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Maule Magie M
CONTEMPORARY STENCILS. For Interior Design
Angus & Robertson A4 paperback stiff pictorial card 1994 120 pages illustrated. A wide range of designs including: Santa Fe Style Freeform Designs Nature Motifs Tribal Designs Marine Motifs Lifestyle Motifs and Geometric Patterns. The book is a little bent but is otherwise good and clean. ISBN 0207182914. paperback
Bookseller reference : 8715 ISBN : 0207182914 9780207182914
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Taylor G. P
Shadowmancer
Faber and Faber 2003. PBO First edition first printing As New and Unread. SIGNED boldly by the author. Scarce paperback original editon of the author's phenomenal best-selling debut novel where superstition magic and witchcraft reign and the ultimate battle begins when a sorcerer seeks to control the universe. SIGNED by Author on the Title Page. Paperback Original w French Flaps. Pictorial Wrappers. As New/As New. Faber and Faber Paperback
Bookseller reference : 1002011 ISBN : 0571220460 9780571220465
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Taylor Graham P
Wormwood
London United Kingdom: Faber and Faber 2004. Scarce first edition and first paperback editon of the author's phenomenal best-selling second novel and follow-up to Shadowmancer. In 1756 London Dr. Sabian Blake is in possesssion of the Nemorensis an ancient text that could hold the key to saving London from a catastrophic fate. SIGNED by Author on the Title Page. Paperback Original. Pictorial Wrappers. As New/As New. Faber and Faber Paperback
Bookseller reference : 1002012 ISBN : 0571221505 9780571221509
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COLFER Eoin
Artemis Fowl: The Artic Incident
New York: Hyperion 2002. Fowl's second adventure; A tight clean copy in dustwrapper. 278pp. First U.S. Edition. Half-Leather. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hyperion Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 905737 ISBN : 0786808551 9780786808557
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PULLMAN Philip
The Amber Spyglass
New York: Knopf 2000. First American edition of book 3 of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy; A most acceptable copy; 518pp. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG. Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010348 ISBN : 0679879269 9780679879268
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STROUD Jonathan
The Amulet of Samarkand
New York: Miramax Books 2003. First book in "The Bartimaeus Trilogy"; uncorrected galley proof; 464pp. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Original Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket. Galley/Proof. Miramax Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 904138 ISBN : 078681859X 9780786818594
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PULLMAN Philip
The Amber Spyglass
New York: Knopf 2000. First American edition of book 3 of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy; beautiful copy; 518pp. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 903798 ISBN : 0679879269 9780679879268
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Magic Michael
The Evolution of Asexual Reproduction in Plants
London: Chapman & Hall 1992. retired library copy with usual stamps and labels. textblock immaculate and tight otherwise. Very lightly shelf worn. lacks dust jacket; 276pp. including bibliographical references and index. First Edition. Glossy Boards. Very Good. Illus. by Charts. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library Hard Cover. Chapman & Hall Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SB4005 ISBN : 0412442205 9780412442209
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Lightner AM. A. M.
Star dog
<p>This is an ex-library book. It has a clear plastic cover so the DJ is well protected. There are 12 patches of sellotape discolouration on the DJ inside. There are corresponding tape discolourations on the boardcovers.</p><p>The book is price clipped. The inside boardcover has five pieces of tape discolouration on it and tape down the gutter. There are two library stamps and a piece of tape discolouration on the front endpaper. There is a library stamp on the half title page the dedication page and the copyright page. There is also a library reference number on the copyright page.</p><p>The back endpaper has a library stamp and a roughened area of paper. There is tape down the gutter. The inside back boardcover has tape discolouration and some roughened paper areas. There are library stamps on the pages after the text pages.</p><p>There are "Cancelled" stamps in the top margins of some inner pages and the side and top external edges.</p> Faber and Faber hardcover
Bookseller reference : 411 ISBN : 0571105785 9780571105786
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Wynne Jones Diana
The Spellcoat
<p>This is an ex-library book. The book has a clear plastic cover which has protected the DJ. The spine is faded. The book is not price clipped. There are two library stamps on the front endpaper and two sellotape pieces outlines. there is yellow and light brown crayon scribble on the words of the 1/2 title page.</p><p>The copyright page has a library stamp a library reference number and library reference letters on it. The back endpaper has a library reference number two due date sheets and a library barcode on it. there is sellotape along the edge of the back inner flap.</p> Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 300 ISBN : 0333253515 9780333253519
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Wynne Jones Diana
the Homeward Bounders
