Search Results: Adolescent/Childrens Books from Walnut Valley Books/Books by White

New York, NY: Greenwillow Books , 1998 Greenwillow Books, New York. 1998. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($15.00). Pictorial laminate boards and spine that matches the DJ. Yellow endpapers. 79 pp 8vo. After a violent storm, Lily and Beware ride out to find the livestock have scattered in every direction; the cow and her calf, the big blonde workhorses, and Stogie the uncatchable black Morgan. She can handle the livestock but the Morgan is a different matter and how will she handle him? A riveting, emotion packed adventure. A clean very presentable copy.

Chicago, IL: M.A. Donohue and Company, 1915 M.A. Donohue and Company, Chicago, IL. 1915 (?). Not Dated. Softcover/Trade Wraps. No Edition Stated. Young Folks' Edition No. 180. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; wear to edges, head, and tail; rubbing to panels; moisture stain at head. No DJ. Pictorial paper over thin boards. Boards are not bent or folded; spine is secure in three saddle staples; text is secure in binding; toning to pages. 30 pp 4to. Black Beauty is written from the point of view of a horse who is shifted to several different owners over the course of his life. His experiences reveal a great deal about how horses should be cared for, and the dangers of unkind treatment. There are meaningful lessons in this novel, and the abundance of detail about horses and their care has made the book a perennial favorite among horse-loving readers. A clean presentable copy; odd to be a No. 180 and have only 30 pages.

London, UK: Blackie & Son, Ltd. , 1933 Blackie & Son, Ltd., London, UK. 1933. Hardcover. Edition not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; wear through paper at tips, board fore edges, and board bottoms; light wear at head and tail. No DJ. Tan cloth spine with pictorial paper over boards; blue lettering on the spine and on front papers. Clean internals. Internal hinges are sound and not split. Captain of Hockey color frontispiece present. 208 pp 4to. This book features 24 stories about girls and girls' education (Girls' School Stories) in boarding schools in the 1920s-30s from various British writers featuring the "modern schoolgirls' stories", written from the characters' point of view and intended primarily as entertainment rather than moral instruction. Most of these stories present a young female point of view which was active, aware of current issues and independent-minded in which adolescence is seen as a time of transition, and… Read More

New York, NY: Greenwillow Books , 1995 Greenwillow Books, New York. 1995. Hardcover. 4th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($14.00); light rubbing to panels. Pictorial laminate boards and spine that matches the DJ. Yellow endpapers. 64 pp 8vo. The Junior Horse Show is today and the competition is stiff especially when she see her friend Mandy and her horse Shane. Lily and Beware are sure they can win some ribbons but are they really good enough, and how should they feel if they win and ribbon and Mandy doesn't? Will the competition ruin their friendship? A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Sterling Publishing, 1958 Sterling Publishing, New York. 1958. Hardcover. First Edition (NAP). Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a bookseller sticker on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumping to head and tail; light dust soiling to textblock top and board edges at top. DJ: Very Good : NOT Price Clipped ($2.95); wear to head, tail, and tips; light soiling to rear panel and flap fold. Khaki cloth boards and spine with blue lettering on the spine and front board. 221 pp 8vo. This practical down-to-earth guidebook is designed to help teen-agers form healthy opinions on these and other perplexing subjects. Written by nationally known experts, in language teen-agers understand, this book pulls no punches in showing young people how to recognize temptations, how to meet them firmly, and how to understand and evaluate the prejudices and principles which influence each decision they make. A clean very presentable copy.

Chicago, IL: The Goldsmith Publishing Company, 1943 The Goldsmith Publishing Company, Chicago, IL. 1943 (?). Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated but is marked on the FFFP as a Christmas gift in 1943. Book is tight, square but does have writing and names on the FFFP, second blank page, and DJ rear flap. Book Condition: Good; toned wartime paper pages; sunfading to spine and board edges; small breaks in the front and rear hinges. DJ: Fair; missing small pieces at the head and tail; shelfwear to tips and bottom and top of DJ. Red boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 247 pp 8vo. This book was originally published in 1907 and was the third in the series. It has been reprinted many times over the years. It is part of the popular Bobbsey Twins series, which follows the adventures of two sets of twins, Bert and Nan, and Freddie and Flossie. In this installment, the Bobbsey family takes a vacation at the seashore. Bert and Nan join a local sailing club and compete in a regatta, while… Read More

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1933 Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, WI. 1932. Hardcover. No Edition Stated. Copyright 1932. Book is a bit loose in the hinges, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; wear through paper to boards on board bottom and fore edges; wear to head, tail, and tips; rubbing to rear panel. No DJ. Pictorial paper over boards with glue cloth overlay on the spine; title on front board only. 95 pp 4to. Beautifully illustrated, this is a stylized and abbreviated story of the major pirates of the old seagoing world; Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Henry Morgan, Lolonois, Captain Gibson, Red Legs, Drake, Rock Brasiliano, and Long John Silver. A clean very presentable copy.

