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CHILDREN'S BOOKS • NON-FICTION • A — C

All entries are alphabetized by title and by series:

Please note that, due to the nature of their intended audience, many--if not the majority--of the books listed in this section have the owners' names written on the inside front cover or title page.

101 Things to Make for Fun or Money by Miriam Morrison Peake (April 1971) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by June Ferguson Nicol. 96 pages. SRP: 60¢.
Scholastic Book Services #TX-563 [Ninth Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Corner wear.)

Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance by Frances Cavanah (1959) $3.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Paula Hutchison. 96 pages. SRP: $2.95.
Rand McNally & Company [Book Club Edition]
Book is Fine. (Some tanning along edges, otherwise nice.)
Dust jacket is Very Good. (Edge and corner wear, a few small tears.)

Abracadabra! Magic and Other Tricks by Shari Lewis (1984) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Jeanette Eng-Hom. 96 pages. SRP: $5.95.
World Almanac Publications [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Some corner wear.)

The Adventures of George Washington by Mickie Davidson (December 1967) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Seymour Fleishman. SRP: 45¢.
Scholastic Book Services #TW-614 [Fifth Printing]
Book is Very Fine. (Mild edge wear.)

African Adventures by Ellsworth Newcomb & Hugh Kenny (1961) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Shannon Stirnweis.
Whitman Publishing Company #2298 [First Printing]
Book is Fine. (Corner wear, mild warping of pages.)

Albrecht Durer by Ernest Raboff (1988) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Albrecht Durer. 32 pages. SRP: $5.95.
Harper & Row [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

All About the Ice Age by Patricia Lauber (1959) $5.00
Foreword by William L. Donn.
Hardcover. Illustrated by John C. Wonsetler. 160 pages.
Random House [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.

Along the Sunshine Trail Edited by Floy de Lancey & William Iverson (1962) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Guy Brown Wiser Associates. 352 pages.
California State Department of Education [Third Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Corner and edge wear, guts are clean.)

Animals Do the Strangest Things by Leonoa & Arthur Hornblow (1964) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Michael K. Frith. 64 pags.
Random House [First Printing]
Book is Very fine.

Answers About the Moon, Stars and Planets by Frederick Smithline (1969) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 68 pages. SRP: $1.00.
Wonder Books/Grosset & Dunlap [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Arrow Book of Easy Cooking by Esther Rudomin (November 1966) $3.00
Originally published as Let's Cook Without Cooking.
Softcover. Illustrated by Lee Smith. 80 pages. SRP: 50¢.
Scholastic Book Services #TW-317 [Fifth Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus.

At Home on the Ice by Patricia K. Miller & Iran Seligman (1963) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by John Teppich. 14 pages.
Holt, Rinehart & Winston [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Some edge and corner wear.)

Atomic Energy by Vera K. Fischer (1959) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Jerry Robinson. 28 pages.
Maxton Books [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Some wear to spine.)

Baseball Round-Up Edited by Leo Margulies (1948) $5.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. 248 pages.
Cupples & Leon Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine.
Dust Jacket is Good. (Missing ¼" x ¾" triangular piece from upper spine, edge and corner wear.)

Bats in the Dark by John Kaufmann (1972) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by John Kaufmann. 36 pages.
Thomas Y. Crowell Company [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Beginning Science with Mister Wizard--Volume One: Water
by Don Herbert & Hy Ruchlis (1960) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Mel Hunter. 32 pages.
Doubleday & Company [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Some edge and corner wear.)

Beginning Science with Mister Wizard--Volume Two: Heat
by Don Herbert & Hy Ruchlis (1960) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Mel Hunter. 32 pages.
Doubleday & Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Some edge and corner wear.)

Beginning Science with Mister Wizard--Volume Three: Light
by Don Herbert & Hy Ruchlis (1960) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Mel Hunter. 32 pages.
Doubleday & Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Some edge and corner wear.)

