell coconuts, not big enough to cut cane, couldn't play in the steel pan orchestra, but he needed to make money for his costume for the festival.... First Cadmus Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Spier, Peter. Ex-Library. (more information)

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Philadelphia: Macrae - Smith - Company, 1972 Usual library stamps and card pocket. Nice interior pages. Corners bumped. Covers dirty. SUMMARY: Everyone thinks Gary is too small to work his way from the Little League to a class AA ball club, but Gary is determined.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library. (more information)

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Philadelphia: Macrae - Smith - Company, 1974 Usual library markings and card pocket. Nice interior pages. Covers a bit dirty. Clear tape on bottom of spine & front cover. 153 pages. Pictorial cover. Corner bumped. SUMMARY: Impatient with his anemic batting average and inactivity as a big league rookie, Jim Ballinger learns a valuable lesson from an equally impatient young sports writer. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library. (more information)

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Wisconsin: E. M. Hale and Co., 1966 Usual stamps and card pocket. Pictorial cover. Library sticker on spine. Nice interior pages. Minor edge wear. 181 pages. SUMMARY: Sixteen-year-old Rob, a lonely orpahan, runs away and signs up as a galley boy on the steamer Ludlow. He has no special love for the sea or ship, until he discovers that Tich, an old schoolmate is on board as an apprentice-officer. Tich helps Rod to study for his seaman's papers. Tich roommate is jealous.... First Cadmus Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Valentine, D. G.. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1967 Card pocket. Nice interior pages. Library sticker glued to bottom of jacket's spine. Dust jacket flap corner clipped and price clipped. Tape stains on paste-down, free endpaper, and jacket's flaps. SUMMARY: This account of a tense three-day struggle to save a ship is told in vigorous prose by a writer who knows the sea. The SS Kariba is battling her way through a severe northerly gale, when a big sea comes washing over her and leaves the ship severely dammaged. . After the crew abandons her, they discover that Jonty Lammerton, a cocky young seaman has been left on board.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Harvey House, Inc., 1973 Card pocket. Wonderful colorful illustrations. Nice interior pages. Pictorial cover. SUMMARY: Legend says that it is a good sign when pieces of sky fall, and when the Indian children find the blue-green stones they know these pieces of sky will bring good to all their people. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Rice, Elizabeth. Ex-Library. (more information)

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Chicago: Childrens Press, 1964 Usual library stamps and card pocket. A couple of pages have light dampstains in margin area. Corners bumped. Corner wear. Edge wear. Spine wear. 139 pages. . Third Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc, 1970 Usual library stamps, sticker, and card pocket. Nice clean interior pages. Dust jacket has edge wear and corner wear. SUMMARY: Two girls from a more prosperous section of Edinburgh help their new friend Debbie save run-down Green Street from being torn down by the city. 154 pages.. First U. S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Armitage, Eileen. Ex-Library. (more information)

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London: Walker Books, 1994 Interior pages in very nice shape. SUMMARY: Horatio the rabbit does a magic trick that makes him disappear into his sock, but it does not work with his friend Humphrey Thud the elephant. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oversized. (more information)

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New York: S. G. Phillips, Inc., 1977 Usual stamps and card pocket removed. Library sticker glue to first blank page and dust jacket's spine. SUMMARY: A young boy finds himself growing more sympathetic and friendly with the local gang leader who had at first terrorized him into helping carry out some thefts.. 196 pages. . First U. S. Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Illus. by Keeping, Charles. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Franklin Watts, 1981 Usual library stamps, markings, library stickers, and no card pocket. Tape remnants on covers. Library sticker glued to spine. Nice interior pages. SUMMARY: Contents: Introduction by Isaac Asimov; The Smallest Dragonboy by Anne McCaffrey; The Botticelli Horror by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Ex-Library. (more information)

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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1968 Usual library markings. Two card pockets attached, one has been removed. Interior pages in good shape. SUMMARY: A 6-year-old African chieftain’s daughter, sole survivor of her tribe, begins wanderings that take her into slavery in America, into the company of pirates in New Orleans, to fame and fortune in London, and finally to Canada and the only family she’s ever known. 227 pages. "An Atlantic Monthly Press book." . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by White, David Omar. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1987 Top and bottom of dust jacket's edge trimmed. Nice clean interior pages. 164 pages. SUMMARY: A new world opens up to Thea when she is accepted into the elite musical ensemble in high school, making up for some of the unhappiness in her home life. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1983 Usual stamps and card pocket. Library sticker glued to fist blank page and dust jacket's spine. Clear tape remnants on covers. Dust jacket's flap corner clipped. SUMMARY: Only sixteen when his father dies, Don runs away from the domination of his hated older brother and crosses paths with a murderer high in the Rocky Mountains, where he is faced with the choice between freedom and family loyalty. 278 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex-Library. (more information)

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