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Jacob, Helen Pierce (illus by A. Delaney). The Secret of the Strawbridge Place. Atheneum, 1976, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated, black remainder marks, tape foxing, good condition. ISBN 0689305044.....$8.50 ((gc6652))

Jacobs, Frank (illus. by Edward Gorey). Alvin Steadfast on Vernacular Island. Dial Press, 1965. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, tape foxing, b&w ink illustrations, 64 pages, good condition.....$12.50 ((rk455))

James, Josphine (illus. by William Plummer). Kathy Martin, Off-Duty Nurse. Golden Press, 1964. Hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, cover soiled slightly, front hinge separation, brown pages, light water damage at top, 186 pages, OK as reading copy.....$10 ((bw1260))

James, Matthew (illus. by Nancy Grossman). The Adventures of Davy West. Doubleday, 1965. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 154 pages, few folded pages, tape foxing, good condition.....$6.50 ((gc3418i))

Jaynes, Ruth (illus. by Daniel Goozee). Yo-Ho and Kim. Lawrence Press, 1965. Hardback w/o dj, red cloth, 58 pages, ex-school copy, couple stamps, number on back, good condition.....$8 ((gc5494))

Jensen, Patsy (illus. by Miho Fujita). Play and Learn. Mind Your Manners. Barnes & Noble, 1991. Hardback w/o dj, thick pages, picture book, unpaginated, very good condition. ISBN 0880296356.....$7 ((gc4240m))

Johnson, Ann Donegan (illus. by Pileggi). The Value of Charity. The Story of Paul-Emile Leger. Value Communications, 1986, First Edition. Large hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, 1" tear in spine, 64 pages, very good condition.....$15 ((gc2277n))

Johnson, Ann Donegan (illus. by Pileggi). The Value of Dignity. The Story of Arthur Ashe. Schwartzman Pictures, 1994. Large hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, 64 pages, very good condition. ISBN 0717283399.....$65 ((gc2333v))

Johnson, Ann Donegan (illus. by Pileggi). The Value of Humility. The Story of Mother Teresa. Schwartzman Pictures, 1993. Large hardback w/o dj, 1" scratch on cover, bumped corner, pictorial cover, 63 pages, very good condition. ISBN 071728316X.....$50 ((gc2333w))

Johnson, Ann Donegan (illus. by Pileggi). The Value of Imagination. The Story of Jim Henson. Value Communications, 1991. Large hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, 64 pages, cover lightly scratched, very good condition. ISBN 0717282538.....$20 ((gc2333x))

Johnson, Ann Donegan. The Value of Humility. The Story of Mother Teresa. Schwartzman Pictures, 1993. Large hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, 63 pages, color illustrations, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. ISBN 071728316X.....$50 ((go134))

Johnson, Ann Donegan. The Value of Overcoming Adversity. The Story of Wilma Rudolph. Schwartzman Pictures, 1996. Large hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, bumped corner, color illustrations, 63 pages, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. ISBN 0717287319.....$75 ((go135))

Johnson, Clifton (retold by). Waste Not, Want Not Stories. American Book Company, 1905. Hardback w/o dj, brown stains front endpapers & few pages, previous owner inscription, 260 pages plus ads, pages yellowing, solid reading copy.....$13 ((gc6744))

Johnson, Clifton. Tom Thumb and Other Folklore. Goldsmith, 1935. Hardback w/o dj, good condition, previous owner inscriptions, brown pages, 2 inch tear along spine, back cover slightly separated, good condition.....$8 ((gc2816m))

Johnson, Margaret S. Wilderness Pup. William Morrow, 1954. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, library binding, pictorial cover, 94 pages, few dog-eared pages, good condition.....$9 ((cs1332))

Johnston, Beryl (adapted by) (edited by Melanie J. Clayden). The Water-Babies. Tom's Adventures with Ellie. Grandreams, 1993. Hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, cover scratched, picture book, unpaginated, very good condition. ISBN 1858301076.....$5 ((gc5923))

Johnston, Julie. The Only Outcast. Tundra Books, 1998. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 221 pages, few folded pages, good condition. ISBN 088776441X.....$6.50 ((gc1887))

Johnston, Norma. Gabriel's Girl. Atheneum, 1983. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 178 pages, good condition. ISBN 0689309899.....$6.50 ((gc1210))