<p>The ex-library book has clear plastic covers so the DJ is in good condition. The front inner flap has three pieces of tape down its' edge. The front endpaper has two library stamps on it and four long thin areas of discolouration on it. The 1/2 title page has a library stamp on it. The copyright page has a letter "h" on it and a library reference number as well. There is a library stamp on the dedication page.</p><p>The back endpaper has two strips of tape discolouration at the top and bottom edges. There is a due date sheet in place. The inside board cover has a library card envelope on it .</p><p>The back inner flap is trimmed and some text is missing. There are two pieces of sellotape in place down the edge of the back inner flap.</p> Macmillan Children's Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 305 ISBN : 0333309790 9780333309797
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Wynne Jones Diana
Dogsbody
<p>This an ex-library book .There is a sticky library label on the plastic front cover. There is a plastic cover that has kept the DJ in good condition but means that the back inner flap has been trimmed to half it's width.</p><p>The book is price clipped. The spine has a 3 letter library reference on it.</p><p>The front endpaper has two library stamps a sticker labels and a barcode on it. There is an area of sellotape outline discolouration and a small round sticker discolouration spot on the front endpaper.</p><p>The title page has a library stamp on it. The copyright page has three library reference numbers on it.</p><p>The back endpaper has a two library stamps on it and the remains of a due date sticker on it.</p><p>The inside back board cover has a library card enevlope on it.</p><p>The internal pages and external edges are in good condition.</p> Macmillan London. Ltd. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 200
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Lunn Janet
Double Spell
Toronto: Peter Martin Associates 1968. 134 pages. Blue hardcover with lettering in black on front and spine shows moderate wear with boards exposed in spots at lower edge. Binding is tight spine square. Ex-library distinctions including tapemarks to boards usual inkstamps to prelims and pocket etc inside back cover. Pages mostly clean with the occasional smudge small spot or dogeared corner; a couple of red ink dots to fore edge. Dust jacket is priceclipped shows minor erosion at spine ends and other small signs of wear sticker shadow at former location of spine label. Classic tale of supernatural & mystery centering on a doll discovered by twins Jane and Elizabeth in an antique store on Toronto's Yonge Street. First edition is now becoming scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good-. Illus. by A. M. Calder. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 14cm x 21.5cm. Ex-Library. Peter Martin Associates hardcover
Bookseller reference : C705042
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Symonds John
The Stuffed Dog
London: J. M. Dent & Sons 1967. 60 pages. Lightly circulated ex-library book in excellent jacket. Blue hardcover stamped with lettering and decoration in black and gilt is tightly bound square and free of wear. A solid Very Good save for usual library signifiers including tapemarks to boards and inside covers inkstamps to prelims pocket and barcode etc. inside rear cover. Pages otherwise very clean throughout. Dust jacket is bright clean free of wear priceclipped with NO spine label. Appears near new despite mild sunning to spine and two extremely inconspicuous closed edge tears. Daisy Anderson's father is addicted to auction sales and box lots and having bought all manner of things puts them in a safe place upstairs and promptly forgets about them. When exploring the attic Daisy and her friend Dorothy find a most unusual and disturbing doll. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Edward Ardizzone. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 14cm x 21.5cm. Ex-Library. J. M. Dent & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : C705039
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Sefton Catherine pseudonym of Martin Waddell
The Emma Dilemma
London: Faber & Faber 1982. 96 pages. Cleaned ex-library book. Pictorial hardcover shows minor sunning to spine and mild wear to extremities. Binding is tight. Library markings limited to a stamps on edges and title page. Front endpaper apparently removed very carefully leaving little trace; book would otherwise be very good. Emma fell downstairs bumped her head and found herself looking at another Emma slightly flickery round the edges but otherwise just like herself!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Jill Bennett. 5.25 x 8 in. 13cm x 20cm. Ex-Library. Faber & Faber hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704889 ISBN : 0571118410 9780571118410
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Uttley Alison
Snug and Serena Count Twelve: A Little Brown Mouse Book
London: Heinemann 1959. 67 pages. Red hardcover stamped in gilt with lettering and illustration. Seven colour plates plus line illustrations throughout I believe there should be eight colour plates; this book lacks a frontispiece. Binding is tight spine square. Paper-covered boards show mild wear to base of spine lightly bumped corners. Pages and plates very clean a single page turning tear to a plate noted tape repaired by library. Library markings include tape remnants and a small paper peel on boards tape shadows on endpapers pocket with reference library stamp on rear endpaper. Jacket is unclipped clean bright despite adhesive residue at former site of spine label; tape reinforcement to reverse of jacket; fortunately not with high-acid tape. Still a sturdy serviceable and attractive reading copy of Uttley's thirteenth "Brown Mouse" book. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Katherine Wigglesworth. 6 x 8.25 in. 15cm x 21cm. Ex-Library. Heinemann hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704763
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Uttley Alison
Little Red Fox and the Magic Moon
