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These were part of our Book Basket for Rome through the Reformation, about years 0 through 1600, and a few from high school British literature / World History. We homeschooled for 13 years, so bookshelves are overfilled!
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ROMAN EMPIRE
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$3 - Dodsworth in Rome by Tim Egan. Cute chapter books for young readers, very nice condition. Two animal tourists, one serious and one goofy, travel through Rome. Hardcover with dust jacket.
$6 - Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick, publisher Bethlehem Books. Early medical science. Good condition. Scheduled in RTR.
$5 - Ancient Rome, Make It Work, World Book Encyclopedia. The hands-on approach to history. Came with my RTR package, later called The Roman Empire. 1587283034
$5 - Ancient Romans, by Anita Ganeri, Compass Point Books. DK-style book, 32 pages, 0756517591
$4 - The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of the Roman World. Scholastic version, 128 pages, nice condition, 0439434157
$4 - Bridges of the World Coloring Book, Dover by LaFontaine. Nice condition, no coloring.
$5 - Legends of Charlemagne, The Illustrated Bulfinch’s Mythology, illustrated by Giovanni Caselli. An oversized, carefully presented edition, 160 pages, and even underlines the sentences relevant to each illustration.
$4 - Constantinople, The Jewel of Two Emperors, by Marilyn Locker. Focus on Justinian in the 500s (Roman/Byzantine Empire, built Hagia Sophia) and Suleyman (Ottoman Empire), covers AD 326 to 1932 when the city became Istanbul. Many pictures, just 32 pages. 1400744687
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HANUKKAH / CHANUKAH
(historically between Old and New Testaments)
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$3 - Chanukah Coloring Book, Dover. Nice condition, no coloring.
$3 - My Hanukkah Alphabet, by Kunin. Alphabet includes I for Israel, J for Judah Maccabee, M menorah, etc. The sewing is a little loose especially at bottom of pages but otherwise nice, 0307137198. Hardcover.
$3 - My Hanukkah Book of Numbers, photos by Kunin. 8 presents, 9 candles, etc., with photos of young kids. Nice condition, 030713718x. Hardcover.
$4 - The Story of Hanukkah, by Lisa Rojany. A lift-the-flap rebus book. The rebus part means that sometimes there is a picture instead of a word, and the flaps mean that underneath the picture, you can read the word (e.g. under the picture of a sword is the word “sword”). Nice condition, no breaks seen in pop-ups or flaps, 1562824201. Hardcover.
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THE TIME OF JESUS
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$3 - Growing Up Where Jesus Lived, ABeka reader #2-9, printing 55085. Chapter book sized paperback, no problems seen.
$4 - Parables, Stories Jesus Told, by Hoffman and Morris, 0803725604, nice condition. Oversized hardcover with dust jacket.
$5 - Stories from the New Testament: With Master Paintings inspired by the stories. Nice condition, dust jacket has some curving along edge, 0689812973. Hardcover with dust jacket.
$6 - The Jesus Encyclopedia by Lois Rock, Tommy Nelson publishing, 128 pages, nice. Hardcover with dust jacket.
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200s to 1300s
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$4 - The Silver Branch, by Rosemary Sutcliff. “Two rebels set out to bring down a tyrant.” Rome and England and a plot against the British Emperor Carausius, around 200s AD. Nice condition, 0374466483.
$4 – Crispin The Cross of Lead, by Avi, 1300s. Softcover chapter book, Scholastic version in nice condition, 0439574684
$3 – Color Your Own Book of KELLS, by Noble, Dover. Illuminations from about 800 AD. No coloring inside.
$3 - Mouse House, by Becker and Mayer. 5 easy-to-build homes for your computer mouse. Cardstock models of The Parthenon, Golden Pavillion, Taj Mahal, Chartres Cathedral, White House. Pieces do punch out, but are very detailed. Have had this on the shelf for a while, but unused, 0140244417.
