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Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros., 1942 Spine is worn, some wear to corners, pop-ups are in excellent condition. Pop-ups of Washington, D.C., U.S. Naval Academy, West Point, camping in the mountains, The Grand Canyon, at the seashore.
Beechy of the Harbour School by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer - 1955
by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
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Beechy of the Harbour School
by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
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London, United Kingdom: Oliphants Ltd, 1955. Green boards have general wear and marks plus a few small watermarks at rear. 1cm split at bottom edge of spine. Presentation sticker to front free endpaper. Yellowed pages. 96 pages with colour frontispiece. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Jacket Condition No Jacket
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Oliphants Ltd
- Place of Publication London, United Kingdom
- Date Published 1955
- Keywords CHILDRENS FICTION ELINOR M. BRENT-DYER CHALET SCHOOL CG1
- Size 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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The Jolly Jump-Ups Vacation Trip
by Clyne, Geraldyne
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Lee, New Hampshire, United States
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Whiteley's Schoolboys' Story Book. Ca 1925
by William Whiteley Ltd
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Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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Whiteley's Schoolboys' Story Book. William Whiteley Ltd. ND. Circa 1925. Quarto Annual. Illustrated cloth spine on Illustrated paper boards of Bi plane flying over desert. PP211 with 16 full page chromolithograph images. Many line drawings within text. 26 stories an articles written by notable authors as Algernon Blackwood and R A H Good Year. A little shelf wear to edges of boards. All pages are bright and clean, probably unread. A scarce copy of the book sold in the Whiteleys Department store in Bayswater, which was to be taken over by Selfridges in 1927.
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True Blue Book
by Lang, Andrew
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- fair
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- first
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Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom
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£28.00
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Longmans Green, 1893. Book. Illus. by L. Bogle; Lucien Davis; H.J. Ford;; C.H.M. Ford; Lancelot Speed;. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1893 1st edition. Illustrated in b/w. The blue cloth cover is worn ant the edges and corners and there are a few small splits. The binding is still reasonably firm and there are no loose or missing pages but page 27/8 has a tear at the top edge. The first blank page has a previous owner's name. Inside there are some grubby marks and foxing which is mostly moderately light but widespread on some pages..
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A Child's Garden of Verses
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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Akron, Ohio: Saalfield. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. 60 p. 30 cm. Moisture stains on rear board has caused slight warp to upper corner and edge. Corners lightly bumped. Some wear to spine ends and corner tips. Moisture spotting on upper board. Overall light rubbing. Small piece missing from one corner of paste-down illustration. Tiny tear to edge of title page. Some foxing within, particularly to rear side of plates. Occasional light soiling to pages, but really quite bright and presentable. Includes 13 full colour and attractive watercolour plates by Clara Burd. This is a rare cloth-bound (black) edition, with a colour paste-down illustration of children raking leaves on the upper board. Book is heavy and will require extra postage to most destinations. .
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A Peep at the Animal World, or, Wonders of Land and Sea.
by McLoughlin Brothers
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
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New York McLoughlin Brothers, 1885, hardcover. Illustrator not identified for these bright color prints on heavy board pages. There are 86 illustrations, called "indestructible," on 12 unnumbered rigid "pages" -- Hardcover, printed boards, pages are attached and bound with cloth. Condition: fair only (the prints themselves are quite bright, with some stains and marks in white background; the cover is worn and cloth binding frayed
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The Jolly Jump-Ups Vacation Trip
by Clyne, Geraldyne
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Lee, New Hampshire, United States
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Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros., 1942 Spine is worn, some wear to corners, pop-ups are in excellent condition. Pop-ups of Washington, D.C., U.S. Naval Academy, West Point, camping in the mountains, The Grand Canyon, at the seashore.
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Whiteley's Schoolboys' Story Book. Ca 1925
by William Whiteley Ltd
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Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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Whiteley's Schoolboys' Story Book. William Whiteley Ltd. ND. Circa 1925. Quarto Annual. Illustrated cloth spine on Illustrated paper boards of Bi plane flying over desert. PP211 with 16 full page chromolithograph images. Many line drawings within text. 26 stories an articles written by notable authors as Algernon Blackwood and R A H Good Year. A little shelf wear to edges of boards. All pages are bright and clean, probably unread. A scarce copy of the book sold in the Whiteleys Department store in Bayswater, which was to be taken over by Selfridges in 1927.
