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

Sao Paulo.: Edicoes Melhoramentos., 1968. Trade paperback. Good. Minor cover and edge soiling. Edge wear. Spine creasing. Clean interior pages.. Cortez, Jayme (Capa e Illustracoes de). 1 196 p. Trade size paperback. Blue illustrated covers. Fantasy fiction, morality tale: The story of a young boy who discovers suffering. Author Jose Mauro de Vasconcelos had numerous titles to his credit (b.1920-d.1984).

New York / London.: The Century Co., 1925. Hard cover. Very good in fair dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Big and bold scripted signature of prior owner, Dwight Martin. Light book edge wear, corner bumps. Jacket has chips, tears, damp stain.. Flanagan, John Richard (Illustrated by).. 1 Copper cloth over boards. Vertical stamped black line and titltles, front; black spine titles and club card symbol, spine. 4 p. 3-207 p. 19 cm. Plates. Fiction by Ireland and American-based author Donn Byrne (born Brian Oswald Patrick Donn-Byrne 1889 d.1928), adept at both English and Gaelic, who had begun selling his writing in magazines by 1912. He was a prolific novelist, short story writer, and poet, setting his scenes internationally. Byrne had died in an auto accident in Ireland. Set in Ireland this is a tale of a white-haired man who goes up and down Dublin streets, straight, clean, self-aware, but for whom drink is the way, "a story so poignant in its tragedy of bewildered human hearts, " from… Read More

New York.: Greenwillow Books., 1983. American edition. 2nd printing.. Hard cover. Good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Minor jacket surface wear. Lower edge wear to book. Small damp-stain patch, upper front corner jacket.. Roberts, Clare (Illustrated by).. 1 Jacket art is duplicated on glossy paper over boards. 28 p. 10.25in square. Audience: General/trade. Picture book with fine artwork for all ages, telling the story of the mighty oak tree from the acorn to its death 282 years later (count the crosscut rings). Its company of the varied plants and animals sharing its habitat. Lifelike artwork with softened edges and natural colors invite the curious learner.

Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt.: American University in Cairo Press., 1974. First edition.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Slight spine tilt. DJ has edge wear, soiling, 2-in back cover tear. Production flaws to board cloth covers, back pebbly; front has textile flaw.. 1 189p. : Light orange cloth covered boards; bright green graphic images, 2 women; green titles. B&W drawings and photos. Index. Photo illustrated end papers showing an oasis stone structure, palm trees. The Oases of Egypt offers 3 volumes, this being the second. Publication was encouraged after Dr. Fakhry delivered a series of lectures at the University of Chicago. A widely known and respected Egyptologist, he died suddenly after Volume I, Siwa Oasis was ready for distribution. Volume II's manuscript had been completed and Volume III, Kharga and Dakhla was partial. The author's son, an Egyptologist, supervised his father's students in completing the work.

New York.: Random House., 1973. Book Club Edition.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket has light edge wear, cover blemishing, damp stain, interior.. Bacon, Paul (Jacket design by), and Halsman, Phillippe (Author Jacket photo portrait).. 1 279 p. Black cloth over boards. Gold spine titles. Rear jacket B&W author portrait. Fiction set in Eastern Europe, featuring an old wanderer named Azriel who possesses The Book of Chronicles, a history of Kolvillag, a village of which he is the last survivor, a village that has disappeared. How and Why? He wants to tell the story the village had sworn not to reveal in the 1920s. Fifty years later he searches for someone to release him from his oath. Finally, he meets a young man wanting to end his own life. "One man's loyalty to his dead becomes another man's reason to go on living", from end flap. Themes of Jews, their enemies, friendship and hate, bigotry and war, testimony and above all, silence.

The Washington Post associate editor Woodward's offers a portrait of a young U.S. President as commander-in-chief. Bob Woodward drew from internal memos, classified documents, meeting notes and hundreds of hours of interviews. Faced with critical decisions on Afghanistan, the secret Pakistan campaign, and ongoing terrorism worldwide, President Barack Obama was thwarted from an exit plan for the war in Afghanistan. There was ongoing division between the civilian leadership in the White House and the U.S. Military. It was a time of government in turmoil. Obama was "cerebral and engaged"; his Vice President Biden was urgently wanting to avoid another Vietnam build-up; Obama's White House aides, diplomats, military leaders and intelligence chiefs were at odds. Woodward presents a "you are there" account for these moments in history. Glossy section, B&W photos. Prior owner ID stamp plus small address label. Otherwise clean and near fine.

