Search Results: Titles starting with J from Hedgehog's Whimsey Books

Authorhouse., 2002. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 308 p. Audience: General/trade.

Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press., 1969. Facsimile reprint 1922 edition.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Tightly bound. Light back cover soiling. Clean pages. High quality paper.. Lendon, W W (1922 Illustrations by), and Beresford, G C (Frontispiece B&W Barrie photo portrat by). 1 Orange cloth over boards. 190 p. 17 cm. Includes: Black Pen&Ink Illustrations, a few grayscale art reproductions, Portraits. Index. Bibliography. Biographical volume about one of British Theater's most intriguing yet private dramatists, known best for his creation of Peter Pan and Never-land. Born in 1860, he first drew attention with the production in 1902 of "The Admirable Crichton". This well-constructed 1969 reprint holds true to the 1922 original.

Avon Books, 1997. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Good in fine dust jacket. Ex-library. DJ had been protected by mylar.. Spalenka, Greg (Jacket illustration by). 1 Paper over boards. 337 p. Audience: General/trade. Fantasy fiction: new spin on Goethe's 'Faust', a scholar who sells his soul to the Devil, bargaining for unlimited knowledge. Swanwick's Jack Faust transitions from madman to savior, accelerating the world into mechanization way before it's ready.

New York.: Giant Cardinal Edition / Pocket Books., 1960. Complete, Unabridged. GC-64. Original author copyright 1938.. Mass-market paperback. Good. Edge wear. Clean text pages.. 1 First edition. 314 p. Mass-market paperback. Glued binding. Yellow page block dye. Cover art: author portrait w/ sailboat, not credited. Author Jack London "lived as he wrote--colorfully, gustily, passionately", from front cover. His books number maybe 50. Born, barely, in 1875 of parents experiencing horrifying domestic violence in San Francisco. The child from their union became known as Jack London. A hobo at 15, a well-travelled sailor by 17, and by 25, he found literary gold in the Klondike with his writing.

New York.: Vanguard Press., 1966. Possible 1st, no print line.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Jacket flaps only are gently taped inside covers. Clean discard from Towle School Library, Newport, N.H.. Oakley, Graham (Illustrated by).. 1 Light green cloth over boards. Silver and yellow spine titles. 120 p. 25 cm. Yellow top page block. Fine, detailed Pen&Ink in B&W plates. Audience: Children/juvenile. Developed in the style of folk tales by Richard Garnett and his son Oliver, 10. In Dover, England, there lived a merry lad, Jack. Some thought him a fool. Delightful adventures found Jack when he was driven away to seek his fortune. Meet a handsome prince, a fearful dragon, a menacing brigand, a sad-eyed talking horse, and the king's foolish daughter. Wonderful Medieval village artwork.

New York.: Arcade Publishing., 1998. Advanced Reading Copy. . Trade paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued.. 1 Trade paperback. 6x9.25in. 320 p. Audience: General/trade. Biography: Born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, Carlos "The Jackel" was caught by counterespionage agents in 1994, after 20 years of shootings and bombings. He had skirted arrest partly by his own cleverness, partly by support from palestinian backers, and partly by blunders among western secret agents. Publisher's letter to Reviewer tucked inside, a bit rumpled.

Chicago.: M A Donahue & Company.. No date. Gift Inscription: Christmas 1917.. Hard cover. Very good in fair dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. DJ tattered, pieces tucked inside, several publisher ads. DJ Front, blue-toned unsmiling woman with snowshoes. Moderate top edge soiling. Book covers clean, bright.. 1 Light cloth covered boards with woman's portrait (Christy) in color pasted on, framed by embossed black border, title box above. Illustrated end papers, light green, cream. A Sketch of her Life, p.5-117. Juliana Horatia Gatty b. Yorkshire 1841-m. Maj. Alexander Ewing 1867-d. Bath 1885. 'Jackanapes' p.5-60. 'Daddy Darwin's Dovecoat' p.65-125. 'The Story of a Short Life', p.5-137. At end, 'The Flowers' Work' by Baden, Frances Henshaw.

Archway / Washington Square by arr. w/ Messner., 1969. 3rd printing.. Mass-market paperback. Good. Ex-library. Age-toning. Cover corner creasing. Spine degrading. Tightly bound.. 1 249 p. Mass-market (rack) paperback. Artfully illustrated front cover, no credit given. B&W photo section. Sports History / African American History / American Studies: Biography of the first African American to be hired in big league professional baseball, playing his inaugural game in April 1945 at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City. Jackie Robinson was later elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1978. First edition.. Hard cover. Fine. No dust jacket as issued.. 1 45 p. Audience: General/trade.

Delacorte Press., 1993. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Near fine. Normal jacket rubs. Light volume soiling from reading. Clean unmarked pages.. 1 Cloth and paper over boards. 440 p. B&W photo sxection, center. Jacket photos color & B&W. Bibliography. Index. Audience: General/trade. Music biography: Rolling Stones lead vocalist and stage personality Mick Jagger is profiled here, way back in 1993. He is still a strong performer, in demand.

