The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo

This one is fun fantasy read.



Author Name    Kate DiCamillo 
 
Title   The Magician's Elephant

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Candlewick Pr 2009

ISBN Number    0763644102 / 9780763644109 

Illustrator   Yoko Tanaka

Seller ID   020186

Hardcover. Near fine condition. Peter is an orphan and wants to know if his sister still lives. A fortune teller tells him an elephant will lead him there.

MAGIC  ELEPHANT  ORPHANS  

Price = 15.00 USD

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Transgender Warriors : Making History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul by Leslie Feinberg

I have a little bit of everything.



Author Name    Feinberg, Leslie 
 
Title   Transgender Warriors : Making History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Boston, MA, U.S.A. Beacon Press 1996

ISBN Number    0807079405 / 9780807079409 

Seller ID   007224

Trade paperback, ex-library. Boston Press, 1996, first. In very good condition, usual library markings. Biographical sketches and pictures of transgender people of all types.

GENDER  IDENTITY  TRANSSEXUALS  TRANSVESTISM  SOCIAL  SCIENCE  STUDIES  PSYCHOLOG  Y  HUMAN  SEXUALITY  

Price = 12.00 USD

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Changing Plant Life of La Frontera Observations on Vegetation in the US/Mexico Borderlands by Grady Webster, Conrad J Bahre

The only thing certain in life is change and here's another example.



Author Name    Grady Webster, Conrad J Bahre 
 
Title   Changing Plant Life of La Frontera Observations on Vegetation in the US/Mexico Borderlands

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A. Univ of New Mexico Pr 2001

ISBN Number    0826322395 / 9780826322395 

Seller ID   020615

Oversized hardcover. Near fine condition, has remainder mark. Twenty contributors focus on historic cross-border changes in vegetation stemming from disparate land-use practices in the United States/Mexico border region. Diverse scientific approaches.

ECOLOGY  ENVIRONMENT  VEGETATION  

Price = 25.00 USD


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Decorating Your Rooms with Stamp Decor by Jane Gauss, Liza Glenn

Want to use stamping to enhance the look of a room?



Author Name    Jane Gauss & Liza Glenn 
 
Title   Decorating Your Rooms with Stamp Decor

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Plaid 1997

Seller ID   017723

Craft booklet. In very good condition, minor cover wear. How to use stamp decor on walls, floors & furniture. 9 wonderful rooms, more than 30 projects.

STAMPING  RUBBERSTAMPING  SCRAPBOOKING  

Price = 8.00 USD

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The Red Scarf by Anne Villeneuve

I love children's picture books!



Author Name    Anne Villeneuve 
 
Title   The Red Scarf

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Thus

Publisher    Tundra Books 2010

ISBN Number    0887769896 / 9780887769894 

Seller ID   020769

Hardcover. Near fine condition. First English translation. A gray day, a yellow taxi, and a lost red scarf. Not many words, but a great little story!

Lost  Scarf 

Price = 15.00 USD

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The Technique of North American Indian Beadwork by Monte Smith

Like Indian beadwork?



Author Name    Smith, Monte 
 
Title   The Technique of North American Indian Beadwork

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Liberty, Utah, U.S.A. Eagles View Pub Co 1983

ISBN Number    0943604028 / 9780943604022 

Seller ID   014377

Softcover. Eagle's View Publishing, 1983. In very good condition, light cover wear. Step by step instruction for all the variations of beading techniques used in both loom and applique work. Approximately 200 illustrations.

INDIAN  BEADWORK  SOCIAL  SCIENCE  NATIVE  

Price = 10.00 USD

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For the Birds by Aaron Paul Lazar

Do you like birds who talk to you?



Author Name    Aaron Paul Lazar 
 
Title   For the Birds

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Jacket Condition   No Jacket

Type   Book

Edition   1st Edition

Publisher    Twilight Times 2011

ISBN Number    1606191667 / 9781606191668 

Seller ID   021576

Trade paperback. A paranormal mystery. Thelma is kidnapped from her hotel bed. The only connection her daughter has with her is through a parakeet named Ruby. Can Thelma find her in time?

 

Price = 12.00 USD

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Animal Babies: A Habitat-By-Habitat Guide to How Wild Animals Grow by Steve Parker

Just the pictures should make you smile...



