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Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire,
That's a' the learnin' I desire;
Then, tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire
At pleugh or cart,
My Muse, though hamely in attire,
May touch the heart.

Robert Burns

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I have been buying and selling on ebay since 1997. I love both of these activities. I don't have to worry about them making a living for me so the stress level is low and the fun level is high. Selling books allows me to buy more books for my collecting interests and also to participate in the trancending, endorphin and adrenaline generating experiences of "treasure-hunting" for inexpensive, odd, wonderful and collectable books.

I have had many jobs or "careers" in my life, but I am fortunate to be in the teaching profession now. I have been teaching junior high school students with mild and/or moderate disabilities for many years. This is a great challenge for me, but I can honestly say that I learn as much from them as they do from me, and they force me to stay young!

I love to find and buy children's books to sell although I don't collect them for myself. I have donated hundreds of books to my school and students. Any paperback book one of my students reads is his/hers to keep. Select hardback books are kept in my classroom which has a bookshelf on one wall 25 feet long and nearly full! I am enthusiastic about books, reading and literature. I have to be to have any effect on my students--most of whom read well behind their peers, hate reading and may have never read a "chapter book" though to the end.

My grandmother helped me develop my love of reading and books. She was a quiet, loving person, and accustomed to hardship and sacrifice. Married to an electrician, she traveled over and lived in many places that are ghost-towns today. Oatman, Arizona--Jarbridge, Nevada--Allegany, Oregon are just a few of the places she lived in. (Visit them if you want to get a feel for the old west and see some truly out-of-the-way, picturesque and historical sites). She bought my first books. The first book that I remember reading (besides Dick and Jane) was Danny Meadow Mouse by Thornton W. Burgess. I still have many of the Landmark series of history books she gave me. Although she left this life many years ago I fondly remember her and feel her influence today.

Grandma Stivers holding baby me circa 1952.

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INFO OF INTEREST TO BIDDERS ON MY AUCTIONS

I am not a professional bookseller. I love to buy and sell on ebay, but I do have a day job and this is not it. However, I do my best to describe books as honestly and carefully as possible. I use AB Bookman's Weekly categories for describing books as well as describing any particular strengths and weaknesses. Click on the following link to see these condition terms.

BOOK CONDITION AND GRADING

NOTES AND TERMS

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I accept payment by personal check, money order, cash and through Paypal. I do accept Visa and Mastercard payments through Paypal.

Funds from international bidders must be sent via Paypal or by international money order in US $. Personal checks from international bidders must be in US dollars and must be drawn from a US bank. Paypal works best for international bidders, but money orders will be accepted if in US dollars(American Express or postal).

Cash in US dollars is accepted if no other means is available, but the risk of loss in transit falls upon the buyer.

Although I do not usually hold personal checks for clearance, I do reserve the right to hold any check with a low number, from a bidder with less than 20 feedback or for over the amount of $50 until it clears. Any personal check that is returned to the sender's bank will be subject to a collection charge of $30.00.

SHIPPING

Minimum shipping costs are stated in the auction description. Shipping for books will be by USPS media mail unless priority shipping is requested. Priority shipping cost will depend on the weight of the package. Auction winners requesting this option should email me for the total shipping amount.

ALL items will be well packaged using bubble wrap, padded envelopes or boxes as the item demands. I generally send the item within 3 days of receiving funds. I receive many compliments on my packing and shipping speed---check my feedback!

SHIPPING IS "AT RISK" IF NO INSURANCE OR DELIVERY CONFIRMATION IS PURCHASED

It is difficult to damage well wrapped books in shipping, however, packages can be and are lost. In shipping well over 1,000 books only two that I have mailed have been lost. Insurance is optional and the cost is based on the value of the item. Delivery confirmation is available for US addresses and is 55 cents for media shipping.

International bidders can pay for surface or air shipping plus $1.00 US and must email me so that the cost and mode of shipping can be determined.

RETURNS

Occasionally I may inadvertantly miss something in my description. Any request for a return needs to be preceeded by an email explaining the reason for the return request and I must acknowledge it prior to the actual return. Any lot to be returned must be in the original container. No refunds will be issued until the lot has been examined and I agree to the claim. I will refund return postage costs on returns to an amount equal to the original postage cost. There will be no return or restocking fees.

