One of a series of 1980s party game booklets for kids and comics fans, in which one player would select one of 12 stories (with a number of blank spaces in the sentences) from the booklet, and then request nouns, adjectives, verbs, and so on from the other players. The first player would then read out the story, with the suggested words in the appropriate spaces, and in the process hope to form an amusing (or, as the directions would have it, a "fantastic, screamingly funny, shocking, silly, crazy or just plain dumb") story. Story titles include "The Red Skull," "Captain America Protects a Mov... View More...
Pictures, stories, rhymes, puzzles and games featuring the world's most famous (or second most, depending upon the random sampling asked) bear in children's literature, this time cavorting and exploring at the seaside. Unpaginated. Small chip from top edge of front cover, cover pulled from top staple, almost so from bottom staple, four tiny scribbles at bottom of front cover, creasing, general wear. Amazingly, neither the puzzle nor the picture to be coloured has been solved or coloured. View More...
Contains five stories, each told in two pages, with charming illustrations in title letters across page tops. Unpaginated (10). Handling wear, light smudging/soil, bottom right corner of front cover bent/torn. Uncommon. View More...
12 pages of catechising material, w/hymns on back cover and both inside covers. An uncommon edition w/tanning, light spotting and moderate general wear. View More...
Contains 16 "fantastic designs you can transfer to any fabric -- from the most fabulous space fantasy ever made!" All 16 iron-ons clean and intact. Mild surface wear, a bit of scraping to spine, gentle corner bumps, a bit of glue spotting to bottom right corner of front cover (sticker removal) slight staple pull (everything's still firm and intact). A decent copy of a book intended for destruction in the first place (just like those pesky rebels that the Empire tried to hard to destroy, but they endured, nonetheless). View More...
Black & white comic created in 1963 by Marcel Navarro to compete with a rival company's jungle hero (Akim). Zembla (and its competitor) are Tarzan-clone comic-book heroes fighting a variety of villains, from the mundane to wannabe world beaters. In addition to the title adventure, this issue also contains a non-Zembla story, and a number of features and puzzles. 128 pages, cover illustration by Remy. Nicks to spine ends, 3/8" separation at bottom right spine, scratches, some edgewear, a few turned corners at rear. View More...
A somewhat difficult-to-find colouring book featuring two classic characters from children's literature. Unpaginated (24), all illustrations uncoloured. Some light soil to front cover, edgewear, handling wear, bent corners, a couple of short tears to top edge of back cover. View More...
Sequel to 'The Beautiful.' No longer human, Sebastien Saint Germain is, in this one, "cursed to walk the earth forever, hungry for blood" (gross, but still better than walking the earth forever, hungry for liver and onions). Purple boards w/black spine lettering, 401 pages + three pages of acknowledgments. An unread copy in pristine condition. View More...
Based on the popular feature from "Battle Picture Weekly." A platoon sergeant wounded during the D-Day assault is given a year to live, and is determined to spend it turning his platoon of raw recruits into battle-hardened soldiers. 128 pages, illustrated. Some edgewear, rubbing, small area to front cover where sticker removal took some gloss with it, small ink notation/scribble to top edge of front end paper, some tanning. View More...
1st printing w/complete number sequence. "Eighteen-year-old Kate, who sometimes chafes at being a preacher's daughter, finds herself losing control in her senior year as she faces difficult neighbors and the possibility that she may not be accepted by the college of her choice." Maroon boards w/gilt spine lettering, 233 pages (including acknowledgements). An unread copy. View More...
The true first edition, first printing w/complete number sequence, of the 2006 National Book Award winner. "Various diaries, letters and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War." Blind-stamped brown cloth, bronze spine lettering, 351 pages + author's note and acknowledgements. First state dust jacket (in protective mylar sleeve) without the National Book Award defacement. A collectible copy in pristine condition. View More...
The true first edition, first printing w/complete number sequence, of the 2006 National Book Award winner. "Various diaries, letters and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War." Blind-stamped brown cloth, bronze spine lettering, 351 pages + author's note and acknowledgements. First state dust jacket (in protective mylar sleeve) without the National Book Award defacement. A collectible copy in pristine condition. View More...
The true first edition, first printing w/complete number sequence, of the 2006 National Book Award winner. "Various diaries, letters and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War." Blind-stamped brown cloth, bronze spine lettering, 351 pages + author's note and acknowledgements. First state dust jacket (in protective mylar sleeve) without the National Book Award defacement. A collectible copy in pristine condition. View More...
The fourth title in Andrews's Plantation Series. In this one, Peggy finds herself in a New York City boarding school, where she tries to clear friends accused of theft. Lists to this title on front flap. Blue cloth w/dark blue illustration/lettering, 209 pages + one-page advertisement for other Peggy Lee titles. Mildly cocked, mild cover soil, faint fading to spine, moderately worn corners/spine ends, dusty/moderately soiled edges, previous owner's name/address, a bit of internal soil, in edgeworn dust jacket w/some soil, chipping to corners/spine ends, 1.25" tear to bottom of right spine edg... View More...
No date (circa 1950s). One of the anomalies in the book world: a book meant to be destroyed. This is a cut-out book, with four pages of cars, ships, dock equipment and so on intended to be cut out and displayed on their paper bases. Inserted in the middle is a booklet entitled 'On Land and Sea,' which, in juvenile verse, offers a bit of information/entertainment about various modes of travel. Both covers feature die-cut outlines through which can be seen some of the vehicles intended to be cut out. Tears to the edges of a couple of the die-cut outlines, inside booklet detached at top staple, m... View More...
