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  • Publisher: Blackie & Sons , London, Limited, Printed in Great Britain
  • Date published: 1955
Blackie & Sons , London, Limited, Printed in Great Britain, 1955 HBDJ, DJ light wear SMALL SCUFF MARK & TINY CHIPS TEARS EDGES. Stated 1st published 1955. First Edition., 1st printing , NF+/VG-, AS-IS, THICK pink TEXTURED Hard Cover Titled in Black with Publishers Top outer pgs Edge Pink. Book is NF+, light foxing to foredge; DJ is VG-, TINY chipping to spine ends & Extremities DJ. INTERIOR NICE TIGHT CLEAN LIGHT WEAR, FOX, DJ Protected Clear Mylar cvr, 220 PGS, NO ADS IN Back. Back DJ small Mended Tears creases , light soil Lists Thru Boys of Big Top. ,Cable Thieves who are in some Mysterious way Wily enough to Smuggle the Copper Successfully into China from Hong Kong, the scene of this Original & Fast Moving Story, are Here the Quarry of the Police. Two English Boys, Derek & Hugh, on a Hiking Trip, chance on a Suspicious Scene in an Out of the Way Village. They naturally decide to Investigate Further, & Land themselves in some strange & sometimes actively Perilous Situations. There is some thrilling Spying & Counter-Spying, for the watchers are themselves Watched. At the Green Dragon, a restaurant in an Unsavory part of Hong Kong, the boys have 1 of their Most Breathlessly Exciting experiences as they follow up their Hunches. Their Suspicions cause them some Humiliations, & they are Misled more than Once, Atmosphere of Intrigue & Mystery of this crowded Cosmopolitan Background.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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  • Publisher: Paul Elder & Company San Francisco California
  • Date published: 1915
HBDJ, JULY 1915, 1st Edition,1st Printing , Small Tan Cloth. Condition: Fine-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- with Tiny Spine Chip at Base DJ , Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. 8vo -Collectible. Hard Cover -.. Very good (former owners' names on inside front cover, front endpaper and half-title--1 on each page) in good dust jacket (spine slightly darkened, very slight chipping at top & bottom of spine). Dustjacket has some soiling top edge and minor wear to corners. Otherwise a very presentable volume and in mylar jacket cover. 97 pgs. in orig. pictorial cloth of Brown Textured Cloth with Redorange & Brown Design at Top within an orange border of a sailing ship and several flying birds, Titled in Black on Spine Cvr WHICH has Light wear, 5 1/4 X 8 IN. , Plain Beige Endpapers, Illustrated with 7 Additional Sketches in Charcoal BY AUDLEY B. WELLS
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  • Publisher: GROSSET & DUNLAP
  • Date published: 1952
HBDJ, 1952, First Edition/First Printing EARLY brown Tweed cloth with illustration in corner, Hardcover.Near Fine/Near Fine. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine.. A superior copy. first printing. JB #23, lists to this title on front flap and in book. Nancy Drew on rear cover lists through Ski Jump. Owner's name on title page, jacket barely nicked at spine ends. Back of dj Lists nancy Drew Thru Mystery Ski Jump, 211 PGS, . Unearthly Events Follow, but Judy & Her New Friend Holly Potter, investigating a Clue Provided by Judy's Cat finally track Down the Mysterious Transparent Figure whose appearnce has Kept every1 in the Stste of Terror.
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  • Publisher: DOUBLEDAY DORAN GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
  • Date published: 1930
HARDBACK NO DJ, 1930 on Title & Copyright pg ,Stated 1st edition, ,VG+, NODUSTJACKET, , OBLONG Dark blue cloth boards with black cloth spine & Illustrated PICTURE on Front , landscape of 2 little boys riding the buffalo against yellow sky;; CVR has tiny corner Nicks, , oblong 9.5x7.25 IN.; Unpaginated. Very Good without jacket; no names or other marks, straight, tight, bright, light margin soil on a couple of pages, faint wrinkles. was a German-born book illustrator ochre endpaper spread of buffalo charging the (paper)dragon, A very early book, showing Wiese's love for ink brush and lithography with black and ochre pictures alternating with flat green, blues, yellow and red. Two little Chinese boys set out over the hill to find the dragon, but the water buffalo soon takes over the quest and forges ahead, with amusing results for the reader and embarrassing results for the buffalo. Liang was Son of a Tea Merchant in China.
