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Helen Keller

By: Davidson, Margaret

Price: $3.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Scholastic, Inc.: 1989

Seller ID: 4040

ISBN: 0-590-42404-1

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Poor

5.25" x 7.5". 96 pages. Book is crumpled and has been wet and dried, no signs of mildew. Three very nice black and white photographs of Helen Keller, Annie Sullivan, and Helen on her horse at the back of the book. Line drawings and a simplified version of Helen Keller story. Braille alphabet in raised dots on back cover. Scholastic meant it as a good introduction. Our listing number 4040.
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The Story of Jean Valjean, Adapted from Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables"

By: Grames, Sarah Katherine, Ph.B.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: USA, F.A. Owen Publishing Company, Dansville, N.Y.: 1921

Seller ID: 762

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

This is a 1921 version of Cliff notes. Ms. Grames has "adapted" Les Miserables into a 32 page summary of the story of Jean Valjean. The Book has a blue cloth binding with black lettering, and is held together by three staples. The condition is remarkable for a book this age, as the only loosening of the staples is in the center four pages, one sheet has begun to come loose. This book is withdrawn from the library, so it has glue residue around the base of the spine. A beautiful little antique book, especially for students of Classical Literature. There is an handwritten note in the front cover...
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Night of the Fox / Windmills of the Gods

By: Higgins, Jack / Sheldon, Sidney

Price: $3.00

Publisher: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Pleasantville, New York: 1987

Seller ID: 72

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Reader's Digest Best Sellers series. Book like new, looks like front cover may have gotten wet, no discoloration, but some odd wrinkles top and center. 286 pages, biographies of the two authors, painted illustrations. Black binding, with marbelized green and white covers. Interior like new.
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The Reader's Digest Twentieth Anniversary Anthology

By: Reader's Digest

Price: $12.00

Publisher: The Reader's Digest Association, Pleasantville , New York: 1941

Seller ID: 168