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Sowers Series / North Star Books / Piper Books / American Heritage-Aladdin Books /
American Adventure Series / Carolrhoda Biographies / A Discovery Book/A World Explorer / Step-Up Books /
See and Read Beginning to Read Biographies / Robert Quackenbush Biographies / ValueTales / David Adler Biorgraphies / A Rookie Biography / Jean Fritz / Famous Biographies for Young People /
Catholic Interest / Clara Ingram Judson /  /// Government-Presidents / Music-Musicians / Art-Artists / Authors / Science-Nature-Inventors

 




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Childhood of Famous Americans:

Roberto Clemente, Young Ball Player ... $1.00

Betsy Ross, Designer of Our Flag by Ann Weil ... $1.50 (Softcover, overall good -but- someone ran a wide black marker across the bottom of the page edges. Doesn't really affect anything, I just thought I would note it.)
Albert Einstein, Young Thinker by Ann Weil ... $1.50 (Softcover, some wear but overall good.)
Martin Luther King, Jr., Young Man with a Dream by Dharathula H. Millender ... $1.50 (Softcover, some wear but overall good.)
Neil Armstrong, Young Flyer by Montrew Dunham ... $1.50 (Softcover, some wear but overall good.)
Ronald Reagan, Young Leader by Montrew Dunham ... $1.50 (Softcover, some wear but overall good.)

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Connecticut Girl by Mabel Cleland Widdemer ... $2.00 (1949. Older orange cover has hard wear to cover, a loose spine, pages are overall good -- still a good reading copy.)





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Signature Series:

The Story of Louis Pasteur by Alida Sims Malkus ... $1.50 ( Ex-libary, hard wear to dustjacket and the book - taped hinges, glued spine - lots of typical library wear, but the pages are surprisingly good - still a good reading copy.")






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Julian Messner Biographies:

Luther Burbank, Plant Magician by John Y. Beaty ... $3.00 (Julian Messner. 1959, 251 pages. Ex-library, cover has some wear, pages are overall good.)






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Ronald Syme:

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Sowers Series:

-none at this time-







Makers of Our Modern World:

Makers of Our Modern World: Architects and Man's Skyline by Gray Johnson Poole ... $2.00 (1972, 176 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, good condition. Ictinus, Callicrates, Phidias, Filippo Brunelleschi, Sir Christopher Wren, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Georges Eugen Haussmann, Stanford White, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Constantinos Apostolos Doxiadis.")

Makers of Our Modern World: Men Who Pioneered Inventions by Lynn & Gray Poole ... $2.00 (1969, 207 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, good condition. Santorio Santorre, Cornelius Drebbel, Galileo Galilei, Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, James Watt, Joseph Nicephore Niepce, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, Charles Babbage, Elias Howe, Christopher Latham Sholes, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler, Ottmar Mergenthaler, Thomas Alva Edision, John Logie Baird Vladimir Kosma Zworykin.")

Makers of Our Modern World: Modern Americans in Science and Technology by Edna Yost ... $2.00 (1962, 175 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, good condition. Elmer Sperry, George Washington Carver, Leo Hendrik Baekeland, Willis H. Carrier, Charles F. Kettering, Frederick G. Cottrell, Robert Williams, Emil Truog, Vladimir Zworykin, Enrico Fermi, Paul Allman Siple, Robert Hutchings Goddard, John P. Hagen.")





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North Star Books:

-none at this time-





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Piper Books:

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American Heritage/Aladdin Books (keeping them all together here):

-none at this time-




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The American Adventure Series:

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A Carolrhoda Biographies - Ages 8 to 11:

-none at this time-




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A Discovery Book / World Explorers:



Junior World Explorers: John Smith by Charles P. Graves ... $2.00 (1991, 96 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)




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Step-Up Books:

Meet John F. Kennedy by Nancy Bean White ... $1.50 (Not ex-library, light wear, overall good.)





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A See and Read Beginning to Read Biography - Ages 7 to 9:

-none at this time-




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Robert Quackenbush:

-none at this time-





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ValueTales by Spencer Johnson / Ann Donegan Johnson:

ValueTale: The Value of Understanding, The Story of Margaret Mead by Spencer Johnson, M.D. ... $1.50 (No writing within, very good.)





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David Adler Picture Books - Ages 4 to 8:

A Picture Book of George Washington Carver by David A. Adler ... $2.00 (1999. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good.)





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A Rookie Biography:

A Rookie Biography: Robert Louis Stevenson, Author of A Child's Garden of Verses by Carol Greene ... $1.50 (1994, 48 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)
A Rookie Biography: Albert Schweitzer, Friend of All Life by Carol Greene ... $1.50 (1993, 48 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)
A Rookie Biography: John Muir, Man of the Wild Places by Carol Greene ... $1.50 (1991, 47 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)
A Rookie Biography: Hans Christian Andersen, Prince of Storytellers by Carol Greene ... $1.50 (1991, 48 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)




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Jean Fritz:

Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold by Jean Fritz ... $2.00 (1981, 192 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good. "A study of the life and character of the brilliant Revolutionary War general who deserted to the British for money.")
Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold by Jean Fritz ... $3.00 (1981, 192 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, very good.)