London: Heinemann 1958. 67 pages. Green hardcover stamped in black with lettering and illustrations in white frames. Colour frontispiece and 11 more colour plates line illustrations throughout. Binding is tight spine square. Paper-covered boards show mild to moderate wear with lower corner tips exposed lightly bumped. Pages generally clean with the occasional smudge a few page turning tears. Library markings include tape remains on boards tape shadows on endpapers pocket with reference library stamp on rear endpaper. Jacket is unclipped but price is somewhat obscured by tape reinforcement; more reinforcement to edges and reverse of jacket; fortunately not with high-acid tape; small paper disturbance at former site of spine label. With all faults still a sturdy serviceable and presentable reading copy of Uttley's third "Little Fox" book now long out of print. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Katherine Wigglesworth. 6 x 8.25 in. 15cm x 21cm. Ex-Library. Heinemann hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704762
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Lewis C. S
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Evergreen Library
London: Collins 1968. 223 pages. Green "tweed" hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Boards show edgewear bumped corners tapemarks. Usual library markings to edges and prelims. Front endpaper and fore edge soiled/spotted. Binding is sound spine slightly slanted pages predominantly clean with the occasional faint smudge. Dust jacket shows mild edgewear priceclipped NO spine label. Overall a sound reading copy with a more than presentable dust jacket. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Illus. by Pauline Baynes; Philip Gough jacket art. 5.25 x 8 in. 13cm x 20cm. Ex-Library. Collins hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704390
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Coombs Patricia
Dorrie and the Halloween Plot
New York: Lothrop Lee & Shepard Books 1976. Binding is tight text pages clean usual library marks and attachments to endpapers. Pictorial hard covers show mild wear tape residue and a small area of colour loss. Marker stroke as library deaccession sign to top edge of textblock. Dust jacket is priceclipped shows mild edgewear and some very small chips and tears some colour loss and minor sunning to spine but no spine label and as such is quite presentable in new mylar cover. Dorrie the little witch wants to learn to fly -- and after she foils the malicious plans of the Halloween demons the older witches decide she's not too young to fly after all. At time of listing we do have at least one other Dorrie title available please check our listings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Author. 6.5 x 10 in. 16.5cm x 25cm. Ex-Library. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : C704087 ISBN : 0688517641 9780688517649
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Snyder Zilpha Keatley
Eyes in the Fishbowl
New York: Atheneum 1972. 168 pages. Bound in black cloth blindstamped with fishbowl on front board lettering in silver gilt on spine. Binding is sound and reasonably tight with spine just a little slanted covers are clean with corners slightly bumped no real wear to boards a little softening to ends of spine. Internally all the usual library marks to prelims and endpapers pages are clean. Dust jacket is unclipped with very minimal wear: few small nicks at spine ends small tapemarks to flaps slight fading to spine except at former site of spine label. Overall this would be a very attractive book on your shelf with few external signs of its ex-library status. A very unusual young-adult mystery: the more Dion investigates the strange happenings at Alcott-Simpson's Department Store the more mysterious they become. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Illus. by Alton Raible. 5.25 x 8.5 in. 13cm x 22cm. Ex-Library. Atheneum hardcover
Bookseller reference : C703999
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Nesbit E
Five of Us - and Madeline
London / New York: Ernest Benn and Coward McCann 1958. 192 pages. Red hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Tight and square. Pages predominantly clean I noticed only two or three small smudges; one short closed edge tear in margin; and two pages with odd short tears about 1" that do not reach the edge of the page; but all in all better than average condition. Library depredations include tape and pocket at front plus front endpaper removal adhesive marks inside covers and tapemarks to boards the usual stamps. Dust jacket is priceclipped somewhat worn at extremities sunned on spine 1/2" chip at head of spine filled by library with colour-matched paper spine label. Short crack to paper at front hinge no effect on book's stability. Overall a sturdy reading copy of a hard-to-find book. "The last book that E. Nesbit wrote has always been a favourite with children. The wonderful escapades that the family got up to are just the sort of adventures that anyone would have loved. Of course they were not very kind to Madeline to begin with. But later they knew her much better." The book also contains the two fantasy short stories The Last of the Dragons and Princess Zuleika of Rosyposia. We have a number of E. Nesbit books available; search our inventory or ask us. Hard Cover. Good/About Good. Illus. by Peter Freeman. 5.25 x 8 in. 13cm x 20cm. Ex-Library. Ernest Benn and Coward McCann hardcover
Bookseller reference : C703863
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George Lucas
Star Wars Droid World The Further Adventures
24 page book with color illustrations and a 7 inch 33 1/3 RPM long playing read-along record. Part of the See Hear and Read series. No. 453. Size: 7 3/8 x 7 1/4. Weight: 3.5 oz. Book has no writing or tears. Minor rubbing on cover edges. Bright crisp pages. Record has finger prints but no major scratches. Lucasfilm Ltd paperback
Bookseller reference : an1892
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Lathrop Dorothy P
The Colt from Moon Mountain
