Search Results: Authors starting with K from Blue & Grey Book Shoppe

From back cover: "Historically, in time of conflict, women have picked up needle & thread to stitch history onto fabric. Bonnie K. Browning has collected 50 designs for use in fabric and art by quilters, embroiderers, artists & even children for coloring. Designs include: Flags, Eagles, Statue of Liberty, Patriotic Sayings, Military Planes & Vehicles, Uncle Sam, Honest Abe & George Washington.Very Good- condition. This was a New book, but has a water stain on front and back covers near spine. Inside pages are clean and tight. There are no odd smells. 48 pages.

From back cover: "For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort."New book. Clean. Tight. 435 pages.

From back cover: "Jakie Creek is a fast-paced novel inspired by the life and times of William Henderson Phillips, a Union soldier and renowned outlaw who returned to Golden, Missouri in 1865 to find his farm life forever changed." Fine condition with very minimal corner wear. Please see photos. Signed by author on title page and also includes the marketing postcard. 282 pages including references and notes.

This is a history of the United States textbook. Just skimming at the back - I believe it covers 1877 to 1977.
Very Good- condition. The front cover has soft creases. Both covers have much rubbing. Inside the front is a printed "This Book is the Property of" table. There are no names written in the table. It is Book No. 83227. There a a couple spots on the first couple pages, but the rest of the pages are clean. Text is clean. Please use photos as part of the description.
Note: This is a heavy book. I have added the additional postage for media mail into the price.
648 pages including: The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and What It Means Today, Lists of Presidents and Vice-Presidents, a list of the States and Capitals, Sidenotes to History, Viewpoints of Histoy, Masterpieces of Art, Photo Credits, and Index.

From back cover: "This compelling narrative explains how Plains Indians found themselves time and again betrayed by the ever-expanding white nation of the East, fighting for lands on the edge of the shrinking fromtier."
Quote from back cover: "A vivid, swiftly paced account of the dispossession of the Plains Indians during the half century after 1840." - New York Times Book Review
Book - Very Good condition. Back cover has light rubbing/bumping. Very minimal edge wear. Slight corner wear. Text is clean and binding is tight. Almost looks new.
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371 pages including Index.

From front DJ flap: "Here is a different and exciting concept of bargello embroidery. Instead of working in parallel lines of zigzags, diamonds and curves, you make kaleidescope patterns, fanning out from the center in four identical wedges."
Book - Good condition. Rose color cloth over boards with Maroon text on spine. Front end paper had torn out rectangle (there was probably a name there). Rest of pages are very good - clean and tight.
Dust Jacket - Poor condition. Some bumps. Much edge and corner wear. Closed tears and chips.
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116 pages.

From back: "The dialogues of Plato offer a philosophy that has guided man through the ages. In his magnificent writings Plato examines our virtues and vices, our problems and questions. With remarkable literary grace, he shows us how man can understand his place in the world and live an intelligent and happy life."Cover has discoloration and rubbing, back cover has small tear. There is page edge and corner wear. There is writing on inside front cover and drawing on back endpaper. No marks noted in text on inside pages. Page edges are a faded red color.

From back cover: "Are your finances tight? Are there things you want to own but simply can't afford to fay for? Are things so tough that even a dental appointment or haircut seems like a luxury? Before you despair, buy this book - you'll make back the cost of it with your very first trade or two.This easy-to-read, practical handbook uses worksheets, checklists, real-world examples, and success stories to help you create 'win-win' barter opportunities. You'll enjoy a better lifestyle and greater well being.""Barter can make an unbelievable difference to those who 'get it'. The art of Barter will help them get it and save readers thousands of dollars along the way."New book - still in plastic shrink wrap. It has a Fire Mountain Gems sticker on the front. Never opened.Please use photos as part of the description.

A Sunset Book - guide to terrariums and miniature gardens.Near Fine except for some age discoloration on page edges, cover, and small crease in front cover. See photo. Pages tight. Very minimal edge or corner wear. Index. 80 pages.

