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SUPERFUDGE.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Dutton, (1980) dj. Hardcover - Classic Blume, a funny story of family life, sequel to "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" Peter Hatcher has double trouble in his life. First there's Fudge, his incorrigible younger brother, and now a baby sister as well.166 pp. Wraparound dust jacket illustration by Roy Doty. ISBN: 0-325-405224.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (few spots to fore-edge of textblock, some short closed tears to dj).
Book ID: 74628More details Price: $14.50 -
AUNT CLAIRE'S YELLOW BEEHIVE HAIR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dial Press, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - When Annie decides she wants to know about all her family who came before her, and helped make her and her family what they are today, her grandmother gathers together old photographs and mementoes that make the past come alive, and together they put them in a book, with plenty of blank pages for the family to come. Beautifully illustrated in full color by Mary GrandPre. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-803725094.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated boards in a near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 38312More details Price: $20.00 -
TWELVE SILVER CUPS and Other Stories.
Edition: Reprint.
London: Award Publications, 1985. Orig published in 1947 as 'Enid Blyton's Lucky Storybook.' Illustrated.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated boards (tear at upper end of spine, with tape repair.)
Book ID: 15005More details Price: $10.00 -
A STORY PARTY AT GREEN HEDGES.
Edition: First printing.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1949). Hardcover first edition - Illustrated by Grace Lodge with a double page title page in color and numerous small duo-tone drawings throughout. 128 pp.
Condition: Very good in light green cloth boards with dark red lettering (some toning to the spine, gift inscription dated Christmas 1949), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 86175More details Price: $17.50 -
HURRY, HURRY MARY DEAR and Other Nonsense Poems.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: Macmillan, (1986.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A delightful collection of poems for children, in a variety of moods, illustrated with line drawings by the author. 'Illuminated by his rare imagination, his glorious sense of the absurd and his convincing illogical logic, this collection of poetry, with its enchantingly witty drawings, will captivate a wide audience.' INSCRIBED on the front endpaper 'To Jean with very best wishe' and dated in 1987. Books signed or inscribed by Bodecker are very uncommon. ISBN: 0-689-500661.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 30038More details Price: $75.00 -
PADDINGTON AT THE FAIR.
Edition: First American edition.
New York: Putnam, 1986. Hardcover first edition - A small book, 6 1/2 inches square, full of colorful illustrations and bound in glossy illustrated boards. ISBN: 0-399-21271x.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 19474More details Price: $15.00 -
MADAM RED APPLE.
Edition: Early printing.
Springfield, Massachusetts: McLoughlin Brothers, (c 1929). Hardcover - Charming story by this prolific children's author of a year in the life of an imaginative seven year old girl whose red round cheeks had earned the nickname of "Red Apple." When she was a little older, she decided Madam should be added to her name. Illustrated, mostly in full color and with many full page paintings, by Janet Laura Scott. Unpaginatedl
Condition: Good overall in a rather fragile binding of illustrated paper covered boards - missing the spine covering - but the covers and the contents are still bright and attractive. No dust jacket.
Book ID: 85314More details Price: $18.50 -
VINNIE IN FRANCE.
Edition: First printing.
Vineberg, CA: Pageturner Books, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by the author and both illustrators on the front endpaper, with the words "Best Wishes." Vinnie the cat has some wild and crazy adventures in France. Map, colorfully illustrated. A title in the Laugh and Learn Travel Series. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-970467818.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards, no dj.
Book ID: 37211More details Price: $25.00 -
STAND ON THE SKY,
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Clarion Books, (2019). First edition - Award-winning Canadian author's first book for older children - the story of a young girl who defies her familys expectations "It goes against all tradition for Aisulu to train an eagle, for among the Kazakh nomads, only men can fly them. But everything changes when Aisulu discovers that her brother, Serik, has been concealing a bad limp that risks not just his future as the family's leader, but his life too." 315 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 88139More details Price: $17.50 -
INSIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF A CACTUS.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 73069More details Price: $25.00 -
THE YOUNG LONER.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
New York: Scholastic, (1971.). First edition - A story of a boy learning more about his older brother "who could do everything better" - originally publised under the title "The Loner." illustrated with drawings by John Gretzer. TX 1856, original cover price of 60c. 144 pp.
Condition: Very good+ (usual toning to the pages, one crease on front cover, but otherwise tight and clean.)
Book ID: 35338More details Price: $8.50 -
SHAUN O'DAY OF IRELAND.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1938, c 1929.) dj. Hardcover - A title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. A combination of fiction and fact, this is illustrated with photographs. taken by the author. Illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue boards with a blue cloth spine and a red and black illustration on the front, printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. 191 pp.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (some overall edgewear to the rather fragile dj, but still quite attractive.)