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£51.00
True Blue Book
by Lang, Andrew
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Fair
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Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Longmans Green, 1893. Book. Illus. by L. Bogle; Lucien Davis; H.J. Ford;; C.H.M. Ford; Lancelot Speed;. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1893 1st edition. Illustrated in b/w. The blue cloth cover is worn ant the edges and corners and there are a few small splits. The binding is still reasonably firm and there are no loose or missing pages but page 27/8 has a tear at the top edge. The first blank page has a previous owner's name. Inside there are some grubby marks and foxing which is mostly moderately light but widespread on some pages..
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A Child's Garden of Verses
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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Akron, Ohio: Saalfield. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. 60 p. 30 cm. Moisture stains on rear board has caused slight warp to upper corner and edge. Corners lightly bumped. Some wear to spine ends and corner tips. Moisture spotting on upper board. Overall light rubbing. Small piece missing from one corner of paste-down illustration. Tiny tear to edge of title page. Some foxing within, particularly to rear side of plates. Occasional light soiling to pages, but really quite bright and presentable. Includes 13 full colour and attractive watercolour plates by Clara Burd. This is a rare cloth-bound (black) edition, with a colour paste-down illustration of children raking leaves on the upper board. Book is heavy and will require extra postage to most destinations. .
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A Peep at the Animal World, or, Wonders of Land and Sea.
by McLoughlin Brothers
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- Used
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
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New York McLoughlin Brothers, 1885, hardcover. Illustrator not identified for these bright color prints on heavy board pages. There are 86 illustrations, called "indestructible," on 12 unnumbered rigid "pages" -- Hardcover, printed boards, pages are attached and bound with cloth. Condition: fair only (the prints themselves are quite bright, with some stains and marks in white background; the cover is worn and cloth binding frayed
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Beechy of the Harbour School.
by Brent-Dyer, Elinor M
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- Used
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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£29.17
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Oliphants Ltd. London. 1955 (Ist Edition). 8vo. Hardcover, somewhat chipped and price-clipped d/w, now in protected clear covering; interior in very good cond. A charming and helpful story for school girls, col frontis.
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Beechy of the Harbour School
by Brent-Dyer, Elinor M
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- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
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SHERINGHAM, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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£40.00
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London: Oliphants. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1955. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slim 8vo hbk no dustwrapper; 1st Edition. Book has green cloth Boards; coloured frontispiece; pp lightly browned; Vg-; ; Stand Alone Novel; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Beechy of the Harbour School
by Brent-Dyer, Elinor M
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- first
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- Used - Good Condition
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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£53.09
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Oliphants Ltd, London & Edinburgh, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Colour illustrated frontispiece. White coloured boards with blue coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for frontispiece, with dark red and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Beechy would have found the first term at school very pleasant except for the trouble that Olive was causing. "Beechy had become a Christian before starting school but had told nobody. She had to learn the hard way that only when we pray to Him and have the courage to confess to Him, does Jesus give us the strength we need to meet life's difficulties." Â from the front fold over panel blurb. Softening and a little chipping of the pack strip edges; with rubbing of the top book corners and lower book edges. There is a small erosion mark to the top edge of the front panel stop panel show rubs and marks with tanning of the text block…
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Beechy of the Harbour School
by Brent-Dyer, Elinor M
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Forrestfield, Western Australia, Australia
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London: Oliphants, 1955. Book. Illus. by Wardill. Very good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st edition : 1955 White Boards (Ive also seen this title with Green boards) Jacket is backed with brown paper glued to it. The brown paper overlaps onto the front of the flaps by around 1cm and can be seen on the front panel where there is a small loss. The front flap has a large price clip. Front free endpaper is 75% missing. Still a tidy copy of a quite scarce title.
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BEECHY OF THE HARBOUR SCHOOL
by Brent-Dyer, Elinor M
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- good
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- first
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Monmouthshire, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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£73.50
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Published by Oliphants Ltd., 1955. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good/Good. Almost very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Green boards, black title to spine and embossed publisher vignette to front board. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name and address in biro to front pastedown. Prize plate and a few ink marks to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned but otherwise clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, torn and creased, large tear to front fold which has been tape repaired on verso. Title of book has been written in ink to front flap of wrapper.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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- first
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- First Edition
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780394856438 / 0394856430
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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Day In and Day Out (The Alice and Jerry Books, Reading Foundation Series)
by Mabel O'Donnell; Alice Carey
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- First Edition
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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£14.50
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Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson and Company, n.d. [copyright 1936]. Hardcover. First Edition, no additional printings listed. First-grade reader in the Alice and Jerry basal reader educational series. Red cloth over boards with blue & yellow titles and illustration of a dog and duckling. Good+. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown, a few penciled notes. Sewn binding is straight and tight. Corners and spine ends bumped. Covers clean and bright. Not from a school or library. See photos. 156 pages with color illustrations on every page. Word list.
