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

Stationery book. No label., 1865. Full leather. Fair. Front cover loose. Edge rubs. Lower front board tear, near half-inch.. 1 Blind-stamped cover graphic frame on black leather. Horizontal. Gold-stamped titles. Filled with calligraphic penmanship autographs (1865): Classmates of Edward P. Cramm of Deerfield Centre, New Hampshire. Eastman Business College was in Poughkeepsie NY. Founded in 1859 by Harvey G. Eastman (autograph included here), and was for a time one of the largest commercial schools in America. After the Civil War in 1868, EBC and its affiliate, the New York Business Institute stated in its catalogue. "These schools do not receive students from the Negro Race". The college closed in 1931 (Wikipedia). That site lists "notable alumni". Mr. Cramm was not listed. The numerous signatures seem to be competing for the fanciest style.

Warner Books., 1990. No print line or cover pricing.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Short chip from back jacket, top. Minor jacket spine wear.. 1 Red Paper over boards. 421 p. B&W diagrams, couples illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Audience: General/trade. Sexuality: E.S.O., Extended Sexual Orgasm, is the program by two therapists and authors from Palo Alto CA, providing instruction for both recreational and therapeutic pleasure. Artwork is explicit, depicting a man and a women together.

New York.: E.P. Dutton., 1964. Book Club Edition.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Jacket moderate scuffing; extremity light edge wear, DJ.. 1 Gray lightly pebbled vinyl-type material over boards. Orange spine titles. Orange and white DJ titles on black. 222 p.; 22 cm. Parapsychology / Autobiographical. "Published in England under the title of The infinitive hive: a personal record of extrasensory experiences"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references. Scientific approach. Themes: Background, General and Author's Personal experiences, Presences, Mescalin Visions. Heywood also authored, "Beyond the Reach of Sense".

Scholastic Literature Circle Edition, 2006. 1st Scholastic printing.. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor cover wear.. Frazee, Marla (Cover illustration by).. 0 Gray "National Book Award Finalist" facsimile circle imposed on illustrated color cover: Girl and dog on picnic blanket on rock, clouds and radiating sky behind. Double-page drawn map. Youth fiction w/discussion questions and activities: Comfort Snowberger, 10, is an Exporer, a Recipe Tester, and a Funeral Reporter; the latter because she is growing up in a funeral home and knows about death, or thinks she does, until Great-great-aunt Florentine suddenly drops dead. Everything starts to go wrong, and Comfort finds her own strength. Recognized by 5 Children's Literature Award Selections.

Featured theme: Concerns of "deeply successful marriage" with form of episodic autobiography of Thomas Cottrell, at first against marriage, then in love with Judith Carpenter, who has opposite view. Over 1st married 15 years, settings in Rhode Island, New York, Europe. Incidents include 30 characters in 75 episodes using 20 variants of metrical characters. Day-to-day themes include madness, the war, murder. The La Farge family includes several artists in painting, prose fiction and poetry, architecture. Earlier work by this author: "Hoxie Sells his Acres". Prior owner bookplate. Durably woven blue cloth over boards; jacket in red, gray, w/ white and gray titles. Silver book spine titles have minor sun fade. Moderate edge wear and sun fade to jacket jacket spine titles.

New York.: Coward-McCann, inc., 1939. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Inside boards: age-toning where glued. Minor page block foxing.. 1 Durable gray-blue linen cloth over boards. Silver spine titles. 4 p. l., 3-422 p. 22 cm. Red top page block. Fiction: A first person narrative in verse, set in the American Southwest, with a memoir theme. Author is brother to novelist Oliver La Farge.

Garden City NY.: Doubleday & Company., 1952. First edition. Stated 1st.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Discoloration and minor wear to jacket.. 1 531 p. End paper maps, brown and off-white. World / Yugoslavia / Tito / Post World War II / Mid-20th century Communism. Native to Yugoslavia, author Louis Adamic, b.1899-d.1951, emigrated to America as a youth with his family. In 1949, he went to his home country for 7 months to rest, and returned to write this volume, mostly about Marshal Tito and his leadership. Based on interviews with Tito (more than 30 hours) and many others in industrial and country life, in politics, schools, and army camps, Adamic had a story to tell about a country and people in changing times. Near completion, he died and the final editing was done by those named above. Adam had earlier written "The Native's Return", and "My America".

Pocket Books, 1982. First edition. 1st Pocket printing.. Mass-market paperback. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Front spine edge chips. Corner creasing significant: lower at front, upper at back.. 1 Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Castaneda's 6th non-fiction book in his quest. Finally, he is the master. Through 2 generations, his legend and power have grown. He takes the reader into the heart of sorcery; he shakes belief in what is 'natural' and 'logical'.

Tucson.: Southwest Parks and Monuments Association., 1993. Reprint. From the University of New Mexico Press 1968 edition.. Trade paperback. Fine. Small red ink "S" on top page block.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. B&W photo plate section. Audience: General/trade. Earl Morris, 1889-1956, was one of the pioneers of American southwestern archaeology, best known for his excavation and reconstruction of the Great Kiva of Aztec, New Mexico. He also preserved some of the ruins at Mesa Verde. He was among the first archaeologists to use three-ring dating.

