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Acland, Capt. Eric. THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH, Probable Future Ruler of The Greatest Empire in the World. Toronto: John C. Winston 1937. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Sepia-tone illustrations throughout. Jr.-Sr. High. Ex-lib. Small corner torn from FFEP. G/Fair dust jacket. $2.
Andronik, Catherine. KINDRED SPIRIT, A Biography of L. M. Montgoery, Creator of Anne of Green Gables. Atheneum 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with numerous photos. Jr. High-High school level. 0689316712. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $5.
Bakeless, John. FIGHTING FRONTIERSMAN, The Life of Daniel Boone. William Morrow 1948 FE. Ill. Edward Shenton. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. G-. $2.
Baker, Rachel. THE FIRST WOMAN DOCTOR, The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D. Scholastic Biography SOFTCOVER 1944, recent printing. 059044767x. Very Good. $2.50.
Braymer, Marjorie. THE WALLS OF WINDY TROY, A Biography of Heinrich Schliemann. Harcourt, Brace & World 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket. Biography of the 19th century figure who proved the ancient city of Troy had really existed. Berquist 7. TruthQuest. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Chrisp, Peter. ALEXANDER THE GREAT, Legend of a Warrior King. Dorling Kindersley 2000. Hardcover. 48 pp., profusely ill. in color. TruthQuest 4-8. 0789461668. Ex-lib. Very Good. $5.
Chute, Marchette. SHAKESPEARE OF LONDON. E. P. Dutton 1949, first edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. 397 pp. Truthquest Grades 7-12. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Good. $4.50.
Cleary, Beverly. A GIRL FROM YAMHILL, A Memoir. William Morrow 1988 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. The story of Cleary’s own childhood. 279 pp. 0688078001. Ex-lib. Book Good, dust jacket Very Good. $2.50.
Coit, Margaret. ANDREW JACKSON. Houghton Mifflin 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket. Upper elementary-jr. high. 154 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Comfort, Mildred Houghton. JAMES JEROME HILL, Railroad Pioneer. Men of Achievement Series. Minneapolis: T. S. Denison 1973. Hardcover. 124 pp. Very Good. $2.
Compere, Mickie. THE WIZARD OF MENLO PARK, The Story of Thomas Alva Edison, Inventor. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1964. Good. $2.
Davidson, Margaret. FREDERICK DOUGLASS FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1968. 0590422189. Very Good. $2.
Davidson, Margaret. HELEN KELLER’S TEACHER. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1965. 152 PP. Very Good. $2.
Denenberg, Barry. STEALING HOME, The Story of Jackie Robinson. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1990. 0590425609. Very Good. $2.
DeGering, Etta. CHRISTOPHER JONES, Captain of the Mayflower. David McKay 1965. Ill. William Ferguson. 112 pp. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 4-12. Ex-lib. (#) Very Good with Very Good dust jacket. $3.50.
de Leeuw, Adele. MARIE CURIE WOMAN OF GENIUS. Garrard Publishing 1970. Full-page illustrations by Cary. 144 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $2.50.
Deucher, Sybil. THE YOUNG BRAHMS. E.P. Dutton 1949, 1961. Hardcover. Same format as Wheeler biographies. Ex-lib. Library binding. Very Good. $12.
Dewey, Anne. ROBERT GODDARD, Space Pioneer. Little, Brown 1962. First space scientist, responsible for development of rocket propulsion in early 1900’s. Ex-lib. FFEP removed. (#) G/G. $2.50.
Dorling Kindersley. JULIUS CAESAR, GREAT DICTATOR OF ROME, by Richard Platt. D-K SOFTCOVER 2006. Truthquest Ancient Romans Grades 4-8. NOT ex-lib. 0756619637. As-New. $4.
Eaton, Jeanette. LONE JOURNEY, THE LIFE OF ROGER WILLIAMS. Harcourt, Brace & World 1944. Newbery Honor. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $8.
Fleming, Candace. WOMEN OF THE LIGHTS. Albert Whitman 1996. Hardcover. Ill. James Watling and also with photos. Hardcover. Chronicles the lives of women lighthouse keepers, who braved seas and storms, rescued people from icy waters, and lovingly card for their lights. 71 pp. 0807591653. Ex-lib. Fine. $3.50.
