Resultados de búsqueda: Ages 9-12

New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1955 The Macmillan Company, New York. 1955. Hardcover. Retired small town library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for library stamps on endpapers and copyright page. Book Condition: Good; index number on spine; missing small piece at spine head; wear to board edges; checkout pocket on front endpaper. No DJ but front flap is pasted to rear pastedown. Gray cloth boards and spine with red lettering on the spine and front board in decorative design box. Clean interior; internal hinges are sound. 90 pp 12mo. This is the story of an Egyptian boy and his camel who worked in the fields of Egypt. Abdul's main interest was in drawing pictures which eventually led him a totally different life. The book gives a clear picture of Egyptian city and rural life in the 1920s. A clean presentable copy.

Chicago, IL: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1933 The Saalfield Publishing Company, Chicago, IL. 1933. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift inscription on the FFFP dated 1937. Book Condition: Fair; moisture spots on the front board; small tear on spine; light toning to spine; moisture spots on tinted textblock top; wear through on lower tips. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with black lettering on spine and front board. Color frontispiece of Heidi. Sound internal hinges without splits. Clean internals. 404 pp 8vo. This is the classic story of a little orphan girl in the Swiss Alps. At the age of five, she is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Everyone in the village is afraid of him, but Heidi is fascinated by his long beard and bushy grey eyebrows. She loves her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up amongst the goats and birds. But one terrible day, Heidi is collected by her aunt and is made to live with a new family in… Leer más

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1929 Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, WI. 1929. First Edition. Textblock only- no boards. Textblock is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner name on the title page. Book Condition: Poor as it is missing the boards but what remains in the textblock is Good+ to Very Good. No DJ. Unpaginated textblock. Full of B&W and color photos this book introduces the reader to each of the Our Gang characters that appear in Hal Roach Comedies; Joe Cobb, Farina, Hard-boiled Harry, Wheezer, Jean Darling, Mary Ann Jackson. Color photos of characters are in very good unmarked condition.

Stillwater, OK: New Forums, 2012 New Forums, Stillwater, OK. 2012. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated Second Printing. Book signed on title page by the author. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small corner bump. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 198 pp 8vo. This book is a novel about a 15 year old boy born in 1850 just north of Bowie, Texas and about his struggle into manhood and the subsequent rescue of his girlfriend from Indians. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Julian Messner, Inc. , 1961 Julian Messner, Inc., New York. 1961. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing. Retired small town high school library. Messner Certified Editions. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for library stamps on textblock top and title page. Book Condition: Fair; checkout slip and pocket on rear endpapers; wear through fabric on the head, tail, and tips; rubbing to boards. No DJ. Tan cloth boards and spine with black lettering on the spine with green and black decoration on the front board. 192 pp 8vo. This is a "toned down" version of the Henry Clay story for an adolescent reader. He was a Kentuckian (1777-1852) who enjoyed a distinguished political career, even though he never attained his greatest desire—the presidency. A pivotal Senate leader during the antebellum era, a period in Senate history marked by heated debates over slavery and territorial expansion, Clay first entered politics in Kentucky’s state house of representatives in 1803, to the… Leer más

Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Company, 1931 David C. Cook Publishing Company, Elgin, IL. 1931. Hardcover. Stated Sixth Edition. Revised Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name in pencil and pencil prices on endpapers. Book Condition: Good +; light wear to head, tail, and tips; light sunfading to spine. Maroon cloth boards and spine with dulled gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Sound internal hinges. 177 pp 12mo. This book is designed as a guidebook for girls so they can find their markers for the trails that will lead them safely to happy womanhood and a wholesome life. This book makes the ideal woman that every man is looking for and tells her the steps to get there- to make her trail. A clean very presentable copy.

Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1944 Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI. 1944. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; shelfwear to head, tail, tips and board bottoms; slight toning to pages. DJ: Fair; Price Clipped; moisture spots on spine; missing small pieces at head and tail; wear to flap folds; chipping and missing small pieces on top and bottom edges. Blue grained boards and spine with bright red lettering on the spine. 66 pp 12mo. This is a children's book about Winky Wilcox and his adventures in the Rocky Mountains. He was going to spend the summer on his grandfather's ranch with his pals. But up on Snowcap Summit something happened which seemed terrible at first but later taught him that he could not run away from God-even in the Rockies. A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Yellow Springs, OH: Antioch College, 1991 Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH. 1991. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for ex-military library stamp on the rear of the front wrap. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight rubbing to spine and wraps. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not split. This issue has a varied set of stories, essays and poetry. The feature is the Army-Navy Poetry Showdown. Other essays, fiction, and poetry are included. The Antioch Review is an American literary magazine established in 1941 at Antioch College in Ohio. One of the oldest continuously published literary magazines in the United States, it publishes fiction, essays and poetry from both emerging and established authors. Pages 484-635 are covered. A clean pristine edition.

Berkeley, CA: SAQI, 2006 SAQI, Berkeley, CA. 2006. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; bump to top of rear wrap. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 229 pp 8vo. An anthology of poems, art work, and prose by major writers and artists about the conditions in Lebanon during the Israeli-Hezbollah conflicts that are raging in Lebanon. Children are living in appalling conditions in Lebanon since the outbreak of war in July 2006. All proceeds got to children's charities in Lebanon.

Philadelphia, PA: Dorrance & Company, 1971 Dorrance & Company, Philadelphia, PA. 1971. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for the word "fiction" on the rear pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good +; superficial bleached spots at the head and bottom tip of rear board. DJ: Very Good; closed tear on rear panel at top: missing small pieces at the head and lower tips. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 48 pp 8vo. This is a book of historical fiction based on the author's childhood on the frontier near Caldwell Kansas. The principal is Linda Reedy who moved with her family to the Kansas Prairie with a community of farmers which they become a part of. The book gives the reader a look at the pleasures that American youth used to enjoy- close relationships with parents and family, growing up with responsibilities, and the chances to learn. A clean very presentable adolescent book in a… Leer más

Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1962 Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI. 1962. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light rubbing to wraps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is secure in saddle staples; text is secure in binding. 60 pp 8vo. This is a book that is designed to help meet the spiritual needs of children through Object Lessons. Objects are the visual teaching aids to help bring the Bread of Life to children. The instructions for making the object/visual aid are given in the book and this follows with the teaching lesson for the pastor, the Christian worker, or the parent. These Object Lessons are designed to bring a child to the place where they willingly accepts his/her Savior. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: HarperCollins Children's Books , 2010 HarperCollins Children's Books, New York. 2010. Hardcover. 14th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light rubbing to boards. No DJ. Black paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 168 pp 12mo. Even though this is fiction, reading this diary of a heroine addict is like watching someone fall into an abyss: knowing a crash is inevitable, but wondering how soon and how hard rock bottom will be. The narrator, 19-year-old Samantha Strasbourg, seems doomed from the beginning, living with an alcoholic mother and her mother's abusive boyfriend, and working a dead-end job at a fast-food restaurant. When Sam moves into her own apartment, she appears to be taking a positive step; however, new-found independence breeds a different set of problems, like raising enough money for rent. Sam starts dancing in a topless bar to raise more cash--and… Leer más

New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Co., 1999 Sterling Publishing Co., New York. 1999. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant edge and tip bumps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 96 pp 4to. This book is one that allows the crafter to make paper gliders from an international array of jets from the patterns in the book. The paper planes n this book are modeled after some important jets that have been built with a sleek airplane shape. A clean very presentable copy.

Lincoln, Chicago, Dallas, New York: The University Publishing Company, 1928 The University Publishing Company, Lincoln, Chicago, Dallas, New York. 1928. Edition not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; wear to tips, head, and tail; rubbing on boards; dust soiling to textblock top. No DJ. Red cloth boards and spine with cream lettering on the spine with title in shadowbox on front board with education design. 404 pp 8vo. Designed for school age children, this book provides for; training in recognition of right and wrong conduct; development of the desire to do right and the hatred for wrongdoing; actual habit formation in school, whereby the reader will respond in a desirable way to every situation that presents a choice for right instead os a wrong course of action. A presentable copy.

