New York, NY: Little Simon, 2008 The classic story of Peter Pan comes to life in this incredible pop-up book, which will attract fans, old and new, to this treasured tale. Master paper engineer Robert Sabuda creates Peter's world for the reader to leap into: Tinkerbell flies, pirates pop, and ships spring up with masts that sway in the breeze. This three dimensional telling is sure to be a family favorite.... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Schocken Books, 2005 After her father died, Sharona Muir learned by chance that he had invented Israels first rocket.This book tells the amazing story of how Muir unravels the truth about her father's many lives. Muir travels to Israel to interview her father's former colleagues - a practically unknown group of foreign refugees who had been summoned by David Ben-Gurion to create weapons for a new nation. Sharing memories of her father, they heldped her to understand him i... more information

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Garden Ciy, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1955 Junior Deluxe Edition. This book includes 10 of the more common myths, including The Chimaera, The Gorgon's Head, The Paradise of Children, The Argonauts, The Quest of the Hammer and others. There are many black & white drawings, and two color plates; one is the frontispiece. An ex-library with the card pocket still in front; very few library markings. The binding is a heavy library cover. All of the corners, including the spine, have wear. The front is ru... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1982 This volume is a selection of 13 of MacDonald's best mystery stories written between 1947 and 1952, at the beginning of his career. While many readers know of his success from recent books such as Cinnamon Skin and The Empty Copper See, few but the hardcore mystery addicts remember when MacDonald wrote for magazines. Each story has been chosen carefully to give readers a taste of his early best and showcase the range of his abilities in the mystery ge... more information

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New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1957 The illustrations are in the 3rd printing in this edition. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle was one of my favorite characters as a child because of her absolute good humor and love of children. Whenever something bad happened, she would cheerfully fix it right up without scolding or getting angry or flustered. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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Harper & Row, 1980 Binding is very good, slight discoloration on the back. 117 pages, detailed illustrations throughout, pages fine.... more information

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New York: Random House, 1940 These are the two works which made Machiavelli both famous and infamous as a model for contemporary statesmen. These titles have been considered required reading for an understanding of our daily newspaper headlines, and now, online headlines. These books have never before been printed in a single volume. The texts are complete and unabridged. An illuminating introduction is provided by Max Lerner, then of Williams College and editor of The Nation. 540 pages with the jacket flap... more information

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New York: Delacorte Press, 1972 May Mackintosh has created a fast-paced thriller as rich in atmosphere as it is in characterizations. The lushness of Spain's fabulous southern coast comes to colorful life as the backdrop of desparate criminals and a priceless object that they will stop at nothing to obtain. The skillfully woven plot is spun in this beautiful spot, and is an impeccably crafted story of romantic suspense. Minor wear at two corners. Two small tears at the top front, one tiny tear at the bo... more information

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Edison, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Castle Books, 2003 In this fascinating book, noted historian Kenneth Macksey shows how every high command involved in the Second World War suffered variously from unpreparedness, complacency, delay, over-confidence or plain ineptitude, among other sins. The sixteen specific examples featured here range from Hitler's failure to take Britain in 1940, the troubles in the Western Desert campign, the political interference in the air war over Germany, the Allied failure at Arnhem ... more information

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The Mysterious Press 1998; HB with DJ. A Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn (husband and wife) mystery. On the planned wedding day the weather is beautiful but more than one thing happens to place a shadow on the day. 280 pages, 5.75 x 8.5.... more information

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New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1990 Very slight edgewear. The cover is red and black. This reader is a good textbook for home schooling as it teaches about different groups of people in an interesting way, including short stories. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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Chicago, IL: M. A. Donohue and Company, 1913 The way a butterfly begins as a caterpillar and emerges as a beautiful butterfly induced the author to attempt to depict the transformation of a careless maiden into noble womanhood. In this book, the process has begun. There are heart burnings, and troubles of girlhood. Two later novels finish the metamorphosis. Curious facts and superstitions regarding butterflies are woven into the story, and it is the author's hope that this story will inspire young heart... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1986 You jerk, Perrywinkle. You always try to be different." Perrywinkle is different. His dad is the Great Wizard. His pet is a talking crow named Nevermore. And he is a wizard-in-training, guided by The Book of Magic Spells. Perrywinkle also wants to be popular in school, but it's not easy when just spelling W-A-T-E-R-F-A-L-L almost drowns the entire class. Turning Buster's sandwich into a spider and Dinah and Polly into frogs doesn... more information

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Cincinnati, OH: North Light Books, 2002 Learn everything you need to know to create beautiful hand-crafted bead jewelry. With this book you can make beads from clay, polymer clay, plastic, paper, felt, fabrics, and natural materials such as shells, stones, seeds, and nuts. Inside you'll find: Over 30 unique recipes to try with ideas for threading beads and using them as jewelry, embellishments, or as home decoration; detailed instructions along with useful tips and step-by-step techniques to give you th... more information

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New York, NY: Regan Books, 2005 This ARC INSCRIBED by the Gregory Maguire. From the author of Wicked comes this sequel, Son of a Witch. It comes ten years after the publication of Wicked as Maguire finally returns to the land of Oz. We are introduced to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy smote the Witch. Bruised, comatose and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. He is tended to at the Cloister of Saint Glinda by the myster... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Basic Books, 2003 Dr. Benjamin Spock (1903-1998) is known for revolutionizing mainstream American family life with his book Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, for the controversy caused by his psychological advice, and for his early and courageous opposition to the war in Vietnam. Now, for the first time, award-winning biographer Thomas Maier tells the complete story in his acclaimed biography, Dr. Spock: An American Life. Drawing on his extensive interviews with Spock and his ... more information

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Rinehart and Company, Inc., 1948 The cover is black with white lettering; the spine has no reinforcement and is folded under on the top and bottom. Pages slightly yellowed. Mailer's first novel. 721 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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Secaucus, NJ, U.S.A.: Carol Publishing Group, 1995 The daughter of Judy Garland and movie director Vincente Minnelli, Liza Minelli has endured excruciating trauma and failure, and exhilirating passion and success - with the help of drugs, lovers, and a few close friends. This is the touching story of a bewildered little girl searching for the childhood she never had and a love that has eluded her. There are many intimate details included about her childhood, her troubles with her mother, her marriage to Pet... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, 1991 Three women - Rachel, her daughter Phoebe, and Phoebe's daughter Maggie, share a house but inhabit different worlds. Rachel is a seventy-four-year-old paleontologist on the brink of relinquishing a long-held scientific theory. Phoebe is a gardener and once-promising mathematician and is struggling with breast cancer; her fifteen-year-old daughter is preparing to throw off childhood. During the course of a wakeful night each woman determines she must f... more information

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Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1962 The dust jacket has a small amount of wear at edges. 159 pages, slight yellowing at page edges. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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