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Zooful of Animals, ACole, William/Lynn Munsinger, Illust. by: Lynn Munsinger
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Zooful of Animals, A


Cole, William/Lynn Munsinger, Illust. by: Lynn Munsinger

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 88 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY LYNN MUNSINGER ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Full color illustrations. Dust jacket with darkening along spine, edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612643


Price: $100.00 

How To Tell The Birds From The Flowers: A Manual of Flornithology for Beginners by: Wood, Robert Williams
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How To Tell The Birds From The Flowers: A Manual of Flornithology for Beginners by: Wood, Robert Williams

Hardcover. San Francisco, CA, Paul Elder and Company, 1st, 1907, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 28 pages, hardcover. Cover boards have some minor edge wear and light staining to the rear. Interior pages with deckled edges are clean and bright, despite the low quality paper. Binding is solid, but the bottom half of the paper spine is missing. This book is number 23 of the Nature Series, in which humorous comparisons are made between similar-looking birds and flowers, with accompanying illustrations. Clean copy. Record # 34265
Price: $30.00 

Mots D'Heures: Gousses, Rames: The D'Antin Manuscript by: Van Rooten, Luis d'Antin
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Mots D'Heures: Gousses, Rames: The D'Antin Manuscript by: Van Rooten, Luis d'Antin

Hardcover. NY, Grossman Publishers, 1st, 13th Pr., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 40 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some mild edge wear, with a few closed tears. Green paper covers with inlaid black goose are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a collection of nonsense poems in French which, when pronounced, sound like English nursery rhymes, such as Humpty Dumpty and Jack Sprat. Clean copy. Record # 34335
Price: $30.00 

Smetana and the Beetles: A Fairy Tale for Adults by: Kahn, Albert E. and David Levine
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Smetana and the Beetles: A Fairy Tale for Adults by: Kahn, Albert E. and David Levine

Hardcover. New York , Random House , 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Aproximately 48 pages, b&w caricatures by Levine. Minor soil to white boards. No dust jacket, clean internally. Record # 406419
Price: $12.00 

Smetana and the Beetles: A Fairy Tale for Adults by: Kahn, Albert E. and David Levine
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Smetana and the Beetles: A Fairy Tale for Adults by: Kahn, Albert E. and David Levine

Hardcover. New York , Random House , 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Aproximately 48 pages, b&w caricatures by Levine. Minor soil to white boards. No dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Record # 406418
Price: $12.00 

The National Preceptor: Or Selections in Prose and Poetry by: Olney, Jesse
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The National Preceptor: Or Selections in Prose and Poetry by: Olney, JesseThe National Preceptor: Or Selections in Prose and Poetry by: Olney, Jesse

The National Preceptor: Or Selections in Prose and Poetry by: Olney, Jesse

Hardcover. Hartford, CT, Goodwin & Co. and Robinson & Pratt, 6th, 1835, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 336 pages, hardcover. Leather covers are significantly worn, and the rear hinge is cracked. Interior pages are all legible, but have extensive foxing throughout. Binding is solid. This book consists of narrative, descriptive, argumentative, didactic, pathetic, and humorous pieces, calculated to improve the scholar in reading and speaking. This volume was designed for the use of schools and academies. Previous owner's markings on front end pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33893
Price: $60.00 

Vermont Valley (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Hard, Walter
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Vermont Valley (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Hard, Walter

Hardcover. Middlebury VT, Vermont Books, reprint, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 187 pages, hardcover. Exterior dust jacket is in fair condition, with some fading and cracks along the spine. Interior pages and binding are in very good condition, all text is legible. This copy is inscribed by Walter Hard with a note to the previous owner. These poems usually tell a humorous story with a tag line that may make the reader chuckle aloud. Hard's humor is Yankee wit at its dry best. Clean copy. Record # 33620
Price: $20.00 


  
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