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

Philadelphia.: Triangle Books / The Blakiston Co., 1946. Reprint. "0049" on front end jacket flap.. Hard cover. Good in fair dust jacket. Age-toning to volume. Tears to jacket w/ chips. Clear tape repairs. Back board minor surface split.. Jacket cover art not credited.. 1 249 p. Red pebbled cloth over boards. Jacket art: frightened woman stares as hand opens covered platter. Black spine titles. Murder mystery fiction series, "a difficult case" for District Attorney Doug Selby in fictitious Madison City setting. A woman calls from the bus station. Her baby needs protection. A scream, the call ends. Selby arrives, finds the baby OK and luggage. Papers: missing woman is wife of the miserly rancher who just died. The story is complex. "violence and hair-raising action" follow.

New York.: Triangle Books by arr w/ William Morrow Co., 1943. Reprint of 1939 copyright.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Paper age-toning; spine tilt. Back cover hinge separating. Edges very good.. 1 315 p. Light brown cloth over boards. Black spine titles; cover thick horizontal lines, front, spine. Mystery fiction series. A woman complains that "a crooked shyster" is wanting to buy property near her. The district attorney notes he is a lawyer who wants to buy the offered property, has the funds, and the owner want to sell. Seems reasonable.

New York.: Triangle Books by arr w/ William Morrow & Co., 1942. Reprint.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Faded cup ring, front. Back: bleached qtr-sized disk, top edge. Front board loosening. Age-toned pages. Lower spine light damage.. 1 277 p. Red cloth over boards. Black front and spine titles, burning candle also on spine. Red block dye, 3 sides. Mystery fiction series. Thirteen other Perry Mason mystery cases listed near front.

New York.: Warner Books / A Warner Communications Company., 1982. First edition. 1st printing.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Cover wear moderate. Interior clean.. Wein, Glynis (Interior color by), and Costanza, John (Lettering by).. 1 Mass-market (rack) paperback. Color illustrated cover and interior, each page comic book style: sequence blocks w/ text balloons. Subtitle: "The blazing battle you never expected to see! Featuring the vile villainy of the Joker and the Shaper of Worlds". Batman and the Hulk join forces "to save us all from extinction! "

St. Petersburg FL.: Willowisp Press., 1993. 2nd printing.. Trade paperback. Very good. Near fine. Kitten bookplate, without a name. Slight sticker blemish, top right front.. Jones, John (Illustrated by).. 1 Trade paperback (US). 24 p. Stapled binding. 7x9in. Audience: Children/juvenile. Sure, Daddy fixes a poorly sucking vacuum cleaner. But, there's a problem. The powerful replacement motor results in hilarity. This machine really sucks! Wonderfully comic artwork.

Delacorte Press., 1989. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in fine dust jacket. Book volume fine save for darkening of top page block.. 1 Cloth and paper over boards. 142 p. B&W Stock Photo section. Audience: General/trade. Comedians and comedy writers, Chris Elliott (the younger, writer / actor for the Dave Letterman Show) and Bob Elliot (of the legendary "Bob and Ray" comedy stage act) together offer up what the public has shown sells: turmoil and shame amidst a Hollywood family. This, too, is a comedy act richly laced with what the public also enjoys: laughter, satire, irony, humor, and good belly laughs.

Dahlonega GA.: University Press of North Georgia, 2008. First edition. 1st printing.. Trade paperback. Very good. Near fine, slight 1-time reading wear.. Kollock, John (Cover art by). 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. B&W Maps. Audience: General/trade. Based on local history, North Georgia U.S., 19th century / American Studies fiction / Georgia Gold Rush / California Gold Rush / Civil War. Young and newly married, teens Fate and Keziah (Hamilton) Cochran head for the nearby state of Georgia when word of gold being discovered brings that fever to Fate, in search of their fortune. Crafted by Dahlonega native and historian Anne Amerson, the reader is at Keziah's side with heartache, separation, sorrow, a teaching career, and fulfillment. Recounted in novel form is what gold fever brings to the people and growth of a North Georgia town in Lumpkin County, where Keziah's story unfolds from 1829 until the dawn of the next century. Author Amerson had previously published several local… Read More

London.: The Daily Telegraph / A Nomad Book., 1983. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Shelfwear rubbing to DJ gloss.. 1 127 p. Black cloth covers over boards; gold spine titles. Audience: General/trade. Middle East and Northern Africa: Subtitle, "A concise introduction to the economic, social, political and military status of the Arab World including comprehensive gazetteer. " Numerous color-coded maps.

iUniverse / Witer's Showcase, 2001. Trade paperback. New. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author.. Hatzell, Jim. 0 164 p. Pen & Ink Illustrations. SIGNED. Author served as an extra in the 1990 release of the Kevin Costner award-winning film. He kept a journal, so this is the "rookie's" point of view about filming.

New York.: Dell Publishing by arr. w/ Delacorte Press., 1971. First edition. 1st Dell printing. 1711.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Inside front cover, light damp stain.. 1 Mass-market (rack) paperback. 280 p. Aqua page blocks. Fantasy Fiction: subtitle: "A sexual paradise or a Strangelove hell? You will never guess the secret..." Research takes place behind a fenced in city.

New York.: Henry Holt and Company., 1998. First edition. 1st printing. Complete number line.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Lower outside corner page curls. Minor creasing to rear jacket, top.. 1 Picture book. Illustrated paper over boards, matching dust jacket. 32 p. 26 cm square. Reinforced binding. Color Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. Children's picture storybook. Set in 1933 when the 13th Dalai Lama died, this story is about how the highest holy men in Tibet searched, following a rainbow to a humble dwelling. The youngest son of a loving family, age 2, was found and brought home to the capitol city of Lhasa, becoming the 14th Dalai Lama.

