Juvenile Fiction from Foundling Books

New York: M. K. Mcelderry Books. G+/G+. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0689504853 . Ex lib with usual faults, otherwise. One illustration, p. 9, colored with crayon. A very nice copy. DJ in mylar. ; Blue boards with gold quarter cloth. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to; 72 pages; Follows the amusing misadventures of a little girl… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday. VG/NONE. 1962. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends crimped, very light shelf wear to boards. ; Illustrated boards and endpapers, a very clean, bright copy inside and out. ; 8vo; 184 pages; Printed on rear cover: Girls! Saddle up and ride into a thrilling new mystery series with Linda Craig and her prize-winning… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan. F/VG. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0027677303 . DJ very lightly rubbed, edgewear. ; Light blue boards, black quarter cloth. ; 8vo; 188 pages; Having found a mental link with the two whales that have entered the harbor of her Maine island, eleven year old Hallie hopes both to save them and to… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. VG/P. 1964. Not First Edition. Hardcover; Later Printing. DJ chipped, rubbed, tears. Spine ends crimped. Gift inscription to front pastedown endpaper. ; 8 1/4 inches tall. Beige boards with blue stamped lettering to spine and decoration to front board. ; B&W Illustrations; ; 188 pages; Author's first children's book. .… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Co.. G/G+. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0688014852 . Usual ex lib faults. DJ in mylar taped to boards. ; Brown boards, brown quarter cloth. ; Ex-Lib; B&W Illustrations; ; 157 pages; Thirteen year old Karen Sossi encounters bad luck when se ignores her schoolwork for cooking and baby sitting.… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan. G/VG. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0027439704 . DJ in mylar, ex lib. With usual markings, white boards, red cloth binding, spine slanted, edge wear bottom of boards, top corners bent, vertical crease on last half of pages, pp. 119-122 half inch horizontal tear, DJ has library stickers, pasted to endpapers. ; 152 pages; McGurk… Read more about this item

Middletown, CT: Xerox, Weekly Reader Childrens Book Club Editionn. VG/NONE. 1975. Not First Edition. Hardcover. 0883752085 . No DJ, illustrated boards, binding nice and tight, lightly soiled, edge wear, rubbed, bottom front corner bumped, brown stain on head of fore-edge of pages, o, w contents clean and bright. ; Book Club Edition; 60 pages; A visit with… Read more about this item

New York: Scholastic. F/F. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0590897993 . New book, unused, no flaws. ; Glossy illustrated boards, three quarter DJ with b&w wrap around photo of 2 girls' softball teams. ; 8vo; 230 pages; In small town post-World War II Oregon, 21 6th grade girls recount the story of an annual softball game… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC. VG/VG. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0374339651 . Top corners of boards bumped, DJ very slightly rubbed, small tear to bottom corner rear of DJ. ; Book is unread, unused. ; 8vo; 186 pages; Having moved out of the housing project and into a new home along with his mother and… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. VG/VG. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. DJ, beige boards, green cloth binding, only flaw is 3 rubber stamp impressions to front ep, DJ extremely light edge wear in couple spots, some very light rubs to back cover, price clipped, o, w bright and intact. ; 74 pages; The author has created… Read more about this item

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. F/F. 1992. First US Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0152998063 . New book, no defects. ; Black boards, red quarter cloth. Front board decorated with blind stamped hand print. ; 8vo; 161 pages; Two boys, one British and one African, are caught up in a tribal ceremony on Mount Kilimanjaro that is destined… Read more about this item

Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books. VG/VG. 1963. First US Edition. Hardcover. 811702480 . DJ in mylar, ex lib. W, usual markings, remains of card pocket crayon marks on front flyleaf, coral cloth boards/binding clean and bright, binding nice and tight, spine slightly cocked, DJ chipping top of spine, o/w clean and bright and intact. ; 141 pages; A… Read more about this item

New York: Scholastic. F/VG+. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0590466801 . Two pencil point size gouges to front DJ along joint. A new book, no other flaws. ; Black boards, red quarter cloth. ; 8vo; 182 pages; After being shuttled between foster homes and institutions for most of his life, 15 year old Floyd Rayfield escapes… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. F/VG. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0374312451 . DJ, beige boards, purple half cloth, head and foot of spine very slightly crimped, very small dent to foot of front board, spine nice and tight, book and contents clean and bright, DJ very minor chipping head of spine, back rubbed, soiled. ; 232… Read more about this item

New York: Viking. F/VG. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0670828157 . DJ, new book, black remainder mark on foot near spine, blue boards, brown cloth binding, DJ crease top of rear, quarter inch tear top rear flap fold, bright and clean inside and out. ; 161 pages; Another funny story about a 14 year old girl… Read more about this item

New York: J. B. Lippincott. F/F. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0397322860 . New, unused book. ; 8 1/2 inches tall. Sturdy blue cloth covered boards. ; Drawings; ; 104 pages; Although he's not very good at baseball, 10 year old Henry uses his imagination to become a… Read more about this item

New York: Random House Books for Young Readers. VG/NONE. 1983. First Edition Thus. Paperback; First Printing. 0394859111 . Very small amount of edgewear, one inch scrape to rear cover, gift insription inside front cover. ; Scary tales from: E. F. Benson, Robert Bloch, Joan Aiken, T. H. White, M. Timothy O'Keefe, Sterling Lanier, Doreen Dugdale, Lord Dunsany,… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. VG/G+. 1965. First Edition (?). Hardcover. DJ, blue cloth boards and binding, nice and tight, very bright and clean, top and bottom of spine very slightly crimped, illustrated DJ is slightly soiled, with chips and tears along top and bottom edges and spine. ; Borzoi Book for Young People. ; 177 pages;… Read more about this item

New York: Crowell. G+/G+. 1975. First US Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 069000978X . Ex. Lib. With usual faults, ffep torn out, DJ in mylar, flaps glued to pastedowns. ; Black cloth boards. Binding nice and tight, contents bright and clean. ; B&W drawings; 8vo; 178 pages; In 1646 a young English girl tries to cope with the… Read more about this item

New York: Bradbury Press. F/VG+. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover; First Edition. 0027411001 . DJ very slightly rubbed. ; Rust boards, blue quarter cloth. ; Small 4to; 172 pages; When 12 year old Brian Winsor accompanies his stern father and two other seasoned cowboys on his first cattle drive, he learns a lot about life as well as… Read more about this item