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Prince Mud-Turtle by Laura Bancroft - 1906

by Laura Bancroft

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Prince Mud-Turtle by Laura Bancroft - 1906

Prince Mud-Turtle

by Laura Bancroft

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Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1906. O6 - A hardcover book in poor condition has some bumped corners, scattered rubbing, chipping, scuffing and stains, really loose hinges, previous owner's inscription written on the front free endpaper, some scattered tears and open tears on the inside pages, open tear on pages 35, 39, 55, 59, and 61, inch tear on pages 47,49,55, and 59, halfway tear on page 41, significant creasing, moderate discoloration, and shelf wear with no dust jacket. With illustrations by Maginel Wright Enright. Laura Bancroft (Pseudonym Of L. Frank Baum). Very scarce title. The Twinkle Tales (Six Volumes): Mr. Woodchuck; Bandit Jim Crow; Prairie-Dog Town; Prince Mud-Turtle; Sugar-Loaf Mountain; Twinkle's Enchantment. Beige cover with an illustration of a prince holding a sword on his right hand and a shield with tutle image on the his left hand and has butterfly wings. 7"x5.25", 61 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. Poor/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
  • Bookseller Bookmarc's US (US)
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  • Publisher The Reilly & Britton Co.
  • Place of Publication Chicago
  • Date Published 1906
  • Keywords CHILDRENS BOOKS FICTION ILLUSTRATED RARE
  • Size 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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The Chickabiddies' Book

The Chickabiddies' Book

by Gwen Cuthbert

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London, United Kingdom: "Little Dots" Office (The Religous Tract Society) General wear to boards. Inscription to front endpaper dated 1930. 2 colour plates and numerous b/w drawings by the author. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus

by Elmay Crow

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Crow Publishing, Victoria, 1971, 30 pages, 6.5" x 8.5", Near Fine, Comb Bound Softcover. An uncommon self published companion to "Ronny Meets The Sasquatch".
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience

by Marianne Parrot

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Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us

by Leaf, Munro

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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head

by Claire Huchet Bishop

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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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The Chickabiddies' Book

The Chickabiddies' Book

by Gwen Cuthbert

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London, United Kingdom: "Little Dots" Office (The Religous Tract Society) General wear to boards. Inscription to front endpaper dated 1930. 2 colour plates and numerous b/w drawings by the author. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus

by Elmay Crow

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Crow Publishing, Victoria, 1971, 30 pages, 6.5" x 8.5", Near Fine, Comb Bound Softcover. An uncommon self published companion to "Ronny Meets The Sasquatch".
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience

by Marianne Parrot

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Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us

by Leaf, Munro

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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head

by Claire Huchet Bishop

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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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Prince Mud-Turtle -- The Twinkle Tales

by Bancroft, Laura

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Chicago, IL: Reilly & Britton Co., 1906. Hardcover. Good-/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Enright, Maginel Wright. 61pp.; HB beige w/brwn.&blue-pic.cover; heavy rub&wear w/brwn.taped spine; wear on edges; corners worn; hinges cracked w/pages beginning to detach; PONs,ft.endpaper; pg.tears w/tape repairs. ** illus. clear & bright** A Twinkle Tale
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Prince Mudturtle

by Bancroft, Laura

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The Reilly & Britton Co., 1906. Cover soiled/rubbed, corners and spine ends rubbed/bumped; edges age- toned; ffep has previous owner's name/date (1910) inscribed in faded black ink, some red soiling; pages lightly soiled/age-toned; binding very shaken with first few signatures intact but loose; cover, edges, and interior intact and clean except as noted.. hardcover. Good.
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Prince Mudturtle
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Prince Mudturtle

by Bancroft, Laura (Frank L. Baum)

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Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition. First edition, 2nd printing (Bienvenue 288) one of the 6 pseudonymous Twinkle-Tales by Baum. Spine perished, boards worn, a few light finger marks to pages, light pencil marks top margin of one plate, two tears, one to the rear of a plate with a tape repair to the face of the plate. Otherwise very good internally and bright. 14 color illustrations. 61pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Inventory No: 042740.
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PRINCE MUDTURTLE
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PRINCE MUDTURTLE

by Bancroft, Laura (L. Frank Baum)

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Chicago, IL: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1906. First Editions. Hardcover. Good Only. Maginal Wright Enright. FIRST PRINTING. 12mo, 6.8 in. x 5 in. Illustrated with colored plates. Light tan cloth boards. Hand-lettered top line on title pages read: "The Twinkle Tales". Heavy, blank, red endpapers. Verso of half title page has list of all six volumes of The Twinkle Tales. First lines of title page printed in colored, hand-lettering block style. Copyright ,1906, by the Reilly & Britton Co." to verso of title page. (Bienvenue 288). Tan boards with illustrations and lettering stamped in color to front and spine. Light rubbing and soiling to boards. Cloth tears along both front and rear joints. Well-rubbed but still legible spine. Corners just nudged. Previous owner's inscription, dated 1920, and another previous owner's ink stamp to front free endpaper. Hinges cracked, but threads still holding. Age-toning to pages.
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Prince Mudturtle

Prince Mudturtle

by Laura Bancroft [pseud. L. Frank Baum]; Maginel Wright Enright [illus.]

