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John "Top Fox" Cawley's Fox Book Collection
5-31-94

Guide to listings...
Book Title
Author. copyright. category. Publisher (edition). ISBN number.
cover price/purchase price. binding, condition. illustrator.
[Other information]
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Guide to categories
Fict = Fiction
JuvF = Juvenile Fiction (more text than illos)
Nfict = Non Fiction
Comic = Graphic Novel
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Adventures of Jimmy Skunk, The
Thornton W. Burgess. c1918. JuvF. Little, Brown & Co (1987) 0-
316-11627-0. $2.95/0.98. pb, fine. Harrison Cady.
[Reddy Fox main character]

Adventures of Johnny Chuck
Thornton W. Burgess. c1913. JuvF. Little, Brown & Co (1987) 0-
316-11629-7. $2.95/0.98. pb, fine. Harrison Cady.
[Reddy Fox main character]

Adventures of Peter Cottontail
Thornton W. Burgess. c1914. JuvF Little, Brown & Co (1987). 0-
316-11626-2. $2.95/0.98. pb, fine. Harrison Cady.
[Reddy Fox main character]

Adventures of Reddy Fox, The
Thornton Burgess. c1913. JuvF. Tempo Books. 0-448-12759-8.
$1.25/. pb, fine. Harrison Cady
[part of Peter Cottontail series]

Animals of Farthing Wood, The
Colin Dann. c1979. Fict. Elsevier/Nelson Books (1st). 0-525-66677-
X. $9.95/$8.00 (11/92). hb, fine, dj marked.
[Fox leads a band of animals from a drought stricken forest through
human territory.]

At the Big House
Anne Virginia Culbertson. c1904. JuvF. Bobbs-Merrill Company
(April). $/30.00. hb, fine, no dj. E. Warde Blaisdell.
[Black storytelling (ala Uncle Remus), Mr. Fox]

Bambi
Felix Salten (translated by Whittaker Chambers). c1929. Fict.
Grosset & Dunlap. $/gift. hb, fine, no dj. Kurt Wiese
[Chapter 23 features a fox and hound]
<nice but gruesome exchange>

Bambi's Children
Felix Salten (translated by Garthold Fles). c1939. Fict. Bobbs-
Merrill Company (1st). $/$2.95. hb, fine, no dj. Erna Pinner.
[One-Eye the fox appears near end.]

Beasts.
John Crowley. c1976. Fict. Doubleday & Company (1976, 1stUS).
0-385-11260-2. $5.95/. hb, fine.
[Describes future when animals and humans have been genetically
blended to create races of slaves and such. Includes Reynard, half
man-half fox.]
<haven't read it in years, but remember it being fairly downbeat>

Belstone Fox, The
David Rook. c1970. Fict. Corgi Books (London, 1976, 4th). 0-552-
09431-5. pb, fine. photo cover.
[Original title: The Ballad of the Belstone Fox]

Biography of a Silver Fox
Ernest Thompson Seton. c1909. Fict. Bison, University of Nebraska
(1988, 1st). 0-8032-9191-4. $7.95/7.00. pb, fine. Ernest Thompson
Seton.
[Reprint of original 1909 book. New cover by Nickolas Wislon.
Biography of a Silver Fox.]

Biography of a Silver Fox
Ernest Thompson Seton. c1980. Comic. Gakken (Japan/1980). ISBN
4-05-003803-X. 700y/$10.00 (9/92). hb, fine. Shotaro Ishimori
(cover, characters), Taku Horie (layouts).
[Illustrated version of story done in Japan.]

Black Fox of the Yukon, The
Elliott Whitney. c1917. JuvF. The Reilly & Lee Co. hb, good, marks
on cvr. Harry W. Armstrong.
[from 'The Boys Big Game Series']

Black Fox Running, A
Brian Carter. c1982. Fict. St. Martins Press (1982, 1st US). ISBN 0-
312-08310-6. $10.95/. hb, fine. Brian Carter.