New York: Macmillan 1956. 1956 Fourth printing. Sound sturdy book bound in illustrated buckram: apparently a library rebinding job printed in white and green on purple. Boards show mild rubbing to extremities with minor colour loss but no fraying or wear. Tight and square with usual library deficiencies tape stamps. Text pages clean and bright throughout aside from one inkstamp to a page margin; one page has a tiny closed edge tear. Beautiful illustrations. Dust jacket is priceclipped shows minor edgewear and one closed edge tear; extremely attractive with no spine label; now protected in new archival mylar cover. Despite its ex-libraryness a very handsome copy of this very hard-to-find story of a young farm girl who yearns to befriend a little white colt a strangely graceful little animal with the nub of a horn on its forehead. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Illus. by Author. 7 x 8.5 in. 18cm x 21.5cm. Ex-Library. Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : C703742
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Keyser Samuel Jay
The Pond God and Other Stories
Asheville North Carolina: Front Street 2003. Appears unread fresh and crisp. Fine condition in bright Fine Dust Jacket. No chips or tears. NOT price clipped $14.95. Clean square tight unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. "First Edition" is so stated on the copyright page. A collection of 43 fables in the tradition of Aesop and Kipling "recounting the wise and the foolish inspired and clumsy antics of Samuel Jay Keyser's all-too-human 'gods.'" Olive / turquoise boards. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Shetterly Robert Dust Jacket art and interior drawings. Front Street Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000962 ISBN : 1886910960 9781886910966
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Bow Patricia
Spiral Maze
Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada: Thistledown Press 1997. 190 pages. Good to very good condition ex-library book. Spine is square and uncreased binding tight. Library signifiers removed from outside leaving only a tiny bit of adhesive residue. Few stamps to prelims top of textblock. Pages otherwise clean throughout. Covers show wear to corner tips with one or two millimetre's delamination. Unusual Canadian fantasy set in a fictional town on the shores of Lake Huron. "The dark maze stands on a hill above Amstey. There is only one way into it but there are two ways out; and one of them leads into the terrifying mind of the undead Dexter Gunn. His great-grandson Neil is called upon to make that journey and release a young woman imprisoned since the last century." Note that the map which is invaluable for understanding the convoluted maze so central to the plot is placed at the back of the book!. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good to Very Good. 5.5 x 8.25 in. 14cm x 21cm. Thistledown Press paperback
Bookseller reference : C703565 ISBN : 1895449685 9781895449686
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Bluenose Magic
Helen Creighton
Toronto: Ryerson 1968 well worn good reading copy. 1st. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. Ryerson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000180
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John Ruskin
The King of the Golden River
acceptable. hardcover. dust jacket wear. ex-library book. price clipped. edge wear. hardcover
Bookseller reference : B71109120N18612 ISBN : 0688801226 9780688801229
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Metz Melinda
Roswell High 8: The Rebel
New York: Pocket Books : Pocket Pulse 2000. 168 pages. Tight square internally clean copy appears near-vg with minor scuffs to spine; library stamp to bottom of textblock & inside back cover barcode on back cover. Attractive & serviceable copy of this hard-to-find 8th novel in the series. "Michael has finally found the one thing he always yearned for - family. When his brother Trevor arrives in Roswell Michael will do anything to please him. But soon Trevor's loyalties come into question - and Michael is caught in the cross fire." Search the inventory of Shannon's bookshelf for more Roswell High books. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4 x 6.75 in. 10.5cm x 17cm. Ex-Library. Pocket Books : Pocket Pulse paperback
Bookseller reference : C702677 ISBN : 0671035622 9780671035624
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Boston L. M
The Stones of Green Knowe
London: Bodley Head 1978. 119 pages. Green hardcover with gilt lettering on spine; corners are sharp and there is just a wee bit of wear to spine ends. Tight binding lightly circulated ex-library book clean save for library stamps and pocket to prelims and tapemarks to boards. Beautiful dust jacket both its design and its condition with NO spine label and no signs of wear. Jacket is price clipped states second printing. Small adhesive mark to reverse does not show through. Protected in mylar cover. In the sixth book of the Green Knowe series written about the author's own house she goes back to its beginning. It is AD 1120 and the Manor house of Green Knowe is built as a family home and a fortress against invaders. Roger son of the Manor and first of the Green Knowe children watches its construction with pride. Then he discovers two ancient stones on a hill overlooking his home and with their aid embarks on a series of journeys to Green Knowe as it stands in times between his and our present. Tolly Susan and Jacob appear again in this book. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Illus. by Peter Boston. Ex-Library. Bodley Head hardcover
Bookseller reference : C702565 ISBN : 037011017X 9780370110172
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Coppard Audrey
Who Has Poisoned the Sea