You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? by Jean Fritz ... $2.00 (1995, 88 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. "Who says women shouldn't speak in public? And why can't they vote? These are questions Elizabeth Cady Stanton grew up asking herself. Her father believed that girls didn't count as much as boys, and her own husband once got so embarrassed when she spoke at a convention that he left town. Luckily Lizzie wasn't one to let society stop her from fighting for equality for everyone. And though she didn't live long enough to see women get to vote, our entire country benefited from her fight for women's rights.") -- 2 copies

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz ... $1.50 (1973, 48 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good.)

The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz ... $3.00 (1989, 159 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "Traces the life and contributions of the sickly child with the small voice who grew up to become the fourth president of the United States.") -- 2 copies
The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz ... $1.00 (Softcover, light wear, overall good.)

Harriet Beecher Stowe and The Beecher Preachers by Jean Fritz ... $2.00 (1994, 144 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good. "Harriet Beecher Stowe grew up in a family in which her seven brothers were expected to be successful preachers and the four girls were never to speak in public. But slavery made Harriet so angry she couldn't keep quiet. Although she used a pen rather than her voice to convince people of the evils of slavery, she became more famous than any of her brothers. She firmly believed that words could make change, and by writing Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe hastened the Civil War and changed the course of America history.")

What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz ... $1.50 (1976, 46 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some typical wear. Binding needs a few tape repairs.)

Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? by Jean Fritz ... $1.50 (Ex-library, softcover, light wear, overall good.)

Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? by Jean Fritz ... $1.50 (1975, 48 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good.)

The Double Life of Pocahontas by Jean Fritz ... $2.00 (1983, 96 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.")





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Catholic Interest:

Mathew Carey, Pamphleteer for Freedom by Jane F. Hindman ... $2.00 (1960, 190 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. "Mathew Carey fought for freedom with his pen and printing press. Throughout his long career, he poured out fiery pamphlets on any cause he believed just, no matter how unpopular it might be.")

The Great Hero, St. Paul the Apostle by the Daughters of St. Paul ... $3.00 (1963, 171 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. St. Paul Editions.)

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Daughter of America by Jeanne Marie Grunwell ... $1.50 (Softcover, light wear, overall good. "Biography of the woman who was a wife, mother, widow, foundress and member of a religious congregation, and convert to the Catholic faith as well as the first American-born saint.")

Sister Elizabeth Kenny by Henry Thomas ... $1.50 (1958, 126 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, wear to cover, pages have some wear but are overall good. Lives to Remember. " ... spent a lifetime of dedicated service to the polio-stricken.")

God's Troubadour, The Story of Saint Francis of Assisi by Sophie Jewett ... $2.00 (1957, 115 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, good condition.)




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Clara Ingram Judson:


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Books about Presidents and/or their families:

Lives of the Presidents - Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull ... $1.50 (1998, 96 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear to include taped hinges inside both covers as well as a water rumple to right edge of pages - still just fine for a reading copy. "Focuses on the lives of presidents as parents, husbands, pet-owners, and neighbors while also including humorous anecdotes about hairstyles, attitudes, diets, fears, and sleep patterns.")

First Children: Growing Up in the White House by Katherine Leiner and Katie Keller ... $3.00 (1996, 159 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "George Washington's adopted granddaughter confronts a yellow fever epidemic. Young Fanny Hayes leads the first Easter egg roll on the White House lawn. Chelsea Clinton, dressed as a fortuneteller for a school fair, wonders what her own family's fortunes will be. Meet 17 first families in this intimate look at the delights and dilemmas of growing up in the Executive Mansion.") -- 2 copies

The Book of American Presidents by Esse V. Hathaway ... $2.00 (1941, 404 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some typical wear - still a good reading copy. High school and up. Presidents through FDR.)


The World of Young George Washington by Suzanne Hilton ... $1.50 (1987, 106 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good.)
Martha Washington by Joan Marsh ... $1.50 (1993, 64 pages. A First Book. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. "A biography of America's frist lady.")

Thomas Jefferson by Hendrik Willem van Loon ... $2.00 (1943, 106 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear to include tape at cracked front hinge - still a good reading copy.)
Thomas Jefferson by Hendrik Willem van Loon ... $3.00 (1943, 106 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy. "The serene citizen from Monticello who gave us an American way of thinking and who gained world-wide renown by his noble understanding of that most difficult of all the arts - The Art of Living - as he felt that it should be practiced in the Republic of which he was one of the founders.")
Thomas Jefferson, The Complete Man by James A. Eichner ... $1.50 (Ex-library, rebound, typical library wear - still a good reading copy. "This story is only long enough to build a skeleton of the life and times of this remarkable man. ... ...this book should dispel whatever romantic notions the reader might have that this country was a nation united from the beginning of the Revolution until the gathering of the storm clouds of the Civil War. The wonder is that the Republic did not tear itself apart during its infancy.")
Thomas Jefferson by Frank & Cortelle Hutchins ... $1.50 (1946, 279 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy. "The purpose of this book is to present the life of Thomas Jefferson in popular form, but with strict accuracy. ... It is hoped the book may meet the need for a short readable but reliable Life of Thomas Jefferson.")
That Jefferson Boy by Earl Schenck Miers ... $1.50 (1970, 143 pages. Ex-library, some wear to corners and bottom edge, pages are overall good although lightly browned.)
Thomas Jefferson, His Many Talents by Johanna Johnston ... $2.00 (1961, 159 pages. Ex-library, cloth cover has hard wear, pages have some wear - still a good reading copy.)


