BLYTON, ENID

Adventures of the Secret Seven

London: Chancellor Press, 1986. Omnibus. Hardcover. ISBN: 1851520228. Illustrated by Bob Harvey jacket art. Moisture damage to DJ edges, a couple of small stains on endpapers, light edge wear.; DJ in Mylar. A bright, solid book, glossy paper covered boards.; 8.35 X 6.22 X 1.50 inches; 480 pages; Pam, Peter, George, Jack, Janet, Barbara and Colin along with dog Scamper and their adventures in the five books; The Secret Seven, Secret Seven Adventure, Secret Seven Mystery, Secret Seven on the Trail and Fun for the Secret Seven. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 16101

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Keywords: 1851520228 MYSTERY enid blyton Secret Seven Juvenile::Series

BLYTON, ENID

The Island of Adventure/ the Castle of Adventure

London: Octopus Books, 1983. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 0862730961. Light wear to extremities. Front dust jacket flap is price clipped. A few tape stains on end papers, some yellowing of pages. ; A bright, solid book. DJ in Mylar.; 8.80 X 6.30 X 0.40 inches; 287 pages; "The Island of Adventure introduces Philip, Dinah, Jack and Lucy-Ann, 4 children spending their holidays at Craggy-Tops, a tumble-down set on top of the Cornish cliffs. They long to eplore the mysterious Island of Gloom but when they set sail for it they little suspect the peril that awaits them there. The Catle of Adventure finds the 4 children on holiday again. A deserted castle fascinates them, but the road to it is blocked and the local people are scared of the place. Their new friend Tassie shows them the way in and that's when the adventure starts." (blurb). Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 16100

Catalogue: Juvenile::Series

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BLYTON, ENID

The Island of Adventure/ the Castle of Adventure

London: Octopus Books, 1983. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 0862730961. Light wear to extremities. ; A bright, solid book. DJ in Mylar, unclipped.; 8.80 X 6.30 X 0.40 inches; 287 pages; "The Island of Adventure introduces Philip, Dinah, Jack and Lucy-Ann, 4 children spending their holidays at Craggy-Tops, a tumble-down set on top of the Cornish cliffs. They long to eplore the mysterious Island of Gloom but when they set sail for it they little suspect the peril that awaits them there. The Catle of Adventure finds the 4 children on holiday again. A deserted castle fascinates them, but the road to it is blocked and the local people are scared of the place. Their new friend Tassie shows them the way in and that's when the adventure starts." (blurb). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 18437

Catalogue: Juvenile::Series

Keywords: 0862730961 enid blyton Juvenile::Series

BLYTON, ENID

The Island of Adventure/ the Castle of Adventure

London: Royce/ Octopus, 1983. Omnibus. Hardcover. ISBN: 0862730961. Light wear & bumping of extremities, pages yellowed ; A bright solid, book, glossy paper covered boards ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages; "Adventure always follows Philip, Jack, Dinah and Lucy-Ann". Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 11828

Catalogue: Juvenile::Series

Keywords: 0862730961 Adventure Great Britain Juvenile::Series

BOWEN, R. SIDNEY

Dave Dawson with the Pacific Fleet

New York: Crown Publishers, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Edge wear, chipping and creasing to DJ, light shelfwear to boards. Some discoloration of endpapers ; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A tight solid book. ; The War Adventure Series; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 250 pages; Dave Dawson with his pal Freddy Farmer are posted as flying officers aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. Many adventures ensue while trying to fight off Nazi agents.. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 17029

Catalogue: Juvenile::Series

Keywords: Aircraft Carrier Spies saboteurs nazis Juvenile::Series

CROMPTON, RICHMAL & THOMAS HENRY

William

London: George Newnes Limited, 1937. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Thomas Henry. Red cloth boards show some shelf wear, sun-faded on spine. Light lean, some foxing on page edges and end papers, lght water damage to red boards ; A tight solid book,hinges intact. ; B&W Illustrations; "Crompton's best known books are the William stories, about a mischievous 11-year-old schoolboy and his band of friends, known as "The Outlaws". Her first short story featuring William to be published was "Rice Mould Pudding", published in Home Magazine in 1919. (She had written "The Outlaws" in 1917, but it was not published until later.) In 1922, the first collection, entitled Just William, was published. She wrote 38 other William books throughout her life. The last, William the Lawless, was published posthumously in 1970.". Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 18087

Catalogue: Juvenile::Series

Keywords: Juvenile::Series

GROVE, S.E.

