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Chicago, Illinois: M A Donahue & Co, 1905. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback Classic American Adventure Fiction Hardcover Book in Fair Condition. No publication date stated. c 1900. No jacket. 250 pages. Pictorial green/black/red cloth with illustration of a llustration of a boy standing on a mast of a sailboat in front of skyline; clean and unmarked with wear and scuffing to all corners, lower edge, and spine head and heel. Illustrated endpapers. Former owner name on title page and inscription on opposite page. Inner hinge cracked- can see webbing but binding is tight , backstrap loosened. Pages are heavily toned, clean, no markings or soiling. Horatio Alger Jr. (1832-1899) was a prolific American author of boys adventure stories whose heroes lead exemplary lives to Strive and Succeed in the face of adversity and poverty, good and evil. A great adventure story. 250 pages. 5 x 7.5 inches. c. 1905 M A Donahue & Co., Chicago, Illinois.

U.S.A: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc, 1935. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Small Paperback bound in pictorial wraps, in Good Condition. The front cover is clean and unmarked, the back side is generally smudgy. Illustrations by Roger Vernam, cover illustration in color and four of the ten illustration within are in color. Fine illustrations of the activities of Antelope's life and that of his family. Large print. A few pages have spots. A charming story of this friendly little Navaho boy, his family, their life in Antelope country, like Wyoming. We find out about the hogan, or house he lives in, and how it is built, about sheep and the role they play in his life, working in silver, Antelope's pony, Pinto, his brother Little Hawk, the Pawnees--their life. 11 pages, 8 x 7 inches. The Platt & Muck Co., Inc., U S. A., 1935.

New York: Scholastic, Inc, 1999. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Scholastic Paperback Printing, September 1999. As New. Sarah Forbes Bobnetta was an African princess whose parents were murdered by enemy warriors. A British naval officer rescued her and brought her to England where she became the protegee of Queen Victoria herself. This is her story. 146 pp. Bibliography. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. 1999, Scholastic, Inc.

USA: The Saalfield Publiching Company, 1940. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Children's Classic Bobbsey Twins Story. 1940 Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. Rust colored cloth binding with black titles on front and spine. Wear to head and tail of spine and corners. A small indentation on the upper edge of the front board. 1940 classic in quite nice condition. Yellow and blue head band. Inner hinger cracked, backstrap loosened. Sewn binding tight. Pages are browned, clean, a few tiny nicks to edges. Last two pages in the book are torn. The paper is brittle--over 70 years old. A nice copy of this classic story. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall 1940, The Saalfield Publiching Company

New York: Scholastic, Inc, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Guido Maestro. Type: Hardback Scholastic, Inc. nature book for young readers in Near Fine Condition. Laminated cover illustrated with the ' night fliers' --clean and bright, just a touch of wear to lower front corner and spine head. Beautifully illusrated by Guido Maeston. The structure, life cyycle, and natural history of bats; some interesting facts about bats and different kinds of bats--and really well illustrated. Internals As New. 32 pages. 4to - over 9?" - 12" Tall. 1994, Scholastic, Inc., NY.

Chicago, Illinois: The John C. Winston Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback 1928 First Printing. Story of Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, the first man to make such a trip. Hardcover in Good Condition, w/o dust jacket. Illustrated. Paper panel illustration affixed to front board of the "Spirit of St. Louis" and a youthful Lindbergh, in very good condition. Clean and unmarked green cloth with gilt title nearly rubbed off spine, corners and spine head and heel worn, with cloth rubbed through at three corner tips, fraying at spine ends with a small tear on the lower front spine egde. Sewn binding tight and solid. Prev owner name and name stamp on ffep. Inner hinge partially cracked, at half title page. Frontspiece: The "Lone Eagle" and His Mother. Title page foxed. Oval stain on pages by upper hinge corner, up to page 39, progressively smaller. Otherwise pages are very clean and unmarked.… Read More

U.S.A: Gale Group, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Ex-Library First Edition. Hardcover Retired Library Book in Good Condition. b/w illustrations. Remainder. Except for minimal library marks, book is in near fine condition. Clean, unmarked, tight & solid book. No cover wear, internals quite clean, no markings. The characters in children's literature--this is what children remember most, with their actions, adventures, character intertwined in an inseparable way. This book identifies many, as they are in the context of their book lives. It is aimed at teachers, librarians, scholars of literature and popular culture, for those teaching students to be teachers, and for students and parents wanting to learn more about children's literature. 529 pages with Character and Title Index. 7.5 x 9.5. Gale Group, USA, 1997

Salmon, Idaho, USA: ZC Horses, 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Orrin Tucker. Signed by Author. Signed by Author Signed. Privately Printed Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Author brief inscription to friends and signature. Illustrated by Orrin Tucker. Clean, bright, white, illustrated cover, with faint scuff near spine edge; tight glued binding; pages as new. This is the first book in the ZC Horses Series, a collection of wonderful horses that have their own story to tell. The young reader will ride on a peaceful working ranch in Montana, with the cows, on trail drives, at a horse sale, and all the while getting to know the specific horse. Delightful series. For 5-8 year-olds, approximately! 71 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 2001, ZC Horses, Salmon, Idaho, USA

Bristol, UK: Paragon House, 1999. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. A compendium of classic stories. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and attractive pictorial wraps; bottom front corner lightly scuffed, small chip to top edge, crease down hinge. Internals very clean and completely unmarked. Wonderful classic stories of adventure and exploration. 213 pages. 4.8 x 7.75. 1999, Paragon House, Bristol, UK

New York: J.B.Lippincott, 1952. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Hugh Lofting. Type: Hardback CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOK IN GOOD CONDITION. Retired Library Book. No Jacket. Twenty-fifth printing. green pictorial cloth binding with Dr. Dolittle and his wagon having a tea party with the animals; blue lettering on spine. Boards corners are rounded, lightly rubbed. Binding is tight and solid. Library endpapers. Illustrated title page. Title page has a tiny tear on the upper edge near the spine. Many illustrations throughout the book, by Hugh Lofting. Pages are clean and unmarked, except pp 281-292 have a stain on the lower corner. Lib marks: sticker on spine, pocket and stamp on free endpaper, stamp on lower edge, small stamps on CR and Contents page. A tight, solid, clean volume.