Philadelphia, PA: John C. Winston Company, 1939 John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia, PA. 1939. Hardcover. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good+; slight wear to bottom boards from shelving; slight wear at head; age browning of text block top; slight rubbing to gilt on front board. Blue cloth with a gilt coat of arms and titling to the upper board with a black embossed pictorial decoration of two boys playing. 337 pp. This Game Book contains descriptions of more than four hundred games for the home, the school, the playground, and the church school. The directions are written in language that children themselves can understand with carefully drawn silhouettes of the positions of players. A clean and very presentable copy.

Chicago, IL: Reuben H. Lilja and Company, 1942 Reuben H. Lilja and Company, Chicago, IL. 1942, Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light edge wear; small tears in the paper fold at the top and bottom of the spine. No DJ. Full-color pictorial wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is secure in saddle staples; text is secure in binding. Clean unmarked pages in Near Fine condition. Unpaginated (16 pp by count) 4to. In the middle of book there is a bow tie cutout, which carries through to be used or worn by each of the animal characters on the pages. until it becomes a red & white polka dot bow tie on the back page. There is a rabbit, a cat, a dog, another cat, a duck, a mouse, some chicks, and another cat. A clean very presentable copy.

Akron, OH: Saalfifeld Publishing Company, 1921 Saalfifeld Publishing Company, Akron, OH. c1921. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. #12 in the Boy Scouts' Series. Also known as The Boy Scouts' Victory, or Bob Morrison's Lone Struggle. Book it tight square, and unmarked but for F/O address label on FFFP and front flap, bookplate on FFFP, signed name and gift for Christmas 1936 on FFFP. Book Condition: Good; light bumping to head and tail; dust soiling to textblock top; moderately toned pages. DJ: Fair; missing spine portion; front and rear panels and flaps are Good + with wear to folds and tips; missing small pieces. Khaki cloth boards and spine wit brown lettering on the spine and front board; Boy Scouts pictures in brown on spine and front board. Unpaginated (230 pp by count) 12mo. This the story of a former boyscout who is in a Military Academy at the beginning of WWI. Zaidos is of Greek nationality and must head back to Greece to visit his ailing father. Along the way he is… Read More

Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Company, 1965 Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, IL.1965. Hardcover. Stated 6th Printing. New Revised Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift inscription on FFFP. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: VG+; slight chipping of cover at spine head; scattered splash stains to cover at lower spine and rear; slight soiling to rear cover, address of former owner on front flap. Pictorial boards that match the DJ. Yellow, green, and blue boards with Boy Scout on cover with black and red lettering on spine. 168 pp. This book offers a vivid panorama of Scouting in all its branches as it is carried on by millions of boys today. The book covers over 450 subjects illustrated with nearly 200 drawings and dramatic full-page pictures. A comprehensive guide to the whole scouting program. A clean and very presentable copy in Brodart mylar.

Akron, OH: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1927 The Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, OH. c1927. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a gift inscription on the first blank page dated 1929. Book Condition: Good; wear through fabric at head, tail, tips, and board upper and lower edges; light wear to pastedown scout illustration on front board; dust soiling to textblock top. No DJ. Green cloth boards and spine with pastedown illustration on the front board. Internal hinges are sound and not split. Non-paginated (about 250 pp) 12mo. This is a book in the Boy Scout series by Saalfield that brings a couple of boy scouts into World War I as they get involved with an aviation unit. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY : D. Appleton and Company, 1924 D. Appleton and Company, New York. 1924. Hardcover. Edition Not Stated. Published for the Boy Scouts of America. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for the F/O name in the Scout Ownership block. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and board bottoms; slight soiling to boards. No DJ. Navy Blue cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine and front board; Scout emblem on spine is tarnished. Color picture on front board is intact with slight edge chipping. Clean internals. Internal hinges are sound and not split. 207 pp 4to. This book was prepared by the Chief Scout Librarian and filled with 66 different stories about Scouts, Scout activities, educational articles for Scouts, tasks and projects for Scouts, role models for Scouts from history, and Scout achievements. Everything is designed for a Scout to read and learn from and get a better understanding of what scouting is all about and how it builds boys into men. A… Read More

