CATEGORY · PRICE (IN US $) · TITLE · AUTHOR · PUBLISHER · DATE · EDITION · CONDITION · REMARKS
  1. JUVENILE·22·EIGHT COUSINS·ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1958·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·FINE.·ILLUSTRATED BY RUTH IVES
  2. JUVENILE·18·LITTLE MEN·ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1955·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·VERY GOOD TO FINE. 25 PAGES FOLDED IN LOWER CORNER BEGINNING WITH PAGE 109. SPINE BENT TOP AND BOTTOM.·ILLUSTRATED BY RUTH IVES.
  3. JUVENILE·350·TOM SWIFT: COLLECTION OF 24 ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES·APPLETON, VICTOR·GROSSET & DUNLAP, NEW YORK·SOME DATED -- 1911, 1926, ETC., OTHERS NOT DATED·FIRST? NO DUST JACKET'S.·GOOD. BOARDS ARE FADED AND BUMPED. A FEW LOOSE HINGES, BUT MOST ARE TIGHT.·AN INTERESTING COLLECTION, AS IT APPEARS TO BE A SET BUT INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES WERE PUBLISHED OVER SEVERAL DECADES. THE FIRST JUVENILES TO FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY.
  4. JUVENILE·18·TOM SWIFT: TWO WHITMAN VOLUMES·APPLETON, VICTOR·WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, RACINE, WISC.·ORIGINAL G & D DATES ONLY·REPRINT·ONE GOOD, ONE FAIR·SCARCE REPRINTS
  5. JUVENILE·25·TOM SWIFT: TWO PLAIN G & D VOLUMES·APPLETON, VICTOR ·GROSSET & DUNLAP, NEW YORK·1925 & 1931·FIRST?·GOOD. SOILED AND BUMPED, BUT TIGHT.·
  6. JUVENILE·18·THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO·COLLODI, CARLO·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1955·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·VERY GOOD TO FINE. CORNERS SLIGHTLY BENT.·ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERTA MACDONALD.
  7. JUVENILE·44·ROBINSON CRUSOE·DEFOE, DANIEL·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1945·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·VERY GOOD TO FINE. CORNERS BENT·ILLUSTRATED BY FRITZ KREDEL.
  8. JUVENILE·24·MYTHS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW·EDITED BY HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE.·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1955·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·FINE.·ILLUSTRATED BY COLLEEN BROWNING.
  9. JUVENILE·44·THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS·GRAHAME, KENNETH·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1966·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·FINE.·ILLUSTRATED BY TASHA TUDOR.
  10. JUVENILE·20·THE PETERKIN PAPERS·HALE, LUCRETIA·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1955·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·VERY GOOD TO FINE.·ILLUSTRATED BY EZRA JACK KEATS.
  11. JUVENILE·18·RIP VAN WHINKLE AND OTHER STORIES·IRVING, WASHINGTON·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1955·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·VERY GOOD TO FINE. ERASED SIGNATURE ON FRONT END PAPER.·ILLUSTRATED BY SUSANNE SUBA.
  12. JUVENILE·15·ALL THE MOWGLI STORIES·KIPLING, RUDYARD ·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1956·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·VERY GOOD TO FINE. FRONT AND SPINE SLIGHTLY SMUDGED. CHILD'S SIGNATURE "VANESSA PIPER" ON FRONT END PAPER IN INK.·ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD M. POWERS.
  13. JUVENILE·36·BIG RED·KJELGAARD, JIM·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1966·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·FINE.·ILLUSTRATED BY SHANNON STIRNWEIS.
  14. JUVENILE·36·LASSIE COME-HOME·KNIGHT, ERIC·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1964·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·VERY GOOD TO FINE. TOP OF SPINE BENT.·ILLUSTRATED BY LILIAN OBLIGADO.
  15. JUVENILE·24·MARCO POLO·KOMROFF, MANUEL·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1966·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·FINE.·ILLUSTRATED BY ROBIN JACQUES. FOUR PAGE INDEX.
  16. JUVENILE·32·THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE & ADVENTURES OF A BROWNIE.·MULUCK, DINAH MARIA·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1956·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·FINE.·ILLUSTRATED BY COLLEEN BROWNING.
  17. JUVENILE·50·MY FRIEND FLICKA·O'HARA, MARY·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·"COPYRIGHT 1941 BY MARY O'HARA", OTHERWISE UNDATED.·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·FINE·LINE DRAWINGS BY DON SIBLEY. NO COLOR PLATE.
  18. JUVENILE·18·TOBY TYLER·OTIS, JAMES ·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1958·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·VERY GOOD TO FINE. CORNERS AND LOWER SPINE BENT. PAPER BOOKMARK STAIN LOWER CORNERS OF PAGES 50 & 51.·ILLUSTRATED BY LEONARD WEISGARD.
