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Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company (c.1963) "A Whitman Learn About Book #16". First children's book by Robert I. Johnson, Director of Chicago's Adler Planetarium Museum, one of the largest and most unusual astronomical museums in the world. His aim was not only to simplify difficult material and to keep it scientifically accurate but to make it as interesting as the scientist finds it. A well illustrated book in color and b/w. The photographs appear through the courtesy of the Boyden Station of the Harvard College Observatory, the Lick, Mount Wilson and Palomar and Yerkes Observatories. This book offers ten chapters. Photo illustrated endpapers. Brightly illustrated glossy hardboard covers. A very nice learning tool for children!. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, Publishers, 1976. Ex-Library. A sequel to 'Shantymen of Cache Lake', which won the 1976 Canada Council Award for juvenile literature, this adventure story for young people nine to thirteen years of age gives an exciting and realistic picture of the days of wooden sailing ships when square riggers from Nova Scotia sailed around the world. A two-page map spread followed by: Nova Scotia Song... words for the song collected by Dr. Helen Creighton, precede chapter one. A generous section of photographs provided.Very interesting nautical historical photos provided by various libraries, museums, the Notman Photographic Archives, etc, etc. A glossary of nautical terms given. Green cloth boards. Usual ex-library stamping, pocket, etc are here. The nautical jacket illustration is by Emma Hesse. This book remains sound and most serviceable in its bright dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Children's Book Club, 1973. 1973. Book Near Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. 'Out There' is a story set in the future in the early twenty-first century. An exciting adventure story, this novel for older children also presents a convincing picture of what the world would be like if squirrels, hummingbirds, fawns and butterflies had disappeared from the earth and were only remembered as mythical animals like the unicorn and the flying horse. Bright yellow boards with gilt title print to spine. No ownership markings. A very clean fresh copy in it's bright dust jacket. Front cover design by Brenda Pye. A Very attractive edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: UNICEF. Harper Collins Publishers, 1994. Oblong format. Preface by author/illustrator Maurice Sendak.....introduction by James P. Grant, executive director . UNICEF. This book is a collection of children's drawings, letters and poems from schools and refugee camps in former Yugoslavia. It was collected by the United Nations Children's Fund as part of its psychosocial assistance program for war-traumatized children. It is the children's rallying cry......a wake-up call for all of us to understand their plight! Book shows minor wear to spine ends and corner tips. No ownership markings. A solid bright book in a price-intact illustrated dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London, England: World Distributors (Manchester) Limited (c1961) Off-setting to endpapers. No signs of previous ownership. Burgundy and pink decorated boards.... horse-jumping motif. Title block to spine. A sound, clean and still-bright book.. Hard Cover. Very Good.