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Adams, Samuel Hopkins. CHINGO SMITH OF THE ERIE CANAL. Random House 1958. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Wandering the roads of New York State with hundreds of other homeless boys in 1816, the excitement really began for Chingo Smith when he decided he wanted to become a captain on the new Grand Erie Canal. Upper elementary-Jr. High. Ex-lib. (*) Pict. cover. VG. $3.
Alcott, Louisa May. AN OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING. J. B. Lippincott 1974. Ill. Holly Johnson. The four Bassett girls carry on with preparations for a Thanksgiving dinner when their mother and father are called away to take care of an ailing grandmother in rural 19th century New Hampshire. 73 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, dust jacket glued to endpapers. $4.50.
Alderman, Clifford Lindsey. THE WAY OF THE EAGLES. Doubleday & Co. 1965, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dramatic story of a boy who found something to fight for in the American Revolution and did just that with courage and persistence. Book Very Good, dust jacket has chip at spine and small tears. $3.
Almedingen, E. M. ELLEN. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1970. Story of the author’s grandmother, an English country woman who marries one of the richest men in Russia. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $2.50.
Almedingen, E. M. KATIA. Farrar, Strau & Giroux 1967 first Am. Ed. Hardcover with dust jacket. True story of a girlhood spent in Russia 125 years ago, written by her great-niece. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Altsheler, Joseph A. THE SWORD OF ANTIETAM, A Story of the Nation’s crisis. Appleton-Century 1914, 1942. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-library. Book has tape marks and wear at one spot on bottom edge, card pocket and “discard” in black marker. Dust jacket Very Good with spine label. $15.
American Heritage Aladdin Series. ANDY JACKSON, Long Journey to the White House, by Polly Angell. Aladdin Books 1956. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Elementary level. Ex-lib. Edges of cover frayed. $2.50.
American Sisters. HORSEBACK ON THE BOSTON ROAD, 1704. By Laurie Lawlor. A Minstrel hardcover 2000. 0671039237. As-New. $4.
Avi. SHADRACH’S CROSSING. Pantheon 1983. Hardcover. Ex-lib. (#) G. $1.50.
Ayres, Katherine. SILVER DOLLAR GIRL. Delacorte 2000 FE. Hardcover. Valentine Harper disguises herself as a boy and sets off on a cross-country journey to find her father in the 1885 Colorado silver boom. Ex-lib. (#) VG/VG. $2.
Baer, Edith. WALK THE DARK STREETS. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1998 FE. Hardcover. Sequel to A Frost in the Night. Gripping story of the terror, desperation and heartbreak of one German Jewish family in the final year of the Weimar Republic just before World War II began. Excellent for junior-senior high. 0374382298. Ex-lib. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. $6.
Ballard, Martin. BENJIE’S PORTION. World Publishing 1969 FE. Fascinating story of a boy born in slavery, and his journey from Nova Scotia to a new colony for freed slaves founded in Sierra Leone in 1787. (#) VG/G, piece missing from spine of dust jacket. $2.
Barker, Shirley. THE TROJAN HORSE. Random House Legacy Books 1959 FE. Out-of-print. Ill. Fritz Kredel. Especially for young readers. 57 pp. Truthquest.(#) VG/G. $2.50.
Barnes, Margaret Campbell. MARY OF CARISBROOKE. Macrae Smith 1955, 1956. Hardcover. Historical fiction built on facts from the life of King Charles I and Cromwell. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. (#) Very Good. $5.
Barnes, Margaret Campbell. THE TUDOR ROSE. Macrae Smith 1953. Hardcover. Historical fiction, 15th-16th century Tudor England. Ex-lib. (*) Lib. binding. Very Good. $5.
Barnwell, Robinson. HEAD INTO THE WIND. David McKay 1965, 1967. Tender and touching story of a 13-year-old boy dealing with bitterness and frustration as he grows into manhood after the death of his dearly-loved father. Set in the Great Depression. (#) Ex-lib. VG/VG. $2.+
Beatty, Patricia. BE EVER HOPEFUL, HANNALEE. Morrow Junior Books 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket. Post-Civil War story of upheaval, suspense and emotion. 0688075029. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $7.50.
Beatty, Patricia. BEHAVE YOURSELF, BETHANY BRANT. William Morrow 1986, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Bethany is a 19th century preacher’s daughter with lots of curiosity and a penchant for getting into trouble. 0688059236. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Beatty, Patricia. CHARLEY SKEDADDLE. Morrow Junior Books 1987. Hardcover. A 12-year-old boy joins the Union Army, becomes a drummer boy, and deserts during a battle in Virginia. Ex-lib. Very Good. $7.50.
Beatty, Patricia. JAYHAWKER. Morrow Junior Books 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. Excellent story of the hatred between the Kansas abolitionists (Jayhawkers) and those who support slavery (the Bushwhackers). Novel of the Civil War. 0688098509. Ex-lib. Library binding, nice dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. $7.50.
Beatty, Patricia. LUPITA MANANA WITH CONNECTIONS. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1981. Pictorial hardcover. 0030546362. School stamp. Near-Fine. $5.
Beatty, Patricia. MELINDA TAKES A HAND. William Morrow 1983, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. High-spirited tale of the Old West, 1893. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Beatty, Patricia. WHO COMES WITH CANNONS? Morrow Junior Books 1992 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story of the Underground Railroad. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Bell, John. MOCCASIN FLOWER, An Historical Novel. St. Paul: The Book Masters 1935. Hardcover. A Minnesota story of the New Ulm Massacre of 1862. Red cloth over boards. Immaculate! (#) Near-Fine. $2.
Blos, Joan W. A GATHERING OF DAYS, A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-32. Charles Scribner’s 1979. Hardcover. Newbery Medal 1980. Sonlight 100. 0684163403. (*) Fine/Fine. $4.50.
Boesch, Mark. THE CROSS IN THE WEST. Vision Books 1956. Hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Two small holes in spine, otherwise Good. $4.50.
Bonham, Barbara. CRISIS AT FORT LARAMIE. Meredith Press 1967 FE. American frontier 1854. Ex-lib. (#) VG/VG. $2.
Bonham, Frank. THE GHOST FRONT. E. P. Dutton 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket. Two young American brothers get separated fighting at the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Boucher, Alan. THE SWORD OF THE RAVEN. Charles Scribner’s 1960, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. Carfully researched historical adventure story of the Icelandic sagas, 900-1000 A.D., ranging from Iceland, to Greenland, to Wineland, and finally to Ireland. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $9.
