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Mrs Peregrine and the Yak by Burns, Esther - 1938

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Mrs Peregrine and the Yak by Burns, Esther - 1938

Mrs Peregrine and the Yak

by Burns, Esther

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Henry Holt & Co., 1938. First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. Wilkin, Eloise. SIGNED BY ESTHER BURNS on front free endpaper, and inscribed "for Nancy" (this book is from the estate of Nancy Carroll Draper, a well-known philanthropist). Unpaginated. Color and b/w illustrations. Black and red text. Pictorial endpapers with a poem by Hillaire Belloc on front and rear free endpapers. Seven pages have some small tan spots in bottom margins (not foxing). Endpapers have some browning from publisher's glue seepage (appears similar to age toning). Binding is tight. Pictorial covers with blue cloth spine. Cover edges are age-toned and lightly rubbed. Cover corners are rubbed to boards. Top front cover edge has a small bumped spot, and two tiny chafe marks near spine. Top spine edge has tiny chips; bottom spine edge is missing a small diagonal piece. Cloth is torn along rear spine edge, but spine is still intact, and is age-toned. Spine also has a small tear about 1-1/4 inches from bottom.. Selling online since 1999. Quick shipping; Secure packing; Free tracking!
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  • Publisher Henry Holt & Co.
  • Date Published 1938

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The Adventures of the Pixies and Elaines (Identified on cover as: Pixie and Elaine Stories.)
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The Adventures of the Pixies and Elaines (Identified on cover as: Pixie and Elaine Stories.)

by Morrison, Carrie E. (Illustrations by Reginald Birch.)

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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Boston: Dana Estes & Company [1900]. (Hardcover) 125pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Cloth covers with wraparound color illustration. Color frontispiece, illustrations. The edges and spine are lightly soiled. Illustrations by Reginald Birch. Identified on cover as: The Pixie and Elaine Stories. (Juvenile, Fairy Tales).
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Sparkles For Bright Eyes

Sparkles For Bright Eyes

by Handford, Thomas W. (editor)

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Modesto, California, United States
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Chicago, IL: Belford, Clarke & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1888. Hardcover. Text is clean. Pages are tanning. Book has been repaired: Text block reattached to boards, corners stiffened, new endpapers. ; Contributors include: Henry Ward Beecher, James A Garfield, Washington Irving, James Whitcomb Riley, Mary Mapes Dodge, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, along with many others. Illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations by True Williams. ; B&W Illustrations; 128 pages .
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Stories Told in an African Forest (by Grown-up Children of Africa)

Stories Told in an African Forest (by Grown-up Children of Africa)

by Jephson, A. J. Mounteney

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First Edition.
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Stanley, New York, United States
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New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1893. Book. Illus. by Walter W. Buckley, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1893. First Edition. Very Good+/No Dustjacket. Walter W. Buckley, Illustrator. First Edition. Clean beige boards with stamped gold lettering and illustration of small black children dancing with spears on cover; navy blue cloth spine with bright gold lettering. A few tiny spots of wear to cloth at spine edges; some wear to corner tips. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean black endpapers and gilt page edges. No foxing. No names, writing or bookplates. Beautifully illustrated by Walter W. Buckley. 168 pgs. RARE..
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Bible Jingle Rhymes
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Bible Jingle Rhymes

by Carter, Louise & Joan Esley (Illustrator)

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Modesto, California, United States
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New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1928. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Text is clean. Gentle tightening of front hinge. Some foxing to half title page and color plates. Signed by author on reverse of frontis. Orange cloth with gilt lettering. Applique cover illustration. ; This title pre-dates any Joan Esley illustrated books listed in Baumgarten. ; Color Illustrations; Signed by Author .
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Old Perisher, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
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Old Perisher, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.