Foster, Genevieve. THE WORLD OF CAPT. JOHN SMITH, 1580-1631. Charles Scribner’s Sons 1959. Hardcover. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 4-9. Ex-lib. Library binding. Solid, clean; Good. $16.
Foster, Genevieve. THE WORLD OF COLUMBUS AND SONS. Charles Scribner’s 1965. Hardcover. Truthquest Renaissance & Reformation Grades 4-9. Sonlight 6 & 7. Ex-lib. Library binding. Very Good. $18.
Frank, Anne. THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. Pan Books SOFTCOVER 1947, 1953. 0330107372. Very Good. $2.50.
Freedman, Russell. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, A LIFE OF DISCOVERY. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1994. Newbery Honor Book 1994. 0590489097. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Freedman, Russell. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT. Clarion Books 1990, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Photos. 200 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Freedman, Russell. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CRAZY HORSE. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1997. Drawings by Amos Bad Heart Bull. 166 pp. Near-Fine, previous owner’s name on top of closed pages. $2.50.
Freedman, Russell. OUT OF DARKNESS, The Story of Louis Braille. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1997. 0590634747. Very Good. $2.
Fritz, Jean. BULLY FOR YOU, TEDDY ROOSEVELT. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1991, 1992. Unforgettable American Series. 0439149134. Fine, previous owener’s name. $2.50.
Fritz, Jean. BULLY FOR YOU, TEDDY ROOSEVELT! G. P. Putnam’s 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. 039921769x. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.50.
Fritz, Jean. THE GREAT LITTLE MADISON. G. P. Putnam’s 1989, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with prints and engravings. Truthquest Age of Revolution II, grades 7-12. 0399217681. Ex-lib. Book and dustjacket Good. $3.50.
Fritz, Jean. THE GREAT LITTLE MADISON. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1989, 1991. Living books. 0590437496. Fine. $2.50.
Fritz, Jean. CHINA HOMECOMING. G. P. Putnam’s 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with photos. Jean Fritz returns to the scene of her growing-up years. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Fritz, Jean. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF POCAHONTAS. G. P. Putnam’s 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket. Junior Literary Guild Selection. Ill. Ed Young. 96 pp. 0399210164. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $4.50.
Fritz, Jean. HOMESICK, My Own Story. G. P. Putnam’s 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Margot Tomes. Ill. with photos. Sonlight 5. 0399209336. Ex-lib. Book Very Good with a few fingerprints; dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Fritz, Jean. STONEWALL. Puffin SOFTCOVER 1979, 1989. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 5-12. 0140329374. Near-Fine, previous owner’s name on edge of closed pages. $3.
Fritz, Jean. TRAITOR: THE CASE OF BENEDICT ARNOLD. G. P. Putnam’s 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Age of Revolution I Grades 7-12. Ex-lib. Book Good with damp stain at side of several pages; dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Fritz, Jean. STONEWALL, Unforgettable Americans Series. Putnam & Grosset SOFTCOVER 1979, 1997. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 5-12. NOT ex-lib. 069811552x. As-New. $3.50.
Fritz, Jean. MAKE WAY FOR SAM HOUSTON. G. P. Putnam’s 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Elise Primavera. 109 pp. 0399213031. Living books. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 7-12. Ex-lib. Rear free endpaper removed. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Fritz, Jean. WHY NOT, LAFAYETTE? G. P. Putnam’s 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. Living books. 039923411X. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $5.50.
Fry, Plantagenet Somerset. GREAT CAESAR. London: Collins 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket. Tells the colorful and compelling story of his life set against the background of the corrupt and decadent Roman Republic. Photos. 191 pp. with index. Sr. High level. 0001953729. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good, wear to bottom edge. $4.50.
Gardner, Jeanne LeMonnier. MARY JEMISON: SENECA CAPTIVE. Harcourt, Brace & World 1966. Hardcover. Ill. Robert Parker. 128 pp. Upper elementary level. Ex-lib. Blue cloth over boards cover is spotted; interior is Good. $4.50.
Gardner, John. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHAUCER. Alfred Knopf 1977. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket art, illustrations, ornaments, and calligraphy by J. Wolf. 317 pp., index, and notes. Sr. high- adult. Previous owner’s name. Book Very Good-plus, dust jacket Very Good-plus. $6.50.