Johnston, Norma. Glory in the Flower. Atheneum, 1975, 2nd printing. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, 198 pages, good condition. ISBN 0689301405.....$14 ((ml1479))

Jones, Mary Eirwen (illus. by E. Meirion Roberts). Folk Tales of Ireland. Medill McBride, 1950. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, green cloth, 179 pages, good condition.....$15 ((gc2661k))

Judson, Jeanne. Carol Trent, Air Stewardess. Avalon Books, 1956. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, cover soiled, 222 pages, few soiled pages, good condition.....$7 ((gc6639))

Juline, Ruth Bishop (ilus. By Georgeann Helms). A Place for Johnny Bill. Westminster Press, 1961. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, library binding, 143 pages, good condition.....$5 ((cs763))

Karr, D.A. The Legend of Pendyne. The King, the Horse, the Boy, and the Legend. PublishAmerica, 2006, first printing. Soft cover, 151 pages, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. ISBN 1424151619.....$18.50 ((ml2916))

Kaufmann, Herbert. Adventure in the Desert. An Astor Book, 1960. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 218 pages, tape foxing, good condition.....$5 ((gc4890y))

Keating, Lawrence. Junior Miler. Westminster Press, 1958. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, good condition, black library tape on spine, slight soiling, 215 pages, red marks front endpaper, good condition.....$5 ((gc4793o))

Keating, Lawrence. Junior Miler. Westminster Press, 1958. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, dj flap description cut & glued inside, few folded pages, 215 pages, good condition.....$5 ((gc4793q))

Keller, Martha (illus. by Richard Powers). The War Whoop of the Wily Iroquois. Coward-McCann, 1954. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, library binding, dj flap description cut & glued inside, unpaginated, few folded pages, good condition.....$28 ((gc5020h))

Kelley, Leo P. Backward in Time. Pitman Learning, 1979. Small softcover, book store stamp, previous owner inscription, 57 pages, very good condition. ISBN 0822463806.....$7 ((gc360e))

Kelley, Leo P. Death Sentence. Pitman Learning, 1979. Small softcover, book store stamp, previous owner inscription, back cover & few pages folded, 58 pages, good condition. ISBN 0822463822.....$7 ((gc360c))

Kelley, Leo P. Earth Two. Pitman Learning, 1979. Small softcover, book store stamp, previous owner inscription, 59 pages, very good condition. ISBN 0822463792.....$8 ((gc360b))

Kelley, Leo P. Sunworld. Pitman Learning, 1979. Small softcover, book store stamp, previous owner inscription, 57 pages, very good condition. ISBN 0822463814.....$7 ((gc360d))

Kendall, Lace (illus. by Douglas Howland). The Secret Lions. Coward-McCann, 1962. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 44 pages, library binding, pictorial cover, good condition.....$7 ((gc1086f))

Kennedy, X.J. (illus. by Michele Chessare). The Owlstone Crown. Atheneum, 1983. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 210 pages, good condition. ISBN 0689502079.....$11.50 ((ml1358))

Kerr, Helen V. Grave Allegra. Ives Washburn, 1970. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated/glued/price clipped, 121 pages, good condition.....$5.50 ((gc5020j))

Key, Alexander (illus. by Louis Segal). Mystery of the Sassafras Chair. Westminster Press, 1967. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, 156 pages, good condition.....$35 ((gc6865))

Key, Alexander. The Case of the Vanishing Boy. An Archway Paperback, 1979. Paperback, spine lined, cover folded, address stamp inside cover, pages yellowing, 213 pages, good condition. ISBN 0671560069 .....$9.50 ((gc2365n))

Kherdian, David. Beyond Two Rivers. Greenwillow Books, 1981. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 118 pages, good condition. ISBN 0688005675.....$5.50 ((gc1053e))

Kiefer, Mildred S. (illus. by Julia Rogers). Planet X. Melmont Publishers, 1965. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, 63 pages, good condition.....$6 ((cs722))

Kilgore, Kathleen. The Wolfman of Beacon Hill. Little, Brown, & Co., 1982. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & taped, 172 pages, black remainder marks, good condition. ISBN 0316493066.....$5 ((cs641))