Bowers, Gwendolyn. AT THE SIGN OF THE GLOBE. Henry Z. Walck 1966 FE. A young boy leaves home pursuing his dreams in London, and becomes involved with the Globe Theater and Will Shakespeare. Ex-lib. G/G. $3.50.
Boyd, James. DRUMS. Charles Scribner’s 1925, 1928. Hardcover. 14 wonderful color plates by N. C. Wyeth. Ex-lib. copy in plain black cloth over boards. Some interior smudges and spots, binding solid. Good. $10.
Brink, Carol Ryrie. CADDIE WOODLAWN. Macmillan 1935, 1973. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1936. Ill. Trina Schart Hyman. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good+. $4.50.
Brodtkorb, Reidar. THE GOLD COIN. Harcourt, Brace & World 1966. Translated from the Norwegian by L. W. Kingsland. Hardcover. Exciting picture of life as it was in the late 17th century in the lands to the east of the Baltic Sea. 219 pp. Ex-lib. Good. $3.
Browin, Frances Williams. LOOKING FOR ORLANDO, A Thrilling Story of the Underground Railroad. Hardcover with dust jacket. A Criterion Book for Young People. 1961. Ex-lib. (*) Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Brown, Marion Marsh. YOUNG NATHAN. Westminster Press 1949. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fictionalized biography of the courageous and daring Nathan Hale, along with all the excitement, fervor, and uncertainty of the early days of the American Revolution. For juniors and teen-agers. Ex-lib. Book Good with spot where card pocket was removed, dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Bulla, Clyde Robert. SONG OF ST. FRANCIS. Thomas Y. Crowell 1952. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Valenti Angelo. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. Dust jacket Glued to endpapers. $8.50.
Bulla, Clyde Robert. VIKING ADVENTURE. Thomas Y. Crowell 1963 BCE. Pictorial hardcover. Very Good. $4.
Burchard, Peter. NORTH BY NIGHT. Coward McCann 1962. The story of a Yankee soldier and a Southern boy in the days of the Civil War. 183 pp. (#) Ex-lib. Library binding. G. $2.
Butler, Beverly. THE FUR LODGE. Dodd, Mead 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket. By the author of Song of the Voyageur.” Jules encounters Peter Pond, the Yankee fur trader along with shipwreck, blizzards and starvation on his trip up the Minnesota River in the big trading canoe. Young Americana. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $9.50.
Butters, Dorothy Gilman. THE BELLS OF FREEDOM. MacRae Smith 1963. A young hero of the American Revolution gives young people a fresh appreciation of our national heritage. Ex-lib. (#) VG/VG, tape stains. $2.
Calvert, Patricia. BIGGER. Charles Scribner’s 1994 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story of courage, loyalty and friendship in the Civil War. 137 pp. 0684196859. (#) Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $2.50.
Carlson, Natalie Savage. MARCHERS FOR THE DREAM. Harper & Row 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. A revealing and moving story about an 11-year old black girl who is learning something about prejudice. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Carmer, Carl. A FLAG FOR THE FORT. Julian Messner & Junior Literary Guild 1952. Hardcover with dust jacket. Out-of-print. Junior Literary Guild Selection. Easy. Based on a true incident during the War of 1812, Sam and Caroline provide a miracle that inspires the writing of our National Anthem. Ex-lib. G/G. $2.50.
Caudill, Rebecca. THE FAR-OFF LAND. The Viking Press 1964, 1966. Hardcover. Ill. Brinton Turkle. Ex-lib. Book Very Good. $6.
Chessman, Ruth. BOUND FOR FREEDOM. Abelard-Schuman 1961 BCE. Hardcover. 12-year-old and motherless, James Porter comes to America as a bound servant in the 18th century. (*) G+. $2.
Clapp, Patricia. CONSTANCE, A Story of Early Plymouth. Copyright page missing. Lib. binding. Good. $3.
Clapp, Patricia. THE TAMARACK TREE. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1986 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 17-year-old Rosemary, an English transplant living in Vicksburg, Mississippi, brings an outsider’s perspective to the American Civil War. 0688028527. Ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Clark, Ann Nolan. ALL THIS WILD LAND. The Viking Press 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket. When 11-year-old Maiju arrives at Yankee Mills, Minnesota State from Finland in 1876 she finds out what wilderness, hard winters and courage, loyalty and compassion are all about. Touching story of early Finnish immigrants. 670114448. (*) Book Fine, dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Coatsworth, Elizabeth. GOLDEN HORSESHOE. Macmillan 1935, 1942. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Story of Colonial America. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Fair. $2.
Coatsworth, Elizabeth. SWORD OF THE WILDERNESS. Macmillan 1936, 1944. Hardcover. Out-of-print. On an August morning in 1689, Seth Hubbard is captured by Indians and spends a grueling but enlightening year in their camp. (#). Ex-lib. Cover quite worn, interior Good. $2.50.
Crane, Stephen. THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. Barnes & Noble Classics 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0880298995. Sonlight 7. Near-Fine/G. $3.50.
Crane, Stephen. THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. Modern Library 1894, 1951. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Sonlight 7. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Curtis, Alice Turner. A YANKEE GIRL AT FORT SUMTER. Applewood Books 1999, originally published in 1920. SOFTCOVER. 1557095256. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Curtis, Alice Turner. A LITTLE MAID OF NEW ENGLAND. Two Volumes in One: A Little Maid of Province Town; A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony. Derrydale Books 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. Originally published in the early 1900’s. NOT ex-lib. 0517064944. Book and dust jacket As-New. $7.
Cushman, Karen. THE BALLAD OF LUCY WHIPPLE. Clarion Books 1996. First-person narrative of young Lucy Whipple in a California mining settlement in the days of the California Gold Rush. NF/NF. $2.50.
Cushman, Karen. CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY. Clarion Books 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Honor 1995. 0395681863. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Cushman, Karen. THE MIDWIFE’S APPRENTICE. Clarion Books 1995. Hardcover. Newbery Medal 1996. Funny, wise, compassionate story of a homeless waif in 14th century England. 122 pp. Near-Fine/VG. $3.50.
Dalgliesh, Alice. THE COURAGE OF SARAH NOBLE. Charles Scribner’s 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Leonard Weisgard. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Daugherty, James. WEST OF BOSTON. Viking 1956 FE. Daugherty tells our nation’s history in rhyme and his unique illustrations. Ex-lib. G, two very worn spots on bottom edge. $4.
