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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Irving, Washington, Rackham, Arthur (Illustrator)
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- Used - Good
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- Near Fine
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- First Thus
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780688052768
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Books of Wonder/William Morrow & Co, 1990. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. Rackham, Arthur. Reproduces the 1928 edition of this classic 1819 tale with the enchanting illustrations of Arthur Rackham throughout the 105 pages, with an Afterword by Books of Wonder owner Peter Glassman. From 1990, this is a First Edition, First Printing, hardcover… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Small Child's Book of Verses
by Doane, Pelagie
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- Used - Very Good
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- Fair
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- First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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La Mesa, California, USA
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SGD 102.82
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New York, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1948. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Doane, Pelagie. Collection of both old & new, famous & lesser-known, children's poems carefully selected by the author & brought to life for new generations of readers with her soft watercolor drawings featuring mid-century children. Better known for her illustrations… Read more about this item Item Price
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Stories for Children
by Singer, Isaac Bashevis
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
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SGD 41.13
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New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1984. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A collection containing the "lion's share" of the children's stories that this Nobel-prize winning author has penned, most translated from the original Yiddish, & all rich in Jewish tradition & the cultural roots of his native Poland. In 338 pages.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
by Sendak, Maurice
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- Used - Fair
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- First Paperback 1st Printing
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- 1979
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- Soft cover
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- 9780064430210
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper Collins, 1979. First Paperback 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fair. Sendak, Maurice. The late, great Maurice Sendak both wrote & illustrated this charming tale of Jennie, the Sealyham terrier, who adventures into a fairy tale world constructed around Mother Goose rhymes "to look or something more than everything." Orig. published in 1967, this… Read more about this item Item Price
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Carroll, Lewis; Jackson, A[Alfred]. E [Edward] (Illustrator); Federer, C. A. (Illustrator)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- First Thus
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- 1930
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- Hardcover
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SGD 157.65
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Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1930. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Jackson, A. E.; Federer, C. A.. The timeless classic brought to new life with the illustrations of A. E. Jackson (who did the decorative endpapers, frontispiece, & 7 interior full-page, full-color plates) & C. A. Federer (though attributed only on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jabberwocky, from Through the Looking Glass
by Carroll, Lewis; Base, Graeme (Illustrator)
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1989
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- Hardcover
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- 9780810911505
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SGD 82.25
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New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1989. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Base, Graeme. Breathtakingly beautiful illustrations (32, all in full-color) by British-Australian artist Graeme Base decorate this rendition of Lewis Carroll's famous poem from the sequel to "Alice in Wonderland." Unpaginated. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1989, this hardcover 4to (9.25" x… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created "Alice in Wonderland
by Woolf, Jenny; Wakeling, Edward (Foreword)
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First American Edition 1st Printing
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- 2010
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- Hardcover
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- 9780312612986
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SGD 35.64
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St. Martin's Press, 2010. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A London journalist probes the man behind Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson, the mysterious creator of "Alice in Wonderland,'' in 326 pages with Index, Notes, & Select Bibliography. Orig. published in Britain, this is the First US Edition, First Printing, from 2010. Hardcover small 4to has soft blue cloth-covered… Read more about this item Item Price
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Westward Ho! or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon, in the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth (Scribner's Illustrated Classics)
by Kingsley, Charles; Wyeth, N. C. (Illustrator)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- VG-
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- Reprint 5th or later Printing
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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SGD 109.67
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Reprint 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Wyeth, N. C.. In a story first published in 1855, this is a lovely 1920 edition (later printing with renewed copyright from 1948) from Scribner's that features the art of N. C. Wyeth. It is one of a lovely series… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Enchanted Places: A Memoir of the Real Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh
by Milne, Christopher; Shepard, E. H. (Illustrator)
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- Used - Very Good+
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- VG-
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- First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
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- 1974
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- Hardcover
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- 9780525292937
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SGD 34.27
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New York, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1974. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-. Shepard, E. H. . The inspiration behind his father's beloved character Christopher Robin, his bear, Winnie the Pooh, & all their friends in the Hundred-Acre Wood shares his memories, answering questions that Pooh fans have long wondered about.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lewis Carroll's Alice through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (Pennyroyal Edition)
by Carroll, Lewis; Moser, Barry (Illustrator); Kincaid, James R. (Preface, Notes); Goodacre, Selwyn H. (Editor)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Thus
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- 1983
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- Hardcover
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- 9780530053097
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La Mesa, California, USA
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SGD 137.09
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Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1983. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Moser, Barry. The First Trade (California) Edition, First Printing, from 1983 of the lovely Pennyroyal Edition designed & illustrated by Barry Moser (proprietor of the Pennyroyal Press in West Hatfield, MA) with his stunning woodcuts throughout the book's 167 pages, endpapers, & DJ. Preface… Read more about this item Item Price