Kimmel, Eric A. (retold by) (illus. by Megan Lloyd). Seven At One Blow. A Tale from the Brothers Grimm. Holiday House, 1998. Large ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, picture book, unpaginated, beautiful color illustrations, good condition. ISBN 0823413837.....$10 ((ml1107h))

Kincaid, Eric (illustrator). Tell Me More Nursery Rhymes. Brimax Books, 1986. Large hardback w/o dj, dj shows scuffing, previous owner inscription inked out, 60 pages, beautifully illustrated in color, overall very good condition. ISBN 0861123751.....$12.50 ((gc2304))

Kirby, Susan E. Ike and Porker. Houghton Mifflin, 1983. Ex-library hardback w/dj, black remainder marks, 145 pages, dj laminated, good condition. ISBN 0395345561.....$5.50 ((gc6672))

Kirchner, Clemens. Sea Dogs & Tramps. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1968. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, 124 pages, good condition.....$7 ((gc865))

Kirk, W.H., Lillian Van Heyde, and Marion Miller Orr (illus. by Hildegard Woodward). Our Story Reader. First Book. Ginn, 1929. Hardback w/o dj, crayon name front endpaper, previous owner inscription, 127 pages, bumped corners, covers rubbed/worn, good condition.....$20 ((cs1131))

Kirkpatrick, Katherine. Trouble's Daughter. The Story of Susanna Hutchinson, Indian Captive. Delacorte Press, 1998. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, front & back hinges repaired with blue library tape, 247 pages, good condition. ISBN 0385326009.....$50 ((ml1158l))

Kisinger, Grace Gelvin. The New Lucinda. Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1958. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, red cloth, corners bumped, red mark inside cover, 192 pages, few folded pages, good condition.....$18 ((gc4347m))

The Boy, the Cat and the Magic Fiddle ((gc8042))

Kitt, Tamara (illus. by William Russell). The Boy, the Cat and the Magic Fiddle. Wonder Books, 1964. Hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, light red crayon mark on cover, small black mark on cover, 61 pages, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition.....$5 ((gc8042))

Klass, Sheila Solomon. The Bennington Stitch. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 133 pages, good condition. ISBN 0684184362.....$8 ((gc1922))

Klaveness, Jan O'Donnell. Keeper of the Light. Morrow Junior Books, 1990. Hardback w/dj, label remains on dj, 181 pages, dj scuffed, otherwise very good condition. ISBN 0688069967.....$5 ((gc5020i))

Knolle, Dorothy Nell. Adventures in Reading. Discovery. John C. Winston, 1950. Hardback w/o dj, light blue cloth, 502 pages, previous owner inscription, very good condition.....$6 ((gc4674))

Koch, Elers (illus. by L.D. Cram). The High Trail. Caxton Printers, 1954, 2nd printing. Hardback w/dj, dj frayed/shelf wear, previous owner inscription, color front plate, b&w illustrations, 179 pages, very good condition.....$12 ((bw1079))

Koff, Richard M. (illus. by Barbara Reinertson). Christopher. Celestial Arts, 1981. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated, black remainder marks, 109 pages, good condition. ISBN 0897420500.....$8 ((gc6792))

Konopnicka, Maria (adapted by Catharine Fournier, illus. by Janina Domanska). The Golden Seed. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket,tape foxing, unpaginated, picture book, good condition.....$5.50 ((gc6233e))

Korner, Wolfgang (trans. by Patricia Crampton). The Green Frontier. William Morrow, 1977. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 190 pages, library binding, pictorial cover, good condition.....$7 ((gc3828r))

Kortum, Jeanie (illus. by Dugald Stermer). Ghost Vision. Sierra Club, 1983, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, library binding, 143 pages, pictorial cover, good condition. ISBN 0394961900.....$6 ((gc4396v))

Krantz, Hazel. Tippy. Vanguard Press, 1968. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, couple blacked out stamps, tape foxing, 221 pages, folded pages, good condition.....$30 ((gc3158g))

Kroll, Francis Lynde. Top Hand. David McKay, 1965. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, card holder removed front endpaper, 120 pages, few stamps marked out in blue, 120 pages, good condition.....$5.50 ((gc4891a))

Krueger, Kermit (illus. by Yoko Mitsuhashi). The Serpent Prince. Folk Tales from Northeastern Thailand. World, 1969. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated/glued/torn, 158 pages, good condition.....$12 ((gc2123))

