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

New York: Thomas Y Crowell, 1979. Hard cover. Good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. DJ had been protected by library clear (but soiled) cover, now discarded; minor DJ spine sun-fade, label at base. Book has usual markings; discarded, South Bend IN.. 1 152 p. B&W photo illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Audience: General/trade. US History, written for youth: Great Depression, 1930s; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The New Deal was controversial in its welfare programs, establishing unemployment insurance and Social Security legislation. immediate measures (First Hundred Days) for relief and recovery, then long-range plans for economic recovery prior to World War II. Frontispiece: bold black icon of eagle with industrial gear in one claw, lightning bolts in other (National Recovery Administration, NRA).

New York.: Hyperion Books., 1998. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in good dust jacket. Cover lightly scuffed showing light green below gold surface on jacket.. Tseng, Mou-Sien, and Tseng, Jean (Illustrations by).. 1 Tan and red paper over boards. Illustrated jacket: Fa Mulan on horseback. 32 p. 29 cm. Decorated book cover in gold. Colorful Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. The retelling of a Chinese legend. Mulan joins the Khan's army disguised as a man, to save face for her family when each family must provide one warrior. Her father was too old; she had no brothers. Skilled and intelligent, wearing her father's armor, strapping his weapons to her horse's saddle, she rises swiftly through the ranks. The young heroine is courageous, selfless, and extremely wise. Recommended for ages 5-9.

Chicago: New York.: H. S. Stone & Co., 1900. First edition. Twenty-fifth Thousand. 1899 copyright.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Light cover soiling, corner rubs. 1st free end paper removed.. Newman, Clyde J. (Pen&Ink artwork by).. 1 Tan cloth over boards decorated with green and black floral pattern; black titles. Title page, red & black w/ graphic from, double page. 4 p. l., 201 p. 16 cm. Gilt top page block; others deckled. Pen&Ink art. Fables numbering 26 had previously been published as columns in The Chicago Record. Each fable concludes with a moral. "Other books by George Ade" listed a book's end.

Chicago.: Albert Whitman & Co., 1925. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Titles dulled, Front paste-on near fine. Interior clean & tight. Back cover lower 2 in., bleached, stained. Bookplate. Top spine small tear. Front endpaper red crayon mark. Interior pages fine.. Dash, Joseph Eugene (Illustrated by).. 1 255 p. B&W artwork. Illustrated endpapers: giraffe, elephant, chimps, mountain sheep. Back 2-color ad for "The Wonderful Tree and Golden Day Stories" by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. Illustrated in orange, black and brown tones (over 70 drawings), silhouettes, and varied printer's ornaments. Cover paste-on drawing of fox, tortoise and hare in blue, orange and brown over blue cloth covered boards with stamped gold titles and simple front border. Durable old-fashioned textbook paper.

New York.: Book-of-the-Month Club., 1995. Created for B.O.M.C.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. A few light jacket soil spots.. Elias, Monica (Jacket design by), and Tenniel, John (Engravings by).. 1 147 p. Includes illustrations. Cloth and paper over boards. B&W artwork. Dark red jacket text color on flaps. 21cm. Special publication commemorating the work (182 moral-based fables) attributed to the Greek slave, b. circa 620 B.C. on the island of Samos. Freed by his 2nd master rewarding his learning and wit, and traveled throughout Greece telling his fables. During the 14th century, a Byzantine scholar compiled them in prose. Earlier recordings had been in verse in both Greek and Roman. The Index list is by moral.

New York.: Berkley Books by arr. w/ G? P Putnam's Sons., 1982. 20th printing since Berkeley Medallion 1973 edition.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Spine creasing. Smooth, nice covers. Minor edge wear.. 1 Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 256 p. 18 cm. Wraparound cover art not credited. Audience: General/trade. By 1982, science fiction author Philip Jose Farmer had become a three-time Hugo Award winner. His Riverworld series numbered 5 Books: To Your Scattered Bodies Go, v. I; The Fabulous Riverboat, v. II; The Dark Design, v. III; The Magic Labyrinth, v. IV; Riverworld and Other Stories, v. V From back cover, "It is the day after death. All humanity has awakened on the banks of a 10 million mile river, where the famous and the obscure--from Sam Clemens to cavemen to yourself! --are thrown together in the search for the secret of Existence itself".

Farrar Straus Giroux., 1981. 1st American edition. Published in England also 1981.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Book near fine, save for remainder mark, small, bottom book edge. Lower front jacket 1-inch closed tear. Slight jacket spine end wear.. Beisner, Monika (Pictures by).. 1 First edition. Light red cloth over boards. 32 p. Audience: Children/juvenile. For children and fantasy art lovers of all stripes: In the wild and distant worldly places, travelers in days of old brought back tales of odd beasts. In this collection of Alison Lurie's tales: the habitats and habits of the Unicorn, the Catoblepas, the Roc, the Simurgh, the Mimic Dog, and others. Illustrations in full color by Monika Beisner place these wondrous creatures in their habitats. This creative team had earlier collaborated on "The Heavenly Zoo".

Pittsburgh.: Carnegie-Mellon University Press., 2001. First edition. 1st Carnegie-Mellon printing. 1983 U of Missouri.. Trade paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued.. Mickles, Martha (Cover B&W author photo portrait by).. 1 Trade paperback, 5.5x9.25in. Glued binding. 62 p. Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary. Audience: General/trade. New England poet Wesley McNair presents 28 works in 4 sections: Leaving the Country House; Going Back to Fifth Grade; The Faces of Americans in 1853; Where I Live.