Beginning Science with Mister Wizard--Volume Four: Flying
by Don Herbert & Hy Ruchlis (1960) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Mel Hunter. 32 pages.
Doubleday & Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Some edge and corner wear.)

Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia by Margaret Cousins (1952) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg. 184 pages.
Landmark Books #28 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Ex-library, card pocket on inside back cover, some corner wear.)

Birds by Bertha Morris Parker (1951) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 36 pages.
Row, Peterson & Company [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine. (Mild edge and corner wear.)

Birds by Martin Andrews (1968) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Nemo. 28 pages. SRP: $1.95.
Plate & Munk [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Corner wear.)

Birds with Bracelets: The Story of Bird-Banding by Susan F. Welty (1965) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by John Kaufmann. 72 pages.
E.M. Hale & Company [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Ex-library; sticker on spine, card pocket inside cover, some stamping.)

A Birthday Is a Magic Day by Dean Walley (circa 1960s) $5.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Alice Ann Biggerstaff. 52 pages.
Hallmark Cards, Inc. [First printing]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine save for price clip inner flap.

Brazil by Stella Burke May (1967) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 144 pages.
The Fideler Company [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Decent save for warping to cover boards.)

The Bug That Laid the Golden Eggs by Millicent E. Selsam (1967) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Harold Krieger & John Kaufmann. 64 pages.
Harper & Row [Book Club Edition]
Book is Very Fine.

Calico Caper by Robert E. Jennings & Dorothy E. Prince (1978) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 176 pages.
Scott, Foresman & Company [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Carmen by Robert Lawrence (1938) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Alexandre Serebriakoff. 40 pages.
Grosset & Dunlap [First Printing]
Book is Good Plus. (Some heavy corner wear.)

Caves by Roma Gans (1976) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Giulio Maestro. 36 pages.
Thomas Y. Crowell Company [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine.

Caves and Their Mysteries by James E. McClurg (1962) $5.00
"Whitman Learn About Book" Volume 12.
Softcover. Illustrated by Norman Kenyon. 60 pages.
Whitman Publishing Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine. (Nice save for corner wear, particularly along spine.)

Champlain: Explorer of New France by Matthew G. Grant (1974) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Harold Henriksen. 32 pages.
Children's Press [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Changes Everywhere by Ada & Frank Graham (1974) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Susie Fitzhugh.48 pages.
Golden Press/Western Publising Company [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Corner wear.)

Charlie Brown's Second Super Book of Questions and Answers (1977) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. 148 pages.
Random House [Fifth Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Children of Mexico by Stella Burke May (1936) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 68 pages.
Rand McNally & Company [First Printing]
Book is Good Plus. (Corner and edge wear.)

Codes and Secret Writing by Herbert S. Zim (December 1965) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 116 pages. SRP: 35¢.
Scholastic Book Services #TX-164 [Eighth Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus.

Collage & Construction in Grades 1-4 by Lois Lord (1958) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 64 pages.
Scholastic Book Services #TW-1567 [Fourth Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Stress marks along spine.)

Corvette: America's Supercar by Jeffrey Hoffman (1984) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 64 pages.
Julian Messner [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.

Cornerstones of Freedom: The Story of the Alamo
by Norman Richards (1970) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Tom Dunnington. 36 pages.
Children's Press [Third Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Cornerstones of Freedom: The Story of the Constitution
by Marilyn Prolman (1969) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Robert Gaubke. 36 pages.
Children's Press [Seventh Printing]
Book is Near Mint.

Cornerstones of Freedom: The Story of the Gettysburg Address
by Kenneth Richards (1969) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Tom Dunnington. 36 pages.
Children's Press [Fifth Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Cornerstones of Freedom: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner
by Natalie Miller (1965) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by George Wilde. 36 pages.
Children's Press [Nineteenth Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Cowboys by Philip B. Silcott (1975) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Martin Rogers. 32 pages.
National Geographic Society [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus.


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