Gerson, Noel B. KIT CARSON: FOLK HERO AND MAN. Doubleday 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket. Senior high level. Book has small water stain on endpapers, otherwise Very Good, dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Gerson, Noel B. MR. MADISON’S WAR, 1812: The Second War for Independence. Julian Messner 1966. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Truthquest Age of Revolution II Grades 8-12. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $2.50.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. LAURA INGALLS WILDER, Growing up in the Little House. Puffin SOFTCOVER 1987. 0140320741. Fine. $2.
Great Lives. EXPLORATION, by Milton Lomask. Charles Scribner’s 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket. Reader meets 25 explorers from the fourth century to Richard Byrd, the polar explorer. 258 pp. with index. 0684185113. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Great Lives. NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, by Doris Faber and Harold Faber. Charles Scribner’s 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. Profiles of 26 people with a love of nature, i.e. Luther Burbank, George Washington Carver, John James Audubon, Jean Henry Fabre. Illustrated. 296 pp. 0684190478. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Great Lives. HARRIET TUBMAN, Call to Freedom, by Judy Carlson. Fawcett Columbine 1989. SOFTCOVER. 0449903761. Very Good. $2.
Groom, Arthur. THE GIRLS’ BOOK OF HEROINES. London: Birn Brothers ND, ca 1940’s. Color illustrations, many full-page, by F. Stocks May. Short stories of such heroic women as Elizabeth Smith, who went West in a wagon train in 1843, Louisa May Alcott, Marie Antoinette, Calamity Jane, Helen Keller, others. 125 pp. 4to. Previous owner’s name and a few stray pen marks. Good, edges of cover worn. Rare. $8.50.
Gundisch, Karin. HOW I BECAME AN AMERICAN. Cricket Books 2001. Hardcover with dustjacket. Batchelder Award. 10-year-old Johann writes of the stark truths faced by German-speaking immigrants who came to America in the early 1900’s. Ages 9-12. 0812648757. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.50.
Harris, Brayton. JOHANN GUTENBERG AND THE INVENTION OF PRINTING. Franklin Watts 1972. Hardcover. 142 pp. and index. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Good. $4.50.
Hurwitz, Johanna. ASTRID LINDGREN, Storyteller to the World. Viking Kestral 1989. Hardcover. 54 pp. Illustrated. Ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.
Immortals of Music. IGNACE PADEREWSKI, by Emil Lengyel. Franklin Watts 1970. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Ex-lib. Pict. cover. VG. $6.
In Their Own Words. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, by Peter and Connie Roop. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2000. Truthquest Age of Revolution. 0439158060. Very Good, previous owner’s name sticker. $2.50.
In Their Own Words. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, by Peter and Connie Roop. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2000. 0439158079. Fine. $2.50.
Johnston, Johanna. THEY LED THE WAY, 14 American Women. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1973. Very Good. $2.
Kelly, Regina Z. HENRY FORD. Follett Publishing 1970 FE. Ill. with photos. Upper elementary – jr. high. VG+/VG. $5.
Kennedy, John F. PROFILES IN COURAGE, Young Readers’ Memorial Edition. Harper & Row 1955, 1964. Hardcover. Good. $3.50.
Kent, Deborah. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Extraordinary Patriot. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1993. 0590460129. Fine. $2.
Krensky, Stephen. THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT BE KING. Scholastic Biography 1991. SOFTCOVER. 0590437305. Fine. $2.50.
Krull, Kathleen. ISAAC NEWTON, Giants of Science. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2007. Ill. Boris Kulikov. NOT ex-lib. 0545003717. Fine. $2.50.
Kugelmass, J. Alvin. ROALD AMUNDSEN, A SAGA OF THE POLAR SEAS. Kingston House (originally published by Messner 1955). Story of unmatched courage and determination in the life of this early 20th century explorer. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Lansing, Alfred. ENDURANCE, SHACKLETON’S INCREDIBLE VOYAGE. Carroll & Graf SOFTCOVER 1959, 1995. 0881841781. Very Good, crease in back cover. $2.50.
LeSeuer, Meridel. CHANTICLEER OF WILDERNESS ROAD, A Story of Davy Crockett. Duluth: Holy Cow! Press 1951, 1990. Hardcover. 156 pp. 0930100352. Ex-lib. Good. $3.50.
