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London: The Fleetway House, 1956. Pictorial hardcover binding with orange cloth spine lightly soiled, corners show wear. Some foxing but interior clean and tight. A few pictures have been neatly colored. 112 pages of stories, poems, puzzles and pictures.. Illus. by Various. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pictorial Boards. Good+/No Jacket.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing, 1944. Red pictorial boards with two blonde-haired children sitting in a green chair in their pajamas with a blue rug - the older girl child reading to the smaller boy, has a brown spine - cover illustrator Erika Weihs, interior illustrator Janet Robson. Near very good with good hinges just barely starting to crack and illustrated endpapers, no writing tears or marks. Corners are bumped with some boards showing but minor wear. Alphabetical list of authors of the stories on last two pages with the dates of their contributions. Pages are yellowing, and outside edges show some soiling, but overall a nice copy of this edition of favorite one-page stories for every day of the year. 380 pages. Illus. by Robson, Janet. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman - Western Publishing, 1970. Pictorial hardcover binding square and tight, rubbed along edges, shelfwear. Just beginning hinge crack starting inside front cover, else secure and tight. Name in pencil inside front cover, else no other writing or marks. Pages yellowing. 382 pages. A story for evey day of the year. Favorite childhood book first published in 1955 - this is the 1970 edition with purple covers and illustration depicting a woman reading to two children, one in bed with a checked quilt.. Illus. by McKibbin, Bill - book designed by Walter Brooks. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing, 1955. Pictorial hardcover binding square and tight, bumped corners, front hinge cracked with about 2" of separation but binding is secure. Start of hinge crack inside back hinge. Yellowing pages - no writing tears or marks. Front cover shows older woman in blue dress, black-haired girl in red and white checked dress hugging her as she tells a story, two boys and a girl, along with a gray cat at her feet.. Illus. by Elgin, Jill. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing, 1955. Pictorial hardcover binding square and tight, Lamination peeling along spine, . Hinges good, no cracks - PLEASE NOTE!!! Unfortunately, the last three days of the year have been torn out so that December 29-31 are missing. . This edition shows a gray-haired woman in purple dress with white apron telling stories to children. Photos upon request. Pages yellowing. 380 of 383 pages. A story for evey day of the year.- except the last three!. Illus. by Elgin, Jill. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Reading Copy/No Jacket.

Rand McNally Weekly Reader 1959 Good+ w/Fair dj. Illus by Paula Hutchison. Green boards binding square and tight - yellowed pages. DJ has large chip missing from front cover, closed tears, edge wear. 92 pages with fresh slant in this story about Lincoln - author depended primarily on Lincoln's own statements and those of family and friends.. Hardcover. Good/Fair.

Indianapolis: Reader's Corner Publisher, Inc., 1983. Pictorial hardcover boards binding clean, square and tight with minimal rubbing at corners, Dj has some shelfwear, small chips, closed tears. Story of an orphaned mongoose who also happens to be Jewish. Wants to learn to read so he can read and understand the big beautiful book he was left by his parents which says TORAH on the front cover.. Illus. by Cohen, Janice Lilley. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+.

McGraw-Hill, 1966. Mostly clean, square and tight. Tape marks on endpapers, back pocket intact, some stamps on endpapers. ".you would think Wuffles were a funny sort of rabbit - but you would be wrong, terribly wrong.". Illus. by Stobbs, William. Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

W.B. Conkey Company - Young People's Cloth Library Light blue hardcover cloth binding with red, yellow and green illustration of heron eating a frog clean square and tight. Only a bit age-faded and light shelfwear. Minor crack at title page, binding secure. Yellowing pages. 75 illustrations includes color frontispiece, rest b/w sketches. 188 pages plus ads in back. Book measures 5" x 6.3/4". Illus. by Illustrarted. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1961. Rec cloth binding is clean, square, tight. Price-clipped dj has minor edgewear. Author's grandfather, caught in the Chicago fire of 1871, lost the house he had secured for his wife and seven children arriving from London. This is the story of that first Chicago year as seen through the eyes of the oldest daughter, Annie Sarah Rowland, 13. Father is excited about the new land, but it takes awhile for the rest of the family to catch his enthusiasm. Author and illus are both neices of the heroine, Annie - who is 100 when this book is published. Genuine and treasurable Americana for 10-14 year olds.. Illus. by Monroe, Katherine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

Exposition Press, 1953. Small oblong 93 page book. 4-line verses about animals accompanied by charming brown and white illustratons.. Illus. by Reindollar, Eleanor. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Viking Press 5th 1964 (1949) Good +condition. No dj. Turquoise binding sunfaded at top, some soil on front, slight wear on edges, edges splayed slightly at opening - improper shelving. Great illus by Leo Politi.. Hardcover. Good++/No Jacket.

London: Lutterworth Press, 1956. Green hardcover binding square and tight, a bit of rubbing. Award presentation plate ffep. Lots of foxing. 120 pages. Price clipped dj ahs shelfwear, remains of tape on endpapers. Jenny Graham is envious as she watches her brother leave for boarding school; it doesn't seem fair that he gets to go because he's a boy even though she is smarter. So she helps out on her parents' New South Wales sheep station.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good.

Simon and Schuster 1951 VG w/VG dj. Illus by Harlow Rockwell. 16mo, green paper boards binding with crisp imprint. DJ clean with light rubbing on edges. 78 pages of children's stories on aircraft with full color illus.. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Macmillan 1st 1956 Near Fine w/ VG dj. Illus by Vee Guthrie. Gray cloth binding clean and tight - gift inscription on ffep. Price clipped dj has wear on edges, light rubbing. Benjamin loves his teacher, Miss Melinda, the year he is eight, but all of the gifts he gives her turn out to be unlucky.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1945. Beige hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. Illustrated endpapers. 181 pages. Clean and tight interior. Young Addison Look, or Add, loves to play ball more than anything and longs for a local ball team. As a diversion, he stills a fledgling from a Fish Hawk's nest. How Add learns responsibility and gets his baseball team make up this story of family and values.. Illus. by Reardon, Mary. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Doubleday Doran & Compan, 1931. Good condition. No dj. Pictorial boards binding has wear on all edges, paper rubbed from edges, general wear. Black cloth spine has fray top and bottom, shaky at title page, but overall good+ interior.. Illus. by Bell, Corydon. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Collins Publishers for the Children, 1948. Pictorial boards binding with red cloth spine has warped front cover from improper shelving. 1952 gift inscription ffep. Else interior clean and secure. Story of an Old English Sheepdog - beautiful b/w and full page, full color illustrations throughout.. Illus. by Stokes, Vernon and Harnett, Cynthia. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4th. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Little Brown & Company 1st 1962 Good w/Good dj. Ex-lib, front date slip and back pocket intact, usual marks. Binding square and tight, interior clean. Young orphan boy in Sahara Desert village was an outcast. An American lady tries to be kind to him and his dog Sloogi. Also, story of how airplanes and oil are changing the old desert ways and bringing Arab boys closer and closer to boys around the world. Illus by Douglas Gorsline.. Hardcover.

McLoughlin Books Pictorial hardcover binding with blue cloth spine clean square and tight with lightly rubbed corners. 1939 gift note ffep. DJ has some chips and shelfwear. Foxing and some stains. B/W illustrations throughout. Back of DJ shows other titles in the McLoughlin's Favorite Series - Our Own Mother Goose, Cinderella, and othes.. Illus. by illustrated. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Fair.