hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. book club edition. Quarto, 160 pages. Many black and white and some color photographs. One leaf somewhat wrinkled., else Very Good. 051517A. Military Aviation.
Published by Weekly Reader Children's Book Club / Doubleday & Co. Inc. (c. 1968), Garden City, NY, 1968
hardcover. Condition: near fine. Ward, Lynd (illustrator). Illustrated by Lynd Ward. Octavo, pictorial covers, 93 [2] pages. Very Good. Children's.
Published by Doubleday and Co., Inc. (c. 1969), Garden City, New York, 1969
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Sorel, Edward (illustrator). First Edition. Small octavo, pictorial boards (approx. 6" wide and 7 5/8" tall). Illustrated by Edward Sorel. Unpaginated, many ilustrations in two colors. Humorous tale of a a general who is unable to wage war against a town because a duck has a nest in his cannon. No dust jacket. Light crayon mark on rear cover, else Very Good.
Published by Doubleday & Co., Inc., [c. 1932 (ca. 1960)]., Garden City, NY:, 1932
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8vo. 111, [3] pp. Frntsp., numerous text illusts. Red boards, blk lettrng, w/ d.j. cover art by Grace Paull (slght chppng ft of spine), NF/VG- copy. Reprint edition (price $ 2.00 on frnt flap) of this charming story by the author of the Velveteen Rabbit, and with the seal of the Parents' Magazine's Book Club for Children on the back cover.
Published by Doubleday & Co., Inc. 1946 (c.1927), Garden City NY, 1946
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good dj. Young Moderns Edition. (price-clipped) [solid copy, light shelfwear, one-time owner's signature on half-title page; jacket is worn, small piece missing at bottom right-hand corner of front panel, several closed tears and associated creasing, long zigzag tear in rear panel with old (yellowed) tape repair]. (illustrated endpapers) What, you want more? "The Dark Adventure That Befell." [see above]. NOISBN.
Published by Doubleday and Co., Inc., [c. 1939 (1960)]., [Garden City, NY]:, 1939
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4to. 92 pp. Colour-illust. title, numerous colour plates, illusts. & blk & wht illusts. Colour-illust. boards, w/ d.j. (price-clppd, mnr shlfwr), VG/VG-. Early printing of this charming tale of life in a Colonial Mennonite settlement, by this Caldecott & Newbery award-winning author.
Published by Doubleday & Co., Inc., [c. 1965 (1966)]., Garden City, NY:, 1965
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8vo. [6], 226, [2] pp. Double-page illustrated title, numerous text illustrations. Pictorial publisher's boards, illust. w/ covered wagon on front cover, w/ d.j. cover art of covered wagon (minor chipping & tears head & foot of spine, minor tears to couple corners), still NF/G copy, w/ ownership markings of Robert & Mary Brown. Doubleday Prebound Edition, gutter code of H31, of this scarce juvenile biography tracing the life of Tabitha Brown (1780-1858) who made the trek over the Oregon Trail at the age of 66, settled into Forest Grove and worked with Rev. Harvey Clark to establish the Tualatin Academy to education children. The Tualatin Academy grew and would eventually become Pacific University.
Published by Doubleday & Co., Inc., c. 1955 [ca. 1972]., Garden City, NY:, 1955
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Thick 8vo. [8], 565, [1] pp. Half-blk cloth over blue boards, w/ d.j. cover art by John Scotford (minor edgewear, creasing, couple very small closed tears, edgewear), VG/VG- copy, inscribed by author on ffep. to Dr. Charles Grossman, Palm Springs, March, 1988. Later printing, inscribed, of this novel set against the backdrop of Broadway and theatre.
Published by Doubleday & Co., Inc., [c. 1953 (1966)]., Garden City, NY:, 1953
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8vo. 253, [1] pp. Illustrated title, numerous text illustrations. Gray-blue cloth, blue lettering on spine, w/ d.j. cover art by Frankenberg (slight shelfwear), NF/NF copy, inscribed by the author on ffep. Early printing, inscribed (Doubleday Gutter Code of H32), of this fascinating historical fiction recounting the exciting adventures of Seenie Luelling and Peter Hockett over the Oregon Trail. In 1847, Henderson Luelling loads his wagon heading West over to Oregon with 700 fruit trees and berry bushes -- 350 of them survive the trek to become the first grafted fruit trees in The Dalles, Oregon. Based on true events, this excellent novel by the beloved Oregon author, recreates the hardships and determination of the pioneering journey west.
Published by Doubleday & Co., Inc., [c. 1975 (1987)]., Garden City, NY:, 1975
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8vo. [8], 439, [1] pp. Half-black cloth over red publisher's boards, silver & gilt lettering on spine, w/ d.j. cover art by Dave Christensen, F/F copy. Early printing, trade edition ($ 19.95 price on front flap) of King's second book, surrounding vampires infesting an idyllic New England town.