SIGNED "for my friend Jenny from (inside heart) Steve Kellogg" beside author's sketch of puppy with long ears. From School Library Journal's Review: Kindergarten-Grade 3 Kellogg's "fantastical" nature is more than evident in his latest title. Best friends Kathy and Louise share everything together. When Louise goes away for the summer, Kathy sees the neighborhood literally and figuratively as a barren desert. Finally a postcard arrives, Louise (the traitor) is having a wonderful time! Kathy is hurt and angry but is somewhat appeased by the appearance of a new neighbor, 72-year-... View More...
Inscribed by author. Jawanza Kunjufu is an educational consultant with African American Images. He is constantly on the lecture circuit with over 30 different workshops, addressing students, parents, teachers, churches, and community residents. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 194 pages; 28002; Signed by Author View More...
Condition: Near Fine with No Dust Jacket as issued
Inscribed by author, ending with "aloha". Several of the poems are of Hawaiian subjects. Boards are burnt orange, darkened a little to brown. Gilt titling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 45 pages; 30559; Signed by Author View More...
18 stories told to the author about ghosts they've experienced. Signed by Celeste Lasky on title page. ; Vol. 1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 53 pages; 30151; Signed by Author View More...
SIGNED BY AUTHOR: "Welcome To My Special World! Love, Mattie Lawrence". A grandmother's poetry written to her grandchildren. DJ chipped at upper edge. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 64 pages; 18125; Signed by Author View More...
SIGNED BY TED MALONE beneath his frontispiece. DJ badly worn, chipped and torn. Enclosed in a mylar cover to protect it from further damage. ; 412 pages; 30429; Signed by Author View More...
Publisher:
Goodyear, AZ, Shantee Irish Press: 2005
Seller ID: 30106
ISBN: 0915941015
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Near Fine
Author's label on inside rear cover, introduction card pasted to inside front cover with notes by the author. Inscribed with a note to read aloud for fun. Also laid in at page 76 is what appears to be a holiday card from the author, not used. From the rear cover: A Boy from Atchee is the ruminations of an Irish youngster who grew up on the high plains of the American West in the first part of the 20th Century. His father a railroad man and he a teacher, Jim McCoy paints Norman Rockwellesque images with his words, relating the experiences youngsters of his generation, sans television, cars or c... View More...
Publisher:
Hertfordshire, England, Model Aeronautical Press: 1966
Seller ID: 29056
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket
SIGNED by Kenneth McDonough. First edition copy No. 322 label on front pastedown. This is the story of the conquest of an ocean; the linking of the Old World to the New by aeroplane. It attempts to create, by word and picture, the atmosphere of an age of vibrating fabric, the acrid fume of burning oil and cellulose dope, when two hundred miles an hour was still a magic figure. An age of hand-made aeroplanes, of pilots and navigators still learning their craft. Chips along fore edge of front board. Number on front pastedown. Between pages 56 & 57 is a color illustrated spread showing the Junker... View More...
SIGNED. Randy learns all about natural history while at the wildlife refuge, where he helped injured wildlife. Book is tight, clean and bright. The DJ is chipped, clipped and in new mylar. Mrs. Mitchell's inscription is dated July 11, 1966.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 151 pages; 28746; Signed by Author View More...
Publisher:
Good Soldier Publishing, Waco, Texas: 1986
Seller ID: 30598
ISBN: 0961649909
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket
The stories in this book were first written down by the author to vent personal tragic memories of Vietnam, and were not originally intended for publication. Other veterans, including widows, former POWs and wounded veterans read the material and so identified with the experience of the author that they encouraged the idea of a book. Chaplain Moody's poem (and subtitle) inspired Mr. Shaw's painting used on the DJ front panel. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 130 pages; 30598; Signed by Author View More...
Author's first book. Written by an actor (from Broadway to L. A. , and operas to soap operas) who can now add author to his accreditations. He takes his hero through the life and trials of an orphaned young man striving to overcome the abuse and darkness of his past, the malevolent hatred and violence of a world destroying his present, and into his hopes for a future if, indeed, he does not succumb to the trials thrust upon him. Inscribed and signed by Ousley. DJ chipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 pages; 30549; Signed by Author View More...
Signed bookplate. DJ is sunned at extremities and spine, with a few small chips, and is in mylar book jacket cover ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall - 8" to 9" tall; 273 pages; 20010; Signed by Author View More...
Publisher:
Santa Fe, NM, University of New Mexico: 1960
Seller ID: 30090
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Signed by Dorothy L. Pillsbury. Essays from the Christian Science Moniter. Originally published in 1950. Bookstore sticker on front pastedown: Villagra Book Shop, Santa Fe, NM. Previous owner's name stamped on page edge and his seal on ffep. Stain on front board, lower front corner. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 198 pages; 30090; Signed by Author View More...
Author's first book. A charming little tale for all children will open a young mind to a strange yet familiar world. He or she will recognize that, whatever their differences, people are the same everywhere, for they are under the watchful eye of God. Inscribed by the author. Closed tear at upper edge of DJ rear panel. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 25 pages; 31050; Signed by Author View More...
The story of an immigrant family during the Great Depression as loss gives way to hope. Signed by Ms. Recorvits. Author's first book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages; 30249; Signed by Author View More...
Publisher:
Fund for Objective News Reporting: 1980
Seller ID: 30755
Binding: Stapled wraps
Condition: Very Good+
The desperate battle to gain an accounting for the men missing in action in Southeast Asia. Original letter from the author with his signature, on watermarked paper using blue ink laid in at page 2/3. Cover is white. Faint soil on covers, underlining. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 73 pages; 30755; Signed by Author View More...
