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Congee and Peanut-Butter

Oberon Press. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0887507905) Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 141pp, 1 illus. pict. endpapers. Near Fine/Near Fine.

-- Old Authors Bookshop

Book number: 163890

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Asia Biography China Shanghai 0887507905

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The Dragon and the Jadestone.

London: Hutchinson, 1958. First edition. 4to. (9 x 7 inches). pp.108. B/w and black and green illusts. Pictorial endpapers. Publisher's blue boards lettered in black, splashed, soiled, marked, nicked and faded to spine. Pencil marks to half-title. No d/w. O/w contents clean and bright. Binding firm and square. No ownership inscriptions. A Very Good copy. Uncommon. Hardcover.

-- John Taylor Books PBFA

Book number: 13699

Catalogue: children's

Keywords:

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The Enchanted Egg

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Alison Green. DJ chipped and creased with short tears, light soil. Bookplate back of FFEP; A tight solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; B&W Illustrations; 95 pages. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

-- Ainsworth Books

Book number: 14286

Catalogue: Juvenile

Keywords: Dragon China JUVENILE

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The Enchanted Egg

Great Britain, Hutchinson & Co. 1963. Hard Cover. Ill.: Green, Alison. Ex-Library, Usual school library marks. Occasional smudge, boards have edgewear. Good/Good.

-- Rainy Day Books

Book number: 30681

Catalogue: Children/Young Adult

Keywords: Green, Alison

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The Enchanted Egg

London: Hutchinson, 1963. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 95pp :: B/w drawings :: 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). G : in good condition with dust jacket. Ex-lib with stamps .

-- Barter Books

Book number: bcr015

Catalogue: Children's Fiction

Keywords: Children's Fiction

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The Enchanted Egg

Hutchinsons, 1963 Paperback, Very Good/None. Uncorrected proof copy in orange wraps, illustrated endpapers, b&w illustrations in the text, clean tight and bright..

-- Catalyst Books

Book number: 9153

Catalogue: Childrens

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Fresh Lettuce and New Faces.

Oberon, 1992. First Edition, 8VO, 151 pp. NF in Wraps
¶ Memoir of a new life in Canada after internment by the Japanese in the Second World War.

-- Neil Williams, Bookseller

Book number: 11447

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: Canadian Literature

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Fresh Lettuce & New Faces

Oberon Press. 1992. (ISBN: 9780887509001). Hardcover. Book, 151 pp. Clean nicely bound copy. Unmarked text. Secure boxed packaging! k1. Very Good/Good.

-- Niagara Fine Books

Book number: 5475

Keywords: 9780887509001

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Fresh Lettuce & New Faces

Toronto, Oberon Press. 1992, First Soft-Cover Edition. (ISBN: 0887509010). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (CAD) 8vo, illus wraps, 161pp. A memoir of life on the west Coast of Canada after arriving from worn torn China after the Second World War. NFine in soft-cove. (1.7 FO 24/1. Near Fine.

-- JWMah Books

Book number: 12935

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Memoirs China West Coast Canada 0887509010

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Guns and Magnolias

Oberon Press 1989. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0887507735) Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 136pp, 1 illus. Near Fine/Near Fine.

-- Old Authors Bookshop

Book number: 163891

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Asia Biography China Shanghai 0887507735

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Guns and Magnolias

Oberon Press 1989. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0887507735) Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 136pp, 1 illus. Near Fine/Near Fine.

-- Old Authors Bookshop

Book number: 163892

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Asia Biography China Shanghai 0887507735

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Guns and Magnolias

Canada, Oberon Press. 1989. (ISBN: 0887507735) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, 136 pages. The place is Shanghai, the year 1937. The author is seventeen, the little girl of A Time of Cicadas all but forgotten. Absorbed in her own life, with its new problems and new opportunities, she is totally unprepared for the outbreak of war with Japan. She falls in love and, desparately ignoring the coming of war in the Pacific, gets married. She and her husband plan to move to Canada but before they can escape the Japanese overrun the country and occupy Shanghai. Average wear. Usual library markings. Good/Good.

-- RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Magazines

Book number: 52801486

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: Read, Elfreida Guns and Magnolias China Japan History Revolution 136 Pages. The Place Is Shanghai, the Year 1937. The Author Is Seventeen, the Little Girl of a Time of Cicadas All But Forgotten. Absorbed in Her Own Life, with Its New Problems and New Oppo

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The Icing on the Cake

Oberon Press, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 1994. First Thus, Trade Paperback. Near fine trade size soft cover clean tight and square no names or marks 147pp nf/-- .