Levinson, Nancy Smiler. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, Voyager to the Unknown. Lodestar Books 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with period prints. 4to. 117 pp. Ex-lib. Book Good, dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Little, Jean. LITTLE BY LITTLE, A Writer’s Education. Viking Kestral 1987, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket. Honest, moving, funny account of the joys and pains of childhood of this writer who was nearly blind from birth. 0670816493. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Mann, John. LOUIS PASTEUR, Founder of Bacteriology. Charles Scribners 1964. 140 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $2.50.
Marrin, Albert. ANDREW JACKSON AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, Old Hickory. Dutton Children’s Books 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with period prints. 4to. 262 pp. One library sticker in back of book. Book and dust jacket Fine. $7.50.
Marrin, Albert. ANDREW JACKSON AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, Old Hickory. Dutton Children’s Books 2004, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with period prints. 4to. 262 pp. NOT ex-lib. 0525472932. Book and dust jacket As-New. $9.
Marrin, Albert. GEORGE WASHINGTON & THE FOUNDING OF A NATION. Durron Children’s Books 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with photos and period prints. 276 pp. Truthquest Age of Revolution I Grades 7-12. 0525464816. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $7.50.
Marrin, Albert. UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, U. S. Grant and the Civil War. Atheneum 1994, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Living books. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.
McKissack, Patricia C. SOJOURNER TRUTH, AIN’T I A WOMAN? Scholastic Biography SOFTCOVER 1992. 0590446916. Fine.$2.50.
Meigs, Cornelia. INVINCIBLE LOUISA, The Story of the Author of Little Women. Scholastic SOFTCOVER. Newbery Medal 1934. Very Good. $2.50.
Meigs, Cornelia. INVINCIBLE LOUISA. Little, Brown 1933, 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1934. Ex-lib. Cover quite worn; dust jacket Good. $3.50.
Meltzer, Milton. COLUMBUS AND THE WORLD AROUND HIM. Franklin Watts 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. 192 pp. Illustrated with prints and maps. Ex-lib. 0531108996. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Messner Biography. ANGRY ABOLITIONIST, WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, by Jules Archer. Julian Messner 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Messner Biography. BAT MASTERSON, by Dale White. Julian Messner 1960, 1966. Pictorial hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. with card pocket, spine label, and marks where dust jacket was glued down. Good with Good dust jacket. $6.50.
Messner Biography. BUFFALO BILL, by Shannon Garst. Julian Messner 1948, 1969. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good+. $5.
Messner Biography. DR. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, by Shirley Graham and George G. Lipscomb. Julian Messner 1944, 1950. Hardcover. Good. $4.
Messner Biography. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, by Jeanette C. Nolan. Julian Messner and Junior Literary Guild 1946. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Library binding. Very Good. $4.50.
Messner Biography. GOETHALS AND THE PANAMA CANAL, by Howard Fast. Julian Messner 1942, 1946. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Messner Biography. JOHN BROWN, by Jeannette Covert Nolan. Julian Messner 1950, 1972. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Pict. cover. Ex-lib. NF. $3.50.
Messner Biography. WINGED MOCCASINS, THE STORY OF SACAJAWEA, by Frances Joyce Farnsworth. Julian Messner 1954, 1963. Hardcover. Good. $4.50.
Messner Biography. YANKEE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, John Quincy Adams, by Mary Hoehling. Julian Messner 1963. Pictorial hardcover. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.
Metzger, Lois. YOURS, ANNE, The Life of Anne Frank. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2004. 043959099x. Fine. $2.50.
Moody, Ralph. MAN OF THE FAMILY. Peoples Book Club 1951. Hardcover. Ill. Edward Shenton. Sonlight. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $8.50.
Moore, Eva. THE STORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER. Scholastic Biography SOFTCOVER 1971. 0590426605. Near-Fine. $2.50.
Myers, Elisabeth P. JENNY LIND, Songbird From Sweden. Garrard Publishing 1968. Hardcover. Ill. with photos and drawings. Elementary grade level. 143 pp. Ex-lib. Book Very Good+. $6.