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BEOWULF (6-800s)
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$4 - Beowulf, translated by Ruth Lehmann. Paperback with several pen-and-ink illustrations, plus a few helps in appendixes and intro. Nice condition, one word heavily underlined in intro but otherwise no writing seen, 0292707711
$5 - Beowulf, A Prose Translation by E. Talbot Donaldson, A Norton Critical Edition ed. Nicholas Howe. Cover framed in bright blue is like new, but inside there is some underlining and there are short notes in pen, nothing unsightly. 0393974065
$6 - Beowulf, adaptation by Glover, tons of illumination-style illustrations. Published in UK, cover is black and gold (not the blue U.S. edition, 1st paperback printing 1995). Printed on good paper, nice condition except bottom corner bends on back cover and last 6 pages. 0750911042
$3 – DVD Beowulf with Anthony Hopkins as the king, 2007 film, PG-13.
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MEDIEVAL (about through 1400s)
CHAPTER BOOKS
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$10 (set of 3) - Kingdom’s Dawn, Kingdom’s Quest, and Kingdom’s Reign, by Chuck Black. Chapter books, #1, 5, 6 in The Kingdom Series (series of 6) which is an analogy similar to a modern Pilgrim’s Progress, paper shows aging but otherwise good condition.
$4 - The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli. Chapter book from the era of monks and castles/Middle Ages, young boy learns to serve, 0440402832. Used in RTR.
$10 - St. Bartholomew's Eve, A tale of the Huguenot Wars by G.A. Henty. France 1500s. Red clothbound with gold lettering, nice condition, 1887159088. Hardcover.
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MEDIEVAL (about through 1400s)
FULL-SIZED BOOKS
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$5 - The Princess and the Kiss, A Story of God’s Gift of Purity, by Jennie Bishop, hardcover
$3 - East of the Sun and West of the Moon, retold by Kathleen & Michael Hague. “The mysterious white bear, the mighty North Wind, the castle east of the sun and west of the moon – all are dramatically illustrated by Michael Hague in this classic Scandinavian fairy tale.” Stamped on cover page but otherwise nice condition, 0152247033
$5 - With You All the Way by Max Lucado. The dedication page has writing but otherwise nice. Hardcover with dust jacket.
$5 - A Max Lucado Children’s Treasury. Includes The Crippled Lamb, set at the time of Jesus’ birth, and The Way Home: A Princess Story, plus two other stories. Hardcover, no dust jacket, no problems seen.
$5 - Cinderella, illustrated by K.V. Craft. The text is reminiscent of illuminated manuscripts and the illustrations are in the style of 1600s French court. Hardcover with dust jacket.
$5 - Creating Clever CASTLES and Cars, From Boxes and Other Stuff, by Mari Rutz Mitchell, ages 3-8. Wide softcover, 128 pp., nice condition.
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REFORMATION (1500s)
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$4 - Martin Luther, A Man Who Changed the World, by Paul Maier, publisher Thrivent Lutheran. Wide hardcover, nice condition.
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RENAISSANCE ARTISTS
(14-1500s)
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$4 - Art Auction Mystery, by Anna Nilsen, Kingfisher, another in the Art Fraud Detective series, where readers compare the originals to the fakes and solve the mysteries. Nice condition, large format hardcover no dust jacket, 075345842x.
$4 – The Great Art Scandal, by Anna Nilsen, Kingfisher. Companion to Art Fraud Detective, mostly 1800s and 1900s. Nice condition large format hardcover, no dust jacket, 0753455870.
$5 – Leonardo Paintings and Drawings, 24 Cards, 4 per page in color, from Dover, like new
$5 – The Everything DaVinci Book: Explore the Life and Times of the Ultimate Renaissance Man, 289 pages
$5 – The Life and Works of Leonardo Da Vinci, from Parragon, hardcover with dust jacket, with paintings or drawings on every page
$4 – Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? by Roberta Edwards. Chapter book from Grosset Dunlap, reading level 3-4. Biography with pen-n-ink illustrations on most pages
$4 – Michelangelo’s World, by J. Patrick Lewis, 2007 Creative Editions. Tall hardcover with biography and info on individual pieces, with large illustrations on every page.
$4 - The Barefoot Book of Stories from the Opera, retold by Shahrukh Husain, ill. James Mayhew. Includes the Magic Flute (Mozart 1791), Hansel & Gretel (1893), etc. Hardcover with dust jacket, nice condition, 1902283287.
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