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Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co. Publishers, 1906. Very Good. Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co. Publishers, 1906. First Edition with red endpapers and hand-lettered title page. 12mo. 61 pp. Color illustrations. Light tan cloth stamped in brown, black, yellow, and blue. Red endpapers. No dust jacket. Light edgewear and general smudging to boards. Binding is sound. Ownership inscriptions to endpapers and some light smudging to interior but overall pages clean and legible throughout. [Bienvenue & Schmidt p. 288].
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Bedtime Stories
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Bedtime Stories

by Tenggren, Gustaf: Illustrated by

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1978 - 16th printing- vintage Bedtime Stories - Little Red Riding Hood - book: very good - all pages are clean and unmarked - edge wear on boards good for age - pages show some toning at edges - ELEMENT: includes a little red riding hood/big bad wolf as grandma flip doll - doll is professionally sewn with intricate details
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Day In and Day Out (The Alice and Jerry Books, Reading Foundation Series)
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Day In and Day Out (The Alice and Jerry Books, Reading Foundation Series)

by Mabel O'Donnell; Alice Carey

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Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson and Company, n.d. [copyright 1936]. Hardcover. First Edition, no additional printings listed. First-grade reader in the Alice and Jerry basal reader educational series. Red cloth over boards with blue & yellow titles and illustration of a dog and duckling. Good+. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown, a few penciled notes. Sewn binding is straight and tight. Corners and spine ends bumped. Covers clean and bright. Not from a school or library. See photos. 156 pages with color illustrations on every page. Word list.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

by Engle, Joanna

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9780394856438
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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Bob Son of Battle
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Bob Son of Battle

by Alfred Oliphant

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The story focuses on the rivalry between two sheepdogs and their masters, and chronicles the coming of age of a boy who is caught between them. David M'Adam, the boy, was half-orphaned by the death of his mother, and is left to the care of his father, Adam M'Adam, a sarcastic, angry alcoholic with a few redeeming qualities. M'Adam is the owner of Red Wull, a huge, violent dog who herds his sheep by brute force.
Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Hardcover. Condition: vg+. .356 pages Find copy in Dark Blue Boards . copyright Doubleday & McClure (New York), 1889. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Rare first edition original 1899 edition by Doubleday and McClure Company New York. Nice copy all on hand laid paper. Deckled edges. Bob Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant. Copyright 1889. Some browning of pages. In a navy cloth binding. Externally sound. Some shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked/,
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus

by Elmay Crow

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Crow Publishing, Victoria, 1971, 30 pages, 6.5" x 8.5", Near Fine, Comb Bound Softcover. An uncommon self published companion to "Ronny Meets The Sasquatch".
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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince
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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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A special copy of The Little Prince translated into the Venetian (Venetan/Veneto) language, also called dialeto del mar – the dialect of the sea. Included is the bookmark from the bookstore - Libreria Acqua Alta. Great gift for any Little Prince collector. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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The House That Jack Built
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The House That Jack Built: The Old Woman and Her Pig

by Rodney Peppe

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Pocket sized reproduction from Pleasewell Series of the 1890s. This edition is reversible with The Old Woman and Her Pig also featured when the book is flipped over. Each story has reproduced lithographs from the original publication. No creasing, no age spots, Like New !
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Foreign Agent
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Foreign Agent

by Thor, Brad

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New York: Atria Books, 2016. Signed on fep First Edition with full number line This is a limited, signed edition with an exclusive, to this edition, additional chapter. Please note what looks like a "Signed Edition" sticker on the front of dust jacket. It is not a a sticker; it is part of the design of the jacket. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 338 pages PLUS additional chapter "exclusively for Target customers." Target is US-based department store. From jacket: "Scot Harvath has exactly the skills the CIA is looking for. He's a former Navy SEAL with extensive experience in espionage. Working for a private intelligence company, he will provide the CIA, and more important, the President, with absolute deniability. But deep within the Russian Caucasus, Moscow also has its own special kind of operative... When a clandestine American operations team is ambushed near Syria, all signs point toward a dangerous informant in Brussels..." A new book, but with… Read More
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The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head

by Claire Huchet Bishop

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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series

by Kipling, Rudyard

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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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