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Lullaby

By: Aragon, Jane Chelsea

Price: $15.00

Publisher: San Francisco, CA, Chronicle Books: 1989

Seller ID: A35824

ISBN: 0877015767

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is a slight slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light edge wear and rubbing to the spine ends and corners.
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The Blue Balloon

By: Asch, Frank

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw Hill Book Company: 1971

Seller ID: A33317

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Color Illustrations; This is a very early Frank Asch title. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The white dust jacket has some ground-in dirt and some beginning tidemarking to the flap edges. This book is the fourth book written and illustrated by Frank Asch (following George's Store, etc). This book tells the story of a man and his balloon through their adventures together in a book completely without words. Strangely, the balloon is green in color, though the blue ...
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Elsie Times Eight

By: Babbitt, Natalie

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Hyperion Books for Children: 2001

Seller ID: A34275

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Color Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a light scrape to the bottom front spine joint. "Fairy godmothers are supposed to set things right, but Elsie's fairy godmother sometimes sets things wrong. When she changes one Elsie into eight, the results make a mess for everyone, from Elsie's cat right on up to the Mayor." "The Babbitts collaborated to create The Forty-ninth Magician, a picture book that he wrote and she illustrated, published by Pantheo...
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Happy Birthday With Ant And Bee

By: Banner, Angela

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, England, Edmund Ward Ltd.: 1964

Seller ID: A38990

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Color Illustrations; This is a small format book (approximate five inches long by four inches tall). This book is in Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book covers are heavily toned and have noticeable grubbiness and wear along with several edge nicks and tears to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, but do have spots of foxing, and some bleeding of the color on the edges of the text block (all edges are colored with red ink). This is a good reading / starter copy - it is complete and readable, but is not the prettiest copy. This is book numbe...
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Changes

By: Browne, Anthony

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New york, Alfred A. Knopf: 1990

Seller ID: A33330

ISBN: 0862034353

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Color Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a one inch + semi closed edge tear to the top front spine joint and a bit of nicking to the top spine end. "On Thursday morning at a quarter past ten, Joseph Kaye notices something strange about the teakettle. And so begins a very extraordinary day in which everything around him seems to change." "When he finished school Browne intended to become a painter, but being short of money he took a job ...
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Draw Me A Star

By: Carle, Eric

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Philomel Books: 1992

Seller ID: A36166

ISBN: 0399218777

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Color Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "This is a story about an artist who, from his earliest years, draws: the simple star, the tree, house, flowers, clouds, night. In drawing, he discovers not only his art, but his life. Holding on to his star, he creates a world of light and possibility." "Eric Carle's art is distinctive and instantly recognizable. His artwork is created in collage technique, using hand-painted papers, w...
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Malayan Forest Primates Ten Years' Study in Tropical Rain Forest

By: Chivers, David J.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York & London, Plenum Press: 1980

Seller ID: 29295

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

B&W Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "The immense obstacles to fieldwork in the humid tropics have greatly hindered the collection of reliable data on the biology and behavior of the large primates of the evergreen rain forest. Overcoming the natural barriers of heat, humidity, and dense foliage, the contributors to Malaya Forest Primates have participated in various collaborative field studiesin peninsular Malaysia ove...
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The Tall Tale Cat

By: Cunningham, Edward

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Kansas City, MO, Hallmark Cards: 1974

Seller ID: 31871

ISBN: 0875293786

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Color Illustrations; Children's Book. This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. This book has a rectangular die-cut cut out on the front cover. "Young George Washington raced out of his apartment building quite late Friday morning, finishing a blueberry muffin as he puffed down the icy sidwalk toward school. Usuall the trip didn't take long because he was a pretty fair runner and knew all the shortcuts."
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Pea Patch Island

By: Curren, Polly

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1975

Seller ID: A34273

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Color Illustrations; This is a First Edition - with the correct First Edition notations. This book is in Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light edge wear and nicking and one chipped edge tear to the top rear edge. "When a ship loaded with honey-sweet dried peas sailed along the wide river with its jolly captain and crew, the people in the towns along the shore waved friendly greetings. But not one of them could have guessed what was going to happen to that lit...
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Growing Vegetable Soup

By: Ehlert, Lois

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt Brace & Company: 1987

Seller ID: A40258

ISBN: 0153329416

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition. Library Edition (but not Ex-Library copy). The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some edge wear, and nicking. The text pages are clean and bright. "Ehlert has her own book creation process. She begins with a dummy book made from pencil drawings. Then, Ehlert assesses to determine the subject matter of the new book. Once she has a topic, she will do background research to learn more. Then she will begin her artwork, which involves cutting out each piece ind...
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Jackanapes