Yankee Books., 1993. 5th printing.. Hard cover. Fine. No dust jacket.. 1 Glossy paper over boards. 390 p. Illustrations. Diagrams. Index. Audience: General/trade. Yankee magazine's "Plain Talk" columnist Earl Proulx not only has the answers, but can explain them. He also anticipates and works toward preventing maintenance challenges in his craftsmanship.

New York.: ARCO Publishing., 1976. Siegfried, Harold (Photos by).. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor cover scuffing.. 1 Red covers w/ color photos, front. 112 p. Audience: General/trade. Diagramed plans; B&W photos. Woodworking: 27 projects from a Shaker doll cradle to a hutch. Tools, wood selection, finishing advice.

Newton, Mass.: Phillips Publishers Inc., 1953. No print line.. Spiralbound. Very good. Double front covers, first shows aging, 2nd bright & clean; back cover loose from metal rings. Very nice interior.. Corrigan, Barbara (Illustrated by).. 1 Illustrated card stock cover: Colonial woman ringing brass dinner bell, snowy day. 112 p. 21 cm. Color and B&W small and full page drawings. Recipes: From New England Clam Chowder to Aunt Jenny's Winter Salad, explore the victuals of traditional New England, including Red Flannel Hash, Lobster Stew; poor Man's Soup, Stewed Rabbit, Apple Fritters, Scrapple, Succotash, Baked Indian Pudding, Troy Pudding, Pumpkin Chip Preserve, and many more. Collector Heloise Frost held forth from her 1809 Farm Kitchen in Moultonboro NH. Text is in hand-printed style.

M. Evans and Company, 1992. First edition. 1st printing.. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor edge soiling.. 1 Trade paperback (US), 8.5x9.25. Glued binding. 192 p. Audience: General/trade. Low fat high fiber; free of sugar or additives; savory, ethnic; glossaries & other info; kosher recipes.

New York.: Coward-McCann., 1965. First edition. 1st American edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Jacket had been protected. Discard from small NH library.. 1 192 p. 23 cm. Autobiography about a personal and cultural marital collision. A young educated Englishwoman marries a Greek and finds she must also marry Greece. Challenges are a society she finds rigid, with an unchallenged web of custom and superstition; a fatalistic philosophy; arranged marriages and the position of women. Sheelagh Kanelli's book revolves around the gradual resolution to these observations through her own understanding of the meanings of behaviors in Greek life, loosening her early judgments. Thus, a sense of place is described lyrically, spiced with enlightened perception.

Plume Books / Penguin Group, 1993. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Moderate aging, wear.. 0 407 p. Charts, graphs, B&W photo illustrations. . the engines of human civilization have brought us to the brink of catastrophe, back cover notes. This book is Gore's call to action. Some politics, another book, and an award-winning documentary later, he was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his decades of dedication to this message.

New York.: Farrar, Straus and Young w/ Ballantine Books., 1953. First edition. 1st printing. Ballantine Original 36.. Mass-market paperback. Good. Loose title page. Minor cover wear. Short front corner crease, top.. Maguire (Cover art by).. 1 Mass-market (rack) paperback. 222 p. Vintage paperback cover artwork. Author of "The Lost Weekend" and "The Fall of Valor" was known for writing about characters who faced ordinary challenges, but for not always reacting as most would. His sympathy was for human foibles. A small town New York resident when young, later a tuberculosis patient, he was living in Orford NH during the decade prior to this publication.

Denver CO.: Chockstone Press Inc., 1986. Unabridged.. Trade paperback. Very good. Signed by previous owner.. Hammond, Adele (Illustrations by).. 1 Trade paperback. 397 p. Color photo cover: climber at seashore, heading up. Rock Climbing Guide: Safety, Style and Ethics, Overview, History. 16 detailed chapters; Index. Routes mapped out for some rock climbs.

Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 2002. 2nd printing this edition. Trade paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued.. Davidson, Andrew (Cover Art). 0 Glued binding. 601 p.; Audience: General/trade.; Stiff Cover flaps turn inward.

New York.: Harcourt Brace & Company., 1999. First edition. "A" on print line.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor spine tilt. Clean pages and edges. Slight surface wear to jacket.. 1 Green paper over boards. 304 p. Audience: General/trade. Fiction set at its opening in the Columbia Basin of central Washington state. Featured character, recently widowed, is a physician himself with terminal colon cancer. He chooses to explore the mythic American West rather than to engage suffering. His story is of personal discovery.

Chicago.: Sears Readers Club / Viking., 1952. Book Club Edition. . Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket.. 1 Green cloth over boards. Purple spine titles. 602 p. 21 cm. American classic 20th century fiction writer John Steinbeck's work is always fresh in his development of characters and storylines. In East of Eden the saga carries the reader from the Civil War era to the First World War, from a Connecticut farm to a California valley, focusing on one fictional family, the Trasks, a father, an errant mother, and their twin sons. Emotions run the gamut.