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    Centerburg Tales

    McCloskey, Robert

    A lovely hardcover with NO dust jacket. Jacket art is printed directly on the boards. Some foxing/discoloration to the picture cover. Inside is imm...

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    The Road to Oz

    Baum, L. Frank

    Illustrated by Neill, John R. A later printing, circa 1922 based on a gift inscription from Christmas of that year. This edition printed from the o...

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    The Secret at the Gatehouse: A Dana Girls Mystery # 9

    Keene, Carolyn

    An acceptable tweed copy of this title, showing heavy wear to the corners (especially the top) like it was seriously smushed at some point. Interna...

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    The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the Brtitish Spy Ring in Wartime Washington

    Conant, Jennet

    First printing of this look at the complex life of the beloved children's author. Dahl served in the military during the first part of his life and...

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    The Circle of Footprints: A Dana Girls Mystery # 6

    Keene, Carolyn

    A solid tweed copy of this title, showing wear and sunning to the edges of the front and back boards and some minor soiling to page edges. Internal...

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    Socks

    Cleary, Beverly

    Illustrated by Darwin, Beatrice. First printing, extremely scarce in a trade edition. White dust jacket with an illustration our friend Socks, who ...

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    Roald Dahl: A Biography

    Treglown, Jeremy

    Stated first edition, price-clipped, in very nice condition. Some bumping to top edge of book and jacket. Section of glossy photos in center of boo...

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    River Winding

    Zolotow, Charlotte

    Illustrated by Mizumura, Kazue. First edition thus: text copyright 1970; illustrations 1978. A lovely volume, retired from a school library with a ...

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    Little Murders

    Feiffer, Jules

    A play from the noted author and cartoonist Feiffer, here in a hardcover book club edition from the Fireside Book club, with the monthly club leafl...

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    Rabbit Hill

    Lawson, Robert

    Illustrated by Lawson, Robert. Stated second printing before publication, 1944, winner of the 1945 Newbery Medal. Fully illustrated in glorious sep...

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    More About Paddington

    Bond, Michael

    Illustrated by Fortnum, Peggy. Stated "Sixth printing C" so circa 1964. A tight, unread copy of the further adventures of everyone's favorite lost,...

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    A Three-Cornered Mystery: A Dana Girls Mystery # 4

    Keene, Carolyn

    A great tweed copy of this title, showing a few bumps and one single page that got crushed sometime in the 60's but is perfectly flat and readable!...

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    A Bear Called Paddington

    Bond, Michael

    Illustrated by Fortnum, Peggy. Stated "Tenth Printing C" of the original US edition, so probably circa 1962. A tight, lovely copy with no markings,...

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    James and the Giant Peach

    Dahl, Roald

    Illustrated by Burkert, Nancy Ekholm. Very early printing, price on jacket is $3.95. Final page with author bio states that the book was bound by T...

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    The Clue in Blue - Connie Blair Mystery #1

    Allen, Betsy

    A fairly nice copy of this first Connie Blair title. Fairly early printing, lists to Yellow Warning. Rear flap lists 13 Cherry Ames titles to Clini...

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    Silver Wings for Vicki -- Vicki Barr, Flight Stewardess #1

    Wells, Helen

    A blue tweed cover of the first Vicki Barr title, no jacket. Book is Good+, with a lean to the spine, and some fading and rubbing to spine and boar...

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    Camp Nurse -- Cherry Ames #19

    Wells, Helen

    Green spine picture cover. Significant wear to boards at spine (rubbed length of the book front and rear). Fairly light ink stain to spine, rubbing...

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    Night Supervisor -- Cherry Ames #11

    Tatham, Julie

    Nice green spine picture cover with plain grey endpapers. Minor wear and fading to rear, head and foot of spine. Red pen mark to bottom--remaindere...

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    Senior Nurse -- Cherry Ames #2

    Wells, Helen

    Nice green spine picture cover with plain grey endpapers. Previous owner placed "property of" stickers from labelmaker on front endpapers. Minor we...

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    The Clue of the Broken Blossom: The Vicki Barr Flight Stewardess Series #5

    Tatham, Julie

    Slightly rough copy but a possible first. Boards are glossy blue, not tweed, but show some staining and some wear along spine. Edges and corners ar...

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    A Romance of Biily-Goat Hill

    Alice Hegan Rice

    A very decent copy of this reprint from the author of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, Pale green boards are sharp and clean, pages yellowing but n...

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    Bravo, Grace!

    Hoffman, Mary

    Illustrated by Allan, June. Uncorrected proof of this chapter book for early readers featuring the heroine of the classic picture book Amazing Grac...

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    Baby

    MacLachlan, Patricia

    First printing of this sad, beautiful story by a Newbery Award-winning novelist. Book has no flaws, but jacket has a small tear at rear top of spin...

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    Gus Goes to School

    Thayer, Jane

    Illustrated by Dos Santos, Joyce Audy. A Weekly Reader edition, original title Gus Was Real Dumb Ghost. Pictoral boards, no dj, as issued. Spine is...

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