Author Name    Parker, Steve 
 
Title   Animal Babies: A Habitat-By-Habitat Guide to How Wild Animals Grow

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher   Emmaus, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Rodale Pr 1994

ISBN Number    0875965954 / 9780875965956 

Seller ID   019017

Oversized hardcover. Near fine condition. A habitat-by-habitat guide to how wild animals grow. Beautiful photography!

ANIMALS  BABIES  NATURE  

Price = 20.00 USD

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When We Were Very Young by A A Milne

This is National Poetry month.



Author Name    A A Milne 
 
Title   When We Were Very Young

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Illustrator   Ernest H. Shepard

Seller ID   010424

Trade paperback. Dell Yearling, 1971, fifth printing. In very good condition, slight cover wear, pages yellowing. Verse for Pooh's best friend, Christopher Robin.

 

Price = 5.00 USD


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Gonzo by Hunter S Thompson

Like crazy people?



Author Name    Hunter S Thompson 
 
Title   Gonzo

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Ammo 2007

ISBN Number    097860766X / 9780978607661 

Seller ID   021100

Oversized hardcover. Very good condition, cover overlay of clear is wrinkled. Interior is near fine. Johnny Depp writes introduction. Many photos and much discussion of Thompson's madcap life.

Life  And  Times,    Hunter  S  Thompson  

Price = 20.00 USD

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Portraits Etched in Stone Early Jewish Settlers 1682-1831 by David De Sola Pool

Genealogy?



Author Name    David De Sola Pool 
 
Title   Portraits Etched in Stone Early Jewish Settlers 1682-1831

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Columbia University 1952

Seller ID   020442

Oversized hardcover in slipcase. Near fine condition, previous owners inscription on front endpaper, gilted top page edges have been bumped in one spot and show some darkening near spine (age). Slipcase shows minor wear. Chapters include: The Pioneer Fathers, Title Deeds, Walls, Neighbors, In the Firing Line, The Penalty of Eminence, The Right to Burial, Dispensers of Kindness, The Advance of the City, The Cemetery Moves On, Who Owned the Cemetery?, Last Days, Sermons in Stones, Monuments, along with biographies, appendices, glossary, bibliography, and index.

JEWISH  HISTORY  GENEALOGY  US  

Price = 250.00 USD

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Classics for Children Volume 835

Do you knit?



Title   Classics for Children Volume 835

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Brunswick 1985

Seller ID   019683

Craft booklet. Very good condition. Beautiful sweaters for both boys and girls, and a great coat for girls, sizes 4-14.

KNITTED  CHILDREN'S  SWEATERS  

Price = 15.00 USD


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Scrap Saver's 101 Great Little Gifts by Sandra Lounsbury Foose

Like doing little crafts?



Author Name    Sandra Lounsbury Foose 
 
Title   Scrap Saver's 101 Great Little Gifts

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Oxmoor House 1994

ISBN Number    0848711270 / 9780848711276 

Seller ID   018669

Pictorial boards, hardcover. Near fine condition. Sections include: Lollipop Shop, Hearth & Home Mercantile, Celebration Station, Linen & Lace Boutique, Village Emporium.

SEWING  SCRAPS  

Price = 15.00 USD

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Old Fort Laramie Pioneer 1938

More Wyoming history.  Scan is actually a little light; the green cover is darker than that.



Author Name    Pioneer Staff 
 
Title   Old Fort Laramie Pioneer 1938

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Fort Laramie High School 1938

Seller ID   017861

Softcover. In very good condition, covers have minor soiling and creasing to corners, cover is beginning to separate from the internal pages. The school annual from the school at Fort Laramie, Wyoming for 1938. Includes a history of Fort Laramie, including mention of Jim Bridger and Spotted Tail, a Sioux Chief. Includes photos from all classes, 1st grade through seniors - individual photos of the entire graduating class of 17.

SCHOOL  ANNUAL  WYOMING  HISTORY  

Price = 50.00 USD


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Colonial Candlewicking by Janice Shirley

Have you done candlewicking before?



