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The Inevitability of Spiders and Flies
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The Inevitability of Spiders and Flies

by Sally and Jennifer Nixon

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
None
Edition
First Edition, so stated
Published
2013
Binding
Hardcover does not have a dust jacket (as issued?)
ISBN
9780615829531
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This is the Author's First Book. Sally raised money to publish this children's book for her thesis. Her sister Jennifer is the writer and she is the illustrator. It is inscribed on the FFEP and includes four 5 7/8" x 4 1/4" prints from the book which are signed on the backside. This book was printed in a limited number… Read more about this item
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The Island of the Skog
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The Island of the Skog

by Steven Kellogg

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Pied Piper Printing 1976
Published
1976
Binding
Hardcover with Dust Jacket
ISBN
9780803738423
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Signed copy with a drawing and a crease on FFEP. Tape discolored. Near Fine with Mylar covering on dust jacket. No names or other markings. 0973 on back flap. First Pied Piper Printing 1976 - First Thus. Originally published by Dial Books for Young Readers in 1973. Dial is listed on the title page.
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Twelve Days of Christmas
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Twelve Days of Christmas

by Leigh Grant

Condition
Used - Very Good -
Jacket Condition
Very Good -
Edition
No edition or printing line
Published
1995
Binding
8 1/2 x 11 1/4 illustrated hardcover with dust jacket.
ISBN
9780810938816
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£9.56

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The first two pics are with the dust jacket, the next two without. Boards are in excellent condition. The pages were roughly opened with creasing and some ink transfer along the foredge. Please see front free end paper for creasing and color loss. No writing. Dust jacket has some wear along the top edge with the center top bent forward.… Read more about this item
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Walt Disney 101 Dalmatians
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Walt Disney 101 Dalmatians

by Carl Buettner (Adapted from Dodie Smith)

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
none
Edition
First Thus
Published
1961
Binding
A Big Golden Book - Hardcover
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£10.35

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First Thus - first edition of this version by Walt Disney Studios. Large picture book has color pictures on the cover insides, title page and 27 story pages in Very Good condition with no writing. Boards are in FAIR condition. Spine, corners and edges very worn, see photos. Some soiling and remnants of an old price sticker front side, a… Read more about this item
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Blue Jackets or
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Blue Jackets or

by G. Manville Fenn

Condition
Used - Fair
Jacket Condition
None
Edition
New Edition
Published
No Date (circa 1912)
Binding
Cloth covered boards with paste down on cover and spine.
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A rare New Edition published by Henry Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, London in FAIR condition. Copyright by Richard Clay & Sons. Book is complete, however; page 15/16 is detached and laid in. There is a 16 pp. Catalogue at the end of the book. Boys and Girls Books by this publisher. Binding has numerous deficiencies including tears along the… Read more about this item
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Little Don Pedro
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Little Don Pedro

by Helen Holland Graham

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good-
Edition
Assumed First American Edition - 1959 Printed in the U.S.A.
Published
1959
Binding
Hardcover with Dust Jacket
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£99.55

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Price on flap is $2.95. Please see photos of the dust jacket. I rated it as Very Good-. The book is Near Fine. No writing. Top corners bumped. Some light stains on page 7 - photo 11. Copyright date 1959, no other date given. Printed in the U.S.A. Backgrounds of the pictures are in color. The inside of the cover… Read more about this item
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Golden Song Book
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Golden Song Book

by Katherine Tyler Wessells

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good-
Edition
First Printing, so stated
Published
1945
Binding
9 x 11 1/4" Hardcover with Dust Jacket - 76 pages.
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Back dust flap states, " Buy U.S. Savings Stamps and War Bonds". 1945 Edition with First Printing on copyright page. Front flap states, This edition specially bound in cloth $1.50". Sticker Price on cover is 2.45. No writing inside. Songs listed on flaps. Illustrated end papers discolored from age. Dust jacket has a closed tear about 3/4" at top and… Read more about this item
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The Favorite Works of Mark Twain
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The Favorite Works of Mark Twain

by Mark Twain

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
DeLuxe - Revised. Made from the original plates.
Published
1935
Binding
Hardcover, top edges dyed red, with dust jacket.
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£19.91

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Book is becoming scarce with the dust jacket which is very worn with tears at spine edges and corners and has a scrape on the backside. Hardcover book looks nice but has bent edges on the spine ends. Top pages dyed red. Previous owners stamp inside cover mostly covered by the flap which has 2095 at the top. There is… Read more about this item
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Son Riley Rabbit and Little Girl
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Son Riley Rabbit and Little Girl

by Grace MacGowan Cooke

Condition
Used - Good-
Jacket Condition
None
Edition
Third Copyright
Published
1907
Binding
Hardcover boards with oval paper illustration.
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Third printing in Good- condition. Cover illustration in nice condition. Boards worn at corners and edges with some soiling. Front paper torn inside cover. Front pages loose at bottom. One page stuck together and torn apart. Some pages have a tear at the bottom. Some ink type dirty hand stains mostly at the end. Some of the back cover paper… Read more about this item
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Drawn to Enchant
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Drawn to Enchant

by Timothy G. Young

Condition
New
Jacket Condition
New Shrink-wrapped
Edition
First
Published
2007
Binding
Oversized hardcover with dust jacket.
ISBN
9780300126730
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£31.86

