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Baum, L. Frank (Writing as Edith Van Dyne)
Aunt Jane's Nieces
Nelson, E. A.
Reilly & Britton Chicago, Il 1906 Hard Cover Good No Dust Jacket Jacket
Tan boards with floral decoration and color pictorial pastedown. Moderate soiling to boards. Later printing (c 1914). Front matters lists 9 Aunt Jane's Nieces titles to "Out West". Previous owner's inscription on FEP "Prudence Hutchinson from Mary and Orrin Prudden", Front hinge solid. Rear hinge reinforced with archival rice paper.
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45.00 USD
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Baum, L. Frank (Writing as Edith Van Dyne)
Aunt Jane's Nieces
Nelson, E. A.
Reilly & Britton Chicago, Il 1906 Hard Cover Good No Dust Jacket
Tan boards with floral decoration and color pictorial pastedown. Moderate chipping to edges of paper paste down. Moderate/heavy rubbing and speckling to spine and front board. 2" black streak near foot of board (looks like wax pencil). Interior hinges have been repaired using archival materials, Rear fly appears to be missing. Final page is ad page for "Boy Fortune Hunters" series. dampstain to top edge of 1st 4 pages including frontis and title page. Later printing (c 1910). Front matters lists 6 Aunt Jane's Nieces titles to "and Uncle John". Previous owner's inscription on fly "Esther Cearfoss".
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32.00 USD
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Baum, L. Frank (writing as Laura Bancroft)
Mr. Woodchuck: The Twinkle Tales [First Edition]
Enright, Maginal
Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago, Ill. 1910 First edition Hardcover Fair
No date (c 1910). 5" X 7". Paper over board pictorial cover. Some scratching and darkening to boards. Front matter lists "The Twinkle Tales. Six Volumes. Mr. Woodchuck. Bandit Jim Crow. Prairie-Dog Town. Prince Mud-Turtle. Sugar-Loaf Mountain. Twinkle's Enchantment" Backstrip missing but binding solid. 14 full page plates plus title page and final page color illus. Some finger smudging and light color smears on a few pages (including large but faint smear over one plate). Plates bright. Previous owner's pencil inscription on FEP "Edward F. Jr. from Grandma." Boards protected by Brodart sleeve.
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850.00 USD
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Bianco, Margery
Skin Horse, The
Bianco, Pamela
Doubleday, Doran New York, NY 1927 First Edition Hard Cover Good Fair Jacket
Well preserved Ex-library edition with minimal marking (ink stamp and bar code to FEP, catalog data on half-title, "New York Public Library" embossed through title and half-title). Rare, delicate jacket is intact but missing a few large chips with some small wax spots to front cover. Front pictorial image intact, heavy tanning to spine, a few (closed) tears. Jacket in new Brodart protector.
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95.00 USD
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Constance Haslewood
Young England's Nursey Tales
Frederick Warne & Co. London, England 1900 Hardcover Poor
No date (c 1900). Poor condition. Only for plates / restoration. 80 pages all intact but most loose, disbound with various repair attempts (linen tape and otherwise) throughout. Pages inmarked with writing but some are split with tape stains etc. If interested in particular plates ask fist and I will check condition.
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25.00 USD
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Dare Wright; Jeffery Farnol
Guyfford of Weare [Ex-Libris of Dare Wright]
A.L. Burt 1928 Second Printing Hardcover Fair
Novel from the library of Lonely Doll author Dare Wright. Signed in pencil on the flyleaf. Book is rough with heavy bumping and exposed board material. Large dampstain to the front board and fore-edge of text block. Heavy toning to spine and horizontal spint to spine. Book is not in collectible condition and is only of interest for the Dare Wright association. See my other listings for more Dare Wright ephemera.
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125.00 USD
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Dixon, Franklin W.
Secret of the Old Mill, The: Hardy Boys #3 [First Edition]
Rogers, Walter S.
Grosset & Dunlap New York, NY 1927 First Edition Hardcover Very Good fair Jacket
First Edition, early state. Red boards with shield emblem showing "The Hardy Boys Stories". "Sorry" spelled correctly on p. 27. CR page lists 3 Hardy Boys Mystery Stories (to this one) followed by "Other volumes in preparation", Rear ad lists 5 Hardy Boys titles to "Hunting For Hidden Gold" and 32 Tom Swift to "House on Wheels". Boards are bright and sharp. Corners very lightly bumped. Light dusting and speckling to page edges. Rare jacket is intact with 2 1/2 piece missing from head of spine, 1" from bottom spine and a few smaller chips and tears (professionally closed where possible). Front flap lists 3 Hardy Boy titles, Rear flap lists 7 Don Sturdys (to "Among the Gorillas"). Back panel lists 5 to X Bar X Boys (to "At the Round-up") and 5 Garry Grayson (to "at Stanley Prep"). Catalog listing on reverse shows 30 Tom Swift titles (to "Circling the Globe"). Jacket in new Brodart protector.
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950.00 USD
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Dorothy Thomas (story); Ruth Gannett (lithographs)
Hi-Po The Hippo
Gannett, Ruth
Random House New York, NY 1942 Stated First Printing Hardcover Good
Beautiful children's book with cute but realistic hippopotamus illustrations. 13" X 11". 44 pages. No dust jacket. Paper over board cover with hippo in swaddling and babby carriage. A few long scratches to cover. Heavy rubbing to edges with some exposed boards at corners. Slight warping to boards (will flatten with proper storage). 2 faint and unobtrusive ink lines to flyleaf and rear EP, otherwise text unmarked except for light finger smudging. Binding slightly shaken but solid. Book in new mylar dust wrapper.
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250.00 USD
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