Tuesday, December 31, 2013

There's Always Juliet by John Van Druten

 
Author Name    John Van Druten 
 
Title   There's Always Juliet

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Seller ID   006556

Trade paperback. Samuel French, c. 1931, npd. In very good condition, name and date on back of front cover. A comedy in three acts. 176 pages. Leonara, a young Englishwoman, meets Dwight, a nice American boy. They have a wonderful few days together, but Dwight must return to the states. He proposes, she hesitates, he leaves. But he returns for a few more days.
 
Price = 10.00 USD

Link:  There's Always Juliet

Monday, December 30, 2013

Taps for Private Tussie by Jesse Stuart

 
Author Name    Jesse Stuart 
 
Title   Taps for Private Tussie

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Seller ID   014040

Hardcover, ex-library. World Publishing, second printing, 1970. In very good condition, minor library markings. Private Tussie is killed in the war and leaves behind a $10,000 insurance policy. You can't believe how many relatives suddenly turn up to help spend the money.
 
Price = 10.00 USD

Link:  Taps

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Floral Art of Japan Tourist Library 11 by Issotei Nishikawa

 
Author Name    Issotei Nishikawa 
 
Title   Floral Art of Japan Tourist Library 11

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Seller ID   014037

Softcover. Board of Tourist Industry, 1936. In very good condition, cover edgewear, light foxing on frontispiece, name on front fly leaf, front and back fly leaves are stamped: Property of Klaus H Pringsheim, Deposited in the Modern China Project, New York City. Filled with examples of the simple, but beautiful, Japanese floral arrangements.
 
Price = 10.00 USD

Link:  Floral Art of Japan

Saturday, December 28, 2013

The Impossible People by Georgess McHargue

 
Author Name    Georgess McHargue 
 
Title   The Impossible People

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1972

ISBN Number    0030802385 / 9780030802386

Illustrator   Frank Bozzo

Seller ID   009484

Hardcover, ex-library. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1972, first edition. In good condition, foxing on outside of pages and front and back fly leaves, usual library markings. A history natural and unnatural of beings terrible and wonderful.
 
Price = 8.00 USD

Link:  Impossible People

Friday, December 27, 2013

Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Sudworth

 
Author Name    George Sudworth 
 
Title   Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Good

Type   Book

Seller ID   006336

Trade paperback. Dover, 1967. In good condition. A great reference guide with several illustrations of leaves and berries to help identification.
 
Price = 12.00 USD

Link:  Forest Trees

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight by David Wagoner

 
Author Name    David Wagoner 
 
Title   Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher    Farrar, Straus, & Giroux 1970

Seller ID   020853

Hardcover. Near fine condition, outside page edges lightly soiled, slight spine slant. DJ is good, minor edgewear, lightly soiled, now in mylar cover. When the Judge skips town without advance notice, he leaves 17-year-old Jackson with title to half the town (including an interest in both the local bank and the local whorehouse), along with a book entitled What Every Young Man Should Know...
 
Price = 15.00 USD

Link:  Where?

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis

 
Author Name    Curtis, Christopher Paul 
 
Title   The Mighty Miss Malone

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Jacket Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   1st Edition

Publisher   Westminster, MD, U.S.A. Random House Children's Books 2012

ISBN Number    0385734913 / 9780385734912 

Seller ID   021272

Hardcover. When Miss Malone's father leaves Gary, Indiana, looking for work and doesn't return, his family heads out after him. They are determined to find him, no matter what it takes.
Price = 12.00 USD

Link:  The Mighty Miss Malone

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

The Pick of the Pineapples Book No 287


Title   The Pick of the Pineapples Book No 287

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    The Spool Cotton Company 1952

Seller ID   020896

Craft booklet, 15 pages. Very good condition, shows a bit of wear. Modern mode, pineapple wheel, festival fancy, pineapple oval, sunset sky, pineapple frosting, pineapple foam, pineapple trousseau, tea apron, pineapple leaves.
Price = 10.00 USD

Link:  The Pick of Pineapples

Monday, December 23, 2013

Sinto Shrines (Zinsya)


Title   Sinto Shrines (Zinsya)

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Seller ID   014035

Softcover. Board of Tourist Industry,npd, bound with ribbon. In very good condition, cover edgewear, cover, front and back fly leaves are stamped: Property of Klaus H Pringsheim, Deposited in the Modern China Project, New York City, has some pen underlining, but does not harm reading. Well illustrated with a brief explanation of Sinto ceremonies and priesthood.
 