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Alice in Pop-Up Wonderland
by Carroll, Lewis; Sebold, J.Otto (Illustrator)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 2003
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- Hardcover
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- 9780439411844
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SGD 102.82
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New York, New York: Orchard Books/Scholastic Inc., 2003. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine. Sebold, J. Otto. From the brilliant mind who illustrated "Olive, the Other Reindeer" comes this delightfully strange new vision of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland,'' full of pieces that pop-up or pull-out in every direction! Unpaginated, it contains 14 pages (including front… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Secret Garden
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson; Rust, Graham (Illustrator)
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Thus
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9780879236496
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SGD 30.16
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1987. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Rust, Graham. The classic children's story in a lovely new edition with the delicate, period-appropriate, watercolor & pen-and-ink illustrations of British artist Graham Rust throughout the 224 pages. Orig. published in this format in London in 1986, this is the First Printing of the First… Read more about this item Item Price
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Doctor Dolittle's Return
by Lofting, Hugh
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- Used - Fair
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- Very Good+
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- First American Edition 5th or later Printing
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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SGD 27.42
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London, England: Lippincott, 1961. First American Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Very Good+. Lofting, Hugh. Ninth in the series of charming stories about the wondrous doctor, who in this volume returns from the moon. Lovely little copy in a decent DJ! Illustrated by the author with a full-color frontispiece & 14 black-and-white line drawings throughout the text.… Read more about this item Item Price
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By the Shores of Silver Lake
by Wilder, Laura Ingalls; Sewell, Helen (Illustrator); Boyle, Mildred (Illustrator)
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- Used - VG-/G+
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- Good
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- First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing
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- 1939
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- Hardcover
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SGD 205.64
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1939. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. VG-/G+/Good. Sewell, Helen; Boyle, Mildred. Fifth book (& a Newberry Honor Winner, though not noted on this early edition) in the author's beloved "Little House" series, with the lovely original First Edition illustrations throughout by Helen Sewell & Mildred… Read more about this item Item Price
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Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Illustrated Junior Library)
by Carroll, Lewis; Tenniel, John (Illustrator)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing
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- 1989
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- Hardcover
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- 9780448060040
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SGD 21.93
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1989. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Tenniel, John. Lewis Carroll's two classic Alice tales in one volume, with the wonderful original illustrations by Sir John Tenniel throughout the text + 4 full-page, full-color watercolor plates. 307 pages. This Grosset & Dunlap edition was… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Original Pooh Treasury (6- Book Boxed-Set)
by Milne, A. A.; Shepard, Ernest H. (Illustrator)
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good+
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1990
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- Slipcased
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- 9780525452140
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SGD 82.25
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New York, New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1990. First Edition First Printing . Slipcased. Fine/Very Good+. Shepard, Ernest H.. A special boxed set of 6 miniature books from 1990 produced by Dutton "for the friendly folks at BP'' (British Petroleum). Each one contains a single chapter from the original Winnie-the-Pooh, & each is lavishly illustrated with the original… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Chaperone
by Hendrix, M.
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- As New
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- Paperback Original (PBO)
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- 2023
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- Soft cover
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- 9781728260006
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SGD 61.69
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Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks Fire, 2023. Paperback Original (PBO) . Soft cover. As New. Chillingly prescient YA tale (designed for YA readers, but thoroughly enjoyable by adults) in the style of "A Handmaid's Tale" about a "New America" where women have lost most all of their rights.too close to comfort to ignore! A trade paperback original from 2023 (First… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Hundred Dresses
by Estes, Eleanor
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
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- 1973
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- Soft cover
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- 9780590404006
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SGD 27.42
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San Diego/New York: Scholastic Books, Inc., 1973. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. A Newberry Honor winner for its story & Winner of the 1944 Caldecott Medal for its illustrations, this is the First Paperback Edition from Scholastic Books, 1973, but a later printing (11th). Condition is Near Fine: extremely clean, binding straight & strong, pages… Read more about this item Item Price
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Winnie-the-Pooh
by Milne, A. A.; Page, Helen (Illustrator)
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1946
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- Hardcover
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SGD 47.98
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Kenosha, Wisconsin: John Martin's House, 1946. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Page, Helen. The beloved Pooh characters were given a new look here by children's book illustrator/paper doll artist Helen Page, whose soft watercolor drawings here are alternatively charming & fresh/weird & somewhat creepy. Unpaginated. , but decidedly different than either the E. H. Shepard… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
by Hughes, Langston; Pinkney, Brian (Illustrator)
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket, as Issued
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- First Thus
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679944218
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SGD 34.27
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New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Pinkney, Brian. Collection of 66 poems by the late African-American lyricist especially written for black children, though appropriate to all ages & races & lovers of literature. In 83 pages, illustrated throughout by Brian Pinkney using a special scratchboard technique, in… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 34.27