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Bob Son of Battle
by Alfred Oliphant
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Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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The story focuses on the rivalry between two sheepdogs and their masters, and chronicles the coming of age of a boy who is caught between them. David M'Adam, the boy, was half-orphaned by the death of his mother, and is left to the care of his father, Adam M'Adam, a sarcastic, angry alcoholic with a few redeeming qualities. M'Adam is the owner of Red Wull, a huge, violent dog who herds his sheep by brute force. Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Hardcover. Condition: vg+. .356 pages Find copy in Dark Blue Boards . copyright Doubleday & McClure (New York), 1889. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Rare first edition original 1899 edition by Doubleday and McClure Company New York. Nice copy all on hand laid paper. Deckled edges. Bob Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant. Copyright 1889. Some browning of pages. In a navy cloth binding. Externally sound. Some shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked/,
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus
by Elmay Crow
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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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Crow Publishing, Victoria, 1971, 30 pages, 6.5" x 8.5", Near Fine, Comb Bound Softcover. An uncommon self published companion to "Ronny Meets The Sasquatch".
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Bedtime Stories
by Tenggren, Gustaf: Illustrated by
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1978 - 16th printing- vintage Bedtime Stories - Little Red Riding Hood - book: very good - all pages are clean and unmarked - edge wear on boards good for age - pages show some toning at edges - ELEMENT: includes a little red riding hood/big bad wolf as grandma flip doll - doll is professionally sewn with intricate details
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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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A special copy of The Little Prince translated into the Venetian (Venetan/Veneto) language, also called dialeto del mar – the dialect of the sea. Included is the bookmark from the bookstore - Libreria Acqua Alta. Great gift for any Little Prince collector. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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The House That Jack Built: The Old Woman and Her Pig
by Rodney Peppe
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Orange, Virginia, United States
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Pocket sized reproduction from Pleasewell Series of the 1890s. This edition is reversible with The Old Woman and Her Pig also featured when the book is flipped over. Each story has reproduced lithographs from the original publication. No creasing, no age spots, Like New !
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Foreign Agent
by Thor, Brad
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781501147494 / 1501147498
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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New York: Atria Books, 2016. Signed on fep First Edition with full number line This is a limited, signed edition with an exclusive, to this edition, additional chapter. Please note what looks like a "Signed Edition" sticker on the front of dust jacket. It is not a a sticker; it is part of the design of the jacket. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 338 pages PLUS additional chapter "exclusively for Target customers." Target is US-based department store. From jacket: "Scot Harvath has exactly the skills the CIA is looking for. He's a former Navy SEAL with extensive experience in espionage. Working for a private intelligence company, he will provide the CIA, and more important, the President, with absolute deniability. But deep within the Russian Caucasus, Moscow also has its own special kind of operative... When a clandestine American operations team is ambushed near Syria, all signs point toward a dangerous informant in Brussels..." A new book, but with…
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Going To the Doctor (First Experiences Series)
by Fred Rogers
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 3rd Printing Thus
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- 9780399212987 / 0399212981
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Fred Rogers: First Experiences Book Series: Going To the Doctor (1986 1st Ed. 3rd Pr. Thus, G.P. Putnam)RARE in this first hardcover edition. Quite the find. Used. VG/VG condition unclipped dust jacket, printed price $12.95 Mr. Rogers appears on the back dj panel wearing a pale blue sweater. "In this book, real life photos are used to help young people feel more comfortable with interacting with other children and making new friends. A Note From Fred Rogers: A child's first visit with a pediatrician usually comes soon after birth. It may be months or even years later, though, that a child first shows fear about going to see a doctor. The worry of an injection or some other unfamiliar medical procedure can trigger that fear. It can also appear because another family member may be feeling medical anxieties. And, of course, new body awareness and needs for privacy develop naturally in children's early years, so all these feelings can make it very hard for them to let doctors investigate the workings of…
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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