London: Heinemann 1970. 124 pages. Dark blue hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Structurally in very good condition with tight binding and mild to moderate wear to extremities. Pages are predominantly clean with just the odd smudge. Ex-library markings & pocket to front endpaper - tapemarks to endpapers and boards - and a couple inkstamps to title page. The dust jacket is unclipped looks quite presentable in library mylar. Spine label is light blue with no lettering and not too far from the hues of the jacket itself so fairly unobtrusive. "What would you do if you were suddenly confronted by a boy who said he came from the future and who had electronic gadgets attached to his head And asked for your help in a desperate situation This is what happened to Tim Dunwoodie. Percy his accidental visitor from the 25th century tells him that in Tim's day some unknown substance had been released into the Atlantic slowly changing into a deadly poison. Vast areas of the oceans are being laid waste." Quite good science fiction for about 10 yrs old and up. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good -. Illus. by Douglas Phillips. 5.25 x 10 in. 13cm x 25cm. Ex-Library. Heinemann hardcover
Bookseller reference : C702219 ISBN : 0434933007 9780434933006
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Sleigh Barbara
West of Widdershins: A Gallimaufry of Stories Brewed in Her Own Cauldron
London: Collins 1971. 191 pages. Green tweed-look hardcover with bright gilt lettering to red backed spine label; mildly bumped corners; almost no wear; tapemarks and very mild soiling to boards. Tight internally clean lightly circulated ex-library book. New front endpapers fitted. Small inkstamp and cataloguing notation to prelims and again on one text page; date-due slip small tapemarks and paper surface peel from pocket removal to rear endpapers; textblock edges are clean with no stamps. Dust jacket appears near new - bright clean and free of wear with no spine label; but has small tapemarks to flaps and some mild evidence of library mylar attachment to reverse side. A very attractive book on the shelf! "Collection of 19 fairy tales - some in the traditional manner some contemporary and all completely original. Four golden guinea pigs receive some shocks when they decide to explore the outside world; a schoolteacher one day finds that whenever she says 'I wish' it is granted; a boy from Form 3b loses the the form's Secret Code and is 'sent to Coventry' until the library bookworms come to his rescue - and much more! Companion volume to the author's North of Nowhere." - dust jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Illus. by Victor Ambrus. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 14cm x 21.5cm. Ex-Library. Collins hardcover
Bookseller reference : C702318 ISBN : 0001952056 9780001952058
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St. George Judith; illustrated by Margot Tomes
The Mysterious Girl in the Garden
New York New York U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1981. 64 pages. Stated first impression. Green paper-covered boards with black lettering on spine show sunning at edges and light tapemarks but virtually no wear. Violet endpapers. Contents tight and clean save for library signifiers to top edge and rear endpapers. Jacket is priceclipped shows light edgewear and sunning to spine otherwise very good indeed with no spine label. Very attractive ex-library copy. A time-slip story. Terrie Wright is spending a very unhappy summer in England. What fun is it hanging around Kew Gardens by herself every day while her mother takes courses But everything changes when she meets a mysterious English girl her own age who dresses in strange clothes and claims to be Princess Charlotte Augusta granddaughter of George III! Trying to solve Princess Charlotte's problems with her dictatorial grandparents and estranged parents takes Terrie's mind off her own discontent but embroils both girls in a dangerous escapade. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6.25 x 9.25 in. 16cm x 23.5cm. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : C701856 ISBN : 0399208224 9780399208225
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Sleigh Barbara; illustrated by V. H. Drummond
Carbonel
London: Max Parrish 1964. Reprint of 1955 1st. 188 pages. Red hardcover with gilt lettering and design of a witch's hat on spine; rather soft absorbent paper over boards shows mild soiling wear to edges and extremities. Light library markings limited to inkstamp on front endpaper and pocket inside back cover. Pages are clean binding secure although opens a bit too far at certain points to be called strictly "tight". Spine is square. Quite a nice reading copy between shabby covers. The first of the Carbonel books introduces the feline prince Rosemary who begins his release from enchantment by purchasing him from a witch for three Queen Victoria farthings and John who helps them in their adventures. . 6th Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by V. H. Drummond. 5 x 7.5 in. 12.5cm x 19cm. Ex-Library. Max Parrish hardcover
Bookseller reference : C701934
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McCaughrean Geraldine
A Pack of Lies: Twelve Stories in One
Oxford: Oxford University Press 1989. 168 pages. Early reprint of the 1988 first edition with the original dust jacket design. Red hardcover with silver lettering on spine. Boards are bright and clean with sharp corners and no perceptible wear. Binding is tight pages clean and bright apart from library markings and attachments to endpapers. Dust jacket is bright and clean unclipped and unworn with no spine label. Very attractive ex-library book. A young man wanders into the life of a struggling antique-shop owner and her teenage daughter. He sleeps on an old bed in the shop and corners every customer with a preposterous story told just for them. But where does he come from And why does he tell such awful lies A Pack of Lies won a well-deserved Carnegie award: it investigates the nature of truth reality and the intersection of the world of fiction with the world inhabited by its author - but with all the philosophy it's first and foremost a rattling good story. Hard Cover. Very Good/As New. Illus. by Robina Green jacket art. 5.5 x 8.75 in. 14cm x 22cm. Ex-Library. Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : C701957 ISBN : 0192716123 9780192716125
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Wuorio Eva Lis
Kali and the Golden Mirror
