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CHILDREN'S BOOKS • NON-FICTION • D — F

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.

Dangerous Adventure! Linbergh's Famous Flight
by Ruth Belov Gross (1977) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Susanne Suba. 48 pages.
Scholastic Books #TW-3714 [Third Printing]
Book is Fine.

The Dangers of Noise by Lucy Kavaler (1978) $8.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Richard Cuffari. 84 pages. SRP: $7.95.
Thomas Y. Crowell [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine save for price clip.

Daniel Boone: Hunter, Trapper and Indian Fighter by Lilian Moore (1955) $8.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by William Moyers. 64 pages.
Random House [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

Daniel Boone by Katharine E. Wilkie (February 1962) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Don Sibley. SRP: 35¢.
Scholastic Book Services #TW-341 [Second Printing]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

Daredevils of the Speedway by Ross R. Olney (1968) $6.00
Heavily illustrated with photographs.
Tempo Books #T-177 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good.

David Livingstone by Kreigh Collins (1961) $6.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Kreigh Collins. 60 pages.
Review and Herald Publishing Association [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

The Day of the Bomb by Karl Bruckner (1966) $20.00
Hardcover. 192 pages.
E.M. Hale & Company [First Cadmus Edition]
Book is Very Good. (Ex-libris; card pocket, several stamps, spine label.)

Death Is Natural by Laurence Pringle (1977) $12.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Laurence Pringle. 60 pages. SRP: $6.95.
Four Winds Press [Third Printing]
Book is Fine. (Ex-libris; Near Mint save for card pocket first page, several library stamps.)
Dust Jacket is Very Fine.

The Defenders by Ann McGovern (1970) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Mort Kunstler. 128 pages.
Scholastic Book Services [Third Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

The Detective Book (1978) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 64 pages.
Random House [First Printing]
Book is Fine. (Some wear to top and bottom of spine.)

Diesel Trucks by Mark Rich (1978) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Mark Rich. 48 pages. SRP: $2.50.
Childrens Press [Tenth Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Stress marks along spine.)

Dinosaur Mysteries by Mary Elting and Ann Goodman (1980) $20.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Susan Swan. 64 pages. SRP: $4.95.
Platt & Munk [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.

Dinosaur Time by Peggy Parish (1974) $6.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Arnold Lobel. 32 pages.
Harper & Row [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine.

Dinosaurs by Edwin H. Colbert (1961) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 32 pages.
The American Museum of Natural History [Tenth Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Dinosaurs and More Dinosaurs by M. Jean Craig (1982) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by George Solonevich.
Scholastic Book Services #32423 [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine.

Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals by Tom McGowen (1984) $16.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Rod Ruth. 112 pages.
Rand McNally & Company [Third Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals by Tom McGowen (1984) $24.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Rod Ruth. 112 pages.
Rand McNally & Company [Third Printing]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals by Graham Wellfare (1985) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Bernard Robinson and Robert Ayton. 58 pages.
Modern Publishing [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine.

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals by Jack Long (1988) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 24 pages.
Joshua Morris Publishing, Inc. [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine.

Dinosaurs Discovered by John Gilbert (1979) $8.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Guy Michael. 92 pages.
Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. UK [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus.

Disney's America on Parade by David Jacobs (1975) $5.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 142 pages. SRP: $7.95.
New American Library [First printing]
Book is Fine.

Disney's World of Adventure: Cars! Cars! Cars! (1977) $6.00
Includes coverage of the Walt Disney film The Love Bug.
Hardcover. Illustrated. 60 pages.
Random House [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

Disney's World of Adventure: Cars! Cars! Cars! (1977) $10.00
Includes coverage of the Walt Disney film The Love Bug.
Hardcover. Illustrated. 60 pages.
Random House [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

Disneyland (1985) $8.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 68 pages.
Crescent Books [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Ex-libris; Nice except for stamps on
interior covers, blunted corners and 3.5" tear on interior page.)

Dogs by Gene Byrnes (1946) $8.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Gene Byrnes. 72 pages.
Grosset & Dunlap [First Printing]
Book is Very Good.

Dolphins! by Margaret Davidson (1964) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Irma Wilde. 48 pages.
Scholastic Book Services #TW-491 [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine.

Dreams and Dragons: Reading Basics Plus (1980) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 416 pages.
Harper & Row [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine.

Dry Bones... and Other Fossils by Gary E. Parker (1983) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Jonathan Chong. 72 pages.
CLP Publishers [Third Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Several small cover creases.)

The Dynamite Animal Hall of Fame by Bruce Weber (1979) $2.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 96 pages.
Scholastic Book Services [Fourth Printing]
Book is Fine. (Nice save for mild 1" crease lower right corner front cover.)

The Dynamite Party Book by Linda Williams Aber (1978) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Werner Kappes. 80 pages.
Scholastic Books #TX-3470 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

The Easy How-To Book by Seymour Reit (1973) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by William Dugan. 48 pages.
Golden Press/Western Publishing Company #13573 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Some corner wear.)

Easy-to-Cook Book by Ann Wanwright (1972) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Stan Tusan. 64 pages.
Grosset & Dunlap [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine.

The Electric Radish and Other Jokes by Susan Thorndike (1973) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Ray Cruz. 52 pages.
Doubleday & Company, Inc. [Seventh Printing]
Book is Near Mint Minus.

Elephants, Grapes and Pickles (1964) $16.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Ed Powers. 64 pages. SRP: $1.00.
Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers, Inc. [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Energy and Power by L. Sprague de Camp (1962) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Weimer Pursell and Fred Eng. 54 pages.
Golden Press #7825 [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine Minus.