Book ID: 53060More details Price: $20.00 -
LITTLE JOHN OF NEW ENGLAND.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1936.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in the "Children of America Stories" series. A combination of fiction and fact, this is the story of 9 year old John who is left at his uncle's house while his parents motor through New England, and his mother sends him letters every week describing the sites they have visited. Meanwhile, John has encountered a mysterious old man named 'C.F.' Illustrated with photographs. Green and white map endpapers. Bound in glossy white boards with a blue cloth spine and a full color illustration on the front (illustration is repeated on the dust jacket.) and printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. 156 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket (gift inscription dated 1937, dj has a loss of about 1/2 inch at top of spine, long closed tear on front cover, other chips and edgewear, but original price of 50c is still present, cover illustration is bright and attractive)
Book ID: 39361More details Price: $45.00 -
SHAUN O'DAY OF IRELAND.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929.) dj. Hardcover - The sixth title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. This is the story of a young boy from Connemara where leprechauns abound. and of how he disappeared one day but came back to Ireland years later Illustrated with photographs of children taken by the author. Red and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue illustrated boards with a royal blue cloth spine and printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. 191 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (some light foxing on the endpapers, spine of the dj is sunned, front cover illustration is bright and attractive, original price of 50c on flap).Flap of dust jacket lists to #11 in this series.
Book ID: 64736More details Price: $20.00 -
MITZ AND FRITZ OF GERMANY.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1933.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The tenth title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. The story of a brother and sister whose father is a toymaker in Nuremberg, but when no one is buying any toys there, they take off in a gypsy wagon around the Rhineland. Illustrated with photographs of children taken by the author. Red and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue illustrated boards with a royal blue cloth spine and printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. 158 pp. plus a vocabulary list.
Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket (some light foxing on the endpapers, spine of the dj is sunned, chipping at ends of dj spine and to upper corner of front cover, other edgewear) Flap of dust jacket and rear cover both list to this title in this series.
Book ID: 64739More details Price: $25.00 -
CARMEN OF THE GOLDEN COAST.
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. Just a bit of light foxing on the endpapers and rather uncommon in this condition.
Book ID: 64746More details Price: $40.00 -
THE LITTLE INDIAN WEAVER.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1928.) dj. Hardcover - The first title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. Illustrated with photographs of children taken by the author. Red and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue illustrated boards with a royal blue cloth spine. 134pp.
Condition: Very good in a fair dust jacket (gift inscription mostly hidden by dj flap, corners somewhat bumped, overall edgewear and chipping to dj, sunning to spine of dj)
Book ID: 79724More details Price: $15.00 -
THE LITTLE SWISS WOOD CARVER.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929.) dj. Hardcover - The third title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. This is the story of a boy who liongs to become a skilful woodcarver like his father. Illustrated with photographs of children taken by the author. Red and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue illustrated boards with a royal blue cloth spine and printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. 160 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (gift inscription dated 1933, some light foxing on the endpapers, spine of the dj is sunned, chipping at ends of dj spine, front cover illustration is bright and attractive, original price of 50c on flap).Flap of dust jacket lists to #10 in this series.
Book ID: 64738More details Price: $20.00 -
THE LITTLE MEXICAN DONKEY BOY.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1931.) dj. Hardcover - The eighth title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. Set in a small town in Mexico, this is the story of a young boy and his burro, and how he discovered his talent as a potter. Illustrated with photographs of children taken by the author. Red and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue illustrated boards with a royal blue cloth spine and printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. Vocabulary list. 224 pp. Flap of dust jacket lists to #12 in this series.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (some offsetting on the endpapers, spine of the dj is sunned, and with a short tear at the upper edge, front cover illustration is bright and attractive).
Book ID: 64733More details Price: $20.00 -
LITTLE JEANNE OF FRANCE.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929.) dj. Hardcover - The fifth title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. This is the story of two little French girls and how they met - one grew up in a poor war-torn village, the other in a beautiful apartment in Paris. Illustrated with photographs of children taken by the author. Red and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue illustrated boards with a royal blue cloth spine and printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. Vocabulary list. 190 pp. Flap of dust jacket lists to #11 in this series.
Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket (some light foxing on the endpapers, spine of the dj is sunned, several tears and chips, some tape repaired, front cover illustration is bright and attractive, original price of 50c on flap).
Book ID: 64734More details Price: $18.00 -
THE WEE SCOTCH PIPER.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929.) dj. Hardcover - The second title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. This is the story of how the son of a Scotch shepherd earned his set of bagpipes and a musical education. Illustrated with photographs of children taken by the author. Red and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue illustrated boards with a royal blue cloth spine and printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. 159 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket (some light foxing on the endpapers, missing approx 2 inches of spine of dj, crease on front cover, several edge tears, but front cover illustration is bright and attractive). Flap of dust jacket lists to #10 in this series.
