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

Cambridge University Press., 1987. First edition. No print number line.. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light cover wear to back surface, lower back corner half-inch bend. Price pencil erasure inside. Near fine. Clean.. 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 196 p. Archival Illustrations, facsimiles. Audience: General/trade. Written for the opera-attendee, recorded music collector, student or scholar, this series is historical, analytical and interpretive.

Classical W C R B 102.5 FM / Charles River Broadcasting Co. Inc., 2004. Spiralbound. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light wear to covers and pages, with heavier tab use. Clean pages.. 1 200 p. Includes illustrations. Double-wire spiral-bound, cardstock tab-indexed paperback, 9x10in. Pen&Ink w/text plus spot-color section pages plus some full color ad pages. Fund-raising cookbook with music theme renamed recipes submitted by identified contributors. Have you tried Barbecue of Seville (Grilled Marinated Steak), or Corral Nocturne (The Gifted Chili), or Ruler of the Spirits (New Orleans Milk Punch) or Danse de la chevre (Goat Cheese & Fruit Salad) or Eclaire de Lune (Pistachio Cream Eclairs)? Acknowledgment list at back includes many musicians, composers, writers, illustrators, media personalities. Part of the proceeds went to the Boston-based Bread Project.

Stockbridge MA.: Berkshire Traveller Press., 1974. Trade paperback. Very good. Signed by previous owner. Light top page block soiling.. 1 Trade paperback. 135 p. 21 cm. Line art, B&W. Text in hand-written print style. About 100 recipes, collected, illustrated, and hand-written by the author. The collection begins with herbs and ends with "Things I Wish I'd Known". Published in New England.

Doubleday., 1989. First edition. 1st U.S. Edition.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Slight edge wear to spine ends, lower corners. Qtr-inch lower jacket closed tears. Jacket underside has light foxing.. 1 Blue Cloth over boards. Silver spine titles. Illustrated jacket cover: older man watching out window at empty harbor. Audience: Children/juvenile. Children's large format picture storybook set along the coast of Queensland, Australia: Old Alec lives on his derelict houseboat with his dog Ben, a setting artistically rendered in a style reminiscent of Wyeth, and with a rare expertise in the Renaissance era technique of egg tempera. On May 1st, he's been told, the houseboat will be condemned and he must be off, likely into an old age home.

New York: Macmillan Papoerbacks., 1970. 19th printing, 1962 paperback edition.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Light cover wear, light soiling. Pencilled page reference notes inside fornt cover.. 1 Mass-market (rack) paperback. 320 p. Utopian novel published first in 1948 to great controversy. Themes of morality and immorality in a scientifically-shaped ideal community set in the United States.

New York.: Signet / New American Library., 1949. Complete and Unabridged. 4th printing, 1942 Signet edition.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Near fine. Light spine irregular crease. Slight edge wear.. 1 Mass-market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Cover promo: "Return to Nature: An American Classic" by Henry David Thoreau, b.1817 in Concord MA. He went into the woods, built a cabin on the shore of Walden Pond, and earned his living with his hands over the next 2 years, 2 months. This was his "experiment in essential living, rich in contemplation and observation of nature". In this experience, Thoreau became a respected 19th century American philosopher.

Boston MA.: Houghton Mifflin., 1995. First edition. 1st printing. Complete number line.. Hard cover. Very good in fine dust jacket. Near fine volume. a few light markings, phrases by prior owner.. Evans, Walker (Selected Photos by).. 1 Cloth and paper over boards. 358 p. B&W photos. Audience: General/trade. Biography of classic American Studies photographer Walker Evans, b.1903-d.1975, whose work first became well-known as Depression Era share-cropper images with "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" by James Agee. This is the first full biography of Evans. Charismatic and seductive, Walker Evans was a magnet for many of the brightest talents of his day. His was a sensualist, a junk collector, a connoisseur, a wit. His photographic work theme was social justice; his lifestyle was that of an aristocratic aesthete and a spendthrift (from jacket flaps).

Harcourt Brace, 1994. First edition. 1st printing. Revised from 1986 edition.. Hard cover. New in new dust jacket.. Summers, Mark (Jacket illustration by). 1 Text in English, Polish. Cloth & paper over boards. 276 p. Audience: Children/juvenile; Young adult. Historical fiction by award-winning author for young adults. Written following a request by Taylor's wife that he write 'a tall tale about an adventuresome girl'. So, in 1842, a 14-year-old orphan, her elderly guardian, a tough drover, and his crew drive several thousand sheep from Iowa to California, returning by the Isthmus of Panama, all to raise funds to save the girl's home from a villainous debt collector.

San Francisco.: Sierra Club Books., 1990. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Minor top page block soiling.. 1 Textured brown paper over boards. 218 p. B&W Maps. Audience: General/trade. Vancouver-based radio commentator, documentary-maker, and freelance writer Marian Botsford Fraser explored the land and people who live along the United States-Canada border to learn about boundary life, away from the official border crossings. Here are the stories and descriptions for a different sort of travelogue.

Enfield, NH: The Museum at Lower Shaker Village, 1991. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor soiling.. Taylor, John S. (Illustrations by). 0 12 p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams, maps. Pull out map of grounds; all text, illus, in green ink on white durable paper. stapled binding.

Ithaca, NY: American Agriculturalist, 1956. First edition. 1st printing;. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor soiling to edges.. 0 211 p. Red and White decorated sturdy wraps; Upstate NY wine country; Printed by The Cayuga Press, Ithaca, NY.

Putnam Publishing Group, 1994. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor blemishes, cover wear. Slight spine tilt. Minor top edge soiling. Clean inside.. 0 Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 270 p. Audience: General/trade. Mystery, setting: Massachusetts waterfront town with a small repertory theater, big reputation, and brewing scandal. Spenser is on hand to steal the scene.

Woodstock VT.: Backcountry Guides / The Countryman Press., 1993. 2nd printing; 1989 author copyright.. Trade paperback. Very good. Near fine. Front cover lower right crease.. Wallach, Alex (Maps & Calligraphy by).. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 175 p. Audience: General/trade. For residents and visitors, 44 outings in a region of natural beauty, historic villages, wildflower sanctuaries, geological interest points. Walks to invigorating hikes.

Goshen NH.: Author copyright; Self-published., 1994. First edition. Numbered 1st Limited Edition, 66 of 500.. Trade paperback. New. Signed by author.. Dion, Edythe (Illustrations by).. 1 74 p. Gray card stock paper covers with blue graphics and titles. Stapled binding. Lempster, New Hampshire / Historical Fiction / American Civil War / American History. The Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, followed the start of the Civil War by about 18th months, and it was bloody, with the North and South suffering a total of 1887 men killed, 13716 wounded, and 1769 missing. In one day, 6000 Rebels faced 40000 Yankess from behind "The Wall". Based on actual events, the conversations among some lead characters are fiction. The truth of these selected characters is they were from Lempster, N.H., in Company "E" of the 6th Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer's First Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Corps, under Captain Edward F Adams. From Lempster, father and son, Lewis and John Hooper, were among them. John Hooper's… Read More

Goshen NH: Harold A Roberts (Self-published)., 1994. First edition. Numbered 444 of 500. Limited print run.. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. Minor cover soiling / spotting. Spots matching inside of cover, fep, tiny. Book, clean, good edges. Minor rust starting to staples. Text crisp, pages bright.. Dion, Edythe (Illustrations. 1 72 p. Gray card stock covers; blue graphics, titles. Stapled binding. 5.5x8.5in. Facsimiles: Certificate of Disability for Discharge and Certificate of Death, Army of the Potomac. Historical fiction: In the Battle of Fredericksburg, the union troops vastly outnumbered the Confederates, who were defending "The Wall". Yet, the North was defeated, many lives were lost, many soldiers injured. Roberts wants the reader to stop and think of those numbers. What follows are 8 Chapters of "people" stories, fictional renderings of how conversations might have gone, of putting persons into the numbers account. The last is based… Read More

Simon and Schuster., 1957. First edition. D63. No print run indicated. Last page: A.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Child's name in bookplate box, Jay Gibson. Tight. Clean interior. Moderate scuffing, discoloration to covers. Light edge wear. Green paper edges mottled at top and side.. McGary, Norm, and Rinaldi, Joe (Pictures by the Walt Disney Studio adapted by).. 1 24 p. Colorful illustrations. Pictorial illustrated paper cover over boards w/ Golden Books gold decorated paper over spine. Original price 25¢. Cover: minor soiling. Light scuffing. Sequel to 'Lady and the Tramp' love story of two mismatched dogs. They have 4 puppies; 3 are as beautiful as their mother, and the 4th is rough around the edges like his father. He is called Scamp, and his identity crisis is resolved. Back cover promotional for Golden Nature Guides w/ 10 book covers; black graphic theme design at center.

New York. Printwer: Hong Kong.: Walt Disney Productions / Merrimack Publishing Corp.. No. 90440. No date. Circa 1960-1970.. Wraps. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Slightest edge wear. Minor curl from use.. 1 76 p. Includes illustrations. No text, color sequential illustrations. 2.5x1.75in. Horizontal format. Staple w/glued cover over, red binding. No ISBN. Cartoon, 2 picture stories, 1 book. Donald Duck in balcony being a difficult audience for Mickey Mouse (flip book over and thumb-flip through pages to see Mickey's card trick performance. Flipping through the pages animates the stories.

Racine WI.: Whitman Publishing Company., 1961. Hard cover. Very good. Minor lower end paper soiling with half-inch inside tear to endpaper edge. Age-toning.. Schaeffing, James (Illustrated by).. 1 210 p. Color illustrated paper over boards. Whitman youth format "Authorized Edition". Artwork in blue & white. Youth series featuring TV Mickey Mouse Club and movie personality Annette Funicello. Setting: Easter Week vacation in the desert with her friend, Lisa Kerry. Themes: Fire in the night; a live ghost, and plot to slander Mr. Kerry.

New York.: Harry N Abrams, Inc., 1989. Book Club Edition.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Minor cover surface wear. Near fine. Clean interior. Tight binding. Clean spine.. Walt Disney Studios, Original Illustrations for the Motion Picture.. 1 Dark blue cloth over spine. Color illustrated paper over boards. 8x11 in. Color and B&W Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. Classic children's literature. Facsimile of original 1939 edition. Old Geppetto the woodworker and small wayfarer Jiminy Cricket become fiends to the wooden string puppet who wants to become a real boy.

Racine WI.: Whitman Publishing Company / Western Printing., 1962. Hard cover. Good. Spine end, corner bumps. Clean covers w/ light surface wear. Age-toning.. Szwejkowski, Adam (Illustrated by).. 1 210 p. p. Clear film protecting illustrated paper over boards. 20 cm. B&W Pen&Ink artwork w/ gold spot color. Audience: General/trade. Historical fiction set in 16th century London. Two boys were born on the same day, one the son of King Henry VIII, the other the son of a drunken thief, a pauper. The years would pass, and one day when they meet, the boys exchange roles in this comic tale.