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E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Penguin USA, 1991 First Edition (Soft Cover, Hard Cover issued simultaneously) Full Number Line 1991, edited and with introduction by Michael Aris, subject's husband, in which he expresses the hope that the recent awarding of the Nobel Prize will influence the Myanmar government to release her. On the last page there is a pencilled notation, "10 July 1995 - Freed unconditionally, victorious. like Ghandi and Mandella." Sad to say, she was rearrested shortly thereafter, and except for a few short periods has been under house arrest much of the time, and for the past 13 years continuously. On 27 May 2008 her house arrest was extended for another year. When her husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1997, the Burmese government denied him an entry visa. He died in 1999 and they never saw each other again. She remains separated from her children, who live in the United Kingdom.[16] NEWS: the organisation AVAAZ is working together with Kyi's Burmese… Read More

Sydney: John Ferguson, 1982 This is a lovely set of five 1982 John Ferguson Australian Children's Classics. Faux leather boards, tipped in pictorial covers by Noela Young, gilt and tan spine panels, tan pussy willow motif on the spines and orange endpapers. Some of these are listed on Amazon at over one hundred dollars each! Authors and titles are as follows: Spence, Eleanor, The Summer In Between & Lillipilly Hill; Chauncey, Nan, Tiger in the Bush & Tangara; Bruce, Mary Grant, A Little Bush Maid & Mates At Billabong; Fatchen, Max, The River Kings & The Spirit Wind; Mitchell, Elyne, The Silver Brumby & Silver Brumby's Daughter. All are in very good to fine condition. There is no writing nor marks in any of the books; no age toning and some appear unread. Only the Spence volume has a half inch dent/tear on the back board. A lovely memento or introduction to some of the best of Australian children's literature in an attractive row!

New York & Evanston: Parent's Magazine Press, 1971 Copyright Is 1971 And Library Of Congress Number Is 73-1537389, Isbn 0819304980. Unpaginated. No Indication Of Any Printing Other Than The First. No Dust Jacket. Light Wear To Binding And Corners. It Has Cranberry Coloured Endpapers With Portraits Of All Of The Characters. On The Last Page And On The Back Board Is The Recipe For Grandmother's Famous Cranberry Bread (Get Mother To Help), And A Notation That The Recipe Has Been Tested By The Food Department Of Parents' Magazine. A Scarce Book In Celebration Of Family Treasures, Treasured Recipes And Strength Of Character.

London & New York: Lawrence & Bullen Ltd, 1898 Beautifully Designed Two Volume Set In The Muses' Library Series Under The Auspeces Of The Unibersity Of Aberdeen. Lavish Gilt On Spine, Topedge And Boards (See Photo). Revised Edition, Frontispiece With Tissue Cover, Introduction By Charles Swinburne. Spine Slant, Browned Ffep In Both Volumes And Final Text Page In Volume 2. Former Owner Stamp And Signature On Half Title Page. Light Toning And Corner Rub But Very Good For Age, Save Cant To Spnes. Pages: 322 And 420.

Gordonsville, VA, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988 1988 Sunburst Edition. No Writing Or Marks, Light Rub To Corners, Some General Rumpling To Pages, But Very Good. A Most Appealing Illustration Of The Lyrics To Mommy Buy Me A China Doll With A Depiction True To Its Appalacian Folk Roots With The Depiction Of A Small Holding Family In Their Modest Home Amongst Their Belongings. A Rocking Chair,A Cradle, A Feather Bed, A Spinning Wheel, Some Animals. Margot Zemach Has Selected Red Ochre, Browns And Greens To Present A Moving And Good Humoured Warmth And Simplicity. You Can See That There Won't Be A China Doll Purchase, The Family Cannot Afford It, And It Doesn't Really Matter. This Ala Notable Book Is Quite Scarce And Fondly Remembered By Many.

U.K.: Chatto & Windus, 1973 Stated First Printing With Reinforced Binding But Not An Ex-Library Book, Spine And Title Page State Atheneum (New York), Copyright Page States Chatto & Windus, Published Simultaneously In Canada By Mcclelland & Stewart, Copyright 1972. A Very Nice And Scarce Copy, Near Fine Bright And Clean Green Boards With Slight Bump To Lower Front Corner, Gift Inscription For Christmas 1973 On Endpaper. In Good Plus Dust Jacket, Clipped And With Closed Three Inch Tear To Lower Front Panel Plus Numerous Chips With Some Loss To Corners And Spine Chips. Oblong 10 X 9.5 Inches.

