Carl R. Sams

Jean Stoick

A STRANGER IN THE WOODS Picture Book

Book is HARDCOVER & in EXCELLENT condition!
No writing, rips or tears
 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Wisconsin

A Photographic Fantasy

Forest animals, awakened by the birds' warning that there is a stranger in the woods, set out to discover if there is danger and find, instead, a wonderful surprise.

Stranger in the Woods

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Richard Scarry

RICHARD SCARRY’S - BEST STORYBOOK EVER 

Book is HARDCOVER & in EXCELLENT condition l
No writing, rips or tears 


Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A collection of stories, nursery rhymes, fables, and illustrated topical word lists covering such subjects as numbers, alphabets, manners, seasons, and many others.

Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever

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Cover has creases,scuffs , discoloration, stains and light shelf life wear. The inside front cover has the previous owners name written on it . The inside has discoloration, and some light stains.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Michigan

The Saggy Baggy Elephant 

Best picture books

young through middle grades, and maybe even someone older ;)

Jeanne Birdsall

Slight edge wear. Crease to lower left corner of back cover. Tight binding. Pages in very good condition.

California

While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four young sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

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#hardcover #fiction #youngadult #magical #fantasy #steampunk #mystery #middlegrade #historical #juvenile

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Utah

The Clockwork Three

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Former library book, still has clear book cover, and library stamps. 

#hardcover #inventions #childrens #adventures #fantasy 

North Carolina

Brimming with mystery and treasure, this action-packed tale sends a boy in need of luck and girl in need of a friend on an adventure that will change their lives forever.

Meet George, the third Lord of Devonshire and the unluckiest boy in London. Why is George so unlucky? First, he's an orphan. Second, unless he sells everything, he's about to lose his house. So when his family's last heirloom, a priceless map to the Star of Victory (a unique gem said to bring its owner success in any battle) is stolen by a nefarious group of criminals, George knows that there is no one less lucky--or more alone--than he is.

That is until Ada Byron, the future Countess of Lovelace, bursts into his life. She promises to help George recover his family legacy, and is determined to find her own father along the way--all in a flying machine she built herself. Joined by a mischievous orangutan and the long-lost son of an infamous pirate, Ada and George take off on a cross-continent journey through the skies that will change their lives, and perhaps the world, forever.

The Inventors at No. 8

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Chapters: beyond picture books

First book in favorite cozy mystery series which I'm currently reading or have completed.

M. C. Beaton

1st of four books featuring Captain Harry Cartwright and Lady Rose Summer. Light and entertaining.

Please note a couple tiny areas of cover damage, see photos for details. Acquired used, perfectly acceptable reading copy.

Originally published as written by Marion Chesney

Secondhand so I don’t know it’s original home, but ships from the nonsmoking home of miss-barks-a-lot golden doodle and her humans. Don’t worry, she’d rather chase squirrels than read books.

An Edwardian Murder Mystery

When a marriage proposal appears imminent for the beautiful -- if rebellious -- Lady Rose Summer, her father wants to know if her suitor's intentions are honorable. He calls on Captain Harry Cathcart, the impoverished younger son of a baron, to do some intelligence work on the would-be fiancee, Sir Geoffrey Blandon.

After his success in uncovering Geoffrey's dishonorable motives, Harry fashions a career out of "fixing" things for wealthy aristocrats. So when the Marquess of Hedley finds one of his guests dead at a lavish house party, he knows just the man to call.

But when Harry is caught between his client's desire for discretion and his suspicion that murder may indeed have been committed, he enlists the help of Superintendent Kerridge of the Scotland Yard and Lady Rose, also a guest at Lord Hedley's.

Set in Britain and the Edwardian world of parties, servants, and scandal, M. C. Beaton's Snobbery with Violence is a delightful combination of murderous intrigue and high society.

Snobbery with Violence, book #1 of 4

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Anna Dean

Fair condition only due to marred spine where sticker removed and yellowing pages and wear to cover including corner dings, otherwise is in good condition. Book 1 in series of 4 books, see my other listings for the others. Shop sale additional discount applies if you buy all four.

