The Story of Sandy - disturbed child The Story of Sandy

Susan Stanhope Wexler

The foster parent who dared to fight for the sanity of a deeply disturbed little boy reveals her remarkable experiences in this beautiful and triumphant book.

A Signet Book complete and unabridged, 1955. Paperback, 126 pages.

Slight spine and cover creases. Clean and firmly bound.

Under 1 lb.
Circa: 1955
Condition: used
Size: Paperback
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Signet Books
Author: Susan Stanhope Wexler
Pages: 126  

How to Make a Speech - public speaking

The First Book of How to Make a Speech

Powers, David Guy, ill by Plasencia, Peter

Basics of public speaking, presentation and acceptance, welcome and response, the announcement. Also gives hints on planning, preparation, practice and posture.

Franklin Watts, 1963. Hard cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, 49 pages.

Ex-School, with pocket inside back, stamps, etc. Possible slight sunning. Clean and firmly bound. Very good.

Under 2 lbs.
Circa: 1963
Condition: Used
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ inches - 9¾ inches tall
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Author: David Guy Powers, ill by Peter Plasencia
Pages: 49  

Real Truth About Socialism

The Real Truth About Socialism

E. C. L. Schulze

English publication of an article in a German publication of the Zion Lutheran Church of Schenectady, N. Y.

Concordia Publishing House, 1916. Hard cover, no dust jacket, 5-1/4 inches wide by 7-1/2 inches tall, 86 pages.

Light edge and corner wear. Very good condition.

Under 1 lb.
Circa: 1916
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/4 inches wide by 7-1/2 inches tall
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Concordia Publishing House
Author: E. C. L. Schulze
Pages: 86  

Irons in the Fire

Irons in the Fire

John McPhee

Irons in the Fire begins with the title essay and a trip to Nevada, where, in the company of a brand inspector, John McPhee discovers that cattle rustling is not just history. People, places, and events as unlikely as a virgin forest in central New Jersey, a blind writer-professor working at his computer, and auction of exotic cars, a forensic geologist on a murder case, a mountain of forty-four million scrap tires in California, and a repair day for...
Circa: 1999
Condition: used
Size: 5-1/2 inches wide by 8-1/4 inches tall
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Farrar Straus and Giroux
Author: John McPhee
Pages: 216
ISBN: 0374525455  

Rock Solid

Rock Solid

Two cops' obsessive manhunt for one of America's most dangerous criminals

Frank Bose and Bob Barchiesi as told to Dolph LeMoult

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. ISBN 0-399-13659-2. Hard cover, with dust jacket, 5-3/4 by 8-3/4 inches, 254 pages.

Ex-library, with stamps and paste on inside front. Dust jacket is in a mylar cover, taped to the book. Text is clean and firmly bound.

Under 2 lbs.
Circa: 1991
Condition: used
Size: 5-3/4 by 8-3/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Author: Frank Bose, Bob Barchiesi, Dolph LeMoult
Pages: 254
ISBN: 0399136592  

An Incomplete Education

An Incomplete Education

Judy Jones and William Wilson

From Quark to Quattrocento--Boswell to Bosnia-- the Dreyfus Affair to the Doppler Effect-- Mary Magdalen to Laurie Anderson -- Teapot Dome to The Magic Mountain -- Metaphysics to Microeconomics -- lao-tse to Levi-Strauss --- Napoleon to NAFTA plus How to Tell the Iliad from the Odyssey.

Ballantine Books, originally printed in 1987, updated. Hard cover, with a dust jacket, 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 x 2 inches thick, 683 pages....
Circa: 1987
Condition: Used
Size: 7-1/2 x 9-1/2
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Author: Judy Jones, William Wilson
Pages: 683
ISBN: 0345295706  

The Oxford Book of Aphorisms

The Oxford Book of Aphorisms

Chosen by John Gross

Quotations from many sources, such as Alexander Pope, Mark Twain, Mary Shelley, Samuel Johnlon, H. L. Mencken, Marcus Aurelius, Franz Kafka, Oscar Wilde, La Rochefoucauld.

Oxford University Press, published in Great Britain, 1983. ISBN 0-19-214111-2. Hard cover, with dust jacket, 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 inches, 383 pages.

Ex-school library, with pocket inside back, stamps in front, back and edges. Price clipped. Dust cover plus mylar...
Circa: 1983
Condition: used
Size: 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: GB
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages: 383
ISBN: 0192141112  

Did You Ever Wonder ...

Did You Ever Wonder ...

Jeff Rovin

Why does Swiss Cheese have holes? Where do houseflies go in the winter? Why don't we put our pennies in a Doggy bank? It's the sort of useless information you may have always wondered about but never learned in school. But a great deal of trivia is anything but trivial ... Could you live without this knowledge if you had to? Undoubtedly. Is it fun to read? Definitely. Have a blast!

Globe Digest, 1977. Soft cover, 5 x 7-3/8 inches, 97 pages.

...
Circa: 1967
Condition: Used
Size: 5 x 7-3/8 inches
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Globe Digest,
Author: Jeff Rovin
Pages: 97  

Civil Defense - Personal Family Survival 1963

While I'm on My Feet

While I'm on My Feet

Gerald Kennedy

Abingdon Press, 1963. Hard cover, no dust jacket, 5-1/2 inches wide by 8-3/4 inches tall, 204 pages.

Fading on spine and edge of front. Clean and firmly bound.

Under 2 lbs.
Circa: 1963
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/2 inches wide by 8-3/4 inches tall
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Author: Gerald Kennedy
Pages: 204  

Children's Party parties Breen entertaining

From the foreword: This book brings together for you a group of parties planned from invitation to good-bye. Most of them are centered around a definite theme, [such as a birthday or holiday. These] parties acquaint the child with the ways of being a gracious host and a charming guest. The book is divided into two main...
Circa: 1941
Condition: Used
Size: 8-9/16 inches tall by 5-3/4 inches wide by 13/16 inch thick
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Author: Mary Breen
Pages: 244  

The Virtue of Selfishness - Ayn Rand

The Virtue of Selfishness

Ayn Rand here sets forth the moral principles of objectivism, the philosophy that holds man's life, the life proper to a rational being, as the standard of moral values -- and regards altruism as incompatible with man's nature, witht he creative requirements of his survival, and with a free society.

Published by the New American Library, Signet, 1964, 10th printing. Creased corners on last 2 pages. Paper darkening, slight edge wear. Otherwise very...
Circa: 1964
Condition: Used
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: New American Library, Signet,
Author: Ayn Rand
Edition: 10