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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 .

Fearon Pitman. Very Good. 1979. First Edition. Softcover. 0822453614 . Pages clean and intact. Cover has light soiling and light edgewear. B/w illus. "His B-17 was a sitting duck ... Captain Clay Denison of the U. S. Army was shot down. In the hospital . Blind. Any minute now the Germans would fly over England - to bomb the Prime Minister's home. Clay has no way to stop ... Except for ...the Animals! Juvenile fiction. ; Pacemaker Bestellers Book; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 58 pages; (*lower shipping available on this lighter itme) [82-osl] .

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

Fawcett Juniper. Good. 1990. 0449703401 . Moderate edge & corner wear, small chip & tear across spine area onto back cover, light creasing/soiling, small stain top edge of back cover. Interior unmarked other than name inside front cover. (**Shipping will be reduced to all locations). Most young girls' experiences never involve hunting bearded seals on the ice, even within the Alaskan Eskimo culture. In Scott O'Dell's gripping novel, Bright Dawn is an exception. In her father's eyes, she became his son's replacement ever since her brother drowned. When Bright Dawn is 18 years old, her father, recently injured, insists that she take his place in the Iditarod, the famous Alaskan dogsled race covering more than a thousand miles between Anchorage and Nome. Unflinching, yet trembling in her mukluks, she faces her challenge head-on. (Ages 9 to 12) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: Paul Hamlyn. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. Third Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover fine other than very light soiling outer edge of pages and age tanning to page edges. B/w illus. Jacket has light edgewear, clean & bright, not clipped. From some of the world's most famous authors come 20 great stories of adventure, mystery and heroism on the high seas. Includes stories by Frank Knight, Charles Kingsley, Daniel Defoe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, H. G. Wells and others.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Scholastic. Very Good+. 1977. First Edition. Softcover. light edge/corner wear, creasing to rear cover, light soiling. Internal pages are tight and unmarked, age tanning to pages. B/w illustrations by Nancy Lou Reynolds. A freak accident lands a magnificent black Great Dane and three puppies in the wilderness, where the puppies are trapped in an underground cave. Saladin risks everything to get food, while his owners desperately search for him. Then he, too, is trapped by a rock slide....Set in the wilds of Vancouver Island. (*shipping will be reduced on this lighter book) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Scholastic. Very Good+. 1975. Second Printing. Softcover. very light edge/corner wear, light corner creasing, slight soiling to rear. Internal pages are clean, tight and unmarked. B/w illustrations by Ted Lewin. "What is it Red?" Jeff cries, clutching his horse's rein. The earth begins to tremble....there is a deafening roar....suddently the ground cracks open beneath him! Jeff knew the long trip home through the Adirondack wilderness would be dangerous. But now he's trapped - in the very center of an earthquake!" (*Shipping will be reduced on this lighter book) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

McClelland & Stewart/Tundra Books. Near Fine. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771054726 . Excellent condition, no jacket as issued. Clean, no markings. Cover has slight corner wear, a little scuffing. "For children with an adventurous spirit, the wild duck who sets out to find the end of the world will strike a note of kinship....even a close shave with a stewpot and an encounter with a wise old owl cannot quench her curiosity..." (367os) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Atheneum. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0689309368 . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - usual ex-lib type of markings. Pages clean , only light wear to jacket, which is attached to book. Summary: A retelling of a Japanese fairy tale. When a kindly old woman is richly rewarded for nursing a wounded sparrow back to health, a greedy neighbor attempts to emulate the old woman and brings trouble upon herself and her family. (300os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

J. B. Lippincott. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library with usual stamps & stickers, only light wear overall. Jacket attached to book, pocket removed from year. Two of the library stamps have been crossed out with black marker. Internal pages clean & tight, unmarked other than library markings. Light soiling to rear of jacket.Eddie Elsworth lived in Kansas in the 1870s. Farm life was far from easy but the fun of fishing, hunting, going to town and celebrating the holidays helped to offset the constant struggle of of running the farm and keeping the family fed and housed. Then one day, disaster struck in the form of a plague of grasshoppers that devoured every souce of food. This story follows Eddie and his family through that unforgettable year....; 8vo .

