Published by New York: Franklin Watts, 1975. dj, 1975
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Hardcover - First printing. Illustrated with photographs and contemporary drawings. Includes the jazz, sports, the labor movement, writers and artists and more, written for older children. Index. 89 pages. Ex-library, in sturdy illustrated library binding, no dj.
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, (1988) dj, 1988
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. Young adult science fiction novel - the story of a young orphan girl trying to find herself, who will do anything she has to, in order to follow her dreams, set in the near future in the sterile domed floating city of New Boston. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a near fine dj (price-clipped.).
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, 1986. dj, 1986
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First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First US printing. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Published by New York: Orchard Books (Franklin Watts), (1989.) dj, 1989
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First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. First book for young readers by this Colorado mystery novelist. While spending the summer of 1935 at his grandmother's house in a small Wyoming town, 12 year-old Alex meets an old man who claims to be Kid Curry, a member of Butch Cassidy's legendary Wild Bunch gang. 166 pp. Fine in very good dust jacket (very short edge tears to dj.).
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, 1996. dj, 1996
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First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. A look at the "Changing Woman" ceremony which celebrates a young girl's passage from child to woman and at the role of women within the Apache culture. Illustrated with many photographs. Index, bibliography. 144 pages. Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, 1985. dj, 1985
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. An examination of the vicious racial stereotypes which have affected tge treatment of African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans from colonial times to the present. It analyzes the economic inequalities that continue to affect these minorities - hurting both them and the US as a whole - even after some of the most blatant discriminatory became a thing of the past. A title in the Issues in American History series. Photographs, suggestions for further reading, index. 118 pp. Ex-library in a sturdy library binding, with the usual markings and a few penciled notations in the margins, but overall tight and clean in a very good dust jacket (spine label).
Published by New York: Franklin Watts 1988 dj, 1988
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First hardback edition. Author's 2nd novel. The hero fights for democracy against a totalitarian state using many disguises on many planets, but is thwarted at every turn by a mysterious group of renegades. Ultimately he must choose between the failing democracy movment or the Brotherhood of Assassins as an agent of chaos. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slightest wear to edges.
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, 1986. dj, 1986
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First US printing. The fourth novel by this award winning writer (her first book won the Somerset Maugham award and her third won the John Llewelyn Rhys Memorial Prize) Set on the Italian Riviera where a young couple return to the place they spent their honeymoon, driven by dread that the secret of their dead baby will might be revealed. 163 pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket (some crinkling to the dj, and bleeding from the spine to the interior of the dj) .
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, (1987.) dj, 1987
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Hardcover first edition - First printing. California author's second book - a story of learning the meaning of death, of accepting its sorrow and its inevitability - " 'If I grow up, II'm gonna be a first baseman', says Danny Dawson, who is five years old and loves baseball" but he is a little boy with cancer, and the chemotherapy did not help. 212 pp, Fine in fine dust jacket.
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, 1986. dj, 1986
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First US printing. The fourth novel by this award winning writer (her first book won the Somerset Maugham award and her third won the John Llewelyn Rhys Memorial Prize) Set on the Italian Riviera where a young couple return to the place they spent their honeymoon, driven by dread that the secret of their dead baby will might be revealed. 163 pp. Fine in very good dust jacket (short tear and associated creasing on front cover of dj) .
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, (1984) dj, 1984
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First US printing. "The first serious full-scale biography to be written in English" of this French novelist, whose life was as extraordinary as her books. Based not only her published work, but also unpublished correspondence and previously unrecorded recollections of Colette by authors like Rosamond Lehmann and Somerset Maughan, and most significantly Colette's two Jouvenel stepsons. Illustrated with photographs. Notes, selected bibliography, index. xi, 276 pp. Near fine in blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine in a very good dust jacket with minor edgewear.
