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Weird Tit-Bits - German

By: N/A

Price: $35.00

Publisher: N Y, White & Allen: 1889

Seller ID: 140696

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Small format book with maroon cloth spine and floral decorated paper-covered boards. 4"w x 5 1/4"h. Fraying and worn corners and top and bottom of spine. Loose binding. 256 pages. No date of publication listed, but previous owner's note is dated '89. The weird tales inside: The Severed Hand by Wilhelm Hauff; The Elementary Spirit by E.T.W. Hoffmann; The Ghost-Seer by Frederick Schiller; The Fortunes of Marin Waldeck by Sir Walter Scott; The Klausenburg by Ludwig Tieck; The Bracelet (no author given); The Evil Conscience by Goethe.
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Troubadour's Tales : A Collection of Short Stories about Kindness

By: N/A

Price: $14.95

Publisher: East Haddam, CT, National Association for Humane and Environmental Education: 2004

Seller ID: 148859

ISBN: 0941246302

Binding: Staple Bound

Condition: Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Includes CD.
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Aesop's Fables

By: Aesop

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Chicago, Rand McNally & Co.: 1952

Seller ID: 145525

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Rand McNally Junior Elf Book, 6 1/2"w x 8"h. Worn corners of cover. Brightly colored paper covered boards. Unpaginated. Approx. 28 pages. Adorable color illustrations by Anne Sellers Leaf.
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Indonesian Folk Tales

By: Alibasah, Margaret Muth

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Penerbit Djambatan: 1975

Seller ID: 149063

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 102 pages.
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Tales From the Dark Continent: Images of British Colonial Africa in the Twentieth Century

By: Allen, Charles

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Futura Publishing Co Inc: 1982

Seller ID: 149322

ISBN: 0708819303

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 200 pages. Yellowing pages. Black and white photos.
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Babylon Post: And Other Uncommon Tales From Jeremiah

By: Alloway, Rob

Price: $8.41

Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Regent College Publishing: 2005

Seller ID: 126673

ISBN: 1573832251

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Clean and unmarked; tight binding. 214 pages.
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The Left Hand of God: And other uncommon tales from Esther, Nehemiah and Ezra

By: Alloway, Rob

Price: $8.41

Publisher: Vancouver, Regent College Publishing: 2008

Seller ID: 126675

ISBN: 1573834378

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Clean and unmarked; tight binding. 273 pages.
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The Mystified Fortune-Teller: And Other Tales from Psychotherapy

By: Amada, Ph.D., Gerald,

Price: $45.95

Publisher: U.S.A., Madison Books, Incorporated: 1998

Seller ID: 138716

ISBN: 1568330995

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 155 pages.
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Favourite Fairy Tales

By: Anderson, Hans Christian

Price: $8.41

Publisher: London and Glasgow, Collins:

Seller ID: 137418

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Near Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Unpaginated. The fairy tales included are The Snow Queen, The Flying Trunk, The Ugly Duckling. Glossy pictorial cover. 8 1/4"w x 10 3/4"h. Bright color illustrations.
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Tales from the Galley: Stories of the Working Waterfront

By: Armitage, Doreen

Price: $16.95

Publisher: Madeira Park, British Columbia, Canada, Harbour Pub Co: 2007

Seller ID: 130551

ISBN: 155017438X

Binding: Oversize Hardcover

Condition: Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 198 pages. Many b&w photos. Oral histories from people who earn their living from the sea.
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Tales from the Galley: Stories of the Working Waterfront

By: Armitage, Doreen

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Madeira Park, BC, Harbour Publishing: 2007

Inscription: Inscribed By Author

Seller ID: 143991

ISBN: 155017438X

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Inscribed by author on the title page. Full gray cloth boards. 8 5/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 198 pages. Many b&w photos.
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Tales of an African Vet

By: Aronson, Roy

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Lyons Press: 2012

Edition: Ex Library

Seller ID: 142669

ISBN: 0762772417

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.
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The Jatakas Tales of India

By: Babbitt, Ellen C.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: N Y, Century Co.: 1923

Seller ID: 133599

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Fragile binding with a few loose pages and loose hinges. Silhouette illustrations by Ellsworth Young. 5 1/4"w x 6 7/8"h. 92 pages. Brown cloth boards with library tape on spine. "The Jatakas, or Birth-stories, form one of the sacred books of the Buddhists and relate to the adventures of the Buddha in his former existences, the best character in any story being identified with the Master."
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Sable Island, Tales of Tragedy and Survival from the Graveyard of the Atlantic

By: Bertin, Johanna

Price: $74.95

Publisher: Canmore, Alberta, Canada, Altitude Pub Canada Ltd: 2005

Seller ID: 123001

ISBN: 1554390109

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

As-new copy with no creases, sharp corners, spotless text/interior. 144 pages 18 chapters
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Pretty Deadly: New Work by Michael Brennand-Wood

By: Brennand-wood, Michael

Price: $89.50

Publisher: Belfast, Ireland, Naughton Gallery at Queen's University: 2009

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 144048

ISBN: 0853899614

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Exhibition catalog is in excellent condition with very light shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows a tiny bit of edge wear, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Large color prints throughout, some full page depicting embroidery/sculptural work. The theme of the exhibiton was images of needles and thread that appear in fairy tales, folklore literature and flowers. 36 pages. Stitched binding, red/pink paper covers. Signed by artist on title page.
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Wild Cards: Tales of Banff and the Rockies

By: Brewster, "Pat" F.O.

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Banff, Canada, F.O. Brewster: 1982

Seller ID: 121853

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 64 pages.
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Arab Folktales

By: Bushnaq, Inea (ed.)

Price: $68.50

Publisher: Pantheon: 1986

Seller ID: 148822

ISBN: 0394501047

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition in dark yellow cloth covers, gilt patterns on front and title at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear with a few small tears at edges. 386 pages with b&w illustrations. Contents are divided between the sections: Tales told in houses made of hair: beduin tales, Djinn, ghouls and Afreeets: tales of magic and the supernatural, Magical marriages and mismatches: more tales of the supernatural, Beasts tha...
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One Day on Beetle Rock

By: Carrighar, Sally

Price: $75.50

Publisher: Knopf: 1944

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 146944

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Very cute book in green cloth with gilt print at spine, embossed squirrel on cover (!), two lightly bumped corners, light sunning at spine edges. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is tattered, tears at upper and lower spine, sunning, chipping at folds, not price clipped. Previous owner's book plate on front end paper; illustrated endpapers, b&w illustrations. Fictional tales based on "actual animals in an actual place," the animals being: the Beetle Rock,The Weasel,The Sierra Grouse, The Chicharee, The Black Bear, The L...
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