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COLLINS, Suzanne. Gregor the Overlander. NY: Scholastic [2003]. 8vo, [viii] 311pp. purple quarter-cloth stamped in bronze with aquamarine boards stamped in gold. Aquamarine endpapers. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. First edition. The first book by the NY Times best-selling author of The Hunger Games, and the first book in the Underland chronicles. When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where giant spiders, rats, and cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war and Gregor's arrival is no accident. A prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland's uncertain future. Gregor wants no part of it – until he realizes it's the only way to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. Reluctantly, Gregor embarks on a dangerous adventure that will change both him and the Underland forever.
Biggles Sees Too Much by Johns, Capt W E (William Earle) - 1970
by Johns, Capt W E (William Earle)
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Biggles Sees Too Much
by Johns, Capt W E (William Earle)
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England: Brockhampton, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Jacket is price clipped with an uneven fade to spine. Excellent copy of this scarce late title. Jacket placed in a new protective sleeve.
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HOLLYWOOD STARLET.
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PRESS COPY in blue boards with the dust jacket folded and secured to the front pastedown. Boards are very lightly soiled, somewhat faded at the spine, and the top of the book block is dusty. There is a label on the rear board: "PRESS COPY/Dodd, Mead & Company/Issued 'May 5, 1942.'" See & Brooker. A young adult novel featuring two young girls attempting to break into Hollywood movies. The dust jacket features a pen & ink illustration of a young woman in a cocktail dress lit by a kleig light with various filmmaking figures around her; and three 'stars' with aspects of filmmaking highlighted within the stars.
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The Justice Trilogy: Justice and Her Brothers; Dustland; The Gathering
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HAMILTON, Virginia. The Justice Trilogy. NY: Greenwillow [1978-1981]. 3 volumes, all 8vo: [vi] 217pp.; [x] 180pp.; [viii] 181pp. All three volumes with salmon quarter-cloth stamped in gold with beige boards stamped in blind. Beige speckled endpapers. Spine ends minutely rubbed on all volumes, two tiny dents to bottom edge of volume one, top edge of volume two minutely foxed, else fine copies in original color pictorial dust jackets (volume one price-clipped and showing slight edgewear). Bookplates signed by the author, Newbery Medalist Virginia Hamilton, laid in to each volume.First editions. A wonderful science fiction series from the Newbery Medal-winning author of M.C. Higgins the Great, which follows Justice Douglass and her two brothers who discover they have psychic powers and are transported to a strange post-apocalyptic future where they must overcome their personal differences to defeat a force of evil.
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The Lives of Christopher Chant
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JONES, Diana Wynne. The Lives of Christopher Chant. NY: Greenwillow [1988]. 8vo, [x] 230pp. Red quarter-cloth stamped in gold with navy boards decoratively stamped in blind. Red endpapers. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author, Diana Wynne Jones.First US edition. The fourth of Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci series, but the first chronologically, being the story of the childhood of Christopher Chant, who was first introduced in the author's Charmed Life as the powerful nine-lived enchanter, Chrestomanci. Young Christopher's father and uncles are enchanters, his mother a powerful sorceress, yet nothing seems magical about Christopher Chant except his dreams. Night after night, he climbs through the formless Place Between and visits marvelous lands he calls the Almost Anywheres. Then Christopher discovers that he can bring real, solid things back from his dreams. When others begin to recognize the extent of his powers, Christopher's life is turned upside down as… Read More
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Charmed Life
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JONES, Diana Wynne. Charmed Life. NY: Greenwillow [1977]. 12mo, [vi] 218pp. Orange boards stamped in black. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket – practically as new. Signed by the author, Diana Wynne Jones.First US edition. The first book published in Diana Wynne Jones' beloved Chrestomanci series. Cat doesn't mind living in the shadow of his sister, Gwendolen, the most promising young witch ever seen on Coven Street. But trouble starts brewing the moment the two orphans are summoned to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Frustrated that the witches of the castle refuse to acknowledge her talents, Gwendolen conjures up a scheme that could throw whole worlds out of whack by changing worlds with her doppleganger. Scared he'll be thrown out of the castle, Cat now has to find a way to pass off the unmagical doppleganger as his very magical sister!
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COLLINS, Suzanne. Gregor the Overlander. NY: Scholastic [2003]. 8vo, [viii] 311pp. purple quarter-cloth stamped in bronze with aquamarine boards stamped in gold. Aquamarine endpapers. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. First edition. The first book by the NY Times best-selling author of The Hunger Games, and the first book in the Underland chronicles. When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where giant spiders, rats, and cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war and Gregor's arrival is no accident. A prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland's uncertain future. Gregor wants no part of it – until he realizes it's the only way to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. Reluctantly, Gregor embarks on a dangerous adventure that will change both him and the Underland forever.
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PRESS COPY in blue boards with the dust jacket folded and secured to the front pastedown. Boards are very lightly soiled, somewhat faded at the spine, and the top of the book block is dusty. There is a label on the rear board: "PRESS COPY/Dodd, Mead & Company/Issued 'May 5, 1942.'" See & Brooker. A young adult novel featuring two young girls attempting to break into Hollywood movies. The dust jacket features a pen & ink illustration of a young woman in a cocktail dress lit by a kleig light with various filmmaking figures around her; and three 'stars' with aspects of filmmaking highlighted within the stars.