East Rutherford NJ.: Perigee Books.. No date found, post 1984.. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Surface rubbing, price sticker residue, otherwise fine.. 1 Unfolding street map; card stock covers. Audience: General/trade. 'Batwing' unfolding city street maps, 1980s; patented kinetic sculpture. Two detailed 13x16.75 inches scaled maps housed in sturdy glossy 5x9in lift-up w/ stapled binding. Inovative, handy, durable. At center, 8-page street index plus National 800-number directory. Stephan Van Dam, cartographer, creator, and multiple patent holder has a permanent unfolding map at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. His early maps are collectible; later unfold products are smaller in dimension and of different materials.

Ace / Putnam Publishing Group, 1993. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has short closed tear, rear top near fold. Minor foxing to top page edges.. Stromberg, Mike (Wraparound cover artwork by).. 1 Green Paper over boards. 272 p. Audience: General/trade. Fantasy series: The Rowans' next generation: beautiful, psychic, and in trouble again.

San Francisco.: Woodford Publishing., 1993. First edition. 1st printing.. Trade paperback. Fine. Light surface shelf-wear. Unmarked interior, as new.. Vartoogian, Jack (Cover photograph by), and Siciliano, Rick (Principal photography by).. 1 Trade paperback (US). More than 120 B&W photos. Glued binding. 6.75x10in. Discography. Audience: General/trade. American Music History / American Studies / Vocals and Guitar Performance / Lettsworth, Louisiana / Chicago. Written following a 35-year career, Buddy Guy won a Grammy Award in the early 1990s. Interviews with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray, Bill Wyman, Jeff Beck, and others.

Pocket Books, 1945. #158. 17th printing since June 1942. Wartime edition.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor edge wear and soiling. Inside front cover lower small crease. Tight. Square.. 0 192 p. Color cover illustration: urban night scene, neon lights, taxi, no credit found. Red endpapers & edges. White titles. Cover: "Biographer of Broadway", front; "Master of the Main Stem", back. 14 Short Essays by a premier reporter, many from his view from Lindy's Diner.

Boston / Toronto.: Little, Brown / An Atlantic Monthly Press Book., 1968. First edition. Stated, First American Edition.. Hard cover. Good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Minor spine tilt. Light jacket edge wear.. 1 Black paper over boards w/ red spine titles, blind-stamped front publisher logo. Yellow, white jacket titles; red, black graphics. 257 p. 22 cm. International fiction set in the Amazon jungle among still "primitive" societies. Lead character is Dr. Owen Dawnay, a specialist in tropical agriculture. Who caused his death? Guerrillas or forces he had challenged on his own. Cautionary note: The storyline includes a relationship he has with a 15-year-old Indian girl who had been presented to him by an "obliging official" among the forest cattlemen where Dornay was otherwise isolated. And there are "dangerous forest dwarfs" known for their savagery. The jacket flap boldly warns, "This novel should not be read after dark".

British Columbia.: New Society Publishers., 2002. Hard cover. New in new dust jacket.. 1 Paper over boards. 301 p. Diagrams, Charts. Index of authors, comapny reps. The Natural Step: A framework for business and organizations that empowers and inspires designs for a more sustainable world. Case studies include Nike, Starbucks, CH2M Hill, Whistler, Norm Thompson Outfitters, City of Seattle and more.

New York.: Max Padell / Key Publishing Company., 1962. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor damage to spine ends. No creasing. Age-toning. Tight.. 1 192 p. Light blue paper covers, illustrated with B&W dancing couples, black titles, white music notes border. B&W dance diagrams and line art. Packed with instructional dance steps: Latin American, Ballroom, Jazz, Swing, Rock 'n' Roll, Polka, Square Dancing, and specific dances within those categories. 23 Chapters plus etiquette and dancing positions tips.

New York.: Mysterious Press., 1989. 3rd printing of 1st Mysterious Press edition.. Mass-market paperback. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover wear; spine creasing; Corner creasing; Minor age-toning.. Lamut, Sonja (Cover illustration by), and Jakesevic, Nenad (Cover illustration by).. 1 Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Comic mystery novel set in New York City. Con artist Jerry Manelli is searching the city for a lost priest: a 1000-yr-old, 2-ft tall, ugly, dancing Aztec priest with emerald eyes and valued at $1 million. It was stolen from a South American museum, smuggled through US Customs, mixed in with 15 copies. Someone delivered the wrong Aztec priest to the buyer.

North Hollywood CA.: Gardner, Albert B. (Self-published)., 1936. First edition. Date same on both sides of title page.. Hard cover. Very good in fair dust jacket. Very minor bumping, green cloth cover. Chipping on DJ, barely intact; stains.. Lanz, Walter (Lantz). 1 Green cloth covers; gold spine titles. 204 p. Illustrations, diagrams. The dog breed known as The Great Dane. Cartoons by then soon to be famous Walter Lantz (only name misspelled in this book). Other drawings by author. Also illustrated "by Photographs of Outstanding Specimens". Gardner's B&W drawing on end papers: "Am.&. Can. Champion Canis. Major of Willow. Run". Chapters: History and Background; Dane Standard; Breeding Principles; Brood Matron and Puppies; Keeping the Dane; Schooling and Training; Dane Diet; Disease and Difficulties; Sense and Senses; Kennels; Dog Shows; The Working Group.