O’Hara, Mary. WYOMING SUMMER. Doubleday & Co. 1963 BCE. Hardcover with dust jacket. This is a documentary novel based on the journal Miss O’Hara kept while living on a Wyoming ranch writing My Friend Flicka, Thunderhead, Green Grass of Wyoming. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Ortiz, Victoria. SOJOURNER TRUTH, A Self-Made Woman. J. B. Lippincott 1974, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. An account of Sojourner Truth’s rise from slavery to national prominence, a dramatic and moving story. 156 pp. 039731504x. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Osborne, Mary Pope. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Leader of a New Nation. Dial Books 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with period prints. 111 pp. 0803709471. Ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Peare, Catherine Owens. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE. Vanguard Press 1951. Hardcover with dust jacket. 220 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $3.
Peet, Bill. BILL PEET, AN AUTOBIOGRPAHY. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1989, 1995. 0590257609. Very Good. $6.
Plato. THE LAST DAYS OF SOCRATES. Penguin Classics SOFTCOVER 1954, 1969. Euthyphro, The Apology, Crito, Phaedo. Trans. By Hugh Tredennick. 199 pp. Truthquest 10-12. Very Good. $4.
Plutarch. PLUTARCH’S LIVES, The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. The Modern Library ca. 1932. Translated by John Dryden and Revised by Arthur Hugh Clough. Hardcover. 1296 pp. plus index. Truthquest 10-12. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $9.
Rosen, Michael. SHAKESPEARE, HIS WORK & HIS WORLD. Candlewick Press 2001, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dramatic and intricate illustrations by Robert Ingpen, many in full-page color. A book for young readers, painting a vivid portrait of the man who was one of the greatest English writers of all time, and of the extraordinary times in which he lived. 96 illustrated pages. 4to. 0763615684. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $5.
St. George, Judith. DEAR DR. BELL. . .YOUR FRIEND, HELEN KELLER. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1992, 1994. 0590486780. Fine. $2.
St. George, Judith. DEAR DR. BELL. . .YOUR FRIEND, HELEN KELLER. G. P. Putnam’s 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with photos. 0399223371. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Sandburg, Carl. ABE LINCOLN GROWS UP. Junior Deluxe Editions 1926, 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Al Schmidt. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Signature Biography. THE STORY OF DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. Grosset & Dunlap 1956. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Very Good. $4.
Signature Biography. THE STORY OF EDITH CAVELL, by Iris Vinton. Grosset & Dunlap 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $7.50.
Signature Biography. THE STORY OF GENERAL CUSTER, by Margaret Leighton. Grosset & Dunlap 1954. Hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $5.
Signature Biography. THE STORY OF LAFAYETTE, by Hazel Wilson. Grosset & Dunlap 1952. Hardcover. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-8. NOT ex-lib. Good, cover soil. $4.
Sobol, Donald J. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AT KITTY HAWK. Scholastic Biography SOFTCOVER 1961. 128 pp. 0590404881. Very Good. $2.
Somerville, Barbara A. FRANCISCO PIZARRO, Conqueror of the Incas. Compass Point Books 2005. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0756508150. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.
Stefoff, Rebecca. WILLIAM PENN. Chelsea House 1998. Hardcover. 079104873x. Fine. $2.50.
Syme, Ronald. BOLIVAR THE LIBERATOR. William Morrow 1968. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards. Ex-lib. Very Good. $6.50.
Syme, Ronald. QUESADA OF COLOMBIA. William Morrow 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. William Stobbs. 16th explorer who founded Colombia. Truthquest Grades 3-12. Ex-lib. with card pocket and spine label. Very Good with Very Good dust jacket. $6.50.
Van Loon, Hendrik Willem. VAN LOON’S LIVES. Simon & Schuster 1942, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in b/w and full-page color by Van Loon. “Being a true and faithful account of a number of highly interesting meetings with certain historical personages, from Confucius and Plato to Voltaire and Thomas Jefferson, about whom we had always felt a great deal of curiosity and who came to us as our dinner guests in a bygone year.” Tells the story of the lives, backgrounds, achievements, and personal philosophies of nearly 50 of the great men and women of the past. 886 pp. with index. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. Dust jacket has a couple of small flaws. $6.50.
Wallower, Lucille. WILLIAM PENN. Follett Publishing 1968. Library of American Heroes Series. Hardcover. Ill. Louis Cary. Ex-lib. Pictorial cover. Corner torn from FFEP; wear to bottom edge. G. $3.50.
Warren, Andrea. PIONEER GIRL, Growing Up on the Prairie. Morrow Junior Books 1998 FE. Hardcover. Ill. with photos and period prints. True story of a pioneer girl growing up on the prairie of central Nebraska. 88 pp. and index. 0688154387. Ex-lib. Near-fine/Near-fine. $2.50.