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The Justice Trilogy: Justice and Her Brothers; Dustland; The Gathering
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HAMILTON, Virginia. The Justice Trilogy. NY: Greenwillow [1978-1981]. 3 volumes, all 8vo: [vi] 217pp.; [x] 180pp.; [viii] 181pp. All three volumes with salmon quarter-cloth stamped in gold with beige boards stamped in blind. Beige speckled endpapers. Spine ends minutely rubbed on all volumes, two tiny dents to bottom edge of volume one, top edge of volume two minutely foxed, else fine copies in original color pictorial dust jackets (volume one price-clipped and showing slight edgewear). Bookplates signed by the author, Newbery Medalist Virginia Hamilton, laid in to each volume.First editions. A wonderful science fiction series from the Newbery Medal-winning author of M.C. Higgins the Great, which follows Justice Douglass and her two brothers who discover they have psychic powers and are transported to a strange post-apocalyptic future where they must overcome their personal differences to defeat a force of evil.
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JONES, Diana Wynne. The Lives of Christopher Chant. NY: Greenwillow [1988]. 8vo, [x] 230pp. Red quarter-cloth stamped in gold with navy boards decoratively stamped in blind. Red endpapers. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author, Diana Wynne Jones.First US edition. The fourth of Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci series, but the first chronologically, being the story of the childhood of Christopher Chant, who was first introduced in the author's Charmed Life as the powerful nine-lived enchanter, Chrestomanci. Young Christopher's father and uncles are enchanters, his mother a powerful sorceress, yet nothing seems magical about Christopher Chant except his dreams. Night after night, he climbs through the formless Place Between and visits marvelous lands he calls the Almost Anywheres. Then Christopher discovers that he can bring real, solid things back from his dreams. When others begin to recognize the extent of his powers, Christopher's life is turned upside down as… Read More
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JONES, Diana Wynne. Charmed Life. NY: Greenwillow [1977]. 12mo, [vi] 218pp. Orange boards stamped in black. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket – practically as new. Signed by the author, Diana Wynne Jones.First US edition. The first book published in Diana Wynne Jones' beloved Chrestomanci series. Cat doesn't mind living in the shadow of his sister, Gwendolen, the most promising young witch ever seen on Coven Street. But trouble starts brewing the moment the two orphans are summoned to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Frustrated that the witches of the castle refuse to acknowledge her talents, Gwendolen conjures up a scheme that could throw whole worlds out of whack by changing worlds with her doppleganger. Scared he'll be thrown out of the castle, Cat now has to find a way to pass off the unmagical doppleganger as his very magical sister!
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Biggles Sees Too Much
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England: Knight, 1986. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. 2nd print. Spine faded , front cover has a corner crease. No expenses spared on the cover photography, perhaps the second worst photo cover of the knight photo series, exceeded only by Forms a Syndicate which hits a gut wrenching low. Where possible small books will have postage reduced.
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Biggles Sees Too Much
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London: Swift, 1986. Book. Very good-. Pictorial Cover. First Thus. Bumps to board edge, light foxing on compressed page edges, bumps to front board. Otherwise a tidy copy of a scarce edition of a very hard to find title . Where possible small books will have postage reduced Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Martin Luther King Jr: A Picture Story
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Tarzan and the Forbidden City
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Vintage Whitman Publishing Company edition 1957. Hardcover, pictorial matte boards with original dust jacket. Overall condition is very good, dust jacket showing wear at top and bottom of spine and edges, but with bright colors. Dust jacket protected by a removable mylar cover. Slight bumped corners of boards. Pages are unmarked. Beautifully illustrated endpapers, with a slight separation from binding at front hinge. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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The Sky and the Forest
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Samuel The Seeker
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Going To the Doctor (First Experiences Series)
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Fred Rogers: First Experiences Book Series: Going To the Doctor (1986 1st Ed. 3rd Pr. Thus, G.P. Putnam)RARE in this first hardcover edition. Quite the find. Used. VG/VG condition unclipped dust jacket, printed price $12.95 Mr. Rogers appears on the back dj panel wearing a pale blue sweater. "In this book, real life photos are used to help young people feel more comfortable with interacting with other children and making new friends. A Note From Fred Rogers: A child's first visit with a pediatrician usually comes soon after birth. It may be months or even years later, though, that a child first shows fear about going to see a doctor. The worry of an injection or some other unfamiliar medical procedure can trigger that fear. It can also appear because another family member may be feeling medical anxieties. And, of course, new body awareness and needs for privacy develop naturally in children's early years, so all these feelings can make it very hard for them to let doctors investigate the workings of…
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The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience
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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. 70 pages plus adverts.
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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The Fault in Our Stars
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Black boards with silver writing on spine; dings on top of front and back boards near corners. Top and bottom corners of front boards bumped; top and bottom of spine rumpled. Chip and wrinkles on top edge of front dust jacket; chip on corner of back dust jacket near fold to spine. Shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine; tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $17.99 on front dust jacket flap, which has slight wrinkle at top of flap.Dutton First Edition; Thirty-First Printing as indicated by number line ending of "40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31" on copyright page. Signed by author on second interior page. Red cloud image with Target logo and advertising Bonus DVD from author with behind-the scenes looks at the movie.Green's second novel, which became his most famous one and has been made into a movie. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
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Doonesbury Classics
by Gary Trudeau
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Four trade paperback editions of classic Doonesbury cartoons. The slipcase has minor wear but the books themselves are Like New and possibly never opened! Original political satire
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