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Lazy Bear Lane: Available Copies

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Lazy Bear Lane
    by Thorne Smith

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781912309863
    Publisher: ()


    Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
    New Book
    Book Price: $29.96
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $29.96

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Lazy Bear Lane
    by Thorne Smith

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781912309863
    Publisher: APS Publications (2018)


    Seller: Revaluation Books (Exeter, United Kingdom)
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    Book Price: $17.40
    Shipping: $12.62
    TOTAL Cost: $30.02

138 pages. 9.02x5.98x0.35 inches. In Stock.

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Lazy Bear Lane
    by Smith,Thorne

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., New York (1931)


    Seller: The Chatham Bookseller (Madison, NJ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $100.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $105.00

240pp.Color frontispiece. green boards, yellow lettering. Eleven illustrations throughout. Stated First Edition on the copyright page. illustrated endpapers. The front panel shows discoloration blotches, wear to the spine edges, The front inner hinge has loss of paper, Pgs. 147-155 have stains, not affecting the text. A serviceable copy of this rare Thorne Smith first edition. "The story is of an elderly couple living in a house they dislike with hardly any food. One day a lazy bear knocks on their door and changes their life." Size: Octavo

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Lazy Bear Lane
    by Smith, Thorne

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. (1931)


    Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (Webster, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $131.50
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $131.50

First edition. Boards a bit rubbed, hinges weakening, some loss from marginal corner of several dozen pages (does not affect text or illustrations), owner bookplate on front endpaper, ink name and date on front flyleaf. 1931 Hard Cover. x, 240 pp. Illustrations by George Shanks. Bear stories by the author of the popular Topper series.

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LAZY BEAR LANE .
    by Smith, [James] Thorne, [Jr.]

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, New York (1931)


    Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $150.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $156.00

Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-x [xi-xii] 1-240 [241-242: blank], illustrations by George Shanks, publisher's pictorial green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in yellow, top edge stained yellow, pictorial endpapers. First edition. A scarce juvenile fantasy by the creator of Topper. Bleiler (1948), p. 253. Reginald 13387. Cloth a bit spotted, spine a bit darkened, a very good copy. (#173212)

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LAZY BEAR LANE
    by Smith, Thorne

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company Junior Books, Garden City, New York (1931)


    Seller: Deja Vu Books (Poplar Grove, IL, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $165.00
    Shipping: $4.75
    TOTAL Cost: $169.75

Green hardcover cloth binding with yellow title lightly soiled, rubbed along edges and bumped corners. Front hinge is cracked, ilustrated endpapers. Back hinge is good. Name in ink front blank endpapers. Binding secure. Foxing. 240 pages. Color frontispiece plus 10 full page black and white color illustrations plus numerous partial page illustrations. Dedicated to Thorne Smith's two daughters, Lazy Bear Lane is filled with gentle magic, poetry, and delightful repartee. Tender and understanding, charming and humorous, the story succeeds in transporting children and adults alike to a make believe land where anything can happen. Peter and Mary were old and forgotten. A large, nearsighted brown bear appears one evening and after sharing Peter's Catalogue Stew and listening to one of Peter's dreadful poems, Lazy Bear announces that he is a magic bear. Tender and understanding, charming and humorous, the story succeeds in transporting children and adults alike to a make believe land where anything can happen. Good reading copy of scarce title.

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Lazy Bear Lane
    by Smith, Thorne

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, New York (1931)


    Seller: Abacus Books, ABAA/ILAB (Boulder, CO, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $250.00
    Shipping: $4.95
    TOTAL Cost: $254.95

Green boards with yellow design and lettering. Pictorial endpapers. 8vo. [x] 240pp with color frontispiece and 10 black and white illustrations by George Shanks. Period bookplate to front paste down, name stamp to front free endpaper. Light wear to covers.

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Lazy Bear Lane
    by Smith, Thorne

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City (1931)


    Seller: curtis paul books, inc. (Northridge, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $299.99
    Shipping: $4.49
    TOTAL Cost: $304.48

Green cloth stamped in yellow. Stated first edition. Points bumped, edges rubbed, spine sunned, light soil to cloth. Front hinge faintly loose. A minor scrape to the ffep; a stain here and there. A couple of creased corners. Still a sound copy. Color frontis. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

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LAZY BEAR LANE
    by Smith, Thorne

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, NY (1931)


    Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA (Middletown, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $350.00
    Shipping: $5.50
    TOTAL Cost: $355.50

First edition. Illustrated by George Shanks. Good to very good with inner hinges just beginning, spine toned, covers lightly soiled, spine ends beginning to wear, etc. Lacking dust jacket. Relatively scarce.

