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Biggles Flies South. Illustrated by Howard Leigh and Jack Nicolle

by JOHNS, Captain W.E. [LEIGH, H.; NICOLLE, J.]

Biggles Flies South. Illustrated by Howard Leigh and Jack Nicolle by JOHNS, Captain W.E. [LEIGH, H.; NICOLLE, J.] - 1938

Biggles Flies South. Illustrated by Howard Leigh and Jack Nicolle

by JOHNS, Captain W.E. [LEIGH, H.; NICOLLE, J.]

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London: Oxford University Press, 1938., 1938. First Edition, First Issue: Thick 8vo.: 1.9 inches. Publisher's light mustard coloured cloth, titles and designs in brown to upper and to slightly darkened spine; top edge tinted, a little foxing to others. In its original pictorial dustwrapper price clipped, lightly frayed along extremities, spine a little sunned. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, a map and 6 black and white plates. Small bookseller ink stamp to lower inner corner of f.f.e.p. Text tight. A superb example. Rare thus.
  • Bookseller Adrian Harrington Rare Books GB (GB)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher London: Oxford University Press, 1938.
  • Date Published 1938
  • Keywords Children's Books Fine & Rare
The House at Pooh Corner
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The House at Pooh Corner

by Milne, A.A

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Used
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Hardcover
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San Anselmo, California, United States
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New York. E.P Dutton and Co. 1928. Bound in half green cloth and decorated yellow pictorial paper over boards. Square 8vo. This edition on large paper is limited to 250 numbered and signed copies of which this is number 19. Signed in ink by Milne and Shepard on the limitation page. Illustrated with drawings and decorations by E.H Shepard. Several small light specks of foxing to front and rear paper covered boards. Usual light discoloration to front and rear pastedown from binding process. Small previous owners bookplate to front free endsheet. Some light needle thin patches of foxing encroaching onto the yellow papered board from just beneath the edge of the front pastedown. Book is wrapped in original glassine, which shows 4 or 5 pin sized specks of foxing and housed in publishers original pictorial slipcase which is somewhat darkened along edges with scattered foxing inside. A Lovely copy of this most rare signed edition.
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$4,000.00
The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

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  • good
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Used - Good
Edition
first edition
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Hardcover
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Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
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first edition first printing hardcover (The World Publishing Company, 1969); no dust jacket; prior owner title page corner; text has no prior owner marks but some pages have age tone, light soil; binding shaken but no loose pages; glazed illustrated boards worn at corners and spine ends (little fraying); panels have shelf rub (scratches);dust jacket missing SoWll
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THE JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH MOTHER GOOSE (In the original Box)
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THE JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH MOTHER GOOSE (In the original Box)

by Smith, Jessie Willcox

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Used - Near Fine
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Good-Box
Edition
1st Edition
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Unknown
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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$2,500.00

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1914. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good-Box. Jessie Willcox Smith. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st edition. A Near Fine copy, in Good box. Oblong 4to., 173 pp., illustrated with a color frontispiece and 16 color and b&w plates; text further illustrated with drawings. Bound in black cloth with title on the spine in white; color illustration pasted onto the front board. Housed in the publisher's card stock box, with illustrated edges and printed publisher information. An excellent copy, with just a hint of wear to the spine lettering. The box has been reinforced on all edges with tape (see photo). A beautiful copy, Near Fine in the Good publisher's box. *** The classic work illustrated by perhaps the finest illustrator from the Golden Age of Illustration. Jessie Willcox Smith illustrated numerous books of the era, and did every cover work for Good Housekeeping from 1917 to 1933. She was only the second women to be inducted into The Hall of Fame of the Society of… Read More
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WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG.
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WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG.

by MILNE, A. A. ; SHEPARD. E. H. Illustrates

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Used
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First edition.
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London, United Kingdom
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Methuen & Co. Ltd., London. 1924. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.2 inches). With decorations by E. H. Shepard. Page ix in the second state with the numeral numbering to the bottom of the page. This is a near fine copy of Milne's first children's book with some light offsetting to the blank endpapers, otherwise clean and bright throughout. Top edge gilt. In a very good original correct 1st impression illustrated dustwrapper. Very minor chipping to top and tail of spine and a line of light browning to the bottom front panel edge and very top of the spine, otherwise a clean and fresh example of this dustwrapper. Uncommon on such good condition. A highly desirable copy of Milne's children's classic.
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TALE of PETER RABBIT, 1902 COPYRIGHT, 1st ILLUSTRATED END PAPERS
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TALE of PETER RABBIT, 1902 COPYRIGHT, 1st ILLUSTRATED END PAPERS

by POTTER, BEATRIX

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Used - Fine
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1st Edition 5th Printing
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Hardcover
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Amenia, New York, United States
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$2,850.00

