SMUCKER, BARBARA

Incredible Jumbo

Markham, ON: Viking Juvenile, 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670829706. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, short tears, light creasing and chipping to DJ. ; A tight solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8.3 X 5.5 X 1.0 inches; 177 pages; "This is the true story of Jumbo, once the star attraction at London Zoo, but it is also the fictional story of Tod Tolliver, a lonely boy who helps take care of Jumbo and loves him. When the zoo sells Jumbo to Barnum's circus in New York, Tod decides to stow away on the ship and join him. ". Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 19035

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult::Animal Stories

Keywords: 0670829706 Circus Elephant Juvenile::Young Adult

STABLES, GORDON

Shoulder to Shoulder

London: John F. Shaw & Co, 1901?. Reprint. Hardcover. Illustrated by B & W Line Drawings. 374 pages; Blue cloth with silver and gilt decorations, full gilt edging on pages. 1/4 inch tear at top of spine, front board moderately rubbed. Top corners bumped, bottom corners worn, pages tanned. No publishing date given, but presentation plate on inside of front board is dated March 16, 1901.. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 1357

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: FICTION

STEINBECK, JOHN

The Red Pony

New York: The Viking Press, 1945. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis. Boards show light shelf wear, soiling. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front board. Small chip to bottom of paste on illustration on front board. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Lovely color illustrations by Wesley Dennis throughout. ; Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 131 pages; This is the 1st illustrated edition. "Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher's life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special connection he will forge with Gabilan, the hot-tempered pony his father gives him. With Billy Buck, the hired hand, Jody tends and trains his horse, restlessly anticipating the moment he will sit high upon Gabilan's saddle. But when Gabilan falls ill, Jody discovers there are still lessons he must learn about the ways of nature and, particularly, the ways of man.". Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 17967

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: Steinbeck, John Juvenile::Young Adult

STRATTON, CLARENCE, CHARLES K. STEVENS (ILLUSTRATOR)

Harbor Pirates

New York: Macmillan Company, 1937. Later Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Color Frontispiece. Some chipping, tape repaired tears, 1" chip top of dust jacket. Previous owner's name (small) on front free end paper.; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A tight solid book. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 264 pages; "David, a young 'water rat, who loved to explore the wharves and docks of the waterfront on which he lived got to know the ships and people of the harbor. This knowledge stood him in good stead when he was searching for thieves who took silk from incoming merchant ships" jacket blurb. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 896

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: Juvenile Merchant ships Sailors Pirates FICTION Juvenile::Young Adult

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

YEE, PAUL

Tales from Gold Mountain Stories of the Chinese in the New World

Toronto: Groundwood Books/ Douglas & McIntyre, 1989. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888990987. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Colour Illustrations; 10.1 X 7.9 X 0.5 inches; 64 pages; "Eight original stories give readers a sense of the hardships faced by the first Chinese-Americans. In "Spirits of the Railway," a young man appeases the ghosts of dead railroad workers who were never properly buried. In "Forbidden Fruit," a father's prejudice keeps his daughter from marrying her beloved. Dramatic illustrations accompany the stories. "The brief, pithy tales strikingly reflect traditional Chinese beliefs and customs in New World circumstances. ". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 19212

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: 0888990987 China Gold Rush Railway West Coast Fiction::Canadian Juvenile::Young Adult Fiction::Short Stories

ZUSAK, MARKUS

The Book Thief

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. Thirteenth Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0375831002. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Silver award medallion on front panel of dustjacket ; 8.5 X 5.8 X 1.7 inches; 552 pages; "It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. ". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 19374

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: 0375831002 Nazi Germany WWII Juvenile::Young Adult Fiction::Historical