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

HARRIS, CHRISTIE; LOU CROCKETT (ILLUSTRATOR)

Mystery at the Edge of Two Worlds

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1978. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771039778. Light edge wear, a little fading of DJ spine ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 175 pages; A teen mystery on Canada's West Coast.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 14922

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: 0771039778 Juvenile::Young Adult

HENTY, G. A.

The Lion of St. Mark a Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century

London: Latimer House Limited, 1955. Reprint. Hardcover. DJ shows some shelf wear, with soiling, short tears and scuffing. Price-clipped with gift inscription on FFEP in ink. FFEP has upper front corner cut out 1/2" X 3/4". ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 256 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 18235

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: Historical Venice Juvenile::Young Adult

HENTY, G.A.

The Treasure of the Incas ; a Story of Adventure in Peru

London: Latimer House, 1957. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Hookway Cowles jacket art. DJ and boards show some shelf wear, DJ has small tears, creasing and chipping, some soiling. Price-clipped. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 256 pages; This edition is slightly abridged.. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 18236

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: Juvenile Adventure Juvenile::Young Adult

HOUGHTON, FRANK & JEAN DONALD GOW

The Blue Circle Gang

Toronto, ON: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Limited, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Map Endpapers. DJ chipped with short tears, scuffing and creasing, sticker removal damage front panel. Book shows only light wear ; DJ in Mylar A tight solid book, hinges intact; B&W illustrations by Jean Donald Gow. A West Coast adventure story featuring Mounties, secret service and kids on vacation. The author is a retired Rear Admiral of the Royal Canadian Navy. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 11620

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: RCMP British Columbia Juvenile::Young Adult

HOUGHTON, FRANK

The Cave at Cormorant Point. A Canadian Navy Adventure.

Toronto, ON: THOMAS, NELSON & SONS, N.D.. Hardcover. Illustrated by Map Endpapers. DJ chipped with tears, scuffing, dime size chip top front panel. Book shows only light wear, gift notation verso of FFEP ; DJ in Mylar, hinges intact; B&W Illustrations; Adventure fiction set off the coast of Nova Scotia on Canada's East Coast by retired Rear Admiral F.L. Houghton. Undated but circa 1950. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 11619

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: Maritimes RCN Canada

HRDLITSCHKA, SHELLEY; LEVSTEK, LJUBA

Beans on Toast

Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 1998. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 1551431165. Signed by Author; Slight edge wear; A bright solid, book, inscribed by author on FFEP and on promotional bookmark (bottom quarter damaged) ; 7.25 x 0.5 x 5.75 Inches; 122 pages; A girl, separated from her friends and family tries to cope with her parents' divorce. Near Fine .

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Book number: 10391

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: 1551431165 Family Life Fiction Friendship Ages 9-12 Divorce Teens Young Adult Signed Children's Books Juvenile::Young Adult

JOHNS, CAPTAIN W.E.

Biggles' Secret Assignments Biggles' Second Case, Biggles Breaks the Silence & Biggles Follows on

London: Carlton Publishing Group, 2014. Omnibus. Softcover. ISBN: 1853759112. Light edge wear to illustrated card covers.; A bright, solid book. Card covers with edges overlapping page edges. Please note that this only contains 3 stories, some versions of this book contain 4. ; B&W Illustrations; 8.66 X 7.17 X 1.89 inches; 512 pages; "Biggles becomes involved in three undercover operations in this third bumper omnibus edition of his classic adventure stories that take him from the icy wastes of Antarctica to war-torn Korea. In Biggles’ Second Case, Biggles hunts for a wartime German submarine, the U-517, whose ruthless captain, Von Shonbeck, has escaped to the Antarctic with a horde of stolen gold bullion. In Biggles Breaks the Silence, Biggles is back in the Antarctic once again, tracking down a ship frozen in the pack ice with a hold full of treasure, and doing battle with a gang of desperate villains while attempting to recover the ship’s cargo. Finally, in Biggles Follows On, Biggles comes up against his arch enemy, Erich Von Stalhein, and teams up with Gimlet King’s special forces unit behind enemy lines in China.". Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 18703