Burlington, IA: Self-Published by Author/Spring Daisy Publications , 1980 Self-Published by Author/Spring Daisy Publications, Burlington, IA. 1980. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; scattered foxing spots to wraps; rubbing to wraps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 44 pp 8vo. A pre-teen fiction book that shows the Dickson family living out their faith in Jesus Christ in the midst of unexpected events. Two young boys have a couple of life threatening events in a short time over bad weather, a story, and rising water that makes them rethink their lives and dedicate themselves to Jesus Christ. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap , 1961 Grosset and Dunlap, New York. c1959. Carpentieri 1961A-59. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. Revised in 1959 from the 1927 original; shortened from 214 pp to 180 pp. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($1.00); light wear to head, tail, and tips; small closed tears at tail and bottom of front panel. Gray-Brown tweed boards and spine, brown multipic endpapers, tinted textblock top. 180 pp 8vo. A dying criminal confesses that his loot has been stored "in the tower." Both towers of the looted mansion are searched in vain. It remains for the Hardy boys to make an astonishing discovery that clears up the mystery and clears the name of a friend's father. Book lists to HB #40. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

New York, NY: Hurst and Company, 1918 Hurst and Company, New York. 1912 (?) Undated but titles of Dreadnought Boys Series advertised in the rear correspond to 1911-1912. Hardcover. Stated Sixth edition of the 1857 original by Macmillan. Retired library copy with library numbers and slips on rear endpapers. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a name and price in pencil on the FFFP and a F/O name on the front board. No DJ. Book Condition: Fair; heavy wear to head and tail; light wear to tips; soiling to textblock edges; checkout pocket and slip on rear pastedowns. No DJ. Rose colored cloth boards and spine with embossed floral design on the front board and spine; lacquer finish applied to boards and spine; yellow lettering on the spine and front board. 357 pp 12mo. This is one of the first books about boys and adventures in public school life loosely taken from the author's real life. Published in 1857, the author was looking to write a novel for boys that would tell about the public school… Leer más

New York, NY: Friendship Press, 1958 Friendship Press, New York. 1958. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition (NAP). Book is tight, square, but does have a F/O name on the half title page and small pencil ticks under some words in the last 1/3rd of the book for emphasis in reading. Book Condition: Good +; light wear to head and tail; light soiling to wraps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 122 pp 8vo. Based on her experiences as the director of a missionary kindergarten in Mexico, the author has created the story of Mateo. The book is designed to let American schoolchildren learn about the people and culture of Mexico and it might differ, or be much like Mateo's life. The book also exposes the reader to reading and learning a good number of basic Spanish words. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1961 The Viking Press, New York. 1961. Hardcover. Weekly Reader Children's Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for two small numbers on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good; bumped lower tip; slight rubbing to board tops and bottoms from shelving. No DJ. Heavy stock cloth pictorial boards and spine with white and red lettering on spine and front board. 12 mo. 64 pp. Mr. Penny's animals were asleep for the night except Splop the goat. She heard strange noises and after investigating she raced home and woke up all the other animals and brings them back to look at some other animals from a circus; a chimpanzee and a bear, wearing clothes. They teach the other animals the circus tricks and pretty soon Mr. Penny has his own circus. A clean and presentable copy.

New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2012 Little, Brown and Company, New York. 2012. Advance Reading Copy/Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant edge bumping. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 277 pp 8vo. Marley is an unassuming high school junior who breathes in music like oxygen. In between caring for his heroin-addicted mother, and keeping his scholarship at a fancy prep school, he dreams of becoming a professional DJ. When chance lands Marley his first real DJ job, his career as "DJ Ice" suddenly skyrockets. But when heart-rending disaster at home brings Marley crashing back down to earth and threatens to destroy everything he has worked for, he is torn between obligation, forgiveness, and following his dreams. A clean very presentable copy.