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Books published by publisher JOHN C. WINSTON CO.

  • Rose in Bloom

    Louisa May Alcott, Clara M. Burd

    Hardcover (The John C. Winston Co, Jan. 1, 1933)
    In this sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose Campbell returns to the "Aunt Hill" after two years of traveling around the world. Suddenly, she is surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them. But before she marries anyone, Rose is determined to establish herself as an independent young woman. Besides, she suspects that some of her friends like her more for her money than for herself.
  • Black Beauty ; The Autobiography of a Horse

    Anna Sewell, Edwin John Prittie, Alma B. Caldwell

    Leather Bound (John C. Winston Co., July 6, 1957)
    None
  • WILL ROGERS: Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of Wit and Wisdom

    P. J. O'Brien

    Hardcover (John C. Winston, March 15, 1935)
    The life and times of Will Rogers, with an "Appreciation" written by Lowell Thomas.
  • Planet of Light

    Raymond F. Jones

    Hardcover (John C. Winston, Jan. 1, 1953)
    Philadelphia: John C Winston Company, Hardbound, about 8.5 inches tall, 211 pages. Number seventeen in the Winston Science Fiction series. A sequel to another book in the series, Son of the Stars. Originally published in October, 1953.
  • Runner in the sun: A story of Indian maize

    D'Arcy McNickle, Allan C. Houser

    Hardcover (John C. Winston Co., Aug. 16, 1954)
    None
  • The STORY BOOK Of TRAINS.

    PETERSHAM MAUD AND MISKA

    Hardcover (JOHN C. WINSTON CO., Jan. 1, 1935)
    book telling about different trains and ships
  • Five Against Venus

    Philip Latham

    (John C. Winston Co., July 6, 1952)
    From Wilson Science Fiction blog: When Bruce Robinson's father decided to take the job offered him on the Moon, his space-loving son saw an end to his drab life as an earthbound high-school student. What neither Bruce nor the other three members of the Robinson family could foresee was that within two weeks they'd be the world's leading experts on life upon the planet Venus. To more experienced interplanetary travelers than the Robinsons, the actions of the crew of the gleaming Moon-bound space ship, AURORA, would have seemed suspicious. But the crew's interest in the mysterious government cargo, stowed in the ship's hold, did not cause the unsuspecting family any serious concern. Not until the captain and his mate abandoned the crippled AURORA, as she lurched through the Venusian mists to a certain crash landing, did the Robinsons awake to their peril. Philip Latham has written a vivid and detailed novel charged with mystery and suspense about an average American family stranded on the weird and unexplored planet of Venus. Unsure of the planet's oxygen supply, tortured by ultra-sonic waves emitted by man-size batlike creatures, faced by carnivorous plants, the Robinsons are the focal point of a novel unsurpassed in the science fiction field for its frightening and powerful reality. In an electrifying climax, solutions to strange and forbidding paradoxes top a tale of courage and unassuming bravery.
  • Adrift in the City, or Oliver Conrad's Plucky Fight

    Horatio Alger Jr., AlwaysWrite Ent.

    language (The John C. Winston Co., June 13, 2014)
    Horatio Alger Jr.(1832–1899), wrote over 100 poems, short stories, and novels during his lifetime, including four adult novels and one adult novella. He gained notoriety when his friendship with ‘William Taylor Adams’, a boys’ author, changed Horatio’s interest to writing for the juvenile market. Alger’s first book for young people, “Ragged Dick, or Street Life in New York,” was a huge success, securing the author’s fame among the youth of America. After this success, Alger devoted his writing to his ‘formula, rags-to-riches’ books for boys.Adrift in the City; or Oliver Conrad’s Plucky Fight, is one of Horatio Alger’s ‘formula’ written books for boys. Young Oliver Conrad’s mother has been falsely locked in an insane asylum, where she is told of her only son’s death. Oliver, left to the care of his scheming step-father, hears that his mother has died. He is disinherited, forced out of his small-town home, and left to make his own way in the city of New York. Through assistance from new friends – who believe in the boy’s honest nature – Oliver rises above false accusations, and dastardly plots, to reunite with his mother, and regain his property.Further information on this prolific author will be found in the introduction provided by AlwaysWrite Ent. Although many of the books offered by AlwaysWrite Ent. are provided exactly as the author presented them in their original format, all works have been entered, and edited, by hand – not merely scanned. They have been spell-checked, and punctuation corrected where necessary.
  • The Story Book of Houses

    Maud Fuller Petersham, Miska Petersham

    Hardcover (The John C. Winston Co, March 15, 1933)
    The history of houses and differeent types of dwellings. Cave Dwellers,cliff dwellers, lake dwellers,Pueblo, igloo, grass-thatched huts, tent, tepee, log house, peasant, castle, dutch houses, chinese junk and skyscaper.
  • Stories from the Old Testament: Joseph, Moses, Ruth, David

    Maud Fuller Petersham

    Hardcover (The John C. Winston Co, March 15, 1938)
    None
  • The citadel of a hundred stairways,

    Alida Malkus

    Hardcover (The John C. Winston Co, March 15, 1941)
    On the terraced mountain side lived Titu, a Quechuan Indian boy, with his family in their tiny home. Then came the American Mr. Selden, seeking a way to remove gold from his mines by using underground water systems. And with him was his son, Tony.
  • The Water Babies: A Fairy Story for a Land Baby

    Charles Kingsley, Ethel F. Everett

    Hardcover (The John C. Winston Co., March 15, 1930)
    Great condition. It's been on a shelf in a dark room for decades!