Book of the Dun Cow, The
Walter Wangerin, Jr. c1978. Fict. Pocket Books (1979, 1st). ISBN
0-671-83217-4. $2.50/2.00. pb, good.

Bumper the White Rabbit and His Friends
George Ethelbert Walsh. c1922. JuvF. John C. Winston Company.
$0.65/17.50. hb, fine, cvr wrn. Edwin John Prittie.
[Part of 'Twilight Animal Series;' Mr. Fox is villain]

Call of the White Fox
Willis Lindquist. c1957. JuvF. Whittlesey House (division of
McGraw-Hill). loc 56-13396. $/$6.25 (11/92). hb, good, dj worn.
P.A. Hutchinson.
[A boy tames an arctic fox, causing tension in an Eskimo village. A
Junior Literary Guild selection.]

Cinnabar: The One O'Clock Fox
Marguerite Henry. c1956. JuvF. Rand McNally B (1956). loc 56-
11343. hb, fair, dj torn. Wesley Davis

Cinnabar The One O'Clock Fox
Marguerite Henry. c1956. JuvF. Rand McNally & Company (1980,
1st pb). 56-11343. $2.95/. pb, excellent. Wesley Dennis.

Cunning Little Vixen, The
Rudolph Tesnohlidek. c1985. Fict. Farrar, Straus & Giroux (1985,
1st). loc 85-13195. $19.95/ 7.98. hb, fine. Maurice Sendak.
[1980's translation for new opera of 1920's newspaper comic story]

Dove, Fly Up to Heaven II
Osamu Tezuka. Comic. pb, fine. Osamu Tezuka.
[Japanese comic with white fox]

Dream Fox Story Book, The
Mabel Osgood Wright. c1900. JuvF. MacMillan Company May
(1911, 4th). $/16.00. hb, fine, no dj. Oliver Herford
<charming story has fox visit boy in his sleep and take him on
adventures>

Ezo Fox (Tobe kitakitsune)
Minoru Taketazu. c1979. NFict. Heibonsha (Japan, 1st). 0045-
529010-760. y2800/gift. hb, fine. photos

For Love of a Wild Thing
Ernest Dudley. c1973. Fict. Coronet, England (1976). ISBN0-340-
19877-X. 85p/trade (11/93). pb, good. Don MacCaskill (photos).
[Sequel to "Rufus, The Story of a Fox".]

Fox and the Hound, The
Daniel P. Mannix. c1967. Fict. Dutton (1st). loc 67-20531. hb,
good. John Schoenherr.
[Autographed by Disney animators.]
<highly realistic account of animal life as it parallels the
lifes of a fox and hound whose paths cross at various times...
very powerful... fairly disturbing...>

Fox and the Hound, The
Daniel P. Mannix. c1967. Fict. Pocket Books (1971, 1st). loc 67-
20531. $0.95/$1.75 (11/92). pb, good. John Schoenherr.

Fox and the Hound, The
Heather Simon (novelization). c1981. JuvF. Archway, Pocket Books
(1st) 0-671-44291-0. $1.95/ 1.95. pb, fine. Walt Disney Prod.
[Based on book by Daniel Mannix; from Disney film]

Fox Busters, The
Dick King-Smith. c1978. JuvF. Dell Yearling (1990, 1st). 0-440-
40288-3. $2.95/2.95. pb, fine. Jon Miller
[First published in GB]

Fox Family: Four Seasons of Family Life
Minoru Taketazu. c1979. NFict. Weather Hill/Heibonsha (1st). 0-
8348-1039-5. hb, fine. photos.
[Translated by Richard L. Gage, based on two Japanese books]

Fox in the Ball Park, The
Harold S. Longman. c1980. JuvF. McGraw Hill (1st). 0-07-038681-
1. $7.95/. hb, fine (library).
[Sheela, a vixen, living in Yankee stadium]

Fox, The
D.H. Lawrence. c1923. Fict. Bantam Book (1967). $0.60/. pb, fine.
[Movie edition.]
<the fox is highly symbolic in this tale of two lesbians who
encounter a rugged male in the woods... sexual... it DOES
contain a real fox>

Fox: In the Quest of the Northern Sun, The
unknown. c1978. JuvF. Sanrio (1st, Japan). 0393-77021. hb, fine.
photos.
[Small hb based on film of same name]

Fox, the: In the Quest of the Nothern Sun
unknown. c?. Fict. Sanrio (1st, Japan). 0774-78051-2831. hb, fine.
photos.
[Book of the film.]

