Thursday, October 31, 2013

Autumn Accents


Title   Autumn Accents

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher    Crafts, Etc. 

Seller ID   017820

Craft booklet. In near fine condition. Witching hour, spooky tree, Halloween fun (sweatshirt embellishment), thankful bear, tricky twosome, fall festival, autumn welcome, harvest broom, ghosts galore (shadowbox).
CRAFTS  

Price = 6.00 USD

Link:  Autumn Accents 

 

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Turtle Spring by Deborah Turney Zagwyn





 Author Name    Zagwyn, Deborah Turney 
 

Title   Turtle Spring

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Berkeley, CA, U.S.A. Tricycle Press 1998

ISBN Number    1883672538 / 9781883672539 

Illustrator   Zagwyn, Deborah Turney (illustrator)

Seller ID   008336

Hardcover, ex-library. Tricycle Press, 1998, first. In good+ condition, usual library markings. When there is a new baby in the family, Clee is given a pet turtle of her very own. She keeps the turtle in the garden and when winter comes and the frost hits, her turtle has gone within its shell and acts dead. She's so sad. Until spring!
Price = 6.00 USD

Link:  Turtle Spring

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Quilts for All Seasons by Patricia Wilens, Susan Ramey

 
Author Name    Wilens, Patricia; Wright, Susan Ramey
 
Title   Quilts for All Seasons

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A. Oxmoor House 1993

ISBN Number    0848711092 / 9780848711092 

Seller ID   017646

Hardcover, no DJ. In near fine condition. Irish crosses, butterfly crib quilt, Hosanna, card tricks, Noah's star crib quilt, Dutch treat quilt and vest, garden of friendship, iris in my garden, windblown girl, wedding ring, sailboat crib quilt, seven sisters quilt and pillow, paper fans, rose garden, gone fishin' quilt and beach bag, turtle creek, Indian summer, wild goose chase lap quilt, halcyon days, spider web quilt and Halloween treat bags, maple leaf quilt and maple leaf potholders, winds of autumn, repeating crosses, Indian trails, stars over my garden maze, starry angels wall quilt and Christmas pillows, stepping stones, black tie affair, winter roses, amethyst, in the bleak midwinter, and snowy, snowy night lap quilt. Plus info on how to.
Price = 12.00 USD

Link:  Quilts for All Seasons 

Monday, October 28, 2013

The Perilous Road by William O. Steele

 
Author Name    William O. Steele 
 
Title   The Perilous Road

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

ISBN Number    0590451286 / 9780590451284 

Seller ID   005794

Trade paperback. Scholastic, first, 1991. In very good condition. A Newbery Honor winner. Chris hates the Yankees. Not only are the Union troops in Tennessee, they took all the supplies his family had saved for winter. And now his brother has joined up with them!
 
Price = 5.00 USD

Link:  The Perilous Road


Sunday, October 27, 2013

Lily and the Paper Man by Rebecca Upjohn

 
Author Name    Upjohn, Rebecca 
 
Title   Lily and the Paper Man

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher   Toronto, ON, Canada Second Story Press 2007

ISBN Number    189718719X / 9781897187197 

Illustrator   Renne Benoit

Seller ID   017226

Hardcover. Second Story Press, 2007. In near fine condition. Lily is afraid to walk by the paper man on the way home from school because he looks different and isn't very clean. But as winter comes and she sees that his shoes have holes in them, as well as his socks, and he doesn't have a hat or gloves, she comes up with an idea to help him.
GIRL,  HOMELESS  

Price = 15.00 USD

Link:  Lily 
 

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Ehanamani: Walks Among by A C Ross





 Author Name    Ross, A. C. 
 

