Edward Eager

very good paperback, bright  covers and pages; a dozen original illustrations by N. M. Bodecker, cover art by Quentin Blake; tight binding, no spine creases, some edge foxing as shown, creased corner cover front lower right; from my personal collection; smoke-free home; additional photos on request

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Tales of Magic #1

Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes.

Half Magic

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1910 printing Harper and Brothers Hardcover; from my personal collection; pages clean; boards very bright. front top corner as shown; glossy illustration tipped in to front; head edge is different color than foredge (blue.); dust cover in bad shape as shown; unknown discoloration front and rear endpapers. pages secure but nearly lay flat. additional photos on request; smoke free home; secure, waterproof packing, recycled whenever possible. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

a sequel to Toby Tyler

Mr. Stubb’s Brother

lined book journal from Barnes & Noble; opened but never used; clean; Shiny silver foil on cover design is undamaged; tiny smudge on fore edge; maybe 120–140 pages?; about 8”x6”cool gothic themed design reminiscent of Disney’s Haunted Mansion; from my collection; additional photos on request

Barnes & Noble book journal

book journal

supersoft, leather-like with leatherish smell; new blank lined journal with Bible verse Scripture quote of Matthew 19:26; magnetic clasp, shiny foil cover, unblemished gold edges; ribbon bookmark; 8.25”x5.68”, 128 sheets/256 pages; for men or women; store stickers on rear as pictured ( should be easily removed); additional photos on request

Mt 19:26 With God all things are possible

lined journal

Caron Lee Cohen

first puffin edition, 1994; from my personal library; some aging of cover but pages bright and white. cover damage on lower spine and bottom front cover corner; very shiny but some scratches as pictured; additional photos on request

Whiffle Squeek

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Lisa Rowe Fraustino

autographed first edition from small private school library; first endpaper removed, tape on rear cover, some smudges on back dustcover, stickers and pocket as pictured; otherwise clean, bright, very tight spine like new; additional photos on request

The Hickory Chair

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Amy Guglielmo

Jacqueline Tourville

from my personal library; clean, bright pages, no markings; some curling of rear top dustcover; illustrated by Brigette Barrager; additional photos on request

The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire

Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville, and Brigette Barrager team up to tell the joyful and unique story of the trailblazing Disney artist Mary Blair.

Mary Blair lived her life in color: vivid, wild color.

From her imaginative childhood to her career as an illustrator, designer, and animator for Walt Disney Studios, Mary wouldn't play by the rules. At a time when studios wanted to hire men and think in black and white, Mary painted twinkling emerald skies, peach giraffes with tangerine spots, and magenta horses that could fly.

She painted her world.

Pocket Full of Colors

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1977 eleventh American printing in very good condition: tight spine, no creasing; bright clean pages no markings; some yellowing and bends on covers as pictured; from my personal library; additional photos on request

Introduced and explained by the artist

The Graphic Work of M. C. Escher

very good ex library copy; LOC 61-5313, Atlantic-Little Brown edition, thirteenth printing; clean bright pages; cover and chapter illustrations by Carl Burger; pocket on first endpaper including “discard” and owner's name. discoloration of foreedge, residue from glued library cover, ink writing on last endpaper, dustcover: darkspot on spine from library sticker, tiny foldover on lower rear corner, wear and tear to head spine edge, some discoloration along edges where mylar cover was. additional photos on request

A Tale of Three Animals

The Incredible Journey

Eth Clifford

very good condition ex libris still in mylar cover; bright white, clean pages; gorgeous dustcover illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak; first endpaper ripped/removed (see photo); additional photos on request

A Tale of Survival

The Curse of the Moonraker

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Jill Paton Walsh

clean bright 1978 (1st?) American edition illustrated by Robin Eaton from my personal library; rust marks from paperclip; dustcover has a few flaws: small area of fading on lower front and back, four holes 1/16–1/8”, 1/2” spine lower edge tear all as shown; additional photos on request

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Children of the Fox

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Patricia C. Wrede

2009 edition, clean unread copy, bright covers by Tony Sahara, from my personal collection, additional photos available on request

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

There are seven players in a game of deadly magic Eltiron, each of them has a secret, and each fights his or her part in the battle that has put seven kingdoms on the edge of destruction.

The Seven Towers

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Marion Dane Bauer

unread, pristine spine, includes 13 illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman plus chapter headers, 80 pp, RL4; some wear to cover edges and general page yellowing, gorgeous bright, clean covers; from my personal library, additional photos available on request

Purrloom Popcorn, an exotically beautiful cat with one blue eye and one gold eye, receives his first real love from a lonely girl and an array of ghost cats.

Ghost Eye

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Eleanor Glewwe

never read—upper middle grade 2014 first edition gorgeous pearlescent dust cover, fabulous cover art by Chris Sheban (Because of Winn-Dixie); light foxing on head and mid-foredge, remainder mark red dot on foot edge, minimal shelf wrinkling at edges of dustcover; from my personal collection; detailed photos available on request

A magical world that will captivate fans of Kate DiCamillo and Diana Wynne Jones.

Marah Levi is a promising violinist who excels at school and can read more languages than most librarians. Even so, she has little hope of a bright future: she is a sparker, a member of the oppressed lower class in a society run by magicians.