A. Lincoln: In His Own Words by Milton Meltzer ... $5.00 (1993, 226 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, very good. "Combines background commentary with quotes from Lincoln's letters, speeches, and public papers to provide a personal view of his life, thoughts, and actions." ... Respected historian Milton Meltzer has compiled a moving collection of our sixteenth president's speeches, letters, and writings. Dramatically illustrated with Stephen Alcorn's powerful and expressive linocuts depicting Lincoln, his times, and his contemporaries, A. Lincoln: In His Own Words reveals the man behind the words and his unfailing dedication to the ideals upon which America was founded.")
Martin and Abraham Lincoln by Catherine Cate Coblentz ... $2.00 (1947, picture book. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. Based on a true incident. "The story of small Martin, the son of an imprisoned soldier, who told his troubles to a kindly President as they sat together on the steps of the Capitol Building.")
Out of the Wilderness, Young Abe Lincoln Grows Up by Virginia S. Eifert ... $3.00 (1956, 214 pages. Ex-library, some overall typical library wear - still a good reading copy. Ages 11 and up. "This is the story of how young Abraham Lincoln came out of the wilderness - the wilderness not alone of pioneer Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois, but the wilderness of the mind through which he struggled and from which he emerged to become great. It is the story of how he became educated without formal education, and of the people who were there when he needed them most.")
Young Abe Lincoln, The Frontier Days, 1809-1837 by Cheryl Harness ... $1.00 (1996, picture book. Ex-library, dustjacket. This book is in good condition - BUT - the stitiching/binding isn't holding up and the first section of pages is coming loose. They could be taped, but you would need to tape the hinge between each two-page spread. A reading copy.)
Abe Lincoln Grows Up by Carl Sandburg ... $2.00 (1926, 222 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some typical wear - all front endpages are removed up to the title page. Still a good reading copy.) -- 2 copies
Henry's Lincoln by Louise A. Neyhart ... $1.50 (1958, 51 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy. The author writes: "For Fritz - who wanted a story about the boulder that commemorates the lincoln-douglas debate.")
Meet Abraham Lincoln by Barbara Cary ... $1.00 (Landmark Books, grades 2 and up. 2001, 68 pages. Softcover, light wear - overall good.) -- 3 copies
Citizen of New Salem by Paul Horgan ... $2.00 (1961, 90 pages. Not ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. "A moving portrait of the young Abraham Lincoln awakening to early powers.")
In Their Own Words: Abraham Lincoln by George Sullivan ... $2.00 (2000, 128 pages. Not ex-library, very good. "Abraham Lincoln tells the exciting story of the life of the sixteenth president of the United States using his own writing and speeches. Children will hear Lincoln's story as if they were really there.")
Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington 1837-1865 by Cheryl Harness ... $1.50 (Ex-library, softcover, a bit of wear to corners and edges. "From Lincolns early practice of law in Springfield, Illinois, through his election to the Presidency of the eve of the Civil War, to his untimely assassination, Harness weaves an enormous amount of information into this compelling picture of our 16th Presidents public and private life. Readers see Lincoln happy and gangly during his first dance with Mary Todd, playful with his young sons, and strong under pressure as he drafts the Emancipation Proclamation and delivers the Gettysburg Address.") -- 2 copies
Abraham Lincoln by Manuel Komroff ... $1.00 (Lives to Remember Seires. Ex-library, rebound, cover has wear and fading, pages have typical library wear to include a dark stain at the bottom of the pages (text is not obscured). A reading copy.)
Meet Mr. Lincoln by Richard Hanser and Donald B. Hyatt ... $1.00 (1960, 132 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some typical wear - still a good reading copy. This book is about the size of a Giant Landmark. All illustrations are black/white. There are just a few lines of text on each page. " ... a story that is told with a freshness and simplicity that captures the essence of Lincoln.")
Me and Willie and Pa - The Story of Abraham Lincoln and His Son Tad by F. N. Monjo ... $2.00 (1973, 94 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some typical library wear - still a good reading copy.)

The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson by Michael Les Benedict ... $3.00 (1973, 212 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, good condition. "The impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868 has long been the subject of debate. In this nation's two-hundred-year history it was the only serious effort to remove a chief executive from office - and it failed. ... In this book, Michael Les Benedict argues that the impeachment was justified.")

The Republican Roosevelt by John Morton Blum ... $2.00m (1954, 170 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, good condition. "This is a book about politics and politicians; about elections, lawmaking, governing, and how they work. It is also about power, its increasing concentration in American society, and its implications at home and abroad - especially for those who exercise it. It is a book about the Republican Party during the period in which it developed the forces and frictions which still characterize it today. Finally, it is a book about a remarkably successful and vibrant man who contained within himself much of the best and the worst of his environment, who contributed generously to American life, who knew in his time disappointment, temptation, and pain, but also glory; a man remembered most by his intimates for the "fun of him." From a high school library.)

Adventure in Courage - The Story of Theodore Roosevelt by Frances Cavanah ... $2.00 (1968, 111 pages. Ex-library, hard wear to corners, pages have some wear - still a good reading copy. "From childhood through adulthood, Frances Cavanah writes the story of Theodore Roosevelt with warmth and affection.")

Eleanor Roosevelt by Alfred Steinberg ... $1.50 (1959, 127 pages. Ex-library, wear to corners, pages are overall good. Lives to Remember series.)

Woodrow Wilson, A Biography for Young People by Alden Hatch ... $2.00 (1964, 280 pages.)