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: 1853759112

JONSSON, REIDAR

My Life As a Dog

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1990. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0374351082. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1 x 8.3 x 5.5 Inches; 220 pages; "My Life as a Dog", made into a film by the director, Lasse Hallstrom. The tale, set in 1950s Sweden, is about a mischievous boy who tries to come to terms with life in spite of his mother's terminal illness and his separation from his pet dog Sickan. "My Life as a Dog" won the Best Film award in Sweden, the Golden Globe award and the New York Film Critics award for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as being nominated for Oscars for Best Screenplay and Best Director." Published in Sweden as Mitt Liv som Hund, translated into English by Eivor Martinus.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 14841

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: 0374351082 Sweden Juvenile::Young Adult

KILWORTH, GARRY DOUGLAS

The Bronte Girls

London: Methuen, 1995. Hardcover. ISBN: 0416191274. Glossy paper covered boards show light bumping and wear, remainder mark bottom page edges ; A bright, solid book ; 248 pages; A fictionalized biography of the literary family comprised of Charlotte, Emily, Anne and Branwell Bronte written by one of Great Britain`s foremost authors of fantasy fiction.. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 13574

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: 0416191274 Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights Juvenile::Young Adult

LINGARD, JOAN

Tug of War

London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1990. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0241128161. Signed by Author; Only light edge wear to DJ ; Signed by Lingard on title page. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages; ".. tells the story of fourteen-year-old twins, Astra and Hugo, who with their family are forced to leave their home in Latvia, fleeing from the advancing Russian army as the Baltic States are torn apart... The novel is based on Joan Lingard's husband and family who left Latvia in 1944 and were refugees in Europe until they went to Canada in 1948". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 12961

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: 0241128161 WWII baltic states Juvenile latvia Juvenile::Young Adult

LITTLE, JEAN

Home from Far

Boston: Little Brown, 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316527920. Illustrated by Jerry Lazare. Stated 1st edition; B&W Illustrations; 145 pages; DJ price clipped, some soiling and chipping of DJ, 2 tears on back. Book shows light wear, slight fading along edges. Dust jacket in Mylar, a tight solid book. This is the second book from the award winning children's author. Little, herself legally blind, attempts to deal with the problems in children's lives realistically. Her stories are not 'happy ever after'. This story is about the way a family deals with the death of Jenny's twin brother, Michael.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 6161

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: 0316527920 Juvenile Death Twins Juvenile::Young Adult

LITTLE, JEAN

Willow and Twig

Toronto: Viking Juvenile, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670888567. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, short closed tear bottom of jacket. Remainder mark on page bottom edges. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8.2 X 6.0 X 0.8 inches; 176 pages; "Willow doesn't know what to do. Her mother has taken off again, she has to look after her brother Twig, and they're out on the streets of Vancouver with nowhere to go. Then Willow remembers her grandmother, whom she hasn't seen in years. Gram doesn't even know Twig exists, and Twig is, well, difficult. But Gram is her only hope now. After a few urgent phone calls from a police station in Vancouver to Ontario, Willow and Twig are on their way across the country to a grandmother they hardly know, and a strange household made up of an eccentric uncle, a hostile aunt, and a motley crew of animals. Willow is entranced by this new home-but is it really home? Are they safe at last?". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 19344

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: 0670888567 Vancouver Toronto Juvenile::Young Adult

MARGARET, LAURENCE;

Jason's Quest

London: Macmillan, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0333107691. Illustrated by Staffan Torell. Only slight edge wear. Light spotting top page edges. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; B&W Illustrations; 8.50 X 5.43 X 0.79 inches; 160 pages; "The great and mighty city of Molanium was in great danger of its life. A strange listlessness had struck the Molefolk. Unless something was done the race would die out. As the only mole immmune from the creeping sickness, Jason (who was considered something of a bad lot by the Elders of the Tribe) resolved to set out on a quest. He would go to Thither and Beyond in search of a cure. With him went Oliver, an unwise owl hoping to acquire wisdom, and two cats : Calico, bent on showing that cats are not always villains, and flighty Topaz who really only tagged along for the fun of it." jacket blurb. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 15934

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: 0333107691 moles Londinium Juvenile::Young Adult

MCCAUGHREN, TOM & TERRY MYLER

The Legend of the Golden Key

Dublin: Anvil Books (Childrens Press), 1989. Second Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0947962352. Light wear, small crease front flap ; A bright solid, book DJ in Mylar, unclipped. ; 144 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 10182

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: 0947962352 Children's Books Literature & Fiction older readers Contemporary Juvenile::Young Adult