by ROSS, Diana

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Unknown
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Richelieu, France
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London: Faber & Faber, 1965. A beautiful copy of this Ardizzone illustrated first edition. Clean dust wrapper. A touch of bruising and small repair to the head of the spine. The wrapper is clipped, but with the faber price sticker in place. The book itself is immaculate. Unpaginated. 250 by 185mm (9¾ by 7¼ inches).
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Wee Winkles and Snowball, Series #2 in RARE Color DustJacket By Elizabeth Colborne of Boy in...
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Wee Winkles and Snowball, Series #2 in RARE Color DustJacket By Elizabeth Colborne of Boy in Shorts & Red Top & Hat & Blonde Girl with Red Gloves & Hat with White Horse, Snowball & Grey Cat with Blue Ribbon, Snowball is Pet Pony &

by By Gabrielle Jackson & Mary Theresa Hart, Illustrator, Blank Endpapers Light FoX, Glossy B/W Frontispiece Shake Hands Snowball

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LONG BEACH, California, United States
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Harper & Brothers,, 1906. HBDJ, 1906. 1st Edition, Early Printing, Beautiful brown Tweed with Black red white Illustrated Cloth Hardcover of Boy in Hat with White Horse pulling Carriage. Book Condition: Very Good. Shelf wear DJ , GOOD+ Condtion, AS-IS, , Cover light Rub, Wear, Interior nice tight Clean light FOX, Wear, 147 Pgs, NO ADS in Back, Fading to DJ & tiny Chips Tears pieces Extremities, Spine ends DJ small Chips Tears, Back DJ lists thru Sandmans Stories of Snowed-In Hut Fox Wear . Snowball is pet Pony & Wee Winkles & Her Brother Learn How to Care For Him, How to Harness & Drive Him & Many other Interesting Things About Animals, Kindness to pets is Keynote of Book. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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Minn of the Mississippi (Newbery Honor)

Minn of the Mississippi (Newbery Honor)

by Holling, Holling Clancy

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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Torrington, Connecticut, United States
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1951 Yellow pictorial cloth, mild spotting to cloth, front board very slightly bowed, clean and bright internally, in full color dust jacket with minor wear, small chips at spine ends (less than 1/4") and at corners, price intact. The story of a snapping turtle's journey down the Mississippi River. Illustrated in color throughout. . First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Holling Clancy Holling. 4to.
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The Unknown Quantity

The Unknown Quantity

by JOHNS W. E.

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Fair
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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£121.08

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London: Hamilton plain red boards with a cream paper title label lettered in black to spine, tail of spine sunned where dust jacket is missing piece, lightly browned endpapers and some mild foxing to page edges, dust jacket unclipped but has heavily sunned and rubbed spine with loss at ends, rear panel has once been partially stuck to the board due to humidity but now it is free but has left some minor paper residue to the board, there is some offset red dye from the boards to the rear dust jacket panel as well as some pen doodlings ( see scan), tidy used copy, undated assumed first edition, by the author of Biggles. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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The Strange House

The Strange House

by BRIGGS Raymond

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Very Good
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First Edition
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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London: Hamilton, 1965 1965 THIRD IMPRESSION of first edition (1961) , pictorial papered boards replicated on the DW, written and illustrated by Raymond Briggs, unclipped DW has light edge wear and short split along the lower ( rear) corner fold, 4 line name and address in pen to fep, minor handling soiling to DW, 95pp, rare item, the first one Briggs both wrote and illustrated, shipping charge includes fast air shipping with insurance. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Raymond Briggs. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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The Babes In the Woods
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The Babes In the Woods: Mother Goose Rhymes and Jingles, Fanny Cory's mother goose

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Bobbs-Merrill Company 1917 (c) 1913, No place stated, 1917. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 36 pages with black and white and green illustrations.Illustrated by 5 full color plates by Fanny Y Cory (illustrator). original decorated boards. This uncommon book and its delightful illustrations refresh our memory and remind us why Fanny Cory was much in demand as a children's author and illustrator in the early 1900s.; Unpaginated. Spine rubbed and somewhat loose. some color plates may be missing, owner signature in pencil inside front cover. example in abe that purports to have 12 full color plates, is priced as US$ 299.96
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Mrs. Peregrine and the Yak

by Esther Burns

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Henry Holt and Company. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Likely 1st edition, NAP. Rear hinge cracked. Light staining/discoloration to a few pages. (childrens stories, yak, tibet, none on worldcat, none online)
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Mrs. Peregrine and the Yak

by Esther Burns

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Henry Holt and Company. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. Possibly signed by author on front endpage. (animals, children's stories)
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Mrs Peregrine and the Yak