Title   Ehanamani: Walks Among

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. Bear 1992

ISBN Number    0962197726 / 9780962197727 

Inscription   Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID   017365

Trade paperback. Bear Publishing, second printing, revised edition, 1993. In very good condition. Inscribed and signed on half-title page. The Winter Count of a Santee Dakota Educator, Historian, and Spiritual Guide.
Price = 10.00 USD

Link:  Ehanamani 

 

Friday, October 25, 2013

The Springing Fern by Roderick Finlayson

Author Name    Roderick Finlayson 
 
Title   The Springing Fern

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Jacket Condition   Poor

Type   Book

Edition   1st Edition

Publisher    Whitcombe and Tombs Limited 1965

Illustrator   Joan Smith

Seller ID   021408

Hardcover. DJ is very worn, now in mylar. Interior of book is clean and bright. Set in New Zealand. In this country after fire has destroyed the giants of the forest then, at the end of winter, up shoot the fronds of the fern, coiled springs ready to burst into new and vigorous growth. The Springing Fern was first published as a series of Primary School Bulletins by the School Publications Branch of the Department of Education, Wellington.
Price = 25.00 USD

Link:  The Springing Fern 

 

Thursday, October 24, 2013

A Silly Snowy Day by Michael Coleman

Author Name    Michael Coleman 
 
Title   A Silly Snowy Day

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

ISBN Number    0439250013 / 9780439250016 

Illustrator   Weyneth Williamson

Seller ID   012701

Softcover. Scholastic, 2000. In near fine condition. Everyone knows turtles hibernate in winter - don't they?
 
Price = 6.00 USD

Link:  Silly Snowy Day 
 

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Morristown National Historic Park New Jersey A Military Capital of the American Revolution by Melvin J Weig

 
Author Name    Melvin J Weig 
 
Title   Morristown National Historic Park New Jersey A Military Capital of the American Revolution

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Seller ID   016558

Softcover, 44 pages. National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 7, reprinted 1957. In very good condition. The first winter encampment in Morris County, Jockey Hollow: the hard winter of 1779-80, January 1781, the story of two mutinies and the New Jersey brigade encampment of 1781-82.
Price = 10.00 USD

Link:  Morristown


Tuesday, October 22, 2013

More Lace Suncatchers by Maggie Weldon

Author Name    Maggie Weldon 
 
Title   More Lace Suncatchers

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Seller ID   017507

Craft booklet. Leisure Arts, 1991. In very good condition, light cover wear. Pretty posies, double heart, heart ring, pineapple star, winter visions, dainty lace, shadows, sunburst.
Price = 6.00 USD

Link:  Suncatchers

Monday, October 21, 2013

Musical Melody Mop Dolls Book 87M17 by Karen Ann Wiant




Author Name    Karen Ann Wiant 
 

Title   Musical Melody Mop Dolls Book 87M17

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Annie's Attic 1991

Seller ID   019481

Craft booklet. Very good condition, light edgewear. Sweetheart doll, grandmother doll, spring doll, welcome wreath doll, mother doll, patriot doll, friendship doll, happy birthday doll, teacher doll, graduation doll, summer doll, winter doll.
MOP  DOLLS  

Price = 8.00 USD

Link:  Mop Dolls 
 

Sunday, October 20, 2013

The Kids' Book of Incredibly Fun Crafts by Roberta Gould

 
Author Name    Gould, Roberta 
 
Title   The Kids' Book of Incredibly Fun Crafts

Binding   Softcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Charlotte, Vermont, U.S.A. Williamson Pub 2003

ISBN Number    1885593856 / 9781885593856 

Seller ID   019534

Oversized softcover. Very good condition. Weave an intricate vine basket, make unusual wheat shapes, create a glorious vine wreath, make an alter-ego scarecrow, decorate beautiful Pysanky dyed eggs (Ukranian), craft wearable American Indian-style moccasins, punch Mexican aluminum ornaments, design magical "peek-in" sugar eggs, make a landscape cake, design a robot, create a winter soltice starry night, make sound effects, and film a clay-figure film animation!
Price = 10.00 USD

Link:  Fun Crafts
 

Saturday, October 19, 2013

The Beef Bonanza by Gen. James S Brisbin

 
Author Name    Gen. James S Brisbin 
 
Title   The Beef Bonanza

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Thus

Publisher    University of Oklahoma 1959

Seller ID   016753

Small hardcover. University of Oklahoma Press, 1959, first printing. In near fine condition, DJ has minor edgewear, now in mylar cover. It was this book (first printed in 1882) that led to the great cattle herds on the Wyoming and Montana plains. The over-grazing coupled with the severe winter storms of the late 1880's eventually led to the Johnson County War.
 