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, 1985. dj, 1985
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First US printing. Third novel by this award winning writer one spanning nearly 70 years, from Caracas to Germany in havoc under the Nazis and back to Venezuela. TThe title refers to the influence that his grandmother had on Lucien long after her death - she was like a tiger on his back. 334 pp. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (blank bookplate.).
Published by New York: Orchard Books / Franklin Watts, (1988) dj, 1988
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. Poems which look at lives - from that of a little girl kidnapped by her father to a boy killed by Comanche Raiders in Texas in 18976, or Sophie Scholl, organizer of a student resistance movement in Nazi Germany. Contributors include Gary Soto, Brenda Hillman, Michael Petit, Gary Young, Garrett Hongo, Robert Pack, Rita Dove, and many others. Index of poets. 188 pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket (name on front endpaper, short closed tears and edgewear to upper edge of dj).
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, 1988. dj, 1988
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First US printing. Nominated for the Gold and Silver Dagger awards in the UK. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, 1985. dj, 1985
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First US printing. Third novel by this award winning writer one spanning nearly 70 years, from Caracas to Germany in havoc under the Nazis and back to Venezuela. TThe title refers to the influence that his grandmother had on Lucien long after her death - she was like a tiger on his back. 334 pp. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (a bit of wear to the bottom of the dj spine).
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, 1990. dj, 1990
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. A biography for older children and young adults of this lifelong activist for equal rights by these award winning writers. "DuBois, conducted a lifelong crusade to insure that every person, regardless of race, had all the rights, privileges, and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. The McKissacks reveal his frustration with the divisiveness within the movement and among its leaders, causing him to embrace the socialist movement and eventually to become a member of the Communist party. His self-exile to Ghana and becoming a citizen of that nation is briefly mentioned." Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. A title in the Impact Biographies Series. Appendix of the writings of DuBois, source notes, bibliography, index. 143 pp. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a near fine unmarked dj.
Published by New York: Orchard Books / Franklin Watts, (1988) dj, 1988
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First US printing. Nine short stories by this award-winning writer and poet. Stories about children in contemporary Jamaica, written for older children and young adults. 148 pp. Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (tear along fold of front flap of dj, price-clipped).
Published by DJ Franklin, 2024
ISBN 13: 9798869331366
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Published by New York: Franklin Watts, 1965. dj, 1965
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Hardcover - Large print edition - first thus. A collection of 46 short stories. Fine in very good dust jacket. Large format hardcover, dj has a few small chips.
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, 1987. dj, 1987
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. This biography, based on hundreds of newly discovered letters and other unpublished sources, conveys what it was like to be gifted, ambitious, and female in nineteenth-century America. As the rebellious daughter of the powerful Missouri senator, Thomas Hart Benson, she defied her family to elope with the explorer, John Charles Fremont, explorer - for the next 60 years she devoted her talents to promoting his career and reputation: joining him in California where the mines brought them a fortune, later lost and when he became the first Republican party presidential candidate, and Union general during the Civil War. As his ghostwriter, press agent, chief of staff, as well as mother to their five children of California, she made sure that his name - and that of fellow explorer Kit Carson, were not forgotten. Frontispiece portrait, notes, bibliography, index. xii, 496 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, (1987.) dj, 1987
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. SIGNED on the title page. California author's second book - a story of learning the meaning of death, of accepting its sorrow and its inevitability - " 'If I grow up, II'm gonna be a first baseman', says Danny Dawson, who is five years old and loves baseball" but he is a little boy with cancer, and the chemotherapy did not help. 212 pp, Near fine in a good dust jacket (edgewear to the dj, initials on the front endpaper.).
Published by New York & London: Franklin Watts / Nonesuch Press, (1967.) dj, 1967
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First US printing. The second volume of tales selected from Lang's Color Fairy Books by Kathleen Lines - 37 stories from the familiar like Jack and the Beanstock and Rumplestiltskin to much less known tales like Hok Lee and the Dwarfs and The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, stories drawn from many cultures and lands. Illustrated with black and white line drawings by Margery Gill, epilogue by Roger Lancelyn Green. 252 pp. Near fine in a very good dust jacket (P on front endpaper, short closed tear to upped edge of dj, price-clipped.).
