Monday, September 30, 2013

Field, Cover and Trap Shooting by Bogardus

Author Name    Bogardus
 
Title   Field, Cover and Trap Shooting

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   As New

Type   Book

Edition   Limited

Publisher   Prescott, Arizona, U.S.A. Wolfe Pub Co 1987

ISBN Number    0935632484 / 9780935632484 

Seller ID   016570

Hardcover, no DJ, as issued. Wolfe Publications, 1987 reprint. Limited edition #776 of 1500 copies. As new. Hints for skilled marksmen, instructions for young sportsmen, haunts and habits of game birds, flight and resorts of water fowl, breeding and breaking of dogs.
Price = 65.00 USD


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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic by Betty MacDonald


Author Name    Betty MacDonald 
 
Title   Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Good

Type   Book

ISBN Number    0590413848 / 9780590413848 

Seller ID   006332

Trade paperback. Scholastic, 1987. In good condition, has has water damage on lower left corner of cover but does not harm reading. The treatments are unusual, but they work! She can cure any child's bad habit!
 
Price = 5.00 USD


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Saturday, September 28, 2013

Windfall of Inherited Treasures by Betty Carney Taussig

 
Author Name    Betty Carney Taussig 
 
Title   Windfall of Inherited Treasures

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Seller ID   015798

Large softcover. Windfall Publishing, 1983. In near fine condition. Water color illustrations.An old Southern Maryland family as they lived American history.
 
Price = 20.00 USD


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Friday, September 27, 2013

Robbers Roost Recollections by Pearl Baker

 
Author Name    Baker, Pearl 
 
Title   Robbers Roost Recollections

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Utah State University Press 1976

ISBN Number    0874210836 / 9780874210835 

Inscription   Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID   017911

Hardcover. In near fine condition, previous owner's markings on half-title page. DJ is very good, has small pink stain on front cover, back cover has some minor moisture staining, in mylar cover now. Author signed on title page. Contains a gift inscription, showing that this book was the property of Helen Papanikolaw, Utah writer and historian. Ranch life: doing without much water and trying to keep a bunch of cows together in what must have been an excellent place to lose them.
Price = 50.00 USD

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Union Pacific Railroad Company Form 7171





Title   Union Pacific Railroad Company Form 7171
 

Binding   Softcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Union Pacific 1945

Seller ID   016511

Small, stiff orange-brown cloth-covered covers, teal pin binding, black lettering on front cover. Union Pacific, Effective August 1, 1945. In very good condition, edgewear, a spill on front board. Rules and Instructions Governing Maintenance of Air Brakes, Communicating Signal System, Electric Headlights, Heating, Air Conditioning, Water Systems, and Lighting. Definitions, general rules and index.
 
Price = 50.00 USD

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

The American West March 1968 Vol V No 2


Title   The American West March 1968 Vol V No 2

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher    American West Publishing Company 

Seller ID   020933

Magazine, 80 pages. Near fine condition. Plains Indian Painting The History and Development of an American Art Form by John C Ewers, Some Distant Vision Harvey Ellis and the Flowering of Midwestern Architecture by Roger G Kennedy, Water Land and People in the Great Valley - Is It True That What We Learn From History Is That We Learn Nothing From History? by Paul S Taylor, The Gunfighter and Society Good Guys Bad Guys Deviates and Compulsives by John G Cawelti, "A Superior Education to All, without Price" by J R K Kantor, Tyrone The Creation of a Model Ghost Town by Michael Jenkinson, Arrivederci Venice by Helen Hosmer.
Price = 15.00 USD

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Most Often Needed 1948 Television Servicing Guide

Title   Most Often Needed 1948 Television Servicing Guide

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Good

Type   Book

Seller ID   001291

Large softcover. Supreme Publications, 1948. In good condition, some water marking on cover and thread binding is loose at bottom. Pages are yellow. Has pull-out diagrams and schematics of the television of that era. Compiled by M N Beitman.
 
Price = 25.00 USD

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Monday, September 23, 2013

Corneille Le Cid Tragedie

Title   Corneille Le Cid Tragedie

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Paris, France Librarie Larousse 1941

Seller ID   019602

Small softcover. Good condition, name and address on front cover, light water dampstains on top and bottom of spine, top stain slightly shows internally, pages toning. French language. A play from the Classiques Larousse series.
PLAY  TRAGEDY  

Price = 15.00 USD

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Sunday, September 22, 2013

Cornell Rural School Leaflet Volume IX Number 1 September 1915

Title   Cornell Rural School Leaflet Volume IX Number 1 September 1915

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Ithaca, New York, U.S.A. Department of Rural Education 1915

Seller ID   020879

Stapled wraps, softcover. Good condition, two school stamps one on over other title page, cover is soiled and cracked on the spine, back cover has light water stain, page toning. Illustrations and text clean and bright. This issue is for teachers. Subject matter in nature study and in elementary agriculture for 1915-1916 as outlined in the New York State syllabus for elementary schools. Hard to find, great historical reference.
Price = 75.00 USD

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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Nightbirds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken

Author Name    Joan Aiken 
 
Title   Nightbirds on Nantucket

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Seller ID   012214

Trade paperback. Dell Yearling, 4th printing, 1975. In very good condition, name and date on half-title page, pages yellowing. Dido was saved from a watery death and taken to stay with her Aunt on Nantucket, but she wants to go home to England. Captain Casket is looking for a pink whale - maybe she can use that hunt to get home?
 
