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1	Caps for sale; a tale of a peddler, some monkeys & their monkey business more books like this by Esphyr Slobodkina add to wishlist All the cap peddler's caps are taken by monkeys, who put them on and perch high in a tree. How can the peddler get his merchandise back? Demands and threats don't work, but something else does. A wonderful book to read aloud. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.96! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Potato Man more books like this by Megan McDonald add to wishlist Grandpa tells stories of the fruit and vegetable huckster in his childhood neighborhood, a man he learns to appreciate after a rocky start. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Caps for Sale more books like this by Esphyr Slobodkina add to wishlist All the cap peddler's caps are taken by monkeys, who put them on and perch high in a tree. How can the peddler get his merchandise back? Demands and threats don't work, but something else does. A wonderful book to read aloud. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Yankee peddlers of early America more books like this by J. R. Dolan add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Saint John's Fern: A Roger the Chapman Medieval Mystery more books like this by Kate Sedley add to wishlist It is October 1477 and Roger the Chapman, newly married and still enjoying wedded bliss, is surprised to find his old, familiar feeling of restlessness returning. Within a month he is setting off, once again, on the ancient ridge road that dissects Dartmoor and heads for Plymouth, driven by some instinct that he is needed there. Roger accepts a ... see all copies from $11.59! first editions
6	Pushcart War more books like this by Jean Merrill add to wishlist In this Runyanesque novel, war is waging between the pushcart vendors and the truckers in New York City, all because Mack, driving a Mighty Mammoth, ran down Morris the florist's pushcart. Readers will root for the ingenious group of pushcart vendors in their battle with the trucks and draw their own conclusions from the political messages the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Businesss more books like this by Esphyr Slobodkina (Illustrator) add to wishlist "Caps! Caps for sale!" calls the peddler, until one day he wakes up from a nap to find his caps have disappeared. Fashioned from a folktale, here's "a bright picture book, infused with a humor which seems to spring from Slobodkina's own hearty enjoyment of the troubles of a peddler with a band of monkeys".--The New York Times. A Reading Rainbow ... see all copies from $3.53! new only from $16.29! \| SVS
8	Caps for Sale Book and Tape: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys, and Their Monkey Business more books like this by Esphyr Slobodkina (Illustrator), Brian O'Sullivan (Read by) add to wishlist The peddler wakes up bright and early, ready to begin his day and sell some caps. But everyone in town is missing. Where could they be? Then he realizes they must be at the county fair, and he rushes off to sell his caps to the crowd. Instead of selling, though, he finds himself caught in the middle of a circus on parade. And before he knows it, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.59! \| SVS
9	The Eve of St. Hyacinth more books like this by Kate Sedley add to wishlist A peddler reminisces about his role in uncovering a plot on the life of Duke Richard, brother to King Edward, some 50 years earlier in 1475. see all copies from $4.98! first editions
10	Peddlers more books like this by Leonard E. Fisher add to wishlist Describes the enterprise and commercial development that peddlers brought to the colonies before the establishment of general stores. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Lammas Feast more books like this by Kate Sedley add to wishlist The eleventh in the highly acclaimed Roger the Chapman series. It's July 1478, and business is good for Bristol's bakers during the lead up to Lammastide - 'Loaf-mass', the ancient harvest festival. But the shady Jasper Fairbrother's baking days are over when he's found face down with a knife in his back. Suspicion immediately falls on the ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $26.82! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Stealing South: A Story of the Underground Railroad more books like this by Katherine Ayres add to wishlist Will Spencer's family has always helped runaway slaves passing through their town as they travel the Underground Railroad. When a runaway slave asks Will to help steal his older brother out of the South to keep him from being sold, Will begins an adventure that will take him into the heart of slavery's evil. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00!
13 view cover	Death and the Chapman more books like this by Kate Sedley add to wishlist The political situation in 1471 is complex and the war between the Yorkist and Lancastrian factions still rages. Roger the Chapman has recently given up a monk's cell to be found peddling his wares on the open road. Until he gets caught up in the strange disappearance of Clement Weaver. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14 view cover	The Saint John's fern more books like this by Kate Sedley add to wishlist It's October 1477 and Roger the Chapman arrives in Plymouth to be confronted by the brutal murder of Master Capstick. The chief suspect is Capstick's great-nephew Beric, who has managed to completely vanish. Roger begins his own enquiries, an action which provokes an attempt on his life. see all copies from $3.62! new only from $26.75!
