Tom Thumb

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Illustrated by Izawa, T. and Hijikata, S.. No date found on this book; probably from the 1960s. People and animal puppets were used, as well as other props to tell the story. Scenes are set up and photographed; all are in brilliant color. The cover has a wrap-around illustration, slight wear at the edges and a spot on the front where there was probably a sticker removed. The back has a break in the spine, 1/16" wide and 1.5" tall at the bottom, which has been repaired. On the inside front cover are the initials of a prior owner and a hand-drawn box that says "date, " in pencil. 18 pages, beautifully illustrated, no other marks or tears noted. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 001311

Catalogue: Children: : Illustrated

Keywords: Photographs Fairy Tale

Walt Disney's Donald Duck, Some Ducks Have All the Luck

Western Publishing, 1987. Hardcover. #102-56. Cover is very good, slight discoloring on lower left. Pages are fine, no marks or tears, and fully illustrated. 6.5" x 7.75" high. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: CH-12123

Catalogue: Children: : Golden Books

Keywords: Little Book Gift Giving

ACKERMAN, BRUCE

The Failure of the Founding Fathers: Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential Democracy

Cambridge, Massachusetts, U. S. A.: Belknap Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. The ink was barely dry on the Constitution when it was almost destroyed by the rise of political parties in the United States. As Bruce Ackerman shows, the Framers had not anticipated the two-party system, and when Republicans battled Federalists for the presidency in 1800, the rules laid down by the Constitution exacerbated the crisis. With Republican militias preparing to march on Washington, the House of Representatives deadlocked between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Based on seven years of archival research, this book describes previously unknown aspects of the electoral college crisis. Ackerman shows how Thomas Jefferson counted his Federalist rivals out of the House runoff, and how the Federalists threated to place John Marshall in the presidential chair. Nevertheless, the Constitution managed to survive through acts of statesmanship and luck. The transformation of the presidency serves as the basis for a new look at Marbury v. Madison, the case that first asserted the Supreme Court's power of judicial review. Ackerman shows that Marbury is best seen in combination with another case, Stuart v. Laird, as part of a retreat by the Court in the face of the plebiscitarian presidency. This "switch in time" proved crucial to the Court's survival, allowing it to integrage Federalist and Republican themes into the living Constitution of the early republic. 384 pages, including documents, notes, and an extensive index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. New in New dust jacket .

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Book number: 002886

Catalogue: Law and Criminality: : Courts

Keywords: History Presidents Harvard

ARTHUR, ROBERT

The Mystery of the Screaming Clock

New York: Random House, 1968. Hardcover. Illustrated by Harry Kane. Jupiter Jones, Bob Andrews, and Pete Crenshaw are involved in another investigation. It is an unusual screaming clock that leads them into a tangled web of clues, mystery, and excitement. They have their office in an old trailer cleverly hidden in a junkyard owned by Jupiter's aunt and uncle. There is moderate wear at the spine ends and corners, with light wear at the bottom edges. Also a small spot at the bottom page edge. ; Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators Series; Vol. 9; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 73/4" tall; 184 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 004686

Catalogue: Teen/Young Adult: : Mystery

Keywords: Boys Mobile Home

BASE, GRAEME

Curious Mystery of the Eleventh Hour

New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover, Pictorial. Illustrated by Base, Graeme. An elephant's eleventh birthday party is marked by eleven games preceding the banquet to be eaten at the eleventh hour, but when the time to eat arrives, the birthday feast has disappeared. The reader is invited to guess the thief. At the end of the book is a sealed 7-page "Inside Story" that gives the solution as well as detailed explanations of all the clues and puzzles in the illustrations. For detective types, if one determines who may have stolen the feast, there is a page on which the name of the thief can be used to decode a hidden message which tells one who stole the feast and how it was done. Gift inscription on the ffep. The jacket has several large and small tears and wrinkles, repaired as well as possible. Includes a protective cover. The binding corners show minor to moderate wear; the spine tail is damaged. The book is actually nicer without the jacket, as the binding is pictorial. ; Folio - over 12 - 15" tall; Signed by Author(s). Very Good in Fair dust jacket .

