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    McCloskey, Robert

    A very nice hardcover, stated sixth printing, June 1950. Book is in very good condition, NOT ex-lib, no writing or marks, plain EPs. Brown cloth bo...

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    Centerburg Tales

    McCloskey, Robert

    A lovely hardcover with NO dust jacket. Jacket art is printed directly on the boards. Some foxing/discoloration to the picture cover. Inside is imm...

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    Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle and the Pirates

    Perkins, Al

    Illustrated by Wende, Philip. A lovely copy of this adaptation for Beginning Readers, long out-of-print. Part of the "I Can Read It All By Myself" ...

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    Doctor Dolittle's Garden

    Lofting, Hugh

    A later printing, copyright 1955 by Josephine Lofting. Lovely orange boards with full color image on front, plain white endpapers. Black & whit...

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    Onion John

    Krumgold, Joseph

    Illustrated by Shimin, Symeon. Lovely hardcover with near-fine jacket, one minor ding along the spine and some wee bumping along top and bottom of ...

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    Doctor Dolittle's Return

    Lofting, Hugh

    A very nice copy of this title, save for the pen markings to the front and back cover boards. Yellow boards with pastedown on front, teal and black...

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    The Road to Oz

    Baum, L. Frank

    Illustrated by Neill, John R. A later printing, circa 1922 based on a gift inscription from Christmas of that year. This edition printed from the o...

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    The Book of Joyous Children

    Riley, James Whitcomb

    Illustrated by Vawter, J.W. A truly glorious copy in stunning condition. Dark brown boards with gold leaf on stamped author, title and illustration...

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    The Pooh Perplex

    Crews, Frederick C.

    Illustrated by Shepard, E.H. First edition of this little smackeral of academic satire. A "long overdue collection of twelve essays, examining the ...

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    Socks

    Cleary, Beverly

    Illustrated by Darwin, Beatrice. First printing, extremely scarce in a trade edition. White dust jacket with an illustration our friend Socks, who ...

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    The Pigman

    Zindel, Paul

    First printing of this very significant work of young adullt fiction. Book shows age -- has some soil to page ends. Boards are illustrated with the...

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    More About Paddington

    Bond, Michael

    Illustrated by Fortnum, Peggy. Stated "Sixth printing C" so circa 1964. A tight, unread copy of the further adventures of everyone's favorite lost,...

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    A Bear Called Paddington

    Bond, Michael

    Illustrated by Fortnum, Peggy. Stated "Tenth Printing C" of the original US edition, so probably circa 1962. A tight, lovely copy with no markings,...

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    James and the Giant Peach

    Dahl, Roald

    Illustrated by Burkert, Nancy Ekholm. Very early printing, price on jacket is $3.95. Final page with author bio states that the book was bound by T...

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    The Little Prince

    Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

    A nice hardcover of this classic. Given copyright page notation and with the help of lepetitprince dot net, we believe this copy dates to 1959. Jac...

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    Are You Hungry Are You Cold

    Bemelmans, Ludwig

    Signed by author. First edition, with postcard from noted Chicago booksellers Kroch's and Brentano's indicating "autographed by the author especial...

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    The Street Where the Heart Lies

    Bemelmans, Ludwig

    Second printing, in excellent condition. Near fine, so graded because plastic book cover was affixed w/non-archival tape, so some faint marking to ...

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    The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again

    Tolkien, J. R. R.

    Exceptional copy of the deluxe slipcased edition. Green leatherette boards and matching slipcase, gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges. Thir...

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    A Christmas Carol in Prose : Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

    Dickens, Charles and Skarmeas, Nancy

    Illustrated by Flint, Russ. Pristine copy of this illustrated abridgement of Dickens's classic. First printing, fine in a fine jacket.1st Edition. ...

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    Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

    Rice, Alice Hegan

    Cellophane-covered pictoral boards, minor fading to spine, cellophe just starting to peel in one tiny place on the spine. Bottom corners of boards ...

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    The 13 Clocks

    Thurber, James

    Illustrated by Simont, Marc. A scarce first printing of this classic Thurber children's story. Title page lists illustrator as "Mark Simont", corre...

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    Bunnicula

    Howe, James; Howe, Deborah

    Illustrated by Daniel, Alan. Signed by authorJames Howe (inscribed "To Joey, Have Fun!), with a little drawing of a vampire rabbit--quite charming....

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    The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More

    Dahl, Roald

    A very clean copy of this collection of Dahl short stories, some of which are from Dahl's early days. This is a first printing, Not price clipped (...

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    Danny, the Champion of the World

    Dahl, Roald

    A wonderful copy of this Dahl title, his sixth novel for children. First printing, with a full number line, price of 5.95 on flap. Dark purple tops...

