Saturday, November 30, 2019

The Blue Ghost by Marion Dane Bauer

Hardcover. Random House, stated first edition, 2005. As new. Liz is awakened in the middle of the night by a mysterious voice softly calling her name.

Author Name: Bauer, Marion Dane
Illustrator: Suling Wang
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A., Random House Childrens Books: 2005
ISBN Number: 0375831797
ISBN Number 13: 9780375831799
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Type: Book
Seller ID: 014336
Price: $10.00

Friday, November 29, 2019

Precocia: The Sixth Circle of Heck by Dale Basye

Hardcover, near fine condition. First edition, first printing. This is where the smartypants kids go but no one says they get to leave.


Author Name: Basye, Dale E.
Edition: 1st Edition.
Publisher: U.S.A., Random House Books for Young Readers: 2013
ISBN Number: 0375868356
ISBN Number 13: 9780375868351
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 021629
Price: $12.00

Thursday, November 28, 2019

Hereville How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch

Hardcover with pictorial boards, no DJ. Near fine condition. A graphic novel about an Orthodox Jewish girl who just doesn't behave quite like everyone thinks she should.

Author Name: Barry Deutsch
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Amulet: 2010
ISBN Number: 0810984229
ISBN Number 13: 9780810984226
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 021070
Price: $14.00

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide to School (Junie B. Jones) by Barbara Park

Hardcover. Let Junie B help you get ready for school!


Author Name: Barbara Park
Edition: 1st Edition.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers: 2013
ISBN Number: 0449817830
ISBN Number 13: 9780449817834
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Seller ID: 022058
Price: $8.00

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Junie B., First Grader: Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff) by Barbara Park

Hardcover. Junie B. is back at again. She can't sit still and the class is thankful for all sorts of odd things.

Author Name: Barbara Park
Edition: 1st Edition.
Publisher: Random House Children's Books: 2012
ISBN Number: 0375870636
ISBN Number 13: 9780375870637
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 021196
Price: $10.00

Monday, November 25, 2019

Little Women by Barbara Greenwood

Hardcover. DJ has open tear at spine and edgewear. This is an abridgement of Little Women written by Louisa May Alcott for young readers.

Author Name: Barbara Greenwood
Illustrator: Greg Ruhl
Publisher: Toronto, ON, Canada, Key Porter Books: 1992
ISBN Number: 1550134140
ISBN Number 13: 9781550134148
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 021376
Price: $20.00

Sunday, November 24, 2019

Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker Price: $6.00

Oversized softcover. Puffin, 1985. In very good condition, black mark on front cover and half-title page. The story of a young Indian boy and buffalo he admired. Beautiful illustrations. A Caldecott Honor Book.

Author Name: Baker, Olaf
Illustrator: Stephen Gammell
Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Puffin: 1985
ISBN Number: 0140505601
ISBN Number 13: 9780140505603
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 012707
Price: $6.00 

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Billy and the Birdfrogs by B B Wurge

Trade paperback. As new. Billy's Grandmother is a bit odd, but so are the mysterious birdfrogs that leave three-footed prints and are never seen.
 
Author Name: B B Wurge
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Leapfrog Press: 2008
ISBN Number: 0981514820
ISBN Number 13: 9780981514826
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: As New
Type: Book
Seller ID: 018927
Price: $8.00 

Friday, November 22, 2019

Peanut by Ayun Halliday

Trade paperback. Graphic novel. The hardest thing about a peanut allergy is remembering to stay vigilant. Especially if you don't have one.

Title: Peanut
Author Name: Ayun Halliday
Illustrator: Paul Hoppe
Edition: 1st Edition.
Publisher: New York, NY, Schwartz & Wade: 2013
ISBN Number: 037586590X
ISBN Number 13: 9780375865909
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Seller ID: 021220
Keywords: COMING OF AGE
Price: $15.00

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Jake by Audrey Couloumbis

Hardcover with DJ. Near fine. Jake's Mom breaks her leg and his gruff Grandfather he doesn't know shows up to care for him.

Title: Jake
Author Name: Audrey Couloumbis
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Random House: 2010
ISBN Number: 0375856307
ISBN Number 13: 9780375856303
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 021052
Price: $12.00

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Lara's Gift by Annemarie O'Brien

Hardcover. She wants to hunt like her father...


Title: Lara's Gift
Author Name: Annemarie O'Brien
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers: 2013
ISBN Number: 0307931749
ISBN Number 13: 9780307931740
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 022054
Price: $12.00

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

If My Moon Was Your Sun: with CD audiobook and music by Andreas Steinhöfel

Hardcover. Near fine first edition. CD included. Max kidnaps his Grandpa from the nursing home...

