ABBOTT, JACOB

Rollo at Work Or the Way to Be Industrious

New York: T. Y. Crowell & Co, 1855. New Edition; Revised by the author. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have bumping, rubbing, several small edge tears and fraying. There is a light slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are generally clean, though there are spots of foxing and finger dirt. The front endpaper has been removed by a former owner. The front pastedown page has the remnants of a previous owner's ink stamped bookplate (which has been partly removed) . Several text pages have been dog-eared. "The origin of the Rollo Series is in some ways similar to the origin of Dicken's Pickwick Papers. A publisher is looking for text to accompany illustrations. In this instance in 1835, T. H. Carter, a Boston book publisher and agent, had 24 diverse illustrations that he wanted to put into a book format. He approached Abbott who eventually incorporated the pictures into The Little Scholar Learning to Talk. Rollo is not mentioned until the last lines of the book but of course he becomes the main character for the series that followed. Abbott was paid $150 for the book which was published by John Allen and Company. The fourteen Rollo Books starting with Learning to Talk and ending with the 1842 Rollo Philosophy Part IV-The Sky were the earliest multi volume children's series involving stories of a central character. These moralistic little tales were printed by numerous publishing houses into the twentieth century. "(Jacob Abbott website). Very Good- .

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Book number: 40842

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Jacob Abbott The Rollo Books Rags To Riches Stories

ADAMS, T. F. M.

Adventures of Billie and Belinda in Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan: Seihei Okuyama, 1953. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Fusako Huga. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is missing the accompanying (but very scarce) dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book cover (the covers are of heavy cardstock and are somewhat delicate) along with some noticeable rubbing to the spine joints. The text pages are clean and bright. Illustrated throughout with both monochrome illustrations and full color plates by Fusako Huga. There is one professionally repaired tear to the front endpaper and a previous owner's name inked on the copyright page. "Billie and Belinda are budgies, which is a short way to say Melopsittacus undulatus or Budgerigar. Billie, as you can tell by his name, is a boy budgie, and Belinda is a very pretty girl budgie. Bille and Belinda are brother and sister. They live with a very sweet, very old, very rich lady named Mrs. Cecilia Murgatroyd." This book is quite scarce and not much is known about the author with the exception that he might also be the author of the book The World of Japanese Business.. Very Good .

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Book number: 46588

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Picture Book T. F. M. Adams Fusako Huga Japan Toyko Budgies Budgerigars Melopsittacus Undulatus

ADAMS, EUSTACE L.

The Flying Windmill

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a 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 rubbing. The text pages are clean bright. There is a rectangular patch of pulling to the front endpaper where a previous owner's bookplate was removed. "Eustace L. Adams (July 12, 1891 - March 1, 1963) editor, screenwriter and author, graduated from New York's St. Lawrence University in 1915 and served in the American Ambulance Service and US Naval Service during World War One. In the 1930s he was a prolific contributor of aviation-linked tales to magazines like Argosy and aerial adventure books for the juvenile market, In The Air With Andy Lane and volumes five, six and seven in the Air Combat series. (from the Seriesbooks info website). Very Good .

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Book number: 47962

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Eustace L. Adams Andy Lane Stories Aviation

AIKEN, JOAN

The Cuckoo Tree

New York, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1971. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385047150. Illustrated by Susan Obrant. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the first free page. The dust jacket is clean and bright, though it does have some light fading to the spine. There is also some light rubbing and wear to the spine ens and corners of the dust jacket. "Joan Delano Aiken (4 September 1924 – 4 January 2004) was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels. In 1999 she was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 48013

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: 0385047150 Young Adult Joan Aiken Fantasy Wolves Of Willoughby Chase