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Lazy Bear Lane
    by Smith, Thorne

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co, NY (1931)


    Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc. (Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $350.00
    Shipping: $7.65
    TOTAL Cost: $357.65

(First Edition stated on copyright page)' green c w/yellow titles; slight wear at extremities; illustrated end papers; (private handmade pocket on rear flyleaf) Size: 12vo; 1.5 Pounds

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Lazy Bear Lane.
    by SMITH, Thorne. SHANKS, George (illus.)

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Doubleday, Doran, Garden City (1931)


    Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA (Rochester, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $450.00
    Shipping: $5.50
    TOTAL Cost: $455.50

240 pp. Illustrated by George Shanks (frontispiece in color). 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A near fine copy; spine very slightly with light use at extremities; tight and sound in a jacket with a very tanned (nearly illegible) backstrip and some chips (the two largest 1" square and 1 x 3") and closed tears. Junior Books.

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Lazy Bear Lane
    by Smith, Thorne

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Doubleday Doran, Garden City (1931)


    Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc. (Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $494.00
    Shipping: $4.50
    TOTAL Cost: $498.50

This is a hardcover stated FIRST EDITION with the JR logo. Previous owner's name on the front pastedown otherwise a copy that is fine internally. Pictorial endpapers. The green cloth binding has a couple of spots, otherwise VG. Alas, no DJ. Photo on request.

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Lazy Bear Lane
    by Smith, Thorne (James Thorne Smith, Jr. )

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc. / Junior Books, New York, NY (1931)


    Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA) (Modesto, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $500.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $505.00

B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. This is a Doubleday file copy with an ink stamped " Return to: Junior Books Doubleday, Doran & Co." on the front endpaper. The book covers have some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners, along with some beginning spots of fraying. The text pages are generally clean and bright, weith some light generalized toning throughout. The illustrated endpapers are clean and bright. "James Thorne Smith, Jr. (March 27, 1892 – June 20, 1934) was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith. He is best known today for the two Topper novels, comic fantasy fiction involving sex, much drinking and ghosts. With racy illustrations, these sold millions of copies in the 1930s and were equally popular in paperbacks of the 1950s. " (from Wikipedia)

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Lazy Bear Lane
    by SMITH, Thorne

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City (1931)


    Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $500.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $506.00

Color frontis plus 10 black & white illustrations by George Shanks. x + 240pp., 8vo, green cloth, pictorial endpapers; lightly worn, ownership signatures on front free endpaper, and gift inscription in pencil, very minor and scattered foxing. Garden City: Doubleday, (1931). First edition. A very good copy.

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Lazy Bear Lane, by Thorne Smith; Illustrated by George Shanks
    by Smith, Thorne (1892-1934)

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Doran (1931)


    Seller: MW Books Ltd. (Galway, Ireland)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $584.70
    Shipping: $14.00
    TOTAL Cost: $598.70

Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges, front cover slightly sunned. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 240 pages; Description: x, 240 p. Illus. , plates. Col. Front, 21 cm. 1 Kg.

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Lazy Bear Lane, by Thorne Smith; Illustrated by George Shanks
    by Smith, Thorne (1892-1934)

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Doran (1931)


    Seller: MW Books (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $640.00
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $640.00

Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges, front cover slightly sunned. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 240 pages; Description: x, 240 p. Illus. , plates. Col. Front, 21 cm. 1 Kg.

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LAZY BEAR LANE
    by Smith, Thorne

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, (1931)


    Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA (Livonia, MI, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $640.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $646.00

****Spring Sale! The current price reflects a 20% discount off the regular price, while the item lasts. Sale ends April 2, 2024*****; Green cloth cover with yellow detail has light wear at corners and spine caps and lower front corner very lightly bumped, but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pictorial end papers. Pages are clean and near pristine.

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Lazy Bear Lane
    by Smith, Thorne ilustrated by George Shanks

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Doubleday Junior Books 1931 (1931)


    Seller: Tacoma Book Center (Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $1000.00
    Shipping: $4.00
    TOTAL Cost: $1004.00

Hardback. First Printing of The First Edition. Copyright page states First Edition. No dustjacket. The Only one real flaw to note on this copy is that the front free endpaper on the bottom right corner has a light brown stain occupying a 2 by 3 inch area which looks to be where a bookplate was once glued down and has since fallen off naturally very cleanly leaving no residue. This has bled through a bit to the other side of the same page, but not to any of the other pages. Otherwise this is an exceptionally clean, bright, unmarked copy in Very Good to Near Fine condition.

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