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Book Cover for: Ten Black Dots, Donald Crews

Ten Black Dots

Donald Crews
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Donald Crews is an American illustrator and writer of children's picture books. ​​ ​Ten Black Dots is a counting book for early readers. Each page rhymes as the reader counts the dots page by page from the number 1 to the number 10. ​Video from Mary Ellen Ariotti https://t.co/efGFnNTVok

Board Book, 2010

$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman
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Lettered title page of Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' lettered by Thayer and Eldridge, 1860 ​ ​​​​#PeoplesGDArchive #GraphicDesignHistory #GraphicDesignArchive #WaltWhitman #Literature #BookDesign #Handletter #1860 https://t.co/8iBPLITn9W

Leather / Fine Binding, 2018

$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Carpinteria, Jim Campos

Carpinteria

Jim Campos
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A 1966 collection of recipes compiled by homemakers living in the Los Chiquitos neighborhood of Carpinteria, CA. ​ ​​Sold for $1.50 at the time, the book's profits supported the Children's Home Society of California. ​ ​Uploaded by: Zoe Reifel https://t.co/Kkyddjknl3

Hardcover, 2007

$31.99Member price:$15.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Chronicles of Narnia: 7 Books in 1 Hardcover, C. S. Lewis

The Chronicles of Narnia: 7 Books in 1 Hardcover

C. S. Lewis
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Contributor to Kacee Bridgman, uploaded the covers of C.S Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia books. The cover illustrations were made by Pauline Baynes. Pauline was an English illustrator, author, and commercial artist. She contributed drawings and paintings to more than 200 books. https://t.co/B49rHZzFYC

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Book Cover for: Penguin Books: The Ultimate Penguin Book for Kids: 100+ Amazing Facts, Photos, Quiz and More, Jenny Kellett

Penguin Books: The Ultimate Penguin Book for Kids: 100+ Amazing Facts, Photos, Quiz and More

Jenny Kellett
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Published in 1971 by Penguin Books, Baltimore, 'Drop Out!' is the journal of a South African academic who dropped out, took LSD, and lived rough on the streets of London. 📚 Written by Robin Farquharson, this book offers a fascinating glimpse into the counterculture movement https://t.co/lLTkCtbG5U

Paperback, 2025

$17.39Member price:$15.65 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman
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Lettered title page of Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' lettered by Thayer and Eldridge, 1860 ​ ​​​​#PeoplesGDArchive #GraphicDesignHistory #GraphicDesignArchive #WaltWhitman #Literature #BookDesign #Handletter #1860 https://t.co/8iBPLITn9W

Paperback, 2017

$14.56Member price:$7.28 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Twentieth Century: A People's History, Howard Zinn

The Twentieth Century: A People's History

Howard Zinn
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@nytimesarts "Inspired by “A People’s History of the United States,” Howard Zinn’s 1980 book that broadened the definition of events deemed worth documenting, the archive embraces multiple perspectives."

Paperback, 2003

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Black Dot, Scharmaine L. Baker

Black Dot

Scharmaine L. Baker
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Donald Crews is an American illustrator and writer of children's picture books. ​​ ​Ten Black Dots is a counting book for early readers. Each page rhymes as the reader counts the dots page by page from the number 1 to the number 10. ​Video from Mary Ellen Ariotti https://t.co/efGFnNTVok

Hardcover, 2016

$15.99Member price:$14.39 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Bolsheviks and Workers Control, Maurice Brinton

Bolsheviks and Workers Control

Maurice Brinton
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The Bolsheviks and Workers’ Control pamphlet, 1972 Maurice Brinton (author, AKA Chris Pallis) printed by the Detroit Printing Co-Op Solidarity, Black & Red #GraphicDesignArchive #GraphicDesignHistory #PeoplesGDArchive #DetroitPrintingCoOp @DanielleAubert https://t.co/0Pgcs3d6bu

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Book Cover for: A People's History of the United States: The Civil War to the Present, Howard Zinn

A People's History of the United States: The Civil War to the Present

Howard Zinn
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@nytimesarts "Inspired by “A People’s History of the United States,” Howard Zinn’s 1980 book that broadened the definition of events deemed worth documenting, the archive embraces multiple perspectives."

Paperback, 2003

$23.99Member price:$22.79 + Free shipping5% off