Author Name: Andreas Steinhöfel
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Plough Publishing House: 2017
ISBN Number: 0874860792
ISBN Number 13: 9780874860795
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Seller ID: 022607
Price: $15.00

Monday, November 18, 2019

My Uncle Jacinto by Andras Laszlo

Hardcover, pictorial boards, no DJ. Good condition, edges are bumped, light soiling. Interior is clean and bright. Translated from Spanish by Isabel Quigly. Pepote's Uncle is a drunk, he says it helps his rheumatism. So Pepote tries to scrounge food by doing all sorts of odd jobs.

Author Name: Andras Laszlo
Illustrator: Eduardo Vicente
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: London, United Kingdom, Jonathan Cape: 1958
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020531
Price: $10.00
 

Sunday, November 17, 2019

Runt Farm Beatrice and Blossom by Amanda Lorenzo

Hardcover, pictorial boards, no DJ. Near fine condition. Add a moaning bunny and a soggy squirrel to the farm mix and get lots of new adventures.

Author Name: Amanda Lorenzo
Illustrator: Mark Evan Walker
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Bookti Mookti: 2009
ISBN Number: 0980095212
ISBN Number 13: 9780980095210
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020787
Keywords: ANIMALS NATURE,
Price: $10.00

Saturday, November 16, 2019

Runt Farm Under New Management by Amanda Lorenzo

Hardcover, pictorial boards, no DJ. Near fine condition. When the Brunt family moves away from the farm, the farm cat is really happy to have the farm to himself. He and his friends create the Runt Farm. But then an Animal Research facility buys the farm.

Author Name: Amanda Lorenzo
Illustrator: Mark Evan Walker
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Bookti Mookti: 2009
ISBN Number: 0980095204
ISBN Number 13: 9780980095203
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020786
Keywords: ANIMALS NATURE
Price: $10.00
 

Friday, November 15, 2019

Mystery of Meerkat Hill (Precious Ramotswe Mysteries for Young Readers) by Alexander McCall Smith

Trade paperback. Precious is practicing her detecting skills at home.

Author Name: Alexander McCall Smith
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Anchor: 2013
ISBN Number: 0345804465
ISBN Number 13: 9780345804464
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Seller ID: 022290
Price: $6.00

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Go Find Hanka! by Alexander Crosby

Pictorial hardcover, no DJ, book club edition. Golden Gate Junior Books, 1970, a Weekly Reader Book. In very good condition, inscription on fly leaf. Drawings by Glen Rounds. Phil was an English Setter and an outstanding bird hunter! But when Hanka gets lost in the tall prairie grass, he and his owner are asked to hunt for her. Phil hasn't been trained to hunt for people, will he find her?

Author Name: Alexander Crosby
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 008228
Price: $6.00

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

From Jo March's Attic: Stories of Intrigue and Suspense, Louisa May Alcott, Madeleine B Stern, Daniel Shealy

Hardcover. Ex-library. DJ is in mylar. Jo writes about women who live by their wits.

Author Name: Alcott, Louisa May;Stern, Madeleine B.;Shealy, Daniel
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Ithaca, New York, U.S.A., Northeastern Univ Pr: 1993
ISBN Number: 1555531776
ISBN Number 13: 9781555531775
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 021409
Price:  $10.00

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

My Monster Burrufu by Alberto Corral

Trade paperback. There's a monster upstairs in the attic. She can hear him. Will he hurt her?

Author Name: Alberto Corral
Illustrator: Alessandra Sorrentino
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Petite Grande Idee: 2011
ISBN Number: 061545934X
ISBN Number 13: 9780615459349
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 021187
Price: $8.00
 
 

Monday, November 11, 2019

The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jackson

Hardcover. In very good condition, front fly leaf removed. First edition. He's an orphan cat that gets adopted by wizard to use as his familiar. But the other familiars are not fooled...

Author Name: Adam Jay Epstein; Andrew Jacobson
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: HarperCollins: 2010
ISBN Number: 0061961086
ISBN Number 13: 9780061961083
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 022650
Price: $10.00


Sunday, November 10, 2019

Simon's Cat Off to the Vet...and Other Cat-astrophes

Softcover. Black mark on top and bottom outside book pages. He does NOT want to go!

