Books About Books from Hedgehog's Whimsey Books

Minor shelf and reading wear. Slight spine tilt and jacket spine sun-fade. B&W photo frontispiece of the Johnny Appleseed Bookshop. Prior owner address label, first free end paper. Wed to Walter Hard, author Margaret Hard, with Walter, were both active writers and publishers, celebrating their friendships among other writers, and Vermont. Walter had been elected to the Vermont Legislature, expanding… Read more about this item

New York / London.: R. R. Bowker., 1972. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Few library markings.. 1 Lime cloth over boards. Gold titles, front, spine. 471 p. 24 cm. General/trade. 1972: Ardizzone; Bemelmans; Brown; Bulla, Burton; Carlson; Clark; Cleary; Coatsworth; De Angeli; De Jong; De Trevino; Duvoisin; Emberley; Ets; Foster; Gates; Geisel (Seuss); Gramatky; Hader;… Read more about this item

New York.: Book League of America / Blue Ribbon Books., 1942. Dedications: Thackeray 1852.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Lower spine minor damage: Cooper, Plato. Light reading wear. Nice shelf appearance.. 7 7 volume set. 442-521 p. Black cloth over lightly flexible boards; silver titles and floral spine decoration; front blind-stamped publisher icon. 20 cm. Deckled… Read more about this item

New York.: Harper & Row., 1982. Trade paperback. Very good.. Cover Sculpture pictured: Marisol, "The Family", 1962.. 1 Trade paperback. 880 p. 24 cm. Audience: General/trade. Anthology triple in size over earlier editions: 101 stories arranged alphabetically by author. Three tables of contents: Author, Theme, Chronology. Three stories by each of 10 writers for comparison. 27 stories by… Read more about this item

Pleasantville NY.: Reader's Digest Association., 1972. First edition. Edition not stated.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light reading and handling wear.. 1 Brown vinyl material over spine with off-white buckram cloth over boards. Jacket in red, white, blue. 799 p. 24 cm. Each story is formatted with a red title, the author's name and… Read more about this item

Garden City NY.: International Collectors Library American Headquarters., 1904. Book Club Edition. Reprint. . Hard cover. Very good. Signed by previous owner.. 1 566 p. Green leatherette covers over boards, gold graphic framing, front and spine. 22 cm. Prolific 19th century author and sailor. Three Chapters prefaced by "Author's Note", written in 1917: The Silver of the Mine;… Read more about this item

New York.: Oxford University Press., 1943. Likely 1st; Publisher's "Holiday Greetings" card tucked in.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Slipcase slightly blemished, but sturdy.. Chapman, Frederick T. (Illustrated by).. 1 First edition. Buckram tan cloth over boards w/ brown titles, decorations. Near fine dark blue paper-clad slipcase w/ paste-on rear title box. 95 p., [8]… Read more about this item

Garden City NY.: International Collectors Library American Headquarters., 1954. Book Club Edition. . Hard cover. Very good. Signed by previous owner.. 1 382 p. Red leatherette covers over boards, decorated w/ gold graphics front, spine; gold top page block; deckled outside block. NY Times Studio frontispiece, B&W Keller photo portrait. End papers red, white. Continued Subtitle: "including Passages… Read more about this item

Garden City NY.: International Collectors Library., 1946. Publisher's Series.. Hard cover. Fine.. 1 356 p. Blue-green leatherette covers over boards, decorated w/ gold graphics, front and spine. 22 cm. Five Books in a single volume, first published in 1834. Bulwer-Lytton was a 19th century author of novels, plays, and poetry.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988. Trade paperback. Fine.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 256 p. Audience: General/trade. Comparative Literature: Sequel to author's "The Critical Difference", extending and rethinking theoretical perspectives. Authors referenced include Wordsworth, Poe, Baudelaire, Mallarme, Thoreau, Mary Shelley, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, and a new discussion, Paul de Man.

Stanford CA.: Stanford University Press., 1999. Trade paperback. Very good. Signed by previous owner. Page block moderate soiling. Clean text pages.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 560 p. Audience: General/trade. Literarature series tandem, setting two texts by two authors on facing pages, to be read. Influenced by the end of the Cold War, by globalization, advances in communication… Read more about this item

New York.: A Borzoi Book / Alfred A Knopf., 1960. 2nd printing, March 1960; 1st February 15, 1960.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Top outside corner had been compressed front to back, half to 3/4th inch. Lower spine slightly frayed.. Beaton, Cecil (B&W frontispiece, author photo portrait by). 1 Brown and tan… Read more about this item

Hanover NH / Meriden CT.: Dartmouth College Library. Meriden Gravure Co., 1970. "2000 copies printed in offset lithography".. Hard cover. Very good. Front cover small blemishes (2). Minor spine end wear. Tightly-bound. Clean pages. Light cover staining. 1 Illustrated light green paper over boards. Vintage B&W Illustrations. 29 cm. 36 p. High quality text paper. Audience: General/trade. Single-page… Read more about this item

New York.: Avenal / Crown Publishers., 1981. This, 1st print, "a" in print line. 1950 Farrar, Straus Co. ©.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light blemishing, as a useful and entertaining book should have.. 1 First edition. Red durable vinyl over boards. 668 p. Indexes. 24 cm. Audience: General/trade. Acquisition and preservation of books… Read more about this item

New York.: The John Day Company., 1946. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Slight spine fade. Otherwise near fine.. 1 293 p. Soft brushed light green cloth over boards. Black spine titles, front author initials. Selected Contents: James Joyce, Idiom. American Esthetic, English Esthetic, War-torn World, Biography and History, Russian Affairs, Poetry, Fiction.

New York.: The Typophiles / The Princeton University Library., 1964. One of 2100 copies, 750of which were for this publisher.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Interior fine. Light surface blemishing, front lower cover. Minor top page block soiling.. 1 First edition. Bound in black cloth; stamped in gold; brown cloth shelfback, stamped in gold. Sepia photos… Read more about this item

New York / Portland ME.: The Grolier Club / Ascensius Press., 1997. 1200 copies, 26 others specially bound.. Trade paperback. Very good. Near fine; Back cover light random soil spotting.. 1 39 p. Textured paper w/ thin red cover borders; black titles, Grolier crest. Glossy text paper. Glued binding. Private Exhibition at the Grolier Club, September 10 through… Read more about this item

New York.: George W. Stewart., 1940. First edition. Stated 1st.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Bookplate: Presented to the Free Public Library, Watertown, by the Personal Book Shop, April 1940.. 1 Blue cloth over boards. Black spine titles. 64 p. 20 cm. Pen&Ink artwork. Stitched binding. A short, compact book about books. Dedication: "To those who… Read more about this item

New York: London.: John Lane, the Bodley Head., 1903. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Tear and scuffing to paste-on spine title box. Edge wear.. 1 Black cloth over spine; dark gray illustrated paper over boards. x, [2], 262, [3] p. 19 cm. Dark red top page block; deckled outside and lower blocks. Red spot color, near front,… Read more about this item

New York.: Dover Publications., 1969. Trade paperback. Very good. Light foxing to side and lower blocks, and inside covers. Clean text pages and covers.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. Horizontal format: 9x8 in. Archival color art, front. 170 p. 485 B&W Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. Selections dating from the first century of children's books, 1750-1850, reproduced as originally published… Read more about this item