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  • Publisher: MODERN LIBRARY NY
  • Date published: 1935
HBDJ, 1935, STATED 1ST MODERN LIBRARY, VG+/VG, SPINE DJ DARKENED AS-IS, Topstained red. Firm binding,, 295 PGS, 236 TITLES ON BACK & VERSO OF DJ WITH PRE ZIPCODE COUPON, DJ Protected by clear Mylar, SMALL Green cloth with GOLD GILT STREAMER MAN ON FRONT CVR, , Interior nice tight Light Fox, Dj light rub, wear & tiny chips Tears extremities & spine DJ ends, SPINE CVR RUB
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  • Publisher: Abrams Harry, Printed in Columbia
  • Date published: 1973
Abrams Harry, Printed in Columbia, 1973. HBDJ, Oversized THICK pictorial White cloth buckram ,1ST edition, 1973, LARGE FORMAT,pictorial white buckram, Cover is Nice, bright White ,in original printed acetate DJ, titled in Black & red on fron t panel, Very Light soil DJ & tiny chips extremities DJ, few very small edge tears extremities DJ, Interior nice tight Clean minor wear,NF+/NF+, AS-IS, 458 pgs. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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  • Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap NY
  • Date published: 1953
Grosset & Dunlap NY, 1953 HBDJ, 1953, 1ST, 1STprinting, VG+/GOOD, AS-IS, Tan tweed boards with brown print & silhouette of boys on front in brown. with blue top page ends. 216 pgs, NO ADS in Back. PreText Lists Thru this Title with pencil ck marks. Here's a nice 1st edition 1st printing of The Hardy Boys #33 The Yellow Feather Mystery with original dust jacket. Book is easily very good with crisp white pages and no writing inside. Dust jacket is good plus to very good minus with some small chips, edge wear and some wrinkling and small tears and a bit of moisture damage (on lower backside of dust jacket). The jacket lists Bomba titles on the back thru #10 Bomba Lost Explorers with light stains, with 3 Tom Swift Jr titles on the back inner DJ flap thru Swift & His Rocket Ship. Overall a nice True 1st edition of The Yellow Feather Mystery to add to your collection. The dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover. Small triangular chips left front near spine DJ not affecting titles or illustration , DJ spine ends light chips tears . The HARDY boys are summoned to jury duty and are surprised to find that the defendant is Aunt Gertrude, who is charged with running a house of prostitution. The majority of the jury wants to acquit, but the first vote is 10-2. One hundred eighty-seven votes later, the vote is still 10-2. The judge gavels a hung jury. Aunt Gertrude smiles. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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  • Publisher: Cupples & Leon NY
  • Date published: 1940
Cupples & Leon NY, 1940. B/W Frontispiece of Dot & Dash with Friends Beach FoXed with Lighthouse, HBDJ, 1940, 1st edition, Inner Flap DJ & PreText lists Thru THIS Title , GOOD+/GOOD-, AS-IS, DJ some Rub,Wear Scuff & Small Triangular Chips Extremities & Corners & small Chips Tears Edges DJ, Green patterned embossed cloth lettered in Black light Wear, Interior nice tight FOXing TANNED, Wear & small Edge Tears, 212 Pgs, Bottom Spine DJ large chip Extends Back bottom DJ which is FoXed, FOXING Stains DJ Back, Light Sunning Dustjacket. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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  • Publisher: McFarland & Co NC
  • Date published: 1999
McFarland & Co NC, 1999 HBNODJ ISSUED, 1999, 1st edition,Blue Cloth lettered Silver Gilt, FINE/FINE-, NOJACKET, light wear RUB,, includes biographical references & Index, 292 pages, Index, Interior Nice tight Clean, Bibliography, BACK CVR HAS STICKER SOLD ORIG WAS $50 ,stars made movies there were, Barbara La Marr,silent film actress who was born Reatha Watson in Richmond, VA 1896-died 1926 at age 30, Ruth Roland, Mollie McConnell, Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle, Baby Marie Osborne ETC Lost History of First Hollywood Pioneering adventures of Silent Era, A fine book of both filmography and the city of Long Beach.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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  • Publisher: Cupples & Leon Co., New York,
