Complete Inventory Listing for Grosse Pointe Public Library

Brooke, L. Leslie. Oranges & Lemons A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book. London. Frederick Warne $ Co.. no c. 1940s. 26 pps. Folio. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in very good dust jacket. Wonderful illustations, 7 color plates (incl. one double),tiny chip off & tiny tear on glassine wrapper (dj) $35.00 Book #1 from Friends of the Grosse Pointe Public Library, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

Carroll, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. New York. The Platt & Munk Co.. 1937. 59 pps. 10" x 8". First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Very tight, clean copy. Green cover with Alice holding flamingo "croquet mallet" in black. Many very lovely, full color John Tenniel illustrations throughout. $40.00 Book #3 from Friends of the Grosse Pointe Public Library, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. New York. W. W. Norton. 1963. 410 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy in very good dust jacket. Clean pages, sound binding, dj has slight wear/rippling/small 1 inch tear. Not priced clipped. Attacked the popular notion that women of that time could only find fulfillment through childbearing and homemaking. According to The New York Times obituary of Friedan in 2006, it “ignited the contemporary women's movement in 1963 and as a result permanently transformed the social fabric of the United States and countries around the world” and “is widely regarded as one of the most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century.”[ $75.00 Book #2 from Friends of the Grosse Pointe Public Library, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

Koontz, Dean R. Oddkins, A Fable for All Ages. New York. Warner Books. 1988. 183 pps. 4to. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in fine dust jacket. Stuffed animals feel alive and share a wonder secret - help difficult children with their problems. Now they are locked up in a dark cupboard and need help. Beautiful, like new. Illustrated in beautiful striking color by Phil Parks. Pictorial endpapers. Created by Christopher Zavista. $40.00 Book #4 from Friends of the Grosse Pointe Public Library, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

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