Harvest Books., 2005. First edition. 1st printing, Harvest.. Trade paperback. New. No dust jacket as issued.. Bridge, Andy (Cover illustrations by).. 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 209 p. Audience: General/trade. Novella and three other stories by author of 'Life of Pi'. A mix of 'dazzle and depth, ' cover notes.

Circle Pines MN.: American Guidance Service., 1970. 2-20-076 Rev.. Trade paperback. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover surface wear; edge wear.. 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Health guidance / substance abuse among youth. While out of date now 40-plus years later, this volume offers perspective and a "snapshot" of challenges in parenting, for students, and among educators, with helpful guidance. Notably, alcohol abuse does not have a chapter herein. Current info is likely available via health and guidance services, and from local law enforcement, or from your kids and what they hear or see among peers.

New York: A Pocket Book / W. Sloane Associates, 1967. 1st printing, February 1967.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. 0 154 p. Cover illustration: Shouting man (blue face), fist raised; other in background, boat mast. Fiction: A bare-fisted fight for power among 20th century striking seafarers by the author of "The Cruel Sea".

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1957. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Library paste-ons removed. Front cover slightly warped.. Lorraine, Walter (Illustrated by). 0 50 p. Includes illustrations. Blue-toned illustrated paper throughout. Double page illustrated titles, Island of Six Kingdoms. Blue cloth-covered boards; gold sun & waves, light blue seal, titles. White spine, gold titles. Illustrated youth fantasy: Among the six kingdoms, Fairwater was never mentioned except when one old man would forget to be quiet, and out would come this story.

London.: Octopus., 1980. Hard cover. Good in very good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. ink stamp bottom edge "WHS".. Ford, Jeremy, and Taylor, Geoff.. 1 335p; 22 cm. Pen and Ink Illustrations. Spine title: The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant, and other stories. Wonderfully Illustrated. All 13 of Wilde's tales.

Chicago / New York.: M A Donohue & Company., 1904. Reprint. First published: Macmillan 1904; Donohue 1904.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Soiled. Age-toned reading copy. Well-bound early 20th century edition. Top spine light fray.. 1 286 p. Hard cover, tan woven cloth over boards. Black titles. Age toning. Lower page block, damp stains. Fiction. Short stories: Title and 7 other stories: The Relic of Pilocene, The Hyperborean Brew, Too Much Gold, The One Thousand Dozen, The Marriage of Lit-Lit, Batard, The Story of Jees Uck.

Scribner Book Company, 2004. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Slight jacket surface wear. Unread.. 1 Cloth and paper over boards. Baseball action color photo on jacket. 432 p. B&W photos. Audience: General/trade. Fiction writers and ardent Boston Red Sox baseball fans, Stewart O'Nan and Stephen King decided to chronicle the 2004 season: sitting together at Fenway Park, exchanging e-mails, writing about the games. It was a year to remember, and they did, and they shared it here with readers. Here, a rare non-fiction effort by these 2 make-believe wordcrafters filled with wonder, horror, chilling thrills, intriguing characters, a dynamic climax.

Reading MA.: Young Scott Books / Addison-Wesley Publishing., 1971. Reinforced Library Binding.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Light edge wear.. Stewart, Arvis L. (Pictures by). 1 Illustrated textured paper over boards. 8.5x10in. 46p. Drawings in blues, greens, blacks. Audience: General/trade; College/higher education. Children's picture book: The 3 Simpson children on a seashore vacation went fishing off the wharf every day. They caught an ugly fish called a sculpin, over and over, and each time returned the fish to the sea. Each day, young John would cast, and the faithful greenish sculpin found its way to his line. Then, on the last day, they kept him in a pail of water a little longer to play, and finally said good-bye, pleading with the fish to not bite other hooks, to be safe. That evening after the Simpsons left, a new family came to the cabin and to fish, and only the mackerel were being caught. This book shares an ISBN with a totally unrelated product, and very… Read More

Delacorte Press, 2007. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Spine tilt but not creased. Slight edge wear but glossy cover looks very good. Reader's Circle trademark.. Neilsen, Cliff (Cover illus. ). 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 183 p. Kiesha'ra Vol. #3 (Paperback) Audience: Children/juvenile; Young adult. Nicias, boy Falcon, returns to his homeland where a power struggle threatens to deny him his rightful royal throne.

Historical Fiction, early Soviet government organized into Books I, II, III with 3 parts each. No illustrations. Fiction set in Russia during Stalin's leadership imposing collectivization on the country. Early text describes "the horror, the sorrow, the humiliation for millions of peasants and workers which this policy wrought". Clean and square; minor cover blemishing; interior age-toning along end paper gutters.

New York / Chicago / Toronto.: Fleming H Revell Company., 1890. First edition. Presumed 1st. No print line.. Hard cover. Good. Ex-library. Sunday school library discard. Spine ends, corners show extensive wear. Spine tilt. Tears to upper back spine fold; lower front spine fold.. 1 Tan cloth over boards, illustrated front in red brickwork and black line art, a child reading. 199 p. 19 cm. B&W Illustrations from engravings, plates. Christian fiction / Moral Tale: "The Staincliffes lived at Deerhill, an old-fashioned place, half manor-house, half farmstead, within easy walking distance of the town of Easingholme..."

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1937. No edition stated on copyright page. Hard cover. Fine. No dust jacket.. 0 Very rare radio script written to be performed by Orsen Wells on April 11, 1937 at 7: 00 PM on CBS radio. Other well known players in the cast were: House Jameson, Burgess Meredith, and Adelaide Klein.