  19. JUVENILE·20·FRECKLES·PORTER, GENE STRATTON·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1957·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·VERY GOOD TO FINE. CORNERS BENT.·ILLUSTRATED BY RUTH IVES.
  20. JUVENILE·50·ROBIN HOOD·PYLE, HOWARD·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·NOT DATED·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·FINE.·ILLUSTRATED BY HOWARD PYLE
  21. JUVENILE·28·DAVY CROCKETT·ROURKE, CONSTANCE·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1956·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·FINE.·ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER SEATON.
  22. JUVENILE·18·BAMBI·SALTEN, FELIX·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1956·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·VERY GOOD TO FINE. FRONT AND SPINE SLIGHTLY SMUDGED. CHILD'S SIGNATURE "VANESSA PIPER" ON FRONT END PAPER IN INK, PARTIALLY ERASED.·ILLUSTRATIONS BY GIRARD GOODENOW.
  23. JUVENILE·25·BLACK BEAUTY·SEWELL, ANNA·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK·1954·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·VERY GOOD TO FINE. FRONT AND SPINE SLIGHTLY SMUDGED. CHILD'S SIGNATURE "VANESSA PIPER" ON FRONT END PAPER IN INK.·ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER SEATON. NUMEROUS PEN AND INK DRAWINGS.SIGNED COLOR PRINT OPPOSITE TITLE PAGE.
  24. JUVENILE·18·FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW·SIDNEY, MARGARET·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1954·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·VERY GOOD TO FINE. CORNERS AND SPINE BENT, FRONT BOARD NICKED.·ILLUSTRATED BY BARBARA CONEY.
  25. JUVENILE·32·HEIDI·SPYRI, JOHANNA·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1954·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·FINE.·ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERTA MACDONALD
  26. JUVENILE·20·THE BLACK ARROW·STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1954·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·VERY GOOD TO FINE. CORNERS AND SPINE BENT, FRONT BOARD NICKED.·ILLUSTRATED BY LAWRENCE BEALL SMITH.ERASED SIGNATURE ON FRONT END PAPER
  27. JUVENILE·26·STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS & SINBAD THE SAILOR·STORIES RETOLD BY LAURENCE HOUSMAN, TRANSLATOR OF SINBAD "UNKNOWN".·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1955·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·VERY GOOD TO FINE. FRONT END PAPER SIGNED VANESSA PIPER. COLOR PLATE OPPOSITE TITLE PAGE TORN 1/2 INCH AT BOTTOM.·ILLUSTRATED BY GIRARD GOODENOW.
  28. JUVENILE·18·DANIEL BOONE, WILDERNESS SCOUT·WHITE, STEWART EDWARD·NELSON DOUBLEDAY, INC. / GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK.·1957·JUNIOR DELUXE EDITIONS·VERY GOOD TO FINE. SIGNATURE OF VANESSA PIPER INSIDE FRONT COVER. SPINE EDGES SCUFFED AND BENT.·ILLUSTRATED BY HENRY C. PITZ.
  29. LITERARY FIRST EDITIONS·525·THE ASPHALT JUNGLE·BURNETT·KNOPF/BORZOI, NEW YORK·1949·FIRST. DUST JACKET·VERY GOOD. PAPER SLIGHTLY YELLOWED. DUST JACKET GOOD.·JACKET DESIGN BY E. McKNIGHT KAUFFER.
  30. LITERARY FIRST EDITIONS·200·THE PAPER MEN·GOLDING, WILLIAM·FABER AND FABER, LONDON·1984·FIRST. DUST JACKET.·FINE. DUST JACKET SLIGHTLY FADED,SIGNATURE ON FRONT PAGE, ELSE DUST JACKET FINE.·COVER CITES GOLDING'S NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE.
  31. LITERARY FIRST EDITIONS·440·INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE·RICE, ANNE·KNOPF/BORZOI, NEW YORK·1976·FIRST, DUST JACKET·FINE.·SPECTACULAR GOLD COVER, TOP EDGES RED. PHOTO OF AUTHOR ON BACK.
  32. LITERARY FIRST EDITIONS·325·A MONTH OF SUNDAYS·UPDIKE, JOHN·KNOPF/BORZOI, NEW YORK·1975·FIRST. DUST JACKET·FINE. PRICE SNIPPED OUT NEATLY INSIDE DUST JACKET, ELSE DUST JACKET FINE.·
  33. LITERARY FIRST EDITIONS·275·MARRY ME·UPDIKE, JOHN·KNOPF/BORZOI, NEW YORK·1973·FIRST TRADE EDITION. DUST JACKET·VERY GOOD TO FINE. SPINE ENDS SLIGHTLY DENTED. SMALL TEAR TOP OF DUST JACKET SPINE, ELSE DUST JACKET VERY GOOD.·
  34. PHILOSOPHY·1200·PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: THE DELAWARE SEMINAR. VOLUMES 1 & 2·BAUMRIN, BERNARD. EDITOR.·JOHN WILEY & SONS, NEW YORK·1963 & 1963·FIRST. DUST JACKET·FINE. NEVER READ, SPINES DENTED AT TOP AND BOTTOM. DUST JACKET GOOD, WITH CHIPS, ESPECIALLY VOL 2.·A TURNING POINT IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE.