El Paso, TX: Sweet Earth Flying Press, 2009 Sweet Earth Flying Press, El Paso, TX. 2009. Hardcover. Published November 2009- First Sweet Earth Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. DJ: New. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board.109 pp 8vo. This book is a tale that explores issues that were close to the hearts of the authors. It speaks about the beauty of youth and innocence, about the contrasts as well as the common ground between the cultures of the USA and of Mexico, that meet in the American southwest and about some of the deeper meanings of life itself. This beautiful story will enchant and inform children even as it gives a fresh appreciation of the literary magic of Hughes and Bontemps. A clean pristine copy.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall , 1963 Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 1963. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; bumped tips, head, and tail; scant soiling to boards. DJ: Fair; NOT Price Clipped ($3.95); wear and missing small pieces at tips, head, and tail; rubbing to panels, wear at flap and spine folds. Yellow cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 208 pp 8vo. This is a fully illustrated complete baseball instruction guide by one of baseball's great catchers, Mickey Owen. Written especially for youngsters, it contains hundreds of inside tips, techniques, and offensive and defensive strategies that can turn ordinary players into champions. A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

New York, NY: Cupples and Leon Company, 1927 Cupples and Leon Company, New York. 1927. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. #6 in the Brother and Sister Series. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; slight dust soiling to textblock top. DJ: Fair; scattered area of insect damage; missing pieces at head and tail. Green cloth boards and spine with black lettering on the spine and front board with black and red picture on the front board. Clean internals; internal hinges are sound and not split. Frontispiece picture of Brother, Sister, and Horse. 4 color illustrations. 128 pp 12mo. Brother and Sister are the youngest of a large family of children and because they are so eager to do and the others do, Roddy and Betty sometimes stumble into a pack of mischief. In this book things keep getting all twisted up when Mother was away, but Brother and Sister did their best to keep house nicely. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

New York, NY: Girl Scouts of the United States of America, 1961 Girl Scouts of the United States of America, New York. 1961. Hardcover. Stated 22nd printing of the 1951 Edition; Catalog No. 20-110, price 50 cents. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the FFFP with a 1962 date. Book Condition: Good; wear at head, tail, and tips; bumping to upper tips; wear through paper on rear upper tip; edge nicking to paper. No DJ. Gray paper over boards and spine with black and white lettering on the spine and front board; Brownie Scout picture on the front board. 95 pp 8vo. This book is a hand book for Brownie Scouts. It explains to girls new to scouting who the Brownie Scouts are and why they are called Brownies and what you do to become a Brownie Scout. The book is full of things girls enjoy doing and how to do them. Most of all Brownie Scouting helps one to become a useful person. A clean very presentable copy.

Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1953 The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH. 1953. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O address label on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and board bottom edges; small patches of insect damage to boards. DJ: Fair; NOT Price Clipped ($2.50); missing pieces to bottom of rear panel and top of front panel; small missing pieces at head and tips. Orange cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine in a red shadowbox; pioneer outline on the front board in red. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 192 pp 8vo. Here are twenty tales of adventure and discovery that will appeal to boys and girls everywhere. They are about Ohioans who played a part in the growth of our country. There are stories about the wilderness period after the Revolutionary War, Indian attacks by Tecumseh and the Prophet, a midnight ride to save a besieged fort, John… Read More

New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1999 Delacorte Press, New York. 1999. Hardcover. 14th Printing by Line Number. Signed by author on a bookplate on the FFFP and inscribed on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bump to tail and to upper tips. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($16.95); light bumping to head and tail. Blue boards with blue overlay on the spine with bright copper lettering on the spine. 245 pp 8vo. This is an adolescent novel set in 1936 in Flint Michigan with a motherless 10 year-old African-American boy on the run. He has a suitcase and a flyer giving him a clue about his father. In his search for him, there are plenty of characters, jazz, and the Great Depression to deal with as he seeks out this mystery man. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1976 Grosset and Dunlap, New York. c1960 but really 1976 (as per Farah). Hardcover. Stated Book Club Edition on rear DJ flap. Farah Guide lists this book as Type #3 BCE, DJ #2607. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head and tail; small stain on textblock top. DJ: Very Good +; light wear to head and tail; sticker glue remnant on the front panel; light suntoning to spine. Yellow grained paper over boards and spine with violet colored lettering on the spine. 180 pp 8vo. In this book, a terrified young girl and the peculiar guardian she fears get Nancy involved in a strange and daring mystery case. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.