Author Name    Janice Shirley 
 
Title   Colonial Candlewicking

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Cross-Stitch Originals 1982

Seller ID   018229

Craft booklet. Very good condition, cover edgewear, back cover lightly soiled. Dutch heart, scallops, butterfly, pineapple, pineapple top, featherwreath, Dutch flower, sand dollar, symmetical tulips.

CANDLEWICK  CANDLEWICKING  

Price = 8.00 USD

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A Wyoming-Idaho Sampler

Have an interest in history?



Title   A Wyoming-Idaho Sampler

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Harbinger House 1940

Illustrator   Lawrence Hall

Seller ID   020266

Hardcover. Near fine condition, pages toning, previous owner markings on front endpaper. DJ is price-clipped and in fair condition, has chips and pieces missing and two closed tears, now in mylar cover. An anthology compiled in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of statehood. Poems, short stories, essays - both serious and humorous are included.

WESTERN  VERSE  POETRY  

Price = 40.00 USD


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Children's Literary Houses by Rosalind Ashe, Lisa Tuttle

Ever wondered what the houses really looked like in stories?



Author Name    Ashe, Rosalind; Tuttle, Lisa
 
Title   Children's Literary Houses

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Good

Type   Book

Publisher   New York, New York, U.S.A. Facts on File 1984

ISBN Number    0871969718 / 9780871969712 

Seller ID   012363

Oversized hardcover, ex-library. Facts on File, 1984. In good condition, usual library markings. Describes and provides illustrations, maps, and plans of eight famous fictitious houses featured in "David Copperfield", "Little Women", "Robinson Crusoe", "Alice in Wonderland", "Charlotte's Web", and other classic stories.

CHILDREN  LITERATURE  HISTORY  CRITICISM  LITERARY  

Price = 10.00 USD


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The American Heritage Book of Great Adventures of the Old West

Do you enjoy tales of the old west?  Here are twenty varying tales from authors of all walks of life.




Title   The American Heritage Book of Great Adventures of the Old West

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    American Heritage Press 1969

ISBN Number    0828100101 / 9780828100106 

Seller ID   017937

Hardcover. In very good condition with a good DJ, chipped and creased, now in a mylar cover. Twenty articles written by historians, poets, admirers of America's past, and a United States senator. Where is the money for your next meal coming from? Some of the early settlers had no idea.

OLD  WEST  WESTERN  HISTORY  

Price = 20.00 USD
 
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Cattle and Men by Charles Wayland Towne, Edward Norris Wentworth

Ever wondered about western cattle raising?



Author Name    Charles Wayland Towne, Edward Norris Wentworth 
 
Title   Cattle & Men

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    University of Oklahoma 

Inscription   Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID   016807

Hardcover, no DJ. University of Oklahoma, 1955, stated first edition. In near fine condition, corners lightly bumped. Signed: To Harvey McDougal with best wishes and heariest greetings. Edward N. Wentworth, on front free endpaper. A comprehensive history of cattle and man's domestication of the bovine - from pre-historic times to modern times. Adams - Rampaging Herd #2318.

CATTLE,  OLD  WEST,  WESTERN  HISTORY,  DOMESTICATION  OF  CATTLE  

Price = 50.00 USD

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The Pleasures of Murder by Jonathan Goodman

These are true stories.



Author Name    Jonathan Goodman 
 
Title   The Pleasures of Murder

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

ISBN Number    0850315123 / 9780850315127 

Seller ID   009281

Hardcover. Carol Publishing Group, 1990, first. In near fine condition. 19 classic true murder stories. An anthology.

 

Price = 12.00 USD


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The Link by Colin Tudge

A fascinating story about one of our ancestors...



Author Name    Colin Tudge 
 
Title   The Link Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   As New

Type   Book

Publisher    Little Brown 2009

ISBN Number    0316070084 / 9780316070089 

Seller ID   019742

Hardcover. As new. Ida is 47 million years old, the oldest fossil ever found - and the most complete! Follow the story of how she died, how she was found and the various theories about how she is related to humans.

FOSSIL  PALEONTOLOGY  SCIENCE  BIOLOGY  

Price = 25.00 USD

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Bugs, Butterflies, Birds & Blooms by Vicki Blizzard

Plastic canvas is fun to work with, have you tried it?



