Search Results: Authors starting with D from Hedgehog's Whimsey Books

Spine has sun-fade. Binding solid. Deckled outside page block. Oval gold pastoral scene, lower front. Senator Aiken in his Introduction reviews the 10 prior years and the economic depression America had been sinking into. Signed by author to friends w/ small Xmas tag.

Puffin Books., 1986. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor edge wear. Prior owner short note last page.. Blake, Quentin (Cover illustration by).. 1 Trade paperback. 176 p. Inside sketches by author; B&W photos from Dahl collection. Autobiographical classic Dahl, written for the youthful, still enthralling readers of all ages. Norwegian-born Roald Dahl, 1916-1990, here reveals what happened to him in the Great Mouse Plot of 1924, among other important events.

A Trumpet Club Special Edition by arr. w/ Puffin Books., 1996. Wraps. Fine. No dust jacket as issued.. Benson, Patrick (Illustrated by).. 1 Glued binding. 44 p. 8x10.75in. Audience: General/trade. "Come into the forest if you dare...but beware of the Terrible Bloodsucking Toothplucking Stonechucking Spittler! " But, friends can be found up in the hollow trees: thousands of tiny Minpins people and their homes. They ride the backs of birds to get around. Wonderfully naturally illustrated in color.

Puffin Books, 1994. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Short top spine wear. Unmarked inside.. Benson, Patrick. 0 Glued binding. 48 p. Rec. Ages 3-8. Color illustrations. Folio, sturdy covers. Scary forest with monsters. Climb into the trees. Meet the Minpins, a tiny village of tiny people, thousands of them! Classic Roald Dahl!

Atlanta / Dallas / Boston.: Houghton Mifflin., 1989. School edition: Preprinted blank student use form inside cover.. Trade paperback. Good. Moderate handling wear to covers. Unmarked text pages. Minor top page corner curling.. Robinson, Charles (Illustrated by).. 1 Illustrated cover art on oversized trade paperback; family aboard wagon in wave. Inside, charcoal / pencil drawings. Audience: Children/juvenile. Historical catastrophe fiction featuring the Johnstown Flood of May 31, 1889 in Pennsylvania when the Conemaugh River South Fork Dam broke at 3: 10 p.m. In a half hour, more than 2000 lives were lost. This youth reader features fictional Megan Maxwell central to the event, from the burst dam flood till September 17, 1889 Roundtable discussion questions. Glossary. Author Marden Dahlstedt integrated her own family stories into this account.

Puffin Books, 1989. 3rd printing.. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Front cover sticker tear-off top right. Clean, tight, no cover creasing.. 0 Glued binding. 352 p. Penguin Reference Books. Audience: General/trade. Diagrams. Cross-referenced; complete. Appendix: derivatives, integrals, reduction formulae.

Boston.: D.C. Heath., 1968. 1966 copyright, June 1968 printing.. Hard cover. Fine. No dust jacket. Clean. Lightly used.. 1 Pink-toned cover photo, city overview. Text in French. xii, 497 p. 25 cm. B&W photos, 2-color artwork, Maps, Portraits. For students who have studied elementary and intermediate courses in French language study. 27 lessons to improve comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing.

Oxford: Phaidon, 1980. Hard cover. Fair in good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Ink stamp, Newport High School Media Center, Newport NH 03773; Lower inside corner had been wet, stains to DJ, page sticking, damage inside corner, 2-3 inch arc; no odor. Very readable, enjoyable, .... 0 192 p.; 32 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Portraits (color & b&w). History, artist notes; Index;

Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Illustrated.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket.. 1 Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 142 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Low fat, low sugar, low salt, cmbined with daily exercise, says TV host, actor and CEO Oprah Winfrey, combined with changing her "self-defeating behavior", has enabled her to "release weight as an issue from my life". These are the 50 recipes she asks for over and over from Rosie Daley, her cook.

Mineola NY.: Dover Publications., 1996. First edition. Possible 1st Dover; no reprint line.. Wraps. Very good. Minor reading wear. Clean.. 1 Large-sized folio with illustrated paper covers. Glued binding. 96 p. 24x31 cm. Color (325) and B&W (600) Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Henry Rene D'Allemagne, 1863-1950, first public "Cartes a jouer" period selection in 1906. For hundreds of years, decks of playing cards have been used for gambling, recreation, and fortune-telling. In pre-Renaissance Europe, only the wealthy could afford them; Puritans called them "the devil's picture book". Some decks were elaborately hand-painted, some crudely printed. (From back cover and text pages). Publisher's Note near front offers more history.

Newton Abbot / Devon.: David & Charles., 2002. New edition.. Trade paperback. Very good. Near fine. Minor surface blemishing to covers.. Stewart, Jon (Photography by), and Duns, Alan (Photography by). 1 Color photo illustrated covers. 176 p.28 cm. B&W diagrams; Color photos. Index. Audience: General/trade. Hand Arts; Crafts & Hobbies; Doll furniture; Dollhouses; Miniatures; Toymaking; Toys: making & decorating.

