Search Results: Young Adult from Mary Riversong Books

Blume, Judy. Are you There, God? It's Me, Margaret. 2014, Atheneum Books for Young Readers. ISBN 9781481413978. 5 3/4 X 8 5/8. USED. NEAR FINE CONDITION/NEAR FINE UNCLIPPED DJ. 169 pages. A BANNED BOOK. Summary: Deals with the role of religion in suburban United States in the mid-20th Century, and with puberty. The protagonist is an 11 year old girl.

Bad Seed, Dodd, Mead Fireside Theatre Book Club Edition. A play by Maxwell Anderson. Adapted from the original novel "The Bad Seed" by William March. 1955. Used. Good Condition/ Fair Child Actress Patty McCormack scene from the play on the front cover. "Summary: "Can a child be born evil? This disturbing question underlies the startling events of a new play, based on the best-selling novel by William March."Green boards. 96 pages.

Mulford,Clarence Edward: Bar-20, 1907 First Edition, The Outing Publishing Company, New York. Title page states MCMVII. HOPALONG CASSIDY #1. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth and F.E. Schoonover. Used. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Red boards with Large gilt titles. Black titling on spine. Hinges cracked. N.C. Wyeth Illustration at center front shows Hopalong "Hoppy" Cassidy sitting on a barn wall. Plot summary: "In Bar-20, the first Hopalong Cassidy novel by Clarence E. Mulford, Cassidy could fan a gun like a Billy the Kid... Six rounds in three seconds was his slowest time. No one in the state of Texas could beat him. Until he met Slim Travennes, head of the Sandy Creek Vigilante Committee. Slim was snake-fast. No man could go up against him and live. No man. Hoppy could stand or die. He had no other choice. None at all".

172ScottReporter Scott, Jane: Barbara Owen: Girl Reporter. 1956, Avalon Books First Edition. WOMEN IN JOURNALISM. EXLIB. Good/Good original price-clipped blue dust jacket. 5 ¼ X 8 224 pages. A nice find. RARE.

Plath,Sylvia.1971 First American Edition, Harper & Row. THE BELL JAR. THE POETRY OF SYLVIA PLATH. States impression 71 72 73 10 9 8 7 6 on page 296. 296 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 3/8. Purple Boards, mauve topstain, purple end-papers. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED $6.95 BLACK DUST JACKET. States ISBN 06-013356-2 on the back dj panel. Summary: "The Bell Jar details the life of Esther Greenwood, a college student who dreams of becoming a poet. She is selected for a month-long summer internship as a guest editor of Ladies' Day magazine, but her time in New York City is unfulfilling as she struggles with issues of identity and societal norms."

Ruth Manning-Sanders. A Book Of Charms And Changelings. By Ruth Manning-Sanders. Drawings by Robin Jaques. E.P. Dutton November, 1972 Stated 2nd printing Thus. EXLIB. VG CONDITION/ VG- PRICE-CLIPPED ROBIN JAQUE DUST JACKET. 124 pages. 6 3/8 X 9 ½.

Steig, William Brave Irene. 1988 Sunburst Edition, 1986 Farrar, Straus and Giroux copyright. USED. VG Condition. Softcover. ISBN0374409277. Unpaginated. Large format 7 ½ X 10 ½. A story about love and courage. "Brave Irene is Irene Bobbin, the dressmaker's daughter. Her mother, Mrs. Bobbin, isn't feeling so well and can't possibly deliver the beautiful ball gown she's made for the duchess to wear that very evening. So plucky Irene volunteers to get the gown to the palace on time, in spite of the fierce snowstorm that's brewing-- quite an errand for a little girl." Written and illustrated by William Steig, Author/ Illustrator of Shrek!

By the Pricking of My Thumbs ( #75419) Tommy & Tuppence Beresford FIRST POCKET BOOKS PRINTING August, 1969. Pocket Books, Inc., NY. 208 pages. USED. VG CONDITION. 4 1/8 X 7.

