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7 VINTAGE CHILDRENS BOOKS TWAIN, LOFTING 1913-1947

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Logo 7 VINTAGE CHILDRENS BOOKS TWAIN, LOFTING 1913-1947

Carlo by A.B. Frost 1913 (worn cover and binding, some torn pages). Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle 1947 (worn cover and spine). The Blue Teapot by Alice Dalgliesh 1959 (torn dust jacket). Rain and Shine by Andra Soule Wavle 1942. Everyday Classics Eight Reader: Introduction to Literature 1920. Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting 1920. The Jumping Frog by Mark Twain 1903.

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Image 1:

CARLO
THE
BY
THE JUMPING FROG
Doctor Politile
MARK TWAIN
HUGH LOFTING
RAGGEDY
THE BLUE TEAPOT
ANN
STORIES
JOHNNY
GRUELLE
EIGHTH READER
RAIN AND
SHINE
INTRODUCTION TO
LITERATURE
CARLO
THE
BY
THE
FROG
Doctor
MARK
TWAIN
HUGH
LOFTING
RAGGEDY
THE
BLUE
TEAPOT
ANN
STORIES
JOHNNY
GRUELLE
EVERYDAY
EIGHTH
READER
RAIN
AND
SHINE
INTRODUCTION
TO
LITERATURE
BAKER
&

Image 2:

COPYRIGHT, 1918,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY,
Set up and electrotyped. Published April, 1918
W.B.CONKEY
CHICAGO
THE
PRINTERS AND BINDERS
COPYRIGHT,
1918,
By
THE
MACMILLAN
Set
up
and
electrotyped.
Published
April,
W.B.CONKEY
CHICAGO
THE
HAMMOND
PRINTERS
AND
BINDERS

Image 3:

This book was written
ARDRA SOULE WAVLE
and illustrated by
RUTH STEED
PAUL
Rain
Pud
Up
Out
Wir
Copyright, 1942, by D. C.-Heath and Company
Mo
BOSTON
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
ATLANTA
SAN FRANCISCO
DALLAS
LONDON
Fro
Printed in the U. S. A.
4-K-5
This
book
was
written
by
ARDRA
SOULE
WAVLE
and
illustrated
by
RUTH
STEED
PAUL
WITTY
Educational
and
ETHEL
Consultants
Rain
Pud
Up
Out
Wir
Copyright,
1942,
by
D.
C.-Heath
and
Company
Mo
BOSTON
NEW
YORK
CHICAGO
ATLANTA
SAN
FRANCISCO
DALLAS
LONDON
Fro
Printed
in
the
U.
S.
4-K-5

Image 4:

Betty shut the window.
Mitzi went over by the fire.
Tap, tap, tap.
Tap went the rain.
John ran to the window.
"Look!" called Betty.
"Oh, look at the rain!"
"Come here, John.
said John.
Come here and look
"And look at the puddles.
out of the window."
Look at the puddles of rain."
Betty
shut
the
window.
Mitzi
went
over
by
the
fire.
Tap,
tap,
tap.
Tap
went
the
rain.
John
ran
to
the
window.
"Look!"
called
"Oh,
look
at
the
rain!"
"Come
here,
John.
said
John.
Come
here
and
look
"And
look
at
the
puddles.
out
of
the
window."
Look
at
the
puddles
of
rain."

Image 5:

RAGGEDY ANN STORIES
RAGGEDY
ANN
STORIES

Image 6:

Raggedy
The S
when a c
There
me squar
ner, a tw
Evid
Copyright 1918 by P. F. Volland Company
for her f
Copyright renewed 1946 by Myrtle Gruelle
She
Copyright 1947 by The Johnny Gruelle Company
True
(All Rights Reserved)
nests out
but Rag
COPYRIGHT GREAT BRITAIN, 1918 AND 1947
bled at
Wha
Wha
world!
And
patient
could y
years.
The
Rag Do
Rag Do
wonder
gling c
filled W
So,
loved a
PRINTED AND BOUND IN THE U. S, A. BY
KINGSPORT PRESS, INC., KINGSPORT, TENN.
A
Raggedy
The
when
a
There
me
squar
ner,
a
tw
Evid
Copyright
1918
by
P.
F.
Volland
Company
for
her
f
Copyright
renewed
1946
by
Myrtle
Gruelle
She
Copyright
1947
by
The
Johnny
Gruelle
Company
True
(All
Rights
Reserved)
nests
out
but
Rag
COPYRIGHT
GREAT
BRITAIN,
1918
AND
1947
bled
at
Wha
Wha
world!
And
patient
could
years.
are
The
Rag
Do
Rag
Do
wonder
gling
filled
So,
loved
a
PRINTED
AND
BOUND
IN
THE
U.
A.
BY
KINGSPORT
PRESS,
INC.,
TENN.

Image 7:

COPYRIGHT, 1931,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
All rights reserved-no part of this book
may be reproduced in any form without
permission in writing from the publisher.
Set up and electrotyped.
Published, September, 1931.
Nineteenth Printing, 1959
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
COPYRIGHT,
1931,
By
THE
MACMILLAN
COMPANY
All
rights
reserved-no
part
of
this
book
may
be
reproduced
in
any
form
without
permission
in
writing
from
the
publisher.
Set
up
and
electrotyped.
Published,
September,
1931.
Nineteenth
Printing,
1959
PRINTED
IN
THE
UNITED
STATES
OF
AMERICA

Image 8:

Copyright, 1920, by
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
All rights reserved, including that of translation
into foreign languages
Copyright,
1920,
by
FREDERICK
A.
STOKES
COMPANY
All
rights
reserved,
including
that
of
translation
into
foreign
languages

Image 9:

All rights reserved.
Published November, 1903.
Copyright,
1903,
by
&
All
rights
reserved.
Published
November,
1903.

Image 10:

ONE
OR
MAYBE
A

Image 11:

Image 12:

COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF
TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES,
INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
COPYRIGHT,
1913,
BY
DOUBLEDAY,
PAGE
&
COMPANY
ALL
RIGHTS
RESERVED,
INCLUDING
THAT
OF
TRANSLATION
INTO
FOREIGN
LANGUAGES,
INCLUDING
THE
SCANDINAVIAN

Image 13:

"The people in this place have all gone crazy, I walk into the dining-room with that nice little animal I killed and they
all scream and jump out of the windows, then the cook chases me out with the broom and calls me foreign names, and every-
thing I meet looks queer and runs away."
"The
people
in
this
place
have
all
gone
I
walk
into
the
dining-room
with
that
nice
little
animal
I
killed
and
they
all
scream
and
jump
out
of
the
windows,
then
the
cook
chases
me
out
with
the
broom
and
calls
me
foreign
names,
and
every-
thing
I
meet
looks
queer
and
runs
away."

Image 14:

AZZ
The
Blue
Alice
RAIN AND SHINE
Stories
oftwin
men, an
Tree
WITTY
WAVLE
FALK
EVERYDAY CLASSICS
Macmilla
HEATH
AZZ
The
Blue
Alice
RAIN
AND
SHINE
Stories
Sandy
oftwin
cats,
men,
an
Tree
WITTY
WAVLE
FALK
EVERYDAY
CLASSICS
Macmilla
HEATH

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