The Glass Sentence

New York: Viking, 2014. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670785024. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; The Mapmakers Trilogy #1; 8.20 X 5.90 X 1.80 inches; 491 pages; This first book by historian, Grove, has been compared favorably with Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' series. "In the late eighteenth century, a great temporal disruption plunged the world into chaos—some continents remained in the present, while others were thrust into the distant past, a far future, or an ever-shifting mélange of ages. A century after the disruption, Sophie, who lives with her famed mapmaker uncle Shadrack, arrives home one day to find their house ransacked, her uncle kidnapped, and their secret map room—housing mystical maps containing memories—emptied of all of its treasures. Was Shadrack secretly hiding the key to a map capable of healing the rift in time? Together with her new friend Theo, Sophie embarks on an adventure to distant lands to find her uncle. Encountering pirates, hidden cities, undiscovered ages, and legendary creatures along the way, brave Sophie uses her ample smarts and powers of observation to unlock deep secrets. Though the plot occasionally seems overstuffed, debut author Grove wraps the complex central premise of this series opener in lavish detail and brisk plot turns to sweep readers along through her fascinating, fully realized fantasy world. " (Booklist). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 18460

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult::Series

Keywords: 0670785024 Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy Juvenile::Young Adult

HOLLIDAY, JOE

Dale of the Mounted

Toronto: Thomas Allen, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Robert Turnbull jacket art. DJ chipped with a few tears with attendant creasing, only light wear to book ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; This is the eighth in the series featuring Dale Thompson, the young RCMP officer. In this story the fisheries off Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Canada are the target of mysterious subs.. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 14671

Catalogue: Juvenile::Series

Keywords: Fisheries Dale thompson RCMP submarines Juvenile::Series

JACQUES, BRIAN

Loamhedge a Tale from Redwall

New York: Philomel Books, 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399237240. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Redwall #16; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 424 pages; "sheds light on the Abbey's ancient origins in a thrilling adventure. Loamhedge, the deserted Abbey, has been forgotten for countless seasons. What secrets do it's ruins hold? When it becomes clear that wheelchair-bound Martha might be cured by a formula buried there, two old warriors are inspired by the spirit of Martin the Warrior himself to go on a quest for the ancient Abbey and three young rebels are determined to go with them. Meanwhile. the giant badger Lonna Bowstripe thirsts for vengeance as he relentlessly pursues Raga Bl and his murdering crew of Searats...who are on their way to attack Redwall itself. The valiant Abbeybeasts must defend their home, but how can they, when their boldest warriors are away on their quest? Will Redwall fall to vermin invaders at last?". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18921

Catalogue: Juvenile::Fantasy::Series

Keywords: 0399237240 redwall Martin the warrior Juvenile::Series

MANCHEE, CAROL M. (PSEUD. COLE, CAROL CASSIDY)

Little Wooden Duck

Toronto, ON: Musson, 1945. Hardcover. Illustrated by B&W Drawings. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 140 pages; Dust jacket in Mylar. DJ scuffed chipped with short tears, heavy creasing, book has light wear to extremities, light soiling of page edges. Book and DJ still bright. Paste on decoration on front board bright but lightly soiled, DJ unclipped.. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 4923

Catalogue: Juvenile::Series

Keywords: Juvenile - Series Juvenile::Series

OPPEL, KENNETH

Skybreaker

Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0002006995. Only light edge wear, front flap lightly creased, remainder mark bottom page edges. ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright, solid book, number line 1-10; 1.2 x 9 x 6.2 Inches; 340 pages; Former cabin boy Matt Cruse, now a student at the prestigious Airship Academy, is first to identify the Hyperion, the private airship of a reclusive & fabulously wealthy inventor that disappeared forty years ago with its owner. Armed with the Hyperion's coordinates, which only he possesses, Matt, heiress Kate de Vries, and a mysterious young gypsy board the Sagarmatha, an airship fitted with the new skybreaker engines that will allow them to reach the Hyperion, 20,000 feet above the earth's surface. Pursued by others who want the Hyperion and will stop at nothing to get it, and surrounded by dangerous high-altitude life forms, Matt and his companions are soon fighting not only for the Hyperion but for their very lives. In this thrilling sequel to 'Airborn', Kenneth Oppel evokes the classic storytelling of Robert Louis Stevenson and Jules Verne, creating a world in which a new discovery can have unimagined consequences -- on earth and miles above it.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 13813