Cleveland Ohio: World Publishing Company 1967. First edition with complete number line on last page. 64 pages with wonderful Ardizzone illustrations. Bound in yellow cloth with design in red on front panel lettering on spine. Minor rubbing to extremities. Typical library markings to prelims and rear endpaper moderate tape marks to boards and endpapers. Binding is tight pages clean and bright. Dust jacket with beautiful wrap-around art is price-clipped clean and bright with a little rubbing at extremities and very slight paper disturbance at former site of spine label. Overall a really attractive book despite its ex-library status. An entirely magical story set on the Aegean island of Skyros. Kali a little orphan girl longs to buy a golden mirror for her beloved foster parents but jobs for a little girl are scarce. She finds inspiration and her answer in the story of Achilles -- or perhaps in a mysterious visit from Achilles himself. Canadian author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Edward Ardizzone. 6.5 x 9.25 in. 16.5cm x 23.5cm. Ex-Library. World Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : C701950
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Locke Angela; Ian Newsham illustrator
Mr Mullett Owns a Cloud
London: Chatto & Windus 1982. 128 pages. Brown hardcover with square spine sharp corners. Tight binding clean aside from library marks to edges and prelims pocket on rear endpaper. Pages crisp bright and spotless. Dust jacket is unclipped shows little or no sign of wear in library mylar cover. Blue spine label with no lettering is not overly conspicuous. Humourous fantasy about a Cumbrian farmer who inadvertently does a favour for Zeus King of the Gods and is rewarded with the gift of a pet cloud. "It is helpful of course to have a shower of rain for the crops whenever they need it but Mr Mullett is not so pleased to find his pipe tobacco squelchy." and that's only the beginning of the complications. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Ian Newsham. 5 x 8 in. 12.5cm x 20cm. Ex-Library. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
Bookseller reference : C701630 ISBN : 0701126396 9780701126391
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Sutcliff Rosemary; illustrated by Ralph Thompson
Chess-Dream in a Garden
Cambridge MA: Candlewick Press 1993. Unpaginated picture book. Red hardcover with forest-green endpapers. Ex-library with virtually no sign of library statue save a single stamp on title page. Pocket removed from ffep leaving a faint shadow of adhesive. Some white showing at front hinge - does not appear to be a crack. Book is sound and clean; pages show mild signs of fingering. Dust jacket is unclipped; tiny chip to flap corner barely touches price; very minor wear to extremities; water-lines visible on back panel no sign of water to interior of book. No library appurtenances visible. Overall a very attractive book. "Rosemary Sutcliff the esteemed reteller of legends and renowned illustrator Ralph Thompson evoke the mysteries of the great game of chess and intertwine them with strands of ancient folklore. A perfect gift for chess players and legend lovers alike." Any book with the Lewis Chessmen on every page is a good book in my opinion. Search our inventory for more Rosemary Sutcliff titles. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good. Illus. by Ralph Thompson. 11.25" x 9" 28.5cm x 23cm. Ex-Library. Candlewick Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : C701647 ISBN : 1564021920 9781564021922
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Pullman Philip
His Dark Materiials The Golden Compass The Subtle Kniffe The Amber Spyglass
Westminister Maryland U.S.A.: Knopf 2000. Phillip Pullman's acclaimed His Dark Materials trilogy that began with the Golden Compass. Lyra Belacqua is drawn into a struggle that involves horrible experiments on children alliances with thw witch-clans and battles with mercenaries. All three books are ex-library books with pockets to rear free endpaper library stamps to top text block stamps/markings to title page and front-free endpaper. Front free endpaper missing from The Subtle Knife. All dj are taped not glued to boards. Dj for The Amber spyglass has a few tears that have been repaired with clear tape. The Golden Compass is a first printing The Subtlke Knife is a fourth printing The Amber Spyglass is a second printing. Ex-library First Edition First Printin. Fine. Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1001973 ISBN : 0679879269 9780679879268
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Lucas George
Star Wars : From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
New York: Del Rey 1977 First Printing. Fine/NFine. NOT a book club copy. Jacket has very minor rubbing with a soft bump at lower corner. Not price clipped or remainder marked. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/NFine. Del Rey hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2542 ISBN : 0345274768 9780345274762
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Tannen Mary; Burgoyne John; Gregory
The Wizard Children of Finn
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1981. 214 pages. Illustrated with map and chapter headings in black and white. First edition complete number line of author's first book. Magenta cloth spine with silver titling lime green paper-covered boards blocked with title. Ex-library with typical tapestains pocket & stamps. Binding is tight slight slant to spine. Pages mostly clean with the odd spot or smudge. Dust jacket has price clip NO spine label sunned spine with mild wear to head & foot puncture that shows from reverse & tapemarks on reverse looks very nice on the right side!; in scuffed library mylar. Summary: Ten-year-old Fiona and her younger brother are transported back in time to ancient Ireland where they share extraordinary adventures with the boy who claims leadership of the Fianna. Based on Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by John Burgoyne. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 14cm x 21.5cm. Ex-Library. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : K100681 ISBN : 039484744X 9780394847443