Book ID: 64735More details Price: $18.00 -
ANA LEE THE MANATEE.
Edition: First printing.
Tallahassee, FL : Rich Bray, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Charming tale of a baby manatee who gets separated from her family (when 'razor death' - a speedboat - comes by) and the dangers she encounters as she searches for them - told in rhyme to appeal to children, and illustrated with lively and expressive watercolors by Julia Matteson. Includes 4 pp of facts about this endangered species. The author is a biologist who works in the environmental protection field. The cover of this book indicates that it is being sold to raise money to protect the manatees - a tradition we will continue, by donating a portion of the sales price. Large format, 71 pp. ISBN: 0-970791100.
Condition: INSCRIBED by the author with the words 'Enjoy your book!' Fine (a new copy) in glossy illustrated boards, no dj as issued.
Book ID: 30407More details Price: $28.00 -
THE BOOKSELLER'S ADVICE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (1981.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Charming story of a bookseller who has read every book in his shop and shares his wisdom with all the villagers who come in - until he begins to lose his hearing, which causes him to mistake one word for another, with some humorous results in the advice he gives. Duotone illustrations by Jane Chambliss-Rigie. Unpaginated, slightly oversized. ISBN: 0-670-181390.
Condition: Very near fine in a good only dust jacket (fading to spine of dj, tears on front cover, creasing, small chip.)
Book ID: 51192More details Price: $14.00 -
SHIVA: An Adventure of the Ice Age.
Edition: First US printing.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in a series of novels for older children set at the dawn of history, that is about 30,000 years ago. Consultant, Joyce Pope. Epilogue by the author. 184 pp. ISBN: 0-397-324537.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 48767More details Price: $16.00 -
WIMBLE FOLK AND RIMBLE SEED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Exposition Press, (1951) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of whimsical poems written for imaginative children by this Montana author and teacher. 48 pp.
Condition: Fine in red cloth with black lettering in a near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 84363More details Price: $16.50 -
HOBART.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002). First edition - An easy to read chapter book, illustrated with line drawings by Mary Rayner. "Hobart and his talented pig family, who love to dance, sing, and write poetry, must prove their value to Farmer Mills before they become a side of bacon!" 58 pp.
Condition: Fine in yellow printed wrappers (as new).
Book ID: 76562More details Price: $11.25 -
THE FRIENDLY LIBRARY.
Edition: First edition.
Reading, PA: The Snyder Publishing Co., 1942. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book written by Ethel M. Briggs, Northwest Branch Librarian at the Reading (Pa.) Public Library Hardback, which - in addition to telling a cute story about a boy named Tommy and his black Scotch terrier, named Arsenic (because he is 'poison' to so many things) -also explains much about how a public library works - beginning with it is "free for everyone to use." Illustrated with simple line drawings by the author. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page and dated in 1944. 84 pp plus 1 pp Dewey classification chart.
Condition: Very good overall in blue cloth with a small pasted on color illustration of a library on the front cover and black lettering on the spine (name on first page, some bumping to the corners and wear to the edges of the board, usual toning to pages) Uncommon signed.
Book ID: 85333More details Price: $25.00 -
SU-MEI'S GOLDEN YEAR.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950. dj. Hardcover first edition - A story of Chinese village life, illustrated by Kurt Wiese, in which Su-Mei and her friends preserve the wheat crop and save her village from famine. Both the author and the illustrator had lived in China and have a sympathy and understanding of the people there. 246 pp.
Condition: Very good in a very good minus dust jacket (some offsetting to the endpapers, chip to upper edge of front cover of dj, smaller chip to lower edge of rear cover)
Book ID: 63803More details Price: $20.00 -
GLASS TOWN.
Edition: First printing.
Toronto: Stoddart, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The Secret World of the Bronte Children" by this award-winning Canadian author. A glimpse into their lives in an austere parsonage in Haworth in 1829, and of the miniature world created and described in tiny handwriting by four imaginative children - Charlotte, Emily, Anne and Branwell Bronte. Illustrated with paintings by Laura Fernandez and Rick Jacobson. Oblong format. 40 pp. ISBN: 0-689-811853.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 58331More details Price: $18.00 -
TOONY AND THE MIDNIGHT MONSTER: A Bugleberry Book.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Troll Associates, (1987). Hardcover first edition - The Buglebby Books are written to teach the meaning of friendship to young children. In this one, "fears and bad dreams almost spoil Toony's time at a sleep-over, but her friends help her out with suggestions for making bedtime happier." Colorful illustrations by Vana Kondo. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-816709106.
Condition: Fine in illustrated boards.
Book ID: 78485More details Price: $15.00