Free Spirit
David Rook. c1970. Fict. Berkley Publishing Corporation (1978, 1st
US). 425-03728-2 $1.75/1.00. pb, good, hole in cover.
[Movie edition; original title: The Ballad of the Belstone Fox.]

Friends of the Hunted, The
John Howard Jewett. c1931. JuvF. World Syndicate Publishing Co.
$/5.00. hb, good, no dj. C.W. Donloogt (sp?)
[Silverbrush the fox]

Haunt Fox
Jim Kjelgaard. c1954. Fict. Holiday House (4th, 1963?). hb, no dj,
fair, (library). Glen Rounds

Haunt Fox
Jim Kjelgaard. c1954. Fict. Bantam-Skylark (1981). 0-553-15121-5.
$1.75/. pb, fine. Glen Rounds

High Treason at Catfish Bend
Ben Lucien Burman. c1977. JuvF. Vanguard Press. 0-8149-0785-7.
$/$2.95 (11/92). hb, fine, dj worn. Alice Caddy.
[Part of Catfish Bend series featuring J.C., a fox ]

High Water at Catfish Bend
Ben Lucien Burman. c1952. JuvF. Avon Camelot (1981, 1st). 0-380-
53470-3. $1.95/1.95. pb, fine. Alice Caddy
[Part of Catfish Bend series featuring J.C., a fox]
<the only one of the series I've had time to read... fairly
charming tale... the animals cannot speak to humans even
though they must convey dangers of a flood>

Hole in the Hill, A
Edwin A. Peeples. c1969. JuvF. Nelson. loc 77-82913. $3.95/. hb,
fine (library). George Wiggins
[Voltaire the fox and human children]

Hollow Tree Snowed-In Book, The
Albert Bigelow Paine. c1910. JuvF. Harper & Brothers. $/12.50. hb,
good, dj piece out. J.M. Conde
[From the 'Hollow Tree' series]

Jack Fox Licensed Detective
Ingemar Fjell. c1968. JuvF. Coward-McCann, Inc. loc 68-18399.
$/$3.50 (11/92). hb, good, no dj. Staffan Torell.

Kita Kitsune
Minoru Taketsu. c1974. NFict. Kumihoko Shimonaka (11/5/74,
2nd). hb, fine. photos
[In Japanese: "Northern Fox:Adventures in the Northern Wasteland"]

Kitsune on Aso
Unknown. c1973. NFict. Unknown (Japan). 8345-239 470-1002. hb,
fine.

Le Polar de Renard
J.G. Imbar. c1982. Comic. Dargaud (Belgium, 1st). 2-205-02171-0.
$/gift. hb, fine, no dj. J.L. Hubert
[Adult comic]

Le Polar de Renard: La Nuit des Ravageons
J.G. Imbar. c1982. Comic. Dargaud (Belgium, 1st). 2-205-02172-9.
$/gift. hb, fine, no dj. J.L. Hubert
[Adult comic]

Le Roman de Renart
G. Charbonneau. c1976. JuvF. Editions Jacques Riquier. 2-85957-
000-4. $/gift. pb, fine. R. Pellequer
[Miniature French book, around 2x3']

Legend of Zorro, The
Bill Yenne. c1991. NFict. Mallard Press (1991). ISBN 0-7924-
5547-9. $19/gift (4/93). hb, fine. various photos.
[Zorro is Spanish for "fox".]