By: Ewing, Juliana Horatia

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1948

Seller ID: A38991

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. Green / teal cloth covered boards have gilt lettering to the spine and front cover of the book (denoting a 1st issue - the second issue has black lettering to the spine and front cover of the book). The text pages are clean and bright. Illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations along with four full color plates and a full color title page by Tasha Tudor. The dust jacket has some light toning / sunning, especially to the spine, along with several small to smallish edge tears and nicks. All...
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Shadow Play

By: Fleischman, Paul

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1990

Seller ID: A34208

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

B&W Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Buy your ticket. The curtain's about to rise. Monsieur LeGrand and his shadow puppeteers are poised to present Beauty and the Beast. It promises to be a production like no other, a tale not only of surface and substance, but of startling surprises never seen elsewhere." "Paul Fleischman (born 1952) is an American writer of children's books. For his contribution as a children's writer he ...
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Baby Kermit's Christmas

By: Gikow, Louise

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Muppet Press: 1988

Seller ID: A33468

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Color Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "It's Christmas Eve in the Muppet nursery, and all the Babies are sound asleep in their beds - all, that is, except Kermit. While the other Babies dream of candy canes an Christmas toys, Kermit stares out the window at the falling snow." "The Muppets debuted on the television program Sam and Friends, which aired from 1955 to 1961. After appearing on skits in several late night talk show...
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Calf's Head & Union Tale Labor Yarns At Work and Play

By: Green, Archie

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Press: 1996

Seller ID: A40129

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright.
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Butch Elects A Mayor

By: Hanff, Helene

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Parents' Magazine: 1969

Seller ID: A34074

ISBN: 0819302775

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Color Illustrations; Children's Book. This book is in Near Fine condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light ground-in dirt to the rear cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. "One evening at the dinner table, Butch Martin's father said, They want me to run for mayor. How wonderful! said Butch's mother. Butch just stopped eating and stared at his father. Why, very soon his father might be the most important man in town!" Helene Hanff is best known for her non-fiction memoirish books about her love of books and her contacts wit...
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The Queen Of The Pirate Isle

By: Harte, Bret

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London & New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.: 1955

Seller ID: A36595

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The front cover of the book has a small rectangular pastedown illustration of a group of children playing pirate. The text pages are clean and bright. This book includes 28 full color illustrations (most are small illustrations inserted around text) by Kate Greenaway. There is a small, inked previous owner's gift notation on the front endpaper. Spine ends & corners of dust jacket have a bit of light bumping & rubbing. The price clipped dust jacke...
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The New Mars The Discoveries of Mariner 9

By: Hartmann, William K. and Odell Raper (with the cooperation of the Mariner 9 Science Experiment Team)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, DC, National Aeronautics and Space Administration: 1974

Seller ID: A35074

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

B&W Illustrations; NASA publication - SP-337. This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The spine ends of the book cover have some light rubbing and wear. There are a couple of spots of ground-in dirt to the covers as well. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers have some beginning toning, especially to the edges. "Mars, our planetary neighbor that gleams redly in the night sky, has intrigued man ever since he first began to study the heavens. The first telescopes brought e...
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La Corona And The Tin Frog

By: Hoban, Russell

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London & New York, Jonathan Cape: 1979

Seller ID: A34047

ISBN: 3458056912

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Color Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and was apparently issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "La Corona was the name of the beautiful lady in the picture on the inside of the cigar box lid. She wore a scarlet robe and a golden crown. Beyond her was a calm blue bay on which a paddle-wheel steamer floated." This book contains a series of short works including: La Corona and the Tin Frog, The Tin Horseman, The Night Watchman and The Crocodile, and, The Clock. "After leaving military service, Hob...
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The Book of the Sandman And the Alphabet of Sleep

By: Huygen, Wil

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Harry N. Abrams: 1989

Seller ID: A37146

ISBN: 0810915243

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends of thebook covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean, but has several small edge tears to the spine joints and edges. "Rien's aptitude for drawing showed early on. After primary education the young Rien worked at an ad agency, where he could make some use of his talent. He also had talent for the advertising profession because after he had completed his d...
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Earth Mother

By: Jackson, Ellen

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New york, Walker & Company: 2005

Seller ID: A33323

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Color Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by both Diane & Leo Dillon. This book is in Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean and has some beginning fading to the top spine end and top spine joints. There is some very beginning fading to the top spine and spine joints of the dust jacket. "Earth Mother awakes with the dawn. As she walks the land, swims the seas, and climbs the mountains, she nurtures all of creation. She tends to the plan...
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Category: Picture Books