Price = 5.00 USD

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Friday, September 20, 2013

Buckin' Chutes, Bars and Love Songs by Jess Kelly, Danny Kelly

Author Name    Jess Kelly, Danny Kelly 
 
Title   Buckin' Chutes, Bars and Love Songs

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Sherman, Texas Boots 'N Hooks Publishing 1996

Seller ID   020298

Trade paperback. Very good condition, light cover edgewear. Rodeo wit, women, mean bulls and more.
Price = 12.00 USD


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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Treasures for Tomas by Edith J Agnew

Author Name    Edith J. Agnew 
 
Title   Treasures for Tomas

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Seller ID   007474

Trade paperback. Friendship Press, 1964. In very good condition, Turkle written on front cover, slight soiling of cover. Brinton Turkle illustrated. Tomas' father loses his job because he goes to church on Sunday and is thought to be "lazy", but he allows the boys to go the second hand store auction sale and they come home with treasures. Deciding what these treasures mean and who they belong to brings the whole family a pleasant surprise!
 
Price = 15.00 USD


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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

The Sesame Seed Snatchers by Dale Fife

Author Name    Dale Fife 
 
Title   The Sesame Seed Snatchers

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Houghton Mifflin 1983

ISBN Number    0395348269 / 9780395348260

Illustrator   Sandy Kossin

Seller ID   015959

Hardcover, no DJ, ex-library. Houghton Mifflin, first, 1983. In very good condition, usual library markings, mostly blacked out. A fun story about "The Two Guys Private Eyes" and how the sesame seeds are getting out of the vat. Complete with odd characters and maybe even ghosts!
Price = 8.00 USD


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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl

Author Name    Dahl, Roald 
 
Title   George's Marvelous Medicine

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Toronto, ON, Canada Penguin Books Canada, Limited 1991

ISBN Number    0140346414 / 9780140346411 

Seller ID   003119

Trade paperback. Puffin, first, 1982. In very good condition. George's grandma needed something whopping to cure her witchiness - or maybe just a taste of her own medicine.
Price = 6.00 USD

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Monday, September 16, 2013

Estie the Mensch by Jane Kohuth

Author Name    Kohuth, Jane 
 
Title   Estie the Mensch

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 2011

ISBN Number    0375867783 / 9780375867781

Illustrator   Rosanne Litzinger

Seller ID   021176

Estie's grandmother wants her to be a mensch. Be a good person, be good behaved and kind. Estie doesn't want to do that!
Picture  Book,  Mensch  

Price = 15.00 USD

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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Church Signs Across America by Steve Paulson and Pam Paulson





 Author Name    Steve Paulson, Pam Paulson 

 
Title   Church Signs Across America

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.A. Overlook Pr 2006

ISBN Number    1585677140 / 9781585677146 

Seller ID   017669

Hardcover with pictorial boards, no DJ. In near fine condition. Humorous, inspirational, quirky, and kind messages. A photo tour of the churches in the states.
Price = 20.00 USD

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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Deer Friends Precious Moments #30 by Gloria & Pat

Author Name    Gloria & Pat 
 
Title   Deer Friends Precious Moments #30

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Gloria & Pat 1992

Seller ID   014990

Craft booklet. In near fine condition. I Guess I Should Retire, Love is Kind, Friends Never Drift Apart, You Are A Blessing To Me, To My Deer Friend, Sharing a Gift of Love, He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, This Too Shall Pass, I Am a Child of the King, Love Lifted Me, Always Room for One More, Feed My Sheep.
CROSS  STITCH  

Price = 10.00 USD

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Friday, September 13, 2013

Once in the Saddle: The Cowboy's Frontier 1866-1896 by Laurence Ivan Seidman

Author Name    Seidman, Laurence Ivan 
 
Title   Once in the Saddle: The Cowboy's Frontier 1866-1896

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher   New York, New York, U.S.A. Facts on File 1994

ISBN Number    081603091X / 9780816030910 

Seller ID   016743

Trade paperback. Facts on File, 1994, second printing. In near fine condition. Who was the real cowboy and what kind of existance did he lead?
Price = 10.00 USD


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Thursday, September 12, 2013

The Bunny's Night-Light : A Glow in the Dark Search by Geoffrey Hayes

Author Name    Hayes, Geoffrey 
 
Title   The Bunny's Night-Light : A Glow in the Dark Search

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Jacket Condition   No Jacket

Type   Book

Edition   1st Edition

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

ISBN Number    0375869263 / 9780375869266 

Seller ID   021521

Picture book. Bunny can't sleep at night because there is too much dark, so Papa takes him for a walk to find the right kind of night light.
 