Weiner, Eric. THE STORY OF HENRY HUDSON, MASTER EXPLORER. Dell Yearling SOFTCOVER 1991. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 3-7. 0440405130. Very Good. $2.
Wheeler, Opal and Deucher, Sybil. FRANZ SCHUBERT AND HIS MERRY FRIENDS. London: Faber & Faber Ltd. 1940. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Mary Greenwalt. Truthquest Age of Revolution II, grades 2-7. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $14.
Wheeler, Opal. FREDERIC CHOPIN, Son of Poland, Early Years. E. P. Dutton 1948, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good, wear to bottom edge. $12.
Wheeler, Opal. FREDERIC CHOPIN, Son of Poland, Later Years. E. P. Dutton 1949, 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good, wear to bottom edge. $12.
Wheeler, Opal. STEPHEN FOSTER AND HIS LITTLE DOG TRAY. E. P. Dutton 1941, 1957. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $12.
White, Florence Meiman. JUNIPERO SERRA, BRAVE ADVENTURER. Dell Yearling SOFTCOVER 1987. 044042495x. Very Good. $2.
Whitelaw, Nancy. JOSEPH STALIN, From Peasant to Premier. Dillon Press 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. Author shows Stalin to be the monster he was, but one supported by many ordinary people. Photos. 149 pp. with index. Jr.-Sr. high. 0875185576. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. DEAR LAURA, Letters From Children to Laura Ingalls Wilder. HarperCollins 1996, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Includes photos of the actual cards, letters, and drawings Laura received and answered by hand. A wonderful book! Book and dust jacket Near-Fine; library stamp on closed pages. 0060262745. $6.50.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. WEST FROM HOME, Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco 1915. Edited by Roger Lea MacBride. Harper & Row 1974, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Laura visited San Francisco to visit Rose Wilder Lane, and these are the letters written home to Almanzo. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
World Leaders Past & Present. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, By Roger Bruns. Chelsea House SOFTCOVER 1986. Ill. with photos, art prints. 0791006492. Ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.
The World’s Great Explorers. FERDINAND MAGELLAN, by Jim Hargrove. Children’s Press 1990. Hardcover. Ill. with period prints and photos; includes timeline. 128 pp. Ex-lib. 0516030515. Very Good. $2.50.
The World’s Great Explorers. FRANCIS DRAKE, by Robert Bard. Children’s Press 1992. Hardcover. Ill. with period prints and photos. 128 pp. Ex-lib. 0516030671. Good. $2.50.
The World’s Great Explorers. FRANCISCO DE CORONADO, by R. Conrad Stein. Children’s Press 1992. Hardcover. Ill. with period prints and photos. 128 pp. Ex-lib. 051603068x. Good. $2.50.
The World’s Great Explorers. HERNANDO DE SOTO, by Robert Carson. Children’s Press 1991. Hardcover. Ill. with period prints and photos; includes timeline. 128 pp. Ex-lib. 0516030655. Very Good. $2.50.
The World’s Great Explorers. JAMES COOK, by Zachary Kent. Children’s Press 1991. Hardcover. Ill. with period prints and photos. 128 pp. Ex-lib. 0516030663. Very Good. $2.50.
The World’s Great Explorers. MERIWETHER LEWIS AND WILLIAM CLARK, By Christine Fitz-gerald. Children’s Press 1991. Hardcover. Ill. with period prints and photos. 128 pp. Ex-lib. 0516030612. Very Good. $2.50.
Worsley, F. A., Captain of HMS Endurance. SHACKLETON’S BOAT JOURNEY. W. W. Norton 1977, 1998 SOFTCOVER. One of the great survival stories of all time. 0393318648. $5.
Yates, Elizabeth. AMOS FORTUNE FREE MAN. E. P. Dutton 1950, 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1951. Sonlight. Truthquest Age of Revolution II Grades 3-12. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $4.50.
Young, Percy M. MUSIC MAKERS, The Lives of Great Composers for Young People. London: Dennis Dobson 1952, 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket. Line drawings by Ida Procter. 12-15 page bios of 12 composers: Schubert, Tchaikowsky, Brahms, Haydn, Purcell, etc. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
See also CHRISTIAN BIOGRAPHIES .