Davis, Lavinia. ISLAND CITY, Adventures in Old New York. Doubleday 1961 FE. Dear America. ACROSS THE WIDE AND LONESOME PRAIRIE, The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847. Scholastic 1997. By Kristiana Gregory. Hardcover. 0590226517. Near-Fine. $4.50. Dear America. A COAL MINER’S BRIDE, The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896. By Susan Campbell Bartoletti. Scholastic hardcover 2000. 0439053862. As-New. $4.50. Dear America. COLOR ME DARK, The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919. By Sherry Garland. Scholastic Hardcover 2000 FE. As New. $4. Dear America. EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941. Scholastic 2001. Hardcover. As-New. $4.50. Dear America. THE GIRL WHO CHASED AWAY SORROW, The Diary of Sarah Nita, A Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864. By Ann Turner. Scholastic 1999. Hardcover. Good. $3. Dear America. THE GIRL WHO CHASED AWAY SORROW, The Diary of Sarah Nita, A Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864. By Ann Turner. Scholastic 1999. Hardcover. As-New. 0590972162. $4.50. Dear America. THE GREAT RAILROAD RACE, The Diary of Libby West, Colorado Territory, Denver, 1868. By Kristiana Gregory. Scholastic Hardcover 1999 FE. 059010991x. Ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.50. Dear America. I THOUGHT MY SOUL WOULD RISE AND FLY, The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865. By Joyce Hansen. Scholastic 1997. Hardcover. 0590849131. As-New. $4.50. Dear America. A JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD, The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620. By Kathryn Lasky. Scholastic Hardcover 1996 FE. Ex-lib. One corner quite worn. $2.50. Dear America. A JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD, The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620. By Kathryn Lasky. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1996. 0439445558. Mint. $2.50. Dear America. A LIGHT IN THE STORM, The Civil Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861. By Karen Hesse. Scholastic Hardcover 1999 FE. Near-Fine. $4.50. Dear America. MY FACE TO THE WIND, The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, A Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881. By Jim Murphy. Scholastic hardcover 2001. 0590438107. As-New. $4.50. Dear America. MY SECRET WAR, The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York , 1941. By Mary Pope Osborne. Scholastic hardcover 2000. 0590687158. As-New. $4.50. Dear America. ONE EYE LAUGHING, THE OTHER WEEPING, The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938. By Barry Denenberg. Scholastic 2000. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Good, corners worn. $3. Dear America. A PICTURE OF FREEDOM, The Diary of Clotee, A Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859. Scholastic 1997. Hardcover. 0590259881. As New. $4.50. Dear America. SEEDS OF HOPE, The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849. by Chrisiana Gregory. Scholastic 2001. Hardcover. 0590511572. As new. $4.50. Dear America. SO FAR FROM HOME, The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847. By Barry Denenberg. Scholastic hardcover 1997. 0590926675. Fine, previous owner’s name. $4.50. Dear America. STANDING IN THE LIGHT, The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763. Scholastic 1998. Hardcover. 0590134620. (2*) Fine. $4. Dear America. A TIME FOR COURAGE, The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917. By Kathryn Lasky. Scholastic hardcover 2001. 0590511416. Very Good, touch of wear to corners. $4. Dear America. VALLEY OF THE MOON, The Diary of Maria Rosalia de Maligros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846. By Sherry Garland. Scholastic hardcover 2001. 0439088208. As-New. $4.50. Dear America. VOYAGE ON THE GREAT TITANIC, The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, RMS Titanic, 1912. By Ellen Emerson White. Scholastic hardcover 1998. 0590962736. As New. $4.50. Dear America. WEST TO A LAND OF PLENTY, The Diary of Teresa Angelina Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883. By Jim Murphy. Scholastic hardcover 1998. 0590738887. Fine. $4. Dear America. WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES AGAIN, The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, New York City to the Western Front, 1917. By Beth Seidel Levine. Scholastic Hardcover 2002 FE. As New. $4.50. Dear America. WHEN WILL THIS CRUEL WAR BE OVER? The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864. By Barry Denenberg. Scholastic hardcover 1996. 0590228625. As New. $4. Dear America. WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE, The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968. By Ellen Emerson White. Scholastic 2002. Hardcover. 0439148898. Ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.50. Dear America. THE WINTER OF RED SNOW, The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777. By Kristiana Gregory. Scholastic hardcover 1996. 0590226533. As New. $4.50. Dear America, My America. WESTWARD TO HOME, Joshua’s Diary, The Oregon Trail, 1848. By Patricia Hermes. Scholastic 2001. Hardcover. 0439112095. Near-Fine. $3.50. Dear America, My America. FLYING FREE, Corey’s Underground Railroad Diary, Book Two. By Sharon Dennis Wyeth. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2002. 0439369088. Fine. $2.50. Dear America, My America. MESSAGE IN THE SKY, Corey’s Underground Railroad Diary, Book Three. By Sharon Dennis Wyeth. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2003. 0439370582. Very Good. $2.50. Dear America, My America. FIVE SMOOTH STONES, Hope’s Diary Book One, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1776. Hardcover. 0439148278. Fine. $4. Dear America, My America. WE ARE PATRIOTS, Hope’s Revolutionary War Diary, Book Two. By Kristiana Gregory. Scholastic 2002. Hardcover. 0439210399. Ex-lib., no marks on cover. Fine. $3.50. Dear America, My America. MY BROTHER’S KEEPER, Virginia’s Diary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1863. By Mary Pope Osborne. Scholastic 2000. Hardcover. 0439153077. Very Good. $4. Dear America, My Name is America. THE JOURNAL OF BEN UCHIDA, Citizen 13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942. By Barry Denenberg. Scholastic 1999. Hardcover. 0590485318. Ex-lib. Very Good+. $3.50. Dear America, My Name is America. THE JOURNAL OF JASPER JONATHAN PIERCE, A Pilgrim Boy, The Mayflower, 1620. By Ann Rinaldi. Scholastic 2000. Hardcover. 0590510789. Very Good, crayon on FFEP. $3.50. Dear America, My Name is America. THE JOURNAL OF JOSHUA LOPER, A Black Cowboy, The Chisholm Trail, 18971. By Walter Dean Myers. 0590026917. Near-Fine. $4. Dear America, My Name is America. THE JOURNAL OF OTTO PELTONEN, A Finnish Immigrant, Hibbing, Minnesota, 1905. By William Durbin. Scholastic 2000. Hardcover. 