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LONDON: WARNE, 1902. 1st Edition 5th Printing. Hardcover. Fine. AUTHOR. The First 2 years of the LONDON Publication of "The TALE of PETER RABBIT" have reference books about the various Printings/evolution of changes. I'm fascinated by it myself. Now, excluding the impossible First Private Printings in Late 1901 & Early 1902 from the realm of possibility for we mere mortals, the First few Original Warne Trade Printings are one of my joys to study - and even more to Find! Most collector's know that the First few Warne Printings (late 1902 - mid 1903) were done with patterned leaf end papers and had 97 pages with all illustrations in Color (Private Printings were B&W). The distinction between the printings was the Board Color. The last of these 4 printings changed "wept" to "shed". NOTE: NONE of These Printings had a COPYRIGHT DATE (on the rear of the Title Page)! Now, here is where it gets interesting!! All References deal with the Change in Format in Late 1903 from 97 pages… Read More
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

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  • good
  • Hardcover
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Used - Good
Edition
first edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
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first edition first printing hardcover (The World Publishing Company, 1969); no dust jacket; prior owner title page corner; text has no prior owner marks but some pages have age tone, light soil; binding shaken but no loose pages; glazed illustrated boards worn at corners and spine ends (little fraying); panels have shelf rub (scratches);dust jacket missing SoWll
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[Smith, Jessie Willcox- Vanishingly Scarce] The Child, A Calendar- 1903
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[Smith, Jessie Willcox- Vanishingly Scarce] "The Child, A Calendar- 1903"

by Smith, Jessie Willcox and Elizabeth Shippen Green

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Used
Edition
First and Only Edition
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Hardcover
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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$3,250.00

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Philadelphia: C. W. Beck, Jr., The Beck Engraving Co., From the Art Press of S. H. Burbank & Co, 1902. First and Only Edition. First and Only Edition. Elephant folio, 14 x 20 inches. The enormously scarce and arguably the finest children's calendar ever printed with comparable color images in the U.S. in the 20th Century. Printed on fine coated paper by the the eminent Charles W. Beck, the finest color printer of his day in the US, who only five years later was the first to make four-color plates which became the industry standard. These renowned illustrations, three by Jessie Willcox Smith and four by Elizabeth Shippen Green (including the cover), along with twelve smaller color drawings as panels, by each artist, are among the most decorative and interpretive ever rendered by an American illustrator. The full-page illustrations form the images for "The Book of the Child," which was published by Stokes in 1903. Both were issued very nearly the same time, and records do not clearly indicate which… Read More
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THE JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH MOTHER GOOSE (In the original Box)
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THE JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH MOTHER GOOSE (In the original Box)

by Smith, Jessie Willcox

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Used - Near Fine
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Good-Box
Edition
1st Edition
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Unknown
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1914. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good-Box. Jessie Willcox Smith. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st edition. A Near Fine copy, in Good box. Oblong 4to., 173 pp., illustrated with a color frontispiece and 16 color and b&w plates; text further illustrated with drawings. Bound in black cloth with title on the spine in white; color illustration pasted onto the front board. Housed in the publisher's card stock box, with illustrated edges and printed publisher information. An excellent copy, with just a hint of wear to the spine lettering. The box has been reinforced on all edges with tape (see photo). A beautiful copy, Near Fine in the Good publisher's box. *** The classic work illustrated by perhaps the finest illustrator from the Golden Age of Illustration. Jessie Willcox Smith illustrated numerous books of the era, and did every cover work for Good Housekeeping from 1917 to 1933. She was only the second women to be inducted into The Hall of Fame of the Society of… Read More
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WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG.
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WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG.

by MILNE, A. A. ; SHEPARD. E. H. Illustrates

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Used
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First edition.
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London, United Kingdom
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Methuen & Co. Ltd., London. 1924. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.2 inches). With decorations by E. H. Shepard. Page ix in the second state with the numeral numbering to the bottom of the page. This is a near fine copy of Milne's first children's book with some light offsetting to the blank endpapers, otherwise clean and bright throughout. Top edge gilt. In a very good original correct 1st impression illustrated dustwrapper. Very minor chipping to top and tail of spine and a line of light browning to the bottom front panel edge and very top of the spine, otherwise a clean and fresh example of this dustwrapper. Uncommon on such good condition. A highly desirable copy of Milne's children's classic.
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TALE of PETER RABBIT, 1902 COPYRIGHT, 1st ILLUSTRATED END PAPERS
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TALE of PETER RABBIT, 1902 COPYRIGHT, 1st ILLUSTRATED END PAPERS