  • Date published: 1938
Cupples & Leon Co., New York,, 1938. HBDJ, 1938, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Pre &Post Text Lists Thru This Title, Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD-, AS-IS,. 8vo . Hard Cover with SCARCE Dust Jacket. DJ scuff Rub, Wear Edges & Extremities, Bright blue cloth hard cover with red lettering on front cover and spine. Covers are in bright, NICE condition. corners sharp Light Wear. Internally Hinges fine. a few pages have light foxing, and fore-edge has some foxing. .Some pages have the top or bottom corner tip off. One page has short closed tear. Dust jacket has some short closed tears and light chipping and running on edges. Third and final title in the "Dan Perry Adventure" series. Back DJ small Edge Tears Wear Lists Thru Hidden Peril by Clay Cotter, Interior Nice tight Clean ligth FOX , Wear, 208 pgs + ADS Thru Danger Trails North , DJ spine ends small chips Wear, Outer Top Pgs Edges have Publishers Blue Dye Stain, Collectible boys adventure story featuring Dan Perry and Shorty Keenan, set in the mountains of Mongolia. .Penetrating the Powerful stronghold of Sin-Kiang in the Tan-Shan Mountains along the Gobi Caravan Trail Far Beyond the Border of China, Dan & Shorty Keenan carry on a bitter Fight to Rescue a Perry Exploring Party, which has Been Captured by Mongolian Bandits. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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  • Publisher: Eight Ball Publications
  • Date published: 2002-01-01
  • Format: Hardcover
First Edition 2002. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Tight binding. Clean unmarked text and covers. Good + DJ with light scuffing and shelf wear.
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  • Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co London
Frederick Warne & Co London. HB NODJ, Early Edition, Probable 1st Edition, 2nd printing ??, Pictorial red cloth with color paper illustrated Inset Label with Frederick Warne & Co printed at bottom front Cover with Green Lettering outlined with Gold Gilt , Cover light rub, wear, Scuff & some discoloration spots & Chips Extremities & Corner, VG/VG, AS-IS, NODJ, Some pgs were loose & Reglued in, Interior Light Fox some rub, wear chips extremities, few pages have been colored in & few mended edge Tears, small Scribble on bottom page 63, 70 pages in Book, Size is 6 1/2 X 8 inches, Green lettering on Spine. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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  • Publisher: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society Ltd
  • Date published: 1919
London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society Ltd, 1919. Limited Edition. 8vo., x, 156pp.; VG-; spine paneled black leather with black label and gilt lettering; rebound with new spine; boards green leather, somewhat faded, some wear; one of 1000 copies published at the Chiswick Press using the Riccardi fount on Riccardi handmade paper, this is number 178; some pages have pressed flowers some darkening and damage to pages from flowers; repairs to gutters on pastedowns; top edge of text block gilt; inscription in ink of second free endpaper; shelved case 0. 1272141. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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  • Publisher: Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company,
Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company,. HB NODustJacket , 1947 . First edition, NF-/VG+, AS-IS, Full Color pictorial illustrated Boards Spiral Bound, ,12mo. cover light rub, wear, creases back cover, Interior Nice, tight clean light wear, Unpaginated, light fraying spine Ends. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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  • Publisher: John T. McInnis,Orange California
  • Date published: 1953
John T. McInnis,Orange California, 1953. HBNODJ, with Plastic DJ to protect BkBlue decorated Cover with Silver , 1953, 1st edition, INTERIOR Nice, Tight Clean, 137 pgs, VG/F, AS-IS, NODJ. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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  • Publisher: Carroll & Graf , NY
