Thursday, June 30, 2016

The Epic of Alexandra by Dorothy Dayton

 
Author Name    Ingram, Virginia; Dayton, Dorothy 
 
Title   The Epic of Alexandra

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Winston Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A. John F Blair Pub 1979

ISBN Number    0895870150 / 9780895870155 

Seller ID   017275

Hardcover, ex-library. John F Blair, 1979. In very good condition, rear fly leaf cut out, corner of front fly leaf clipped, minimal library markings. Alexandra wasn't satisfied at being a princess, she wanted to have adventures! So off she goes, with her family's blessing, to make her own way. Which she does, admirably.
Price = 20.00 USD

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

The Quite Contrary Man : A True American Tale by Patricia Rusch Hyatt

 
Author Name    Hyatt, Patricia Rusch
 
Title   The Quite Contrary Man : A True American Tale

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Jacket Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   1st Edition

Publisher   London, United Kingdom Abrams 2011

ISBN Number    0810940655 / 9780810940659 

Illustrator   Kathryn Brown

Seller ID   021469

Picture book. Tell him he can't and he will.
 
Price = 15.00 USD

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle

 
Author Name    Howard Pyle 
 
Title   Otto of the Silver Hand

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Mineola, New York, U.S.A. Dover Pubns 1967

ISBN Number    0486217841 / 9780486217840 

Illustrator   Howard Pyle

Seller ID   012867

Softcover. Dover, 1967. In very good condition, name and date on front fly leaf. A tale of the motherless child of a valiant robber baron of medieval Germany.
Price = 8.00 USD

Monday, June 27, 2016

O-Sono and the Magician's Nephew and the Elephant by Henry Morgan

 
Author Name    Henry Morgan 
 
Title   O-Sono and the Magician's Nephew and the Elephant

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Jacket Condition   Fair

Type   Book

Edition   1st Edition

Publisher    Vanguard Press 1964

Illustrator   Spanfeller

Seller ID   021455

Picture book. DJ is fair, chips, tears, and soiling. Boards look like new. Interior is clean and bright. This book is "For those old enough and young enough to go to the Emperor's almost-April party."
 
Price = 15.00 USD

Sunday, June 26, 2016

The Christmas Blizzard by Helen Ketteman

 
Author Name    Helen Ketteman 
 
Title   The Christmas Blizzard

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher    Scholastic 1995

ISBN Number    0590458795 / 9780590458795 

Illustrator   James Warhola

Seller ID   018726

Oversized softcover. Very good condition, bottom of cover lightly bumped. This is a story of the year that Santa and his elves almost didn't do Christmas presents and how the problem was resolved when the clouds froze solid and landed on the ground.
SANTA  SNOW  TALL  TALES  

Price = 8.00 USD

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie by Joe Hayes




Author Name    Hayes, Joe 


Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Orchard Books 2001

ISBN Number    0439293111 / 9780439293112 

Illustrator   Joseph Daniel Fiedler

Seller ID   018947

Oversized hardcover. Very good condition, name on front endpaper, a few pages creased. He couldn't tell a lie, even if it means he will lose the woman he loves.


Price = 12.00 USD

Friday, June 24, 2016

Fables from the Garden by Leslie Ann Hayashi, Kathleen Wong Bishop






Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. Univ of Hawaii Pr 1998

ISBN Number    0824820363 / 9780824820367 

Inscription   Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID   017028

Hardcover with pictorial boards, no DJ. University of Hawaii Press, 1998, first edition. In near fine condition, edges lightly bumped. Signed by both author and illustrator. Brief stories about animals and plants of Hawaii, each with a moral. "Excuses are like clouds; they carry no weight."


Price = 20.00 USD

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Fables from the Sea by Leslie Ann Hayashi




Author Name    Hayashi, Leslie Ann 


Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. Univ of Hawaii Pr 2000

ISBN Number    0824822242 / 9780824822248 

Inscription   Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID   017029

Hardcover with pictorial boards, no DJ. University of Hawaii Press, 2000, first edition. In very good condition, front end paper has slight crease. cover edges lightly bumped. Signed by both the author and the illustrator. A collection of fables featuring a variety of sea creatures found in Hawaiian waters with moral messages. "Complainers may be moving, but they're going nowhere."


Price = 20.00 USD