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, (1968) dj, 1968
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. A retelling for children of this famous story written by Hoffman in 1816, which inspired the ballet of the same name. The English version is based on translation by Olga Kuthanova of the text by E. Pitilka. Illustrated throughout with full color paintings and decorations by Dagmar Berkova. Large format. 64 pp. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (previous owner's name, two very short edge tears).
Published by DJ Franklin, 2024
ISBN 13: 9798869331373
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Published by New York: Franklin Watts, (1984) dj, 1984
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First Edition Signed
SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. The author's third book - and second collection of short stories. Collects twelve stories which probe our deepest fears as her characters struggle to grow up, to manage friendships and to grow old. nclude the John H. McGinnis Memorial Award winning story "Naomi Counting Time." SIGNED on the title page. 163 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, (1982) dj, 1982
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. The author's first novel (her second book - preceded by a collection of short stories), the story of a young woman in the 1960s who is eager to leave her stultifying family and all-too-predictable college and get on with life. As she heads west, she not only has to deal with normal coming of age issues, but a volatile era, influenced by the counter-culture, the war in Vietnam and increasing polarization. SIGNED on the title page. 360 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, (1984) dj, 1984
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. The author's third book - and second collection of short stories. Collects twelve stories which probe our deepest fears as her characters struggle to grow up, to manage friendships and to grow old. nclude the John H. McGinnis Memorial Award winning story "Naomi Counting Time." SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 163 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, 1985. dj, 1985
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
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SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. The first suspense novel written under his own name by this journalist and author of many non-fiction books, as well as a member of an alpine search-and-rescue team and an experienced cave diver. Set in Annapolis, Maryland, this is the story of a young girl who is abducted by a fanatical grieving father - while the police detective Howard Warner must piece together the clues that link three girls, Sarah has to fight for her survival. Can she fool this deranged man who wants to love her like a father, but who could kill her at any time? INSCRIBED on the half title page to the late noted collector Larry Owens. 376 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Published by New York: Franklin Watts, 1973. dj, 1973
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First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First edition. Perhaps the single most difficult early Koontz appearance for collectors to find as it is a juvenile children's original science fiction anthology, of which most copies seemed to wind up in libraries. $5.95 price and number line 1,2,3,4,5. Larger format than the much more common book club edition. This is also collected for several other authors. Contents include: Dean R. Koontz, WAKE UP TO THUNDER; Lester del Ray, A GAME OF FUTURES; Ramond F. Jones, TIME BROTHER ; Barry N. Malzberg, CONVERSATIONS AT LOTHAR'S; Poul Anderson, WINGLESS OF AVALON; Robert Bloch, SPACE-BORN; Harvey L. and Audrey L. Bilker, ALL YOU CAN EAT; Arthur Tofte, TERRAFIED; Rachel Cosgrove Payes, HALF LIFE; Thomas N. Scortia, THE TOWER. Illustrated by Jacqui Morgan. 178 pp. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall a straight, tight and clean copy in a near fine dustjacket.
Published by Franklin Library, Franklin Center PA, 1980, LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED, hardcover, (VG+/no dj),, 1980
Seller: Librarium, East Chatham, NY, U.S.A.
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Franklin Library, Franklin Center PA, 1980, LIMITED EDITION, 194 pages, SIGNED with tissue guard in place, message from author at front, red satin bookmark bound in, illustrated in b&w by Howard Rogers, endpapers of deep maroon moire fabric, 6"x 8.75", hardcover, red leather with gilt titles and decorations, all page edges gilt, no dust jacket (as issued), contents clean and tight, book very good+ {This ornate volume seems to have been barely opened: its cloth bookmark is even still neatly in place.} (VG+/no dj) 3896 [(s)0408KW].