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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, endpapers toned, . Christmas 1945 gift inscription on verso of frontispiece.. 1945. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Newbery Award-winning novel about an itinerant Florida family of strawberry pickers. Graced with Lenski's winsome illustrations. Green and red strawberry endpapers. Green pictorial cloth. xii, 194pp.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign in Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by McCook, Henry Christopher - 1895
by McCook, Henry Christopher
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Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign in Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies
by McCook, Henry Christopher
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Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and rounded, pages toned, spine . cracked.. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth decorated with red, black, and silver design of brownie fighting spider pixie among cobwebs and flowers. Decorative endpapers. Xxxvi, 392pp + [4]pp of publisher ads. Numerous illustrations by various unattributed artists, as well as some by Boy Scouts founder Dan C. Beard and J. Scone. The American naturalist and Presbyterian clergyman was renowned for his studies of ants and spiders, and here weaves a fanciful tale for children about brownies fighting ill-natured spider pixies. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Place of Publication Philadelphia
- Date Published 1895
- Keywords Fairies, SPIDERS, INSECTS, Victorian Children's Books, Antiquarian Children's Books, 1890s Children's Books
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Strawberry Girl
by Lenski, Lois
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Town & Country
by Provensen, Alice; Provensen, Martin
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NY: Crown Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Head of spine bumped.. 1984. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0517555948 . Signed by the author-illustrator team and embellished with two drawings on half title page. Glossy illustrated boards. A sophisticated children's picture book by the Caldecott medalists about the differences between urban and rural living. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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The Year at Maple Hill Farm
by Provensen, Alice; Provensen, Martin
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NY: Atheneum. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly toned.. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0590757849 . Signed by the late Caldecott medalists with a maple leaf drawing on title page. The husband and wife author/illustrator team describe seasonal chores and the animals at their real-life upstate New York farm. Tan cloth binding. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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Petit Buffon Illustre
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Paris: Hachette. Very Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned, boards lightly soiled and . worn, hole at tail of spine, spine cracked.. 1928. Hardcover. Yellow cloth spine, color illustrated paper-covered boards. Text in French. 31 color plates plus cover illustration by R. De la Neziere, a widely published French illustrator. Unpaginated. Engaging stories of animals and birds, mostly from the farmyard, but some exotics like lions, polar bears, and crocodiles. Thirty-one one page stories each face a full-color plate. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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I Met a Penguin
by Asch, Frank
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NY: McGraw-Hill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Gift inscription on half-title, jacket lightly worn and toned at spine.. 1972. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0070024006 . An early title by the prolific children's author and illustrator best known for his Moonbear picture books, like Milk and Cookies and Mooncake. Intricate black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated boards. A story about a lion who lives on an island with various human and animal friends. After they criticize him, he sails away and meets a penguin at the South Pole and falls in love. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall .
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Strawberry Girl
by Lenski, Lois
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, endpapers toned, . Christmas 1945 gift inscription on verso of frontispiece.. 1945. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Newbery Award-winning novel about an itinerant Florida family of strawberry pickers. Graced with Lenski's winsome illustrations. Green and red strawberry endpapers. Green pictorial cloth. xii, 194pp.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Sea Dog
by Dennis, Morgan
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NY: The Viking Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Long gift inscription on half-title, boards soiled, jacket tattered and waterstained at spine, with minor loss at head of spine.. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 978-0670626090 . Written and illustrated by Morgan DennisGreen illustrated cloth. Vintage children's book about a family that builds a houseboat to live on in Key West, Florida with their Irish water spaniel named Splash. Evocative black and white illustrations throughout. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 42 pages .
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Petit Buffon Illustre
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Paris: Hachette. Very Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned, boards lightly soiled and . worn, hole at tail of spine, spine cracked.. 1928. Hardcover. Yellow cloth spine, color illustrated paper-covered boards. Text in French. 31 color plates plus cover illustration by R. De la Neziere, a widely published French illustrator. Unpaginated. Engaging stories of animals and birds, mostly from the farmyard, but some exotics like lions, polar bears, and crocodiles. Thirty-one one page stories each face a full-color plate. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper?
by Morrison, Toni; Morrison, Slade
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NY: Scribner. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Front free endpaper wrinkled, jacket . lightly worn and has one inch tear at head of spine.. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0743222474 . Signed by the late Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison, and her late son, Slade Morrison, on the front free endpaper. A frisky graphic novel version of Aesops classic fable. Photos of the Morrisons and Lemaitre on rear jacket panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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I Met a Penguin
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NY: McGraw-Hill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Gift inscription on half-title, jacket lightly worn and toned at spine.. 1972. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0070024006 . An early title by the prolific children's author and illustrator best known for his Moonbear picture books, like Milk and Cookies and Mooncake. Intricate black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated boards. A story about a lion who lives on an island with various human and animal friends. After they criticize him, he sails away and meets a penguin at the South Pole and falls in love. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall .
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Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies (1895)
by Henry Christopher McCook
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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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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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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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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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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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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus
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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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Bedtime Stories
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1978 - 16th printing- vintage Bedtime Stories - Little Red Riding Hood - book: very good - all pages are clean and unmarked - edge wear on boards good for age - pages show some toning at edges - ELEMENT: includes a little red riding hood/big bad wolf as grandma flip doll - doll is professionally sewn with intricate details
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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince
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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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The House That Jack Built: The Old Woman and Her Pig
by Rodney Peppe
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Pocket sized reproduction from Pleasewell Series of the 1890s. This edition is reversible with The Old Woman and Her Pig also featured when the book is flipped over. Each story has reproduced lithographs from the original publication. No creasing, no age spots, Like New !
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Foreign Agent
by Thor, Brad
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New York: Atria Books, 2016. Signed on fep First Edition with full number line This is a limited, signed edition with an exclusive, to this edition, additional chapter. Please note what looks like a "Signed Edition" sticker on the front of dust jacket. It is not a a sticker; it is part of the design of the jacket. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 338 pages PLUS additional chapter "exclusively for Target customers." Target is US-based department store. From jacket: "Scot Harvath has exactly the skills the CIA is looking for. He's a former Navy SEAL with extensive experience in espionage. Working for a private intelligence company, he will provide the CIA, and more important, the President, with absolute deniability. But deep within the Russian Caucasus, Moscow also has its own special kind of operative... When a clandestine American operations team is ambushed near Syria, all signs point toward a dangerous informant in Brussels..." A new book, but with…
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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 Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
by Kipling, Rudyard
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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