ALEXANDER, MARTHA

I'LL Protect You from the Jungle Beasts

New York, NY: Dial Press, 1973. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Martha Alexander. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper The price clipped dust jacket iis generally clean and bright, but has biopredation (bug nibbles) that has made a chain of holes from the bottom spine end up the spine about two inches. There is also some wrinkling to the front spine joint where the biopredation is. "Martha Alexander was born in Augusta, Georgia on May 25, 1920. Moving to Cincinnati, Ohio at the age of nine, Alexander later attended the Art Academy of Cincinnati where she mastered the pencil and watercolor illustrations that she would became famous for later in life. Alexander struggled to find her place in the art world until she was given the opportunity to illustrate a children's book in 1966. Following this Alexander began to excusively write and illustrate children's books, publishing the first of her more than fifty books in 1968. Alexander became famous for her Blackboard Bear series, among others, continuing to write and illustrate until her death in 2006" (from UCONN library). Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 46705

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Martha Alexander Overcoming Fear Friends

ALGER, HORATIO, JR.

Andy Gordon Or, the Fortunes of a Young Janitor

Chicago, IL: M. A. Donohue & Co, 1910. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Good condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers have rubbing, bumping and fraying. The illustrated pastedown on the front cover of the book has fading, toning, and spots of rubbing. The text pages are clean, but noticeably toned. Both front and rear inner hinges have cracked.. Good .

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Book number: 49533

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Horatio, Alger, Jr. Books For Boys Rags To Riches Stories Young Adult

ALGER JR. , HORATIO

A Cousin's Conspiracy Or, a Boy's Struggle for Inheritance

New York, NY: Hurst & Company, 1915. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is a full page pictorial pastedown to the front cover that is in Very Good condition. The bottom corner of the pastedown has a tiny chip, and there are spots of rubbing as well. There is some light bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers, along with some light foxing. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is a previous owner's gift notation inked on the front endpaper (scratched through) , and the remnants of a previous owner's address label.. Very Good .

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Book number: 47453

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Horatio Alger Jr. Rags To Riches Stories

ALGER JR. , HORATIO

Do Or Dare Or, a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune

New York, NY: Hurst & Company, 0. Hardcover. c1910. This book is in very good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. the front cover includes a full cover pictorial pastedown illustration that is in generally clean condition - it does have noticeable toning, and several spots of rubbing. the rear cover has patches of foxing / discoloration. the text pages are generally clean, though the pages have spots of foxing throughout.. Very Good- .

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Book number: 48790

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Horatio Alger Jr. Youth Series Rags To Riches Stories

ALGER, JR. , HORATIO

Jack's Ward

Chicago, IL: M. A. Donohue & Co, 1910. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Good condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers have rubbing, bumping and fraying. The illustrated pastedown on the front cover of the book has fading, toning, and rubbing. The text pages are clean, but noticeably toned. Both front and rear inner hinges have cracked.. Good .

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Book number: 49843

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Horatio, Alger, Jr. Books For Boys Rags To Riches Stories Young Adult

ALGER, JR. , HORATIO

Luke Walton

Chicago, IL: M. A. Donohue & Co, 1910. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Good condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers have rubbing, bumping and fraying. The illustrated pastedown on the front cover of the book has fading, toning, and spots of rubbing. The text pages are clean, but noticeably toned. Both front and rear inner hinges have cracked.. Good .

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Book number: 49844

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Horatio, Alger, Jr. Books For Boys Rags To Riches Stories Young Adult

ALGER JR. , HORATIO

The Odds Against Him Or, Carl Crawford's Experience

Philadelphia, PA: The Penn Publishing Company, 1890. Early printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is an early printing, but not a First Edition. The title page includes the date MCM. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking the 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 rubbing. Both front and rear inner hinges have cracking. The text pages are clean and bright. "Alger thrived in the highly disciplined and regimented Harvard environment, winning scholastic and other prestigious awards. His genteel poverty and less-than-aristocratic heritage, however, barred him from membership in the Hasty Pudding Club and the Porcellian Club. In 1849 he became a professional writer when he sold two essays and a poem to the Pictorial National Library, a Boston magazine. He began reading Walter Scott, James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, and other modern writers of fiction and cultivated a lifelong love for Longfellow, whose verse he sometimes employed as a model for his own. He was chosen Class Odist and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa Society honors in 1852, eighth in a class of 88" (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 42194

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Horatio Alger Jr. Rags To Riches Stories Ships & Sailing

