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ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE SUNNY SOUTH OR WONDER TALES OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY A Visit to the Scenes and Associations of the Early American Settlements in the Southern States and the West Indies by Butterworth, Hezekiah - 1887
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ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE SUNNY SOUTH OR WONDER TALES OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY A Visit to the Scenes and Associations of the Early American Settlements in the Southern States and the West Indies
by Butterworth, Hezekiah
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Boston, MA: Estes & Lauriat. 1887. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Foxing on endpapers. Bookstore stamp; B&W Illustrations; 320 pages .
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The Secret At Shadow Ranch
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Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1950; 8vo, 203 pgs. Fifth entry in the Nancy Drew mystery series. Blue boards, Nancy silhouette at center right of front board, spyglass silhouette end papers, blue topstain, b&w frontispiece illustration by R. H. Tandy. Wraparound dust jacket cover art by Bill Gillies with publisher’s punch hole to remove the numbering error for this volume. Lists to "Secret Of The Wooden Lady" on front flap, and twenty Judy Bolton titles on the back flap ending with "The Warning On The Window." Illustrated back panel advertises eight Dana Girls Mysteries, ending with "The Clue In The Cobweb." Very Good Plus, clean, crisp, bright, binding tight, sound, and square, corners sharp, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind, in a bright Very Good dust jacket that has miniscule chipping at the topmost edge of the spine panel and a 3/8" closed edge tear at the upper left corner of the back panel. An attractive copy.
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By the Shores of Silver Lake
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939. Stated Fourth Edition 8vo size pictorial hardcover; 260 toned, deckle edged pages with color frontispiece and some black and white illustrations throughout. Color patterned endpapers feature strawberry, leaf and flower in blue and white. Lovely vintage bookplate on fep has Robin Hood, Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio and others near and open book on a bookshelf. Owner's name below. Bumped head and heel of spine and worn corners. Pages 242/243 and 246/247 look as if they were not cut by the publisher and were trimmed subsequently, with page 243 and 247 overhanging the other pages slightly. Binding appears a little loose at pages 152/153 where you can see the webbing through the stitches, but there are no loose pages. Fingermark in the margin of page 4, tiny spot in the far margin of page 75 and a small light spot on top of book and on bottom of book. . 4th. Cloth. Acceptable/No Jacket. Illus. by Sewell, Helen & Mildred Boyle. 8vo - over…
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Summerland.
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The Log of the Flying-Fish (1887)
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First US edition, likely second printing, decorative hardcover, circa 1887/88. Identification of first editions is complicated and is partially addressed below. Overall condition is good. Boards show moderate patina, wear especially to edges and corners. Prior owner's stamp on front blank, moderate foxing to title page and last few pages of ads, occasional smudge, no tears or folds. Hinges and gutters starting but should hold with proper handling. Paginates: blanks, 384, 24, blanks plus 12 unpaginated plates. All edges gilt. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Popular British author with this title being one of his better known works. An example of early science fiction with a flying submarine. More Notes: True 1st ed. are 1887 by Blackie & Son, London with 1887 date on title page. Most US 1st edition books in this series had a date on the title page but is not the case with this title. This copy with "Christmas, 1886" date at top of ads in back. The first ad is for G. A. Henty's…
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The Secret At Shadow Ranch
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Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1950; 8vo, 203 pgs. Fifth entry in the Nancy Drew mystery series. Blue boards, Nancy silhouette at center right of front board, spyglass silhouette end papers, blue topstain, b&w frontispiece illustration by R. H. Tandy. Wraparound dust jacket cover art by Bill Gillies with publisher’s punch hole to remove the numbering error for this volume. Lists to "Secret Of The Wooden Lady" on front flap, and twenty Judy Bolton titles on the back flap ending with "The Warning On The Window." Illustrated back panel advertises eight Dana Girls Mysteries, ending with "The Clue In The Cobweb." Very Good Plus, clean, crisp, bright, binding tight, sound, and square, corners sharp, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind, in a bright Very Good dust jacket that has miniscule chipping at the topmost edge of the spine panel and a 3/8" closed edge tear at the upper left corner of the back panel. An attractive copy.
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By the Shores of Silver Lake
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939. Stated Fourth Edition 8vo size pictorial hardcover; 260 toned, deckle edged pages with color frontispiece and some black and white illustrations throughout. Color patterned endpapers feature strawberry, leaf and flower in blue and white. Lovely vintage bookplate on fep has Robin Hood, Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio and others near and open book on a bookshelf. Owner's name below. Bumped head and heel of spine and worn corners. Pages 242/243 and 246/247 look as if they were not cut by the publisher and were trimmed subsequently, with page 243 and 247 overhanging the other pages slightly. Binding appears a little loose at pages 152/153 where you can see the webbing through the stitches, but there are no loose pages. Fingermark in the margin of page 4, tiny spot in the far margin of page 75 and a small light spot on top of book and on bottom of book. . 4th. Cloth. Acceptable/No Jacket. Illus. by Sewell, Helen & Mildred Boyle. 8vo - over…
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The Log of the Flying-Fish (1887)
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First US edition, likely second printing, decorative hardcover, circa 1887/88. Identification of first editions is complicated and is partially addressed below. Overall condition is good. Boards show moderate patina, wear especially to edges and corners. Prior owner's stamp on front blank, moderate foxing to title page and last few pages of ads, occasional smudge, no tears or folds. Hinges and gutters starting but should hold with proper handling. Paginates: blanks, 384, 24, blanks plus 12 unpaginated plates. All edges gilt. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Popular British author with this title being one of his better known works. An example of early science fiction with a flying submarine. More Notes: True 1st ed. are 1887 by Blackie & Son, London with 1887 date on title page. Most US 1st edition books in this series had a date on the title page but is not the case with this title. This copy with "Christmas, 1886" date at top of ads in back. The first ad is for G. A. Henty's…
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Zigzag Journeys in the Sunny South; or, Wonder Tales of Early American History.
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Boston:: Estes and Lauriat,, 1887.. publisher's boards illustrated in color.. Large old ink gift inscription; edges of boards rubbed with corners rounded and worn; tight and sound.. Large 8vo,. Fully Illustrated (from engravings)..
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Martin Luther King Jr: A Picture Story
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Tarzan and the Forbidden City
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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
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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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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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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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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
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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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