043909254x. As-New. $4.50. Dear America, My Name is America. THE JOURNAL OF PATRICK SEAMUS FLAHERTY, United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968. By Ellen Emerson White. Scholastic hardcover 2002. 0439148901. As-New. $4.50. Dear America, My Name is America. THE JOURNAL OF SCOTT PENDLETON COLLINS, A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944. Scholastic 1999. Hardcover. 0439050138. As-New. $4.50. Dear America, My Name is America. THE JOURNAL OF WILLIAM THOMAS EMERSON, A Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774. By Barry Denenberg. Scholastic hardcover. 0590313509. As New. $4.50. Dear America, Royal Diaries. ANASTASIA, The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914. By Carolyn Meyer. Scholastic 2000. Hardcover. 0439129087. As New. $4.50. Dear America, Royal Diaries. CLEOPATRA VII, Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. By Kristiana Gregory. Scholastic hardcover 1999. 0590819755. As New. $4.50. Dear America, Royal Diaries. ELEANOR, Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136. By Kristiana Gregory. Scholastic 2002. Hardcover. 0439164842. Very Good. $4.50. Dear America, Royal Diaries. ELISABETH, The Princess Bride, Austria-Hungary, 1853. By Berry Denenberg. Scholastic hardcover 2003. 0439266440. As-New. $4.50. Dear America, Royal Diaries. ELIZABETH I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor, November 1544. Scholastic Hardcover 1999. 0590684841. As-New. $4.50. Dear America, Royal Diaries. ISABEL, Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466. By Carolyn Meyer. Scholastic Hardcover 2000. 0439078059. Fine, previous owner’s name. $4. Dear America, Royal Diaries. JAHANARA, Princes of Princesses, India, 1627. Scholastic hardcover 2002. 0439223504. Fine. $4.50. Dear America, Royal Diaries. KRISTINA, The Girl King, Sweden, 1638. By Carolyn Meyer. Scholastic hardcover 203. Fine. 0439249767. $4.50. Dear America, Royal Diaries. LADY OF PALENQUE, FLOWER OF BACAL, Mesoamerica, A.D. 749. Scholastic 2004. By Anna Kirwan. Hardcover. Fine. $4. Dear America, Royal Diaries. KAIULANI, The People’s Princess, Hawaii, 1889. By Ellen Emerson White. Scholastic 2001. Hardcover. 0439129095. Ex-lib. No marks on cover. Near-Fine. $4. Dear America, Royal Diaries. LADY OF CH’IAO KUO, Warrior of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531. By Laurence Yep. Scholastic 2001. Hardcover. 0439444608. As-New. $4.50. Dear America, Royal Diaries. MARIE ANTOINETTE, Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769. By Kathryn Lasky. Scholastic 2000. Hardcover. 0439076668. As-New. $4.50. Dear America, Royal Diaries. VICTORIA, MAY BLOSSOM OF BRITANNIA, England 1929. Scholastic Hardcover 2001 FE. 0439215986. As New. $4.50. De Jong, Dola. THE LEVEL LAND. Charles Scribners 1943, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Peter Spier. Story of a very real and lively family in Holland during the early days of World War II, written by an author who experienced what she writes about. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50. de Trevino, Elizabeth Borton. I, JUAN DE PAREJA. Farrar, Straus 1965. Historical fiction involving a friendship with the painter Valaquez. Laura Berquist 8-9. Ex-lib. Very Good with Very Good dust jacket, card pocket remains on FFEP. $4. DeWitt, James. IN PURSUIT OF THE SPANISH GALLEON. Criterion Books 1961 (E. M. Hale ed.). Hardcover. Out-of-print. An historical adventure based on Commodore Anson’s famous voyage around the world in 1750. Ex-lib. (*) VG. $4.50. Dickens, Monica. THE GREAT FIRE. Doubleday 1970, 1973. Ill. Rocco Negri. Fictionalized story of the 17th century great fire of London. Easy. 62 pp. 0385056729. Ex-lib. G/G. $3. Dorian, Edith. HIGH-WATER CARGO. Whittlesey House 1950. Ill. Forrest Orr. In this fast-moving, warm family story in a 19th-century New Jersey canal town, young Dirck Van Arsdalen has a dream of going to Rutgers College while his father thinks he should concentrate on becoming a tinker. (#) Very Good with Very Good dust jacket. $2. Edmonds, Walter D. CADMUS HENRY. Dodd, Mead 1949, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket. Cadmus Henry has high hopes of charging into battle under Gener Lee, but finds himself floating over the enemy in a hotair balloon. Exciting, well-written story with an undercurrent of humor. 136 pp. Ex-lib. (*) Book and dust jacket Good. $3. Edmonds, Walter D. DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK. Little, Brown 1936, 1939. Hardcover. Story of the farmers of the Mohawk Valley, New York, during the American Revolution, 1775-1783. Good, crease along center of spine. $4. Edmonds, Walter D. THE MATCHLOCK GUN. Troll Associates SOFTCOVER 1941, 1990. Newbery Medal 1942. Ill. Paul Lantz. 0816723672. Sonlight 3. Very Good. $3.50. Emery, Anne. JENNIE LEE, PATRIOT. Westminster Press 1965. Revolutionary War story.(#) Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Good. $3. Emery, Anne. A SPY IN OLD NEW ORLEANS. Rand McNally 1960, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fast-moving historical fiction set in the bayou country of Louisiana during the War of 1812. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Good. $6. Faulkner, Nancy. REBEL DRUMS. Doubleday 1952. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Lee Ames. A warm and exciting tale of one boy’s adventures in Colonial Virginia, using the authentic background of Bacon’s Rebellion. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6. Fenner, Phyllis, selected by. YANKEE DOODLE, Stories of the Brave and the Free. Knopf 1951, 1959. “Made up” heroes and heroines of the past, set against a background of true history. 11 stories by well-known authors. 213 pp. Hinge reinforced. (#) Ex-lib. Good-. $2. Fisher, Aileen. OFF TO THE GOLD FIELDS. Thomas Nelson 1955. Story of the gold fields of the Rocky Mountains. (#) Ex-lib. Good. $2. Fleischman, Sid. BY THE GREAT HORN SPOON. Little, Brown & Co. 1963, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket. Author re-creates the rip-roaring spirit of the California Gold Rush. 0316285773. Sonlight 4. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $4. Forbes, Esther. JOHNNY TREMAIN, A Story of Boston in Revolt. Houghton Mifflin 1943. Hardcover. Sonlight 3. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Good. $4. Forester, C. S. ADMIRAL HORNBLOWER IN THE WEST INDIES. Little, Brown 1958 BCE. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.50. Fox, Mary Virginia. AMBUSH AT FORT DEARBORN. St. Martin’s Press 1962. Hardcover. Ill. Lorence Bjorklund. Tom Malen is captured by the Senecas when his family is lured to Fort Dearborn on Lake Michigan, the last outpost of civilization. Ex-lib. Good with Good dust jacket. $2. Fox, Genevieve. BORDER GIRL. Little, Brown 1939 FE. Ill. George and Doris Hauman. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Well-written story of post-Revolutionary America in 1812. Good. No dust jacket. $7. Frazier, Neta Lohnes. YOUNG BILL FARGO. Longmans Green 1956.
