1. The Story of Valentine
by Wilma P. Hays 
Price: USD 61.54
Dealer: Biblio, ThriftBooks
Description: Penguin Publishing Group, Date: 1956. Library Binding. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Penguin Publishing Group ISBN 0698303407 9780698303409 [US] 

2. The Story of Valentine
by Wilma Pitchford Hays 
Price: USD 52.04
Dealer: Biblio, ThriftBooks
Description: Coward-McCann Inc., Date: 1956. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1956. Coward-McCann Inc. [US] 

3. The Story of Valentine
by Wilma Pitchford Hays 
Price: USD 52.04
Dealer: Biblio, ThriftBooks
Description: Coward-McCann Inc., Date: 1956. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1956. Coward-McCann Inc. [US] 

4. The Story of Valentine [FIRST EDITION] [VINTAGE 1956]
by Hays, Wilma Pitchford 
Price: USD 150.00
Dealer: Abebooks, Vero Beach Books
Description: [publisher: Coward-McCann, Inc., New York] Hardcover First Edition Fine condition gray cloth boards with maroon front cover lettering and illustrations, and maroon spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped ($2.50 price tag at inner front upper right jacket flap) color illustrated dust jacket. The jacket is well preserved in a clear dust jacket cover/protector. Illustrated with three-color drawings by Leonard Weisgard, winner of the Caldecott Medal . "A little Roman boy named Octavian received the first Valentine message, and it was Smoky, the light-gray carrier pigeon, who brought it to him. When Octavian visited his friend, Valentine, his little sister, Agrippina, was afraid for him. She came to warn him that the Emperor Claudius had ordered the arrest of all who, like Valentine, failed to worship the Roman gods. But Octavian and his friends loved Valentine. His garden was a refuge from the narrow streets of Rome, crowded with charioteers and soldiers. The young boys helped the priest care for his flowers, while Smoky hopped along behind them and pecked at the fresh earth. Then one morning Valentine was not there. A whirring of wings sounded overhead and Smoky lighted on the stone pillar of the gate. As he shifted his gray-pink feet, there was a soft, clanking sound - tied to his leg was the key to the garden, and a message. In his efforts to help Valentine, Octavian made a dangerous journey along the Sacred Way to the great square of Rome. He pushed his way through the crowds, past the brightly decorated market stalls, and stood trembling at the gates of the prison. A little blind girl, Julia, stood in the courtyard. On her depended Octavian's safety and the success of his mission." - excerpt from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. "THE AUTHOR: Mrs. Hays wrote The Story of Valentine with the same gift for storytelling and care for historical detail that made her first book, Pilgrim Thanksgiving, an outstanding one. Valentine was a real person, one of the first Romans to believe in one God of love rather than the twelve stern gods of Rome. Mrs. Hays read that he loved children; that even in prison, he cured the prison keeper'[s little daughter of blindness. To tell Valentine's story, the author has written it from a child's point of view. Her characters are in part imaginary, and yet they are carefully modeled on Roman children who lived during the persecution of Christians in 270 A.D. Her own experience as a writer, teacher, and mother, has shown her that children like to participate in a story, through characters with whom they can identify themselves. Her book is one that entertains while it instructs." - from the inner rear jacket flap. [Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1956]  

5. The Story of Valentine
by Wilma Pitchford Hays 
Price: USD 69.45
Dealer: Abebooks, -OnTimeBooks-
Description: ISBN10: 0698303407, ISBN13: 9780698303409, [publisher: Putnam Pub Group (L)] Book may contain some writing, highlighting, and or cover damage. Shipped fast and reliably! [Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1956]  

6. The Story of Valentine
by Wilma Pitchford Hays 
Price: USD 56.19
Dealer: Abebooks, ThriftBooks-Atlanta
Description: ISBN10: 0698303407, ISBN13: 9780698303409, [publisher: Putnam Pub Group (L)] Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.84 [AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1956]  

7. The Story of Valentine
by Wilma Pitchford Hays 
Price: USD 52.04
Dealer: Abebooks, ThriftBooks-Atlanta
Description: [publisher: Coward-McCann Inc.] Hardcover Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.75 [AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.]  

8. The Story of Valentine
by Wilma Pitchford Hays 
Price: USD 52.04
Dealer: Abebooks, ThriftBooks-Dallas
Description: [publisher: Coward-McCann Inc.] Hardcover Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.75 [Dallas, TX, U.S.A.]  

9. The Story of Valentine
by Wilma Pitchford Hays 
Price: USD 107.45
Dealer: Alibris, Bonita via Alibris
Description: Putnam Pub Group (L) 1956 library Good Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. 

10. The Story of Valentine
by Wilma Pitchford Hays 
Price: USD 666.67
Dealer: Alibris, BookDrop via Alibris
Description: Putnam Pub Group (L) 1956 Fair Book may contain some writing highlighting and or cover damage. Shipped fast and reliably! 

11. The Story of Valentine
by Wilma Pitchford Hays 
Price: USD 48.04
Dealer: Alibris, ThriftBooks-Dallas via Alibris
Description: Coward-McCann Inc Hardcover Good Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. 

12. The Story of Valentine
by Wilma Pitchford Hays 
Price: USD 57.54
Dealer: Alibris, ThriftBooks-Dallas via Alibris
Description: Putnam Pub Group (L) Hardcover Good Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. 

13. The Story of Valentine
by Wilma Pitchford Hays 
Price: USD 48.04
Dealer: Alibris, ThriftBooks-Reno via Alibris
Description: Coward-McCann Inc Hardcover Good Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.