The True Story of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, U.S. President by John P. Reidy ... $1.50 (1967, 144 pages. Ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.)
The Kennedy Brothers by Alfred Steinberg ... $1.00 (1969, 224 pages. Lives to Remember. Ex-library, rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy. Ages 12 and up.)
Robert F. Kennedy, A Biography by Henry A. Zeiger ... $1.50 (1968, 152 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. "Here is the story behind his work as counsel for the McCarthy Communist hunt, his fantastic ability as an organizer for John Kennedy's campaigns, his investigations of corruption in labor leadership, his accomplishments as Attorney General, his part in the Kennedy administration, his family life, his decision to run for Senator from New York, his clashes with the Johnson forces, his mystic appeal to the youth of the nation, his final tragic campaign.")





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Music and Musicians:

Musician Biographies illustrated by Andre Dugo ... $20.00/set of 5 (Copyrights are 1945 and 1946. Covers have some wear and they even feel a bit fragile - but they are really holding up just fine. Pages are clean and in good condition. Titles are:
Chopin, His Life Told in Anecdotal Form by George Ruttkay
Tchaikovsky, His Life Told in Anecdotal Form by Waldo Mayo
Wagner by Alexander Hunt
Paganini by Lillian Day
Grieg by Lillian Day - this one is illustrated by Alida Vreeland


Manet by Ricahrd Shone ... $2.00 (1985, 80 pages. Not ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. Park South Books. Each two-page spread is a color illustration with the description of the painting opposite.)

Operas Every Child Should Know by Dolores Bacon ... $4.00 (1911+, 460 pages. Not ex-library, dustjacket has considerable wear, book has some wear but is overall good. "These are absorbing stories, dramatic and thrilling, full of romance and grandeur." Descriptions of the text and music of some of the most famous masterpieces.)

Great Lives: Tchaikovsky by Elizabeth Clark ... $1.50 (1988, 32 pages. Ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.)

A Band of Angels, A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers by Deborah Hopkinson ... $2.00 (1999, picture book. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. "The daughter of a slave forms a gospel singing group and goes on tour to raise money to save Fisk University.")

The Great Composers: Liszt by Alan Walker ... $2.00 (1971, 108 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. "A biography of the Hungarian pianist and composer who began his career with a piano recital at age nine. Includes examples and analyses of his work.")

The Waltz King, Johann Strauss, Jr. by Kurt Pahlen ... $2.00 (1965, 167 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good.)

A Portrait of Bach by Jo Manton ... $2.00 (1957, 176 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good. Abelard-Schuman.)

Famous Modern Conductors by David Ewen ... $2.00 (1967, 159 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, good condition. Famous Biographies for Young People. Leopold Stokowski, Eugene Ormandy, Charles Munch, Erich Leinsdorf, George Szell, Leonard Bernstein, William Steinberg, Joseph Krips, Herbert von karajan, Otto Klemperer, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta.)

Beethoven by Alan Blackwood ... $1.00 (Great Lives. 1987, 32 pages. Ex-library, some wear to include some pencil underlining. Still just fine for a reading copy.)

American Composers of Our Time by Joseph Machlis ... $2.00 (1963, 237 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. "MacDowell, Ives, Griffes, Moore, Piston, Hanson, Thomson, Harris, Gershwin, Copland, Barber, Schuman, Menotti, Joio, Bernstein, Foss.)

What Makes an Orchestra by jan Balet ... $1.50 (1954, 41 pages. Not ex-library, dustjacket has wear, book and pages are in good condition. "On every page of this gay book is an accurate and clear picture of one of the instruments that make up an orchestra." Picture book format; more text than usual.)

Felix Mendelssohn, His Life , His Family, His Music by Herbert Kupferberg ... $2.00 (1972, 176 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. Young adult and up.)

Mysterious Deaths: Mozart by Don Nardo ... $2.00 (1997, 96 pages. Ex-libray, overall good.)

Giants of Jazz by Studs Terkel ... $2.00 (1957, 215 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. "Joe Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Bix, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Stan Kenton, Dizzy Gillespie.)

Clara Schumann, Piano Virtuoso by Susanna Reich ... $3.00 (1999, 118 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "Describes the life of the German pianist and composer who made her professional debut at age nine and who devoted her life to music and to her family.")

Famous Negro Music Makers by Langston Hughes ... $2.00 (Famous Biographies for Young People. 1955, 179 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, good condition. The Fisk Jubilee Singers, James A. Bland, Bert Williams, Bill Robinson, Leadbelly, Jelly Roll Morton, Roland Hayes, William Grant Still, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, Marian Anderson, Bennie Banjamin, Mahalia Jackson, Dean Dixon, Lena Horne, and Famous Jazz Musicians.)

The Swedish Nightingale: Jenny Lind by Elisabeth Kyle ... $2.00 (1964, 223 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. Ages 12 to 16. " ... the dramatic story of Jenny Lind, who became an almost legendary singer despite intense timidity and formidable obstacles.")






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Art and Artists:

Signature Lives: Michelangelo, Sculptor and Painter by Barbara A. Somervill ... $2.00 (2005, 112 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. " ... rose to acclaim for his sculptures the Pieta' and the famous David, carved from an enormous block of marble. He is remembered most for the painting of the ceiling fresco of the Sistine Chapel.")