Friskey, Margaret. TAD LINCOLN THE THE GREEN UMBRELLA. Oxford University Press 1944, 1946. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Lucia Patton. Through all of the problems of moving to the White House and threats of danger, Tad Lincoln protected and cared for his mother. Includes many of Lincoln’s witty sayings. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good, tape stains. Rare title. $5.
Fritz, Jean. EARLY THUNDER. Coward McCann 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Lynd Ward. Engrossing story of a 14-year-old boy who, up against hardship and heartache, had to decide between the Tories and the Patriots in the year preceding the Revolutionary War. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, marks where dust jacket glued down. $6.50.
Fritz, Jean. GEORGE WASHINGTON’S BREAKFAST. Coward McCann 1969 BCE. Hardcover. Near-Fine. $3.
Fritz, Jean. GEORGE WASHINGTON’S BREAKFAST. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1969. 0590024221. Very Good. $2.50.
Fritz, Jean. I, ADAM. Coward McCann 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket. A young boy grows into manhood in frontier America in 1850 in this thoughtful, realistic story by an outstanding author. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Gaer, Joseph. THE ADVENTURES OF RAMA. Little, Brown 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. (#) Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Garfield, Leon. THE DRUMMER BOY. Pantheon 1969. Revolutionary War story. (#) Ex-lib. Lib. binding, interior spots. $1.50.
Garst, Shannon. RED EAGLE. Hastings House Publishers 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story of a young Sioux Indian boy who is ridiculed and scorned because of a misshapen foot. Panorama of Indian life is worked into the exciting, fast-moving plot. Ex-lib. Book with “discard” on ffep; dust jacket Very Good. $6.
Graham, Harriet. A BOY AND HIS BEAR. Margaret McElderry Publishing 1994, 1996. Hardcover. Story of Elizabethan England. Ex-lib. (*) Very Good with Very Good dust jacket. $3.
Grant, Bruce. ZACHARY, THE GOVERNOR’S PIG. World Publishing 1960 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Robert Frankenberg. In this story based on fact, Boone Hardin marches off to the War of 1812 followed by his pet razor-back hog. Ex-lib. (*) Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Griffin, Judith Berry. PHOEBE AND THE GENERAL. Coward McCann 1977 BCE. Hardcover. Ill. Margot Tomes. Based on a true story of General George Washington and the American Revolution. Very Good. $3.50.
Hall, Anna Gertrude. CYRUS HOLT AND THE CIVIL WAR. Viking Press 1964, 1965. Pictorial hardcover. Historical fiction for elementary grades. Ex-lib. (*) Good. $2.50.
Harte, Bret. STORIES OF THE EARLY WEST. Platt & Munk 1964. Hardcover. Includes The Luck of Roaring Camp and 16 other exciting tales of mining and frontier days. 512 pp. Ex-lib. Good. $3.
Hautzig, Esther. THE ENDLESS STEPPE, Growing Up in Siberia. Thomas Y. Crowell 1968, first edition. Hardcover. Sonlight 7. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Very Good, “Hanson” written in marker on cover. $3.50.
Hawes, Charles Boardman. THE DARK FRIGATE. Little, Brown 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1972. Story of Philip Marsham, a sailor who encountered many hazards by sea and land in the time of King Charles and Cromwell. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Hays, Wilma Pitchford. FOURTH OF JULY RAID. Coward McCann 1959. Hardcover. Ill. Peter Burchard. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. (*) Good. $2.50.
Hays, Wilma Pitchford. GEORGE WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAYS. Coward McCann 1963 BCE. Hardcover. Fictionalized story of Washington’s boyhood. Good. $3.
Hays, Wilma Pitchford. MARY’S STAR, A TALE OF ORPHANS IN VIRGINIA, 1781. Colonial Williamsburg, Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Lawrence Beall Smith. Mary Brekenridge’s world collapsed when she received the news that her father had been killed in a Revolutionary battle. Book Very Good, dust jacket has small edge tears. $9.50.
Hays, Wilma Pitchford. PILGRIM THANKSGIVING. Coward McCann (E. M. Hale) 1955. Hardcover. Ill. Leonard Weisgard. The people in the story are real, parts added to enhance the story. Ex-lib. Good, worn at corners of spine. $3.50.
Hays, Wilma Pitchford. TROUBLE AT OTTER CREEK. Weekly Reader Children’s Book Club 1978. Hardcover. Story of New England settlers and trouble with the Indians. 088375214X. (#) Fine. $2.
Henty, G. A. THE LION OF THE NORTH, A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus. Preston Speed SOFTCOVER 2000. 1887159436. Fine. $5.
Henty, G. A. A JACOBITE EXILE, Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles XII of Sweden. Preston Speed Publications 2003, identical to edition originally published by Blackie and Son, 1893. Hardcover, red cloth over boards with gilt lettering and design. Acid-free paper. 1931587248. New. $16.50.
Henty, G. A. BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE, A Tale of Fontenoy and Culoden. Preston Speed Publications 2000, identical to edition originally published by Blackie and Son, 1887. Hardcover, blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and design. Acid-free paper. 1887159126. New. $16.50.
Henty, G. A. THE CAT OF BUBASTES, A Tale of Ancient Egypt. Preston Speed Publications 1998, identical to edition originally published by Blackie and Son, 1888. Hardcover, blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and design. Acid-free paper. 1887159169. New. $16.50.
Henty, G. A. THE DRAGON AND THE RAVEN, Or the Days of King Alfred. Preston Speed Publications 1995, identical to edition originally published by Blackie and Son, 1885. Hardcover, green cloth over boards with gilt lettering and design. Acid-free paper. New. $16.50.
Henty, G. A. ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S EVE, A Tale of the Huguenot Wars. Preston Speed Publications 1997, identical to edition originally published by Blackie and Son, 1883. Hardcover, red cloth over boards with gilt lettering and design. Acid-free paper. 1887159088. New. $16.50.
Hobbs, Will. JASON’S GOLD. Morrow Junior Books 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. When news of the discovery of gold in Canada’s Yukon in 1897 raches 15-year-old Jason, he embarks on a 5000-mile journey to strike it rich. 0688150934. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Hodges, Carl. DOBIE STURGIS AND THE DOG SOLDIERS. Bobbs-Merrill 1963 FE. Hardcover. When Dobie’s little sister is stolen from a stagecoach by the brutal Cheyenne Dog Soldiers on the journey West, Dobie sets off with a Pawnee scout to rescue her. (#) Near-Fine/VG. $2.
Holberg, Ruth Langland. TAM MORGAN, THE LIVELIEST GIRL LIN SALEM. Doubleday 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Peter Spier. Story of Post-Revolution America. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $4.50.
