YA - Vintage from volumes2001

VERY GOOD Hard Cover. Cupples & Leon, NY, 1924; illustrated; the last of 20 books in the series. A tale of one adventure after another, dealing with weather, ice, polar bear & good & bad people: great book for girls today! The tan cloth over boards cover with black & red illustration & lettering on front, lettering on spine.… Read more about this item

Henry Altemus Co., Philadelphia, 1914; GOOD+ HC fiction; approx. 5.5x7.5" 256 p.ps. One of several Grace Harlowe books for young adults. The tan cloth over boards cover with black lettering has blue embellished illustration on fr.; black lettering & design on spine. Cover has spine end curls, corner wear, light at top; light brown discoloration affecting about 1/6 of top… Read more about this item

1891, Lee & Shephard, Boston, Antiquarian HC, GOOD+. Subtitled "or The Adventures of Louis Belgrave," part of author's American Boy Series; one of approx. 45 books by Adams & is one of eight he used the pseudonym "Oliver Optic." Green cloth over boards cover has black lettering and decorative art on fr. & spine. Cover has extreme fading at fr,… Read more about this item

St. Anthony Guild Press, Patterson, NJ, Jan., 1957, First Edition. VERY GOOD H.C. in Good D.J.; 138 p.ps., 5.5+x7.5+" with drawing by Harry Horodeck. Subtitled "Life of St. Peter Chanel, Marist, the First Martyr of Oceania." Translated for young readers from the French by James M. Darby, also a Marist. The gray cloth on boards cover has green imprinted letters… Read more about this item

St. Anthony Guild Press, Patterson, NJ, Jan., 1957, First Edition. VERY GOOD H.C. in Good D.J.; 138 p.ps., 5.5+x7.5+" with drawing by Harry Horodeck. Subtitled "Life of St. Peter Chanel, Marist, the First Martyr of Oceania." J. Cloupeau of France; was the author. Darby, also a Marist, translated for young readers. The gray cloth on boards cover has green imprinted… Read more about this item

Crown Publishing, NY, 1941, H.C. young adult fiction: GOOD+. Dawson is an American flying for the British RAF prior to the U.S. involvement in WWII. (War Adventure Series). Grey cloth has lettering on spine only. Cover has very light spine end curls only. Inside, except for penciled gift message on ffep and lightly tanned pgs., is solid, tight & … Read more about this item

SKU05210 Dave Dawson Flight Lieutenant by R. Sidney Bowen $5.00 HBx2 Different publishers listed separately, see below O.L.5/XX/20 Saalfield Publishing, Akron, OH, 1941, H.C. War adventure series,… Read more about this item

M. A. Donohue & Co., Chicago, 1914, H.C., prob. First, edition not stated. GOOD+! One of the author's (aka "Pansy") lesser known books with a Christian & temperance message. Brown cloth over boards cover with black, brown & white imprint of a boy fr., "cattails" on spine. Corner wear & bumps, heavy on the back base; spine ends curl &… Read more about this item

A L. Burt Co., NY 1914, H.C. GOOD. Scouts woodcraft knowledge helps them through dangers in the alligator swamp, & the man-made kind. Tan cloth over boards cover has four-color prints & black lettering on fr. & spin; both prints show a boy aiming a rifle. Cover has edge wear all around, heavy corner wear at fr. base, lighter… Read more about this item

Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, 1894, H.C. ex. lib., Good-. Author (real name, Charles Austin Fosdick) a popular writer of Y.A. stories, in the decades after Civil War. Oscar confronts treachery even before he leaves England for Africa & winds up in more trouble before & while he seeks big game. The olive cloth over boards covers with black lettering &… Read more about this item

Henry Holt & Co., Sept. 1914 H.C. Illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright; First Edition, GOOD+. First time in book form; initially, several chapters appeared in various magazines. Was written for girls but now is a harsh commentary on life at the turn of the century. Green Cloth over boards cover is solid but significantly discolored; letters chipped & faded; minor… Read more about this item

Dodd, Mead & Co., NY, 1896, H.C. First Edition, GOOD+. A little girl & her family move from the country to the big city where adventure abounds. Cover has surface, edge & corner wear, especially at the spine. Inside, tape repaired split shows webbing between fr. & ffep, pencil writing on ffep; two pages had 1/4 " fr. edge… Read more about this item

SKU06217 The Blue Aunt Eliza Orne White $18.40 HBx3 O.L.5/XX/XX Houghton, Mifflin; Boston, Sept.1918. apparent First… Read more about this item

1905 Street & Smith, NY, 5x7" 320p.ps. P.B. Early printing, prob. First Edition, GOOD. Subtitled 'The Troubles of a Cattleman,' one of more than 20 Ted Strong books. This one has an illus. on fr. of a hot air balloon basket rider rescuing a man clinging to a rope, one of many adventures found inside. Much damage to covers: back… Read more about this item

1893 John C. Winston Co., Philadelphia used H.C. VERY GOOD! Author (real name, Charles Austin Fosdick) was the most popular writer of stories for boys for decades after Civil War. Here 'Frank' confronts a highwayman & a grizzly among his exploits in a fast pace adventure in the violent world of that time, making it a quick & easy read… Read more about this item