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Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Stated First Printing. (1945). Pictorial boards with cloth spine, two small abrasions to front board else fine; matching dust jacket with small edge tears and minor creasing. An imitation of Little Golden Books. A little boy gets a personal tour of a zoo. Cute illustrations in color and b&w. Size: Square 8vo. Lester Kohs (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Kohs, Lester. Very good/ hinge is slightly loose, former owner's name inside, book cover is a little dull.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very Good dj. First Edition. [minor shelfwear, light soiling to top and bottom edges of covers; fragile wartime jacket somewhat browned, with a few tiny closed tears, very minor paper loss at spine ends (no loss of text)]. Novel about the itinerant and emotionally trying existence of Army wives -- migrating around the country following their soldier-husbands from base to base, taking up quarters in rooming houses or cheap apartments in the adjacent towns (the citizens of which are often either indifferent or openly hostile to their presence), desperate for employment, seeking consolation and camaraderie among their own kind -- and all built around the hope of being able "to snatch a few hours at night with their men." Oddly, throughout this book the idea that the men might be eventually posted overseas, in harm's way, is rarely brought up by any of the characters; in fact, the only "action" the soldiers in the story ever see is when they are dispatched to Detroit, to help put down a race riot! (Featured in our Catalog #2, available upon request.). Illustrated by (dj design) Lester H. Kohs (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. :: Kerry Owen was a very good secretary with an inquiring mind - and when important blueprints were stolen, she decided something must be done! :: Bound in publisher's deep teal-blue cloth, front board bears title in black. Title, author, and publisher lettered in black upon spine. Top edge of textblock teal, fore-edge deckled / rough-hewn. Endpapers illustrated. Octavo (8 1/16 x 5 3/4 inches; 205 x 145 millimeters). 217 pages. Condition: Very Good+, in a Very Good jacket. Light wear and a touch of fading along the edges. Spine a little faded. Tiny divot on rear board. Pages age-toned. Overall quite nice! Dust jacket is brittle, one long split at the front hinge, and a horizontal split across spine. Wear, missing chips along the edges, flaking at the hinges. Will send in a protective wrap. Lester Kohs (Dust Jacket & Endpapers) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Very Good+ dj. Later Printing. [light shelfwear, spine very slightly turned, old price sticker (from San Francisco department store The White House) on rear pastedown; jacket shows some wear at spine ends and a couple of corners, one tiny tear and associated creasing at top of front panel, overall still bright and attractive]. "The kind of book teen-age girls like to read in one sitting," this mystery novel centers around Kerry Owen, "a very good secretary [who] also had an inquiring mind. And from her very first day as secretary in an engineering office doing important war work, Kerry's mind started asking questions: about the shambles in the files, the way papers were lost one day and turned up the next, and the furtive actions of a few people. Kerry did nothing but wonder until the most important blueprints were stolen." The author's speciality was "Books for Girls Interested in Careers," a half-dozen of which are listed on the rear panel of the dust jacket. (An oddity, perhaps worth nothing: it's stated on the title page that the book is "illustrated by Lester Kohs," yet there are no illustrations in the text.). Illustrated by (dj) Lester Kohs (illustrator).…