New York / London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1929. First edition. 1st American Edition stated. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Minor edge, corner bumping;. 0 432 p. Includes: illustrations, index, bibliography. Maroon textured cloth covered boards, gold titles, variation 'fleur de lis';

Concord CA.: Nitty Gritty Productions., 1974. Trade paperback. Good. Cover wear. Pencil scribbling on dedication page, partially erased.. Petrich, Patricia (Spot illustrations by), and Young Artists (Full page art by).. 1 Horizontal format, Trade paperback, 8.25x5.25 in. 184 p. crayon-style cover and inside art. Index. Young Artists list w/ page numbers. Artfully created and colorfully illustrated for children. Contents: Introduction; Gardening Rules, Tools, and Terms; Grow'em Indoors; Containers; Plants from Throw Aways; Indoor Plants; Surprise Plants; Cactus; Herbs; Adventures in Gardening; Grow'em Outdoors; Growing Flowers; Grow'em and Eat'em; Seed Science; Plant Art; Plant Pests and Help for You.

A Berkley Medallion Book by arr. w/ Holt, Rinehart & Winston., 1943. First Berkley edition. F644. 50¢ original cover price. 1st PB.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Smooth spine. Front corners creased. Age-toning inside covers. No marks.. 1 Mass-market rack PB. 176p. Red cover illustrated w/ woman's eye photo. 'Complete and Unabridged'. Setting: 1940s, Berkshires in Massachusetts. Clara Gamadge goes ahead of her detective-husband to the summer cottage rental. The rumor that a woman had been poisoned in one of the cottage rooms, now sealed off, was easy to ignore until Clara sighted, 3 times at sunset, a woman in a sunbonnet, thin and faceless, wearing faded purple, and staring at the cottage. And there were noises in the attic, and Clara's growing feeling of evil in the house. That was before the murder.

New York.: Random House., 1940. First edition. Stated 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in fair dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Light top page block soiling. Near fine volume. Age-toned glued areas inside boards.. 1 319 p. Includes index. Heavy duty red woven cloth over boards. Black title box bordered by gold, front & spine. Jacket has tears, chips, some clear tape repair inside. Center: 16 pages B&W photo plates. 22 cm. Over 7 years "of brilliant planning and true Yankee ability to make the most of every available resource", the New England states turned the depression around, and jump-started a business revival. From front flap, continuing, "Stop worrying about Nazi and Communist goings-on long enough to read about what some Americans are doing". Agriculture, machine tools, textile plants, heavy metal, and other economic arenas began in 1939 to see wage increases, and losses to labor strikes dramatically decreased. Some manufacturers did not want the… Read More

New York.: Simon and Schuster., 1943. 5th printing. Wartime production.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner.. 1 Tan buckram cloth over boards. Green spine title box, front decoration. 250 p., [6] leaves of plates. 21 cm. Artwork in light blue, green, brown, Plates. Country memoir set in New Hampshire. "Certain characters in this book are real, and their real names are used. In general, any resemblance to relatives, hired men, or neighbors is purely coincidental. And just too bad." Plowing and planting the garden, harvesting apples, to cutting firewood, all with spirited humor.

New York.: Walker & Company., 2001. Book Club Edition.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Light jacket wear.. Patrick, Pamela (Jacket illustration by).. 1 Black paper over boards. Silver spine titles. 224 p. Audience: General/trade. Mystery fiction. A 20-year-old woman's body is found a few days after she fell from a cliff overlooking the sea. Her death was unsolved and plagued sleuth Dorothy Martin's husband, a now retired chief constable, Alan Nesbitt. On vacation, they headed for Cornwall, scene of the death 13 years earlier, and came upon another mystery.

Bloomington.: Indiana University Press., 1978. Trade paperback. Very good. Clean. Tight. Minor edge wear.. 1 Trade paperback. Black covers w/ red and green titles. 23 cm. 390 p. Audience: General/trade. Contents categories: Etiological Tales; Heaven and Hell; Ghosts; Conjure; Religion; Self-degrading; The White Woman and the Black Man; About Women; Marital Infidelity; Ethnic Jokes; Cruelty of Whites; Outsmarting Whitey; Bad Nigger; Animal; Risque; Miscellaneous Black Folklore. Biographies of Major Contributors; Annotations.

New York, NY.: A Touchstone Book / Simon & Schuster., 1998. First edition. 1st Touchstone printing.. Trade paperback. Fine. Age-toning. Light cover wear.. 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 432 p. Section: B&W historic photos. Audience: General/trade. U.S. History, April 1862, south central Tennessee wilderness: A savage turning point. Political andf military background to this battle; the drama and horror; personalities; fateful misjudgments on both sides; heroism of small-unit leaders and their soldiers.

London / Toronto.: RRR: Chatto and Windus., 1970. 2nd edition, Revised and Reset, 1970 illustrations copyright.. Trade paperback. Fine. Clean, as new.. Hutton, Clarke (Illustrated by).. 1 Durable paper covers in pink, black, white artwork. Stitched binding.48 p. Tri-color art inside. Audience: Primary & secondary/elementary & high school. Grade level reader w/ illustrated stories, first published in 1957 without this artwork: Glossary words and sounds at each story's beginning; "gu" and "tion" and "ou" and "ow". "The Express" about trains; "Life on a Farm"; and "Mr. Winkle on the Ice" from Charles Dickens's Pickwick Papers.