Price = 10.00 USD

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Gold Hunter The Adventures of Marshall Bond by Marshall Bond Jr

Author Name    Marshall Bond Jr 
 
Title   Gold Hunter The Adventures of Marshall Bond

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    University of New Mexico 1969

Seller ID   016902

Hardcover. University of New Mexico, 1969, stated first edition. In very good condition, light board edgewear. DJ is very good, some minor chipping, minor light soiling on front and back panels, has been price clipped, in mylar cover. Includes a post card, laid in, written by author (dated 1-5-70) to Roiwland Stebbins Jr., thanking "Steb" for.your kind words.in his review of this book. Marshall Bond (1867-1941) lived the life that every American dreams of. He followed the path of high adventure from one frontier world to another.
Price = 75.00 USD


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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Sassafras by Audrey Penn

Author Name    Audrey Penn 
 
Title   Sassafras

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Scholastic 1998

ISBN Number    0590047035 / 9780590047036 

Illustrator   Ruth E Harper

Seller ID   018205

Softcover. Near fine. Sassafras hates being teased about how he smells until he realizes each animal has a weapon of some kind to protect themselves. The other animals are pleased when he uses his spray to save them from an intruder!
SKUNKS 

Price = 8.00 USD

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Monday, September 9, 2013

Historic Cookery by Fabiola C Gilbert

Author Name    Fabiola C Gilbert 
 
Title   Historic Cookery

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Seller ID   017433

Softcover. LaGuleria de los Artcsanos, 1970. In near fine condition. The recipes are an amalgamation of Indian, Spanish, Mexican and American cookery. The typical kind of food you find in New Mexico, the land of enchantment.
Price = 20.00 USD

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Sunday, September 8, 2013

The Boy from the Basement by Susan Shaw

Author Name    Shaw, Susan 
 
Title   The Boy from the Basement

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Dutton Childrens Books 2004

ISBN Number    0525472231 / 9780525472230 

Seller ID   018736

Hardcover. Near fine condition, remainder mark on bottom of pages. He's been confined to the basement for years. He goes out at night to get food and to relieve himself outdoors. But, when the wind blows the door shut - he's stuck outside! Boy, will he be in trouble now.
Price = 8.00 USD

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Saturday, September 7, 2013

Milagro of the Spanish Bean Pot by Emerita Romero-Anderson

Author Name    Romero-Anderson, Emerita; Pijoan, Randall 
 
Title   Milagro of the Spanish Bean Pot

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Jacket Condition   No Jacket

Type   Book

Edition   1st Edition

Publisher    Texas Tech University Press 2011

ISBN Number    0896726819 / 9780896726819 

Seller ID   021317

Hardcover. In 1790, a clay bean pot was an essential tool of life. When everyone in the village sends their pots to Chihuahua, Raymundo has trouble finding another a new one for his mother...
Price = 15.00 USD

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Friday, September 6, 2013

Lord Beresford and Lady Flo by Angela Dominguez

Author Name    Eugene O Porter 
 
Title   Lord Beresford and Lady Flo

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher   El Paso, TX University of Texas Press 1970

Seller ID   018759

Hardcover, no DJ as issued. Near fine condition. Lord Beresford was Irish and settled in Texas and Medicine Hat. He brought with him Lady Flo, who was Florida J Wolfe, and not a real lady. This is Southwestern Studies Monograph No. 25, and provides info from the newspaper articles at the time of his death and other historical references to the times and trouble they had, some of it related to the fact that Flo was a negress.
Price = 25.00 USD


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Thursday, September 5, 2013

No One Need Ever Know by Elfreida Read

 
Author Name    Elfreida Read 
 
Title   No One Need Ever Know

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Illustrator   Matte Delfino

Seller ID   010878

Pictorial hardcover, no DJ, ex-schoolbook. Ginn & Company, 1971. In very good condition, only one stamp marked discard. A Magic Circle Book. He knew he wasn't supposed to take the boat out by himself, but there was a boat in trouble and no one else around!
 
Price = 8.00 USD


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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Young Fredle by Cynthia Voigt

Author Name    Cynthia Voigt 
 
Title   Young Fredle

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Alfred A Knopf 2011

ISBN Number    0375864571 / 9780375864575 

Seller ID   021104

Hardcover. Near fine condition. Fredle is an adventurer and almost gets in trouble several times!
Price = 15.00 USD

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Pipes for Old Puff & The Little Down Cushion by Enid Blyton

Author Name    Blyton, Enid 
 
Title   Pipes for Old Puff & The Little Down Cushion

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Worksop, Notts, United Kingdom Award Publications Ltd 1985

ISBN Number    0861630971 / 9780861630974 

Illustrator   Rene Cloke

Seller ID   013344

Hardcover, pictorial boards, no DJ. Award Publications, 1985. In very good condition, corners bumped. Puff loses his pipe trying to protect the oak tree, but he gets paid back for his trouble! And the little elf fills a down cushion as a present, but Witch Frowner steals it - she'll be sorry, though.
CHILDREN  BOOKS  

Price = 6.00 USD

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