COLEMAN, JAMES C. , ET AL.

Frogmen in Action

San Francisco, CA: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, 1967. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Joseph Maniscalco. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and was ued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name to the front endpaper. "A frogman is someone who is trained in scuba diving or swimming underwater in a tactical capacity that includes military, and in some European countries, police work. Such personnel are also known by the more formal names of combat diver, combatant diver, or combat swimmer. The word frogman first arose in the stage name The Fearless Frogman of Paul Boyton in the 1870s and later was claimed by John Spence, an enlisted member of the U. S. Navy and member of the OSS Maritime Unit, to have been applied to him while he was training in a green waterproof suit. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 44025

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult James C. Coleman Joseph Maniscalco The Deep-sea Adventure Series Text Book Youth Text Frogmen Scuba Diving

COLLIN, MARCIE

The Book of Beasts

Novato, CA: Piping Rock Press, 1971. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Marcie Collin. B&W Illustrations; #78 of an edition limited to 210 signed copies. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good to Near Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light wrinkling and there is a semi-closed tear to the top rear edge, along with some light ground-in dirt to the rear panel. "This is an alphabet book with the story woven around the debarkation of the animals from Noah's Ark after it came to rest on Mount Ararat.". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 34105

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Picture Book Marcie Collin Limited Editions Signed Editions Alphabet Alphabet Books Abecedarian Picture Book

SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY

The Bedtime Story Book Short Stories and Verse Selected for Boys and Girls

Akron, OH: Saalfied Publishing Company, 1932. Trade Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have edge wear, rubbing, bumping and fraying. The spine joints have noticeable rubbing. The rear spine joint has torn and been reglued. The bottom edges of the book covers have rubbing and paper loss. The text pages are generally clean, though noticeably toned due to the acid content of the paper. There is a previous owner's gift notation on the front endpaper. The frontispiece has chipping to all edges of the page. Included are: The Three Bears, Baby Blue Eyes, The Wind's Frolic, When the Old Woman Moved from The Shoe, Mother Goose Rhymes, Moon Babies, A Jolly Frog, The Princess and the Fairy, The Adventures of Kitty, and many more.. Good+ .

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Book number: 46370

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Fiction Saalfield Publishing Company Bedtime Stories Bed Time Short Stories Poems

M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY

Bright Picture Book

Chicago, IL: M. A. Donohue & Company, 0. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have edge wear, rubbing and small chips to the edges and corners. The text pages are generally clean, though noticeably toned and darkened due to the acid content of the pages. The front endpaper has a crack by the spine joint that travels upwards nearly 2/3rds of the page. There is a full color frontispiece. The contents include: The Story of a Hoe-Cake, Charley's Opinion of the Baby, Hans and Fritz, Two Little Kittens, The Snipe, Paul and the Goblin, How a Thistle Saved a Nation, The Tapir, The Horse, Why Gran'mammy didn't like Pound Cake, and much more. "M. A. Donohue & Co. Based in Chicago, Illinois was established in 1861, initially known as Cox and Donohue, Bookbinders. The publisher's original location was 407-429 Dearborn St. In Chicago's South Loop. The company was known for inexpensive editions of popular works of fiction. It focused on publishing sets and series of books (i. E. "libraries." ) Around 1880, the name of the company was changed to Donohue & Henneberry, and in 1901 to M. A. Donohue & Company. It continued in business to the 1960s at 711-727 S. Dearborn St, Chicago. " (from Wikipedia). Good .

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Book number: 46569

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult M.A. Donohue & Co. Bright Picture Book Short Stories

HURST & COMPANY

Fireside Stories for Young Folks

New York, NY: Hurst & Company, 0. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; C1910. This book is in Very Good- condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. This book has a pictorial pastedown cover and a green cloth spine. There is some rubbing to the edges of the book covers along with spots of discoloration to the top edges. The text pages are clean and bright, though noticeably toned and fragile due to the acid content of the paper. The inner hinges have cracking.. Very Good- .

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Book number: 46552

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Picture Book Hurst & Company The Fireside Series Short Stories Short Storie Collections

SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY

Picture Story Book

Akron, OH: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1943. Plastic comb binding. B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge nicks , tears and chips missing, along with spots of crayon marks (some partly erased) . There is a previous owner's inked inscription on the front pastedown page. This book combines four picture books on rag paper: Our Dogs, Forest Animals, Animal Friends, and Kittens and Cats. This book is rather scarce with the dust jacket.. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 46466

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Picture Story Book Saalfield Publishing Company Nature Humor

SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY

The Wizard of Oz

Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1944. Reprint. Spiral bound. Illustrated by Julian Wehr. Color Illustrations; This book is in Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book covers are in generally clean condition. There is bumping, rubbing, wear and small tears to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are generally clean, however nearly every moveable has one piece of tape or more. The moveables are all working (with care) There are two pages that have numerous pieces of tape for repairs. Most of the text pages have at least one tear to the holes punched for the spiral binding. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. "Wehr invented and patented the animated children's book that contained moveable paper parts using tabs, commonly read by children in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. An animated pop-up book consists of three elements: a story, colored illustrations of the text, and two or more animated illustrations with their movement mechanisms working between a double page." (from Wikipedia). Good .