ALGER JR. , HORATIO

Paul Prescott's Charge : A Story for Boys (the Campaign Series)

Philadelphia, PA: Henry T. Coates & Co, 1893. Early Reprint. Hardcover. This book has red and silver decorations to the front cover and spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is a previous owner's gift notation on the first free page (whole page) , dated 1908. The front pastedown page has both a small bookstore sticker, and a previous owner's address label. This book is part of Alger's campaign series. "In January 1867, the first of 12 installments of Ragged Dick appeared in Student and Schoolmate. The story, about a poor bootblack's rise to middle-class respectability, was a huge success. It was expanded and published as a novel in 1868. It proved to be his best-selling work. After Ragged Dick he wrote almost entirely for boys, and he signed a contract with publisher Loring for a Ragged Dick Series." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 47910

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Horatio Alger Jr. The Campaign Series War Rags To Riches Stories

ALGER, JR. , HORATIO

Shifting for Himself Or, Gilbert Grayson's Fortunes

Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coates, 1876. Early Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; C1890's. This is an early printing, but NOT a 1st edition. This copy has red, gilt and black lettering to the front cover and spine of the book, along with decorations and a rampaging lion on the front cover. The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and a bit of light foxing. There is a slight slant to the spine of the book. The rear cover has a strip of biopredation (bug nibblings to the sizing on the cloth) . The text pages are clean and bright. "Brave and Bold is a boys' book written by Horatio Alger, Jr. It was serialized (published in parts) beginning on August 5, 1872 in the New York Weekly. Also published in the same issue was Alger's poem "Friar Anselmo". Brave and Bold was then published in book form by A. K. Loring of Boston in 1873. The story was serialized in Reader, an English magazine, in 1872, and was one of Alger's few stories to be so published. Alger had lost some of his steam as the 1870s approached. He had made his literary name in exposing the horrors of life for street children in books such as Ragged Dick (1866). As the years passed, the government had taken on these horrors, studies were being conducted, and the plight of street children was being relieved. As a result, Alger was left without a literary subject. Boys' tastes were changing. They knew everything they needed to know about street boys from Alger's many novels about the poor. They wanted cowboys and Indians. Alger's publisher and his editor urged him ramp up the excitement in his books. Alger agreed, but let it be known that his moralizing would remain at its usual high level. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 49205

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Horatio Alger Jr. Brave And Bold Series The West

ALGER JR. , HORATIO

Sink Or Swim Or, Harry Raymond's Resolve

Boston, MA: Loring, Publisher, 1870. Early printing. Hardcover. This book is in Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have edge wear, rubbing, bumping and wear. There is noticeable rubbing to the spine ends, corners and covers of the book. The top spine joints have fraying and smallish edge tears. The text pages are generally clean and bright, though there are pages with spots of foxing throughout. There is some pulling to the string binding of the book covers. "Horatio Alger Jr. (/'aeld? ? R/; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American writer of young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through good works. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States during the Gilded Age. All of Alger's juvenile novels share essentially the same theme: a teenage boy improves his circumstances by virtuous behavior. There is a "Horatio Alger myth" that the boy becomes wealthy through hard work, but this is inaccurate. In the actual stories, invariably the cause of success is an accident that works to the boy's advantage after he conducts himself according to traditional virtues such as honesty, charity, and altruism. The boy might return a large sum of lost money or rescue someone from an overturned carriage." (from Wikipedia). Good .

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Book number: 42421

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Horatio Alger Jr. Sink Or Swim Series Rags To Riches Stories Youth Series

ALGER JR. , HORATIO

The Tin Box

Chicago, IL: M. A. Donohue & Company, 1920. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean condition, but has a cheap binding that is somewhat fragile. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and light fraying. The front cover of the book has a pictorial pastedown illustration. The pastedown is in generally good, condition, but has spots of rubbing, toning, and wear, especially at the edges. The text pages are clean, but the paper is noticeably toned and apt to break off if not handled carefully.. Very Good- .

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Book number: 49450

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Horatio Alger Jr. Modern Fiction Rags To Riches Stories