R.v.R.: The Life of Rembrandt Van Rijn by Hendrik Willem Van Loon ... $2.00 (The Heritage Reprints. 1954, 378 pages. Not ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. Suggested for high school and up.)

A First Look at Art: Creatures by Ruth Thomson ... $2.00 (Adventures in Art. 2003, 32 pages Not ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy. "Famous works of art, projects, art tips, and picture hunts.)

A First Look at Art: Families by Ruth Thomson ... $2.00 (Adventures in Art. 2003, 32 pages Not ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy. "Famous works of art, projects, art tips, and picture hunts.)

Around the World Library: Leonardo da Vinci adapted by Jean Shirley ... $1.50 (1967, small picture book format. Not ex-library, some wear but overall good.)

Let's Investigate Art: Places in Art by Clare Gogerty ... $2.00 (1995, 48 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)

The Pantheon Story of Art for Young People by Ariane Ruskin Batterberry ... $3.00 (1975, 159 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket. Text block came completely free from the cover and was taped back in. Even with the cover repair, this is still a good reading copy. "5000 years of painting and sculpture.")

A Weekend with Winslow Homer by Ann Keay Beneduce ... $4.00 (1993, 64 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "American painter Winslow Homer talks about his life and work as if entertaining the reader for the weekend. Includes reproductions of the artist's works and a list of museums where they are on display.")

Introducing Rembrandt by Alexander Sturgis ... $2.00 (1994, 32 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. "Rembrandt was one of the greatest artists the world has known. ... He was born in Leiden, Holland, in 1606 and became known for fine drawings and paintings of people and religious subjects. By the age of seventeen, he had started his own studio and soon became a leading portrait artist in Amsterdam. In this book, the author introduces us to the man whose talent, originality, and passion produced some of the greatest art of all time.")

Great Painters for Children: Leonardo - Painter, Inventor and Wise Man by Albert Delmar ... $1.50 (1992, 29 pages. Not ex-library, dustjacket, overall good.")

Art for Young People: Claude Monet by Peter Harrison ... $1.50 (1995, 31 pages. Ex-library, cover has wear, pages are overall good. "An introduction to the life and art of the French Impressionist painter.")

Masterpieces: Artists and Their Works - Picasso by Shelley Swanson Sateren ... $1.50 (2002, 24 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "Discusses the life, works, and lasting influence of Pablo Picasso.") -- 2 copies

American Women of Achievement: Grandma Moses, Painter by Tom Biracree ... $2.00 (1989, 112 pages. Ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy. "A biography of the American primitive painter who, at the age of seventy-six, without ever having had an art lesson, began painting realistic scenes of rural life which were critically acclaimed and made her famous.")

Famous Artists: Cezanne by Antony Mason ... $2.00 (1994, 32 pages. Ex-library, overall good. " ... traces the life of the artist from his childhood in southern France to his final years.")

Eyewitness Art: Composition ... $4.00 (1995, 64 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. "The essential guide to composition - the theory and technique of pictorial arrangements and balance.")

Lives of the Artists: Vincent Van Gogh ... $3.00 (2004, 48 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. "... he produced over eight hundred paintings and a huge collection of drawings. Virtually self-taught, van Gogh developed his own individual style, which continues to inspire many today. Few artists of his time regarded him as a great painter, but during the twentieth century, decades after his death, he ranged among the most popular artists. His works reveal an intense and expressive energy that is unmistakable.")

The Library of Famous Women: Frida Kahlo, Mysterious Painter by Nancy Frazier ... $2.00 (1992, 64 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "Examines the life of the twentieth-century Mexican painter known for her self-portraits and the loneliness and pain that were reflected in her work.")

Smart About Art: Frida Kahlo, The Artist Who Painted Herself by Margaret Frith, illustrated by Tomie dePaola ... $2.00 (2003. Ex-library, overall good. "Through original artwork by the renowned artist Tomie dePaola - a longtime aficionado of Frida Kahlo's work - as well as beautiful reproductions of Kahlo's paintings, this book explores the creative, imaginative world of Mexico's most celebrated female artist.") -- 2 copies

The Pantheon Story of American Art for Young People by Ariane Ruskin Batterberry and Michael Batterberry ... $6.00 (1976, 159 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear to include tape at hinges inside covers, pages are overall good. "A history of art in the United States which includes the contributions of the Indians and early settlers and discusses art movements and important individual artists in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries." Many color reproductions as well as b/w illustrations.)

Eyewitness Books: Manet ... $3.00 (1993, 64 pages. Not ex-library, very good. "Explore Manet's life and art, and the influences that shaped his work.")

Georgia O'Keeffe by Robyn Montana Turner ... $2.00 (1991, 32 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. Picture book format. Portraits of Women Artists for Children. "A biography of a prominent American artist renowned for her images of gigantic flowers, cityscapes, and distinctive desert scenes.")

The New Testament in Art by Barbara Johnson Shissler ... $2.00 (1970, 68 pages. Ex-library, some wear to cover, pages are overall good. Black/white reproductions throughout, some color. Fine Art Books for Young People.)

A History of Art - From 25,000 B.C. to the Present by Marshall B. Davidson ... $3.00 (1984, 112 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good. The Beginnings, Ancient Art, Classical Art, Medieval Art, The Renaissance and Baroque Period, The 18th and 19th Centuries, Art of Our Times. Color reproductions throughout.)