Letters from Foxy
David Ross. c1966. JuvF. Pantheon Books (1st). Loc 68-12652.
$3.75/6.50. hb, fine. Judith Valpy

Little Jack Rabbit's Big Blue Book
David Cory. c1924. JuvF. Grosset & Dunlap. $/25.00. hb, fine, no
dj. David Cory.
[Danny Fox, part of a series]

Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk
David Cory. c1921. JuvF. Grosset & Dunlap $/12.00. hb, good, cvr
wrn. H.S. Barbour.
[Danny Fox, part of a series]

Master Reynard: The History of a Fox
Jane Fielding. c1942. JuvF. Goldsmith Publishing Company. $/1.00.
hb, fair, no dj, cover worn.
[From "Animal Autobiographies" by J.C. Tregarthen.']

Midnight Fox, The
Betsy Byars. c1968. JuvF. Weekly Reader Children's. loc 68-27566.
$/0.50. hb, fine, no dj. Ann Grifalconi

Mother West Wind Stories to Read Aloud
Thornton W. Burgess. c1965. JuvF. Wonder Books. $0.39/0.15. pb,
good. Sergio Leone
[#2052 on cover]

Mrs. Fox
John Erwin. c1969. JuvF. Simon & Schuster (1st). loc 69-16870.
$3.95/. hb, good. Wallace Tripp

Nights with Uncle Remus
Joel Chandler Harris. c? (c1883). Fict. Houghton Mifflin. $/7.00. hb,
fair, title pages missing. "Church."
[A second collection of Br'er Fox stories and other "negro" tales and
legends.]

Old Granny Fox
Thornton Burgess. c1920. JuvF. Grosset & Dunlap. $/$10.00. hb,
fine. Harrison Cady
[#4 of Grean Meadow Series]

Old One-Toe
Michel-Aime Baudouy (translated from the French by Marie
Ponsot). c1957 (English c1959). JuvF. Scholastic Book Services (5).
0-590-09194-8. $/$2.00 (11/92). pb, good. cover by Mort Kunstler.
[One-Toe is a fox]

Pillars of Pentegarn
Rose Estes. c1982. Fict. TSR Books (1982, 1st). 0-935696-92-X.
$2.00/2.00. pb, good. Harry J. Quinn
[Dungeons & Dragons' 'choose your path' book]

Plague Dogs, The
Richard Adams. c1977. Fict. Alfred A. Knopf (1978, 1st US). 62 0-
394-42247-3. hb fine.
[Includes Tod, a fox. illustrated with maps.]
<a generally great book until the last chapter... the animated
feature came up with a much better, if grittier, ending>

Rabbit Hill
Robert Lawson. c1944. JuvF. Puffin (1977). 0-14-031010-X. $1.25/.
pb, fine. unknown

Red Fox
Charles G.D. Roberts. c1905. Fict. A. Wessels Company (1907)
$/0.50. hb, fine, no dj. Charles Livingston Bull

Red Fox
Charles G.D. Roberts. c1972. Fict. Houghton Mifflin Company
(1972, 1st). 0-395-13735-7. $3.95/. hb, good. John Schoenherr
[Reprint of 1905 book]

Redcoat, The Phantom Fox
Clarence Hawkes. c1927. JuvF. Milton Bradley Co. hb, poor,
cover/pages loose. Charles Livingston Bull

Reynard the Fox
Kenneth Varty. c1967. NFict. Leicester (1967). hb, fine, no dj.
various.
[A look at foxes in medieval art and story]

Reynard the Fox
Clifton Johnson. c1924. Fict. Milton Bradley Co. $1.25/$5.95. hb,
good, cvr wrn. unknown
[Adapted from Goethe]

Reynard the Fox, The Most Delectable History of
Joseph Jacobs (editor). c1967. JuvF. Schocken Books (1967, 1st).
$1.95/1.00. pb, good. W. Frank Calderon
[Reprint of 1895 book.]