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Hunter Mollie; illustrated by Gareth Floyd
The Bodach also published as The Walking Stones
London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Ltd. 1970. 122 pages. Ex-library with adhesive stains to inside covers and fore edge of boards stamps to bookblock edges and discreetly to prelims; ffep lightly rippled at former location of removed pocket. Text pages are clean and bright binding tight. Dust jacket is clean and bright in mylar lower edge front flap clipped but price present covered with sticker NO spine label light rubbing/wear to extremities with a couple small nicks. Glorious wraparound dust jacket art plus pen-and-ink illustrations in text by Gareth Floyd. A sound reading copy which looks very attractive on the shelf. "Donald the shepherd's son learned many things from the stories told to him by the old man called the Bodach but he still did not learn the secret of the Walking Stones or the answer to the mystery of the black staff the Bodach carried. Then one day the Bodach used his strange gift of the Second Sight to foretell the future of the green Highland glen where he and Donald lived." A fantasy firmly set in the 20th century which will appeal to anyone not just children who is fascinated by the Stone Circles and the Gaelic culture of Scotland. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Gareth Floyd. 5.25 x 8.25 in. 13cm x 21cm. Ex-Library. Blackie & Son Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : C700430 ISBN : 0216872618 9780216872615
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Hunter Mollie; illustrated by Stephen Gammell
The Kelpie's Pearls
New York: Harper & Row 1976. 134 pages. Pictorial hardcover printed with same design as jacket. Very clean lightly circulated ex-library copy with glue remnants inside covers pocket on ffep and typical inkstamps. Tight and square. Very minor rubbing to extremities - virtually no wear. Dust jacket is clean and free of wear. Spine sunned upper corner of flap clipped but price present on lower corner. No spine label; looks very nice in library mylar. One of the author's favourites among her own novels. The story of a delightful woman who chances to meet a kelpie by a pool above Loch Ness and inadvertantly starts a very strange chain of events. A treasure for anyone who appreciates Highland folklore and legend. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good to Near Fine. Illus. by Stephen Gammell. 5.5 x 8.25 in. 14cm x 21cm. Ex-Library. Harper & Row Hardcover
Bookseller reference : C700767 ISBN : 0060226595 9780060226596
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Asimov Isaac editor & introduction; Martin Harry Greenberg and Charles Waugh editors
Travels Through Time Science Fiction Shorts
Milwaukee: Raintree Publishers 1981. "Science Fiction Shorts" series. 47 pages. Ex-school library only lightly circulated: with spine label barcode to rear cover property stamps to all endpapers pocket removed from rear pastedown and "discard" in pen to flyleaf and rear pastedown. Otherwise bright and clean binding tight and square 3 corners sharp one mildly bumped. Very light wear to extremities. Classic SF short stories reprinted in illustrated format for young people. The cover art showing Archimedes striding balefully into the 20th century and illustrations in this volume are exceptionally attractive. This volume includes "The Assassin" by Robert Silverberg; "The Innocents' Refuge" by Theodore L. Thomas; "The Good Provider" by Marion Gross; "The Immortal Bard" by Isaac Asimov; "The Figure" by Edward Grendon. Search this seller's books for other volumes in this series. Pictorial Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Thomas Leonard. 6.75 x 9.5 in. Ex-Library. Raintree Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9900816 ISBN : 0817217266 9780817217266
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Mahy Margaret
The Door in the Air and Other Stories
New York New York U.S.A.: Delacorte Press 1991. 106 pages. Very attractive book from children's library. Bound in purple cloth spine with gilt titling lavender paper over boards. Nice sharp corners very minimal shelfwear. Clean exterior interior shows typical library abuses. Adhesive stains on inside covers removal of front endpaper and inkstamps about covers the damage. Dust jacket is bright clean NO spine label unclipped. Reverse has a couple tape pulls but right side looks perfect. The author is a winner of the Carnegie award twice and the Esther Glen award from New Zealand - 4 times. This collection of 9 short stories billed by the publisher as designed to appeal to young teenagers is an amazing assortment of mythical fiction with profound insight into human life. My favourite story was "A Work of Art" in part a fable about mindfulness in the humble tasks of daily life and in part a deft parody of overpretentious art critics: a mother lovingly bakes a cake and finds herself the toast of the art world. By all means let the young teens read it but this book is far too good to let them monopolize it!. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Near Fine. Illus. by Diana Catchpole. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 14cm x 21.5cm. Ex-Library. Delacorte Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9901679 ISBN : 0385302525 9780385302524
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Asimov Isaac editor & introduction; Martin Harry Greenberg and Charles Waugh editors
Earth Invaded Science Fiction Shorts