by POTTER, BEATRIX

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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
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Used - Fine
Edition
1st Edition 5th Printing
Binding
Hardcover
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Amenia, New York, United States
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LONDON: WARNE, 1902. 1st Edition 5th Printing. Hardcover. Fine. AUTHOR. The First 2 years of the LONDON Publication of "The TALE of PETER RABBIT" have reference books about the various Printings/evolution of changes. I'm fascinated by it myself. Now, excluding the impossible First Private Printings in Late 1901 & Early 1902 from the realm of possibility for we mere mortals, the First few Original Warne Trade Printings are one of my joys to study - and even more to Find! Most collector's know that the First few Warne Printings (late 1902 - mid 1903) were done with patterned leaf end papers and had 97 pages with all illustrations in Color (Private Printings were B&W). The distinction between the printings was the Board Color. The last of these 4 printings changed "wept" to "shed". NOTE: NONE of These Printings had a COPYRIGHT DATE (on the rear of the Title Page)! Now, here is where it gets interesting!! All References deal with the Change in Format in Late 1903 from 97 pages… Read More
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Day In and Day Out (The Alice and Jerry Books, Reading Foundation Series)
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Day In and Day Out (The Alice and Jerry Books, Reading Foundation Series)

by Mabel O'Donnell; Alice Carey

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Used - Good+
Edition
First Edition
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Hardcover
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson and Company, n.d. [copyright 1936]. Hardcover. First Edition, no additional printings listed. First-grade reader in the Alice and Jerry basal reader educational series. Red cloth over boards with blue & yellow titles and illustration of a dog and duckling. Good+. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown, a few penciled notes. Sewn binding is straight and tight. Corners and spine ends bumped. Covers clean and bright. Not from a school or library. See photos. 156 pages with color illustrations on every page. Word list.
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The Dawnstone

The Dawnstone

by Walsh, Jill Paton

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  • very good
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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
Edition
First Edition
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Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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THE DAWNSTONE by Gillian Bliss, Baroness Hemingford writing as Jill Paton Walsh. 1973 1st. Ed. Antelope Book by Hamish Hamilton RARE.
Used. VG/VG dust jacket. Illustrated by Mary Dinsdale. Summary: Adam finds an implement like a Stone Age axe which he carries everywhere but which appears to give him bad dreams. He gives his treasure to a terrified, caged gorilla, feeling it is not right to lock people up.' The gorilla escapes but Adam gets back his axe. " Quite the find! Will ship from United States.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

by Engle, Joanna

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  • good
  • Paperback
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Used - Good
Jacket Condition
None Issued
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 13
9780394856438
ISBN 10
0394856430
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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Bob Son of Battle
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Bob Son of Battle

by Alfred Oliphant

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Used - Very Good+
Edition
first
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Hardcover
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Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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The story focuses on the rivalry between two sheepdogs and their masters, and chronicles the coming of age of a boy who is caught between them. David M'Adam, the boy, was half-orphaned by the death of his mother, and is left to the care of his father, Adam M'Adam, a sarcastic, angry alcoholic with a few redeeming qualities. M'Adam is the owner of Red Wull, a huge, violent dog who herds his sheep by brute force.
Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Hardcover. Condition: vg+. .356 pages Find copy in Dark Blue Boards . copyright Doubleday & McClure (New York), 1889. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Rare first edition original 1899 edition by Doubleday and McClure Company New York. Nice copy all on hand laid paper. Deckled edges. Bob Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant. Copyright 1889. Some browning of pages. In a navy cloth binding. Externally sound. Some shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked/,
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William The Helpful Whale
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William The Helpful Whale

by Kenyon, Tony

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  • Hardcover
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Used
Edition
Limited Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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1972 - collectable rare "limited" book - "One day, Captain Ben of the good ship Saucy Sue decided to set out on a long voyage to Australia,..." - book: very good - all pages are clean and unmarked - spine is cocked - clean and solid with some toning from age
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus

Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus

by Elmay Crow

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  • Paperback
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Used - Near Fine
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Paperback
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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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$18.70

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Crow Publishing, Victoria, 1971, 30 pages, 6.5" x 8.5", Near Fine, Comb Bound Softcover. An uncommon self published companion to "Ronny Meets The Sasquatch".
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience

by Marianne Parrot

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
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Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No DJ Included
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size.
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The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp, A First Time Book
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The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp, A First Time Book

by Berenstain, Stan and Jan

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  • good
  • Hardcover
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Used - Good
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No DJ Included
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780394951317
ISBN 10
039495131X
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition, full number line. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us

by Leaf, Munro

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  • good
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Used - Good
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Good
Edition
Stated First Edition
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Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket.
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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince
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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Used - Very Good+
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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A special copy of The Little Prince translated into the Venetian (Venetan/Veneto) language, also called dialeto del mar – the dialect of the sea. Included is the bookmark from the bookstore - Libreria Acqua Alta. Great gift for any Little Prince collector. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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$25.00