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Great Britain: Dragon's World. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 1850281416 . HC/DJ - near fine. Hardcover is clean and unmarked, light wear to bottom corners. Jacket fine other than slight bruising to edges and a little scuffing. Beautiful Ashman colour illustrations throughout. A handsome copy of this attractive Alice classic. "Here is a world brimful of mystery and magic, with each page turned becoming curiouser and curiouser...." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Great Britain: Dragon's World. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 1850281424 . Dragon's World 1990 edition, same ISBN. HC/DJ - near fine. Hardcover is clean and tight, slight corner wear/bumping. Jacket has a little edge bruising, light scuffing, one small tear to rear, not clipped. 96 pages. Gorgeous Ashman colour illustrations throughout. A lovely edition of this Alice classic. The Mad Hatter, the Mock Turtle, and of course the Cheshire Cat are all here, flitting through eccentric tea parties, lobster quadrilles and investigations into the theft of certain tarts. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Rand Mcnally. Very Good. 1954. Softcover. Copyright 1954, later reprint. Softcover illustrated by Milo Winter. Clean, bright copy. Light edge and corner wear, scuffing of cover, price stroked out in black. Two crease marks on bottom corner. Few light stains on outside of pages, few small creases on upper right corner of pages. Contents are clean and tight. (390noto) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages .

Coward - Mccann, Inc.. Good. 1946. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Library buckram binding with illustrated front, no jacket as issued. Very good cover with good minus interior. Cover has light soiling, few light ink markings, a little rubbing to title area. Pages have a rew earmarks and quite a few soiled pages, especially in first half of book. One page has a long taped tear and a bit of text is missing from the middle. Pages are otherwise intact. B/w illustrations. An authentic first-hand account of a journey to Mars in the space-ship Albatross, compiled from notes and records by various members of the expedition, and now assembled and edited for publication. From manuscripts made available by Stephen MacFarlane. (415noto) ; 8vo .

Fitzhenry and Whiteside. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 155041531x . Very nice condition - hardcover clean and unnmarked. Jacket has very light edgewear and a little scuffing. Pages clean and unmarked. Colour illustrations. "The hero of this farmyard fantasy, Merlin, is not a typical kitten. No one knows who his natural mother is, but Guinevere, the oldest hen in the barn, is perfectly willing to take the frail kitten under her wing. Despite the genuine love that Guinevere showers on him, though, Merlin can_t grow and thrive on seeds and grains. When a little girl visits the farm, Guinevere grasps at the chance to give Merlin a home where he will be safe and cared for as a cat should be. Merlin never forgets the love Guinevere gave him and the debt he owes her...." [420-osl] ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 36 pages .

Scholastic. Very Good+. 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Clean, tight condition. Pages clean and unmarked, age tanning to pages and inside covers. Cover has light scuffing, very light edgewear and a few light creases. "Somewhere aboard their space ship is an alien - an alien who has killed a crew member and taken over his body! It looks like, talks like, acts like a man ... But It plans to destroy Earth!" 10 SciFi short stories. (110os) ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

Hippo Fantasy. Good+. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 059013339X . Moderate wear to edges and corners, light creasing, rubbing to edges. Interior pages are clean, one page seen with small tear and creasing. 245 pages plus booklists. Juvenile to Young Adult reading. In the deep forests of another world there lives a Crystal Keeper. He is entrusted with a sacred task, a task so vital to the survival of that land, that it would be unthinkable should something go wrong.... (noto) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Hodder Children's Books. Fine. 2000. Softcover. 0340788631 . Excellent condition, clean with no markings, a little scuffing, slight corner wear to cover.. B/w illus. "Newly arrived in the countryside from the horrors of Jupiter's lair, the Deptford Mice find themselves once again facing terrifying evil, as they are embroiled in a series of horrible murders..." 289 pages. Ages 8-13+. (250-noto) ; 8vo .

DAW. Good+. 1983. First Edition; Third Printing. Softcover. 0879978848 . Pages clean and intact, age tanning to pages and inside covers. Several bookstore stamps inside front cover. Cover has moderate edge and corner wear, scuffing and a few small creases, age tanning and light soiling to rear. Zeth Farris' father had been the first channel - the first Sime to extract selyn, the elixir of life, from a Gen without killing and Zeth's life-long ambition had been to emulate his father..... (127os) ; A Sime/gen Novel; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Sea Star Books. Near Fine. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 1587171120 . Excellent condition, clean, no markings, light scuffing, slight corner wear to cover. "In the British tradition of Redwall comes this first novel of a trilogy that is sure to capture fans both young and old. In the sewers of Deptford, there lurks a dark presence that fills the tunnels with fear. The rats worship it in the blackness and name it "Jupiter, Lord of All. " Into this twilight realm wanders a small and frightened mouse-the unwitting trigger of a chain of events that hurtles the Deptford mice into a world of heroic adventure and terror. " Ages 8 to 13. (385-noto) ; 8vo .

Stoddart. Very Good+. 1997. Softcover. 0773758887 . Stoddart edition, same ISBN. Very nice condition. Pages clean with no markings. Cover has a little scuffing and a couple small light creases. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 184 pages; "This impressive first novel is pure, scary excitement. For classmates Emily and Craig and their teacher, genteel Miss Potts, summer begins routinely enough: Emily tends her rambunctious brother, Craig decides to look up a friend, and Miss Potts closes down the classroom. On one of the desks she finds a mysterious old playbill. Soon, all three are beset by frightening premonitions. Something dangerous, something connected with the past is about to happen. As tension builds, the characters' separate stories come together, seemingly forced by the evil designs of a strange magician who appeared in the town some 50 years before. Together or alone, they must resist him. No deeply embedded meanings are uncovered by the end; this is simply a… Read More

Edmonton: Plains Publishing. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0920985157 . Signed by author on title page. HC/DJ - near fine/fine. Hardcover has slight fading to edges. Interior clean other than four small blue ink markings on endpage. Jacket has light scuffing/light scratches, no tears. Colour illustrations. When Edmond discovers the "talent stone", it lets him become the best there is at whatever he chooses. He goes from one adventure to the next, and the time finally comes when he must choose the talent that will remain with him for the rest of his life. (400os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

NJ: Unicorn Press. Very Good. 1985. Softcover. 0881010235 . Light edge and corner wear to cover, old price sticker on front. Interior clean and intact, except for one page which has a small amount of colouring on it (very neatly done) , otherwise clean. Stories retold by Chip Deffaa. A Story and Coloring Book with awesome b&w line art opposite a fantasy text. About 48 pages. Stories included: Tiny Tim, Hansel & Grethel, Jack the Giant Killer, The Little Mermaid, Thor & Hymir, Ride of the Valkyrie, An Evil Wizard Goes Wrong, Stonehenge, Arthur Raises the Sword, The Way it is With Unicorns and several others. [400-osl] ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Nostalgia Press. Good. 1978. First Edition. Softcover. 0878970304 . Reprint. Good cover with very good interior. (4to - 11-13" tall) . Cover has moderate edge and corner wear, small tear on bottom front, light soiling, light stains to rear. Long peeled area along spine on rear cover and rubbing to other edges. Interior pages are tight and unmarked other than a stain inside back cover which affects last page and cover and lightly to two previous pages. Color & b/w illustrations. Non-paginated. "Alex Raymond created a noble hero, a fair maiden, a crazed scientist and a very evil villain. He then set them down on a planet racing through space and filled with a thousand wondrous science fiction marvels. Enjoy all the excitement of the 1930's again!"; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

NJ: Unicorn Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Pictorial Boards, no jacket as issued. Signature Reproduced on Dedication Page. Cover has light edgewear, some scuffing & light soiling to rear and spine, a little soiling to outer edge of pages. Interior clean, tight & unmarked. Full page b/w & color illustrations throughout. Non-paginated. Nine classic ghost stories retold with 20 exquisite illustrations Sturrock. Stories included: Lost Hearts by M. R. James; The Judge's House by Bram Stoker; The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs; The German Student by Washington Irving; The Romance of Certain Old Clothes by Henry James; and others... [585]; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0671746901 . Light edge & corner wear to jacket, some scuffing to jacket and wrinkled of back flap. Internally, two partially loose pages have been neatly repaired with tape. Pages are clean, there are no markings & two pages have light wrinkling. Publisher's Note: Fractured to hilarious perfection, Dom DeLuise's retelling of this famous fairy tale puts a smile on your face and meat on your bones. Along with his own spin of the Goldilocks story (it's pasta e fagioli, not porridge, that gets her juices flowing) , the comedian and noted culinary expert includes a few delicious recipes. The droll illustrations add just the right amount of spice. In actor/comedian Dom Deluise's hilarious and irreverent retelling of an old favorite, a spoiled and headstrong Goldilocks leaves her homework undone and travels to the bears' forest cottage, where porridge is replaced… Read More

HarperCollins UK. Good. 2001. Softcover. 000710863x . Ex-library. Pages are clean, none are loose. Cover has several creases, wear to edges and corner curling. Reading copy. The Dark Forest is a world. Cities, towns and villages exist like islands in a green sea, while in the Forest itself live hermits, wizards and all manner of weird and wonderful creatures - some invented, some strangely familiar. The story of Will, swineherd and whipping boy to the ghastly Symon, who constantly reminds him of the awful time he's going to have when he accompanies Symon to Knyghtschool. Fate lends a hand, when Will instead finds himself on a quest with the mysterious Rune-master, to recover the lost treasure of the Dark Forest - a quest which is far more dangerous! Comedy fantasy series written for children, with a bit of an edge. [200-noto]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages .

Doubleday. Good in Good dust jacket;. 1971. Not First Edition. Hardcover. 0385063768 . Ex-library book, but still in good condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings, jacket attached to book. Jacket and hardcover have light edgewear and scuffing. Interior clean other than library markings and some glue residue inside rear cover from pocket removal. A couple of the library stamps marked through with black marker. "Cooney's illustrations add an exciting dimension to this translation of one of the oldest known stories of the ancient Greeks - Hermes, the sly, clever, quick-tongued messenger of the gods...." [533] ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Scholastic Inc. Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0590254774 . Pages clean and unmarked. Cover has light edge and corner wear and a few creases. ; Chronicles of Narnia; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages; "THIS IS THE STORY OF AN ADVENTURE that happened in Narnia and Calormen and the lands between, in the Golden Age when Peter was High King in Narnia and his brother and his two sisters were King and Queens under him." [165-osl] .

London: Usborne Publishing. Near Fine. 1997. Softcover. 0746027338 . Very nice condition, clean and unmarked. Cover has a little wear to edges and light scuffing. Colour & b/w illus. Deep in the heart of enemy territory, Jason and his fearless crew, the Argonauts, do battle with giants, dragons, monsters and a merciless sea god to bring the legendary Golden Fleece back to Greece. Juvenile/Young adult. [osl-325]; 4to 11" - 13" tall .