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U.S.A.: Viking Books for Young Readers, 1997 This Is Stated To Be A 1997 First Edition. Printing Not Specified. There Is No Mention Of The 1998 Caldecott Medal On The Book Or Jacket, But There Is A Caldecott Medal Sticker On The Front Of The Jacket. Dj, Unclipped, Has Canadian, U.S. And U.K. Prices, With New York Location Mentioned First. The Book Is Very Good With Light Wear Only. Dust Jacket Has Some Chipping At Spine Ends And A Crease At Upper Spine. No Writing Or Marks, Line Apparent In Scan Is The Light Reflecting Off The Mylar. This Book Has Die Cut Pages To Enable A View Of Just What Is In The Old Woman's Stomach!

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Mysterious Pr, 1995 First U.S. Edition, First printing, full number line, near fine in near fine jacket. Winner of the Dashiel lHammett award (for the third time). No remainder mark, no writing, no marks, good corners and binding, as new.

U.S.A.: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co, 1976 Ex-Library With Tape Stains And Stamps But No Card Pocket Or Stickers In Very Good Dust Jacket Which Is Clipped And Has A Little Label Residue. Stated First Printing, Full Number Line. Clean And Solid Used Book.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949 1949 later printing, green spine and black top tint. Pictorial cover by Frank Vaughan of Cherry in traditonal nurse's uniform and a little girl in wheelchair and pink chenille dressing gown with ribbons to match smiling at a young doctor. There is a maroon and white price sticker on front board $1.95 quite 1940ish looking, so suspect it is an early printing, and also that there was no dust jacket. Grey endpapers. No writing other than old pencilled price. Pages may be slightly yellowed. Corners bumped but very sturdy #9710 Back of Title Page has list of "The Cherry Ames Stories" titles and "The Vicki Barr Flight Stewardess Series" titles. "The Adventures of a Young and Dedicated Career Nurse" heads a black & white sketch of Cherry and a male, followed by 24 titles as well as "Cherry Ames' Book of First Aid and Home Nursing." Last page has a promotion for Cherry Ames, Night Supervisor -- the exciting story of how… Read More

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada: Tundra Books, 2004 First Printing, First Edition, Near Fine In Near Fine Unclipped Dust Jacket, By Mohawk Artist And Children's Writer, C.J.Taylor. Her Beautiful Paintings Are Reproduced On Verso Of Dust Jacket As A Poster.

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada: Tundra Books, 2004 Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket, Stated First Printing, Signed By Award Winning Artist, Peter Rankin, On Title Page. No Writing Or Marks. Reverse Side Of Dust Jacket Shows A Poster With Cover And Interior Artwork. The Story Details A Nova Scotia Family Who Add On To Their One Room House As Their Family Grows.

U.K.: Chatto & Windus, 1973 Stated First Printing With Reinforced Binding But Not An Ex-Library Book, Spine And Title Page State Atheneum (New York), Copyright Page States Chatto & Windus, Published Simultaneously In Canada By Mcclelland & Stewart, Copyright 1972. A Very Nice And Scarce Copy, Near Fine Bright And Clean Green Boards With Slight Bump To Lower Front Corner, Gift Inscription For Christmas 1973 On Endpaper. In Good Plus Dust Jacket, Clipped And With Closed Three Inch Tear To Lower Front Panel Plus Numerous Chips With Some Loss To Corners And Spine Chips. Oblong 10 X 9.5 Inches.

New York: St Martins, 1974 Illustrations By Meri Shardin. Copyright 1974, St-Martin's, New York Edition, Very Good In Good Dust Jacket Which Is Unclipped And Has Some Soiling, One Notch And 4 Short Tears, Essentially Complete. Very Good Volume, Binding And Corners Intact, Black Boards With Gold Lettering Show Light Wear. Clean Interior With No Writing Or Marks. Richard Taylor Was A Philosophy Professor As Well As A Beekeeper And This Book Is A Happy Marriage Between The Two.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Scholastic, 1998 Ex library with minimal markings, first edition, first printing full number line, very minor rub to corners, Very light general wear. DJ unclipped.

London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875 Green Cloth Boards, Still Bright Gilt Lettering To Spine, Boards Are Panelled. Very Small Pencil Appraisal On Ffep, Brown Endpapers, Booksellers Seal, Some Foxing And Spine Is Cocked. Mild Corner Rub. Hinges Going.This Is First Edition, First State As Evidenced By The Misprint On Page 126. 278 Pages Plus Ads And Prelims. The Monarch Referred To Is Mary Tudor, And Her Half Sister Elizabeth Is Also Featured. From A Glance, The Style Is Quite Shakespearian And It Reads Surprisingly Well For Current Tastes.

