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The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama by Akers, Floyd (Pseudonym for L. Frank Baum) - 1908
by Akers, Floyd (Pseudonym for L. Frank Baum)
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The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama
by Akers, Floyd (Pseudonym for L. Frank Baum)
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Chicago, Illinois, USA: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1908. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Tan cloth hardcover with tan lettering to spine; white, cream, and black lettering and illustration to front; no jacket; five color plates, including frontispiece of the Moit convertible automobile; one b&w map; new plastic protective jacket; no additional printings on copyright page, indicating first printing. Very good minus condition: spine tips and corners of boards are lightly worn; binding is clean and bright but with a little loss of the white on the front illustration; old address label on first page; pencil inscription : March 28 1909, from Ma; 2" tear nicely glued on one page..
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The Mark of the Horse Lord
by Sutcliff, Rosemary
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Beasts
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London, Macmillan/Topliner Trident, 1980, hardcover, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, upper corners bumped. Dustjacket price-clipped, slight edge bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. "When Carolyn takes a holiday job with the local research establishment she knows she will be working with animals, but she doesn't know why the animals are there. All sorts of difficult questions face Carolyn and her cousins as they make up their minds about an important subject and then put their decisions into action." Scarce. ISBN 9780333289907
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Flight to the Lonesome Place
by Key, Alexander
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Philadelphia, Westminster Press, 1971, hardcover, 192 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end bumps, short scratch to front board, light foxing. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, edge bumps, rubs, short closed tear to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The popular author of The Golden Enemy, The Forgotten Door, and other works for young people presents a tale of a young mathematical genius, his three friends, and their attempt to escape from a group of mysterious, unidentified killers.
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Swindle
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New York, Scholastic Press, 2008, hardcover library binding (not ex-library), 252 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued, Signed without inscription and dated in the year of publication by the Author on the front endpaper. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end bumps, small nick to rear near heel of spine. The popular and prolific children's author presents a tale of haunted houses, rare sports collectibles, skullduggery, and friendship. ISBN 9780545055918
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Sons of Eli
by Paine, Ralph D.
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New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917, hardcover, 295 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good condition. Straight, tight and clean, slight spine-end and corner wear, tiny nick to bottom edge of front board and interior front hinge, page edges and endpapers age-toned, tidy original owner's name to front pastedown, in clear, glassine dustwrapper. A collection of turn of the century sports stories featuring the teams and students of Yale University. Illustrated with drawings on 4 black-&-white plates.
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Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus
by Haggard, H. Rider
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H. RIDER HAGGARD: Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus. Longmans, Green and Co., Copyright 1918. States 1920 on the title page. March 1920 Third Printing Thus. 1920 Used. Good- condition/ no DJ. States 1920 on title page. Blindstamped red cloth boards. Titling still visible on spine. Colour frontispiece of Merapi at a chariot. Gutter separation at back hinge. Bright pages. The novel narrates the events of the Biblical Exodus from Egypt told from the perspective of a scribe named Ana." Rare/Scarce. By H. Rider Haggard, author of "She", King Solomon's Mines, and the Allan Quatermain Professor Challenger series.
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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THE MAN WHO LOST HIS HEAD. Ex-lib. Library-bound. oblong format. Good Condition/ No DJ included. The Viking Press. First Published October, 1942. This is the stated Ninth Printing Thus, December, 1959. Glossy finish decorated blue and white boards with Black titling. A solid copy. Both gutters are intact. 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. Corner bumps and finger smudges noted. A fantasy 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. RARE.
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Miss 318 And Mr. 37
by Hughes, Rupert
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2 VOLUMES. Hughes, Rupert: Miss 318 AND Miss 318 And Mr. 37. Fleming H. Revell Company, 1911, 1912 1st Editions. Illustrated by Victor Semon Perard. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION. NO DUST JACKETS ARE INCLUDED. RARE Historical fiction based on actual events that occurred during the TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE: "One of the worst industrial disasters in the history of New York City, causing 146 deaths and an unknown number of injuries, took place on Saturday, March 25, 1911, at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company.
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Babar And Father Christmas
by De Brunhoff, Jean
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Babar and Father Christmas (Babar et le Pare Noel). By Jean DeBrunhoff. Childrens Book. Random House 1st Edition, 1940 FIRST EDITION. In RARE original, unclipped dust jacket that shows price 1.00/1.00. Used. Very Good/Good. A nice clean copy. Please see our photos.
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The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. UKRAINIA
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UKRAINIA Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.: The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. First English Edition, 1888 Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. Summary: A novel of the Caucasian War 1817-1864. Used. Good- Condition/ No DJ. Blue Boards gold titling and ornamentation. Imperial Russian crest stamped in gilt at center front. A solid copy. Light foxing to endpapers. Toning. Fabric at top of spine missing. RARE/SCARCE.
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The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama
by Akers, Floyd (Frank Baum)
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Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Tan cloth with black lettering and green and red coloring. Scribbles in pen to the front endpapers and a small pen mark in the lower margin of page 27. Inner hinges cracked but binding is generally tight. The fifth printing of this title (with textual points to page 310), black and white coated frontis, dated 1908 but ca. 1911. One of the scarcer Boy Fortune Hunter titles. Bienvenue 285. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Inventory No: 041013.
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The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama
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The Reilly & Britton Co., 1908. Cover rubbed/soiled/ever-so-slightly bowed, corners bumped/lightly rubbed, spine bumped, spine ends bumped/rubbed, cover now protected in brodart; edges soiled/unevenly age-toned/foxed; endpapers age-toned/lightly foxed, dampstaining to edges of endpapers/front and end matter, minor sporadic dampstaining to top edges of text block, ffep has prior owner's signature and inscription, half-title has ~2 inch tear along gutter top, hinge cracked along half-title verso, rear hinge cracked, title page has ~2 inch tear along gutter bottom, faintly age-toned throughout; binding slightly cocked but otherwise tight; cover, edges, and interior intact and clean except as noted.. hardcover. Good.
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Martin Luther King Jr: A Picture Story
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Tarzan and the Forbidden City
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Vintage Whitman Publishing Company edition 1957. Hardcover, pictorial matte boards with original dust jacket. Overall condition is very good, dust jacket showing wear at top and bottom of spine and edges, but with bright colors. Dust jacket protected by a removable mylar cover. Slight bumped corners of boards. Pages are unmarked. Beautifully illustrated endpapers, with a slight separation from binding at front hinge. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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The Sky and the Forest
by Forester, C.S
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Samuel The Seeker
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Going To the Doctor (First Experiences Series)
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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
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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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Little May and Her Friend Conscience
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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The Fault in Our Stars
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Black boards with silver writing on spine; dings on top of front and back boards near corners. Top and bottom corners of front boards bumped; top and bottom of spine rumpled. Chip and wrinkles on top edge of front dust jacket; chip on corner of back dust jacket near fold to spine. Shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine; tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $17.99 on front dust jacket flap, which has slight wrinkle at top of flap.Dutton First Edition; Thirty-First Printing as indicated by number line ending of "40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31" on copyright page. Signed by author on second interior page. Red cloud image with Target logo and advertising Bonus DVD from author with behind-the scenes looks at the movie.Green's second novel, which became his most famous one and has been made into a movie. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
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Doonesbury Classics
by Gary Trudeau
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Four trade paperback editions of classic Doonesbury cartoons. The slipcase has minor wear but the books themselves are Like New and possibly never opened! Original political satire
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