Boston: Little, Brown, 1989. Very Good/No Jacket. ISBN: 0-316-61168-9. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reissue. xii, 379, (4) pp. Ninth printing thus. Short note on the front free endpaper. An apparently unread copy. Keywords: Fiction; Film Tie-in. ... more information

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New York, NY: Random House, 1954 This is a book from the Landmark Series chapter books for children. About 1885, when he was nearly sixty years old, Moses Schallenberger set down the story of the trip that he made to California more than forty years before. The original manuscript disappeared, probably burned in a fire that destroyed the Schallenberger house in San Jose, California. Before that time it had been in the hands of Horace S. Foote, and he had reproduced most of it in his history of San Jose. Eve... more information

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Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1968 #2018, a Big Little Book. The copyright is from Ivan Tors Films, but not written by their staff. This is the Authorized Edition. The adventure takes place in the Wameru Study Center for Animal Behavior, and involves 17-year-old Paula Tracy. Judy's mischief leads Paula and Clarence to the most terrifying experience of their lives. There is wear at the corners, spine ends and edges. The front is pictorial and the back lists books 13-18. Darktari is incl... more information

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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Hardcover with dustjacket. Oblong 4to. First printing. Book is in VG condition; there is a 1" closed tear to fore-edge of last page. Jacket is in near fine condition, with lightly rubbed edges. A clean, crisp copy. Lush, exquisite full-color illustrations by the author throughout. Not price-clipped. Unpaginated. ... more information

Offered by Warwick Books (California, United States)

New York: Hyperion/Michael Di Capua Books, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Maurice Sendak. Hardcover in dust jacket. Oblong 4to. First printing. One lightly bumped corner, else Fine, as new condition, crisp, clean, bright. Unclipped dust jacket is As New. Story is taken from the 1938 Czech opera of the same name by Hans Krasa (music) and Adolf Hoffmeister (libretto). During WWII Krasa was imprisoned in Terezin, where his opera was performed by the children in the camp. He was subsequently killed in Auschwitz.... more information

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New York: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 1987 INSCRIBED - Brian's mind is filled with thoughts as he flies, in a single engine plane, to visit his father. The plane crashes, and 13-year-old Brian spends 54 days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the hatchet given to him by his mother, and learning as well to survive his parents' divorce. Newbery Honor Book author Gary Paulsen writes with the sureness of one who has experienced the wild for himself, brilliantly crafting a fas... more information

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