Viking Books, 1987. First edition. 1st American edition.. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Libray markings, tape on edges, from small library; little use. Front free end paper top corner clipped. DJ and book clean.. Stuart, Catherine (Jacket cover photo by), and Godwin, Fay (Rushdie portrait in B&W, rear DJ flap, by). 1 Cloth and paper over boards. Audience: General/trade. Travel in a country of contrasts: harsh political climate and a poetic people. The US had just voted in the summer of 1986 to support with money the anti-Sandinistas. The Sandinistas had clamped down on the soiciety. Rushdie, considered a "Third World writer", brought with him a different vantage point than that of Western writers; yet, he what he discovered was overwhelming: "a culture of masks with bullet holes in their foreheads, " from front DJ flap.

London, England.: Omnibus Press., 1996. First edition. Presumed 1st, no print line.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Unmarked book volume. Jacket shows minor surface shelf wear; near fine.. 1 Paper over boards. 192 p. 16 pgs B&W photo plates. Audience: General/trade. Music Biography, Soul & R&B: Multi-hit recording artist and performer, James Brown. For 3 decades, Brown dominated the ever-changing phenomena known as popular black music. Included is a selected discography.

Picador USA, 2000. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Minor shelfwear to DJ, no chips or bumps.. 0 Black cloth-textured paper over boards. 811p. B&W photo section. Endnotes. Index. Permissions. The dramatic placement of the Dickey B&W portrait on the dustjacket speaks to the subject's dramatic immediacy as a writer and person. He was notorious and popular in the 1960s and'70s: A Georgia nountain boy turned National Book Award-winning poet and bestselling novelist. He created his own myth, and his skill at lying made that personna believable. The author explores that life and his real one, which, on the heels of fame and fortune, found talent dulled and distracted by alcohol; an all too common story. Dickey was the author of "Deliverance", and played a sheriff in the movie about an Appalachian river run that turned violent. He also was a respected poet.

Russell & Russell, Inc, 1965. 2nd Edition. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Tight, Square, Clean other than library markings. Minor spine ends and corner wear. Sticker residue, lower spine.. 0 437 p. Includes: index, bibliography. Chronology. Appendix; Bibliography; Genealogy Tree; Index. Durable dark green cloth covered boards. Gold spine titles. Portrait frontispiece, B&W. Author Jane Austen, b. 1775-d. 1817. Appendix re: Text of Jane Austen's Novels; authors note various errors have occured w/reprinting, herein are corrections they prefer be used. First published 1913, reissued 1965. Authors are grand-nephew and great-grand-nephew of subject.

New York.: Washington Square Press., 1970. 24th printing since 1953.. Mass-market paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Age-toning. Slight cover surface wear. No markings.. 1 517 p. Mass-market (rack) paperback. Cover portrait drawings in Pen&Ink against vertical shadings: tan, white, green. Black title. Romantic fiction, 19th century Great Britain. This tale of the governess who came to Thornfield, and the web of intrigue surrounding the otherwise appealing master of the manor, was first published in 1847.

Scholastic Inc., 2003. 5th printing this edition.. Mass-market paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Slight shelf wear. Back cover pen mark across code bar.. 1 Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 501 p. Audience: Children/juvenile. English romantic fiction, 19th century enduring classic. Jane Eyre, orphaned in childhood and deprised by her only known relative, her aunt, Jane Eyre trusts only in herself, her intelligence, and her integrity. She secures a position as governess in Thornfield mansion, employed by moody, mysterious Mr. Rochester. She discovers a terrible secret and must make a difficult choice.

Tucson AZ.: HP Books., 1985. Trade paperback. Very good. Lower front left scuffing, 2 inches x qtr-inch. Clean interior.. 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 176 p. Color photos. Audience: General/trade. Overview of Japan; Festivals; Eating out; Glossary; Equipment; Knives & Cuts; Menu planning; Tea, Tea Ceremony; Food-dining categories; Condiments; Index.

New York.: Japanese Society.. No date; later published by Tuttle 1967.. Trade paperback. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Organization library, name crossed out., front and back. Stapled rusting.. 1 Blue-gray lightly textured card stock. Stapled binding. 20p. Red Japanese symbol, lower left cover. Introduction by author (former chef at the Empassy of Japan, Washington DC) generally explaining Japanese style of combining, not blending flavors, of cooking briefly, of serving thoughtfully. Glossary listed before recipes. Servings are for 1 or 4.

New York / Paris.: Tudor Publishing Co. / Fernand Hazan / abc., 1958. Japanese Art 1958; Chinese Art 1961.. Trade paperback. Very good. Light cover wear. Clean pages.. 2 2 volume set. 31 each p. Small paperback booklets, 15 cm. Art plate facsimiles w/ descriptive list following short art history notes. Two volumes in the "Petite Encyclopedie de l'Art".

St. Martin's Press, 1995. Used. Norwich, VT Library stamps on flyleaf, pockets removed.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Norwich, VT library markings on flyleaf, Dust jacket has edge wear and spots on front cover, Pages and text are clean and crisp.. Wllace, Steve (jacket Illus). 1 Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 379 p. Audience: General/trade. Twelve year old Justin is being raised by 3 maiden aunts on an exotic Thailand estate. The story concerns; growing up in the sixties, American Civil Rights movement, the Kennedy assasination, eccentric relatives and the meaning of friendship.