Curio Corner Books

Oliver Goldsmith-Mahomet-Moorish Chronicles

by Irving, Washington

Description: Good. No Jacket. Book. 12mo-over 7"-71/2" Tall. 258/499/121 pp, light blu clothcovered boards w/dark blue stamped front & spine w/gilt lettering, illustrated endpapers. Collection of four stories by Irving. corners bumped & worn, pages yellowing, prev owner bkplt on FPD w/date 12/16/95, (1895) Read More

Puck of Pook's Hill

by Kipling, Rudyard

Description: Very Good in Good+ jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 254 pp, dark blu linen boards w/gilt lettering & deco on spine, dj gilt-red-blk w/illustrated front & small deco on the spine, untrimmed fore edge. Story of two people and their adventures, that has the feel & spirit of old England, last of the people of the hills. Dan & Una met Puck "the oldest Old Thing in England" and the last of the people of the hills. Puck introduces them to the nearly forgotten pages of old England's history & to ... Read More

The Twelve Days of Christmas

by Knight, Hilary

Description: Book HB. Very Good/No Jacket. WRCBC. Weekly Reader Book Club. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. unpaginated, wht-blk bds w/color illustrated front & back, small scuff spot front cover and front pastedown. More and more gifts arrive from a young bear's true love on each of the twelve day's of Christmas. Read More

Strega Nona Meets Her Match

by Depaola, Tomie

Description: dePaola, Tomie. Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 4to-over 11"-13" Tall. Unpaginated, glossy purple boards w/white letters, full color pictoiral front & back boards. A rival puts Strega Nona out of the healing business until Big Anthony's assistance inadvertently sabotages the newcomer, in his usual well-meaning way. prev owner wrote on ffep. Read More

De Profundis

by Wilde, Oscar Edited By Ross, Robert

Description: Book Hard Cover. Fair+/No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 12mo-7" to 7-1/2". 154 pp, quarterbound w/grey boards w/gilt letters, spine blu cloth w/grey paper label on spine. A letter written to Lord Alfred Douglas of Wilde's account & reflections while in Reading prison. Author's last work of prose. some chipping to the spine label, missing front free endpaper. Read More

Annie and the Wild Animals

by Brett, Jan

Description: Brett, Jan. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. Sm4to from 9" to 11" Unpaginated, white-red-green dj & boards w/pictorial views, green spine. When Annie's cat disappears, she attempts friendship with a variety of unsuitable woodland animals, but with the emergence of spring, everything comes right. Read More

The Hat

by Brett, Jan

Description: Brett, Jan. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Remainder. Oblong 8vo-Over 8"-9" Tall. Unpaginated, brown-black-blu dj & boards w/color pictorial front & back. When Lisa hangs her woolen clothes in the sun to air them out for the winter, the hedgehog, to the amusement of the other animals, ends up wearing a stocking on her head. black P stamped on front pastedown & ffep. Read More

Family Easter Treasury

by Hague, Michael

Description: Hague, Michael. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 4to-over 11"-13" Tall. Signed by Author(s) 134 pp, gilt-black-light yellow dj & boards w/color wraparound pictorial. Collection of thirty-two texts & poems in an anthology that is a commemoration of Easter. The collection is divided into four sections: a Time of Faith, A time of Rebirth, A Time of Celebration, and a Time of Love. Includes works by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Emily Dickinson and Oscar Wilde. Read More

Go!

by Kirk, Daniel

Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 4to-over 11"-13" Tall. Signed by Author(s) Unpaginated, glossy yel-blu-red-wht-black dj & boards w/wraparound color pictorial w/23-song CD, endpapers illustrated blu-black-grey-white w/various wheels. A book-and-CD combo. CD contains songs & rhymes about transportation for children. Read More