The Washington Post associate editor Woodward's offers a portrait of a young U.S. President as commander-in-chief. Bob Woodward drew from internal memos, classified documents, meeting notes and hundreds of hours of interviews. Faced with critical decisions on Afghanistan, the secret Pakistan campaign, and ongoing terrorism worldwide, President Barack Obama was thwarted from an exit plan for the war in Afghanistan. There was ongoing division between the civilian leadership in the White House and the U.S. Military. It was a time of government in turmoil. Obama was "cerebral and engaged"; his Vice President Biden was urgently wanting to avoid another Vietnam build-up; Obama's White House aides, diplomats, military leaders and intelligence chiefs were at odds. Woodward presents a "you are there" account for these moments in history. Glossy section, B&W photos. Light top block remainder mark.

Tor Books, 2000. First edition. 1st printing.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Back cover angled crease.. Donato (Cover art by).. 1 Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 246 p. Obernewtyn Chronicles, 1. Audience: General/trade. Fantasy, first in series, introducing Elspeth Gordie, a Misfit, who has secret powers. Unaware of her extensive gifts, they send her to the mountain estate of Obernewtyn where she finds both friends and enemies. She is an orphan girl of courage as well as talent.

New York / Singapore printer.: Atheneum / Angus & Robertson / Tien Wah Press., 1970. First edition. 1st American Edition 1970.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Near fine; light front cover soiling. Clean unmarked pages. Firm binding. The jacket end papers are saved inside.. 1 White illustrated cloth over boards; kite on string in red and blue. 48 p. 28 cm. Colorful artwork. Audience: Children/juvenile. RARE. "A kite was born one morning, " the story begins, ""in the mind of its Maker". A boy jumped from his bed to search for materials. In truth, the reader is informed, the Maker eats breakfast first. Priorities. He constructs his kite as the wind shows promise. This tale goes up and down, and again. His neighbor said of his kite, it is "obstreperous". So, thought the Maker, his kite has a name. Follow the adventures of Obstreperous and the Maker. Author-illustrater Ted Greenwood is Austalian, and was a teacher before focusing on writing and art. He wants… Read More

Mysterious Press, 1999. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Short remainder mark across bottom edges. back DJ cover, shelfwear.. 1 Cloth over boards. 352 p. Audience: General/trade. Occam's razor, "too many theories can muddle clear thinking". It's an old adage running through fictional Vermont police detective Joe Gunther's head as he investigates homicides in Brattleboro, Vermont. He's got grisly deaths, crossover witnesses, sleazy lowlifes, blackmail, and politics, a recipe for a stew of confusion. But...he's Joe Gunther, one smart, small-town, persistent detective.

New York.: Mysterious Press., 1999. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket.. Elliot, Mark (Jacket art by).. 1 Purple paper over boards. Color illustrated jacket 24 cm. 339 p. Audience: General/trade. Mystery series. Occam's razor, "too many theories can muddle clear thinking". It's an old adage running through fictional Vermont police detective Joe Gunther's head as he investigates homicides in Brattleboro, Vermont. He's got grisly deaths, crossover witnesses, sleazy lowlifes, blackmail, and politics; a recipe for a stew of confusion. But...he's Joe Gunther, one smart, small-town, persistent detective.

New York.: Dodd, Mead., 1970. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light top page block spotting. Solidly bound, clean interior. Light jacket edge wear.. 1 Dark blue cloth over boards. Gold spine titles. Wrapround B&W jacket photo, racing yacht. 310 p. 26 cm. B&W Illustrations, Plates, Diagrams. Sailing: Practical guide to tactics, crew knowledge, clubs and races, types and classes, design, rigging, engine and electrical, smallest, multi-hulls, maintenance for racing, and 7 appendices including seasickness.

Garden City NY / Toronto.: Doubleday, Page & Company., 1921. No print line.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Sullivan Machinery Co. Discard, Claremont NH; Neat script: No. 649 w/ Co. stamp, purple. Minor tilt, fade. Scuffed spine tilte box paste-on. Top block soil spots. Clean text pgs.. 1 189 p. Blue cloth over boards. Blind stamped front edge frame. Page count does not include Prefaces. Seafaring, steamboat fiction: Author William McFee, was b.1881, of Canadian parents at sea aboard a 3-masted ship his sea captain father owned. He d. 1966 in New Haven CT. He became a prolific writer of sea stories after working as a steamer engineer in war and peace until 1924. Preface to the 1921 edition, p. vii-li., S.S. Turrialba, August, 1920, by author. Preface to the first edition, liii-lx, Chelsea, which is a lament to one who died suddenly, lost love, and the seafaring life. "Letters from an Ocean Tramp" was first published in 1908 by Cassell & Co.