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    A Wind in the Door

    L'Engle, Madeleine

    A wonderful copy of this classic book, the second in L'Engle's "Time Quintet". First printing stated. Book is fine in brilliant, unfaded green boar...

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    Senior Prom

    Rosamond Du Jardin

    A truly lovely copy of this wonderful malt shop romance. NOT ex-lib, some minor bumping to corners is the only flaw. Binding is tight, previous pri...

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    Wedding in the Family

    Rosamond Du Jardin

    Both book and jacket are stated second printings. NOT ex-lib. Book is in absolutely wonderful condition, as-new with the exception of a minor bump...

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    The Black Stallion

    Farley, Walter

    Illustrated by Ward, Keith. Later printing of the Black Stallion novel that started it all. Lists internally to Black Stallion & the Girl. Book...

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    The Black Stallion Revolts

    Walter Farley

    A lovely fifth printing of the ninth Black Stallion novel. Lists to Black Stallion's Filly. Book is VG+. Red boards, charming vintage bookplate aff...

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    The Black Stallion's Courage

    Walter Farley

    A lovely stated first printing of the twefth Black Stallion novel. Lists to Black Stallion Revolts. Book is VG+. with a bit of a lean to binding. R...

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    The Black Stallion's Sulky Colt

    Walter Farley

    Illustrated by Harold Eldridge. A lovely stated first printing of the tenth Black Stallion novel. Lists to Black Stallion Revolts. Book is VG+ to N...

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    The Black Stallion Mystery

    Walter Farley

    Illustrated by Mal Singer. First edition, stated first printing of this later Black Stallion title. Tight binding, light blue boards show some whit...

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    The Black Stallion's Filly

    Walter Farley

    A lovely stated fouth printing of the eighth Black Stallion novel. Lists to Island Stallion's Fury. Book is quite good. Beige boards, charming vint...

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    A Man for Marcy

    Rosamond Du Jardin

    Stated first, yellow boards with minor soiling, NO dust jacket. Binding is tight, previous owner's name on FFEP. Some bumping to the corners and on...

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    The Five Little Peppers Midway

    Sidney, Margaret

    Decent copy of this title--illustrated front board is quite good, with some wear to extremeties. Slight cock to book, binding at rear a little prec...

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    Five Little Peppers Grown Up

    Sidney, Margaret

    A nice moderately early printing of this title (Fifty-sixth Thousand). Front illustrated boards and gilt are blean and bright, with minimal edgewea...

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    A Romance of Biily-Goat Hill

    Alice Hegan Rice

    A very decent copy of this reprint from the author of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, Pale green boards are sharp and clean, pages yellowing but n...

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    Charlie the Lonesome Cougar

    Mark Van Cleefe

    A very nice vintage Scholstic paperback based on the Disney movie of the same name. Line drawings throughout and photographic cover. Pages are brow...

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    King Arthur and His Knights

    Frith, Henry

    Not the book club edition, $1.49 price is present on the dust jacket. Book is perfect, pale blue spine and red and black art produced on gray board...

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    Eloise in Moscow

    Thompson, Kay

    Illustrated by Knight, Hilary. First printing of this title. Boards have a couple of small water spots, but are otherwise quite clean. However, tor...

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    Seabird

    Holling, Holling Clancy

    First printing, date of 1948 appears on title page and copyright page, no indication of later printing. NOT ex-lib, book is in wonderful shape, bla...

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    Land of Oz: The Further Adventures of The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman (

    Baum, L. Frank

    Illustrated by Neill, John R. Nice later reprint of this Oz title. Small bend to lower front corner, light soil to heavy paper wraps, with a very s...

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    Robin Hood

    Gilbert, Henry

    Older printing, c. 1920. Green cloth boards, with 4 b&w illustrations. Overall in very good condition, front and rear endpapers cracked away fr...

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    Little Men

    Alcott, Louisa May

    Illustrated by Hess, Erwin J. A nice older copy. Jacket is chipped and rubbed, but largely intact. Included is a small oddity, a slip of paper with...

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    Flaming Arrows

    Steele, William O.

    Ex-library with usual stamps and markings. Pictorial cover clean and bright, with little wear. Has small stain to bottom of title page/facing page,...

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    Shirley Temple Treasury

    Books, Interesting and Odd

    Illustrated by Patterson, Bob. Several classic tales compiled by Shirley Temple: Heidi, The Little Colonel, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Captain Jan...

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    Young Brontes - Charlotte And Emily, Branwell And Anne

    Jarden, Mary Louise

    Illustrated by Sewell, Helen. A respectable copy of this story driven collective biography of the young members of the Bronte family. This is a sev...

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    The Wonderful Day

    Coatsworth, Elizabeth

    Second printing in year of publication. Yellow boards with pasted-on pictorial label. Top corner of boards a touch bent, some soil to rear cover. I...

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