Minnesota

Or, the Deductions of Miss Dido Kent

1805. An engagement party is taking place for Mr Richard Montague, son of wealthy landowner Sir Edgar Montague, and his fiancee Catherine. During a dance with his beloved, a strange thing happens: a man appears at Richard's shoulder and appears to communicate something to him without saying a word. Instantly breaking off the engagement, he rushes off to speak to his father, never to be seen again. Distraught with worry, Catherine sends for her spinster aunt, Miss Dido Kent, who has a penchant for solving mysteries. Catherine pleads with her to find her fiance and to discover the truth behind his disappearance. It's going to take a lot of logical thinking to untangle the complex threads of this multi-layered mystery, and Miss Dido Kent is just the woman to do it.

Bellfield Hall

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Tasha Alexander

Maryland

From gifted new writer Tasha Alexander comes a stunning novel of historical suspense set in Victorian England, meticulously researched and with a twisty plot that involves stolen antiquities, betrayal, and murder And Only to Deceive For Emily, accepting the proposal of Philip, the Viscount Ashton, was an easy way to escape her overbearing mother, who was set on a grand society match. So when Emily's dashing husband died on safari soon after their wedding, she felt little grief. After all, she barely knew him. Now, nearly two years later, she discovers that Philip was a far different man from the one she had married so cavalierly. His journals reveal him to have been a gentleman scholar and antiquities collector who, to her surprise, was deeply in love with his wife. Emily becomes fascinated with this new image of her dead husband and she immerses herself in all things ancient and begins to study Greek. Emily's intellectual pursuits and her desire to learn more about Philip take her to the quiet corridors of the British Museum, one of her husband's favorite places. There, amid priceless ancient statues, she uncovers a dark, dangerous secret involving stolen artifacts from the Greco-Roman galleries. And to complicate matters, she's juggling two very prominent and wealthy suitors, one of whose intentions may go beyond the marrying kind. As she sets out to solve the crime, her search leads to more surprises about Philip and causes her to question the role in Victorian society to which she, as a woman, is relegated.

And Only to Deceive

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Favorite Cozy Mystery Series 1st Book

Books I would have enjoyed in my youth but they didn’t exist then so I enjoyed them in an older version of me.

Angie Frazier

A Suzanna Snow Mystery

In 1905, Suzanna is in training to be a well-mannered hostess at a Loch Harbor, New Brunswick, hotel, but her dream of being a detective gets a boost when a seven-year-old guest goes missing and Suzanna's uncle, a famous detective, comes to solve the case.

The Midnight Tunnel

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Includes both mystery books! Never read, excellent condition.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Illinois

The Jeweled Moth

The Clockwork Sparrow, follows the adventures of recently orphaned fourteen-year-old Sophie, a shop girl at the newly opened Sinclair's Department Store in London. Just as she's settling into her new life, a priceless object is stolen, a young man is attacked and Sophie is implicated in the crime. Combining mystery, adventure and friendship with a sumptuous Edwardian setting, The Clockwork Sparrow is an absolute joy of a book, transporting the reader to a world of heady glamour offset by a murky criminal underground. It's Nancy Drew with a PBS twist, and readers of all ages will adore the cast of exceptionally likeable characters.

The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow

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Elizabeth C. Bunce

Smoke free home.

Before the train has left the station, England’s most accomplished new detective already is on a suspect’s trail, and readers will be delighted to travel along.

Myrtle Hardcastle has no desire to go on a relaxing travel excursion with her aunt Helena when there are More Important things to be done at home, like keeping close tabs on criminals and murder trials. Unfortunately, she has no say in the matter. So off Myrtle goes—with her governess, Miss Judson, and cat, Peony, in tow—on a fabulous private railway coach headed for the English seaside.

Myrtle is thrilled to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Bloom, a professional insurance investigator aboard to protect the priceless Northern Lights tiara. But before the train reaches its destination, both the tiara and Mrs. Bloom vanish. When Myrtle arrives, she and Peony discover a dead body in the baggage car. Someone has been murdered—with Aunt Helena’s sewing shears.

