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Homilies and Recreations

By: Buchan, John

Price: $150.00

Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.: 1926

Seller ID: 000712

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Gray paper over cream cloth spine. Brown leather title block to spine. Boards are tanned along extremities. Edge wear and bump to bottom front corner. Title block scuffed and chipped. Edges untrimmed. Brief gift inscription in front end paper dated 1955. Clean pages and sound binding. 383 numbered pages. Dedication dated 1926. Number 18 of two hundred copies, signed by the author. Dedication dated 1926. Number 18 of two hundred copies, signed by the author. John Buchan, or 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875 - 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and politician who served as Governor General of Can...
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Ellen Tebbits

By: Cleary, Beverly

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow and Company: 1951

Seller ID: 001357

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good Plus

First edition, signed by the author on half title page, bound in full yellow cloth with girl's portrait in red and black on front board, 8vo, 160 pages, black and white illustrations by Louis Darling; boards smudged and worn at extremities; tattered dust jacket with taped repairs inside spine and front panel, one inch chip out at head of spine, spine sunned, original price of $2.00 present on front flap. Beverly Cleary's second book deals with the friendships of grade-school girls and the boys who torment them. This is the book that introduced Otis Spofford, who gets his own story in Cleary's...
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Sanity and Grace: A Journey of Suicide, Survival, and Strength

By: Collins, Judy

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin: 2006

Seller ID: MH00064

ISBN: 1585424757

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

First trade paperback edition stated. 191 pages, signed by the author on half title page. From the publisher; SANITY AND GRACE speaks to all who have endured the sorrow of losing a loved one. In the depths of her suffering, Collins found relief by reaching out to others for help and support. Now she extends her hand to comfort other survivors whose lives have been affected by similar tragedy. Honest and inspiring, this story will not only interest Collins's followers but will also help soothe and heal those wounded by suicide and depression.
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Singing Lessons: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Hope, and Healing (with CD)

By: Collins, Judy

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Pocket Books: 1998

Seller ID: MH00065

ISBN: 0671003976

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

346 pages, 16 pages of black and white photographs, inscribed by the author on title page; burgundy cloth boards with gilt titling, unclipped dust jacket with a single small smudge, now in protective mylar sleeve. Includes a four-song CD with single "Singing Lessons." A moving account of growth and healing, memory and rebirth, dreams and meditations, this is Judy's heart statement, imbued with the introspection we love in her songs. From coping with every mother's greatest sorrow - the loss of a child - to the shock of seeing her companion of fifteen years nearly die, hers is a ballad ...
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Night Driving

By: Coy, John

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Henry Holt and Co.: 1996

Seller ID: MH00080

ISBN: 0805029311

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unpaginated, gorgeous pencil illustrations throughout, signed by the author on the title page; purple boards with silver titling, light fading on top and bottom edges of boards, dust jacket now in protective mylar sleeve. This book won multiple awards upon its publication.
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Bright April

By: de Angeli, Marguerite

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1946

Seller ID: 001326

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Pictorial paper covered boards, 4to, 88 pages, occasional full page color illustrations, black and white in-text illustrations throughout, pictorial endpapers; signed by de Angeli dated 1973 and inscribed to previous owner's on dedication page; tiny brown spot on top edge of rear board, clipped dust jacket in protective mylar cover. A story about a young African-American girl named April who experiences racial prejudice; it is also the story of her bright personality and her tenth birthday and the surprise it brought.
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Skippack School: Being the Story of Eli Shrawder and of one Christopher Dock, Schoolmaster about the year 1750

By: de Angeli, Marguerite

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc.: 1939

Seller ID: 001384

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Early printing, brick red cloth, 4to, unnumbered pages, occasional full page color illustrations, black and white in-text illustrations throughout, pictorial endpapers; brief gift inscription on dedication page; dust jacket edge worn with chipping at extremities, light toning around edges and heavily toned spine, now in protective mylar cover. A story about school-master and humanist Christopher Dock at the Mennonite School near Skippack, Pennsylvania during the 1700s.
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The Wheel on the School

By: DeJong, Meindert; pictures by Maurice Sendak

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1954

Seller ID: 001478

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Second state with $3.00 price in front flap (Hanrahan), Newbery Award sticker on front cover, signed by the author along the bottom of a blank page inserted before title page; 8vo, 291 pages, black and white drawings throughout; sprinkling of brown spots on cloth along front joint, tiny pull tear at head of spine, mild wear at extremities; dust jacket rubbed and edge worn with chipping at extremities, short split at tail of front spine hinge. Maurice Sendak illustrated a total of seven books for Meindert DeJong. Four were Newbery Honor books and this one won the award in 1955.
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How Green was My Father: A Sort of Travel Diary

By: Dodge, David

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: 1950

Seller ID: 001490

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Tenth printing; signed by the author on front free endpaper; 8vo, 217 pages, illustrated with line drawings by Irv Koons; hint of wear at extremities, tide mark at tail of spine; shelf worn dust jacket with old booksellers label over price in front flap, tape repair at head of spine and mild damp stain at tail, now in protective mylar cover. Tells of a trip to Guatemala taken by the author and his family, and of the zany mishaps along the way.
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Numero Uno