15 view cover	Between Field and Cooking Pot: The Political Economy of Marketwomen in Peru more books like this by Florence E Babb add to wishlist From reviews of the first edition: "The book has a clear and readable style, moving easily between vignettes of marketwomen's lives, descriptions of the markets themselves, and surveys of the theoretical literature. Babb's long, close involvement with the Huaraz markets is apparent. As someone who has spent a lot of time in Andean markets, I found ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.89! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Thursbitch more books like this by Alan Warner, Alan Garner add to wishlist "HERE JOHN TURNER WAS CAST AWAY IN A HEAVY SNOW STORM IN THE NIGHT IN THE YEAR 1755" "THE PRINT OF A WOMAN'S SHOE WAS FOUND BY HIS SIDE IN THE SNOW WHERE HE LAY DEAD" This enigmatic tombstone, high on the bank of a prehistoric Pennine track, has haunted Alan Garner for 50 years. Thursbitch is an exploration of the C18th mystery; a mystery that ... see all copies from $14.14! new only from $14.14!
17 view cover	Caps for Sale (Spanish Edition): Se Venden Gorras more books like this by Esphyr Slobodkina (Illustrator) add to wishlist All the cap peddler's caps are taken by monkeys, who put them on and perch high in a tree. How can the peddler get his merchandise back? Demands and threats don't work, but something else does. A wonderful book to read aloud. see all copies from $2.52! new only from $85.99!
18 view cover	Becoming American: The Early Arab Immigrant Experience more books like this by Alixa Naff add to wishlist A unique study in American immigra-tion and assimilation history that also provides a special view of one of the smaller ethnic groups in American society. Naff focuses on the pre-World War I pio-neering generation of Arabic-speaking immigrants, the generation that set the patterns for settlement and assimilation. Unlike many immigrants who were ... see all copies from $2.14! new only from $3.50! \| first editions
19	Danilo the Fruit Man more books like this by Amy Valens, E G Valens add to wishlist "Oranges, fresh oranges!" Danilo calls as he heads his horse and cart down the Sicilian village streets. But then he comes to a road he hasn't seen before--that brings him to a park he never knew existed, where he finds the most wondrous and amazing fruit he has ever tasted. In bright, captivating colors and a vibrant folk style, Valens suffuses ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| first editions
20	Dream Peddler more books like this by Gail E Haley add to wishlist The beautiful illustrations and the text tell of a book peddler, John Capman of Swaffham, who travels to London to find the answers to his dreams. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.93! \| signed copies \| first editions
21	Stone Men more books like this by Nicki Weiss add to wishlist When Arnie asks his grandmother to tell him a story, she tells him about Isaac the peddler, who lived in the old country. As he traveled long and lonely distances between villages, Isaac made men out of stone to keep him company. And once, in a moment of danger, Isaac's ingenuity and his stone friends were able to save the townspeople of Bruria. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.70! \| first editions \| SVS
22	The Gollywhopper Egg more books like this by Anne Rockwell add to wishlist Timothy Todd, the peddler, sells almost anything, including a coconut he endows with unique abilities. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Two Fools and a Horse more books like this by Sally Derby, Robert Rayevsky (Illustrator) add to wishlist Two farmhands become convinced that a peddler has stolen a horse and hidden it in the pack he carries on the back. Try as they might, the farmhands are unable to convince anyone else that the peddler is a horse thief. Could the farmhands actually be right? Colorful mixed-media collages accompany the text. see all copies from $2.78! new only from $5.52! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Rolling Store more books like this by Angela Johnson, Peter Catalanotto (Photographer) add to wishlist A young girl tells her friend about the traveling store her grandfather used to visit when he was a child. At the time her grandfather grew up, few people had cars, so the store would come to them--a pickup truck filled with wonderful things to buy. Inspired by the past, the girls decide to set up their own traveling store. Illustrated with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
25 view cover	Gila Monsters and Red-Eyed Rattlesnakes: Don Maguire's Arizona Expeditions, 1876-1879 more books like this by Gary Topping (Editor), Don Maguire add to wishlist Don Maguire's narratives of his three remarkable trading expeditions through Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona, and Mexico during the years 1876-1879 are original and colorful contributions to the literature of the American West. While we know a good deal about other types of Western traders - such as the great fur companies or the settled Indian ... see all copies from $10.33! new only from $32.00! \| first editions

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