-- Dustjacket Books and Treasures

Book number: 27869

Catalogue: Canadian Authors

Keywords: Canadian Authors,

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Magic for Granny. Illustrated By Louise Sheppard

Toronto, Burns & MacEachern, 1967, First printing. Hardcover . Octavo, blue boards. pp (viii), 103. Very light endpaper yellowing, foxing, else a fine copy, no owner names. Dust jacket has a one inch tear and faint soiling to front panel, VG otherwise. A fantasy novel for younger readers. Vancouver, BC, author.

-- Steven Temple Books (ABAC/ILAB)

Book number: 38139

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror Children's Books

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The Magic of Light

Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 178-202 Great Portland Street, London First Edition 1959. London 1959. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 128 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Top of the spine is slightly twisted, without any ownership markings. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with only minor edge wear, not price clipped 9s 6d. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips and supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper.

-- Little Stour Books Books (Member of PBFA)

Book number: 47445

Catalogue: CHILDRENS

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No One Need Ever Know

. Ill.: Matte Delfino. Pictoral hardcover, no DJ, ex-schoolbook. Ginn & Company, 1971. In very good condition, only one stamp marked discard. A Magic Circle Book. He knew he wasn't supposed to take the boat out by himself, but there was a boat in trouble and no one else around!.

-- The Book Faerie

Book number: 010878

Catalogue: Children's Intermediate Readers

Keywords: Matte Delfino

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The Spell of Chuchuchan

London, Hutchinson. 1966, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Alison Green. Very good copy of this charming chinese story about a little girl and her dragon friend. not inscribed or price-clipped, jacket has a closed tear and light wear. Near Fine/Very Good +.

-- Frank and Stella Allinson

Book number: 010099

Keywords: Kei-Lin and Her Dragon Alison Green

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The spell of Chuchuchan

London, Hutchinson. 1966, First Edition. Hard Cover. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition. Very Good/Very Good.

-- Marlowes Books

Book number: 005543

Catalogue: Children - Pre 1970s

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The Spell of Chuchuchan

Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company, 1967. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Betty Fraser. B&W Illustrations; Children's Book. The book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is one very small red ink mark to the front endpaper. The text pages are clean and bright and illustrated throughout with black and white drawings by Betty Fraser. The price clipped dust jacket has a chip missing from the top spine end and some fading / lightening to the spine of the book. There is some beginning ground-in dirt to the dust jacket as well. "Little Kei-lin loved adventures. So she was delighted to be going to the wedding of her beautiful cousin Linza in the faraway village of Senfu, deep in the mountains of China. But this particular adventure was to be even more extraordinary than Kei-lin could possibly have imagined.". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

-- S. Howlett-West Books

Book number: 23970

Catalogue: Juvenile Folktales

Keywords: Youth Fiction Illustrated Young Adult Fiction Elfreida Read China Chinese Myths Myths & Legends Dragons Juv Folklore

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The Spell of Chuchuchan

Hutchinson. Ill.: Alison Green. A fine blue hardcover with a very good plus dust jacket. 1st edition 1966.

-- Nerman's Books & Collectibles

Book number: E5302

Catalogue: Drama/Plays

Keywords: Childrens English Publishers Childrens English Publishers Alison Green

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A Time of Cicadas

Oberon Press. 1989, First Paperback Edition. (ISBN: 0887507573) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 136 pp, b/w photo frontispiece. Volume 1 of Read's 3-volume autobiography. Very Good/No Jacket.

-- Old Authors Bookshop

Book number: 163893

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography Autobiography Asia 0887507573

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A Time of Cicadas

Canada: Oberon Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0887507565. Light edge wear, chipping and soil of DJ ; Extensive author inscription on FFEP. DJ in Mylar. Laid in are photocopies of the blurbs on the back panels of the DJ's of books 2 & 3. ; Days of Wonder Vol 1; 136 pages; Elfie Read spent her childhood years in Shanghai. This book, followed by Vol 2 Guns and Magnolias and Vol 3 Congee and Peanut Butter (sorry I don't have them), make up the autobiographical trilogy 'Days of Wonder' ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

-- Ainsworth Books

Book number: 11341

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: 0887507565 Biographies & Memoirs Canadian Shangai China Autobiography