Let's Investigate Art: Journeys in Art by J. D. Lewis ... $2.00 (1997, 48 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. "Examines the depiction of both spiritual and physical journeys in the art of various cultures throughout history. Also includes instructions for related projects and brief biographies of the artists mentioned in the text.")

Art of the Early Renaissance by Michael Batterberry ... $4.00 (1979, 191 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, rebound, some wear but overall good. Discovering Art Series.)

Renoir, The Man and His Work by Francois Fosca ... $3.00 (1962, 271 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. From the adult section of the library. Book has color and b/w reproductions of artwork.)

The Lives of The Painters in Four Volumes by John Canaday ... $25.00/set (1969, First Edition. Not ex-library, cloth covered books. Covers have faded spines, light wear, pages are overall good. Volume One: Late Gothic to High Renaissance; Volume Two: Baroque; Volume Three: Neoclassic to Post-Impressionist; Volume Four: Plates and Index. ... High school and up. ... Volume Four has color and b/w reproductions.)

Famous Artists: Monet, An Introduction to the Artist's Life and Work by Antony Mason ... $1.50 (Softcover, a bit of wear to the corners, overall good.)

Leonardo da Vinci by Elizabeth Ripley ... $2.00 (1952, 67 pages. Ex-library, rebound, hard wear to corners, pages have some wear to include some pencil marks and a bit of underlining - still a good reading copy.)

The Life of Audubon by Clyde Fisher ... $2.00 (1949, 76 pages. Ex-library, rebound, cover has wear, pages have some wear but are overall good. Black/white and color illustrations throughout.)

Art and Artists: Art in the Nineteenth Century by Jillian Powell ... $2.00 (1995, 48 pages. Ex-libray, some wear to corners, pages are overall good.)
Art and Artists: Western Art 1600-1800 by Christopher McHugh ... $2.00 (1995, 48 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)



The Art of Egypt Under the Pharaohs by Shirley Glubok ... $3.00 (Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good.)
The Art of Ancient Egypt by Shirley Glubok ... $2.00 (1962, 48 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket. Cover has hard wear, tape at hinges, pages have some wear - still a good reading copy.)
The Art of Rome by Shirley Glubok ... $3.00 (Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good.)
The Art of the New American Nation by Shirley Glubok ... $3.00 (Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good.)
The Art of Africa by Shirley Glubok ... $3.00 (1965, 48 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)
The Art of the North American Indian by Shirley Glubok ... $3.00 (Ex-library, wear to corners and edges, pages are overall good.)
The Art of the Southwest Indians by Shirley Glubok ... $3.00 (Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good.) -- 2 copies
The Art of the Plains Indians by Shirley Glubok ... $3.00 (1975, 48 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good.) -- 2 copies
The Art of the Woodland Indians by Shirley Glubok ... $3.00 (1976, 48 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good.)
The Art of the Spanish in the United States and Puerto Rico by Shirley Glubok ... $3.00 (Ex-library, overall good.) -- 2 copies
The Art of the New American Nation by Shirley Glubok ... $3.00 (Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good.)


Great Lives: Painting by Shirley Glubok ... $3.00 (1994, 246 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "A collection of biographical sketches of European and American painters from the late fifteenth to the twentieth cenbturies." Cassatt, Chagall, Church, Durer, Degas, Gauguin, El Greco, da Vinci, Monet, O'Keefe, Picasso, Rivera, Rubens, Titian, Whistler, and more.)

Art Tells a Story: Greek and Roman Myths by Penelope Proddow ... $1.50 (1979, 63 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. "The pieces selected span the centuries and represent a wide range of art forms including the Greek vase, Maiolica pottery, pen and ink, and oils. In each case, she first tells the story of the myth behind the work before going on to describe the work in detail from the artistic point of view." There are color and black/white illustrations.)

Audubon and His Sons by Amy Hogeboom ... $1.50 (1956, 207 pages. Ex-library, very hard wear to cover, tape on spine, pages have some wear but are overall good. Still a good reading copy.)

Pictures to Live With compiled and edited by Bryan Holme ... $2.00 (1959, 152 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. A book of famous pictures/paintings with short descriptions and artist information. Illustrations in black/white, there are a few in color.)





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Authors and related:

Down a Sunny Dirt Road, An Autobiography by Stan & Jan Berenstain ... $3.00 (2002, 202 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "In alternating chapters Stan and Jan Berenstain, creators of the Berenstain Bears, tell their own stories from early childhood until their marriage, then continue the tale together to the present day.")

Long Ago When I Was Young by E. Nesbit with an introduction by Noel Streatfeild, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone ... $2.00 (1966, 127 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. " ... An intense little being, imaginative and sensitive, she resolved even as she was in the midst of being scared by a night shadow in her or running away from school, to remember her desperations nd put them on paper some day.")

On the Bus with Joanna Cole - A Creative Autobiography by Joanna Cole ... $2.00 (1996. Not ex-library, dustjacket has crease to back flap, overall good. "The author discusses her life, how she came to be a writer, where she gets her ideas from, and what is involved in producing a book.")

People Who Helped the World: Edward R. Murrow by Sprague Vonier ... $1.50 (1989, 68 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "Follows the career of the foreign correspondent whose radio news broadcsts during World War II made history and enabled him to expand into television journalism.")

John Greenleaf Whittier, Fighting Quaker by Ruth Langland Holberg ... $2.00 (1958, 151 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. Ages 10 to 14. " ... tells the story of a beloved American writer against the background of the stirring times in which he lived.")

