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The Arbuthnot Anthology of Children's Literature
by May Hill Arbuthnot, compiler
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Published
- 1953
- Binding
- Blue linen boards with black and white art on front cover. Hinges tight.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
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CA$30.48
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Scott, Foresman and Company, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, New York 1953. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. 419 pp. Text white glossy, clean, unmarked, with no prior owner attribution. A hardcover compilation of three single-volume editions of Time for Poetry; Time for Fairy Tales, Old and New; and Time for True Tales and Almost True. Believed to be a first… Read more about this item Item Price
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The United States Story of a Free People
by Samuel Steinberg
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1954
- Binding
- Pictorial over yellow boards. Corners bumped. Hinges tight.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
- Item Price
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CA$27.71
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Allyn and Bacon, Inc., Boston , 1954. Hardcover. Condition: very good. No dust jacket. 690 pp. White text clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout with color and b/w photographs, maps and drawings. No prior owner attribution. Cover lightly soiled. A history textbook for 16-18 year olds. Item Price
CA$27.71
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Neighbors on the Hill
by Marjorie Flack and Mabel O'Donnell
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Published
- 1961
- Binding
- Green and white pictorial boards with title on white spine. Hinges tight.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
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CA$30.48
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Row, Peterson and Company, Evanston, Illinois and Elmsford, New York, 1961. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, no dust jacket. 192 pp. Text white, clean and unmarked except for former library markings on title page and endpapers. Profusely illustrated with color drawings by Florence and Margaret Hooper. Unusual for a former library book to be free of markings. Corners lightly bumped, but… Read more about this item Item Price
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The National Fifth Reader
by Richard Greene Parker and J. Madison Watson
- Condition
- Used - Fair/poor
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1869
- Binding
- Brown cloth board on front cover, frayed & partially missing leather spine, no back cover.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
- Item Price
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CA$41.56
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A. S. Barnes & Co., Boston, 1869. Hardcover. First Edition. Condition: Fair/poor. No dust jacket as issued. Partial book with 410 pp (Original book had 598 pp). Text is readable--a tribute to the quality of paper used. Penciled notations and minor underlining in text. Water stain along outside edge. Unable to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Halleck's New English Literature
by Reuben Post Halleck
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1913
- Binding
- Maroon cloth boards with gilt title, author and medalion on spine. Spine lightly cocked. Corners crisp.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
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CA$41.56
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American Book Company, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago 1913. Hardcover. First Edition. Condition: Very Good +. No dust jacket as issued. 647 pp. Text white and clean with no foxing. Some pencil marking and underlining in text with inscription in pencil on rear free endpaper. Prior owner attribution on front… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$41.56
These Are Our Neighbors
by Sister M. Marguerite
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1952
- Binding
- Pictorial bright red boards showing two children walking together on the front. Spine fight. Corners bumped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
- Item Price
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CA$34.64
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Ginn and Company, Boston. Hard Cover. 1958 (labeled 158.12). Condition: Very Good-. Alcy Kendrick, Corinne Malvern, and Ralph Shepherd, illustrators. 256 pp, text clean and profusely illustrated with full color drawings. Published for the Catholic University of American Press. This reader was designed for second grade students in the Catholic school system. It is the second in the Faith… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$34.64
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Frolicking Fingers
by Edith Pierce
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1941
- Binding
- Punched and held with metal clasp. Pictorial covers.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
- Item Price
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CA$48.49
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Visual Method Publishers, Detroit, Michigan, 1941. First Edition. Softcover, hole punched and held together with metal clasp. Condition: Very Good+. No dust jacket. 31 pp. Text leaves have illustrations, some colored with crayon and star stickers on many pages and on inside rear cover. Pages are otherwise clean, with no foxing or… Read more about this item Item Price
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All Around Us
by Wilbur L. Beauchamp, Gertrude Crampton and William S. Gray
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Published
- 1951
- Binding
- Green cloth boards with pastedown illustration on cover. Corners bumped and frayed.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
- Item Price
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CA$48.49
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Scott, Foresman and Co., Chicago, 1951. Condition: Good+. No dust jacket. Hardbound. 80 pp including teaching instructions on the last three leaves. Text profusely illustrated with full color drawings. Many pages repaired with scotch tape, which has browned. Despite repairs, all leaves attachedand unmarked. Stamps on title page indicating property of… Read more about this item Item Price
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We Look and See
by William S. Gray, A. Sterl Artley & May Hill Arbuthnot
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Red paperback with b/w animals and black title on front cover. Stapled spine intact.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
- Item Price
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CA$38.79
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W. J. Gage and Company Limited, 1960. Paperback. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Outer spine reinforcement strip missing, but book is still firmly intact. 48 pp, Text block intact, but title page is missing. Pages are unmarked. Several pages show light foxing and minor soil stains, typical of heavy usage by younger… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Little Engine That Could
by Watty Piper
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- Never Grow Old Series
- Published
- 1930
- Binding
- Pictorial boards with red cloth spine. Covers show moderate wear. Corners bumped, hinges intact.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
- Item Price
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CA$41.56
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The Platt & Munk Co. Inc. Publishers, New York, 1930. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 21 pp. Text white on high-grade paper. Leaves 6-7 have brown crayon circled text. Other pages have light pencil initials. Top one-and-a-half inches of spine is missing. Rear cover is lightly soiled and has a waterstain in lower outer… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Jones Readers By Grades Book One
by L. H. Jones
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket.