U.S.A.: Four Winds Press, 1980 Very Nice Copy In Very Good Plus Condition In Very Good Clipped Dust Jacket Signed By Ezra Jack Keats On The Title Page. There Is Also A Gift Inscription On The Endpaper. Stated First Printing Of The First Edition Of The 1980 Four Winds Press Edition. Classic Keats Story Of A Determined Little Boy Outside In His New Urban Neighbourhood Constructed With Painting And Collage. This One Has A Particularly Entertaining Array Of Characters And Street Scenes.

London: Max Parrish, 1958 Good To Very Good, Second Impression Max Parrish 1958, Hardcover In Acceptable Jacket. Lower Corner Clipped But Shows Original Price Of 10/6. There Appears To Be A Small Blue Ink Scribble Across Nigel's Face On The Front Panel (Although Given That These Are Searle's Illustrations, It Is Not Impossible That This Was Intentional). Clean Black Boards With Coppery Spine Lettering, Binding And Corners Intact, No Writing Or Marks. Slight Cant As Well As Two Round Impressions To Front Board, As If Stored Under Something With Feet (And The Waverley Novels). Small Mark To Back Panel. General Wear.

Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart, 1963 This Is A Very Nice Copy Inscribed And Dated Nov 6, 1970 By Pierre Berton. I Believe It To Be From The 1963 Edition. It Has Clean Green Boards With Just A Little Rubbing To The Extremities. There Is A Darker Green Vignette On The Front Board And The Spine Titling Is In Orange And Dark Green. It Is A Mcclelland & Stewart 8Vo Stating Copyright, Canada, 1961 And Is Illustrated By William Winter With147-156 Pages. The Seven Titles By Pierre Berton Listed On The Copyright Page Were All Published By 1961 Or Earlier. All That Remains Of The Dust Jacket Is The Back Panel, Showing Pierre And Janet Berton And Six Children On A Boat. The Sixth, An Infant, I Suspect Is Peggy Ann, Who Was Born In 1963 And Presumably Did Not Exist In 1961, When Og, Describing The Five Eldest Berton Children, Was Written.

London, U.K.: Barrie & Jenkins, 1974 Barrie & Jenkins, 1974, First Edition, Near Fine, Former Owner Bookplate (Estate Of Nancy Martin), Dust Jacket By Osbert Lancaster Isj Near Fine But Price Clipped. Blue Boards With Silver Titles. Very Nice Condition.

Toronto On: Macmillan of Canada, 1983 Signed Copy By Author, Dennis Lee, Macmillan 1983 Apparent First. No Writing Or Marks. Production Flaw: Laminate On Front Board Is Wrinkled, Otherwise Very Good Binding And Corners. Illustrated By Juan Wijngaard.

New York: Philomel, 1982 Imagine! Phantom Tollbooth Meets Hungry Caterpillar. What A Collaboration! Apparently They Are/Were Neighbours And Good Friends. If You Google Both Eric Carle And Norton Juster You Will Be Treated To Photos Of Them,(Along With Barry Moser), Wearing T-Shirts That Say I Am Not Eric Carle And I Am Not Norton Juster Respectively. As Suggested By The Title, Otter Nonsense Is A Book Of Animal Line Drawings Illustrating Some Terrible Puns! 'Weasel Overcome," For Example. This Is A Very Good Plus Presumed First Philomel Edition With Gift Inscription On Ffep. Unclipped Dust Jacket Has A Small Stain To Lower Rear Bottom Edge Near Spine, About 1.5 Inches Long And .25 Inches High. Price Is $8.95.

Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2001 This Is A Very Nice First Edition First Printing Of Coke Machine Glow By The Late Gord Downie. The Corners Are Not Perfect But Otherwise This Copy Is In Near Fine Condition And Appears Unread.

Canada: Bloomsbury, 1997 Very Good First edition, fifth printing of the 1997 softcover. No writing or marks. One dog eared page. See photos for issue points. Also includes errors on pages 8 and 53. This is a Canadian edition but with a price of 4.99 pounds.

New York: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2006 Very Good first printing, first edition 2006 Harry Abrams 30th Anniversary Edition of Gnomes. Unclipped Dust Jacket .has some rubbing across spine top and a 1/3 inch tear at front, Small puncture at rear. No writing or marks in text, clean bright pages and solid binding. bumping to outer top corners and rub to bottom. Large quarto with 212 pages.