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Book number: 41942

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Saalfield Publishing Company Wizard Of Oz Julian Wehr

CONOVER, CHARLOTTE (SELECTED BY)

A Holiday Story Sampler for Young Readers

Chicago, IL: Albert Whitman & Company, 1941. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Christine Chisholm. Color & B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers are in generally clean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and wear, along with some beginning fraying. There are a couple of small spots of discoloration to the covers. The book covers have some patches of fading to both front and rear covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is an ink stamped previous owner's name (small) on the half title page.. Very Good- .

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Book number: 47186

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Charlotte Conover Christine Chisholm Halloween Stories Christmas Stories Thanksgiving Day Stories Easter Holidays

COOKE, DAVID

Blast Off the Complete Book of Rockets and Missles

New York, NY: Scholastic Book Services, 1958. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized booklet with illustrated cardstock covers and a glued spine. There is a small crease to the top front corner of the front book cover, and there is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean, but noticeably toned.. Very Good- .

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Book number: 46137

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics David Cooke Rockets Missles Space Travel Moon Landings

CORLETT, WILLIAM

The Dark Side of the Moon

London, England: Hamish Hamilton, 1976. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0241895073. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has some nicking, tearing and some loss of color to the spine ends. "Exploiting the fantasy genre of good-versus-evil conflict genre, while avoiding the dangers of poorly used fantasy, especially time travel with its logical imperatives and potential paradoxes, The Magician's House works well." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 47544

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: 0241895073 Young Adult William Corlett Fantasy England Kidnapping

MERRIMACK PUBLISHING CORPORATION

What Next? a Jolly Picture Book with Transformations for Boys and Girls

New York: Merrimack Publishing Company, 1982. Facsimile. Paperback. Color Illustrations; A toy and Moveable book. This edition is paperback. This book is in Very Good+ condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light sunning / fading to the spine areas on both front and rear covers of the book. This book has paper wheels that turn and show different pictures through die-cut cut outs on each page. This book is a facsimile of a book published circa the 1880's "What piece are we to see to-day? It is our friend Red Riding Hood. And here's the wolf that spoke to her as she was going through the wood." (from the text). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 42365

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult merrimack Publishing Corporation Facsimile Toy and movable Books Moveable Books Toy books Victoriana Victorian Children's books

CORY, DAVID

Star Maiden

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The book covers have generalized toning and ground-in dirt, along with several edge tears, nicks and some chips missing to the spine ends and corners. "David Magie (or MacGhie) Cory (1872-1966) was an American poet and an author of children's stories, among them the daily "Jack Rabbit" stories, which were syndicated, and the Little Indian series. He was also a pioneer of radio broadcasting, working for WZJ in Newark, New Jersey. He came to writing after a twenty-year career as a stockbroker, beginning with stories invented for his children. ". Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 34951

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Fiction David Cory Ilttle Indian Series Native Americans Folk Lore Young Adult Fiction

CALIFORNIA DAIRY COUNCIL

The Adventures of Billy and Betty on Their Journey to the Ice Cream Mountain

California: California Dairy Council, 1930. Paperback. Color Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback with coated paper covered pages / covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The covers have some beginning rubbing and bumping and also a bit of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 41206

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult California Dairy Council Adventures Of Billy And Betty Ephemera Advertising Milk

CRAIG, M. JEAN

The Three Wishes

New York: Scholastic, 1968. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Paperback. Illustrated by Rosalind Fry. B&W Illustrations; This is an oblong paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is some light generalized toning to the covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's name inked on the half title page.. Very Good .

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Book number: 40449

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult M. Jean Craig Rosalind Fry Illustrated Humor M. Jean Craig Wishing Wishes Young Adult

CRANE, WALTER

The Baby's Own Aesop Being the Fables Condensed in Rhyme with Portable Morals Pictorially Pointed

London / New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1887. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Illustrated by Walter Crane & Edmund Evans. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have edge wear, rubbing and spots of fraying. All edges of the book covers have noticeable rubbing and lost of paper. THere are several chips to the illustrated cover, both front and rear. The top rear spine joint has a tear to the cloth spine which has been repaired. The text pages are clean and bright. There are several small edge tears to the text pages. The reverse of the front endpaper has an inked previous owner's name and date. "Walter Crane (15 August 1845 – 14 March 1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, children’s book creators of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the latter 19th century. Crane's work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize many nursery rhymes and children's stories for decades to come. He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, ". Very Good- .

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Book number: 36496

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Walter Crane Picture Books Early Reader Fables Rhyme Young Adult