Author Name:
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: U.S.A., Akashic Books: 2015
ISBN Number: 161775403X
ISBN Number 13: 9781617754036
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Seller ID: 022033
Price: $12.00

Saturday, November 9, 2019

Sherlock Hound and the Missing Pumpkin

Pictoral hardcover. The Unicorn, first, 1993. In near fine condition. Ilustrated by Scott Ross. Filled with animal characters.

Author Name:
Illustrator: Scott Ross
Edition: First Edition
ISBN Number: 0881012955
ISBN Number 13: 9780881012958
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 003167
Price: $8.00

Friday, November 8, 2019

Westward By Rail: The New Route to the East by William Fraser Rae

Hardcover, no DJ. Promontory Press, 1974, reprint of 1871 edition. In very good condition, name on front end paper, spine has some darkening. Author was a correspondent for the London Daily News. This is his account of a 3,000 miles journey by rail from New York to San Francisco.

Author Name: William Fraser Rae
ISBN Number: 0883940205
ISBN Number 13: 9780883940204
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 016504
Price: $20.00

Thursday, November 7, 2019

The Story of American Railroads by Stewart H Holbrook

Hardcover, ex-library. Bonanza Book, 1947. In good condition, usual library markings, front end paper removed. 100 illustrations and the history of American railroads.


Author Name: Stewart H Holbrook
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 011736
Price: $10.00


Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Pioneer Railroad: The Story of the Chicago and North Western System by Robert J Casey, W A S Douglas

Hardcover, no DJ. Very good condition. History of the growth of the railroad and the people who worked so hard to see it completed.

Author Name: Robert J Casey, W A S Douglas
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Whittlesey House: 1948
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020523
Price: $25.00

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Union Pacific Country by Robert G Athearn

Hardcover with DJ in mylar. Rand McNally, 1972, second printing. In near fine condition, light toning of pages. DJ has been bumped at top of spine. Inscribed on title page: For Eugene Wilson, who has "railroaded" more than one old friend!!! Robert G. Athearn Book also includes, laid in, a copy of a lecture announcement, for a lecture given by the author at the University of Colorado, November 10, 1976, titled "The American West: An Enduring Mirage?" The story of railroad's expansion and its vital role in the settlement of the American West in the late 1800's. Also contains information on the role of the LDS church in the UP railroad.

Author Name: Robert G Athearn
Publisher: Rand McNally: 1972
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 016493
Price: $60.00

Monday, November 4, 2019

Making Tracks: An American Rail Odyssey by Pindell, Terry

Hardcover. Very good condition. DJ has come light edgewear and a chip at top of spine. "Part history and part travelogue, his chronicle of that journey is a fresh portrait of America and of the 'steel riders' who have seen the country up close.

Author Name: Pindell, Terry
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Grove Pr: 1990
ISBN Number: 080211279X
ISBN Number 13: 9780802112798
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 020526
Price: $15.00 

Sunday, November 3, 2019

Railways of Thirty Nations Government Versus Private Ownership by P Harvey Middleton

Hardcover, no DJ, in mylar cover. Prentice-Hall, 1937. In very good condition, previous owners name and label on back of front cover, endpapers toning. A detailed study of railroads around the world, both privately owned and government operated, with the purpose of concluding which type of operation is best for railroads in the US.

Author Name: P Harvey Middleton
Publisher: Prentice-Hall: 1937
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 016506
Price: $25.00

Saturday, November 2, 2019

Iron Wheels and Broken Men: The Railroad Barons and the Plunder of the West by Richard O'Connor

Hardcover with DJ in mylar. Putnam, 1973, first edition. In near fine condition. How and why the transcontinental railroads were built, with cast of players from exploited Chinese and Irish gandy dancers and dance-hall girls to the Wall Street tycoons, land barons, and presidents who conned thousands onto the sterile waterless plains. William F. Cody was paid $500 a month to kill at least twelve buffalo a day for meat. In 18 months he killed 4,280 buffalo to nourish the Kansas Pacific's workmen.

Author Name: O'Connor, Richard
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Putnam: 1973
ISBN Number: 0399111204
ISBN Number 13: 9780399111204
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 016502
Price: $30.00

Friday, November 1, 2019

Railways: The Pioneer Years by Malcom Fletcher, John Taylor

Oversized hardcover with DJ in mylar. Chartwell, 1990. In near fine condition, two pieces of tape on half title page, end papers have some coloration flaws. The first 100 years of railway development, with an authoritative chronology up to 1939 and index of types of locomotive.

Author Name: Malcom Fletcher, John Taylor
Publisher: Chartwell Books: 1990
ISBN Number: 1555216277
ISBN Number 13: 9781555216276
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 016499
Price: $30.00