Price = 8.00 USD

Link:  Sinto Shrines

Sunday, December 22, 2013

O Canada! Booklet 526


Title   O Canada! Booklet 526

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher    Patons & Baldwins Canada 1989

Seller ID   019689

Craft booklet. Near fine condition. The Maple Leaf Forever, On the Slopes, Meet the Moose, The Far Shore, Canada Jacket, Lone Pine, Call of the Loon, Falling Leaves, Totem Jacket, Spare Change, Voyageur Vest and Sweater, Cable Turtleneck, Stand on Guard.
Price = 10.00 USD

Link:  O Canada

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Lily's Album of Crocheted Designs Book 1200



Title   Lily's Album of Crocheted Designs Book 1200


Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Lily Mills Company 1944

Seller ID   020917

Craft booklet, 27 pages. Good condition, pages toning, shows edgewear and use. Card table cover tea rose, table doily set whispering leaves, placemat in shadow filet, breakfast tray doily rose in bloom, tray doily smart service, dancing flowers doily, small doily set trifles, glass shorts, two hot dish mat sets, three coaster designs, hostess set, chair set blossom time, bedspread medallions whirl away - stardust - lattice window, bedspread design old concord, baby set, bonnet and bootees for the tiny infant, jumbo the pink elephant, baby nap-sacque, bib & high chair doily, calot and belt set, collar and jabot, vestee dress parade, trimmings - looped frog - fringe and buttons - crocheted cord - frills - flower spray - snowflake - forgetmenot, buttons, brooch and earring, lape ornament and earrings, sachet, pincushion, earrings, hair ornament.
Price = 10.00 USD

Link:  Album of Crocheted Designs

Friday, December 20, 2013

Embellished Quilted Projects


Title   Embellished Quilted Projects

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Chanhassen, Minnesota, U.S.A. Creative Pub Intl 1996

ISBN Number    0865733104 / 9780865733107 

Seller ID   017625

Softcover. Cowles, 1996, first edition. In near fine condition, top of spine lightly bumped. Part of the Singer Sewing Reference Library. Log Cabin quilt with beaded tassels, Lone Star wall hanging with yo-yo flowers and faced applique leaves, do a landscape sampler with raw-edge and blindstiched applique - netting and organza overlays - beads, buttons and charms - and silk ribbon embroidery. Diamond quilted and asymmetrically pieced pillows and a Maple Leaf table cover featuring raw-edge appliques. Quilt a couched organza vest embellished with buttons and charms, a bolero jacked trimmed with silk ribbon embroidery, or a toddler's outfit accented with a Noah's Ark applique.
Price = 18.00 USD

Link:  Quilted Projects

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Snowie Rolie by William Joyce

 
Author Name    William Joyce 
 
Title   Snowie Rolie

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Scholastic 2001

ISBN Number    0439355842 / 9780439355841 

Seller ID   018471

Softcover. In near fine condition. Rolie wishes it would snow, and then it did! But when he and his friends build a snowman and the sun comes back out, he has to figure out how to save his new friend.
 
Price = 8.00 USD

Link:  Snowie Rolie

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Dolls Knitting Book by Sue Peck



Author Name    Sue Peck 
 
Title   Dolls Knitting Book

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Good

Type   Book

Seller ID   017591

Craft booklet. Susan Peck, 1956. In good condition, cover slightly soiled. She used the 14" Eff-An-Bee baby doll, the 15" Toni doll, and the 7 1/2" Nancy Storybook doll for models. Baby doll's sweater-cap and booties, doll's lacy sweater, doll's helmet, plain booties, thumbless mittens, doll's slippers, mittens with cables, plain mittens, soakers for baby doll, baby doll's 3-piece suit, boy doll's suit, boy doll's sweater & cap, Nancy Ann Story Book Doll clothes, boy doll's sleeveless sweater and beret, slip-over sweater & scarf, doll's school sweater, doll's cable skating set, snow suit with stripe, doll's shorty sweater & scarf, doll's first party dress, doll's stole.
Price = 15.00 USD

Link:  Dolls Knitting Book

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Hans Christian Andersen's the Snow Queen: A Fairy Tale Told in Seven Stories by Ken Setterington

 
Author Name    Setterington, Ken 
 
Title   Hans Christian Andersen's the Snow Queen: A Fairy Tale Told in Seven Stories

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Jacket Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher   Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Tundra Books 2000

ISBN Number    0887764975 / 9780887764974 

Illustrator   Nelly & Ernst Hofer

Seller ID   020795

Hardcover. Near fine condition. Third printing. A retelling of Andersen's fairy tale with cut-paper art of scherenschnitt. The evil Snow Queen spirits Kay away. Can Gerda save him?
Fairy  Tale
  
Price = 18.00 USD

Link:  The Snow Queen

Monday, December 16, 2013

Magyk Septimus Heap Book One by Angie Sage

 
Author Name    Sage, Angie 
 
Title   Magyk Septimus Heap Book One

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher   Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Katherine Tegen Books 2005

