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The Troubles Of A Gnome by Zofja Kossak-Szczucka / Monica M. Gardner - 1928

by Zofja Kossak-Szczucka / Monica M. Gardner

The Troubles Of A Gnome by Zofja Kossak-Szczucka / Monica M. Gardner - 1928

The Troubles Of A Gnome

by Zofja Kossak-Szczucka / Monica M. Gardner

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You get one Troubles Of A Gnome by Zofja Kossak-Szczucka / Monica M. Gardner 1928 hardcover book published by A. & C. Black, Ltd. Illustrated by Charles Folkard. It does not come with a dust jacket. This item is in English. This book is in good condition with some wear to its covers and edges. The book is slightly curved, but is complete with 102 pages, as well as color and b/w illustrations. The binding is tight and the book is complete with no loose pages. There is some tanning, as well as foxing, to the pages, which are free from writing, except for an inscription on the flyleaf. This item is 10.5 inches tall by 8.25 inches wide. These measurements are approximations to give you an idea of the size of the book. Please see all pictures.

  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Illustrator Charles Folkard
  • Format/Binding The binding is tight and the book is complete with no loose pages.
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  • Publisher A. & C. Black, Ltd.
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1928
  • Keywords illustrated, folktale, fairy tale
Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future. Voyage to Venus, Part 2.

Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future. Voyage to Venus, Part 2.

by Hampson, Frank.:

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London, Titan Books, 2004.. 1st edition in this format, with full print number from 1 -10. Facsimile of the very first Dan Dare story, which started in the "Eagle" comic in April 1950. This volume is part 2 of that story, reprinted from the "Eagle" dated 19 January 1951, No. 41, up to 28 September 1951 Volume 2 No. 25. Includes a "Who's who in Dan Dare", the first part of an interview with creator Frank Hampson, and a short Dan Dare story set in Mars, 1988. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
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BUSIEST BOY IN HOLLAND, 1ST EDITION,  , Toontje  is the busiest boy on tiny Island of Marken, in...
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BUSIEST BOY IN HOLLAND, 1ST EDITION, , Toontje is the busiest boy on tiny Island of Marken, in all Holland for that matter, Even when he seems to be doing Nothing, he is busy Imagining

by by Lisl Weil , Ex-library USUAL WEAR RUB, lib markings Pocket, Inner DJ Price .75

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Houghton Mifflin, 1959. HBDJ, 1st edition, First issue with dated title page 1959, Dates match on Title & copyright pg, Ex-library USUAL WEAR RUB, lib markings, pocket; GOOD-/ VG+,, cover wear; Good- READING copy., Pictorial cover matches DJ, , Decorative red, Black & Gray cloth with tide mark along bottom edge. End papers lightly ruffled and have very small amount of red offset on bottom edges. Interior is nice but with FOXing. Mended margin interior hinge tear & another pg with mended Tear & smalll chip to btm edge of pg, 38 PGS ,he is busy Imagining all sorts of strange & wonderful Things. Quieter he becomes, the bigger & more impossible his ideas get, His many relatives shake their Heads. Then on the day of the famed Flower Festival far b eyond the big city of Amsterdam, this boy had an idea that saved tbe Marken Float from Disaster & caused the crowds to cheer in Delight, Here on the Zuider Zee live a people proud of their rich Heritage, picturesque costumes… Read More
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Mechanimals
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Mechanimals

by Tougas, Chris

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Near Fine
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9781551436289 / 1551436280
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Victoria, B. C.: Orca Book Publishers, 2007. Book. Illus. by Tougas, Chris. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for a bump at top of spine, in jacket with barely perceptible sign of the same bump. A superb copy of this instant classic..
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Kate Greenaway's Book of Games.
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Kate Greenaway's Book of Games.: With Twenty Four Full page Plates engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans

by GREENAWAY, Kate

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London: George Routledge & Sons, 1889. Very nice copy of this first edition. Hardback with illustration to front and rear board. Yellow end papers. Half title, frontis illustration and title with vignette. Good clean condition. A little darkening / marking to the boards. Internally clean. 64 pages. 235 by 190mm (9¼ by 7½ inches).
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Loraine and the Little People
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Loraine and the Little People

by Gordon, Elizabeth

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Chicago: Rand McNally. Very Good with no dust jacket; Gift inscription on front free endpaper, . spine cracked, boards lightly worn, some light finger soiling.. 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Fantastic color and black and white plates by M. T. (Penny) Ross. Red cloth with color illustrated label on front boards. 73pp + [4]pp of publishers ads. Delightful childrens book about a little sick girl named Loraine and the various fairies that come to entertain her, including a water fairy queen, Crest o the Wave, Rain People, flower fairies, Little People of Dreams, Wind People, leaf fairies, Fire People, Mr. Jack Frost, Sun children, and many more. Gordon is best known for her Mother Earths Children and Flower Children titles. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future. Voyage to Venus, Part 2.

Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future. Voyage to Venus, Part 2.

by Hampson, Frank.:

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London, Titan Books, 2004.. 1st edition in this format, with full print number from 1 -10. Facsimile of the very first Dan Dare story, which started in the "Eagle" comic in April 1950. This volume is part 2 of that story, reprinted from the "Eagle" dated 19 January 1951, No. 41, up to 28 September 1951 Volume 2 No. 25. Includes a "Who's who in Dan Dare", the first part of an interview with creator Frank Hampson, and a short Dan Dare story set in Mars, 1988. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
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BUSIEST BOY IN HOLLAND, 1ST EDITION,  , Toontje  is the busiest boy on tiny Island of Marken, in...
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BUSIEST BOY IN HOLLAND, 1ST EDITION, , Toontje is the busiest boy on tiny Island of Marken, in all Holland for that matter, Even when he seems to be doing Nothing, he is busy Imagining

by by Lisl Weil , Ex-library USUAL WEAR RUB, lib markings Pocket, Inner DJ Price .75

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Houghton Mifflin, 1959. HBDJ, 1st edition, First issue with dated title page 1959, Dates match on Title & copyright pg, Ex-library USUAL WEAR RUB, lib markings, pocket; GOOD-/ VG+,, cover wear; Good- READING copy., Pictorial cover matches DJ, , Decorative red, Black & Gray cloth with tide mark along bottom edge. End papers lightly ruffled and have very small amount of red offset on bottom edges. Interior is nice but with FOXing. Mended margin interior hinge tear & another pg with mended Tear & smalll chip to btm edge of pg, 38 PGS ,he is busy Imagining all sorts of strange & wonderful Things. Quieter he becomes, the bigger & more impossible his ideas get, His many relatives shake their Heads. Then on the day of the famed Flower Festival far b eyond the big city of Amsterdam, this boy had an idea that saved tbe Marken Float from Disaster & caused the crowds to cheer in Delight, Here on the Zuider Zee live a people proud of their rich Heritage, picturesque costumes… Read More
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Mechanimals
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Mechanimals

by Tougas, Chris

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Near Fine
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First Printing of the First Edition
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Hardcover
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9781551436289 / 1551436280
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Victoria, B. C.: Orca Book Publishers, 2007. Book. Illus. by Tougas, Chris. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for a bump at top of spine, in jacket with barely perceptible sign of the same bump. A superb copy of this instant classic..
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Kate Greenaway's Book of Games.
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Kate Greenaway's Book of Games.: With Twenty Four Full page Plates engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans

by GREENAWAY, Kate

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London: George Routledge & Sons, 1889. Very nice copy of this first edition. Hardback with illustration to front and rear board. Yellow end papers. Half title, frontis illustration and title with vignette. Good clean condition. A little darkening / marking to the boards. Internally clean. 64 pages. 235 by 190mm (9¼ by 7½ inches).
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Loraine and the Little People
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Loraine and the Little People

by Gordon, Elizabeth

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Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Gift inscription on front free endpaper, spine cracked, boards lightly worn, some light finger s
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Chicago: Rand McNally. Very Good with no dust jacket; Gift inscription on front free endpaper, . spine cracked, boards lightly worn, some light finger soiling.. 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Fantastic color and black and white plates by M. T. (Penny) Ross. Red cloth with color illustrated label on front boards. 73pp + [4]pp of publishers ads. Delightful childrens book about a little sick girl named Loraine and the various fairies that come to entertain her, including a water fairy queen, Crest o the Wave, Rain People, flower fairies, Little People of Dreams, Wind People, leaf fairies, Fire People, Mr. Jack Frost, Sun children, and many more. Gordon is best known for her Mother Earths Children and Flower Children titles. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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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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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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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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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
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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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The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head

by Claire Huchet Bishop

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Reprint Edition
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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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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series

by Kipling, Rudyard

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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Going To the Doctor (First Experiences Series)

Going To the Doctor (First Experiences Series)

by Fred Rogers

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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… Read More
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us

by Leaf, Munro

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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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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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Little May and Her Friend Conscience
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience

by Marianne Parrot

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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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