Price = 30.00 USD

Link:  Beef Bonanza
 

Friday, October 18, 2013

Let It Snow! by Faye Shelton


Author Name    Faye Shelton 
 
Title   Let It Snow! Leaflet 2038

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Leisure Arts 1991

Seller ID   020478

Craft booklet, 6 pages. Very good condition, has some edgewear. Angel's Tears, Snowdrop, Milady's Petticoat, Iced Gingerbread, Edelweiss, Glacial Lace, Winter's Tale, Moon Shadow, White Nights, Northern Lights.
Price = 8.00 USD

Link:  Snowflakes

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Lemonade in Winter by Emily Jenkins


Author Name    Emily Jenkins 

Title   Lemonade in Winter  

Binding   Hardcover  

Book Condition   Near Fine  

Jacket Condition   Near Fine


Type   Book

Edition   1st Edition

Publisher    Schwartz & Wade 2012

ISBN Number    0375858830 / 9780375858833 

Illustrator   G Frian Karas

Seller ID   021543

Picture book. Learn how to count money as you follow along the story about two children determined to make money by selling lemonade - even if it is winter.  
 
Price = 15.00 USD
  
Link:  Lemonade


Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming





Author Name    Denise Fleming 

Title   Time To Sleep

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Scholastic 1998

ISBN Number    0590005251 / 9780590005258 

Seller ID   018203

Softcover. Near fine condition. A chill is in the air! It's time for Bear, Skunk, Ladybug, and all the other forest animals to take their winter nap.
Price = 8.00 USD

Link:  Time to Sleep 
 

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey





 Author Name    Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin; Gannett, Ruth Chrisman 
 

Title   Miss Hickory

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   New York, New York, U.S.A. Puffin 1977

ISBN Number    014030956X / 9780140309560 

Seller ID   012272

Trade paperback. Puffin Newbery Library, npd. In very good condition with a very worn cover. A Newbery Medal winner. Miss Hickory is a doll made from an apple wood twig and whose head is a hickory nut. When her owner moves from New Hampshire to Boston to go school and leaves her behind, she must figure out how to care for herself in the winter!
Price = 6.00 USD


Link:  Miss Hickory


Monday, October 14, 2013

Trees Have Names - A Portrait Gallery of Trees by Adrian Hill

 
Author Name    Adrian Hill 
 
Title   Trees Have Names A Portrait Gallery of Trees

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Faber and Faber Limited 1949

Seller ID   016677

Oversized hardcover. Faber and Faber Limited, 1949, first edition. In near fine condition, pages toning. DJ is good, has some small pieces missing at top and bottom of spine and a couple of small tears, now in mylar cover. This is a series of some forty portraits of trees shown in both summer and winter seasons. A gallery of illustrations in black and white with brief factual captions. Good either for a tree lover or an art student.
TREES,  ART,  NATURE  

Price = 50.00 USD


Link:  Trees


Sunday, October 13, 2013

Told in a Garden - Winter & Summer Scene


Title   Told in a Garden - Winter & Summer Scene

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Seller ID   011542

Craft pattern. Told in a Garden, npd. In very good condition, never opened. Winter kids and summer kids patterns for pictures.
CROSS  STITCH  

Price = 8.00 USD


Link:  Told in a Garden


Saturday, October 12, 2013

The American West January/February 1977 Vol XIV No 1


Title   The American West January/February 1977 Vol XIV No 1

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    American West Publishing Company 1977

Seller ID   020943

Magazine, 64 pages. Very good condition, cover shows wear. Giants in the Earth by Larry L Meyer, Death and Rebirth of a City (Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire) by Roger and Nancy Olmsted, 922 Oak Street (1906 San Francisco Earthquake) by Dorothy Geissinger, Trailing the Alias by Waldo Koop, Winter at Fort Clark (Maximilliam and Bodmer Among the Plains Indians) by Davis Thomas and Karin Ronnefeldt, Red Death on the Missouri (Smallpox) by K C Tessendorf.
Western  History  