The Case-book Of Sherlock Holmes. By Arthur Conan Doyle. Publisher: John Murray, 1929 Cheaper Edition. Short story anthology. Detective fiction. Used. Clean and square. Protected in a mylar wrap. Good Condition/Good- ORIGINAL DUST JACKET illustrated by J. Abby. Blue blind-stamped cloth. Toning as is typical of this edition. RARE original, White, blue and red pictorial dust-wrapper. Priced at 2/- net to the bottom right of the front panel. Back panel of the jacket lists "New volumes in Murray's Fiction Library. The 12 Titles listed there are from Beau Geste to The Black Flemings. 320pp. 4 5/8 X 7. A great find. Adventures included here are: The illustrious Client; The Blanched Soldier, The Mazarin Stone, The Three Gables, The Sussex Vampire, The Three Garridebs, The Problem of Thor Bridge, The Creeping Man, The Lion's Mane, The Veiled Lodger, Shoscombe Old Place, The Retired Colourman.

H. Rider Haggard. Colonel Quaritch, V.E. Longmans, Green And Co. In 1 Volume. States New Edition , 1896, on the title page. USED. Very Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Brown boards, silver titling. Titling is still bright. Plot summary: "After leaving active service, a decorated battlefield officer, Colonel Quaritch, VE. moves back to his ancestral village of Honham, where he unexpectedly finds more drama than he bargained for." 341 pages plus adverts. 5 X 7 1/4. Handwritten inscription on first white front endpaper is dated 1898. By the author of SHE, PEOPLE OF THE MIST, and KING SOLOMON'S MINES.

Double Star. By Robert A. Heinlein. Doubleday & Company, Inc. BCE. 1956, Doubleday Science Fiction. CLASSIC SCI-FI. Used. VG/Good- original dust jacket. Summary: Lorenzo Smythe, an out-of-work actor, finds himself shanghaied on a spaceship bound for Mars and big trouble. 190 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ½.

Gene Stratton-Porter Freckles. Copyright 1904, by Doubleday, Page & Company. Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York. G&D reprint edition. Decorations by E. Stetson Crawford. USED. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ INCLUDED. Green boards. 427 pages. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾.

Freddy and the Dragon. Brooks, Walter R. Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Used. Very Good/ Very Good 1st Edition in the original dust jacket with $3.00 on the front flap. Wrapped in mylar. A very nice copy of a rare/scarce Item. Please see our photos, Freddy fans!

Freddy and the Ignormus. First Edition, Jan 1951 5th Printing thus. Brooks, Walter R. EXLIB. GOOD/ NO DJ INCLUDED. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf, Copyright 1941, ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE.

Freddy And The Clockwork Twin. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Copyright 1937. A Borzoi Book. Doesn't state 1st. USED. From private owner. Bright Yellow Gibraltar Binding. Good+ Condition/ No DJ included. A clean, bright solid copy.

Freddy And The Men From Mars. Brooks, Walter: Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf , 1956 First Edition 2nd Printing Thus. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice copy.

Freddy and the Perilous Adventure. Brooks, Walter. Alfred A. Knopf 1986 paperback reprint edition. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Freddy is accused of stealing a valuable balloon from the circus. Used. VG condition. Please also see our Freddy The Pig Catalogue.

Freddy and the Bean Home News. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf, copyright 1943, Fourth printing Thus, Jan., 1952. Exlib. No exterior marking. Good/ no DJ included. A clean, solid copy. Please also see our Freddy The Pig Catalogue.

Freddy And Mr. Camphor. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/No Dust jacket included. Alfred A. Knopf 1944 Stated First Edition. A solid copy. Spine is sunned. Please see our photos. Summary: In Freddy and Mr. Camphor, Freddy is in need of a change and finds an opportunity for one as a caretaker on Mr. Camphor's houseboat. Of course, things never go as Freddy expects and a series of strange, amusing, and sometimes alarming adventures ensue. Please also see our Freddy The Pig catalogue.

Brooks, Walter R. : Freddy The Politician. Alfred A. Knopf 1986 paperback reprint edition Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Used. Scarce. VG Condition. The Bean Farm animals create the First Animal Republic, but watch out for Washington Woodpecker!!!