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Item Start End Price Title High Bidder/Status 7930845667 Oct-26-04 Nov-29-09 13:22:10 $4.99 Louise Phillips Pam DeVito CHILDREN OF THE FOREST signd Available 6941907271 Jan-03-05 Dec-08-09 05:11:34 $5.99 ALL ABOUT ANIMALS AND THEIR YOUNG McClung 1958 dj Available 6535375401 May-25-05 Nov-30-09 20:37:36 $5.99 SPACE BOOK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Homer Newell 1960 Available 6546337172 Jul-14-05 Dec-20-09 10:18:46 $7.99 BOOKSHELF F0R BOYS AND GIRLS #7 Nature 1958 Available 6554104981 Aug-16-05 Dec-23-09 20:10:40 $5.99 1935 Houghton Mifflin TREASURE CHEST LITERATURE 5th Available 6554106719 Aug-16-05 Dec-23-09 20:22:02 $4.99 FRUITS OF THE EARTH Jannette Lucas - Helene Carter 1942 Available 4574133368 Sep-07-05 Dec-15-09 18:03:05 $5.99 Diaries and Letters of ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH 1972 Available 6563501232 Sep-20-05 Nov-28-09 05:34:51 $9.99 BUT IS IT ART? Percy Hammond 1927 first edition Available 6565338131 Sep-26-05 Dec-04-09 20:36:58 $14.99 1940 Delphian Society UNDERSTANDING MODERN ART Available 6577072862 Nov-07-05 Dec-16-09 16:48:27 $5.99 AGOSSOU BOY OF AFRICA Dominique Darbois 1962 Available 6577087371 Nov-07-05 Dec-16-09 17:11:38 $4.99 SECRET ON THE CONGO Armstrong Sperry Charlie Simon 1955 Available 6577092805 Nov-07-05 Dec-16-09 17:27:26 $3.99 Landmark book GETTYSBURG 1952 Available 8356129932 Nov-21-05 Nov-30-09 19:17:01 $14.99 THE UNDYING PAST historical fiction anthology 1961 1st Available 4592588622 Nov-21-05 Nov-30-09 19:22:34 $11.99 SONS OF THE PROFITS The Seattle Story 1851-1901 Available 6582673164 Nov-24-05 Dec-03-09 12:30:29 $4.99 FREEDOM FIGHTERS Scoot Bailey of the U.S. Navy 1943 Available 6582676231 Nov-24-05 Dec-03-09 12:37:53 $4.99 WAR ADVENTURE SERIES Dave Dawson at Singapore 1942 Available 6589234474 Dec-14-05 Dec-23-09 14:45:29 $4.99 1961 Follett Beginning reader ABRAHAM LINCOLN Available 4602434426 Jan-04-06 Dec-14-09 17:02:27 $14.99 Letters from HARRY TO BESS TRUMAN first edition Available 8035560468 Feb-02-06 Dec-13-09 19:16:01 $5.99 LION OF THE KALAHARI Hobson bushmen Africa story Available 7010741693 Feb-23-06 Dec-04-09 17:11:48 $3.99 WALTER LIPPMANN U. S. Foreign Policy 1943 hdcvr dj Available 7013875055 Mar-08-06 Dec-17-09 05:40:47 $12.99 1956 child's illustrated OUR WONDERFUL EARTH Townsend Available 7013876694 Mar-08-06 Dec-17-09 05:48:05 $9.99 HOME GEOGRAPHY 1944 Reeder Renner geog school reader Available 7016045727 Mar-15-06 Dec-24-09 17:31:45 $12.99 1935 first geography AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE CHILDREN Available 7016047262 Mar-15-06 Dec-24-09 17:39:12 $12.99 1926 NORTHWARD HO Steffansson children's reader eskimos Available 7017997965 Mar-22-06 Dec-01-09 18:35:30 $12.99 J. DIXON-SCOTT Photography book SCOTTISH COUNTIES 1954 Available 7019605643 Mar-29-06 Dec-08-09 17:24:30 $9.99 1943 HOW TO NAVIGATE TODAY Cornell Maritime Press Available 7021374182 Apr-06-06 Dec-16-09 04:58:30 $12.99 LETS GO AHEAD 1952 Macmillan reader vg nice Available 7021869902 Apr-08-06 Dec-18-09 11:24:28 $4.99 DENNIS THE MENACE STORYBOOK 1960 Available 7030366030 May-10-06 Dec-20-09 04:47:03 $9.99 Alice Duer Miller FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 1941 Poetry Available 150000344088 Jun-20-06 Dec-01-09 19:14:34 $4.99 LITTLE MASTERPIECES OF BIOGRAPHY ACTORS 1925 Available 150000347002 Jun-20-06 Dec-01-09 19:39:21 $14.99 THE DOWN EAST READER Magazine of Maine selections 1962 Available 150012705446 Jul-18-06 Nov-29-09 19:33:28 $14.99 LOOKING FORWARD 1944 Winston reader Available 150018402594 Aug-02-06 Dec-14-09 09:42:03 $5.99 DICK TRACY Movie Storybook Madonna Warren Beatty Available 150018404388 Aug-02-06 Dec-14-09 09:45:52 $5.99 1984 The DUNE Storybook Sting Movie David Lynch Available 150018407569 Aug-02-06 Dec-14-09 09:54:53 $14.99 READING FOR FUN 1939 Houghton Child Development Reader Available 150020555395 Aug-08-06 Dec-20-09 20:50:40 $9.99 THE MAKING OF BEN - HUR Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1959 Available 150023477122 Aug-16-06 Nov-28-09 18:28:07 $9.99 FOLLOW THE SUN Jill Wordsworth 1958 African hitchhiker Available 150023479697 Aug-16-06 Nov-28-09 18:36:48 $14.99 Mobutu bio Congo Zaire Africa Michela Wrong 2001 1st DJ Available 150023481885 Aug-16-06 Nov-28-09 18:44:44 $14.99 Nigeria 1974 ALONG THE NIGER RIVER Africa Photo Essay Available 150029713638 Sep-04-06 Dec-17-09 12:25:50 $6.99 Delicious 101 CHOCOLATE RECIPES beautiful book Available 150030692908 Sep-07-06 Dec-20-09 04:45:11 $9.99 Alfred Batson AFRICAN INTRIGUE 1933 colonial pre WW1 Available 150030702287 Sep-07-06 Dec-20-09 05:03:46 $9.99 DOUBLE EAGLE balloon flight over Atlantic 1979 1st Available 150036333118 Sep-19-06 Dec-02-09 20:59:16 $9.99 THE U.S.S.R. 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S. M. Hutchinson Available 150088894449 Feb-05-07 Dec-21-09 06:04:20 $9.99 MICHAEL SHAYNE TASTE FOR VIOLENCE Halliday 1949 dj Available 150091233063 Feb-11-07 Nov-27-09 18:49:51 $2.99 HERCULE POIROT THIRD GIRL Agatha Christie 1966 dj Available 150091233609 Feb-11-07 Nov-27-09 18:51:38 $3.99 SCOTT JORDAN THE BIG MONEY Harold Masur 1954 Available 150104070563 Mar-20-07 Dec-04-09 05:07:34 $3.99 Ben Ames Williams CRUCIBLE 1946 dj Available 150108525302 Apr-01-07 Dec-16-09 21:42:26 $2.99 M. M. Kaye DEATH IN CYPRUS 1ST ED 1984 Available 150110919648 Apr-09-07 Dec-24-09 10:17:59 $2.99 William F. Buckley, Jr. STORY OF HENRI TOD 1ST ED Available 150110927457 Apr-09-07 Dec-24-09 10:37:46 $4.99 SUE GRAFTON N IS FOR NOOSE 1st edition dj Available 150110928251 Apr-09-07 Dec-24-09 10:40:07 $4.99 PATRICIA CORNWELL THE BODY FARM 1st edition dj Available 150112982539 Apr-15-07 Nov-30-09 17:11:30 $5.99 PEROFF undercover agent Secret Service Mob spy 1975 Available 150112984234 Apr-15-07 Nov-30-09 17:17:40 $5.99 Secret History of COLD WAR Zacharias 1950 Soviet Russia Available 150112985317 Apr-15-07 Nov-30-09 17:21:13 $9.99 RED SPIES IN THE U. 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LINCOLN’S ARMY Civil War Available 150160429985 Sep-10-07 Nov-28-09 19:26:18 $9.99 1927 bio ELIZA B MASTERS American Schoolmistress Available 150161116778 Sep-12-07 Nov-30-09 20:11:06 $5.99 1913 SOUTHWORTH-STONE ARITHMETIC Book3 Sanborn Available 150164623353 Sep-23-07 Dec-11-09 17:38:20 $7.99 SAM HOUSTON bio novel Noel Gerson first ed. dj 1968 Available 150167066054 Sep-30-07 Dec-18-09 18:03:29 $11.99 Rise and Fall T. D. LYSENKO Soviet genetics agriculture Available 150167067544 Sep-30-07 Dec-18-09 18:06:55 $9.99 1908 Mr. Crewe’s Career WINSTON CHURCHILL Kinney Keller Available 150167067986 Sep-30-07 Dec-18-09 18:07:51 $5.99 1934 STRANGER THAN FICTION radio Voice of Experience Available 150169170750 Oct-06-07 Dec-24-09 15:42:07 $4.99 THE AGENDA Bill Hillary Clinton Bob Woodward 1994 1st Available 150169428043 Oct-07-07 Dec-25-09 10:14:56 $4.99 THE CHOICE Bill Clinton Bob Dole 1996 1st Bob Woodward Available 150172063220 Oct-14-07 Dec-02-09 17:21:34 $7.99 CBS NETWORK History Bloodshot Eye Robert Metz hcdj 1st Available 150172063489 Oct-14-07 Dec-02-09 17:22:35 $7.99 Alistair Cooke THE AMERICANS essays BBC hcdj 1st Available Go see all current items for sale by this member.

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