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Book number: 003668

Catalogue: Children: : Mysteries & Detective Stories

Keywords: Fiction Animals Birthdays Parties Literary Recreations Rhyme

BASTONE; GREEN; GLAUBER, WILLIAM, DANIEL, BARBARA

The Smoking Gun; a Dossier of Secret, Surprising, and Salacious Documents

Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co, 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. This outrageously entertaining collection of previously unpublished documents - court transcripts, FBI files, morgue and police reports, patent applications etc. - uncovers the real story behind some of the most important, scandalous and bizarre news stories of many secrets through the years. Copies of documents are included in this fascinating read. There is a small remainder mark at the bottom. ; Document Copies; Octavo (standard book size); 216 pages. New .

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Book number: 004232

Catalogue: Nonfiction: : True Crime

Keywords: Non Fiction Celebrities Martha Stewart Narcotics George Gracie

BELASCO, DAVID

The Return of Peter Grimm

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1912. Hardcover. Illustrated by Rae, John. The Return of Peter Grimm has been novelized by the play by David Belasco. The play was also made into an opera. Peter Grimm is referred to also as the Dead Man, who comes and visits a child frequently in the course of the novel. The child is taken to doctors and so forth because it appears he is talking to himself, but rather mysteriously he is speaking to his departed friend, Peter Grimm. 344 pages, includes frontispiece. The cover has a paste-down of a woman losing herself in scented blossoms, and the faint vision of a man in the background. There are a few tiny white spots where the picture has been scratched. The rest of the binding is red cloth; there is a slight bump at the front right top corner, and the spine bottom is folded up. There is a tiny white spot on the back binding. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ; 12mo 7" - 7 3/4" tall; 344 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 001892

Catalogue: Fiction: : Mystery and Crime

Keywords: Children Ghosts Clairvoyance

BLAINE, JOHN

The Rocket's Shadow

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1947. Hardcover. This is a Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story, #1, but a reprint. The last book listed in this book is The Flaming Mountain. Spine edge is gray. There is a sticker price of $1.25 on the front, which places it in the 1960's. The front corners a lightly bumped and there are two discolorations on the spine. 209 pages, no marks or tears. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 001099

Catalogue: Children: : Series

Keywords: Science Adventure Boys Juvenile

CALLOWAY, STEPHEN; JONES, STEPHEN

Royal Style Five Centuries of Influence and Fashion

Boston, MA: Little Brown and Co, 1991. Hardcover. This book contains beautiful art and busts showingthe conspicuous trappings of the world's monarchies for five centuries. Great Britian, Sweden, France and Italy are among the medieval kings and queens who displayed their pageantry as a form of propaganda both in war and peace. As the young men of the fifteenth century grew to maturity and entered upon their inheritences they brought to their courts a new and gracious civilization. It is here that the book begins. ; B&W and Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages. Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 004682

Catalogue: History: : Fashion

Keywords: : : Social

CARROLL, LEWIS

Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

New York: Books, Inc. Hardcover. Illustrated by Tenniel, John. This is book #3 in Book for Boys and Girls from this publisher. It includes both stories, and is well-illustrated in black & white. There is no date, but it is an early printing, probably around the 1920s. The binding is blue, with a leather look; the printing is in black. There is wear at the corners and both spine ends, a bit of wear along the spine edge, and wear along the bottom edges. An 'x' was made on the page tops with a dark marker, 2 thin lines about 1" each (NOT remainder marks) . The jacket is yellow with Alice and the White Rabbit appearing on the front. The corners are worn away, as are the spine ends. There is some water damage to the top and side near the spine, and 1/2" to 1" is missing from the spine top. There are also water marks on the spine and upper back of the jacket. A triangular piece is missing from the back, a continuation of the area missing on the spine top. The jacket is in a protective cover. Illustrations on every to every other page. ; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good in Fair dust jacket .

