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Books published by publisher Gibbings and Company, J.P. Lippincott Company

  • We Took to the Woods

    Louise Dickinson Rich

    Hardcover (J. B. Lippincott Company, March 15, 1942)
    In her early thirties, Louise Dickinson Rich took to the woods of Maine with her husband. They found their livelihood and raised a family in the remote backcountry settlement of Middle Dam, in the Rangeley area. Rich made time after morning chores to write about their lives. We Took to the Woods is an adventure story, written with humor, but it also portrays a cherished dream awakened into full life. First published 1942.
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  • Ocean Born Mary

    Lois Lenski

    Hardcover (J.B. Lippincott Company, March 15, 1939)
    Ocean born Mary was a real person, born in mid-ocean in 1720 to Scotch-Irish parents on a ship that was captured and later released by pirates. ",,,a true story of old Portsmouth and surrounding New Hampshire 50 years before the American Revolution"
  • Dust of the Earth

    Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver

    Hardcover (J. B. Lippincott and Company, Oct. 1, 1975)
    Fourteen-year-old Fern and her family face challenges and hardships when they move to a farm in South Dakota.
  • Thunderhead

    Mary O'Hara

    Hardcover (J. B. Lippincott Company, June 1, 1943)
    Ken McLaughlin loves his almost untameable stallion so deeply that he sets him free to live with his herd of mares
  • The Story of the Trapp Family Singers

    Maria Augusta Trapp

    Hardcover (J.B Lippincott Company, March 15, 1951)
    This book, written by Maria von Trapp, became the basis for the extremely popular play and movie, The Sound of Music.
  • To Kill a Mockingbird

    Harper Lee

    Hardcover (J. B. Lippincott Company, Jan. 1, 1960)
    . 8vo pp. 296 Rilegato mezza tela, sovracoperta (half-cloth binding, dust jacket) Jacket design by Shirley Smith. Original brown boards with green cloth spine, titles to spine in brown Ottimo (Fine) Prima edizione, settima impressione. Pietra miliare della letteratura americana contemporanea ed uno dei romanzi piรน venduti di tutti i tempi. Tradotto in italiano come "Il buio oltre la siepe", l'unico romanzo della Lee vinse nel 1960 il Premio Pulitzer. Nel 1999 fu votato Miglior Romanzo del Secolo da un sondaggio condotto dal Library Journal statunitense. Dal romanzo fu tratto nel 1962, l'omonimo film interpretato da Gregory Peck, vincitore di 3 Premi Oscar.
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  • Exemplary Novels

    Miguel de Cervantes, James Maabe

    Hardcover (Gibbings and Company, J.P. Lippincott Company, Jan. 1, 1900)
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  • Better Known as Johnny Appleseed

    Mabel Leigh Hunt

    Hardcover (J. B. Lippincott Company, March 15, 1950)
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  • Tomfoolery : Trickery and Foolery With Words

    Alvin Schwartz, Glen Rounds

    Paperback (J. B. Lippincott Company, April 15, 1973)
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  • When it rained cats and dogs,

    Nancy Byrd Turner

    Hardcover (J.B. Lippincott Company, March 15, 1946)
    WHEN IT RAINED CATS AND DOGS by Nancy Byrd Turner with pictures by Tibor Gergely (1946 Hardcover 28 pages J. B. Lippencott, Co., Stated First Edition)
  • Don't Feel Sorry for Paul

    Bernard Wolf

    Hardcover (J. B. Lippincott Company, March 15, 1974)
    Photographs and simple text capture two weeks in the life of a handicapped boy learning to live successfully in a world made for people without handicaps.
  • Hokusai: A Biography

    Elizabeth Ripley, Hokusai

    Hardcover (J. B. Lippincott Company, Jan. 1, 1968)
    The biography of Hokusai, a Japanese artist who lived in the eighteenth century, who is renown for his colorful wood block prints of flowers, bridges, waerfalls, and the sacred Mt Fuji. He is considered as one of the finest artist in the world.