Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Washington

Coronet Magazine

Loraine Despres

New York

A Novel

It's a steamy June afternoon in Louisiana, circa 1956, and Sissy LeBlanc is sitting on her front porch, wondering -- half seriously -- if she could kill herself with aspirins and Coca-Cola. She's been living in stifling old Gentry since the day she was born and trapped in a sham of a marriage to PeeWee LeBlanc since she was only seventeen. In short, she's fed up, restless, and ready for an adventure. Sissy just never imagined temptation would come into her life that breathless summer day as she sat smoking on her porch swing. For although she may have been fixated on the taut muscles of the lineman shimmying down the telephone pole across the street, she hadn't allowed herself to imagine that he'd be none other than her high school sweetheart, Parker Davidson, who left town fourteen years before without so much as a wave good-bye. But suddenly, here he is, leaning in for a kiss that will stir up more excitement than Sissy could ever have imagined...

The Scandalous Summer of Sissy Leblanc

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Jo Ann Allen Boyce

Debbie Levy

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Michigan

One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality

Recipient of a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Winner of the 2019 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction A NYPL Top Ten of 2019 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton Twelve themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann--clear-eyed, practical, tolerant, and popular among both black and white students---found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. But what about just being a regular teen? This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history. Based on original research and interviews and featuring backmatter with archival materials and notes from the authors on the co-writing process.

This Promise of Change

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Ohio

Louisiana

California

Pincher Martin

Jerry West

Some wear to dust jacket and hardcover. Yellow at the top edge. No damage to pages.

Virginia

The Happy Hollisters at Pony Hill Farm (#11 in the Happy Hollisters series)This story introduces a mystery on almost the first page, when the Hollisters attend an auction sale at Stone Farm near Shoreham.When Mr. Stone died he had only one relative, his grandson, Graham. Graham had been informed that he was to have the one thing of value on the farm, known only as “mystery boy.” Unfortunately no one knew who or what “mystery boy” was. The Hollisters, therefore, were quite surprised to find that the hobbyhorse they purchased at the sale held the key to the identity of this strange bequest.This, however, is a minor mystery, for when the Hollisters visit Pony Hill Farm, a horse farm owned by cousins of Mrs. Hollister, Ruth and Charles Thomas, they all become concerned with a beautiful appaloosa pony that appears at the farm as if out of nowhere.The solution of this puzzle and that of the elusive Graham Stone, along with learning trick riding and entering the County Fair Horse Show, makes a new Hollister story of interesting and unusual adventure.First published in 1956, this charming mystery-adventure story, faithfully reproduced, is now available in paperback and eBook for the first time! Written for boys and girls between the ages of six and twelve, The Happy Hollisters are wholesome books, with an accent on humor and good, clean fun. Integrity always pays off and right wins over wrong. Parents, grandparents, and teachers love these books for their healthy celebration of life in simpler times. Kids are thrilled with the fast-paced action and will not want to put them down. The action-packed illustrations make the story – and the Hollister family – so vivid that the reader has a feeling of really sharing in on the adventures of this lovable and interesting family.

The Happy Hollisters at Pony Hill Farm

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Florida

English

Our English language 

A name written on inside cover - no other marks or bent pages.  


This Anthology from 1956 includes the following stories:


“The Caine Mutiny”, by Herman Wouk

The novel that inspired the now-classic film The Caine Mutiny and the hit Broadway play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Herman Wouk's boldly dramatic, brilliantly entertaining novel of life-and mutiny-on a Navy warship in the Pacific theater was immediately embraced, upon its original publication in 1951, as one of the first serious works of American fiction to grapple with the moral complexities and the human consequences of World War II. In the intervening half century, The Caine Mutiny has become a perennial favorite of readers young and old, has sold millions of copies throughout the world, and has achieved the status of a modern classic.


“Cry, The Beloved Country” by Alan Paton

Cry, the Beloved Country, the most famous and important novel in South Africa’s history, was an immediate worldwide bestseller in 1948. Alan Paton’s impassioned novel about a black man’s country under white man’s law is a work of searing beauty.

Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land sings, nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or valley. For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

Cry, the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son, Absalom, set against the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice. Remarkable for its lyricism, and unforgettable for character and incident, Cry, the Beloved Country is a classic work of love and hope, courage and endurance, born of the dignity of man.


“The President’s Lady” by Irving Stone

In this acclaimed biographical novel, Irving Stone brings to life the tender and poignant love story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson. "Beyond any doubt one of the great romances of all time." -- The Saturday Review of Literature

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Arkansas

Anthology, Volume Two

Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Anthology

This is a 1956 copy in excellent condition.

Time for the Stars

This hardcover novel by Francis and Richard Lockridge titled "Murder! Murder! Murder!" is a vintage piece published in 1956 by JB Lippincott. The book is part of the Murder! series and falls under the crime and thriller genre

New Jersey

Murder! Murder! Murder!

From the We Were There series, Grossett and Dunlap 1956 Rare. Illustrated, dust jacket nice, pages still white, and binding tight, excellent condition

Georgia

We Were There With The Pony Express

Kazuo Ishiguro

District of Columbia

'After all what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?'In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past...A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House, of lost causes and lost love.The Remains of the Day is now available as a Faber Modern Classics edition.

The Remains of the Day

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Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Indiana

The Rainbow Book of Bible Stories

Connecticut

Vintage 1956 The Half Crown House

This is a wonderful 1956 edition of Cours moyen de Francais, intended for second year French students of prep and high school. 

Book is in good condition for a 68 year old book! Charming minimal annotation from former French students!

World Languages

Cours Moyen de Francais

The Man Who Japed

This is a vintage paperback. This is a collection of short stories with a introduction by Orson welles. 1956 copy. 

The years greatest science fiction and fantasy

S.F 

This beautiful yearbook is from 1956. It belonged to the lovely Janet Aston (pictured above in close-up). This is part of a full set, the other three are listed in my shop. This is Janet's sophomore yearbook and features many signatures and notes from friends, teachers, and classmates. There are also a handful of newspaper clippings within the pages. If you're a lover of 50s fashion, there is no better inspiration for hairstyles and wardrobe. Not only is this a treasure on its own, but it's great to have the entire set as well.

In good condition for its age. There is expected wear for a vintage book.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Texas

Vintage 1956 Colt Corral Yearbook

Excellent like new hardcover book from 1956.

Missouri

Riddles of Many Lands

dust cover has some tears but is intact, clean interior, no highlighting, 1956 edition, great vintage photos of Michigan, tight binding, 

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Coronet Magazine

Loraine Despres

The Scandalous Summer of Sissy Leblanc

Jo Ann Allen Boyce; Debbie Levy

This Promise of Change

Loraine Despres

The Scandalous Summer of Sissy Leblanc

Loraine Despres

The Scandalous Summer of Sissy Leblanc

William Golding

Pincher Martin

Jerry West

The Happy Hollisters at Pony Hill Farm

Loraine Despres

The Scandalous Summer of Sissy Leblanc

Matilda Bailey

Our English language

Loraine Despres

The Scandalous Summer of Sissy Leblanc

The Reader's Digest Association

Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Anthology

Robert A. Heinlein

Time for the Stars

Francid and Richard Lockridge

Murder! Murder! Murder!

William O Steele

We Were There With The Pony Express

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day

J. Harold Gwynne

The Rainbow Book of Bible Stories

Helen Ashton

Vintage 1956 The Half Crown House

John B Dale

Cours Moyen de Francais

Philip K. Dick

The Man Who Japed

Isaac Asimov, Steve Allen, Shirley Jackson, Theodore Sturgeon and many others

S.F

Arlington High School

Vintage 1956 Colt Corral Yearbook

Carl Withers and Sula Benet

Riddles of Many Lands

AMERICAN GUIDE SERIES, MICHIGAN WRITERS’ PROJECT

MICHIGAN

Louis R. L. Stevenson

The Beach Of Falesa