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NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1970. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2 clean straight reprints in Jackets with mylar wrappers. Newish, likely 70s era. One book priced shipping.

NY: Random House, 1964. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 3 AA books sold as a group, Rockets, The Arctic and The Human Mind, all decent, sturdy, unmarked.

NY: Dodge, 1914. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good-/No Jacket. No author listed, publishing history very sketchy. 1900? Maybe, seems about right. I suspect this is a British produced text of Blackie(GB) original, same title, it does say printed in GB last page, but, Dodge NY copyright page, no date. Content/ illustrators imply it was originally GB product. Golden… Read more about this item

NY: Rand McNally, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Fiore and Jackie Mastri. Book and jacket both splendid. Jacket though price clipped has been preserved for years in a clear mylar wrapper, which has eliminated all but a hint of edge age browning. I gently erased a sales price (1st endsheet) and tiny numbercode (last pastedown)… Read more about this item

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Being G&D we know we have a reprint. Still, with the Wiese/Pinner illustrations and a charming, though edge tattered jacket this one is incredibly cute. There is gift inscription and darkened area first endsheet from loosely laid in news clipping? I speculate. . .Text handsome, clean,… Read more about this item

NY: Random/Landmark, 1950. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Thsi listing is for 3 exlibrary, lib. bound Landmarks. Sturdy, many xl marks. Solid all here, intact. Dobies, Up From Texas-Holbrooks, WB Hickok Tames The West-Neuberger's L & C. 3 re the west with one-book priced domestic media mail shipping. Foto will follow. *We feel that books… Read more about this item

NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1955. 1st Edition . Cloth Bound. Good/Good. Carl S. Junge. A possibly ex-library, jacketed (clipped) hardcover of this YA novel, apparently quite scarce and ditto for its Jkt. Book is fairly sound, but I noticed a bit of smudge and a page (161) with trace waviness. The jkt. has a good bit of… Read more about this item

NY: Clarion, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. A handsome bi-lingual reprint (full number line) of the children's classic, illustrations by Frasconi, trans by. Livingston & Dominguez. The sole flaw is slight erasure evident upper corner 1st endsheet. A crisp bright copy. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Near Fine. Trease wrote many YA historical novels. This is 1st UK, the books sole 'flaws' are a trace of abrasion upper rt. corner (pencil price erasure?) 1st endsheet an a tiny faint stain, nearly invisible, opposite. Frankly, the sheet looked utterly untouched on my 1st glance. Jacket has apparently… Read more about this item

NY: Silver, Burdett & Co., 1931. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Constance Whittemore. Not the1st but quite old, ie McBride's says SD and no matching dates. Gift inscription first endsheet. Tremendous aged charm, illustrations in black and white and occasional lavish color. Green hardcover with yellow lettering/illustration. Some mild text wear, no marking, binding sound. *We feel that books offered… Read more about this item

NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG-/Good. Book's sole actual 'flaw' is the text edge browning to which inexpensively made children's books from this era seem prone. Text unmarked, boards clean. Jacket has edge tatter, back panel soiling, I will ship in new mylar wrapper. Priced jacket, stated first, not x-library, not a book club. *We… Read more about this item

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. Decent hardcover not x-library, no marking of any kind. Perhaps a hint of cocking may be seen at bottom, ultra mild. Book unbumped, straight, attractive. Jacket has no large chips or long tears, but some mild wear. Perhaps a trace of ripple? if so, very subtle, will be… Read more about this item

NY: Appleton-Century- Crofts, 1928. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Copyright renewal is 1928, this little book likely much newer. Sturdy and unmarked, but, homely. A bit board corner bumped, some lower corner dog earring (corrected). 154 pages, gray boards, 2 back board stains, 5x7". Cute, photo coming. *We feel that books offered for internet sale… Read more about this item

Cleveland: World, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Stated as 1st US, translated by Brian W. Anderson. A sturdy handsome hardcover copy in jacket. Unmarked, unbumped and straight. Jacket price clipped with notable edgewear, should look swell in it new mylar wrapper. Scholarly, large bibliography, index, much illustrated content. *We feel that books offered for internet… Read more about this item

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Orange Nancy on the pre-tweed solid blue covers, orange silhouete endsheets. P.C.J. shows 19 ND (QMM #19 last) 12 DG rear flap, 15 JB back panel. We are using an older Farah whose early 40s listings seem not to match this item perfectly, suspect we'd have a 1943A if… Read more about this item

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Blue tweed boards, Nancy blue silhouette endsheets (not digger)- flap lists 30 titles with Velvet Mask last. Dark blue Nancy front board, wraparound jacket w/ Nancy holding magnifying glass on spine. Velvet Mask is also last listed last in books interior summary. Secret of the Jade… Read more about this item

Bedford MA: Applewood, 1992. Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. Book would be graded as 'As New' but, there is a 10 word gift inscription felt penned in red (not too large) first endsheet. Other tham this it is a remarkably newish, square hardcover. It is a later printing (partial number code) of Applewoods facsimile reprint, handsomely… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Warne, 1955. Reprint . Hardcover. Fair-/None. Kate Greenaway. This listing is for two Greenaway illustrated items sold as a pair at the listed price with one book priced domestic media mail shipping. The details of the above are for the Harte, which would be graded much higher but for an extraordinary flaw. There is a 5''… Read more about this item

San Carlos, California: Golden Gate Jr. Books, 1967. Presume 1st . Hardcover. Good+/Very Good+. Graham Booth. We assume this to be the first perhaps the library edition of this book. While not ex-library it has some of the exterior board tape marks that might be anticipated. Three clippings retailer and two flyers for Kern County events were received… Read more about this item

Scarsdale, NY: Bradbury, 1975. 1st Edition, full number Line . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. Diane Goode. Slender format, 11 wide by 8.5 tall, unpaginated, text complete, front cover illustration of dog and pie is handscome. Inscribed to a noted California collector/librarian by Goode November 1977. Goode later won the Caldecott. Jacket price clipped, has 1'' inch tear front… Read more about this item