Roller Skates
by Sawyer, Ruth
Roller Skates is a book by Ruth Sawyer that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1937. It deals with the author's New York childhood.
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On Oct 7, 2014, Anonymous said
I thought it would be a happy-go-lucky book about way back when, but I was surprised by how many dark topics, like murder and death are in it.
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Roller Skates
by Sawyer, Ruth
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Haw River, North Carolina, USA
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A$30.93
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Viking Press, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Angelo, Valenti. EX-LIBRARY book, with dustjacket wrapped in mylar, taped to boards. Book is crisp and clean.1st published in 1936, renewed in 1964. This book is the 18th printing, 1967. A great vintage copy!
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A$30.93
Roller Skates
by Sawyer, Ruth
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket chipped and toned, endpapers toned.
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670603112
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- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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A$38.66
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NY: Viking and Junior Literary Guild. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket chipped and toned, endpapers . toned.. 1936. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0670603112 . Blue cloth binding. Early book club edition of this Newbery Award winner, without any mention of the award on the jacket flaps nor the seal on the jacket. ; 8vo… Read more about this item Item Price
A$38.66
Roller Skates
by Ruth SAwyer
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bowral, New South Wales, AUS
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A$5.00
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Puffin Books, Great Britain, 1968. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Shirley Hughes. PS 358. Growing up in a well-to-do family with strict rules and routines can be tough for a ten-year-old girl who only wants to roller skate. But when Lucinda Wyman's parents go overseas on a trip to Italy and leave her behind in the… Read more about this item Item Price
A$5.00
Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Ohio, USA
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A$15.39
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New York: Viking, 1967. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. 8vo. Valenti Angelo. Ex-Library Hardcover with jacket in used condition. Has the usual library stickers and stamps. Dustjacket mylar glued to inside cover. Wear to spine end. Hinges intact. Has Library pocket on front and residue from a removed pocket in rear.Your purchase benefits literacy and summer reading programs in Cincinnati… Read more about this item Item Price
A$15.39
Roller Skates
by Sawyer, Ruth
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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El Cajon, California, USA
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A$69.58
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New York: Viking Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1936. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Decorated tan cloth. Foxing to the upper page edges and extreme upper cover edges. A short former owner inscription to the half title. The dust jacket has some chipping to the corners and spine ends, several other edge chips. 1/2"… Read more about this item Item Price
A$69.58
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Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
- Condition
- Used - very good+/good+
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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A$115.97
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New York: Viking Press, 1936. Hard Cover. very good+/good+. A nice copy in dust jacket. Endpapers and interior illustrations by Valenti Angelo. Dust jacket has chipping along edges with some loss. Seal of Newberry award on front cover. Copyright page states "First Published October 1936" SIGNED by author on title page. In a protecitve brodart wrapper. Newberry award… Read more about this item Item Price
A$115.97
Roller Skates
by Sawyer, Ruth
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Cedar Ridge, California, USA
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A$61.85
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New York: Viking Press, 1936. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. Angelo, Valenti. 1st ptg. Newbery winner, illustrated in blue gray ink by Valenti Angelo. Lucinda's year in New York City circa 1890. While her family went to Europe, she and her roller skates stayed home and explored the neighborhood. Slightly cocked, small marks of white out on front… Read more about this item Item Price
A$61.85
Roller Skates
by Sawyer, Ruth
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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A$193.29
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Viking Press, 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A wonderful copy of this 1937 Newbery Award winner. Book in spectacular condition, tight, clean. stated fourth printing, September 1938. Inscribed neatly on FFEP for Christmas 1938. Book plate attached to blank back of FFEP, does not detract, actually kind of charming. Jacket is NOT clipped but does have price marked… Read more about this item Item Price
A$193.29
Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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A$8.02
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Penguin Books, 1968. Paperback. Good. 1968. Published in Puffin Books. 176 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and… Read more about this item Item Price
A$8.02
Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
- Condition
- Used - Good/no DJ ex-library
- Edition
- 1st Ed
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Camden, Maine, USA
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A$15.46
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The Viking Press, 1936. 1st Ed. hardcover. Good/no DJ ex-library. Valenti Angelo. 8vo, original tan cloth binding with blue and red lettering and illustration, cover is soiled, top of spine frayed, small library stamp on front pastedown, ink number on title page, library pocket and stamp on rear endpaper, no other library markings, a children's novel, 186 pages"… Read more about this item Item Price
A$15.46
Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1936
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Temperance, Michigan, USA
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A$38.66
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First edition, second printing May 1937. Hardbound, no DJ. Boards show minor wear to ends of spine and ends of book. Some minor shelf dirt on on cover. Name of previous owners on inside cover, first date-Jan. 1938. Pages are clean, not torn and the corners are not bent. For the most part, a nice, clean copy. Item Price
A$38.66
Roller Skates
by Sawyer, Ruth
- Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Published
- 1937
- Binding
- Decorated Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lincoln City, Oregon, USA
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A$110.17
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NY: The Viking Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1937. Third Printing. Decorated Cloth. Covers are soiled, owner's bookplate on the fep. Sawyer inscribed the book on the title page. Interior is very good. All hinges are tight.; Hardcover; 6x9 1/2"; Signed by Inscribed By the Author . Item Price
A$110.17
Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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A$8.47
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Penguin Books, 1968. Paperback. Good. 1968. Published in Puffin Books. 176 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and… Read more about this item Item Price
A$8.47
ROLLER SKATES.
by Sawyer, Ruth.
- Condition
- Very near fine in a very good dustjacket with a Newbery award sticker on front cover, price-clipped. .
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Published
- (1965, c 1936)
- Binding
- Hardcover -
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ione, California, USA
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A$32.47
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New York:: The Viking Press,, (1965, c 1936). Hardcover -. Very near fine in a very good dustjacket with a Newbery award sticker on front cover, price-clipped. .. Later printing. A story of a tomboy in old New York, who wanted to roller skate to school and everywhere else. Illustrated with drawings by Angelo Valenti. Awarded the… Read more about this item Item Price
A$32.47
Roller Skates
by Sawyer, Ruth
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- G+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bella Vista, Arkansas, USA
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A$119.07
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New York: The Viking Press, 1936. Book. Illus. by Valenti Angelo. VG+. Hard Back. Signed By Author. First Edition. The book is bound in gray cloth-covered boards with illustration of a young girl in an oval frame on the cover and illustrated end pages. Book has light wear at spine, otherwise is clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket has… Read more about this item Item Price
A$119.07
Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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A$4.87
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The Viking Press, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1960. Thirteenth Printing. 186 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated cloth. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting with visible foxing and tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible ink marks and rubbing with heavier bumping to… Read more about this item Item Price
A$4.87
Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Published
- 1964
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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A$30.35
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Bodley Head Children's Books, 1964. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1964. First Published in Great Britain. 186 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight… Read more about this item Item Price
A$30.35
Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140303588
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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A$9.49
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Penguin Young Readers Group, 1986. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
A$9.49
Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lexington, Missouri, USA
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A$6.96
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Dell Yearling, 1970. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Angelo, Valenti. Old softcover edition rebound as a hardcover for library use but there are no library marks, uncirculated. Pages are yellowed; a good solid book. Illustrator: Angelo, Valenti. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Juvenile; Inventory No: 195057. . Item Price
A$6.96
Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140303588
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Frederick, Maryland, USA
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A$6.17
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Puffin Books. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Item Price
A$6.17