  • Date published: 1993
Carroll & Graf , NY, 1993. HBDJ, 1993, stated 1st edition, F/F-, AS-IS, minor rub, wear & tiny chips Extremities DJ, Interior nice, tight Clean Light Wear, black cloth Grey Boards lettered on spine in Gilt, 292 pages + Index. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, NEW YORK
  • Date published: 1952
Houghton Mifflin, NEW YORK, 1952 HB NODJustJacket, 1952, 1ST EDITION , Stated 2ND printing, GOOD/GOOD-, AS-IS, Hard Cover Library Rebind Edition: Illustrated Boards Ex-Library OF Blue Grey With Black Lettering & B/W, Green & Yellow Cable Car With Yellow & Green Buildings Surrounded By White Design CVR. 64mo-up to 3" tall. Ex-library, usual stamps, fep removed, Blue Grey Cloth cvr Decorated with center Illustration with Yellow cable car & Yellow Buildings & Mountains in Distance & Golden Gate Bridge in Black & all Titles Black Lettering on Front Cvr backed by White , corner and spine edge wear, binding tight, inside boards have erased marks, interior pages basically clean, many have tears or bites out of bottom of edges at spine turn, coffee . 9 1/4 X 9 1/4 in. 42 PGS ,EX-LIBRARY, Usual Wear DISCARD STAMP on Endpaper, , Book is dedicated to Frieda Klussman is known as the"Cable Car Lady", and is credited with getting the cable car preservation on the ballot to be protected by the voters. A memorial to her is in the SF Cable Car Museum. Charming color illust. of cable cars that wind around the text.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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  • Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Published with Approval of Boy Scouts of America
  • Date published: 1924
Grosset & Dunlap Published with Approval of Boy Scouts of America, 1924. HBDJ, 1924, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Back inner Flap DJ lists thru this Title, VG+/VG, DJ Small wear, Tears, TINY Chips Corners , Extremities, DJ SpineEnds Tiny Chips Tears some darkening, Interior Nice tight Clean light FOX, Wear, 208 pgs, ADS in Back Lists thru this title, ends wild flowers every child Should Know, DJ Back Lists Tom Slade thru Double Dare, Peewee harris Adrift, Red cloth with Titles Outlined in Black, Cover Tiny Corner Ding light Wear, Dust wrapper has minimal light chipping; Text inside is clean with no inscriptions or writing . It tells about many adventures to do with the scouts & Intermingled Nonsense. Famous Hike Story, Pee-Wee Accompanies the group of Scout Explorers,. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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  • Publisher: MODERN LIBRARY , NY
  • Date published: 1933
MODERN LIBRARY , NY, 1933. HBDJ, 1933 , States First Modern Library Edition; 245 Titles Verso & Back of DJ with Pre ZipCode Coupon, VG-/GOOD, in the dust jacket. Small Brown cloth with Gilt Streamer man on front Bright & Titled faded on spine Cvr, Book is very slightly faded; Lacking front free end paper; book plate on front paste-down. Dust jacket is slightly time darkened mostly at spine, few small edge chips. Interior is tight and clean. Kent D endpapers. Toledano Spine # 7. (1933), 12mo, 336 pg. + ADS END WITH SELECTED TALES HAWTHORNE, Spine Tanning DJ & small Extremitiy Chips. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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  • Publisher: HARPER HARPERCOLLINS
  • Date published: 2017
HARPER HARPERCOLLINS, 2017. , RED Endpapers,HBDJ, 2017, STATED 1ST EDITION, WITH #1 INTACT NUMBER LINE ,NF/NF, enchanting story inspired by her own daughter, River Rose, 32 PGS, ,enchanting story inspired by her own daughter, River Rose , original lullaby written and performed by Kelly herself. It's a big day for River Rose--she's going to the zoo But when she's too excited to fall asleep the night before, it takes a magical lullaby from Mom to send River Rose off on a dream adventure Soon River Rose is hopscotching with the hippos, slip-sliding with the penguins, and dancing with the big brown bears. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by LUCY FLEMING,.
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