Kruss, James. Pauline and the Prince in the Wind. Atheneum, 1966, 2nd printing. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, dj price clipped, tape foxing, 109 pages, couple smudged pages, good condition.....$5.50 ((gc3828q))

Kubick, Dana. Pop-up Ballerina Bear. Scholastic, 1993. Small hardback w/o dj, unpaginated, all pop-ups & mechanics very good condition. ISBN 0590467530.....$7.50 ((gc7086))

Kubie, Nora Benjamin. King Solomon's Horses. Harper & Brothers, 1956, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, tape foxing, cardboard showing cover edges, few pages show brown stains/smudges, 211 pages, dog-eared pages, good condition.....$28 ((ml1388))

Kummer, Frederic Arnold (illus. by Armstrong Sperry). Courage Over the Andes. E.M. Hale, 1940. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, bumped corners, front endpaper removed, 251 pages, pages yellowing, good condition.....$7.50 ((gc6950))

Kummer, Frederic Arnold (illus. by Kreigh Collins). The Perilous Island. A Story of Mystery in the Aleutians. John C. Winston, 1942. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, cover scuffed/stained slightly, front hinge repaired/glued, 212 pages, pages yellowing, few dog-eared pages, solid reading copy.....$8 ((cs1333))

Laird, Elizabeth. Kiss the Dust. Dutton Children's Books, 1991. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 279 pages, good condition. ISBN 0525448934.....$10 ((gc1203))

Laklan, Carli (illus. by John N. Barron). Nurse in Training. Doubleday, 1965, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, tape foxing, 144 pages, few folded pages, good condition.....$6.75 ((gc5207r))

Laklan, Carli (illus. by Paul Frame). Two Girls in New York. Doubleday, 1964, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, library binding, 143 pages, good condition.....$6 ((cs754))

Lambert, Janet. High Hurdles. Grosset & Dunlap, 1955. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, library binding, pictorial cover, 191 pages, good condition.....$11 ((cs632))

Lambert, Janet. Myself and I. Grosset & Dunlap, 1957. Hardback w/o dj, front & back hinges have been repaired/glued, bumped corners, wear on spine, 188 pages, good condition.....$22 ((cs83))

Lampman, Evelyn Sibley (illus. by Grace Paull). The Bounces of Cynthiann. Doubleday, 1952. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, library binding, few folded pages, 260 pages, good condition.....$5.50 ((gc4174n))

Lampman, Evelyn Sibley (illus. by Ray Cruz). The Tilted Sombrero. Doubleday, 1966. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, 264 pages, few dog-eared pages, good condition.....$5 ((gc6939))

Lampman, Evelyn Sibley (illus. by Richard Bennett). Elder Brother. Doubleday, 1952. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, pen marks on cover, blacked out previous owner inscription, 217 pages, folded pages, solid reading copy.....$6 ((gc2992))

Langdale, H.R. (illus. by George Avison). Hank of Lost Nugget Creek. Junior Literary Guild & E.P. Dutton, 1949. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, 187 pages, good condition.....$6.50 ((gc4774q))

Langton, Jane. The Fragile Flag. Harper & Row, 1984, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 275 pages, good condition. ISBN 0060236981.....$7 ((gc2628))

Latham, Jean Lee. Pablo Ramirez. Wa O'Ka. Bobbs-Merrill, 1961. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, library binding, unpaginated, picture book, good condition.....$5.50 ((gc4174q))

Lathrop, Gilbert A. Mystery Rides the Rails. Goldsmith, 1937. Hardback w/o dj, orange cloth, bumped corners, previous owner inscriptions, brown pages, 251 pages, back hinge separation, good condition.....$5 ((gc646h))

Lattimore, Eleanor Frances. Little Pear and His Friends. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, 178 pages, good condition.....$18 ((ml1382))

Lawler, Pat. My Brother's Place. Pantheon Books, 1978. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 201 pages, good condition. ISBN 0394838467.....$7.50 ((gc1529q))

Lawrence, Louise. Moonwind. Harper & Row, 1986. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, dj corner clipped, 180 pages, good condition. ISBN 0060237333.....$6.50 ((gc880))

Lawrence, Louise. The Dram Road. Harper & Row, 1983. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 218 pages, good condition. ISBN 0060237473.....$7 ((gc1958))