Milwaukee/Oxford: Raintree Publishers / Blackwell Raintree 1982. "Science Fiction Shorts" series. 46 pages. Ex-school library only lightly circulated: with spine label barcode to rear cover property stamps to all endpapers pocket removed from rear pastedown and "discard" in pen to front and rear pastedown. Otherwise bright and clean binding tight and square corners sharp. Minimal wear to extremities. Classic SF short stories reprinted in illustrated format for young people. This volume includes "Home Team Advantage" by Jack C. Haldeman II; "Three Times Around" by Jane Roberts; "In the Arena" by Brian W. Aldiss; "Pattern" by Fredric Brown. Search this seller's books for other volumes in this series. Pictorial Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Yoshi Miyake. 6.75 x 9.5 in. Ex-Library. Raintree Publishers / Blackwell Raintree hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9900819 ISBN : 0817217320 9780817217327
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Sharp Margery; illustrated by Faith Jacques
The Magical Cockatoo
London: Heinemann 1974. 75 pages. Beautiful incredibly detailed illustrations by Faith Jacques. Gently used ex-library book tight and square with sharp corners. Library signifiers include tapemarks to boards tape ghosts to rear endpapers stamps to edges and prelims. New ffep has been fitted to replace that removed upon deaccession thus no pocket. Dust jacket is priceclipped virtually free of wear has light blue spine label no writing. Edwardian period setting fantasy. On moonlit nights the white porcelain cockatoo hanging in the drawing room comes alive and likes to talk to Lally. But who would have expected it to dare her to go to First Aid classes or befriend the crabby old man next door! And Lally is too afraid to refuse. Search the inventory of Shannon's Bookshelf to see our other books by this author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Faith Jacques. 5.75 x 8.5 in. 14.5cm x 21.5cm. Ex-Library. Heinemann Hardcover
Bookseller reference : C700434 ISBN : 0434963054 9780434963058
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Symonds John; illustrated by Pauline Baynes
Harold: The Story of a Friendship
London: J. M. Dent & Sons 1973. 61 pages. Blue hardcover gilt titling on spine. Binding is tight text pages clean and bright with a couple unfolded corner creases. Paper-covered boards are soiled stained dampstains also just visible at endpapers but not inside book; corners bumped. Ex-library with glue stains to eps from formerly adhered dj protector; flyleaf removed with all library signifiers except a few stamps. Dust jacket is unclipped has NO spine label; light wear & a few nicks to extremities flaps adhesive-stained on wrong side shows only a little bit. Looks very nice indeed in new Brodart protector. A sturdy reading copy with a dust jacket that looks very nice on the shelf. Wonderful illustrations by Pauline Baynes illustrator of the Narnia books enliven this time-slip or ghost story about the adventures of two boys from the 20th and the 18th century. First Edition. Hard Cover. About Good/Very Good. Illus. by Pauline Baynes. 5.5 x 8.75 in. 14cm x 22cm. Ex-Library. J. M. Dent & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9901551 ISBN : 0460058622 9780460058629
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Norton Andre
Dragon Magic
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1972. First edition: full number line 1-10. 214 pages. Bound in blue-green cloth with white titles. Cloth bright clean but for tape stains; edges rubbed threadbare/fraying at tips of corners. Binding tight although spine slightly slanted; contents clean. Ex-library with tape stains to endpapers; pocket barcode & stamp on flyleaf; property & discard stamps on title page. Norton has adapted four Dragon legends from world mythology to tell the story of four present-day American boys who encounter a strange puzzle in a deserted house which flings each one back into the past of his own ancestry: African Chinese Norse and Welsh. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by Robin Jacques. 5.5 x 8 in. 14cm x 20cm. Ex-Library. Thomas Y. Crowell Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9900868 ISBN : 0690244894 9780690244892
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Asimov Isaac editor & introduction; Martin Harry Greenberg and Charles Waugh editors
Thinking Machines Science Fiction Shorts
Milwaukee: Raintree Publishers 1981. "Science Fiction Shorts" series. 48 pages. Ex-school library only lightly circulated: with spine label barcode to rear cover property stamps to all endpapers pocket removed from rear pastedown and "discard" in pen to flyleaf and rear pastedown. Otherwise bright and clean binding tight and square corners sharp. Very light wear to extremities. Classic SF short stories reprinted in illustrated format for young people. This volume includes "Prototaph" by Keith Laumer; "A Bad Day for Sales" by Fritz Leiber; "The Answer" by Frederic Brown; "Road Stop" by David Mason; "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke. Search this seller's books for other volumes in this series. First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Bruce Bond. 6.75 x 9.5 in. Ex-Library. Raintree Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9900813 ISBN : 0817217274 9780817217273
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Asimov Isaac editor & introduction; Martin Harry Greenberg and Charles Waugh editors
Mutants Science Fiction Shorts
Milwaukee/Oxford: Raintree Publishers / Blackwell Raintree 1982. "Science Fiction Shorts" series. 46 pages. Ex-school library only lightly circulated: with spine label barcode to rear cover property stamps to all endpapers pocket removed from rear pastedown and "discard" in pen to flyleaf and rear fep. Otherwise bright and clean binding tight and square corners sharp. Light wear to extremities. Classic SF short stories reprinted in illustrated format for young people. This volume includes "The Better Choice" by S. Fowler Wright; "Prone" by Mack Reynolds; "Barney" by Will Stanton; "Lost Love" by Algis Budrys. Search this seller's books for other volumes in this series. First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by William Ersland. 6.75 x 9.5 in. Ex-Library. Raintree Publishers / Blackwell Raintree hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9900812 ISBN : 0817217347 9780817217341
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