The Selfish Giant and Other Stories

Philadelphia, PA: David McKay Company, 1935. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Kate Seredy. Color Illustrations; This book is in Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have several spots of foxing and ground-in dirt. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front book cover. The spine of the book has noticeable toning. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers have some toning, and there is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. "Kate Seredy (November 10, 1899 – March 7, 1975) was a Hungarian-born writer and illustrator of children's books. She won the Newbery Medal once, the Newbery Honor twice, the Caldecott Honor once, and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Most of her books were written in English, which was not her first language. Seredy seems to be unknown (and untranslated) in her native Hungary, despite the fact that her story of the Good Master, and the sequel set in World War I are intensely about Hungary. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 44288

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Wilhelmina Harper The Selfish Giant Kate Seredy Fairy Tales

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

ADAMS, RICHARD & JOHN LAWRENCE

Tales from Watership Down

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679451250. Illustrated by John Lawrence. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 48057

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: 0679451250 Young Adult Richard Adams John Lawrence Short Stories

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

ALDEN, RAYMOND MACDONALD

Why the Chimes Rang

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1924. Trade Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Katharine Sturges. Color 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 of the book has some wear and there is noticeable ground-in dirt to the spine joints. The spine ends of the book covers have some light bumping aben beginning fraying. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, though there are occasional finger marks. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. "Raymond Macdonald Alden (1873–1924) was an American scholar and educator. Born in New Hartford, N. Y, he studied at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, and at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1894 with a Ph. D. He took post-graduate studies there at Penn and at Harvard. In 1894-95 he was instructor in English at Columbian (now George Washington) University; in 1896-97 assistant in English at Harvard; and in 1898-99 senior fellow in English at the University of Pennsylvania. He was chosen to fill the position of assistant professor of English literature and rhetoric at Leland Stanford, Jr, University in 1899, then became associate professor there in 1909." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 47547

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Raymond Macdonald Alden Katharine Sturges Short Stories Short Fiction

ALEXANDER, LLOYD

The House Gobbaleen

New York: Dutton, 1995. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0525452893. Illustrated by Diane Goode. Color Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The dust jacket has been price clipped. "What is a Gobbaleen? You may wonder. Is it bad? Is it Good? Would you want one in your house? Poor Tooley doesn't know - all he knows is that he has no luck. Tooley longs for some help from the Friendly Folk, who are said to roam the country onlytoo eager to change the luck of a fellow like him.". Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 36539

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: 0525452893 Young Adult Illustrated Lloyd Alexander Fantastic Fiction Fantasy Diane Goode Friendly Folk Good Luck Young Adult

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

ALEXANDER, SALLY HOBART

Mom Can't See Me

New York: Macmillan, 1990. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by George Ancona. B&W Photographs; This book is in Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The bottom front spine joint of the dust jacket has a two inch semi-closed tear. The top front edge of the dust jacket has a smallish edge tear with a nick at the bottom of the tear. There is another semi-closed tear to the front flap joint of the dust jacket that has some beginning nicking also. "Told from the point of view of her nine-year-old daughter, this is Sally Hobart Alexander's own story. When she was in her twenties, a rare disease caused the author's vision to diminish gradually over two years. Then, one day, it was gone.". Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 36467

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Picture Book Sally Hobart Alexander Vision Blindness Being blind Families Relationship with God George Ancona Picture Books

ALEXANDER, MARTHA

Three Magic Flip Books

New York, NY: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1984. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0803700512. Color Illustrations; This is a set of three small format books (approx. 3.5" x 4") , found in a cardboard slipcase. The books and the slipcase are in Very Good condition. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers and the slipcase have some light rubbing, bumping and general wear from use. There is a small spot of paper loss to one side of the slipcase and a chink out of the spine of the slipcase. The books are "flip-books" where you flip the pages quickly to form a little movie. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good .

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Book number: 47995

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: 0803700512 Young Adult Martha Alexander Flip Books

ALGER JR. , HORATIO

Bound to Rise Or, Harry Walton's Motto

Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coates, 0. Early printing; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This is an early printing, but not a First Edition. 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 spine of the book has some noticeable toning / darkening. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There is a young man's name and address in pencil on the first free page. The fron pastedown page has the remnants of a previous owner's address label. "In the last decades of the 19th century, Alger's moral tone coarsened with the change in boys' tastes. The public wanted sensational thrills. The Protestant work ethic was less prevalent in the United States, and violence, murder, and other sensational themes entered Alger's works. Public librarians questioned whether his books should be made available to the young. [1][2] They were briefly successful, but interest in Alger's novels was renewed in the first decades of the 20th century, and they sold in the thousands. By the time he died in 1899, Alger had published around a hundred volumes. He is buried in Natick, Massachusetts." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 42193

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Horatio Alger Jr. The Luck And Pluck Second Series Rags To Riches Stories

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

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