Catalogue: Juvenile::Series

Keywords: 0002006995 airborn oppel Juvenile::Series

ROWLING, J. K.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Vancouver BC: Raincoast Book Dist Ltd, 2007. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1551929783. Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. This is the Raincoast/Bloomsbury edition with both publishers mentioned on the spine. This, with the mostly black dustjacket is the adult edition. ; Harry Potter #7; 7.9 X 5.3 X 1.7 inches; 607 pages; "‘Give me Harry Potter,' said Voldemort's voice, 'and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded.' As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective charm that has kept Harry safe until now is broken, but he cannot keep hiding. The Dark Lord is breathing fear into everything Harry loves and to stop him Harry will have to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes. The final battle must begin - Harry must stand and face his enemy...". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20584

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult::Series

Keywords: 1551929783 harry potter horcrux Juvenile::Young Adult

WEST, JERRY

The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery at Missile Town

Garden City: Doubleday, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Helen S. Hamilton. Price clipped DJ is chipped with short tears, with light soiling. Red paper covered boards show light shelf wear to extremities. ; Stated first edition. A bright, solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Pictorial endpapers and drawings throughout by Helen S. Hamilton. This was issued by Garden City Books, a subsidiary of Doubleday. ; Line drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages; "A slender missile, fire streaming from its tail, rose majestically into the blue sky over the waters of Cape Canaveral. Suddenly it exploded into a thousand pieces, showering the ocean and beaches with debris. This was the first sight to greet the Hollisters on their arrival in Florida for a visit with their cousins, Sharon and Randy Davis. Anxious to help Uncle Walt, a rocket expert at Patrick Air Force Base, they join in the search for the rocket's nose cone, which is lost among the debris. The payload lodged in the nose cone is a very special "treasure," for on it depends the success of future launchings. The holiday becomes an adventure when their new friend, Lady Rhesus, the space monkey, is stolen and they discover that her tracks lead to a fisherman's beach shack. The secretive manner of the fisherman, plus a strange encounter with his friend, leads Pete to suspect that they are engaged in something more villainous than stealing a monkey. When he finds that their boat is equipped with a powerful radar device for deep-sea exploration, he is certain! From then on the Hollisters race against time to find the three-million-dollar payload first. This new story should be an excellent addition to the series, since it brings the Hollisters into the headline-making news of Cape Canaveral.". Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 17441

Catalogue: Juvenile::Series

Keywords: Series Cape Canaveral Hollisters Juvenile::Series

WILSON, BUDGE

Before Green Gables

Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2008. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670067210. Light edge wear top edge of dust jacket. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1.6 x 8 x 5.6 Inches; 447 pages; Before she arrived at Green Gables, Anne Shirley had a difficult early life. Orphaned as a baby, she is sent from one foster-home to the next, caring for other people’s children though but a child herself, and escaping from her dark reality through the power of her vivid imagination. Curious, inventive, and outspoken, even at a young age, Anne battles to make a life for herself by searching out kindred spirits, finding solace in her books, and dreaming of the day she has a family of her own. Award-winning author Budge Wilson brings young Anne vibrantly to life in this highly anticipated and fully authorized prequel to the much-loved Anne of Green Gables.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 15406

Catalogue: Juvenile::Series

Keywords: 0670067210 anne of green gables Prince Edward Island Avonlea Juvenile::Series

WILSON, JOHN

Crusade

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1554700965. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; The Heretic's Secret, Part I; 8.50 X 5.50 X 1.30 inches; 304 pages; ""Kill them all. God will know his own." These were the orders given to crusading Catholic knights before they stormed the walls of the heretic Cathar city of Beziers in 1209. The historic death toll was 10,000, and here author John Wilson imagines that among the carnage two childhood friends are forever affected. Peter assists the mysterious priest who leads the crusade; John, with the help of a heretic woman, barely escapes with his life. As the brutal war expands, Peter and John are caught up on opposite sides of the search for a secret that might change the world. When their paths cross later, both are fully committed to seeking the secret in their own ways — John in the exotic world of Muslim Spain and Peter at the center of Catholic power in Rome. Wilson richly evokes the tempestuous world of the Crusades, and two young men's place in it, in this heady mix of action, adventure, and intrigue.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18468

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult::Series

Keywords: 1554700965 crusades Cathar Knights Juvenile::Series Juvenile::Young Adult