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No dust jacket. A former library book, where the spine was once repaired with librarian's tape, as can be seen in photo #2. The only date on the copyright page is of the original Scribner edition, as is common with Grosset & Dunlap books of that era. A pencil notation on the dedication page gives the date of 6/6/1924, which… Read more about this item

Little wear. A thin book for the young reader. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Rather scarce.

A full set of the Lemony Snicket masterpiece. Perhaps not quite a masterpiece like the Mona Lisa, or the Roman aqueducts, or a really well-prepared filet mignon, but the best he's ever done (or so it's been said, perhaps even by Daniel Handler). Anyway, volumes six through thirteen are first editions with complete number lines. Some volumes… Read more about this item

A very rare item, understandably so, because using it means destroying it. Nothing to read here other than the instructions, which can be found on the inside of the covers. The remaining pages are meant to be cut up in order to assemble your haunted house. All pages are stiff card stock. A large, thin book,… Read more about this item

First edition. Book shows very little wear. Dust jacket has a little flaring along the bottom edge and has a 3 cm tear up from the bottom of the spine, inexpertly repaired with a single piece of tape. The CD is still in its pouch, which has never been opened.

A small beginners book on paper airplanes. A little short on details. A rare book, in far better condition than one would expect after almost 45 years. No significant wear.

A collection of 38 poems about school, by a schoolteacher. Softcover, with a little bit of wear at the lower right corner. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A rather scarce book.

Signed by the author on the title page. A book of short folktales from around the world, to be read by or told to children of any age. The author has been officially proclaimed as "Seattle's Resident Storyteller". Little wear. The spine is uncreased and the pages are clean and tight. Mild wear at the corners. A rare book made… Read more about this item

Red fabric covered boards, worn through at the corners. Two color printed front cover and blue print on the spine. Written by the Supervisor of the Sisters of St. Joseph, for use in their grade schools. Illustrated, with many in color. Eighteen units, with review questions and vocabulary lists. A "Little Dictionary" and index at… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Blue fabric covered boards little wear. Illustration glued onto the front cover, with gilt print and trim. The fabric over the spine is darkened, as is the gilt print thereon. Owners name on the half-title page. Seven color illustrations are included. Books of this era would have stitched pages, but the… Read more about this item

Tan fabric covered boards show some wear along the edges and a bit of staining front and back, but generally not too bad for its age. Front and rear free endpapers have been removed. The frontispiece has been decorated with crayon (see photo #4), as has been one of the many illustrations within. Some stories have been graced with pencil… Read more about this item

Very little wear. Clipped dust jacket is encased in mylar. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The story of a singing cow who didn't enjoy the limelight. Or wearing dresses.

Former library book. No dust jacket. Red fabric is worn through at the corners and places along the lower edge. Looks as if it was replaced over the spine with darker red librarian tape. Hinge splits in the endpapers front and rear. The pages are clean and tight; a few have been repaired with decades-old… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. A collection of 29 stories about Uncle Wiggily Longears and his airship. Boards covered by orange fabric, faded over the spine, with green print and decoration on the front and spine. Wear at the corners and head and tail of the spine. Splits are froming in the endpapers at the front and back (see photos #3 and… Read more about this item

Blue fabric, discolored at the top and the spine. Gilt text on the front, can't say what the original color printing on the spine. Fabric is worn at the corners and the extremes of the spine, with a small piece peeling off near the top of the spine (see photos). Contains eight short stories of Little Nannette of Brittany, with… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Nor any idea what the fabric color started out as, it's all just grimy and gritty now, like a fine grade of sandpaper. That said, the fabric doesn't show much wear and seems intact all around. The pages are clean and, for the most part, tight. There are two loose pages, one being an illustration that has… Read more about this item

Textured paper covered boards with brown print and decoration on the spine. The paper is worn through at the corners and at the head and tail of the spine. The pages, deckle-edged and dyed red on the top edge, are clean, tight and unmarked, with no hinge splits. The dust jacket has numerous spots of wear at… Read more about this item

A small book intended for middle grades readers. Dialog tries to give the dialectic feel, which can make it challenging to read for some. This is the author of The Little Colonel, later made into a movie with Shirley Temple. Many illustrations. Only about half of the dust jacket remains, but the cover is very well… Read more about this item

Wear at all the corners. The rest looks fine. Pages are clean and tight, with age tanning. A collection of true stories of American spies, written for the middle grades reader. A rare book.

Very little wear. There is a small (3-4 mm) tear at the top front hing of the spine. That's about it. Pages are clean, tight and intact. Blue ribbon bookmark is frayed. A scarce book.