Search Results: Children's Chapter Books from The Unskoolbookshop

Simon & Schuster, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, Twentieth Printing. Blue hardback with yellow spine area. Very slight bumping to cover corners. Dust jacket is moderately shelfworn. Spine is tight; pgs are unmarked. NOT a former library book..

Whitman Publishing Co,, 1938. Book. Poor. Very Small Hardcover. In very bad shape: Covers are very worn and rubbed, and are barely attached. First 34 pgs are missing; pg 35-36 is present, but unattatched. Backstrip (spine cover) is missing. Some of the illustrations are colored in. Pastedwon on inside back cover is torn. Pgs are browned with age..

Tiburon, California, U.S.A.: Angel Island Association, 1982. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 1982 -- 1st edition. Written in both English and Chinese. Slight cover wear. Nice, clean, tight copy. A young Chinese girl, her mother, and baby brother, immigrating to the United States in 1922, are detained on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay with thirty other Chinese women while awaiting permission to enter the mainland..

Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, 1961. Book. Good+. Soft cover. With an introduction by Orton Lowe. Moderate cover wear., particularly to bottom cover edge. Spine is tight; pgs are unmarked. A sturdy copy..

Houghton Mifflin, 1949. Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. NOT a former library copy. Moderate wear to cover corners. A few pgs have very small, light stains or creases. Pgs are very browned with age. Spine is tight; pgs are unmarked. Nice, sturdy copy..

Hachette, 1948. Book. Illus. by Disney, Walt. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Written in French. Dust jacket is ragged, torn, and missing a piece on back, bottom. Cover corners and edges are worn, with some fraying. Pgs are browned with age. Spine is tight; pgs are unmarked..

White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Pub Co, 2006. Book. Illus. by Tyler, Gillian. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. Some moisture staining/crinkling to back of dust jacket. Spine is tight; pgs are unmarked. Beau is very unhappy in his new life as a barn cat. He longs to be Miki's pet again, playing with him all day and sleeping on the bottom of his bed every night. Sadly, when Miki became allergic to him, Beau was sent to live on Cloud- land Farm with Miki's Uncle Jake and Aunt Ruby. Soon, Beau is in big trouble with bossy Aunt Ruby. Born to be a pet, not a hunter, he sleeps and dreams in the barn's loft instead of catching mice. Beau feels very sorry for himself until the day Bayberry comes to live on Cloudland Farm. The old bay quarterhorse doesn't want to be there either. Her mournful whinnying when her owners leave her alone in her stall awakens Beau. Peering down on the drooping horse, Beau remembers the way he felt the day Miki and his mom left him alone in the stable.… Read More

Crown Publishers, Inc., 1989. Book. Illus. by Bylinsky, Tatyana (illustrator). Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 0517570521 A few creases on dust jacket. Nice, clean, tight copy. Set in a coal-mining town in Colorado, a young girl and her family learn to cope after the death of Papa in a tragic accident..

McLean, Douglas, 1984. Book. Illus. by Cooper, Rhoda L.. Very Good Minus. Stapled Softcover. Light wear and a few small stains to covers. Line of pencil writing on one pg. Spine is tight; pgs are otherwise unmarked..

Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1909. Book. Poor. Hardcover. Covers are very worn and rubbed. Half-title pg appears to have been removed. Several pgs have tears and/or stains. Facsimile of author's signature opposite title pg. Spine is tight; pgs are unmarked..

Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1955. Book. Illus. by Krush, Beth & Joe. Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Some fading & light scratch to cover; moderate wear to edges & corners; pgs slightly browning; sticker on inside back cover; a few pg corners are lightly dog-eared. Spine is tight..

Marblehead, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Micah Pubns, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed By Author. Slight cover wear. Nice, tight copy. Signed by author on title pg. Rare support for tuned-in, would-be vegetarian children. Illustrated with small, black-and-white drawings. Resource list at end of book..

Raben & Sjogren, 1973. Book. Illus. by Wikland, Ilon. Good+. Hardcover. 9129408652 **PLEASE READ: THIS IS THE 1973 EDITION.** Written in Swedish. Shelf wear & small tears to top edge of dust jacket. Cover edges & corners are moderately worn, & there is a small dent on bottom edge of back cover. Spine is tight; pgs are unmarked..

Andrew Dakers Limited, 1954. Book. Illus. by Menzel, Josef. Fair Minus. Large Hardcover. B000SBX0J4 Wear/cracking to backstrip (spine cover) corners. Front hinge is partially separated from text block. Cover corners are chiped/bent. Previous owner's gift note on endpaper. A beautiful vintage childeren's book..

Whitman Publishing Co,, 1936. Book. Illus. by Calkins, Lt. Dick. Good Minus. Very Small Hardcover. B003P5GY4S Cover edges are very worn. A little bit of mesh underlayment of pastedown is showing through on inside front cover. Small tear on front hinge, resulting in slight looseness. A few pg corners are slightly creased. Pgs are browned with age, and are unmarked. Big Little Book No. 1197..

Platt & Munk, 1969. Book. Good+. Large Hardcover. Later Edition. Moderate cover wear, including very small stains, some bumping to corners, & small gouge on back edge. Previous owner's gift note on endpaper. A sturdy, unmarked copy. A Platt & Munk Classic..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1987. Book. Illus. by Hughes, Elroy (illustrator). Good. Hb. Stated First Edition. Some loosening of pgs. Small ink mark on bottom edge..

McGraw Hill Book Co., Inc., 1961. Ex-Library. Illus. by Turkle, Brinton. Good Ex-Library. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Usual library markings, with card pocket & residue on inside back cover. Cover corners are very worn. A few pgs have small stains..

Spain: Noguer Y Caralt Editores, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8427931174 Written in Spanish. Some bending to cover corner. Spine is tight; pgs are unmarked. A nice, sturdy copy..

Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.: Continental Book Co Inc, 1992. Book. Very Good Minus. Soft cover. Deutscher Text. Very slight looseness to spine. Large, light cover crease. Some wear to cover corners..