Charleston SC.: The History Press., 2011. First edition. Ist printing.. Trade paperback. New.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 126 p. Illustrations, Photos, black & white. American Legends. Audience: General/trade. Mary Wilson Wallace, 1720-1814, cried out in infancy aboard a sailing ship carrying Scottish emigrants to the Atlantic coast in New England. Plundering pirates had come aboard, heard the baby's cry, spared passengers' lives in return for the baby being named "Mary". With that tale, "a legend was born", and told and retold in the way of legends. Author-researcher Jeremy D'Entremont sorts out the tale's transmigration and the true history of Mary Wilson Wallace who reside in first Londonderry, then Henniker, New Hampshire.

New York.: Villard Books., 1994. First edition. 2 in number print line. Villard 8/94.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Clear, clean protective cover. Unmarked.. Hillenbrand, Will (Cover illustration by). 1 Black cloth & red paper over boards. Gold spine titles. 380 p. B&W photo section. Team photo endpapers: Cardinals, front; Yankees, back. World Series Baseball: 1964 marked the last season of the New York Yankees baseball dominance, begun in 1949, and about which Halberstam wrote in "Summer of '49" (published 1989). The Yankees were up against a younger team in 1964, the St. Louis Cardinals.

Greenwich CT.: A Fawcett Crest Book., 1968. First edition. 1st Fawcett Crest edition. R1155.. Mass-market paperback. Good. Minor cover creasing. Spine crease.. 1 Mass-market paperback. 160 p. Science Fiction. Adventures on "a planet twisted by time splits": the 1960s familiarity has vanished except in England; In Western Europe, World War I still rages; Greece is in the Golden Age of Pericles; America is 1000 years in the future; Russia and Asia are a glasslike plain with no life. The earth is nearing end. Two young men seek the truth. Who are the dreamers; or the dreamed?

Bantam Books, 1958. FC8 Unabridged. (1st published by Doubleday in 1901).. Mass-market paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Front binding edge crease, top spine wear (1/8th-inch tear), back cover moderate creases.. 0 Gold wraparound cover with an artwork detail from John Stuart Curry's "The Line Storm", hay-hauling farmers racing a storm. Line art train graphic above. Black titles. Principal character list and location map for novel in front pages. Norris's first major novel of social protest, "modern realism" after Emile Zola, depicting the 19th century California clash between wheat farmers and the expanding railroads. Born in 1870 San Francisco, Norris lived only 32 years. Also wrote "McTeague", "Vandover and the Brute", and "The Pit".

New York.: Sagamore Press by special arr. w/ Doubleday & Co., 1957. 1901 Doubleday copyright. S-20.. Trade paperback. Very good. Light cover wear. Minor spine sun-fade. Tightly bound.. 1 Trade paperback. Mustard color w/ black "octopus" graphic. 454 p. 21 cm. Classic first book of an uncompleted trilogy, considered the best of Frank Norris's writing. California wheat farmers fight off the encroachment of of the growing railroad monopoly, which has caused impoverishment, corruption. Set in the San Joaquin Valley, entering the 20th century. Described as fast and exciting, a novel with purpose. Frank Norris authored 10 other books listed inside.

Stroud UK.: Sutton Publishing., 2004. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Age-toning. Lesser materials used by publisher.. 1 Textured black paper over boards. Gold spine titles. Illustrated jacket. 272 p. B&W archival photos in two sections, plates. Audience: General/trade. Thomas Coryate, described as "eccentric, witty, engaging and determined", was a 17th century traveller and writer whose tales inspired others in like minded adventurers. Rarely found in hardcover.

New York.: Bell Publishing by arr. w/ University Books., 1965. First edition. "a" begins print line, this edition.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Tight, clean text pages w/ edge random foxing.. Critchlow, Dennis (Jacket design by).. 1 Brick red paper over boards. Gold spine titles. 228 p. 24 cm. Index. Audience: General/trade. Containing the strange and fantastic, engaging the analytical mind, or simply entertaining (from end flap). Author Gould, b.1890-d.1948, was a nautical and mechanical expert, author, broadcaster, WWI Royal Navy veteran. In 1923 he published "The Marine Chronometer" emerged after 12 years in cleaning and restoring historic chronometers made by John Harrison in the 18th century. Goukld did the same in becoming an expert in the history of the 18th to 20th century typewriters.