Holberg, Ruth. THE WONDERFUL VOYAGE. Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1941 FE. Delightful b/w illustrations by Phyllis Cote. Fast-moving adventure as Randy and Jay go on a whaling ship with their father. VG. $4.
Hollman, Clide. THE EAGLE FEATHER. Hastings House 1963. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Beaver is a 12-year-old Mandan Indian boy who has been stolen from his people and, after much ill treatment, the famous Franch trader Joseph Robidoux takes an interest in him. Ex-lib. (#) Fair/Fair. $2.
Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas. SIGN PAINTER’S SECRET, The Story of a Revolutionary Girl. Silver Burdett 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. Easy. 52 pp. 0382241509. Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.50.
Hotze, Sollace. A CIRCLE UNBROKEN. Clarion Books 1988 FE. Hardcover. Inspired by actual incidents, this is the story of a young girl captured as a child by Sioux Indians, then recaptured by her white father. 0899197337. (#) NF/NF. $2.
Hungerford, Edward Buell. FORGE FOR HEROES. Follett Pub. 1952. Hardcover. Mark Meriel hauls a load of axeheads to General Washington at Valley Forge and is forced to choose between staying and sharing the army’s suffering for the cause of liberty or going home to comfort and security. For ages 10-14. Out-of-print. G/VG, with a little warping at top corner of pages. $3.
Hunt, Irene. ACROSS FIVE APRILS. Follett Publishing 1964. Pictorial hardcover. Sonlight 4. Ex-lib. Light cover wear, very sturdy. Good. $6.50.
Hunt, Irene. TRAIL OF APPLE BLOSSOMS. Follett Publishing 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Don Bolognese. A story of Johnny Appleseed. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Hunter, Molly. THE KING’S SWIFT RIDER, A Novel on Robert the Bruce. Harper Collins 1998, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Unwilling to fight but feeling a sense of duty, 16-year-old Martin joins Scotland’s rebel army as a swift rider and master of espionage for its leader, Robert the Bruce. 0060271868. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Karwoski, Gail Langer. SURVIVING JAMESTOWN, The Adventures of Young Sam Collier. Peachtree 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Among the adventurers who made their way to New World four centuries ago was 12-year-old Samuel Collier, apprentice to John Smith. Fictionalized biography. 1561452394. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $6.
Kelly, Eric P. TRUMPETER OF KRAKOW. Macmillan 1928, 1957. Hardcover. Ill. by Angela Pruszynska in Krakow, some in color. Sonlight 8. Ex-lib. G-/Fair. $5.
Kelly, Eric P. THE TRUMPETER OF KRAKOW. Macmillan 1956, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1957. Ill. Janina Domanska. Sonlight 8. Ex-lib. Book Good, dustjacket Very Good. Dust jacket glued to endpapers. $5.
Kent, Louise Andrews. HE WENT WITH CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. London: George G. Harrap 1941, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. $8.
Kimmel, E. Cody. IN THE EYE OF THE STORM, The Adventures of Young Buffalo Bill. Harper Collins 2003. Hardcover with dust jacket. 006029115x. Book As New, dust jacket As New. $2.
Kimmel, E. Cody. WEST ON THE WAGON TRAIN, The Adventures of Young Buffalo Bill. Harper Collins 2003. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0060291133. Book As New, dust jacket As New. $2.
Kimmel, Eric A. THE TARTAR’S SWORD. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket. A Ukrainian boy in 1623 joins the Cossacks with the hope of freeing his people from Polish rule. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.
Knight, Captain Frank. THE SEA CHEST, Stories of Adventure at Sea. Platt & Munk 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket. Stories of fact and fiction of the Spanish main, of naval heroes, pirates, raiders, modern smugglers and a crew aboard a modern merchant ship. 206 pp. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine, dust jacket Near-Fine. A beautiful copy! $7.50.
Laird, Christa. SHADOW OF THE WALL. Greenwillow Books 1989, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story of Warsaw in World War II, involving the Polish hero, Janusz Korczak. (#) 0688093361. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Land of the Free Series. CHARIOT IN THE SKY, A Story of the Jubilee Singers, by Arna Bontemps. John C. Winston 1951. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Ill. Cyrus Leroy Baldridge. VG/VG. $8.50.
Land of the Free Series. RUNNER IN THE SUN, A Story of Indian Maize, by D’Arcy McNickle. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1954, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.
Larom, Henry. BRONCO CHARLIE, Rider of the Pony Express. McGraw-Hill 1951. Hardcover. Ill. Wesley Dennis. Very Good. $3.50.
Lasky, Kathryn. THE NIGHT JOURNEY. Frederick Warne 1943, 1981. National Jewish Book Award 1982; ALA Notable Book 1981. (#) Ex-lib. VG/VG. $2.
Lawson, Robert. BEN AND ME, An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin By His good Mouse Amos. Little, Brown 1939. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib., one library sticker; no marks on dust jacket. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Lawson, Robert. MR. REVERE AND I, An Account of Certain Episodes in the Careet of Paul Revere, Esq. As Revealed by His Horse. Little, Brown 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Lawson. Sonlight 3. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Le Sueur, Meridel. LITTLE BROTHER OF THE WILDERNESS: The Story of Johnny Appleseed. Holy Cow! Press 1947, 1987. Pictorial hardcover. 68 pp. For early elementary grades. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.
Le Sueur, Meridel. SPARROW 2. Holy Cow! Press 1957, 1987. Hardcover. Two Indian boys experience the joy of discovery and then tragedy on the western frontier near Davenport, Iowa during the Black Hawk war. Ex-lib. (#) Very Good. $4.50.
Maiden, Cecil. THE BORROWED CROWN. Viking Press 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket. Through a series of strange events, young Lambert Simnel is chosen as pretender to the throne of England, 1486, in this unusual and thrilling story. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. Dust jacket glued to endpapers. $6.
Mays, Victor. ACTION STARBOARD! Houghton Mifflin 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dramatic suspense, pitched battles, espionage, and storms at sea are part of this story of the explosive year of 1813. Ex-lib. Cover worn, dust jacket has flapped clipped off. $4.50.
McGraw, Eloise Jarvis. THE GOLDEN GOBLET. Puffin hardcover. Newbery Honor 1962. Sonlight 6. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Meadowcroft, Enid LaMonte. BY WAGON AND FLATBOAT. Thomas Y. Crowell 1938 (E. M. Hale edition). Ill. by Ninon McKnight. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Good. $8.50.
