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In Blue Bird Time
by Donaldson, Ellen Miller
- Seller
- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1926
- Condition
- good-
- Edition
- 1st
- Item Price
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$24.75
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Springfield MA: Milton Bradley Co.. 1st. 1926. good-. Hardcover. 160pp; 3-color frontis, ils & plates; color il paper over front & back boards; black linen backstrip is tattered with accession number on bottom; heavy wear to extrems of cover; 3-color ils on white endpages; prev. owner's bookplate on free front endpage; library pocket on back endpage .
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Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages
by McGovern, Patrick
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 2009
- Condition
- vg
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN
- 9780520253797
- Item Price
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$5.00
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Univ of California Press. 1st. 2009. vg. Hardcover. ISBN:9780520253797 330 pages including index; black cover with giilt lettering on spine; black dust jacket looks fine except for rippling to back & there is a large (beer?) stain inside .
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Arabian Nights, The - Illustrated Junior Library
by none
- Seller
- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1993
- Condition
- vg
- ISBN
- 9780448060064
- Item Price
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$5.25
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NY: Grosset & Dunlap. 1993. vg. Hardcover. ISBN:044806006X 327 pages + color illustrated plates; contents clean; b/w illustrations; 9" tall; color illustrated covers & spine; clear plastic dj .
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Nibelungenlied, The - Revised Edition
by Lettsom, William Nanson, English trans. William Carpernter, intro.
- Seller
- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1901
- Condition
- good+
- Item Price
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$9.50
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Colonial Pr. / Lamb Pubg.. 1901. good+. Hardcover. blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering & rules; top edge gilt, other edges uncut; 405pp; sepia frontis & 2 plates, all with tissue guards; laid paper; slight darkening to spine; light wear to extrems; hinges starting .
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Kalevala, The: An epic of Finland and all mankind
by Kirkinen, Heikki & Hannes Sihvo
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1985
- Condition
- vg
- Item Price
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$12.50
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Helsinki: Finnish-American Cultural Institute. 1985. vg. Paperback. In English. 7.5" tall; 80pp; heavy glossy paper; black cover with color il on front; first 52pp text on black paper, followed by color ils on black paper; light wear to extrems of cover .
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Folk Medicine Plants Used in Pennsylvania Dutch Country
by Wieand, Paul R.
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1970
- Condition
- vg-
- Item Price
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$7.75
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Allentown, PA: Wieand's Pennsylvania Duch. 1970. vg-. Paperback. 3rd ptg. 48-pg booklet; b/w illustrations; text clean, previous owner name inside front cover; solid stapled binding; 8.5" tall; darkening to stiff wraps .
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Gifts of the Child Christ, The: Fairytales and Stories for the Childlike (2 volumes)
by MacDonald, George / Glenn Edward Sadler, ed. & intro.
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1976
- Condition
- vg
- ISBN
- 9780802815187
- Item Price
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$14.75
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Eerdmans. 1976. vg. Paperback. ISBN:0802815189 3rd ptg. thus; b/w frontis each volume; 9" tall; Vol. 1: 333pp; Vol. 2: 261pp with small stain top edge .
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Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp and Other Stories
by none
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Condition
- good
- Item Price
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$8.00
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NY: A. L. Burt . good. Hardcover. no date, circa early 1900s; 120pp + 1 ad pg; contents unmarked; b/w illustrations throughout; free front ep has been removed; binding shaken; wear to brown cover with red & green illustration on front .
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Little World of Elves & Fairies, The: An Anthology of Verse with Color Illustrations
by none
- Seller
- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1985
- Condition
- vg+
- ISBN
- 9780207149504
- Item Price
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$15.50
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UK: Angus & Robertson / Bluegum. 1985. vg+. Paperback. ISBN:020714950x 7.75" tall; 59pp; color & b/w plates & other b/w decoration; glossy paper; slight toning to white cover .
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Tales of Uncle Remus, The: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
by Lester, Julius
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1987
- Condition
- good+
- ISBN
- 9780803702714
- Item Price
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$5.00
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Dial. 1987. good+. Hardcover. ISBN:080370271x 16th ptg. thus; 151 pages. double-page color plates & other b/w ils; brown cover with gilt lettering on spine has some wear to extrems & what may be a bite from tooth of dog; color il'd dust jacket is a bit rippled top edge, has Coretta Scott King Award sticker bottom front .
