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Sam Spangles or The History of a Harlequin by Stirling Coyne - 1866
by Stirling Coyne
Sam Spangles or The History of a Harlequin
by Stirling Coyne
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Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803â€"1868) was a humorist and satirist in the tradition of Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope One of the most prolific British playwrights of the mid-nineteenth century, he wrote more than sixty plays; his twenty-seven farces are surpassed in number only by John Maddison Morton's ninety-one and T J Williams's thirty Coyne brought to the stage accomplished comedic interchanges, puns, irony, exaggerated character traits, ludicrous plot situations, and surprising outcomes His plays reveal a deft ear for dialogue and an ability to create characters suited to the talents of specific actors As a journalist Coyne contributed humorous pieces to many widely circulated journals and newspapers 155 [2 p ads] pp.
Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803â€"1868) was a humorist and satirist in the tradition of Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope One of the most prolific British playwrights of the mid-nineteenth century, he wrote more than sixty plays; his twenty-seven farces are surpassed in number only by John Maddison Morton's ninety-one and T J Williams's thirty Coyne brought to the stage accomplished comedic interchanges, puns, irony, exaggerated character traits, ludicrous plot situations, and surprising outcomes His plays reveal a deft ear for dialogue and an ability to create characters suited to the talents of specific actors As a journalist Coyne contributed humorous pieces to many widely circulated journals and newspapers 155 [2 p ads] pp.
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Initiation (Bonfire Academy Book One)
by Rose, Imogen
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Across Five Aprils
by Hunt, Irene
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Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1964. First Edition . Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition in clean original dust jacket, complete number line on copyright page 123456789). Winner of the 1964 Charles W. Follett Award. Very clean gray and rust red cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Jacket and endpapers by Albert John Pucci. 224 pages. Jacket is clean, with very slight edge wear, no chips, some peeling/chipping to Follett Award seal on front panel, not price clipped (3.95 on front inside flap). Author photo and bio on rear inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..
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The Stones of Mourning Creek
by Les Becquets, Diane
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New York, Winslow Press, 2001, hardcover, 306 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Very Good in Very Good+ dustjacket Signed by the Author on the title page 'Friendship never ends - joy and blessings upon you Diane Les Becquets 12.1.01'. Straight, tight and clean, light corner bumps, 3 faint letters to corner of front endpaper. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, in new Brodart sleeve. This first novel by the author of Season of Ice and Breaking Wild deals with friendship and racial prejudice in a rural Alabama community filled with deadly secrets. ISBN 9781588370044
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Lois Lowry Signed - Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye
by Lowry, Lois
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THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK Custom Display Case with Rear Panel
by Rudyard Kipling
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Initiation (Bonfire Academy Book One)
by Rose, Imogen
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Across Five Aprils
by Hunt, Irene
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Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1964. First Edition . Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition in clean original dust jacket, complete number line on copyright page 123456789). Winner of the 1964 Charles W. Follett Award. Very clean gray and rust red cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Jacket and endpapers by Albert John Pucci. 224 pages. Jacket is clean, with very slight edge wear, no chips, some peeling/chipping to Follett Award seal on front panel, not price clipped (3.95 on front inside flap). Author photo and bio on rear inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..
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The Stones of Mourning Creek
by Les Becquets, Diane
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New York, Winslow Press, 2001, hardcover, 306 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Very Good in Very Good+ dustjacket Signed by the Author on the title page 'Friendship never ends - joy and blessings upon you Diane Les Becquets 12.1.01'. Straight, tight and clean, light corner bumps, 3 faint letters to corner of front endpaper. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, in new Brodart sleeve. This first novel by the author of Season of Ice and Breaking Wild deals with friendship and racial prejudice in a rural Alabama community filled with deadly secrets. ISBN 9781588370044
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Lois Lowry's 2nd book SIGNED IN PERSON by Lois and also briefly inscribed and dated as shown. 4th printing. The book itself is as new and remarkably unblemished. DJ exhibits mild wear along the extremities but price is intact and it remains very appealing with a new mylar cover added. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.
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THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK Custom Display Case with Rear Panel
by Rudyard Kipling
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Martin Luther King Jr: A Picture Story
by Margaret Boone -Jones
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Tarzan and the Forbidden City
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Vintage Whitman Publishing Company edition 1957. Hardcover, pictorial matte boards with original dust jacket. Overall condition is very good, dust jacket showing wear at top and bottom of spine and edges, but with bright colors. Dust jacket protected by a removable mylar cover. Slight bumped corners of boards. Pages are unmarked. Beautifully illustrated endpapers, with a slight separation from binding at front hinge. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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The Sky and the Forest
by Forester, C.S
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Samuel The Seeker
by Sinclair, Upton
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Going To the Doctor (First Experiences Series)
by Fred Rogers
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Fred Rogers: First Experiences Book Series: Going To the Doctor (1986 1st Ed. 3rd Pr. Thus, G.P. Putnam)RARE in this first hardcover edition. Quite the find. Used. VG/VG condition unclipped dust jacket, printed price $12.95 Mr. Rogers appears on the back dj panel wearing a pale blue sweater. "In this book, real life photos are used to help young people feel more comfortable with interacting with other children and making new friends. A Note From Fred Rogers: A child's first visit with a pediatrician usually comes soon after birth. It may be months or even years later, though, that a child first shows fear about going to see a doctor. The worry of an injection or some other unfamiliar medical procedure can trigger that fear. It can also appear because another family member may be feeling medical anxieties. And, of course, new body awareness and needs for privacy develop naturally in children's early years, so all these feelings can make it very hard for them to let doctors investigate the workings of…
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience
by Marianne Parrot
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
by Verne, Jules
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green
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Black boards with silver writing on spine; dings on top of front and back boards near corners. Top and bottom corners of front boards bumped; top and bottom of spine rumpled. Chip and wrinkles on top edge of front dust jacket; chip on corner of back dust jacket near fold to spine. Shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine; tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $17.99 on front dust jacket flap, which has slight wrinkle at top of flap.Dutton First Edition; Thirty-First Printing as indicated by number line ending of "40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31" on copyright page. Signed by author on second interior page. Red cloud image with Target logo and advertising Bonus DVD from author with behind-the scenes looks at the movie.Green's second novel, which became his most famous one and has been made into a movie. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
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Doonesbury Classics
by Gary Trudeau
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Four trade paperback editions of classic Doonesbury cartoons. The slipcase has minor wear but the books themselves are Like New and possibly never opened! Original political satire
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