U.S.A: Macmillan, 1957. Paperback. Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. A story of a Navajo boy's life. Revised Edition with new illustrations by Conrad Buff. Children's book in Good Condition. 7.5 x 10.5" tall. Heavy cardboard type cover with reinforced spine. Prev owner name and price on title page; the cover upper corner is clipped and there is a black dot on the front. Otherwise, very clean and unmarked, worn. Interior is very nice with wonderful illustrations of the boy's life.

Random House Books for Young Readers, 2018. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 5x0x7. Random House Books for Young Readers, 2018. Picture book with large text, short phrases. From Horton the Elephant who taught us that a person's a person no matter how small. 32 pages. 7 x 6". 2018, Random House.

U.S.A: Scholastic Book Services, 1967. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. E. L. Konigsburg. Scholastic Paperback Book in Very Good Condition. Illustrations by the author. Two-time Newbery Award Winner 1968. A timeless classic with an enduring place in the history of children's literature--an adventure, a mystery, a journey of self-discovery. Grade Level 6-8. Clean and bright cover with light wear. Back cover has light creasing. Pages clean with no markings of any kind. Tight glued binding. All pages intact. 162 pages plus an Afterword by the author. 5.25 x 7.5 inches. Scholastic Book Services, New York, 1967.

Chicago, Illinois, USA: The Book House for Children Publishers, 1937. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No Jacket, as issued. Delightfully illustrated in oranges/browns/greens by many different artists, with colors still bright and clear. and b/w drawings. Blue cloth binding with gold titles and paste on picture which is rubbed. There is wear with some scuffing to the extremities of this older, intriguing book; the sewn binding is tight and solid. Endpapers illustrated in black, orange and green, of knights and a Viking ship. Color illustration on the title page. Pages are quite clean with no underlining or highlighting, no notes or marginalia. All pages present and intact. Contents are varied and wonderfully illustrated: As You Like It, Shakespeare; Cuculain, the Irish Hound; Joan of Atc; Lohengrin; The Exile of Rama; A Perfect Knight, Chaucer; Song of Roland; and many more. 240 pages. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. 1937, The Bookhouse… Read More

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Juan Pablos Navas and Dan Root. Type: Hardback Simon and Schuster Books for You, in Near Fine Condition. Just a whisper of wear to corner tips, barely visible. Drawings by Juan Pablos Navas and Dan Root. Large, colorful,illustrated cover, with Max, the monstor truck that jumps all around, on the cover. Large colorful illustrations and text. One of the Trucktown Series, a crazy, fun, and aciton packed series for the youngest readers. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. 2010, Simon & Schuster.

U.S.A: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc, 1935. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Small Paperback bound in pictorial wraps, in Good Condition. The front cover is clean and unmarked, the back side is generally smudgy. Illustrations by Roger Vernam, cover illustration in color and four of the ten illustration within are in color. Fine illustrations of the activities of Gray Bird's life on the Plains and that of his family. Large print. A charming story of this friendly little boy of the Plains Indians, his family, their life and how they live, work, play, eat . 11 pages, 8 x 7 inches. The Platt & Muck Co., Inc., U S. A., 1935.

New York, New York, USA: Rand McNally & Company, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Milo Winter. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back Windermere Readers School Edition Fourth Printing. Classic juvenile literature. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. Clean and bright in pictorial cloth. A touch of cover edge wear. Tight and solid book. Dark green endpapers. Prev owner name on flyleaf front and back. Frontis: full color illustration of 'Hans Gave Peter the Missing Purse'. Charming and delightful illustrations throughout by Milo Winter. Pages very clean, clear, unmarked. A very nice volume. 352 pages, 1957, Rand McNally & Company, New York, New York, USA

USA: Scholastic Paperbacks, 1957. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade paperback in Good Condition. Classic juvenile literature. First published 1865. Former owner name on inside of front cover. Illustrated cover is kightly worn around all edges, clean, no soiling. Glued binding tight and solid. Pages toned, clean, unmarked. A story of life in Holland--The story of Hans and his sister Gretel and their ice-skaing race with a much desired prize of a pair of silver skates to replace their old wooden skates. 334 pages. 5.25 x 7.75 inches. 1957, Scholastic Paperbacks, USA

Chicago, Illinois, USA: The Book House for Children Publishers, 1937. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No Jacket, as issued. This is the Childhood Biographies of Authors Volume and includes the Index for this series of books. Delightfully illustrated in oranges/browns/greens by many different artists, with colors still bright and clear. and b/w drawings. Blue cloth binding with gold titles and paste on picture which is rubbed. Corners and spine head and heel scuffed, edges rubbed; the sewn binding is tight and solid. Endpapers illustrated in black, orange and green, of knights and a Viking ship. Color illustration on the title page. Pages are quite clean with no underlining or highlighting, no notes or marginalia. All pages present and intact. 280 pages. Includes Index for The Book House Books, 1937 Printing. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. 1937, The Book House for Children Publishers, Chicago, Illinois, USA

U.S.A: HarperTEEN/HarperCollins, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 12mo - over 6? - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket AS NEW. Lovely small book in orange and gold binding, orange and gold jacket, immaculate codition. A story to grow on. 244 pages. 7.5 x 5.25 inches. HarperTEEN, New York, 2010.