The trip is derailed, the local police are inept, and Scotland Yard is in no rush to arrive. What’s a smart, bored Young Lady of Quality stranded in a washed-up carnival town to do but follow the evidence to find out which of her fellow travelers is a thief and a murderer?

An Edgar® Award Winning Series

Before the train has left the station, Victorian England's most accomplished new detective already is on a suspect's trail, and readers will be delighted to travel along.
 
Myrtle Hardcastle has no desire to go on a relaxing travel excursion with her aunt Helena when there are More Important things to be done at home, like keeping close tabs on criminals and murder trials. Unfortunately, she has no say in the matter. So off Myrtle goes--with her governess, Miss Judson, and cat, Peony, in tow--on a fabulous private railway coach headed for the English seaside.
 
Myrtle is thrilled to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Bloom, a professional insurance investigator aboard to protect the priceless Northern Lights tiara. But before the train reaches its destination, both the tiara and Mrs. Bloom vanish. When Myrtle arrives, she and Peony discover a dead body in the baggage car. Someone has been murdered--with Aunt Helena's sewing shears.
 
The trip is derailed, the local police are inept, and Scotland Yard is in no rush to arrive. What's a smart, bored Young Lady of Quality stranded in a washed-up carnival town to do but follow the evidence to find out which of her fellow travelers is a thief and a murderer?

How to Get Away with Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 2)

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My inner Nancy Drew

Karen Harper

Complete set of Queen Elizabeth I mysteries by Karen Harper, mass market paperbacks. Bought new and read once years ago, still in very good condition. Slight spine cracking on outside of a few of them and a nick on The Twylight Tower by author’s name. Inside cover of The Poyson Garden is yellowed (see photo), but no markings in the books (that I can remember, I don't usually mark books).

Shipping is almost free with my current shop discounts!

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Complete set

The letter came in secret, with a pearl eardrop from an aunt long thought dead, resurrecting the forbidden past. Banished by her spiteful half sister, Queen Mary, to Hatfield House in the English countryside, twenty-five-year-old Princess Elizabeth cannot refuse the summons. The Boleyns are in grave danger. And Elizabeth, daughter of Anne Boleyn, is marked for death by a master poisoner whose reign of terror may have royal sanction. With her few loyal retainers, Elizabeth escapes to Kent. Here, in her ancestral Hever Castle, now held by the Queen's loyalists, Elizabeth seeks to unravel the plot against her. And here, in the embrace of intrigue and betrayal, the princess must find a brilliant, powerfully connected killer--before the killer finds her....

The Poyson Garden, Queen Elizabeth I mysteries, 1-9

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Book 1-13 William Monk historical mysteries by Anne Perry. More pictures/information on request. 

Note: Anne Perry’s books are a little darker in tone than many “cozy” mysteries, a little less graphic, but still somewhat detailed in descriptions, as other mysteries and thrillers.

Book conditions as follows - heavy spine creasing rated "fair" even if no other issues:
1 Face of a Stranger - good
2 Dangerous Mourning - excellent
3 Defend and Betray - excellent
4 Sudden Fearful Death - good
5 Sins of the Wolf - fair
6 Cain his Brother - fair
7 Weighed in the Balance - good
8 Silent Cry - fair
9 Breach of Promise - fair
10 Twisted Root - excellent
11 Slaves of Obsession - good
12 Funeral in Blue - fair
13 Death of a Stranger - fair

📚 Will be shipped in recycled ♻️ box.

Huge Paperback (6 to 8 lbs)

Face of a Stranger

Anne Perry bundle William Monk & Hester Latterly #1-13

Books 1-4 of The Grub-and-Stakers cozy mysteries by Charlotte MacLeod writing as Alisa Craig. Vintage mass market paperbacks with yellowing pages, a few dings, markings, and imperfections of age but all still tightly bound and considering their age, in very good shape.

Book 5 of the series is listed separately as it is a hardcover.

Making space on my shelves for the physical TBR. 

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