Hans Christian Andersen - His Fairy Tale Life by Hjordis Varmer and Lilian Brogger ... $4.00 (2001, 111 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "This beautifully illustrated biography commemorates the bicentennial of Hans Christian Andersen’s birth. Written by one of Denmark’s best-known children’s authors, Hjørdis Varmer, the book chronicles the fairy-tale like story of Andersen’s life, describing how the eccentric Andersen came from a poor family, was ridiculed by other children, and struggled for many years before finally finding world-wide fame writing fairy tales such as The Ugly Duckling, Thumbelina, and The Nightingale.")

The Young at Heart: Gertrude Chandler Warner by Joan Wallner ... $1.00 (1996, 31 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)

The Young at Heart: Maurice Sendak by Julie Berg ... $1.00 (1993, 32 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)

Randolph Caldecott - 'Lord of the Nursery' by Rodney K. Engen ... $3.00 (1976, 104 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. "During his short life, Randolph Caldecott became one of the most popular and respected illustrators of his era. ... ... from his humble beginnings in a small village and his early life as a bank clerk. ... ...a comprehensive selection of Caldecott's work, including not only his best-known illustrations to books and periodicals, but also his less familiar oil paintings and sculpture.")

How Do I Love Thee? The Story of Elizabeth Barrett Browning for Teen-Age Girls by Helen E. Waite ... $2.00 (1953, 221 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good.)

Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre by Stewart Ross ... $1997, 45 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. "A biography of Charlotte Bronte, an English author, with emphasis on the autobiographical material found in Jane Eyre." Picture book format with more text than usual picture book.)

Gertrude Chandler Warner and The Boxcar Children by Mary Ellen Ellsworth ... $1.50 (1997, 72 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "A biography of the woman who created the well-known stories about the adventures of four children who lived in a railroad car until going to stay with their grandfather.")

Lives to Remember: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Woman with a Cause by Winifred E. Wise ... $1.50 (1965, 190 pages. Ex-library, cover has wear, pages have some wear but are overall good.)

The British Library - Writers' Lives: William Shakespeare by Dominic Shellard ... $3.00 (1998, 120 pages. Oxford University Press. Ex-library, a bit of wear to corners, overall good. Young adult and up.)

Shakespeare of London by Marchette Chute ... $2.00 (1949, 397 pages. Ex-library, rebound, cover has wear, pages have some wear - still a good reading copy. High school and up. "This book is not a literary biography. ... It concerns only the part of him that was mortal and belonged to the Elizabethan age. His plays are not discussed as literature, but only as they relate to the working problems of the London stage.")

Signature Lives: William Shakespeare, Playwright and Poet by Pamela Hill Nettleton ... $2.00 (2005, 112 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. "A biography profiling the life and the work of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare. Includes source notes and timeline.")

William Shakespeare by Ivor Brown ... $2.00 (1958, 84 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some typical library wear - still a good reading copy.)

The Boy Shelley by Laura Benet ... $3.00 (1961, 307 pages. Ex-library, some wear to cover, pages are very good. "Interesting biography of young Shelley"s years at Eton and Oxford in England.")

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Woman Crusader by Jean Rouverol ... $15.0 (1968, 95 pages. An American Pioneer Biography. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. Ages 8 to 10. "Uncle Tom's Cabin was one of the most popular books ever published. It made people in the North angry at slavery and people in the South angry at Harriet. Abraham Lincoln called her the little woman who started the big Civil War. ... ...in this moving biography, Harriet was born poor and suffered great personal sorrows. But she overcame her troubles and became the first famous American woman author.")

Down to Earth at Walden by Marilynne K. Roach ... $1.50 (1980, 86 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear but overall good. Ages 10 to 14. "Describes the practical aspects of Thoreau's day-to-day life at Walden and the 19th-century world surrounding him.")




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Science/Nature/Inventors:

Andrew Carnegie - Steel King and Friend to Libraries by Zachary Kent ... $2.00 (1999, 128 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "A biography of the Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in the steel industry and used much of it for philanthropic causes.")

Steinmetz, Maker of Lightning by Sigmund A. Levine ... $2.00 (1965, 241 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, overall good. Ages 14 and up.)

The Importance of Benjamin Franklin by Gail B. Stewart ... $2.00 (1992, 127 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "A biography of patriot Benjamin Franklin, from his Boston boyhood to his years as inventor and diplomat.")

Probing the Unknown, The Story of Dr. Florence Sabin by Mary Kay Phelan ... $2.00 (1969, 176 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, good condition. Women of America. "When Florence Sabin was growing up in the gold-mine country of Colorado, the world of science seemed far away. But the eager, ambitious girl found her path - first at Smith College and then at Johns Hopkins Medical School - and went on to become one of our country's foremost scientists. Her brilliant career in medical research was matched by her skill as a teacher.")

American Women of Science by Edna Yost ... $2.00 (1955, 233 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, good condition. Ellen Richards, Annie Jump Cannon, Alice Hamilton, Florence Rena Sabin, Mary Engle Pennington, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Libbie Henrietta Hyman, Wanda K. Farr, Hazel K. Stiebeling, Florence B. Seibert, Katharine Burr Blodgett, Margaret Mead.)