ISBN Number    0060577312 / 9780060577315

Seller ID   018426

Hardcover, bookclub edition. In near fine condition. The seventh son of the seventh son is stolen by the midwife, but a baby is left in the snow to replace him. Who is Septimus Heap? A lost child? An unlikely hero? A powerful wizard?
Price = 12.00 USD

Link:  Magyk

Sunday, December 15, 2013

The Story of Little Red Riding Hood and Other Tales by Peter Holeinone

 

Author Name    Peter Holeinone 
 
Title   The Story of Little Red Riding Hood and Other Tales

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition  Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Gallery Books 1990

ISBN Number    0831738812 / 9780831738815 

Illustrator   Piero Cattaneo

Seller ID   020121

Oversized hardcover with pictorial boards. Very good condition, bottom of spine bumped and two small color chips missing, inscription on page facing table of contents. Golden Fairy Tale Collection: Little Red Riding Hood, The Magic Tinder Box, The Little Matchgirl, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Snow Queen, The Poplar and the Stream, The Little Golden Bird, Narcissus, The Ruby Prince.
FAIRY  TALES 

Price = 15.00 USD

Link:  The Story of...


Saturday, December 14, 2013

The Snow Monkey at Home by Margaret Rau

 
Author Name    Rau, Margaret; Hulsmann, Eva 
 
Title   The Snow Monkey at Home

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    1979

ISBN Number    0394839765 / 9780394839769 

Inscription   Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID   016236

Hardcover. Alfred A Knopf, 1979, first. In near fine condition wtih a very good DJ with plastic cover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end paper. Beautiful illustrations and all about the life of snow monkeys.
Price = 20.00 USD

Link:   Snow Monkey

Friday, December 13, 2013

Winter Rabbit by Patrick Yee

 
Author Name    Patrick Yee 
 
Title   Winter Rabbit
 
Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Scholastic 1995

ISBN Number    0590205196 / 9780590205191 

Seller ID   019080

Softcover. Very good condition, show light reading wear. Squirrel and Bear build themselves a BIG rabbit out of snow - and it comes to life!
Price = 6.00 USD

Link:  Winter Rabbit

Thursday, December 12, 2013

The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Pat McKissack



Author Name    McKissack, Pat; McKissack, Fredrick L. 




Title   The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

Binding   Hardcover


Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A. Alfred a Knopf Inc 1992

ISBN Number    0679818634 / 9780679818632 

Illustrator   Brian Pinkney

Seller ID   012783

Oversized hardcover. Alfred A Knopf, 1992, first. In very good condition, usual library makings. Artwork was done in scratchboard. The Legend of Pin Oak, We Organized, Justice, The 11:59, The Sight, The Woman in the Snow, The Conjure Brother, Boo Mama, The Gingi, The Chicken Coop Monster.
Price = 10.00 USD

Link:  The Dark-Thirty

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Mystery of the Haunted Hut by Mary Graham Bonner

Author Name    Mary Graham Bonner 
 
Title   Mystery of the Haunted Hut

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Seller ID   012241

Trade paperback. Scholastic, fifth printing, 1963. In very good condition, front cover have two creases, pages yellowing, and some ink on page 132, not in text block. No one was supposed to be using the hut, but there's blood on the snow outside the door.
 
Price = 5.00 USD

Link:  Mystery of the Haunted Hut

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Simple Gatherings and Glad Tidings by Karen Lamp

Author Name    Karen Lamp 
 
Title   Simple Gatherings and Glad Tidings

Binding   Soft cover
 
Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Blue Ridge Publications 2000

Seller ID   019578

Craft booklet. Very good condition, light edgewear. Snowbirds Welcome, Tree Trimmin' Santa, Mr. Scarecrow, Joy to the World, Pumpkins for Sale, Harvest Friends, Glory Angel, A Frosty Shirt, A Winter Welcome, Mr. Winter Wonderland, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Merry Mr. Claus, Let it Snow, Keep Warm, The Flaky Bunch, Garden Party, A Frosty Winter Night, Starlight Santa.
Price = 10.00 USD

Link:  Simple Gatherings and Glad Tidings

Monday, December 9, 2013

Success with Markers by Julie McGuffee

 
Author Name    Julie McGuffee 
 
Title   Success with Markers

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Suzanne McNeill 1996

ISBN Number    1574210432 / 9781574210439

Seller ID   017729

Craft booklet. In very good condition, edgewear. 16 great designs for Zig woodcraft markers. Patchwork angel, funky plaid angel, summer ot, folk heart pick, Christmas pot, bird lady, Mr. Noah's boat rides, garden sampler, starlight angel, birdhouse plant pick, gardening angel plant pick, tomato plaque, birds drop inn, Santa birdhouse pick, here birdie, snowman snow gauge.
Price = 8.00 USD