Author Name    Blizzard, Vicki 
 
Title   Bugs, Butterflies, Birds & Blooms

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Needlecraft Shop 2004

ISBN Number    157367169X / 9781573671699 

Seller ID   017093

Hardcover, pictoral boards, no DJ. The Needlecraft Shop, 2004, first printing. In near fine condition, right upper corner lightly bumped. Cute plastic canvas designs for all seasons and of all types. 176 pages.

PLASTIC  CANVAS  

Price = 20.00 USD

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Hardanger Simply Love by Janice Love

To me, hardanger is more complex cross-stitch techniques to create depth.  How do you define it?



Author Name    Janice Love 
 
Title   Hardanger Simply Love

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Seller ID   011559

Craft booklet. Janice Love, 1991. In very good condition, private libary stamp embossed on front cover. Pillow, sachets, and other designs.

HARDANGER  

Price = 15.00 USD

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Dexter by Clyde Robert Bulla

Did you ever have a horse you loved?



Author Name    Bulla, Clyde Robert 
 
Title   Dexter

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Jacket Condition   Good

Type   Book

Edition   1st Edition

Publisher    Crowell 1973

ISBN Number    0690001215 / 9780690001211 

Illustrator   Glo Coalson

Seller ID   021372

Hardcover. DJ has edgewear. Dexter is a horse who has two boys for friends. When tragedy strikes, he's left for dead even though hearts are broken. But Dexter isn't dead.

Horse  

Price = 25.00 USD

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Simply Beautiful Beading: 53 Quick and Easy Projects by Heidi Boyd

I've always admired beading.  Never tried it, though.  I have enough invested in crochet yarn and patterns!



Author Name    Boyd, Heidi 
 
Title   Simply Beautiful Beading: 53 Quick and Easy Projects

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. North Light Books 2004

ISBN Number    1581805632 / 9781581805635 

Seller ID   015616

Softcover. North Light Books, 2004. In very good condition, upper right corner of front cover bumped. Lovely beading projets with a variety of uses.

BEADWORK  CRAFTS  HOBBIES 

Price = 14.00 USD

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Authentic Indian-Mexican Recipes by William Hardwick

Here's a different cookbook:



Author Name    William Hardwick 
 
Title   Authentic Indian-Mexican Recipes

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Seller ID   017432

Softcover. Self Published, 1993. In near fine condition, back cover color has small spot made by tag removal. Author states he began this cookbook in 1951 while spending a great deal of time with the Indians and Mexicans along the Rio Grande studying and photographing the various aspects of their cultures. He also began collecting recipes.

INDIAN  MEXICAN  COOKBOOK  RECIPES  

Price = 20.00 USD


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Bake and Make Amazing Cakes by Elizabeth McLeod

Need a bithday cake idea?



Author Name    MacLeod, Elizabeth 
 
Title   Bake and Make Amazing Cakes

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Tonawanda, New York, U.S.A. Kids Can Pr 2001

ISBN Number    1550748483 / 9781550748482 

Seller ID   018313

Softcover. Near fine. From the Kids Can Do It series. Make: sweet heart, terrific tiger, lucky rainbow, bright butterfly, frothy mugcakes, cuddly cat, cozy house, haunted castle, Christmas tree, spring flowers, shining star, Easter bunny, rolling bus, jack-o-lantern, teddy bear, delicious burger, creeping caterpillar, sun hat, scary dinosaur.

CAKE  BAKING  COOKING  COURSES  DISHES  

Price = 8.00 USD

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Traveling West: 19th Century Women on the Overland Routes by Martha M Allen

Biographies of women on the way west.



Author Name    Allen, Martha M. 
 
Title   Traveling West: 19th Century Women on the Overland Routes

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   El Paso, Texas, U.S.A. Texas Western Pr 1987

ISBN Number    0874041619 / 9780874041613 

Seller ID   019820

Trade paperback. Very good condition, right upper corner bumped, two small soil spots on back of cover. Interior is clean and bright. Author referred to the earliest editions of published works, and researched unpublished diaries and journals by pioneer women travelers. Has an excellent bibliography for research work.

WOMEN  UNITED  STATES  HISTORY  SOCIAL  

Price = 20.00 USD

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