Then a mysterious disease hits the city of Ashara, turning its victims' eyes dark before ultimately killing them. As Marah watches those whom she loves most fall ill, she finds an unlikely friend in Azariah, a wealthy magician boy. Together they pursue a cure in secret, but more people are dying every day, and time is running out. Then Marah and Azariah make a shocking discovery that turns inside-out everything they thought they knew about magic and about Ashara, their home. 

Set in an imaginative world rich with language, lore, and music, this gripping adventure plunges the reader into the heart of a magical government where sparks of dissent may be even more deadly than the dark eyes.

Sparkers

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Martha Finley

clean bright copy ex private scool library, tightspine appears never read; library stamp on first endpage, card/pocket on back end paper; 1/8” splotch on bottom back cover seems washable; detail photos available on request; from the copyright page: 2002, original text adapted by Kersten Hamilton, NIV scripture

A Life of Faith, Millie Keith book #3

Millie's Remarkable Journey

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Chris Grabenstein

first edition: clean bright copy from my personal library, never read; some sticker residue on back cover; very minor foxing on upper foreedge, 1/8” remainder mark on foot edge; clean, bright boards, dustcover rear top edge minimal shelf wrinkle; cover art by Gilbert Ford; detail photos available on request

A twelve-year-old boy, worried that his parents may divorce, discovers that an island in the middle of the lake where he is spending the summer is the testing grounds of the mysterious Dr. Libris, who may have invented a way to make the characters in books come alive.

The Island of Dr. Libris

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Anne Nesbet

first edition: clean bright copy from my personal library, tightspine; cloth cover spine printed upside down to text; discoloration on inside dust cover top and bottom of spine; 3/8” bump in lower front board; 1/8” bump in lower back board; foxing and 1/2” pink stain line along head edge; rub mark along top edge of front board; silver sticker on lower spine; cover art by Jen Bricking; detail photos available on request

Fans of Anne Ursu will love Anne Nesbet's tale of music and friendship, set against an age-old war between magic and science.

In the enchanted village of Lourka, almost-twelve-year-old Linny breaks an ancient law. Girls are forbidden to so much as touch the town's namesake musical instrument before their twelfth birthday or risk being spirited away. But Linny can't resist the call to play a lourka, so she builds one herself.

When the punishment strikes her best friend instead, Linny must leave home to try to set things right. With her father's young apprentice, Elias, along for the journey, Linny travels from the magical wrinkled country to the scientific land of the Plain, where she finds herself at the center of a battle between the logical and the magical.

The Wrinkled Crown

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 near excellent condition ex libris; classic spooky children’s story for fans of 1960–70s Scooby-Doo mysteries; Dust cover bright and clean with very minor edgewear. interior remains of library brown paper, library sticker on lower spine, library pocket on first endpaper. black and white illustrations throughout by Brinton Turkle

Skulduggery Rewarded

Mooncoin Castle

Colin Meloy

very good condition, clean bright covers and pages; moderate foxing on head, foot, and foredge of text block, first title page; cover edge foxing — never read, perfect spine, NO Creasing; cover and interior illustrations by Carson Ellis. from my personal collection. detailed photos available on request

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Wildwood Chronicles #1

Prue McKeel's life is ordinary. That is, until her brother is abducted by a murder of crows and taken to the Impassable Wilderness, a dense, tangled forest on the edge of Portland. No one's ever gone in—or at least returned to tell of it. So begins an adventure that will take Prue and her friend Curtis deep into the Impassable Wilderness. There they uncover a secret world in the midst of violent upheaval—a world full of warring creatures, peaceable mystics, and powerful figures with the darkest intentions. And what begins as a rescue mission becomes something much greater as the two friends find themselves entwined in a struggle for the very freedom of this wilderness. A wilderness the locals call Wildwood.

Wildwood

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James Riley

nearly perfect: never read, bright glossy cover with gilded lettering, cover illustration by Vivienne To; perfect spine. minor foxing on first pages and top edge of text block. from my personal collection. detailed photos available on request

Story Thieves #1

Except for reading the Kiel Gnomenfoot magic adventure series, Owen's life is boring until he sees his classmate Bethany climb out of a book in the library and he learns that Bethany is half-fictional and has been searching every book she can find for her missing father, a fictional character.

Story Thieves

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almost like new, first Scholastic edition read once; 2016; bright pages and very tight spine. clean shiny cover—art by Tim O’Brien. no spine creasing, 1/8” lightly discolored spot on upper foredge; glossy accents on cover like new; from my personal collection. detailed photos available on request

isbn 13: 9781338132052

The Scourge

very tight spine—no cracks, foxing around all foredges, front 3 and last 2 pages. coupon clipped from last ad page. pink discoloration inside back cover, 1/4” crease upper right front cover, 1/8” dogear bottom right corner of cover, some edgewear; from my personal collection. detailed photos available on request

alternate title: Into the Storm

Exciting adventure story continues. 10 yrs+

Beyond the Western Sea 2: Lord Kirkle's Money

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very good condition 1st edition, ex libris with bright white pages and very tight spine. laminated cover—watercolor art by Ted Lewin, discard stamped on title page and rear endpaper, front endpaper removed neatly, no pocket. from my personal collection. detailed photos available on request

Beyond the Western Sea book #1

Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America.

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