Buy link:  American West 
 

Friday, October 11, 2013

Frosty the Snowman and the Magic Day


Title   Frosty the Snowman and the Magic Day

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Cambridge, ON, Canada Golden Books Publishing (Canada), 
Incorporated 1991

ISBN Number    0307123391 / 9780307123398 

Seller ID   005760

Oversized hardcover. Golden Book, 1991. In very good condition, some corner bumping. A Big Golden Book. Mary has been very sick all winter and can't wait to go play in the snow with her friend, Frosty. But the snow is all gone!
Price = 6.00 USD

Buy link:  Frosty

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Rainier Byways Visions Truths & Myths by Wilton Daniels

 
Author Name    Wilton Daniels 
 
Title   Rainier Byways Visions Truths & Myths

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Kent, Washington, U.S.A. Directed Media 1990

ISBN Number    0939688263 / 9780939688265 

Illustrator   John Marshall

Seller ID   017609

Oversized softcover. Directed Media, 1990, first edition. In very good condition, light cover wear. Filled with beautiful pictures about the history of Mt Rainier, the people and animals and who live(d) there, and how the water benefits the valley.
MT  RAINIER  YAKIMA  

Price = 12.00 USD


Buy link:  Rainier Byways


Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Journal of the Southwest, Volume 32, Number 3, Autumn 1990 by Joseph Carleton Wilder





 Author Name    Joseph Carleton Wilder 
 

Title   Journal of the Southwest, Volume 32, Number 3, Autumn 1990

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    University of Arizona 1990

Seller ID   016699

Trade paperback. University of Arizona, 1990. In very good condition, some edgeware, bottom right corner of cover creased. Interior is bright and clean. Water in New Mexico, Dancing for Water, Dividing the Water, Acequia Rights in Law and Tradition, Land Water and Pueblo-hispanic Relations in Northern New Mexico, Sonoran Prophecy, Sonoran Adobes, Placido, other columns and features.
Price = 10.00 USD

Buy link:  Journal of the Southwest 
 

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

I Love You Mommy by Jillian Harper



Author Name    Jillian Harper 
 
Title   I Love You Mommy

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   New York, New York, U.S.A. Parragon Inc 2004

ISBN Number    1405437820 / 9781405437820 

Illustrator   Kristina Stephenson

Seller ID   018945

Oversized hardcover, pictorial boards. No DJ. Very good condition, corners show wear. Little Bear forgets to wait for Mommy to show him how to do things, and falls in the water and out of a tree. But when he wants to play with friends, he listens. And it's fun!
Price = 8.00 USD

Buy link:   I Love You

Monday, October 7, 2013

Bernadette's Busy Morning by Ila Hodgson

 
Author Name    Ila Hodgson 
 
Title   Bernadette's Busy Morning

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Parents Magazine Press 

Illustrator   John E Johnson

Seller ID   013346

Hardcover, pictoral boards, no DJ. Parents Magazine Press, 1968. In very good condition, cover wear, corners lightly chipped, name on front end paper. Bernadette's quite thirsty, but no one is giving her any water, they're all busy. Then her chain breaks.
Price = 10.00 USD


Buy link:  Bernadette


Sunday, October 6, 2013

The Wyoming Lynching of Cattle Kate, 1889 by George W Hufsmith

 


Author Name    Hufsmith, George W. 
 
Title   The Wyoming Lynching of Cattle Kate, 1889

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Glendo, Wyoming, U.S.A. High Plains Pr 1993

ISBN Number    0931271169 / 9780931271168 

Seller ID   017880

Trade paperback. In very good condition. Did Cattle Kate (Ellen Watson) barter sex for calves or was she an independent woman ahead of her time who homesteaded in the wrong place? Did Averell run a bawdyhouse or was this dispute really about land and water rights? Why were six politically powerful cattlemen who committed the crime never punished? What really happened to the witnesses who mysteriously disappeared and died?
Price = 10.00 USD


Buy link:  Cattle Kate