Reynard the Fox
Charles Walter Brown (editor). c? JuvF. M.A. Donohue & Co. hb,
fine unknown
[Part of 'Tom Thumb' series]

Reynard the Fox, the Story of
J.W. von Goethe. c1954. Fict. Heritage Press NY (first) hb, fine.
Fritz Eichenberg (wood engravings)
[Translated from 'Reineke Fuchs', slipcase binding]
<one of the best editions... really animal!>
Reynard the Fox
J.J. Mora. c1901. Fict. Dana Estes & Co (1901). $/10.00. hb, good,
no dj. J.J. Mora
[English poem version]

Reynard the Fox or the Ghost Heath Run
John Masefield. c1919. Poem. The MacMillan Company (new
10/1920). $/15.00. hb, fine, no dj. Carton Moorepark
[Long poem (339 pages) on fox hunt]

Rinkin of Dragon's Wood
Thora Colson. c1965. JuvF. E.P. Dutton & Co (1st). loc 65-21275.
$/0.50. hb, fine, no dj (library). Pat Marriott
[Rinkin is the fox]

Robin Hood
Derry Moffatt. c1974. JuvF. Pyramid (1976, 1st). ISBN 0-515-
04167-X. $1.50/. pb, good. Walt Disney Prod
[from Disney's ROBIN HOOD]
<much meatier telling of the Disney film... has things like
Prince John lusting over Marion and such... odd but fun...
bet no one at Disney read this>

Robin Hood
Derry Moffatt. c? JuvF. New English Library (England, 10/1975,
4th). 450-02755-4. 35p/gift. pb, good. Walt Disney Prod
[Original pressing of series]

Rogue Reynard
Andre Norton. c1947. JuvF. Houghton Mifflin Co (1947, 1st).
$2.50/2.00. hb, cvr wrn, good. Laura Bannon
[retelling of legends]

Rogue Reynard
Andre Norton. c1947. JuvF. Dell Yearling (1972, 1st). $0.65/0.65.
pb, good. Laura Bannon
[retelling of legends]

Rufus: The Remarkable True Story of a Tamed Fox
Ernest Dudley. c1971. NFict. Hart Publishing Company (1972,
1stUS) 8055-1034-6. $5.95/. hb, fine. photos

Running Foxes, The
Joyce Stranger. c1965. Fict. Ballantine (1969, 1stpb). $0.75/0.50.
pb, fair. David Rook

Satyrday
Steven Bauer. c1980. Fict. Berkley Publishing Corporation (1980,
1st). 0-399-12533-7. $11.95/. hb, fine. Ron Miller
[Includes Vera, the snow fox.]
<bizarre story of an owl who steals the moon... really! The
snow fox is actually a kitsune/shapeshifter... truly bizarre
and a tough read>

Satyrday
Steven Bauer. c1980. Fict. Berkley (5/82, 1st). 0-425-05317-2.
$4.95/4.95. pb, good. Ron Miller
[New cover by 'H']

Silver Boy: The Gray Fox of Topanga
Vance Joseph Hoyt. c1929. JuvF. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. $/6.00.
hb, fine, no dj. Charles Livingston Bull

Skinny, The Gray Fox
Agnes Akin Atkinson. c1936. Fict. Viking Press (2nd,
November,1936). $/$10.00 (11/92). hb, good, no dj (autographed).
Spencer Roane Atkinson (photos)
[Based on actual experiences by Dr. Atkinson.]

Sprite, The: The Story of A Red Fox
Ernest Harold Baynes. c1924 JuvF. The MacMillan Company (1924,
1st). $/1.25. hb, fine, no dj. photos by Louise Birt Baynes & author.

Star Fox, The
Poul Anderson. c1964. Fict. Signet Books (1966, 1st). $0.60/. pb,
good.

