A Letter to Anywhere - Postal History

A Letter to Anywhere

Al Hine, illustrated by John Alcorn

This is a quaint book for children about the development of mail service.

Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., 1965, first edition. Hard cover, no dust jacket, 6 x 9-1/2 inches, 44 pages.

Ex-library, with pocket inside back cover, and stamp inside front. Light edge and corner wear. Very good, clean, firmly bound.

Under 1 lb.
Circa: 1965
Condition: Used
Size: 6 x 9-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & World Inc.
Author: Al Hine
Edition: 1
Pages: 44  

America's Paul Revere

America's Paul Revere

Esther Forbes, illustrated by Lynd Ward

A biography for children about Paul Revere. Illustrated in color and in black and white sketches.

Scott, Foresman Invitations to Personal Reading Program. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1946, printed and distributed by Scott, Foresman and Company, by special arrangement. Hard pictorial cover, no dj, 9-1/4 x 11-1/4 inches, 46 pages.

Ex-school library, no pocket, but stamps and discard mark...
Circa: 1946
Condition: Used
Size: 9-1/4 x 11-1/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Boston
Author: Esther Forbes, ill. by Lynd Ward
Pages: 46  

Tree in the Trail

Tree in the Trail

Written and illustrated by Holling Clancy Holling

A history of the Santa Fe Trail told through the experiences of one lone tree, from the buffalo hunting of the early Kansas tribe, to its travel to Santa Fe as an ox yoke.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. Hard cover, no dust jacket, 9 inches wide by 11-1/4 inches tall, about 56 pages.

Ex-library, with pocket inside back, stamps, etc. Bottom edge and corners are worn. Inside gutters of front and back have been...
Circa: 1942
Condition: Used
Size: 9 inches wide by 11-1/4 inches tall
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Author: Holling Clancy Holling
Pages: 56  

Western Hemisphere - Latin America and Canada

Western Hemisphere - Latin America and Canada

Various authors

A social studies book for students age 12, or 6th grade, about Latin America and Canada.

Scott, Foresman & Co., 1983. ISBN 0-673-22008-7. Hard pictorial cover, 8 x 10-1/4 inches, 479 pages.

Ex-school book. Wear to edges and corners. Pencilled notes. One page (115 - 116) has had a picture cut out. Still could be a useful book.

Under 3 lbs.
Circa: 1983
Condition: used
Size: 8 x 10-1/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Scott Foresman & Co.
Pages: 479
ISBN: 0673220087  

Growing Up with America

Growing Up with America

May Lamberton Becker

Colonial child life; youth in the Revolution; young pioneers; children in the Lincoln years; Youth westward in the Seventies and Eighties; Being young in the Gay Nineties; The Twentieth Century; youth Today. Included are works of many well known authors, such as Rosemary and Stephen Benet, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Helen Fuller Orton, Louisa M. Alcott, Mark Twain, Eugene Field, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lois Lenski, Walt Whitman, and...
Circa: 1941
Condition: used
Size: 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott
Author: May Lamberton Becker
Pages: 339  

Courage of Sarah Noble

The Courage of Sarah Noble

Alice Dalgliesh, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard

Sarah Noble was a real little girl who came, in 1707, to cook for her father while he built the first house in New Milford, Conecticut.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. Hard cover, no dust jacket, 6 x 8-1/4 inches, 54 pages.

Ex-library, with pocket and discard mark inside the back cover, and library marks inside front. There is a number written at the bottom of the front cover, and a...
Circa: 1954
Condition: Used
Size: 6 x 8-1/4 inches
Type: books, children, history, hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Charles Scribner
Author: Alice Dalgliesh, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
Pages: 54  

The Secret Cave - Twenty and Ten

The Secret Cave (Original title: Twenty and Ten)

Bishop, Claire Huchet, ill by Du Bois, Wiliam Pene

Ten refugee children are in terrible danger - hunted by the German soldiers. Can the fifth-grade class, living together in France in 1944, save these children? What will happen if the Germans find out?

Scholastic Book Services, 1973. Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾ inches - 7¾ inches tall, 80 pages.

Edge and corner wear, creases, small tears, and a crack...
Circa: 1969
Condition: Used
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ inches - 7¾ inches tall
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Scholastic Book Services
Author: Bishop, Claire Huchet, ill. by Du Bois, Wiliam Pene
Pages: 80  

Tecumseh Destiny's Warrior

Tecumseh Destiny's Warrior

David C. Cooke

The history of the Shawnee Indian Chief, Tecumseh.