New York: Scholastic Book Serv.. Good. 1964. First Printing. Paperback. First Scholastic printing 1964, paperback. Pages are clean and intact, age tanning to pages and inside covers and a few tiny corner creases. Cover has moderate wear to edges/corners, scuffing and several creases. "Cordelia hasn't seen her famous actor-father since she was a little girl. She feels she can never, never forgive him for deserting her mother. But the theater is part of Cordelia's heritage. At seventeen, she is already a promising young actress. And now she is offered her first big part... In a play that will star her father." (130os? ,5-18) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 252 pages .

Collier Books. Very Good. 1963. Softcover. Light edge & corner wear, light creasing, some fading & rubbing to spine, tiny peels on front where sticker was removed. Internal pages are tight and unmarked, b/w illustrations.. "A comical story about how some wild animals in a flood in Catfish Bend, Mississippi, take over the problem of flood control!" The author's books about life on the Mississippi have maked him the acknowledge successor to Mark Twain... (os) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: Young World Publications. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 0723806896 . Large hardcover is clean and unmarked other than old price on first page and slight soiling outer edge of pages, light wear to spine ends/corners. Jacket has very light edgewear, no tears, price clipped, age tanning of edges. Full page colour, as well as b/w illustrations. A charming anthology of "countryside" stories - stories of the enchantments and follies (and the ghosts) of the countryside in a book which completes a quartet of anthologies by this writer. Juvenile/Young Adult reading. (820); 8vo; 204 pages .

New York: Curtis Books. Very Good. 1970. First Edition. Softcover. 0502050047 . Pages intact, with no markings, age tanning to pages and inside covers. Cover has light edge/corner wear and light creasing. It's a real spook-out, when rock's coolest supergroup invades a mansion filled with ghosts and deadly danger. (os-110,4-24) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Sydney: Pyramid Books. Good. Hardcover. Pyramid Books, Australia edition. No publication date, circa 1930's. Small cloth hardcover, front of dustjacket and flap is taped inside to first blank endpage. Moderate wear to covers and corners, light soiling, some fading/tanning to spine and rear cover. Rear cover has one rough edge with minor paper loss. Pages are all intact and clean other than occasional light spotting, fairly heavy age tanning to pages and covers. By the author of 'The Boy from the Blue' & 'Carruthers of Colnhurst'. A gripping adventure in which a man disappears in the African jungle and his son, who runs away from school to search for his father, is drawn deeper and deeper into mysteries and intrigues after finding a native charm. 191 pages. (242noto) ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; 191 pages .

Toronto: Hodgepodge. As New. 2000. Softcover. 0968689922 . Softcover is in as new condition, other than a little scuffing to cover. B/w illus. Juvenile reading - likely ages 5-9Even with all his toys and games, Jeremy is so bored that even the prospect of Christmas coming doesn't excite him. He writes a letter to Santa which has some unexpected results. A myterious stranger arrives and whisks him away on a journey where he makes new friends and learns a lesson about love & friendship that changes his attitude forever.. (os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 40 pages .

Holiday House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. 4th printing. Ex-library with usual stamps & stickers, mylar cover, in very good condition. Light edgewear, light soiling outer edge & cover, a little sticker residue. Interior clean & unmarked (other than lib markings). Great b/w illustrations throughout.When a forest fire drives Old Muskrat from his home colony, he must find a new pond far away. A wonderful story of nature as the author takes us on the Muskrats journey as he digs a snug new burrow for winter; puts up a fight against an eagle and coyote; outwits a weasel and wild cat and braves each danger seeking food. ; ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Grosset & Dunlap. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Copyright 1948, may be later printing. Moderate edgewear & soiling/spotting to cover & outer edge of pages. Interior is tight and clean for the most part, a few small stains seen & a couple earmarks. "In the days when the West was young, an experimental camel train set out from San Antonio, Texas, to try to reach what was then a far distant destination - California. Behind that grueling, five-months expedition is the thrilling story of how two men - the Lone Ranger and his Indian friend Tonto thwarted the desperate attempts of steamship and stagecoach interests to sabotage the camel train...." (*Shipping will be reduced to some locations). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Australia: Rigby Opal Books. Good in Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Ex-library book with moderate edgewear to HC, light wear & curling to edge of DJ, usual lib markings, light soiling. Interior clean & tight. Colour & b/w illustrations. Haunting story of a lonely magpie on the islands off the coast of South Australia. Very compelling and typical of this fabulous author; accompanied by evocative colour illustrations by Roger Haldane. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .