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New York: Camelot / Avon. Very Good. 1974. Third Printing. Paperback. 0380000997 . Third printing, softcover. Pages all intact and clean other than previous owner's name written small on first endpage. Age tannning to pages and inside covers. Cover has scuffing, light edge/corner wear, small tear across spine and some spotting/soiling to rear cover. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Benjie and his friend Ezzie have often discussed what they would do if an octopus or a crocodile attacked them - but whatever is Benjie to do in the worst emergency of all, when Hammerman, the biggest boy in the school, is asking for a fight? The author also wrote "The TV Kid" and "The Cybil War". (115os, 5-18) .

Toronto: Little, Brown & Company. Good. 1964. Hardcover. Bedtime Story-Book series. Hardcover, no jacket as issued. Coer has some wear and bumping to spine ends and corners, with some paper loss at outer corners. Small tears to spine ends. Light soiling. Pages are all intact, a couple pages have light soiling. Several earmarks, one small edge tear and name written on first page. Harrison Cady illustrations. Happy Jack Squirrel & Prickly Porky make some new friends and set off for new adventures.... (200os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Toronto: Tricycle Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 1582460809 . Ex-library book, but still in very nice condition - overall wear is very light. Gorgeous illustrations throughout. Usual ex-library markings, including laminated cover and front and spine sticker. ; ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; From Booklist: Gr. 3-6. "The snow slowed the world, the Navajo world, " begins this picture book for older readers, originally published in 1977, which has been reissued with new illustrations. Told in verse, it follows 11-year-old Alice Yazzie through 12 months on the reservation, where she lives with her grandfather. The spare, atmospheric poetry (one poem for each month) vividly describes the landscape and Alice's activities, often with startling intimacy. At times, Alice's perspective is political (she speaks out against Columbus in school) ; at other times it is lyrical (lightning is "ghosts chasing their… Read More

Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385322755 . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Scuffing and light edgewear to jacket. Pages are clean and a few pages are lightly wrinkled from reading. Colour illus. "Chesworth's (Archibald Frisby) cartoon artwork, an homage to the Jazz Age, adds an effervescent charm to Quattlebaum's (Jazz, Pizzazz, and the Silver Threads) tongue-in-cheek tale of an eccentric family attempting to pull off a surprise party. The narrator, a "take-charge kind of girl, " has to overcome the inefficiency of both Aunt CeeCee, who "slapdashes at the very last minute" (she's too busy reading movie magazines to mail the invitations) , and Aunt Belle, who "nitpicks the tiniest things" (finding just the right streamers becomes an obsession). The artwork brims with period details, from spats to flapper dresses and cloche… Read More

London: Heinemann. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Scarce hardcover edition. By the author of Morning's at Seven. Ex-library with only partial spine sticker to jacket . A few other library markings and partially removed back pocket with some glue residue. Edgewear very light - jacket clean, tiny peeled area on spine, light soiling outer edge of pages, not price clipped. Pages all intact and clean other than the library stamps, 3 lines underlined on 2nd to last page and a little soiling on first endpage. Gaylord, that incredibly charming 7 year old, handles everyone (or so he imagines) with devilish cunning. It's only in Momma that he meets his match - and though he would be horrified by the suggestion, in his small cousin, the dreaded Emma. For, with appalling suddenness, the close-knit Pentecost household is disrupted by the arrival of three young visitors: David, an enignma; the lovely Jenny, who to Momma's alarm, "likes mature… Read More

London: Paul Hamlyn. Very Good. 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Internal pages are clean & tight. Cover has moderate edge/corner wear, a little creasing, light corner curling. Bessie has a new mystery to solve involving some stolen gold. (*shipping will be reduced on this lighter book) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: Paul Hamlyn. Good+. 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Internal pages are clean & tight other than a little soiling inside cover. Cover has moderate edge/corner wear, some corner curling, creasing to rear, light soiling. The girls discover that their school-mistress has helped her brother to escape from Kenmarsh Prison. They decide to help her , but a spiteful 'informer' at school tells the police. (*shipping will be reduced on this lighter book) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Whitman. Good. 1968. Hardcover. The Story of Walt Disney's Movie, Pictorial, adapted from the screenplay by Bill Walsh & Don DaGradi & based on the book by Ben Stahl. Illustrated by Al Anderson. Book has had some minor water damage, which has caused light wrinkling to back cover and waviness of pages. Cover has light edgewear & corner bumping, part of an old price sticker & light soiling. Interior pages have some age yellowing and are clean & tight. Pages all turn freely. Interior covers have some yellowing and light wrinkling. A couple pages have ear marks. 138 pages. A good reading copy. (280osl) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Bloomsbury. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 0747560781 . Ex-library book, but still in excellent condition - only very light wear overall, usual ex-lib type markings. Light soiling to rear jacket. Water colour illustrations throughout. From Booklist: K-Gr. 3. Bruna, a solitary child, is always cold. Nothing seems to warm her: not a log fire, not central heating, not hot water bottles, not the 18 blankets on her bed, not even Red Hot Fireball candies. One day Bruna finds a bear drowning in the river and forces herself into the icy water to save her. As she cares for the bear and befriends her, Bruna finds herself growing warmer and warmer, until she never feels cold again.... (535) ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

Avon Books. Good. 1971. Eighth Printing. Softcover. Ex-school library with laminated cover and back pocket, usual type markings. Light edgewear, light soiling. Internal pages tight and clean other than very light stain which affects bottom edge of numerous pages. Several small corner creases. B/w illus. "A crazy adventures of the Old West. Set in 1849 during the California Gold Rush. Young Jack Flagg sets off to discover gold and restore the fortunes of his aunt Arabella! Walt Disney movie starring Roddy McDowell & Karl Malden". (*Shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Garrard Publishing Company. Good. 1965. Hardcover. Hardcover with illustrated boards, no jacket. Light wear to edges & corners. Cover is soiled and front has 2 light scratches. Interior pages have some light soiling and a couple of earmarks. A small stamp on 1st page and a marked out stamp on top edge of pages are the only indication of this being an ex-library book. Great colour illustrations. The story of the eccentric Captain Abner and his pet swordfish Henry Q, who he trained to help him catch fish. (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 8vo .

Hyperion. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0786824891 . Ex-library book, but still in very nice condition - mylar cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Pages are clean and tight, overall wear is light. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; "When Hallie and David decide they want a pet cow, their father reluctantly agrees. After all, the children have promised to take care of it, and it will be an educational experience for everybody. But as the family brings their new pet home to their farm, they can't even begin to imagine how educational the experience of living with Cassie will turn out to be. The cow won't produce milk, and the kids try everything. And then they hit upon the solution: Beethoven....." (400noto) .

Grosset & Dunlap. Good in Good dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. May be a first or early printing as front flap has only plot summary & no list of titles; back flap has plot summary for The Vicki Barr series & several titles from that series.. DJ has light edgewear and a few small chips. It does have some substantial water marking which is most noticeable on the back of DJ, inside of DJ and on the front flap and back corner. It can be noticed a little on jacket front, and top edge is slightly wrinkled. HC in reddish-brown tweed has light edge & cornerwear, very light watermarks on front (you have to look for them) otherwise cover very clean, light soiling outer edge of pages. Interior clean & tight. First endpage to title page are slightly wrinkled. After the end of World War II, Cherry returned home to Hilton, Illinois, and then began to work at a hospital for wounded veterans. She helped solve the problems of her new friends the Demerests and their son Toby. (380noto) ; 8vo .

Grosset & Dunlap. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. Early reprint. Reddish-brown HC has moderate edge & corner wear. It has some light water marking along front edge and across back but is not wrinkled. Interior pages clean & tight, last 2 pages are slightly wrinkled. DJ has considerable edgewear and several tears/chips, watermarking/staining to rear and both flaps. Front flap shows 13 Cherry Ames titles up to Clinic Nurse and back cover shows 7 Vicki Barr titles. This is the 4th title in the Cherry Ames series. (380noto) ; 8vo .

New York: Macmillan. Good in Good dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library with usual stamps & stickers, jacket attached to book, back pocket. Light edgewear, light soiling & scuffing to cover. Interior pages clean & tight, other than library markings. Light tape marking inside covers. B/w illus. Juvenile fiction, ages 8 & up. The adventures of a young Chinese girl living in San Francisco. Last of the Once-Upon-A-Time-in-America series. (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall .

London: The Children's Press. Very Good+. 1968. Hardcover. Light wear to spine ends & corners, corner bumping, interior clean & tight, age tanning to pages. This is an ex-library book, with no markings to outside and a few stamps inside. From the Boys' & Girls' library of adventure stories. The day girls at Chester House battle with the boarders! The boarders resented the freedom the day girls had and treated them like inferiors. This comes to a head when tensions and tempers reach the breaking point! (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 8vo .

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0152195416 . Harcourt Brace 1981, 2nd printing. Hardcover. Ex-library book, but still in quite good condition, usual ex-lib type markings. Light edge and corner wear. Internal pages very good other than light soiling near front and small library stamp marked out with black marker. Colour illus.... Just as if they were happening on a Victorian stage, here are the humorous adventures of the legendary Old Mother Hubbard and her amazing canine friend. [470]; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Scholastic. Very Good. 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Light wear to edges/corners, interior clean & tight, colour illus., age tanning of pages."Dick Whittington wants to run away - away from the dirty city, away from the mean cook who beats him, away from the rats who keep him awake at night. But the bells call him back: Ding dong! Ding Dong! Turn again Whittington Three times Lord Mayor of London". (**Shipping will be reduced on this item); 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Self Published. Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 1550562207 . Signed by author and illustrator on endpage. Cover has light edgewear and some creasing. Came with 3, 2" pin-on Dinosaurs are Delicious buttons, all with different designs. These were pinned on various pages and left tiny tears and wrinkling to several upper corners. These have now been neatly taped. The buttons are included. Pages are otherwise unmarked. Part of the time capsule series. "When EEK & her friends find themselves transported to a strange prehistoric world, little did they suspect that her friend's unique talents would save them from becoming dinosaur munchies!" Historically accurate, characters are fictitious. (os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author & Illustrator .

Quarry Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919627412 . Hardcover with illustrated boards, no jacket as issued. Ex-library with usual stamps & stickers in very good condition. Light corner wear, light scuffing of cover, one scratch on back. Interior clean & unmarked other than lib stamps. Charming b/w illustrations throughout. Non-paginated. "Klein's poetry for children sings as he tells the history and recounts the legends of the Jewish tradition. Doctor Dwarf is full of gaiety, jokes and word games, inhabited by royal pedlars, learned goats, and dancing prophets. The book is at once a delightful entertainment and an enlightening multicultural education for children of all ages. (os) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .