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

New York.: Volo / Hyperion., 2001. First edition. 2001-2002; 1st and 2nd printings.. Trade paperback. New.. 6 6 volume set. 124-134ea. p. Trade paperbacks. Color illustrated covers, photos: juveniles representing heroes. Set of the first 6 in Youth Series featuring young P.C. Hawke and his sleuthing partner Mackenzie follow trails of clues in helping to solve murders. With P.C. 's archaeologist father, they travel. Themes include the sciences. ! SBN: Above and 0786815736, 0786815795, 0786815876, 0786815884, 0786815892.

London / New York / Stuttgart.: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)., 1995. America edition. 2nd printing.. Trade paperback. Fine.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 159 p. Color photos. Audience: Children/juvenile. Introduction to Trees; Northern Coniferous Forests; Temperate Forests; Tropical Forests; MIxed Evergreen Forests; Mountain Forests; Reference Sections; Glossary; Latin Name Index; Index. Resources.

Secaucus NJ.: Chartwell Books., 1985. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Jacket has surface wear. Top jacket spine short tape repair.. 1 Dark cloth over boards. Silver spine titles. Photo illustrated jacket. 176 p. 31 cm. Color photo Illustrations. Oregon, Washington, Vancouver: A region of contrasts with a shoreline, high peaks, lush farm lands, cowboys and fisherman, urban and rural living. Photo credits at back.

New York.: Hawthorn Books., 1972. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Price clipped. Signed by previous owner. Crease to inside front jacket flap. Minor jacket edge wear. Light top page block soiling.. 1 Green cloth over boards. Blue spine titles. Colorful Jacket. 256 p. 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. Hand Arts: The Clappers were editors of Pack-o-Fun magazine and they were using household "throwaways" to make useful and interesting items long before recycling. Contents are by materials: Plastic bottles and packaging; fabric; metal; paper dishes; cardboard; boxes and cartons; wood, large and small; scraps from nature.

New York: Privately printed / The Big Dollar Books Co., 1932. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket has slight chips, minor soiling.. 1 Text in English, with some French. Dark green cloth over boards. Spine title paper strip, white with black titles. 115 p. B&W facsimile artwork. RARE in original like this volume. "Girdles of Chastity" were invented during early civilization when men were possessive and protective of their wives and attentions paid by other men. Strong metal was fashioned to fir over "the organ of regeneration", and sealed with padlocks. Inventiveness followed passion and herein are some tales of amusing incidents.

Greenwich CT.: Fawcett Gold Medal., 1971. First edition. 1st Fawcett paperback printing. T2394.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Light foxing inside covers. Clean text pages. Unmarked. Slight top front edgewear.. 1 192 p. Mass-market paperback. Fiction set early on in Geneva; cover subtitle: A suspense wracked novel of Mafia intrigue and violent adventure. Somebody bombed a private plane; 3 died, a woman survived. She was occupied as a mistress. The millionaire plane owner was advised, "Call Tim Parnelle". He is this tale's problem solver. He smells underworld connections.

Geneva.: Editions Minerva., 1974. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Light cover blemishing. Clean text pages. Sturdy binding.. Numerous illustration sources.. 1 Dark blue cloth over boards. Black spine titles. 116 p., 26 cm. Stitched binding. Color and B&W photos, Pen&Ink archival drawings, diagrams. Photo credits at back. A wonderful assortment of photographs and other horse-related artwork. Chapters; The Origins of Horses; Wild Horses; Domestic Horses; Training Horses and some Practical Information; The Age and Destiny of Horses.

New York.: Pyramid Books by arr. w/ McGraw-Hill., 1969. First edition. T-1950. 75c cover price. 1st Pyramid.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Light cover wear.. Rauk, Lembit (Cover design by).. 1 Mass-market paperback. 207 p. 21 cm. Goldenrod page block dye. Autobiographical. Subtitle: "He's black and he's proud! The warm, compelling document of one man who lived and fought for his dream". Author also of "To Sir, with Love". At 4 years old, a boy was trapped in a no-man's-land of blind hatred. True story of a lonely struggle.

The Institute for Philosophical Research / Macmillan Publishing, 1984. Trade paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued.. 0 238p. Recommended Reading List. Part 1: 3 Kinds of Teaching and Learning. Part 2: Subject Matters to be Taught and Learned. Part 3: The Paideia School. Essayists: Mortimer Adler; Charles Van Doren; Geraldine Van Doren; Theodore Sizer; Donald Cowan; Theodore Puck; Jacques Barzun; Adele Simmons; Paul Gagnon; John Van Doren; James O'Toole; Dennis Gray.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1974. Hard cover. Good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Usual ex-library markings. Jacket had been protected. Minor beverage edge spotting.. Barkley, James (Jacket by). 0 247 p.; 22 cm. Third in trilogy after "The Runaways" and "Flight of the Grey Goose" stories for young and old. Samuel 'Smiler' Miles, 16, is on the lam still, joined by a peregrine falcon, Fria. Set in Scotland.

New York.: Holiday House., 2001. First edition. Stated 1st.. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Jacket light sticker residue, upper right front and lower left back. Else fine.. Wertheim, Anne (Illustrated by).. 1 Color illustrated glossy paper over boards. 32 p. Color artwork. 29 cm. Audience: Children/juvenile. Wings: extraordinary, varied in their uses, and not always use for flying. Lushly illustrated. Glossary and illustrations with labels of parts.

New York.: McGraw-Hill Book Company., 1968. Stated 1st.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Spine edge rubbed. Minor spine end, corner wear. Bright titles.. 1 Blue sealed cloth over boards, silver stamped spine titles. x, 245 p. 22 cm. Christian-based biography / Missionary medicine / Methodist. In India there is a short history with a portrait, synopsizing nearly 100 years: Miss Clara A. Swain, M.D. First woman physician to come to the Orient, 1869. She erected this building in 1873, founding the first hospital for women and children in Asia, remodeled 1951". Orono, Maine, author.

New York.: Delacorte Press., 1981. 1st edition volume. Book club edition jacket.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket: Top spine wear, back cover small stain. Spine has minor sun fade.. Krementz, Jill (Wraparound B&W author photo casual portrait by).. 1 Brown cloth over boards. Gold spine titles and front facsimile signature. 330 p. Audience: General/trade. American 20th century author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. applies his gifts of irony and storytelling to himself in a collection of his speeches, letters, fiction, articles, and, of course, musical comedy. Classic Vonnegut. His Introduction modestly declares this a masterpiece, "a very great book by an American genius".

Garden City, N. Y: Doubleday, Page, 1914. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Discard in good shape from small NH library. Minor cover wear. Random foxing.. Hallen, Ernest (Photographer for Isthmian Canal Commission).. 0 x, 386 p., [18] leaves of plates: 21 cm. B&W photos. Diagrams. Maps, Portraits, Plates. Index. Publisher ads. Color fold-out location overview drawing. Red cloth covered boards. Gold stamped title box. Preface: Primary purpose, a history of the building of the Panama Canal in Central America without romanticizing the international engineering feat. Notes: Central America access between Gulf of Mexico to Gatun Lake and Pacific Ocean; 50 miles using locks to raise and lower ships where not at sea level. French began in 1880; USA continued beginning 1904, completing in 1913.

New York / London.: John Lane Company / John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1911. University Press, John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Owned by "Frederick Lewis Weis" (signature plus partial bookplate). Gilt top edge, uncut right and lower blocks. Minor blemish, back cover. Minor corner, spine end wear.. 1 Frontispiece, sepia artwork, "After the Painting of G.F. Watts, R.A. " Green ribbed cloth covered boards, stamped gold spine, cover titles; gold laurel wreath, cover. 4.75x7.25in. A play commissioned by George Alexander, accepted for production at the St James Theatre; and published with his consent. Previous copyright dates for this work, 1897 (John Lane), 1905 (John Lane Company).

Hyperion Books, 2001. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Clean. Unmarked.. 1 Black paper over boards. 356 p. Terrorist fiction: Every 6 or 8 weeks, there's another train derailment. The suspect, Umberto Alvarez, blames Northern Union Railroad for the crossing guard collision that killed his wife and twins 2 years earlier, and he believes there's been a cover-up. Peter Tyler investigates for the National Transportation Safety Board, and he sees a chance to jump-start his career. Action, romance, suspense, humanity.

New York.: Fawcett Books., 1997. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in fine dust jacket. Light shelf wear; top page block surface dust soil. Nearly fine book. Unmarked interior. Small remainder red mark.. 1 Black and red paper over boards. 320 p. Audience: General/trade. Emergency Medical Technicians: One man's story; he switched careers from being the Connecticut governor's speechwriter to training as a paramedic. He recounts his experiences and the emotional impact of making split-second decisions, responding to health emergencies, keeping patients alive from the street to the hospital.

Carlsbad CA.: Gurus Books., 2007. Second Edition.. Trade paperback. Good. Ex-library. Unmarked text pages. Minor lower front prior dampening. No stains.. 1 Trade paperback (US). 324 p. Audience: General/trade. Eating disorders in children. Family, school, and community relationships. When to worry. Medical consequences. Parent-assisted meals and snacks (PAMS).

Penguin Books., 1989. 1st printing. Contemporary American Fiction series.. Trade paperback. Very good. Age-toning. Light spine and lower corner creasing.. Gordley, Scott (Cover art by).. 1 First edition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 306 p. Audience: General/trade. Psychological thriller of a shocking killing in a small town in the American South, and the diminishing sanity, failing accountability, and arrogance of the perpetrator, Paris Trout, a local store owner and money-lender. A 14-year old girl, African-American and from a poor family, is the first victim. By the story's end, much will have unravelled, and others will be dead. No special effects here, but an all-too-real haunting series of circumstances amidst very human strengths and weaknesses.

New York /Cincinnati / Chicago.: American Book Company., 1914. 'E. P. 2' on copyright page.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Corner bumps. Lower spine fraying. General soiling from handling. Name penciled inside cover.. Wireman, Katharine R (Illustrated by), and Comstock, E B (Illustrated by), and Megargee, Edwin (Illustrated by).. 1 Blue cloth over boards. 209 p. Color frontispiece (Sleeping Beauty w/ apparent Prince). Grayscale and 2-color illustrations throughout; some full color. Intro for teachers; vocabulary sections at back. Reinforced school / library binding. Author was teacher of Primary Reading in Newark, New Jersey. Anthology of international folk tales and others by classic authors, with different illustrators for each (some names not decipherable as part of illustration).