London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875 Green Cloth Boards, Still Bright Gilt Lettering To Spine, Boards Are Panelled. Very Small Pencil Appraisal On Ffep, Brown Endpapers, Booksellers Seal, Some Foxing And Spine Is Cocked. Mild Corner Rub. Hinges Going.This Is First Edition, First State As Evidenced By The Misprint On Page 126. 278 Pages Plus Ads And Prelims. The Monarch Referred To Is Mary Tudor, And Her Half Sister Elizabeth Is Also Featured. From A Glance, The Style Is Quite Shakespearian And It Reads Surprisingly Well For Current Tastes.

United Kingdom: British Film Inst, 1997 "First Full-Length English Language Studyof One Of The World's Most Exciting And Innovative Cinemas . . . From 1909 To The Present Day." 1997 British Film Institute . Very Good Appears Unread, No Writing Or Marks, Or Reading Creases, But Has Some Shelfwear: A Bit Of Creasing Ot Front Cover.

London: Heinemann, 1965 Parrallel Latin/English translation by J. Sargeaunt 1912, 1965 reprint Heinemann ex library in good condition and good dust jacket. Usual library accoutrements, protective cover, tape stains. No underlining or other writing. Serviceable.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1957 Adapted and abridge version of Terhune's Lad a Dog by Felix Sutton. Very nicely illustrated in black and white and colour by William Bartlett and Harry Michaels with decorative endpapers. Glossy pictorial boards with dog and title in yellow letters, blue spine with yellow letters. Copyright date is 1957, code 100100 printed on inside cover. Corners, spine top and tail lightly rubbed and laminate is cracking a bit at back of spine, otherwise very good, clean and bright, no ownership marks.

Blaine, Washington & Surrey BC: Hancock House Pub Ltd, 2000 Book is introduced by Jane Goodall and describes the rare white Kermode bear, a (normally) black bear, which is found in northern British Colombia. This book written and warmly inscribed by Tess Tessier (Grandma Tess) who has travelled from school to school in BC telling children about species and habitat conservancy for the past twenty-five years. There is some bumping to the corners, else very good Plus condition. Large inscription on ffep dated September 1, 2000, "Especially to Delores Happy Thoughts Grandma Tess."

Usa: Macmillan, 1952 Circa 1952 Bce Edition Of This Compendium Of Three Of Josephine Tey's Finest Novels. Very Good In Good Dj Which Looks Very Good In Mylar.Loss To Spine Top And Tail, Unclipped. Very Slight Toning, Red Topstain, No Writing Or Marks. See Photo.

New York: Cartoon Bank, 2004 Well This Is A Promotional Device Sold To Companies, In This Case Ernst & Young, To Hand Out To Customers. It Is A Collection Of New Yorker Cartoons With Petroleum Themes, Signed By Charles Swanson, Americas Director, Oil & Gas Industry Practice. Near Fine Book In Near Fine Dj. Which Is Unclipped But Does Have A Short Tear To The Lower Rear Outer Corner. Book Has A Small Bump To Lower Front Edge, Otherwise In Very Very Good Condition. Stated First Edition, 2004.

U.S.A.: Fifth House, 1990 1990 Fifth House Edition Of This Bilingual English/Dene Hardcover Children's Book Depicting Dene Life In 1980'S Saskatchewan, Illustrated By A Group Of Dene Schoolchildren. Presume First Edition. Very Good. No Dust Jacket If Issued. Ex library. Some Light Markings To Boards, Gift Inscription On Ffep. Clean And Crisp Interior.

Paris: Editions G.P., 1972 Very sweet book about two squirrels, their nest, their five kittens (?) and the dangers and challenges of the forest. 187 pp Illustrations in black and white and colour by Anny Le Polotec, Number 294 of the Bibliotheque Rouge et Or, published in January 1972. Decorative endpapers, no writing or marks, some spine damage and a corner has been torn out of the bottom of the rear endpaper, clean and bright pages. In French.

Markham Ontario: FITZHENRY & WHITESIDE, 1988 I Like This Book. Thiebaux' Illustrations Remind Me A Little Of Those Of Lisbeth Zwerger's, Particularly In Little Red Cap. This Appears To Be A First Edition And Is Inscribed By The Writer/Artist On The Title Page. One Corner Of The Book Is Bumped. The Dust Jacket Is Near New.