  35. PHILOSOPHY·375·FRANKLIN AND NEWTON·COHEN, I. BERNARD ·HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, FOR APS, CAMBRIDGE MA.·HUP DATE 1966, AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT 1956.·FIRST.·FINE. CORNERS SLIGHTLY BUMPED, TOP DUST STAINED, ELSE FINE. NEVER OPENED. DUST JACKET VERY GOOD, WITH SOME DISCOLORATION.·A BOOK OF CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE.
  36. PHILOSOPHY·700·LOGIC AND LANGUAGE STUDIES DEDICATED TO PROFESSOR RUDOLF CARNAP ON THE OCCASION OF HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY.·EDITOR NOT LISTED.·D. REIDEL, DORDRECHT, HOLLAND·1962·FIRST. DUST JACKET·FINE. NEVER OPENED. DUST JACKET HAS SOME STAINING, ELSE VERY GOOD.·SPECIAL ESSAYS BY SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LOGICIANS OF THE DAY, INCLUDING QUINE, HEMPEL, AND MANY OTHERS.
  37. PHILOSOPHY·225·CHEMISTRY AND BEYOND·PANETH, F. A.·JOHN WILEY & SONS, NEW YORK·1964·FIRST. DUST JACKET·FINE. NOT READ. DUST JACKET RUBBED, ELSE VERY GOOD.·NOT FUTURISTIC, DESPITE THE TITLE. MOSTLY APPLYING CHEMISTRY TO HISTORICAL TOPICS, INCLUDING THE BIBLE. AN INTERESTING AND OBSCURE WORK.
  38. PHILOSOPHY·325·SCIENCE IN THE BRITISH COLONIES OF AMERICA·STEARNS, RAYMOND PHINEAS·UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS, URBANA IL.·1970·FIRST. DUST JACKET·FINE. NEVER OPENED. DUST JACKET HAS SOME DISCOLORATION, ELSE DUST JACKET FINE.·A RARE BOOK ON AN UNCOMMON TOPIC.
  39. PHILOSOPHY·125·AXIOMATIC SET THEORY·SUPPES, PATRICK·VAN NOSTRAND, PRINCETON NJ·COPYRIGHT 1960, REPRINTED 1967, PRINCETON NJ.·FIRST. DUST JACKET·FINE. NEVER READ. DUST JACKET DISCOLORED, ELSE VERY GOOD.·THE LEADING WORK OF THE LOGICIAN WHOSE TEXTBOOK BECAME THE STANDARD INTRODUCTORY TEXT ON MATHEMATICAL LOGIC.
  40. PHILOSOPHY·175·SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND·WESTFALL, RICHARD·YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, NEW HAVEN CN.·1958, SECOND PRINTING·FIRST·VERY GOOD. EX LIBRARY.·
  41. WESTERN US FICTION·2600·ZANE GREY, COLLECTION OF 56 VOLUMES·GREY, ZANE·GROSSET & DUNLAP, NEW YORK·UNDATED·G & D EDITION·MOST VERY GOOD, A FEW JUST GOOD. ABOUT HALF HAVE DUST JACKETS, MOST DUST JACKETS GOOD, A FEW VERY GOOD.·A GREAT COLLECTION. ABOUT 15,000 PAGES WITH NO DUPLICATES.
  42. WESTERN US FICTION·800·TAPPAN'S BURRO AND OTHER STORIES·GREY, ZANE·HARPERS, NEW YORK·1923·FIRST·VERY GOOD. FRONT HINGE SLIGHTLY WEAK. FRONT PAGE SIGNED BY BOB LITTLE, PATTON HIGH SCHOOL, WITH SEVERAL NOTES.·COLOR PLATE ON FRONT, SEVEN INSIDE. ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES S. CHAPMAN AND FRANK STREET. A HANDSOME BOOK. UNUSUAL JUVENILE BY GREY.
  43. WESTERN US FICTION·550·THE MAVERICK QUEEN·GREY, ZANE·HARPER, NEW YORK·1950·FIRST. DUST JACKET·VERY GOOD. DUST JACKET HAS SMALL TEARS AND CHIPPED, ELSE DUST JACKET VERY GOOD.·COVER BEARS 1 INCH STICKER: "THE NEW 1950 ZANE GREY NOVEL" IN LOWER RIGHT FRONT.

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