Link:  Success with Markers

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Outhouses of the West by Sherman Hines


Author Name    Hines, Sherman 
 
Title   Outhouses of the West

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher   Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Nimbus Publishing, Limited

ISBN Number    0921054076 / 9780921054078 

Seller ID   016598

Oversized hardcover, DJ in mylar. Nimbux, 1988. In near fine condition. Beautiful photos of outdoor privies - many of them covered in snow and looking very cold!
Price = 12.00 USD

Link:  Outhouses  

Saturday, December 7, 2013

The Christmas Blizzard by Helen Ketteman

 
Author Name    Helen Ketteman 
 
Title   The Christmas Blizzard

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

ISBN Number    0590458795 / 9780590458795 

Illustrator   James Warhola

Seller ID   012807

Oversized softcover. Scholastic, 1995. In very good condition, name and inscription on half-title page. A wonderfully illustrated tall tale about the year the weather was mixed up and Santa moved to their town and they needed snow.
 
Price = 6.00 USD

Link:  Christmas Blizzard

Friday, December 6, 2013

Debbie Mumm's Decorating with Quick & Easy Holiday Quilts by Debbie Mumm



Author Name    Debbie Mumm 
 
Title   Debbie Mumm's Decorating with Quick & Easy Holiday Quilts

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher    Debbie Mumm 2004

ISBN Number    0972255958 / 9780972255950 

Seller ID   018588

Spiral bound softcover. Near fine condition. 45 quick and easy holiday quilts and projects. Jolly holly days, nordic noel, star of wonder, candy cane lane, a cozy flannel Christmas, let it snow and presenting poinsettias.
Price = 20.00 USD

Link:  Holiday Quilts

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton

 
Author Name    Burton, Virginia Lee (editor) 
 
Title   Katy and the Big Snow

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   New York, NY, U.S.A. Scholastic Incorporated

ISBN Number    0590047922 / 9780590047920 

Seller ID   007484

Softcover. Scholastic, c. 1971. In very good condition, two stamps and name on back of front cover. Katy is a red crawler tractor and she isn't really needed until a big snow comes - then watch her go!
Price = 6.00 USD

Link:  Katy and the Big Snow


Wednesday, December 4, 2013

RESCUE John McGuire by Ben Mikaelson

Title   RESCUE John McGuire

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

ISBN Number    0786810416 / 9780786810413 

Seller ID   012136

Trade paperback. Hyperion, 1991, School Book Club Edition. In near fine condition. Josh runs away to the mountains to save a bear cub targeted for laboratory experiments, but didn't plan on running into a snow storm!
 
Price = 5.00 USD

Link:  Rescue

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

You Can Do It, Sam by Amy Hest



Author Name    Amy Hest 
 
Title   You Can Do It, Sam

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Candlewick Pr 2007

ISBN Number    076363493X / 9780763634933 

Illustrator   Anita Jeram

Seller ID   018418

Oversized hardcover. Near fine condition. Kohl's special edition. Sam is not sure he wants to walk through the snow to the door to deliver their present, but his Mom tells him he CAN do it!
Price = 8.00 USD

Link:  You Can Do It, Sam

Monday, December 2, 2013

Scrap Quilts Fast and Fun by Patricia Wilens

 
Author Name    Wilens, Patricia 
 
Title   Scrap Quilts Fast and Fun

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A. Oxmoor House 1997

ISBN Number    0848716701 / 9780848716707

Seller ID   018251

Oversized hardcover, pictorial boards, no DJ. Near fine condition. Pin points, step-by-step guide to quiltmaking and quilts: Courthouse Steps, Diamond Jubilee, Madras Kaleidoscope, Crossed Canoes, Sunflower Sayonara, Wildflowers, Pyramids, Devil on the Run, Bedding Down, Cups & Saucers, Maple Street Rag, Maple Street Blues, Baskets of Liberty, Spider Web, Stars In Stars Out, Spools, Crossroads to Jericho, Signs & Symbols, Spring Blossoms, Prairie Queen, Hunter's Star, Folk Art Freedom, String Squares, Railroad Crossing, Starburt, Bear's Paw, Evening Star, Flock of Geese.
Price = 12.00 USD

Link:  Scrap Quilts

Sunday, December 1, 2013

The Happy Day by Ruth Krauss

 
Author Name    Ruth Krauss 
 
Title   The Happy Day

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher    Scholastic

ISBN Number    0590425951 / 9780590425957 

Illustrator   Marc Simont

Seller ID   018527

Softcover. Near fine condition. Text copyright 1949. Winter comes and everyone hibernates. But then they smell spring!
Price = 8.00 USD

Link:  The Happy Day