From back dust jacket: "Enter the fascination world of Katz Drug Stores, the Kansas City start-up that was way, way ahead of its time. Isaac and Michael Katz, sons of Ukrainian immigrants, took a fruit stand in 1914 and turned it into a force of nature - a Midwestern drug store chain with 65 stores and sales of $100 million. Other druggest filled prescriptions. Katz stocked cameras, cosmetics, clocks, sirts, pets and the best selection of discounted smokes, beer and whisky in town. They were marketing geniuses before there were classes in how to become one." Lots of photos and illustrations.Book - Fine condition. Clean. Tight. Dust Jacket - Very Good condition. Back has light scratches. No edge or corner wear. Please see photos. 192 pages. May require extra postage due to weight.

From Introduction: "This book contains both humorous and serious quotes on men, boys, guys and husbands. Women have always been eager to express their views about the opposite sex, and their attitudes about men transcend time and place, economic station, and nationality. Women's comments about men are witty and irreverent, bawdy and discreet, loving and disdainful, but never - well hardly ever - passionless or distant. This book contains a full range of women's opinions on the opposite sex. Prepare to laugh, cry, fume - and get involved! Good condition. No dust jacket. First Edition. Hardback. Some rubbing/bumping and edge/corner wear to cover. Pages are Clean and tight. Please see photos. 63 pages including Index.

From inside dust jacket:
THE FIRST WORLD WAR created the modern world. A conflict of unprecendented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the twentieth century as mechanized warfare and mass death. It also helped to usher in the ideas that have shaped our times--modernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, radical thoughts about economics and society--and in so doing shattered the faith in rationalism and liberalism that had prevailed in Europe since the Enlightenment. With The First World War, John Keegan, one of our most eminent military historians, fulfills a lifelong ambition to write the definitive account of the Great War for our generation.
Probing the mystery of how a civilization at the height of its achievement could have propelled itself into such a ruinous conflict, Keegan takes us behind the scenes of the negotiations among Europe's crowned heads (all of them related to one another by blood) and… Read More

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #3 New; however, spine faded (yellow to white) and some fading on front cover. Never read. Clean. Tight. See photos.

From Wikipedia: "Plot. A rare and valuable Chinese vase is stolen from a pottery shop and the owner asks Nancy for help."Very Good- condition. The cover has a blue cloth look, but I'm pretty sure it is a textured paper with a dark blue 1940s silhouette on front board, blue and white multi-scene end papers. There is a dark navy tint at the top of the pages. There are a couple stains on the bottom of closed book pages and one of those is also on the bottom of the individual pages. Please see photos. Otherwise text is clean and binding is tight. No dust jacket. No illustrations. A nice reading copy.Please use photos as part of the description.212 pages.

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #5From book: "For those who enjoy a suspenseful thriller, Nancy Drew's first Western adventure makes truly fascinating reading."New. Never read. Clean. Tight.

Nancy Drew mystery.
Good- condition. There is some edge, corner, and spine wear to cover. End papers are blue with blue and white illustrations. Front end paper has previous owner's name in red or purple ink. Next page has a very neat name in red or purple ink. Page on back side of back end paper has a sticker for Aberdeen Book Company, New York, NY.
The closed book page edges have some marks and stains. The top is tinted black that has somewhat faded. The text pages are free of marks, but several pages have stains.
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212 pages.

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #10 New. Never read. Clean. Tight.

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #7 New; however, spine has 2 chips. See photo. Never read. Clean. Tight.

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #17 New. Never read. Clean. Tight.

From back cover: "After the carnival's beautiful ice palace is destroyed, Nancy's sure there's a wolf at River Height's door. But is the leader of this pack of crimes human, or beast?"New book, never read; however, age tanning on pages and 7 pages have small bent corners on bottom. See photo. 149 pages.