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New Book. Shrink-wrap has split open along the foredge.
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Sorceror's vs. Sorcerer's  - Ancestor last word on page 332).
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Sorceror's vs. Sorcerer's - Ancestor last word on page 332).

by J. K. Rowling

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
States First American Edition June, 1999
Published
June, 1999
Binding
Hardcover - Dust Jacket provided from same month and year $19.95.
ISBN
9780439064866
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States First American Edition June, 1999. Printing Line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4. Opposite title page Rowling's first book Sorcerer's misspelled Sorceror's. Last word on page 332 is Ancestor, later changed to Descendent. This book had No dust jacket. I found another book with a Near Fine Dust Jacket that also… Read more about this item
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Hansel and Gretel
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Hansel and Gretel

by Oscar Weigle, Adaptions by

Condition
Used - Good+
Jacket Condition
None as Issued
Edition
First Thus (First in this format)
Published
1970
Binding
A board book for very young readers.
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£17.52

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Gift inscription on top of title page . Rest of book is in Very Good shape . Remnants of old price sticker with pucker on cover .
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Gabriel Finley & The Raven's Pride Autographed Copy Anderson's Bookshop Label
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Gabriel Finley & The Raven's Pride Autographed Copy Anderson's Bookshop Label

by George Hagen

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition so stated
Published
2014
Binding
Hardcover with Dust Jacket
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Dust Jacket has multiple creases as well as the Bookstore Sticker which authenticates the autograph. Tears at top and bottom back corner at back flap. Stated First Edition with First Printing Line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1. DW Worn along the top edge. Book Near Fine with untrimmed leaves. Tiny Nick in the cover front… Read more about this item
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Tom Swift In The Caves of Ice or The Wreck of The Airship
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Tom Swift In The Caves of Ice or The Wreck of The Airship

by Victor Appleton

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
None
Edition
First Edition
Published
1911
Binding
Cloth Hardcover, No Dust Jacket
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1911 First Edition. Some creased page tips, foxing, edge tear free end paper, some wear to spine and soiling.
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Lost on the Moon
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Lost on the Moon

by Roy Rockwood

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
None
Edition
Assumed First, No other printing, top page edges dyed red
Published
1911
Binding
Pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket
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Rubbed edges and corners with bent under edges of spine. Hinge is split at title page. One dog eared page. About a half inch closed tear page 120. Cupples & Leon Co on spine. Top edge is red. Back cover has a small red spot. No dust jacket. Title page and Contents page have a small tear along the bottom… Read more about this item
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Cherry Tree Children School Edition - Publisher's Review Copy Circa 1914
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Cherry Tree Children School Edition - Publisher's Review Copy Circa 1914

by Mary Frances Blaisdell

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
none
Edition
First Thus, school edition (copyright 1912 Little, Brown, & Co.)
Published
1914
Binding
Hardcover boards.
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Contains a book plate inside the cover which states,"With the compliments of Little, Brown, & Company Litst Price 40 cents net Price in Quantities 32 cents (signed) Marjorie Johnson". The preface contains the sales pitch as to why this book is better than a regular primer or first reader for the very youngest children. There is NO dust jacket. Some color… Read more about this item
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higgledy-piggledy island Catalogue No. 451 Bancroft
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higgledy-piggledy island Catalogue No. 451 Bancroft

by Edward Pagram

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
none
Edition
no other printing listed
Published
1963
Binding
Illustrated Hardcover
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Illustrated hardcover has a large sticker pull, some small soil spots and some corner and edge wear. No dust jacket present. Inside has some soiling or foxing. Partial crease on title page. Ships with delivery confirmation.
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Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures
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Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures

by Arthur Rackham

Condition
Used - Dust Jacket Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
1927 edition
Published
1927
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£398.20

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Dust jacket has wear along the edges with small tears. There is a piece of tape on the spine along with reinforcement tape inside of dust jacket. Bottem edge of HC is bent. Dust jacket has some scratches and some creasing. Reinforcement binding was added inside front end page and next page. Dust jacket and pages of book have some… Read more about this item
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Big Tiger & Christian
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Big Tiger & Christian

by Fritz Muhlenweg (Translated from the Germans by Isabel and Florence MacHugh)

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
good
Edition
States First Printed in Great Britian 1954
Published
1954
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Corner of back dust jacket states, "BIG TIGER & CHRISTIAN MUHLENWEG CAPE 15s, net. Dust jacket is very worn along top & bottom edges of spine and corners wtih small tears. Edges are worn. Back sisde of dj. is soiled and has water stain marks. Top pages dyed brown, foredge has some soiling, bottom pages are scraped. A couple… Read more about this item
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The Playful Little Dog A Sculptured Cover Wonder Book with plastic comb binding
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The Playful Little Dog A Sculptured Cover Wonder Book with plastic comb binding

by Jean Horton Berg

Condition
Used - Good+, Very Good-
Edition
1951, shown as the first in a series of sculptured cover books w
Published
1951
Binding
Hardcover with plastic comb binding.
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Cover has some scratches, edge and corner wear, movement marks and a little bit of soiling. HC inside corners by spiral are bent and the inside front and last page corners are creased above the first spiral. Inside, the paper is discolored from age. There is about a 1 1/2" line of a chocolate type stain which transfered to the… Read more about this item
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