- Published
- 1904
- Binding
- Faded green cloth over boards with red floral and black title on front cover. Hinges square and tight.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
- Item Price
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CA$38.79
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Ginn & Co., Boston, 1904. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No dust jacket. 160 pp with color and black and white illustrations by Charles Copeland. Bumped corners and light soil to covers, top spine frayed. Text clean and unmarked with light foxing throughout. Prior owner attribution on front free endpaper. Exceptional condition for age. Item Price
CA$38.79
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mcguffey's new sixth eclectic reader
by Wm. H. McGuffey
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Published
- 1867
- Binding
- Brown, embossed boards with black gilt on leather spine. Corners worn, hinges tight.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
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CA$96.98
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Sargent, Wilson & Hinkle, Cincinnati, 1867. Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 448 numbered pp, plus 8 pp in rear and 4 pp in front of publisher advertising. Text lightly sunned and unmarked with minimal foxing. Prior owner attribution and pencil notations on front and rear free endpapers. Sargent, Wilson & Hinkle copies… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$96.98
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McGuffey's Newly Revised Rhetorical Guide; or Fifth Reader of the Eclectic Serie
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1853
- Binding
- Black cloth over boards with gold title and author on spine. Corners damaged with wear. Hinges re-enforced with original black
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
- Item Price
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CA$83.13
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Winthrop B. Smith & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1853. Hard Cover. First Edition. Condition: Very Good-. No dust jacket. 480 pp. Text is lightly foxed throughout and lightly water stained on first 88 pp. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Pencil notations and owner attribution on front and rear endpaper. The fifth reader "containing elegant estracts in prose and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Singing Wheels
by Mabel O'Donnell
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Published
- 1953
- Binding
- Soiled red cloth over boards with pictorial of blue wagon wheel and yellow horse with rider. Hinges very taut, corners bumped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
- Item Price
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CA$83.13
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Row, Peterson, and Company, Evanston, Illinois, 1953 Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. Color and b/w illustrations by Florence and Margaret Hoopes. 384 pp. Text white, clean and unmarked except for underlined words in Word List at back of book. School book attribution stamped on front free endpaper. Remarkably clean for usage as a school book.… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$83.13
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The Institute Reader and Normal Class-Book
by William H. Cole
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1870
- Binding
- Embossed design on burgundy cloth over boards. Black cloth spine with gilt title and author. Front and rear hinges cracked, bu
- Quantity Available
- 1
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
- Item Price
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CA$69.27
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Wilson, Hinkle & Co. Cincinnati, 1870. Hardback. First Edition. Condition: Very Good. 360 pp. Text yellowed typical of age. Deckled edges, clean, unmarked text. Headband has one-inch closed tear. An instruction manual for teachers of all grades on imparting education to young pupils. Remarkable condition for its age. Item Price
CA$69.27
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English Grammar for Common Schools
by Robert C. Metcalf and Thomas Metcalf
- Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1894
- Binding
- Blue cloth over boards with embossed title, design and gilt medalion. Gilt title on spine. Corners bumped. Hinges tight. Smal
- Quantity Available
- 1
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
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CA$48.49
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American Book Co., New York, 1894. Hard Cover. First Edition. Condition: Very Good+. No dust jacket. 288 pp, white, crisp, unmarked. Prior owner attributions on front free endpapers and notation on rear free endpapers. Remarkable condition for its age. Item Price
CA$48.49
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A Primary History of the United States
by John Bach McMaster
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1901
- Binding
- Brown cloth over boards with black title and drawings on front cover and spine. Hinges tight, corners crisp.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
- Item Price
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CA$55.42
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American Book Company, New York, 1901. Hard Cover. First Edition. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 254 pp + 6 pp of publisher's advertising. Text lightly sunned with few pencil marks. Inscriptions on front and rear free endpapers, otherwise clean. Pristine copy for its age. Item Price
CA$55.42
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Independent Child's Speller:
by J. Madison Watson
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Published
- 1873
- Binding
- Paper pastedown over boards, black cloth spine (original). Corners rounded, hinges tight..
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
- Item Price
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CA$69.27
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A. S. Barnes & Company, New York and Chicago: 1873. Hardcover. Possible first edition. Condition: Very Good-. 80 pp. Text clean and bright. Several pages have purple water-color stains, but do not affect readability. Front cover has small closed tear (one inch) from spine and rear cover has wear with small area of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Education for Character
by Frank Chapman Sharp
- Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Published
- 1927
- Binding
- Brown cloth over boards with black title and author on front cover and spine. Corners crisp, hinges tight.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
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CA$27.71
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The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, Indianapolis, 1927. Condition: Very Good+. No dust jacket. 466 pp. Text slightly yellowed typical of age. Clean, unmarked and no prior owner attribution. "The subject-matter of the following study is one department of the great problem how to develop in children and young people their latent capacities for good." Chapter… Read more about this item Item Price
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Recitations for Boys and Girls
by Laura Augusta Yerkes
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1902
- Binding
- Pictorial pastedown over tan cloth boards with red title and author. Front spine loose. Corners bumped
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, USA
- Item Price
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CA$41.56
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The John C. Winston Company, Chicago, 1902. Hardcover. Condition: Good-. No dust jacket. 236 pp. Text clean, unmarked with light foxing. No front free or back free endpapers. No prior owner attribution. Spine is loose, but intact. Item Price
CA$41.56