Miller, Shane. PETER STUYVESANT’S DRUMMER. Coward-McCann 1959. Comical ill. by the author. Historical fiction set in the days of New Amsterdam and Governor Peter Stuyvesant. (#) VG/G+. $2.50.
Monjo, F. N. GRAND PAPA AND ELLEN AROON, Being an Account of Some of the Happy Times Spent Together by Thomas Jefferson and His Favorite Granddaughter. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1974. Hardcover. Ill. Richard Cuffari. Short story. 54 pp. VG/VG. $4.
Monjo, F. N. A NAMESAKE FOR NATHAN. Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, Inc. 1977. Ill. Eros Keith. Hardcover with dust jacket. Being an account of Captain Nathan Hale by his twelve-year-old sister, Joanna. 120 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Morrow, Honore. ON TO OREGON! William Morrow 1926, 1954. Ill. Edward Shenton. Hardcover with dust jacket. An American classic! Story of the Sager family’s journey West in 1844. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $3.50.
Nixon, Joan Lowery. CAUGHT IN THE ACT, The Orphan Train Quartet #2. Hardcover with dust jacket. In 1856 the six Kelly children are sent from New York to begin new lives in the West. (#) 0553054430. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
O’Dell, Scott. THE 290. Houghton Mifflin 1976 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed by Scott O’Dell on front free endpaper. Jim Lynne shipped aboard The 290, the ship that was to become theThe Alabama, one of the most famous vesssels of the Civil War. Ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.
O’Dell, Scott. STREAMS TO THE RIVER, RIVER TO THE SEA, A Novel of Sacagawea. Houghton Mifflin 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
O’Dell, Scott and Hall, Elizabeth. THUNDER ROLLING IN THE MOUNTAINS. Houghton Mifflin 1992 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Through the eyes of the daughter of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, the story is told of the Nez Perce Indians being forced unto the reservation in 1877. 0395599660. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.50.
Paterson, Katherine. LYDDIE. Lodestar Books 1991 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. When Lyddie and her brother are left to fend for themselves on the family’s debt-ridden farm, Lyddie leaves to work in the mills of Lowell, Massachusetts to earn the money to pay off the farm’s debts. Poignant, touching story. Ex-lib. (*) Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Patton, Willoughby. SEA VENTURE. David McKay 1959, 1962. Hardcover. Michael is delighted to be sailing on the Sea Venture bound from Plymouth, England, for the Virginia Colony of Jamestown. VG+/VG+. $6.50.
Petry, Ann. TITUBA OF SALEM VILLAGE. Thomas Y. Crowell 1964, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Tituba was a black slave from Barbados, a major figure in the Salem witch trials. Fictionalized story of an actual character. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Fair. $3.50.
Polland, Madeleine. THE QUEEN’S BLESSING. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Betty Fraser. A young girl left to care for her little brother in war-torn eleventh-century Scotland escapes from slavery and eventually ends up in the castle of Malcolm and Queen Margaret. Exciting, fast-moving but historically informative story. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.
Polland, Madeleine. THE WHITE TWILIGHT. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1962 FE. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Story of the daughter of a famous Flemish architect in 16th century Denmark. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $4.
Rappaport, Doreen. TROUBLE AT THE MINES. Thoams Y. Crowell 1987 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Joan Sandin. Story based on the true events of the miners’ strike in Arnot, Pennsylvania, in 1898. For grades 3-7. 84 pp. Ex-lib. (#) Book Very Good, dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Reit, Seymour. GUNS FOR GENERAL WASHINGTON, A Story of the American Revolution. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Sonlight 7. 0152004661. Book and dust jacket As-New. $7.
Robinson, Gertrude. FOX FIRE. E. P. Dutton 1944 first edition. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Ill. Woodi Ishmael. Story of Colonial America. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Good, one page has small repaired tear. (*) Rare title. $6.50.
St. George, Judith. BY GEORGE, BLOOMERS! Coward McCann 1976. Hardcover. Ill. Margot Tomes. Easy reader chapter book. (#) Ex-lib. G. $2.
Serraillier, Ian. THE SILVER SWORD. Criterion Books 1959 BCE. Hardcover. New title Escape From Warsaw. Sonlight 7. Good, pages tanned. $4.
Seymour, Alta Halverson. WHEN THE DIKES BROKE. Follett Publishing 1958. Pictorial hardcover. Fictionalized story of the terrible flood in Holland in 1953. Ex-lib. Edges worn. $6.
Snedeker, Caroline Dale. THE FORGOTTEN DAUGHTER. Doubleday 1929, 1933. Pictorial hardcover. Story of ancient Greece. Ex-lib. Good, wear to bottom edge and spine ends. $12.
Snedeker, Carolyn. THERAS: THE STORY OF AN ATHENIAN BOY. London: J. M. Dent. 1935. Hardcover. More recently published as Theras and His Town. Spell-binding story of life in ancient Anthens. Small book, 16mo. Red cloth over boards. Rare title. VG, but cover slightly bent in shipping from England. $20.
Speare, Elizabeth George. THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER. Houghton Mifflin 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by Elizabeth George Speare. 0395338905. Book Very Good, dust jacket has piece missing at bottom of spine. $9.
Speare, Elizabeth George. THE BRONZE BOW. Houghton Mifflin 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1962. Sonlight 6. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $6.50.
Stover, Marjorie Filley. TRAIL BOSS IN PIGTAILS. ATheneum 1972 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Because of her father’s illness, Emma Jane must be the trail boss to drive 82 head of cattle from Texas to Illinois in the 1850’s. Based on a true story. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. BONNIE DUNDEE. E. P. Dutton 1983, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Thrilling story of the Covenanters of 17th century Scotland. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $10.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. THE LIGHT BEYOND THE FOREST, The Quest for the Holy Grail. E. P Dutton 1979, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0525336656. Ex-lib. Book Very Good, laminated dust jacket Good. $7.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. THE SHINING COMPANY. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1990, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Great Britain, 7th century. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $12.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. THE WANDERINGS OF ODYSSEUS, The Story of THE ODYSSEY. Delacorte Press 1996, first edition. Signed by Sutcliff with sketch in back of book. Illustrations in color every page by Alan Lee. 4to. 0385322054. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $16.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. THE WANDERING OF ODYSSEUS, The Story of the Odyssey. Laurel Leaf Books 1995, 2005. Hardcover. 0385909349. As-New. $6.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. WARRIOR SCARLET. Henry Z. Walck 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Charles Keeping. Story of the Bronze Age in England. Ex-lib. Book Good, dust jacket Fair with water mark on back and scuffs. $10.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. THE WITCH’S BRAT. Henry Z. Walck 1970. A novel of Bronze-Age Britain. Ex-lib. Light tape stains. VG/VG. $6.50.