By: Dorros, Alex; Dorros, Arthur

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.: 2007

Seller ID: MH00082

ISBN: 0810957647

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unpaginated, gorgeous illustrations throughout, signed by the authors with an original illustration of sombreros in the front free end paper; illustrated boards, dust jacket with small tear at one corner now in protective mylar sleeve.
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Deviant Behavior: A Thomas Black Mystery

By: Emerson, Earl W.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., William Morrow and Company: 1988

Seller ID: 000711

ISBN: 0688083358

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by the author. Cream cloth spine over cream cloth boards. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Signed by Emerson and dated 1988 on title page. 225 numbered pages.
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Mapplethorpe: Assault With a Deadly Camera

By: Fritscher, Jack

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1994

Seller ID: 001338

ISBN: 0803893620

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition stated with full number line; 8vo, 316 pages, black and white photos; stamped "Author's Copy" on front free endpaper and title page, signed by the author with a lengthy inscription on title page to Bill "The Hun" Schmelling, creator of Hun Comics and Gohr.
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Ed Quigley, Western Artist

By: Gohs, Carl

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Geneva Hale Quigley:

Seller ID: CS00650

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition, ca 1971, full leather with gilt titles and decoration, 4to, 168 pages, signed, "Ed Quigley/1st edition" on front free endpaper, filled with illustrations by Ed Quigley in color and black and white; dust jacket shows wear, scotch tape repair near tail of spine on front cover, cup ring, toning and light rippling, now protected in a mylar cover. A handsome copy of a collection of art work by iconic artist of the west, Ed Quigley. 0
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Turtle Island ABC: A Gathering of Native American Symbols

By: Hausman, Gerald; Moser, Barry; Moser Cara

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books: 1994

Seller ID: BAL001

ISBN: 0060213078

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition stated with full number line, 4to, profusely illustrated by Barry and Cara Moser, signed by Barry Moser on title page; faint inked name at top corner of front endpaper; light rubbing and edge wear to dust jacket. Clean, bright and sound.
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Legendary Adventures of the Flying Mingling Brothers

By: Hayes, Jamie

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Princeton, MA, Princeton International Publishing, Inc.: 1997

Seller ID: MH00079

ISBN: 0966121309

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition (5,000 copies). Unpaginated, wonderful color illustrations throughout, inscribed by the author with an original illustration on the front free end paper; illustrated boards, dust jacket with small closed tear on front bottom edge now in protective mylar sleeve. From dust jacket: "A fun storybook for all ages.
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The Age of the Moguls

By: Holbrook, Stewart H.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1953

Seller ID: 000976

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Mainstream of American Series; 373 pages, black and white photographs, signed by the author and inscribed to David Davies (namesake of the Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library); worn dust jacket with angular closed tear at top rear and small closed tear to top front edge, small chip out at tail of spine, red line on front cover, now in protective mylar. The story of the empire builders, the robber barons and the great tycoons, who, in their search for wealth and power, changed the course of our history. Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller, Ford, Drew, Fisk, Harriman, Du Pont,...
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The Triumphant Clay

By: Hughes, Rupert

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Hollywood, House-Warven: 1951

Seller ID: 001401

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Full red cloth, large 8vo, 252 pages; signed and inscribed by the author on front endpaper; ownership stamp on front endpaper, worn dust jacket with tattered edges, cover image remains bright and vivid, now in protective mylar cover. Story of an architect under the spell of three women. Rupert Hughes was a popular novelist and the uncle of Howard Hughes.
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm

By: MacDonald, Betty; pictures by Maurice Sendak

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott: 1954

Seller ID: 001479

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition stated; signed by Betty MacDonald on front free endpaper; 8vo, 128 pages, black and white drawings; green cloth boards worn and lightly faded along extremities, bottom front corner beginning to fray, remains of old booksellers label in rear paste-down; clipped dust jacket is lightly worn at extremities with small adhesion injury at top rear edge. In this third book of the magical series, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle leaves her upside-down house and moves to a farm, where she continues to work her magic to cure children of their bad habits. An enduring and endearing series.
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Cheech the School Bus Driver

By: Marin, Cheech

Price: $65.00

Publisher: New York, NY, HarperCollins Publishers: 2007

Seller ID: 000978

ISBN: 0061132012

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First edition stated with full number line; signed by Marin in front free end paper, dated 08 and inscribed "Keep reading." When the kids on the school bus decide to enter the Battle of the Bands, no one is more excited than Cheech. On the big day, they all pile into the bus and get ready to groove! But when they arrive, they find they're the only mariachi band in the whole contest.
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Knots on a Counting Rope

By: Martin, Bill Jr.; Archambault, John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Henry Holt and Co.: 1987

Seller ID: MH00081

ISBN: 0805005714

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unpaginated, gorgeous illustrations throughout, inscribed by the author with an original illustration of a feather in the front free end paper; blue cloth boards with silver titling, dust jacket now in protective mylar sleeve. A Reading Rainbow featured selection, now a classic.
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