The Curies and Radium - A First Biography by Elizabeth Rubin ... $1.50 (1961, 112 pages. Franklin Watts. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good.) -- 2 copies

The Radium Woman, A Life of Marie Curie by Eleanor Doorly ... $2.00 (1954, 181 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some wear - still a good reading copy. Roy Publishers.)
The Radium Woman, A Life of Marie Curie by Eleanor Doorly ... $1.00 (1967, 181 pages. Ex-library, hard wear and soil to cover. Spine is a bit loose. Pages are overall good.)

Radium Treasure and the Curies by Irmengarde Eberle ... $2.00 (1942, 105 pages. Ex-library, hard wear to cover, pages are overall good.)

Lifetimes: Marie Curie 1867-1934 by Richard Tames ... $1.50 (Softcover, light wear, overall good. "A biography of the Polish-born scientist who, with her husband, Pierre, was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize fro discovering radium.")

Pioneers of Science: Edward Jenner by Stephen Morris ... $1.50 (1992, 48 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. "A biography of the British physician who discovered the smallpox vaccine.")

The Atomic Pioneers - From Irish Castle to Manhattan Project by William Moore ... $2.00 (1970, 160 pages. Ex-library, rebound, overall good. Ages 12 to 16. "Here are the stories of a dozen men who helped bring the world into the age of the atom.")

Giants of Electricity by Percy Dunsheath ... $3.00 (1967, 201 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear but overall good. Franklin, Galvani, Volta, Davy, Oersted, Ampere, Faraday, Henry, Ohm, Gauss, Weber, Maxwell, Thomson, and Kelvin.)

Pioneers of Science and Discovery: Ernest Rutherford and the Atom by P. B. Moon ... $2.00 (1980, 96 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. "When Ernest Rutherford started his research about 70 years ago, no one understood radioactivity or knew what atoms looked like. In the space of a decade, he had transformed radioactivity from a mystery into a vital new science and, with his discovery of the nucleus, had conclusively identified the parts of the atom. When he died in 1937, scientists throughout the world were busy exploring the nucleus itself.")

The Importance of Louis Pasteur by Lisa Yount ... $2.00 (1994, 96 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)

Louis Pasteur, Founder of Bacteriology by John Mann ... $1.50 (1964, 160 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some typical wear - still a good reading copy.)

A Touch of Light, The Story of Louis Braille by Anne E. Meimark ... $2.00 (1970, 186 pages. Ex-libary, dustjacket, rebound, some wear but overall good. Ages 8 to 12.)

Wallace Carothers and the Story of Dupont Nylon by Ann Gaines ... $1.50 (2002, 48 pages. Ex-library, overall good. "Examines the life and work of Wallace Carothers, who invented nylon for the DuPont Company.")

TV's Forgotten Hero - The Story of Philo Farnsworth by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson ... $2.00 (1996, 96 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, very good.)

Wizard of Tuskegee, The Life of George Washington Carver by David Manber ... $1.50 (1967, 168 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, some typical wear - still a good reading copy. America in the Making series.)

The Universe of Galileo and Newton - A Horizon Caravel Book by William Bixby ... $2.00 (1964, 153 pages. Ex-library, a bit of wear to cover, pages are overall good.)

Pioneers of Science: Alexander Graham Bell by Andrew Dunn ... $1.50 (1991. Ex-library, light wear, overall good. "Examines the life and accomplishments of the speech teacher whose study of sound and the human voice ledd to his invention of the telephone.")

Pioneers of Science: Karl Benz by Brian Williams ... $1.50 (1991, 48 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good.)

Great Minds of Science: Antoine Lavoisier, Founder of Modern Chemistry by Lisa Yount ... $2.00 (1997, 128 pages. Ex-library, very good. "Profiles the life of the Frenchman who is considered the founder of modern chemistry and biochemistry, because of his discovery of oxygen and his work on combustion and respiration.")

Great Minds of Science: Albert Einstein, Physicist and Genius by Joyce Goldenstern ... $2.00 (1995, 128 pages. Ex-library, very good.)

Einstein, Visionary Scientist by John B. Severance ... $1.50 (1999, 144 pages. Ex-library, dustjacket, light wear, overall good.)

The Story of Albert Einstein, The Scientist Who Searched Out the Secrets of the Universe by Mae Blacker Freeman ... $1.00 (1958, 178 pages. Ex-library, rebound. Cover has wear and fading, pages have wear - still a good reading copy.)

Great Lives: Einstein by Nigel Hunter ... $1.50 (1987, 32 pages. Ex-library, some typical wear - still a good reading copy.)

Pioneers of Science: Edward Jenner by Stephen Morris ... $1.50 (1992, 48 pages. Ex-library, some wear but overall good. "A biograph of the British physician who discovered the smallpox vaccine.")

Joseph Lister by Elizabeth Jenkins ... $2.00 (Title page has been removed from this book. Ex-library, some wear - still a good reading copy.)

Science Explorer, Roy Chapman Andrews by Jules Archer ... $2.00 (1968, 191 pages. Ex-library, rebound, some wear - still a good reading copy.)

Charles Darwin and His Problems by Evelyn Cheesman ... $2.00 (1955, 192 pages. Ex-library, wear to cloth cover, pages are overall good. "The story of Darwin's life from boyhood throuh his years of work and fame." Ages 12 and up.)

Americans All Series: Walter Reed, Pioneer in Medicine by Lynn Groh ... $1.00 (Softcover, light wear, overall good.)



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