Responsive Environments Corp., 1968. Hard cover, 5-5/8 x 8-1/2 inches, 192 pages.

Ex-school library, with pocket inside back, school stamps, etc. Cover and corners are rubbed. Text is very good condition

Under 2 lbs.
Circa: 1968
Condition: used
Size: 5-5/8 x 8-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Responsive Environments Corp.
Author: David C. Cooke
Pages: 192  

All About Archaelology

All About Archaelology

Anne Terry White, Tom O'Sullivan

Of all the sciences archaeology is perhaps the most appealing. For archaeologists are in fact detectives, and we all have something of the detective in us. We like to work out puzzles and solve mysteries - which is what archaeologists do. They find clues and follow them, then reconstruct what happened and try to interpret its meaning. They try to find out the way our ancestors lived - how they got their food and built their...
Circa: 1959
Condition: used
Size: 6-7/8 x 9-1/8 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Random House
Author: Anne Terry White, Tom O'Sullivan
Edition: 4
Pages: 148  

About Wonderful Wheels

About Wonderful Wheels

Feenie Ziner, ill. by Gene Holtan

All about wheels for primary grades.

Melmont Publishers, Inc., 1965. 3rt edition. Hard cover, 8-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches, 23 pages.

Ex-library, with pocket inside back, stamps, etc. Some wear to corners. Text is clean and firmly bound.

Under 1 lb.
Circa: 1965
Condition: used
Size: 8-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Melmont Publishers Inc.
Author: Feenie Ziner, ill. by Gene Holtan
Edition: 3
Pages: 23  

American History for Little Folks

Albert Blaisdell, and Francis K. Ball

A supplementary reading-book on American history for use in the third grade, ten to twelve years of age.

Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1926. Hard cover, 5 inches wide by 7-1/2 inches tall, 138 pages.

Edge and corner wear. Binding is slightly loosening. No tears.

Under 2 lbs.
Circa: 1926
Condition: Used
Size: 5 inches wide by 7-1/2 inches tall
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Little Brown & Co., Boston
Author: Albert Blaisdell, and Francis K. Ball
Pages: 138  

Primary History of the United States 1901

A Primary History of the United States 1901

John Bach McMaster

Those who leave school after but one year's work in history will thus obtain a fair general knowledge of so much of our history as every American ought to be ashamed not to know, while those who pursue the study further will have made a good beginning. The illustrations are historically authentic. The reproductions of the wooden plow, beehive, warming pan, corn sheller, Dutch scythe, and broadax are from the...
Circa: 1901
Condition: Used
Size: 5-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: American Book Co
Author: John Bach McMaster
Pages: 254  

Balboa Discoverer of the Pacific

Balboa Discoverer of the Pacific

Jeannette Mirsky, illustrated by Hans Guggenheim

In 1509 the King of Spain sent two expeditions to explore the New World and both ended in disaster. A debtor stow-away, Balboa, rallied the survivors and became the first European to explore the American Mainland.

E. M. Hale, 1967. Hard pictorial cover, 6 x 8-1/2 inches, 164 pages.

Ex-library, with markings inside front and back. Front free fly is missing. Cover edges and...
Circa: 1967
Condition: Used
Size: 6 x 8-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: E. M. Hale
Author: Jeannette Mirsky, illustrated by Hans Guggenheim
Pages: 164  

Frederick Douglass Portrait of a Freedom Fighter

Frederick Douglass Portrait of a Freedom Fighter

Sheila Keenan

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery. Slave life was very hard, but what Frederick hated most was not being free. Read about how he taught himself to read as a young boy and escaped from slavery to become one of the most famous Americans in history.

Scholastic Book Services, 1995. ISBN 0-590-48356-0. Soft cover, 8 inches square, 32 pages.

Very slight corner and edge wear. Very good.

Under 1 lb. Shipping...
Circa: 1995
Condition: used
Size: 8 inches square
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Scholastic Book Services
Author: Sheila Keenan
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0590483560  

Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?

Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?

Jean Fritz, ill. by Margot Tomes

Coward, McCann & Co., 1975. SBN GB-698-30559-0. TR-698-20307-0. Hard pictorial cover, 7-1/8 inches wide by 9-1/4 inches tall, 47 pages.

Name inside front. Bumped corners. Otherwise very good, clean and firmly bound.

Under 1 lb.
Circa: 1975
Condition: Used
Size: 7-1/8 inches wide by 9-1/4 inches tall
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Coward McCann & Co.
Author: Jean Fritz, ill. by Margot Tomes
Pages: 47
ISBN: 0698305590