Thomas, H. C. A BOY FIGHTER WITH ANDREW JACKSON. Whitman Publishing 1946. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book Very Good, dust jacket Fair. $3.50.
Tousey, Sanford. STAGECOACH SAM. Doubleday & Co. 1940 (E. M. Hale edition). Hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Good, bottom corners worn. $5.
Treece, Henry. THE INVADERS. Thomas Y. Crowell 1972. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Three gripping stories of the Romans before the fourth century, the Viking raiders, and the 11th century Norman King William. 0690449933. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $6.
Turner, Ann. GRASSHOPPER SUMMER. Macmillan 1989 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. When Sam White’s family leaves Kentucky after the Civil War and goes West to Dakota Territory, Sam hates the sod house but does his best to stop missing Kentucky and his grandparents. Then the grasshoppers come. . .0027895114. (#) Ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Near-Fine. $2.50.
Voight, Virginia. PATRIOTS’ GOLD. McCrae Smith 1969 BCE. Story of the American Revolution. (#) NF. $1.50.
Wallace, Lew. BEN-HUR. Reader’s Digest World’s Best Reading 1880, 1992. Hardcover with gold leatherette and gilt spine. Ill. Warren Chang. Beautiful, deluxe copy with decorations by William M. Johnson every page. $6.50.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE AT THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, by Clayton and K. S. Knight. Grosset & Dunlap 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book is Near-Fine, dust jacket has 1” tear at top edge. $9.50.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, by David Shepherd. Grosset & Dunlap 1961. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Very Good. $6.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE AT THE BATTLE FOR BATAAN, by Benjamin Appel. Grosset & Dunlap 1957. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book Near-Fine; dust jacket Very Good. $8.50.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE AT THE NORMANDY INVASION, by Clayton Knight. Grosset & Dunlap 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket. This is the larger format, first edition. Ill. endpapers. Book is Fine, looks unread; dust jacket has a touch of wear to spine ends and two ½” tears. Unusual in this condition! $12.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE IN THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH, by Benjamin Appel. Grosset & Dunlap 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket. This is the larger format, first edition. Ill. endpapers. Book is Fine, looks unread; dust jacket has a touch of wear to spine ends. Unusual in this condition! $12.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE ON THE OREGON TRAIL, by William O. Steele. Grosset & Dunlap 1955. Hardcover with dust jacket. This is the larger format, first edition. Ill. endpapers. Book is Fine, looks unread; dust jacket has a few light smudges. Unusual in this condition! $12.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE ON THE NAUTILUS, by Robert N. Webb. Grosset & Dunlap 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book Very Good+; dust jacket Very Good with tear at spine edge. $8.50.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE WITH BYRD AT THE SOUTH POLE, by Charles S. Strong. Grosset & Dunlap 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket. This is the larger format, first edition. Ill. endpapers. Book is Fine, looks unread; dust jacket has a touch of wear to spine ends. Unusual in this condition! $12.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE WITH THE CALIFORNIA FORTY-NINERS, by Stephen Holt. Grosset & Dunlap 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket. This is the larger format, first edition. Ill. endpapers. Book is Fine, looks unread; dust jacket has a touch of wear to spine ends. Unusual in this condition! $12.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE WITH CORTES AND MONTEZUMA, by Benjamin Appel. Grosset & Dunlap 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book Near-Fine, back of dust jacket water stained. $10.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE WITH ETHAN ALLEN AND THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS, by Robert N. Webb. Grosset & Dunlap 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket. This is the larger format, first edition. Ill. endpapers. Book is Fine, looks unread; dust jacket has a touch of wear to spine ends. Unusual in this condition! $12.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE WITH THE MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS, by Robert N. Webb. Grosset & Dunlap 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book Near-Fine; dust jacket Very Good witih small chip at top of spine. $8.50.
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE WITH THE MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS, by Robert N. Webb. Grosset & Dunlap 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket. This is the larger format, first edition. Ill. endpapers. Book is Fine, looks unread; dust jacket is Fine. Unusual in this condition! $12.
Weir, Rosemary. HIGH COURAGE. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1967 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Exciting and fast-moving story of England in the time of the wars between Simon de Montfort and Henry III. Ex-lib. (*) Book Very Good, dust jacket Very Good. $5.
West, Emmy & Govan, Christine. DANGER DOWNRIVER. Viking 1972 FE. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Early 19th-century story of a young newly-orphaned boy on the American frontier. (The author is the mother-in-law of William O. Steele.) Pictorial cover. (#) Ex-lib. G+. $2.
Wheelwright, Jere. KENTUCKY STAND. Scribner’s 1951 BCE. A stirring novel of the Bluegrass Country in the days of Daniel Boone, set in Boonesborough. Sr. High-Adult. (*) VG/Poor DJ. $1.50.
Wibberley, Leonard. THE WOUND OF PETER WAYNE. Ariel Books 1955, first edition. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Good. $8.50.
Wibberley, Leonard. LEOPARD’S PREY, A New “Treegate” Book. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1988 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story of Manly Treegate, orphaned son of Peter Treegate’s brother. Ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Very Good. $6.
Wibberley, Leonard. RED PAWNS. Farrar, Strau & Giroux 1973 first edition. Hardcover. Continues the saga of young Manly Treegate. Ex-lib. Pictorial cover. Very Good. $5.
Willard, Barbara. IF ALL THE SWORDS IN ENGLAND, A Story of Thomas Becket. Bethlehem Books SOFTCOVER 1961, 2000. Living History Library. 1883937493. Near-Fine. $4.
Williams, J. R. OH, SUSANNA! G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket. 17-year-old Susanna is made to assume the responsibilities of womanhood when she homesteads on the Kansas prairie with her father after the Civil War. Light romance. Ex-lib. Fair/G, heavy shelf wear to book. $2.50.
Williams, Laura E. BEHIND THE BEDROOM WALL. Milkweed Editions 1996 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 13-year-old Korinna is a member of Hitler’s youth group, until she discovers her parents are hiding Jews from persecution. 1571316078. Book and dust jacket As-New. $2.50.
Willis, Robert. MOLLY’S HANNIBAL, A Story of the Erie Canal. Follet Publishing 1957. Hardcover. In the 1870’s, Molly is the only girl driver on the Erie Canal, and her friend Hannibal is the sturdy mule who pulls the boat. Good, cover wear especially to corners. $7.
Winston Adventure Series. REBELLION AT QUAKER HILL, A Story of the First Rent War. By Carl Carmer. John C. Winston 1954 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story takes place a decade before the American Revolution. Ex-lib. Book Good, dust jacket Very Good. $7.
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