Two titles from Whitman's Fuzzy Wuzzy series that featured flocking to certain animal illustrations on the covers, as well as to animals throughout the stories. Unpaginated. Wear to corners/spine ends, handing wear. View More...
No date (ca. 1940s). French-language version of the Puss In Boots adventures, told for younger readers. Stapled wraps, 24 pages, illustrated in colour. Sticker pull to top right corner of front cover, 1/2" tear to bottom spine, edgewear, 2" tear to fore-edge of page 7/8 (tape repair by previous owner), general wear. An uncommon children's title from this Quebec publisher. View More...
An uncommon title telling the cautionary story of a young girl who gets herself into trouble and loses her friends, disappointing her parents through lies and deception. Olive cloth w/red floral decorations/lettering, 30 pages. Wear to corners/spine ends, some cover soil, internal soil, Methodist Sunday School library notation to front end paper, general wear. View More...
The third title in Armentrout's Origin series, itself a spin-off from her earlier Lux series. In this one, Evelyn must keep control of her powers, or put everyone in her secret community of alien Luxen at risk of destruction. 510 pages + acknowledgments. An unread copy in pristine condition. View More...
A high-schooler named Clay receives a package containing several cassette tapes made by a former girlfriend who has committed suicide, and who details the 13 reasons behind her deed, one of those reasons being Clay, himself. Although the copyright page suggests that this is the first edition, with the complete 10-down-to-1 number line, it is the first printing of the second edition, with a two-page list of inspirations (13 of them) and eight pages of 13 questions for the author. Black boards w/silver spine lettering/block, illustrated end papers, 288 pages plus aforementioned additional materi... View More...
A high-schooler named Clay receives a package containing several cassette tapes made by a former girlfriend who has committed suicide, and who details the 13 reasons behind her deed, one of those reasons being Clay, himself. Basis for the Netflix series that apparently led to an increase in suicides among 10-to-17-year-old boys. True first edition w/complete number line descending from 10 to 1. Black boards w/silver spine lettering/block, blank end papers, 288 pages plus two-page list of 13 people who inspired Asher, in first-state dust jacket w/Chris Crutcher quote to top right corner of fron... View More...
1st printing w/complete number sequence. In fourteenth-century medieval England a 13-year-old orphan takes flight from his tiny village after being accused of a crime which he did not commit. Illustrated boards, 262 pages. A pristine, collectible copy of a Newbery Award winner. View More...
When the leader of a group of furry creatures who are a mixture of prairie dog, jackrabbit and human dies, Perloo learns that he has been named as her successor, but the dead leader's son, who plans to start a war against a tribe of fox-like creatures, feels that the position should be his, and initiates a power struggle to gain control. Avi has garnered considerable recognition, including a pair of Newbery Honor Book citations. Dust jacket illustration by Marcie Reed. Illustrated boards, 225 pages. Bumped spine ends, short remainder stripe across bottom edge, in lightly rubbed dust jacket... View More...
The Streatleys travel to Ethiopia, where they learn that life there "is very different from what they are used to back home in England, and they would have an insight into the evil practices and dark superstitions of the forest." 47 pages. Light edgewear, flaking to spine ends, uneven diagonal crease to top portion of back cover, previous owner's name/date across top edge of half-title. Internally tight. View More...
1st printing w/complete number sequence. True first edition of the incomparable Australian writer/illustrator's award-winning story of a peculiar evolutionary twist on a desert world surprisingly like Australia, where "The dominant life form is a creature covered in fur but with living steel panels beneath." Winner of the CBC (Children's Book Council) Book of the Year Award for Young Readers, the YABBA (Young Australian Best Book Award) for Older Readers, the KOALA (Kids Own Australian Literature Award), and the KROC (Kids' Reading OZ Choice) Award. A delightful story, beautifully illustrated.... View More...
1st printing w/complete number sequence. True first edition of the incomparable Australian writer/illustrator's award-winning story of a peculiar evolutionary twist on a desert world surprisingly like Australia, where "The dominant life form is a creature covered in fur but with living steel panels beneath." Winner of the CBC (Children's Book Council) Book of the Year Award for Young Readers, the YABBA (Young Australian Best Book Award) for Older Readers, the KOALA (Kids Own Australian Literature Award), and the KROC (Kids' Reading OZ Choice) Award. The US edition was published a year later, i... View More...
An abridged edition of a title first published in 1910, featuring the continuing adventures of a fictional girl named Dorothy, from an actual state known as Kansas, in a real country that a few years ago lost its collective mind in an important election. 62 pages + 1-page list of other titles published by Rand McNally. Edgewear, rubbed/scraped/chipped corners/spine ends, rubbing/scratches, previous owner's name to front pastedown. View More...
Ozma schemes to have Dorothy and her friends attend a birthday party in Oz. Small octavo, unpaginated (26). Some wear/flaking to corners/spine ends/edges, rubbing, impressions. View More...
Originally published in 1975. The story of a runt-of-the-litter pig, and how "his great naughtiness and cleverness" kept a family cheerful and united through a difficult period in their lives. This copy inscribed and signed ("To Pat, with thanks/from Nina [Bawden]"). Uncommon signed. Moderate general wear. View More...
Originally published in 1969. A friendless orphan who never attends school becomes the centre of attention when an adventure involving hidden treasure and a mysterious secret surfaces after strangers arrive on the island where she lives. This copy inscribed and signed ("Best wishes to Pat/from Nina Bawden") on title page. 156 pages. Moderate handling wear, 3/4" tear to top edge of front cover, another tear (3/4" vertically before 3/4" horizontally) to top edge of first end paper. View More...