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Eventyr og Historier
by Andersen, H.C.
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1950
- Condition
- good+
- Item Price
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$6.00
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Odense, Denmark: Flensteds Forlag. 1950. good+. Hardcover. Fairy Tales & Stories TEXT IN Danish. 159 pages; b/w illustrations; text clean, previous owner name in ink on half title page; binding cocked; 14.5 cm tall; .
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So Here Then Are Dreams
by Schreiner, Olive
- Seller
- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1901
- Condition
- good
- Item Price
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$102.00
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East Aurora NY;: Elbert Hubbard. 1901. good. Hardcover. lovely copy; 10" tall; brown sueded leather backstrip has 1/2" chip top; initials, border & ornament designed by Saint Gerome; prepared under the supervision of Andrew Andrews at the Roycrofter Shop; text in black, decorations in black & brown; paper is watermarked with the Roycroft logo and the word Roycroft; frontis in… Read more
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Magic Butterfly, The: And Other Fairy Tales of Central Europe (A Giant Golden Book)
by Obligado, George, English trans.
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1963
- Condition
- good
- Item Price
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$9.75
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NY: Golden Pr.. 1963. good. Hardcover. 14.25" tall; 64pp; laminated color il'd cover; color ils, some full-page & double-page; bottom 2.75" of spine-covering is missing; heavy wear to corners of cover; 6 tales; erratum slip glued into verso side of free front endpage; 2-color il'd endpages .
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Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales: World Edition - Volume I
by Anersen, Hans Christian / Svend Larsen, ed. / R.P. Keigwin, trans.
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1960
- Condition
- vg+
- Item Price
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$13.00
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Odense, Denmark: Flensted . 1960. vg+. Hardcover. World Ed., Vol. 1 only. 394 pages; b/w illustrations; clean & tight; 5.5" tall; light shelf wear to edges of dj; slip case with wear to edges & boards showing at corners .
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King Midas and the Golden Touch
by Perkins, Al
- Seller
- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1969
- Condition
- good
- Item Price
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$5.00
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Beginner Books. 1969. good. Hardcover. Book club edition. 62pp; color ils including on cover & endapges; cover is soiled with wear to extrems .
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Stories from the Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) - The Harvard Classics, Volume 16
by Lane, Edward Wm., & Stanley Lane-Poole, trans. & revision / Charles W. Eliot, ed.
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1909
- Condition
- vg-
- Item Price
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$5.25
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NY: P.F. Collier & Son. 1909. vg-. Hardcover. 460pp; illustrated frontis with tissue guard; text clean, previous owner name inside front cover; shelf wear to edges of red cover with blind stamped border & emblem on front; gilt lettering on sunned spine .
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Ugly Duckling, The
by Andersen, Hans Christian / retold by Mary Ellen Sias
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1988
- Condition
- good
- Item Price
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$5.00
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Weekly Reader Bks.. 1988. good. Paperback. A Weekly Reader Fairy Tale. 9.25" tall; 30pp + cover; stapled binding; color il each page; some browning to cover & pp .
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Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur
by Yolen, Jane
- Seller
- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 2004
- Condition
- vg
- ISBN
- 9780152054748
- Item Price
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$5.00
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Magic Carpet / Harcourt. 2004. vg. Paperback. ISBN:9780152054748 361 pages; interior clean, pp toned; binding solid .
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Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales
by none
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- The Old Library Bookshop
- Condition
- vg
- Item Price
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$5.25
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Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday. vg. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. no publication date. 200+ tales. xii + 632pp; contents clean; binding solid; 8.25" tall; light shelf wear to edges of green cover; wear / small chips to edges of orange dj; black illustration with white lettering, green title bands, & yellow decor; spine faded .
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Aesop's Fables / More Aesop's Fables / Still More Aesop's Fables (3 volumes
by none
- Seller
- The Old Library Bookshop
- Published
- 1966
- Condition
- vg
- Item Price
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$8.50
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Milwaukee, WI: Ideals Publishing. 1966. vg. Paperback. 3 vols. containing 40+ stories. interiors clean; color illustrations; solid stapled bindings; 7.25" tall; light shelf wear to edges of color il'd yellow, red & blue wraps .
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