Strange Invasion of Catfish Bend, The
Ben Lucien Burman. c1980. JuvF. Vanguard. 0-8149-0828-4.
$/$1.95 (11/92). hb, good. Alice Caddy (adapted).
[Part of Catfish Bend series, featuring J.C., a fox]

Strange Invasion of Catfish Bend, The
Ben Lucien Burman. c1980. JuvF. Camelot (6/81, 1st). 0-380-
53520-3. $1.95/$1.25 (11/92). pb, good. Alice Caddy (adapted).
[Part of Catfish Bend series, featuring J.C., a fox]

Tale of Tommy Fox, The
Arthur Scott Bailey. c1915. JuvF. Grosset & Dunlap. $/3.00. hb,
fine, no dj. Harry L. Smith
[From the 'Sleepy-Time Tales' series]

Three From Catfish Bend
Ben Lucien Burman. c1967. JuvF. Taplinger (1967). loc 67-12490.
$/$3.95 (11/92). hb, good, no dj. Alice Caddy.
[Three Catfish Bend novels: High Water at Catfish Bend; Seven
Stars for Catfish Bend; The Owl Hoots Twice at Catfish Bend. The
series features J.C., a fox.]

Thunderbolt at Catfish Bend
Ben Lucien Burman. c1984. JuvF. Wieser & Wieser. ISBN 0-
91437300-5. $10.95/2.00 (11/93). hb, fine. Alice Caddy (adapted
from).
[From "Catfish Bend" series; features J.C., a fox. This tale has the
group end up in Australia.]

Told by Uncle Remus
Joel Chandler Harris. c1903, 1904, 1905. Fict. Grosset & Dunlap.
$/17.00. hb, good, no dj. Various (Frost, Conde & Verbeck).
[Collection of Brer Fox (and others) tales from various magazines.]

Tricky Mr. Fox
Elizabeth Billings Stuart. c?JuvF. Whitman Publishing Co. $/9.50.
hb, msng pges. Elsie M. Kroll

Uncle Remus
Joel Chandler Harris. c?. Fict. Chatto & Windus (London; 9th
edition 11/1924). $/45 (3/94). hb, good, no dj. J.A. Shepherd.
[Collection of tales with Brer Fox]

Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings
Joel Chandler Harris. c1880, 1895. D. Appleton & Company (1921).
$/12.00. hb, good, no dj, one loose illo. Arthur Burdette Frost.
[Book copyright 1908 by Esther La Rose Harris.]

Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings
Joel Chandler Harris. c1880. JuvF. Thrushwood, Grosset & Dunlap
(1977). 0-448-02382-2. hb, fine, no dj. A.B. Frost
[Br'er Fox and others]

Vulpes the Red Fox
John L. George and Jean George. c1948. JuvF. E.P. Dutton & Co
(6th, 9/58). $/$5 (11/92). hb, fine, no dj, library binding. Jean
George.

Werefox, The (aka Pure Magic)
Elizabeth Coatsworth. c1973. JuvF. Scholastic Book Services (1975,
1st). pb, good. Ingrid Fetz
[TX 3025]

White Fox, The
Brian Parvin. c1985. Fict. Medallion Books (1986, 1st). 1-55627-
012-7. $3.50/gift. pb, good. uncredited
[Originally published as: The Singing Tree]

White Jade Fox, The
Andre Norton. c1975. Fict. Dutton (1975, 1st). ISBN 0-525-42670-
1. $7.95/25. hb, fine.
<a real dull one about a woman staying in a strange home which
has a garden built from relics of Japan... no surprise to any
one except the story's occupants that the garden also house
mystical kitsunes... neat idea from usually a good writer>

Wongo and the Wise Old Crow
Grace & Carl Moon. c1923. JuvF. Reilly & Lee Co. $/5.95. hb,
good, no dj. Carl Moon.
[Sandy the fox appears in one section of tales.]

Zorro: A Fox in the City
Barnaby Conrad. c1971. JuvF. Doubleday (1st). loc 79-140379. hb,
fine, no dj. Barnaby Conrad III
[Autographed by artist]