Mrs Peregrine and the Yak

by Esther Burns

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
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Bethany, Missouri, United States
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Henry Holt and Company, 1938 Book and dust jacket in very good condition. Cute illustrations, inside pages clean and unmarked. Poem on the front and back endpapers by Hilaire Belloc. Very nice blue cloth spine, lite edgewear on the bottom front board. Bright colors. Dust jacket points clipped but not the price. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Mrs Peregrine and the Yak

Mrs Peregrine and the Yak

by Burns, Esther

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Green Valley, Arizona, United States
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Henry Holt & Co., 1938. First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. Wilkin, Eloise. SIGNED BY ESTHER BURNS on front free endpaper, and inscribed "for Nancy" (this book is from the estate of Nancy Carroll Draper, a well-known philanthropist). Unpaginated. Color and b/w illustrations. Black and red text. Pictorial endpapers with a poem by Hillaire Belloc on front and rear free endpapers. Seven pages have some small tan spots in bottom margins (not foxing). Endpapers have some browning from publisher's glue seepage (appears similar to age toning). Binding is tight. Pictorial covers with blue cloth spine. Cover edges are age-toned and lightly rubbed. Cover corners are rubbed to boards. Top front cover edge has a small bumped spot, and two tiny chafe marks near spine. Top spine edge has tiny chips; bottom spine edge is missing a small diagonal piece. Cloth is torn along rear spine edge, but spine is still intact, and is age-toned. Spine also has a small tear… Read More
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Bedtime Stories
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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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Day In and Day Out (The Alice and Jerry Books, Reading Foundation Series)
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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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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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Adventures of Raggedy Ann
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Adventures of Raggedy Ann

by Gruelle, Johnny

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1988 - includes 7" high raggedy Ann and Andy dolls - Raggedy certainly doesn't act her age (she's well over half a century) as she is tied to the trail of a kite, or her yarn hair is being used to line a robin's nest,..." Book: very good dj: very good - 2 small tears repaired with some fading on the spine - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

by Engle, Joanna

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First Edition
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Paperback
ISBN 13
9780394856438
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0394856430
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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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Bob Son of Battle
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Bob Son of Battle

by Alfred Oliphant

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first
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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
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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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A Romance in Smoke. With Illustrations by Walter Fr. Brown

A Romance in Smoke. With Illustrations by Walter Fr. Brown

by Reynolds, Daniel C

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Cranston, Rhode Island, United States
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Providence [R.I.], 1876. Hard Cover. [2], 26, [9] leaves of plates, illus.; 27.5 cm. A pipe dream. A narrative of a young man's ups and downs in romance told in verse. Illustrated title page. Arents S 1322. Waterstain on bottom of last two leaves; embossed binding slightly worn at corners; good+. Stamp of Varnum House Museum on front flyleaf. Stock#OB652.
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Northern Regions; Or, Uncle Richard's Relation of Captain Parry's Voyages

Northern Regions; Or, Uncle Richard's Relation of Captain Parry's Voyages

by Parry, Sir William Edward, 1790-1855

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NY, Roorbach, 1827. Hard Cover. 12mo: xii, [1], 14-256 pages, added title-page, engraved, 12 wood-engraved plates plus two full-page illustrations of Eskimo clothing (pp. 163 & 165); 17 cm. A children's book about the Parry Expedition and the Arctic regions. First published London, 1825. Plates: frontis., 26, 31, 88, 100, 117, 123, 134, 150, 154, 197, 246. Piece torn from plate at p. 26 with early repair. Sabin 55829; American Imprints 30091. Good+ condition (see note on torn plate) in later cloth binding. Stock#OB118 (dr).
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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince
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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
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The House That Jack Built: The Old Woman and Her Pig

by Rodney Peppe

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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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