JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General from Barbara Bilson Books

New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008. Brand new condition (Fine in soft cover). 10 short stories aimed at teens and emphasizing the experiences of Latina/o young people. I was a little put-off reading these until I met Keri the babysitter in the story of the same name. 176 pages including a brief glossary of Spanish words and phrases. . Soft… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Bros, 1912. The delightful little Susan--of historic parentage and social position--hatches a plan to help her friend Mary Ellen from the other side of the Washington DC tracks, in spite of the disgrace to the family (according to her older and very proper sister). 43 pages, nicely printed, with 4 fine illustrations. Very good+ condition (see… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper Collins, 1993. Very good (one bumped corner, otherwise very fine; interior very fine) in near fine dust jacket (the same bumped corner, barely visible). INSCRIBED and signed "to Zachary" by author on half title page, . Inscribed by author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Jules Feiffer.

New York: Philomel Books , 1984. Very good+ (quarter inch ballpoint ink mark on bottom page edges, slightly sun-faded top edge of covers) in near fine dust jacket (slight edgewear and some sunning that shows up only along the white inside top edges). Story of a teenager's search for her father. SIGNED by the author on the title page.. Signed… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Second edition, copyright 1914 but actual publication date unknown. Blue cloth binding with black printing. Good+ (one loose sheet -- four pages, otherwise tight and clean; worn and soiled covers with one wrinkle on front cover, previous owner's name on first free endpaper). Illustrated. No dust jacket. Very amusing children's story composed of short chapters focused on… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Roberts Bros , 1885. Exterior only fair. Worn, stained covers with owner's name in ink on front cover. Interior very good with giver's inscription dated "Xmas 1885" on first free endpaper. but text clean & bright.. 1st American edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Randolph Caldecott.

New York: Lodestar Books/Dutton, 1993. Very good (some light foxing on top page edges, otherwise fine) copy of a beautiful children's book, in fine dust jacket. It's the story of the young son in a Jewish family in the 1920s whose grandfather takes him to a violin concert, whereupon the son decides to become a violinist--this is the week… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Greenwillow Books, 1994. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Charming children's story about a retired school teacher. 40 pages.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by N. Cameron Watson.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1979. Near fine (1 bump at spine top) in near fine dust jacket (mild edgewear at spine, one slight wrinkle on back panel). Stories by 17 writers including Hans Christian Anderson, Katherine Mansfield, E. Nesbit, Robert Louis Stevenson, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mao Tse Tung. 219 pages including a bibliography of books about dolls arranged by age-groups.. 1st… Saber más sobre este artículo