Laycock, George (illus. by Nancy Grossman). Big Nick. The Story of a Remarkable Black Bear. W.W. Norton, 1967. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, library binding, pictorial cover, 186 pages, good condition.....$5 ((gc5140c))

Le Feuvre, Amy. Mimosa's Field. Lutterworth Press, 1955, 2nd impression. Hardback w/o dj, green cloth, bumped corner, color front plate, 93 pages, very good condition. Miss Burke was enjoying her tea in her small sitting-room. She was a lodger at 6, Martopp Square, and had just returned from a fortnight's stay in the country. London was not looking its best when she returned to it. It had had a week of fog, which had left a grimy coat on everything outside, and now it was raining pitilessly. It was May; but the few stunted trees and shrubs in the square in front of the houses looked cheerless and forlorn. Miss Burke turned her back resolutely on the window: "I only wish I had a fire, but its ridiculous to think of it in May," she murmured to herself.....$9 ((gc6285))

Le Grand. Samson Catches a Mystery. Houghton Mifflin, 1962. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, tape foxing, 130 pages, several folded/dog-eared pages, cardboard showing cover edges, a few soiled pages, otherwise good condition. Samson, with the help of some friends and an owl, solves a mysterious robbery.....$6.50 ((gc6091d))

Le Grand. The Tomb of the Mayan King. Henry Holt, 1958, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, library binding, pictorial cover, 192 pages, good condition.....$5.50 ((gc6091f))

Lehrman, Robert. Juggling. Harper & Row, 1982, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, dj price clipped, 247 pages, dj soiled, good condition. ISBN 0060238194.....$6 ((gc5350m))

Leigh, Bill. The Far Side of Fear. Viking Press, 1977. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated, black remainder marks, 154 pages, tape foxing, good condition. ISBN 0670307890.....$5 ((gc475n))

Lenski, Lois. The Little Sail Boat. Henry Z. Walck, 1965. Small hardback w/dj, dj is corner clipped/few small chips/some fraying/rubbing/closed tears, book itself is in very good condition, unpaginated, picture book.....$15 ((bw1510))

Leonard, Constance. The Marina Mystery. Dodd, Mead, & Co., 1981. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated/price clipped, few folded pages, 159 pages, good condition. ISBN 039607930X.....$7.75 ((gc4342))

LeRoy, Gen. Hotheads. Harper & Row, 1977, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated/corner clipped, black remainder marks, tape foxing, 249 pages, few folded pages, good condition. ISBN 0060237864.....$5.50 ((gc5300r))

Leslie, Lawrence J. Afloat on the Flood. M.A. Donohue, 1915. Hardback w/o dj, previous owner inscription, brown pages, 116 pages, back hinge separation, good condition.....$5 ((gc171da))

Levin, Betty. Put On My Crown. Lodestore Books, 1985. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, library binding, 182 pages, good condition. ISBN 0525671633.....$5 ((cs629))

Levin, Betty. The Keeping-Room. Greenwillow Books, 1981. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, dj price clipped, black remainder marks, 247 pages, good condition. ISBN 0688803008.....$5.50 ((gc8g))

Levin, Betty. The Sword of Culann. Macmillan, 1973. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, tape foxing, 280 pages, good condition. ISBN 0027573400.....$6 ((gc7030))

Levitin, Sonia. Dream Freedom. Silver Whistle, 2000. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 178 pages, good condition. ISBN 0152024042.....$10 ((ml2393))

Levy, Elizabeth (illus. by W.T. Mars). Running Out of Time. Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Paperback, previous owner inscription, owner stamp, 121 pages, cover rubbed, good condition. Three young marathon runners mysteriously slip back in time to the days of the Roman gladiators. ISBN 039484422X.....$7 ((gc430))

Lewiton, Mina. A Young Girl Going Out of the Door. Delacorte Press, 1969, first printing. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, dj flap description cut & glued inside, 113 pages, good condition.....$9 ((gc4994p))

Lightner, A.M. The Galactic Troubadours. W.W. Norton, 1965, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, library binding, several blacked out stamps, 237 pages, back endpaper removed, good condition.....$6.50 ((gc4774o))

Lindbergh, Anne. The Shadow of the Dial. Harper & Row, 1987. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 153 pages, good condition. ISBN 0060238828.....$6 ((gc1543))