The Everything Book by Eleanor Graham Vance (1975) $6.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Trina S. Hyman. 144 pages.
Golden Press/Western Publishing Company #16815 [Second Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

Explore a Spooky Swamp by Wendy W. Cortesi (1978) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Joseph H. Bailey. 36 pages.
The National Geographic Society [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

Explorer Manual (1954) $12.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 386 pages. SRP: 75¢
Boy Scouts of America [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine.

Exploring Chemistry: Volume One by Alice F. Martin and Bertha M. Parker (1970) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 48 pages.
Sears, Roebuck & Company [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Edge and corner wear.)

Exploring Our City by Joseph Junell (1958) $20.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 178 pages.
The Seattle Board of School Directors [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

Exploring Space: Revised Edition by Roy Worvill (1964) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by B. Knight. 48 pages. SRP: 24p.
Ladybird Books, Ltd. UK [Revised Edition]
Book is Fine.

Exploring the Universe by Roy A. Gallant (1956) $8.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Lowell Hess. 64 pages.
Garden City Books [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

Exploring Your Community by Kathryn Fugate (1967) $6.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 112 pages.
California State Department of Education [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Ex-libris; nice
save for card pocket and stamps on interior.)

Faces on Film by Margaret Ronan (February 1970) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated with photos. SRP: 60¢.
Scholastic Book Services #TX-1534 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus. (Slight discoloration and some mild edge wear.)

Famous American Revolutionary War Heroes by S. Carl Hirsch (1974) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund. 94 pages.
Rand McNally & Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Some wear to corners of cover and interior pages.)

Famous Investigators by Richard Deming (1963) $6.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Arnie Kohn. 212 pages.
Whitman Publishing Company #1564 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Some corner wear, tanning pages, otherwise tight.)

Farm Animals by Dean Walley (circa 1970s) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Frieda Staake. 16 pages.
Hallmark Cards, Inc. [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Some corner wear.)

Farm and City by Margaret Wise Brown and Lucy Sprague Mitchell (1944) $6.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Anne Fleur. 184 pages.
D.C. Heath and Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

Favorite Pop/Rock Lyrics Edited by Jerry L. Walker (March 1973) $5.00
Includes photographs of The Beatles, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, The Monkees and others.
Softcover. Illustrated. 96 pages. SRP: 60¢.
Scholastic Book Services #TX-1356 [Seventh Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Light circular scratch center front cover.)

The First Book of Holidays by Bernice Burnett (1955) $7.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Marjorie Glaubach. 64 pages.
Franklin Watts, Inc. [Seventh Printing]
Book is Very Fine.
Dust Jacket is Fine.

The First Book of Space Travel by Jeanne Bendick (1953) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Jeanne Bendick. 72 pages.
Franklin Watts, Inc. [Twelfth Printing]
Book is Very Good Minus. (Some warping to pages due to moisture.)

The First Men in the World by Anne Terry White (November 1967) $2.00
Softcover. Illustrated by E. Harper Johnson. SRP: 50¢.
Scholastic Book Services #TX-244 [Sixth Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

The First Men in the World by Anne Terry White (November 1966) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by E. Harper Johnson. SRP: 50¢.
Scholastic Book Services #TX-244 [Fifth Printing]
Book is Fine.

The First Men in the World by Anne Terry White (November 1963) $4.00
Softcover. Illustrated by E. Harper Johnson. SRP: 50¢.
Scholastic Book Services #TX-244 [Fourth Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus. (Corner chipping.)

First Steps in Teaching Creative Dance by Mary Joyce (1973) $8.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Patty Haley. 192 pages.
National Press Books [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

The First Woman Doctor by Rachel Baker (October 1972) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Evelyn Copelman. SRP: 75¢.
Scholastic Book Services #TX-247 [Seventh Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

Fishes and How They Live by George S. Fichter (1960) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by James Gordon Irving and Rene Martin. 54 pages.
Golden Press #7819 [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine.

Flags of America Edited by Van B. Hooper (1961) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 48 pages.
Ideals Publishing Company [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine.

Flying Aces of World War I by Gene Gurney (April 1971) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 186 pages.
Scholastic Book Services #TX-1912 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Flying Dragons by David Eldridge (1980) $10.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Norman Nodel. 32 pages.
Troll Associates [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Flying Reptiles in the Age of Dinosaurs by John Kaufmann (1976) $5.00
Softcover. Illustrated by John Kaufmann. 40 pages.
Scholastic Books #38225 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Folk Music in America by Brian van der Horst (1972) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 80 pages.
Franklin Watts, Inc. [Fifth Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Ex-libris; general wear and markings.)

Folklore by Carl Carmer and Mary Gould Davis (Date Unknown) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 40 pages.
F.E. Compton & Company [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Food from Farm to Family by Marjorie Pursel (1967) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 80 pages.
Franklin Publications, Inc. [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine.

Forest Orphans: Carl Marty and His Animal Friends by August Derleth (1964) $3.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated. 92 pages.
Edward Ernest, Inc. [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Some wear to top and bottom of spine.)
Dust Jacket is Good. (Moderate to heavy edge/corner wear,
missing a few small pieces along edges, repaired with tape.)

Free Rein (1978) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 248 pages.
Allyn and Bacon, Inc. [Second Printing]
Book is Fine. (Gold foil stamp on cover.)

From Drumbeat to Tickertape by Edward Osmond (1965) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Edward Osmond. 128 pages.
E.M. Hale & Company/Cadmus [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Ex-libris; label on spine, pocket removed inside front cover.)

Funnier Than the First One by Sonny Fox (April 1974) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Bob Gray. 96 pages. SRP: 75¢.
Berkley Medallion Books [First Printing]
Book is Fine.


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