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Book number: 002456

Catalogue: Children: : Fantasy

Keywords: Color Fiction 55

CHAST, ROZ

Childproof: Cartoons About Parents and Children

New York: Hyperion, 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Roz Chast. New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast created this clever cartoon collection, part how-to manual and part operating instructions when you find yourself sharing your home with one or more strangers below the age of reason. Hand-drawn cartoons are in black & white and color; even if you don't recognize the name of this author and cartoonist, you'll recognize the drawings. Unpaginated. ; Cartoons; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. New in New dust jacket .

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Book number: 004687

Catalogue: Fiction: : Teen/Young Adult

Keywords: Adults Teenagers Fun Joy

CONDE, NICHOLAS

In the Deep Woods

St. Martin's Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. NYPD Detective Eric Gaines is part of a special interstate task force that is tracking a serial killer, so far with maddeningly little effect. There are just too many suspects - but when one more is added to the list, he realizes that book illustrator Carol Warren is in mortal danger. Book is crisp. Appears never to have been read. ; Octavo (standard book size); 306 pages. As New in As New dust jacket .

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Book number: 004329

Catalogue: Fiction: : Mystery and Crime

Keywords: Novel Horror Suspense Terror 61

O'CONNOR, JANE

Fancy Nancy Explorer Extraordinaire!

New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2009. Third Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. For the fanciest girl around, the outdoors are out of this world! Fancy Nancy and her best friend, Bree, set out to explore the fascinating world of wildflowers, trees, leaves, birds, and of course, butterflies in their exclusively glamorous explorers' club. They have recipes for pinecone bird feeders, extra-fancy lemonade and an official club bird. Take a look at Nancy's very own enlightening discoveries and find out just how fancy the outdoors can be! The book is pictorial with the same illustration as the dust jacket, except the jacket has glitter. ; Fancy Nancy; Color Illustrations & Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 29 pages. New in New dust jacket .

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Book number: 004684

Catalogue: Juvenile Fiction: : Girls

Keywords: Clubs Vocabulary Insects Friends : : Adventure Music Dance Opera: : Piano: : Tuning

COTTER, THERESA

Daily Meditations (with Scripture) for Busy Grandmas

Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A.: Acta Pubns, 1997. Second Printing. Softcover. Grandmothers will find inspiration, wisdom, joy, and food for thought in this delightful collection of daily reflections and Bible quotations. A different meditation for each day of the year - 366 in all - guides grandmothers to reflect on the most important things in their lives. Unpaginated. Back top corner is a bit wrinkled. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 002708

Catalogue: Mind, Body and Spirit: : Parenting

Keywords: Mothers Religious Life

MCCALL'S NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS

Dolls & Toys from a to Z

New York: Sedgewood Press, 1985. Hardcover. Illustrated by Photographs. This book has a collection of playthings you can make, and all with personality. The group of lovable characters contains something to please every child. From Jaques, the rugged French-Canadian fur trapper to elegant Regina, the Southern belle, you'll find charm in each project. There are also a number of cuddly stuffed animals to knit, crochet, or sew, along with creative playsets and puppets to keep children busy on rainy days. There's even a section of Yuletide characters to make Christmas extra special. Most of the projects require only basic crafting skills. The detailed instructions, photographs and special technique directions provide the information you need to create these wonderful toys and dolls. Lightly bumped at the bottom spine. Jacket is lightly bent at the bottom spine and has a 1/8" tear at the bottom near the spine. Has a small area of the jacket missing on the spine where a non-removable label was placed. The pages, bright and colorful. ; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall; 192 pages. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 001241

Catalogue: Crafts and Hobbies: : Sewing and Needlework

Keywords: Dollmaking Antiques Collectibles 25 Farm Playset Eskimo