The bounder's rebellion
Howard Baker, January 1977. Hardcover. More
Children's
Dorothy and the Lizard of Oz
Creative Therapeutics, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 12mo. Pictorial paper covered boards with color illustrations by Frank Richmond. Mild dust staining & foxing to cover and textblock top edge. Tanning & dust stains to end papers. Sound binding. [108 pages]. More
Annotated Mother Goose
Bramhall House, January 1962. Oversized Hardcover. Solid binding; Clean, sturdy yellow cloth boards, gently edge-worn, sun-faded at spine and upper edges; Pages free of markings; Dust jacket significantly worn and faded w/ open tears present, now housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; A solid copy for curious readers..... More
W. W. DENSLOW
Clarke Historical Library/Central Michigan University, 1976. Cloth. Octavo. No dustjacket. Orange cloth covered boards with stamped gold lettering along spine. Tight binding. Clean & sound. Illustrated best known for his work on books by L. Frank Baum. [225 pages]. More
Three Tales from Grimm: The Sleeping Beauty, the Frog Prince, Mother Hulda
MacMillan, January 1938. Cloth. {7' x 9'} Orange cloth covered boards with black lettering in ornate black border on front panel. Spine is without lettering. Dustjacket is missing. One and one-half inch diameter black stain center of front board. Moderate wear to boards. Bruised corners. Heavily tanned end pages. More
Uprising
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, January 2011. Trade Paperback. The fire at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers, is one of the worst disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and the disaster, which brought attention to the..... More
Bibliographia Oziana: A Concise Bibliographical Checklist of the Oz Books by L. Frank Baum and His Successors -- Revised & Enlarged
The International Wizard of Oz Club, 1988. First Edition. Soft Cover. Octavo. {5' x 7 & 1/2'} Sunned spine. Brown cardstock cover with black ink. [105 pages]. More
Bibliographia Oziana: A Concise Bibliographical Checklist of the Oz Books by L. Frank Baum and His Successors -- Revised & Enlarged
The International Wizard of Oz Club, 1988. Soft Cover. Raspberry red cardstock cover with black lettering & illustrations. Spine is lightened by sun. [146 pages]. More
Uncle Remus. His Songs and His Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation.
D. Appleton & Company, 1891. Reprint. Cloth. Octavo. Brown cloth heavily worn. Torn toward bottom of spine. Leaning spine. Gold lettering and illustration. Starting to split at gutter of front free end page. [231 pages]. More
Uncle Remus and His Friends: Old Plantation Stories, Songs, and Ballads with Sketches of Negro Character
Houghton, Mifflin and Company / Riverside Cambridge Press, 1899. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo. -- Four & 3/4-inch x Seven & 1/2-inch; Early reprint, published approximately 1899; missing date on title page indicates this is not a first printing. Green cloth covered boards with wear to edges, darkening/dust stains. Gold lettering on..... More
Outdoor Science Lab for Kids: 52 Family-Friendly Experiments for the Yard, Garden, Playground, and Park
Quarry Books, June 2016. Oversize Softcover. Inspire a lifelong passion for science and nature with these outdoor physics, chemistry, and biology experiments for kids! In Outdoor Science Lab for Kids, scientist and mom Liz Heinecke presents 52 family-friendly labs designed to get kids outside in every season. From playground physics..... More
Held's Angels
THOMAS Y CROWELL COMPANY, January 1952. Cloth. In chipped, torn dust jacket. More
Through Russian Snows-- A story of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Reprint. Cloth. Early reprint of classic historical novel. Red cloth with black lettering and black & silver decorative illustrations. Black tinted textblock edges. Front free end page is torn at gutter about two inches starting at bottom edge. 8 illustrated plates, including frontispiece. And 3 illustrated..... More
Diary of Latoya Hunter: My First Year in Junior High
Vintage Books USA, August 1993. Trade Paperback. Lively, poignant, and utterly winning, The Diary of Latoya Hunter is a timely portrait of adolescence--about the universal challenges of youth and about the ways it is shaped by the inner city. It is also a lively introduction to a delightful girl whose..... More
Star Wars the High Republic: A Test of Courage
Disney Lucasfilm Press, September 2020. Hardcover. Now a New York Times best-seller! Long before the Clone Wars, the Empire, or the First Order, the Jedi lit the way for the galaxy in a golden age known as the High Republic! Vernestra Rwoh is a new Jedi Knight at age sixteen..... More
Red Scarf Girl : A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
Harpercollins Childrens Books, October 1998. Trade Paperback. I have never doubted what I was told: "Heaven and earth are great, but greater still is the kindness of the Communist Part; father and mother are dear, but dearer still is Chairman Mao." In 1966 Ji-li Jian was 12 years old. And..... More
The Phantom Tollbooth
Yearling, July 1993. Trade Paperback. Illustrated in black-and-white. We're celebrating the thirty-fifth anniversary (1996) of this modern kids' classic with a special hardcover edition! This ingenious fantasy centeres around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Joining forces with a...... More
The Jungle Book
Barnes & Noble, January 2015. Novelty. 3rd printing; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy pictoral boards w/ immaculate gilt design/lettering at front, rear and spine; Pages free of markings; An excellent copy. More
Aunt Mathilda and the Lost Cheese
Pied Piper Books, 1946. Hardcover. Quarto; {7 & 1/4' x 10'}; Heavily worn illustrated full color pape coveed boards with considerable wear, flaking and scuff marks. Dark stains and soiling, especially visible back cover. In blue crayon in a child's hand, 'Allen' is lettering verso of front cover board. Interior..... More
Seven little maids; or,: The birthday week
R. Worthington, January 1884. Hardcover. Pictorial paper covered boards. Considerable wear throughout especially at margins; Spine is discolored/faded. 8 chromolithographs. Heavy foxing. Gutter is split at title page. Non-authorial inscrition front free end page. Previous owner has filled in the most of the day of week pages with family names..... More
Fountains, Fireworks and Balloons
Opium Books, January 1969. First Edition. Paper Back. Octavo. Lightly shelfworn. Dust stained/foxing to top textblock edge. Internal text on pale yellow paper with lettering & illustrationing in blue ink. Stated, First Edition on copyright page. [239 pages]. More
Green Dolphin of Oz
Vanitas Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Orange cloth covered boards with green (illustrated) lettering along spine. Color illustrated plate affixed to front board. Mild edgewear to boards. Yellow cardstock end papers with green lettering. Otherwise text is printed on pale green paper, printed in a darker green ink. Pages..... More
A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle)
HMH Books for Young Readers, September 2012. Mass Market PaperBack. The first novel of Ursula K. Le Guin's must-read Earthsea Cycle. "The magic of Earthsea is primal; the lessons of Earthsea remain as potent, as wise, and as necessary as anyone could dream." (Neil Gaiman) Ged was the greatest sorcerer..... More
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum -- American Society and Culture Series
Wadsworth Publishing Company, February 1991. Trade Paperback. More
An Acceptable Time
Square Fish, May 2007. Trade Paperback. A flash of lightning, quivering ground, and, instead of her grandparents' farm, Polly sees mist and jagged mountains -- and coming toward her, a group of young men carrying spears. Why has a time gate opened and dropped Polly into a world that existed..... More
