a t e l e r i x * b o o k s is now on etsy.com!

after much turmoil & travail (none of which involved the high seas, jungles, or antarctic climes, alas), i have finally got a small but actual selection of books available over at my etsy shop!

this is exciting news as it means that most of you have received most, if not all, of the books you ordered during the hedgie fundraising drive. also it's lots of fun to have a virtual shop, and i hope you like visiting it. i'd welcome any ideas or suggestions about how to improve it, as well.

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on the hedgie front, the little guy has fully recovered from his surgery and seems to be functioning pretty darn well, although another lump has shown up. the vet says it's best to leave it be for now, so we're just watching hedgie closely and if he shows signs of discomfort or impaired functioning i'll take him in.

hope you are all enjoying the end of spring/beginning of summer. things are sunny here, which is good for picnics and bicycling, though not so much for one's inner vampire.

the after-surgery update

aloysius as frankenhedgie

it's been nearly a week since aloysius had his surgery, and he seems to be recovering. he's a little wobbly, and i fear the onset of Wobbly Hedgehog Syndrome, but i might just be projecting my hypochondriac tendencies onto my prickly friend. i hope.

thanks to everyone for rallying to his aid. at last count, we had received $616 in donations and book sales (not to mention lots of good wishes), which means that his surgery cost is covered! all additional income from the hedgie-fund will go toward building aloysius a new and improved "hedge-palace" and any future vet appointments and costs that come up.

(during his surgery, they found a third tumor, which was lodged in his neck and which the surgeon could not remove entirely. tomorrow we should get back the biopsy results, but the likeliest scenario is that it is malignant. so we'll see what happens. as in humans, the fear is that the cancerous mass will metastasize to a vital organ. but for now, he seems to be functioning as well as can be expected.)

aloysius looking rather pensive

now, as for the books: i've gotten a portion of the book orders filled, though realistically, it is going to take me several weeks to get all of them made! if you need your book sooner rather than later, please let me know so that i can put it at the front of the line. in the meantime, i'll contact you as soon as your books are ready. thanks for your patience!

books #7

i found some wonderful books the other day. here they are!

Magic Chef Cooking, 7.5 x 4.75 x 0.5

$15
SOLD

The Flickering Torch Mystery, 7.5 x 5 x 0.75
$15

Patty Lou of the Golden West, 7.75 x 5.25 x 0.5
$15

Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future, 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.75
$18

Sending the Word, 8.5 x 6.5 x 0.25
$18

All About Monkeys, 9.25 x 7 x 0.75
$22

Julian's Interest Book, 8 x 5 x 0.25
$15

Gregg Shorthand, 7 x 5 x 0.5
$17

All About Animals and Their Young, 9.25 x 7 x 0.75
$22

The Fantastic Universe Omnibus, 8.5 x 5.75 x 0.75
$18
SOLD

books #6

more books...

Miss Pickerell on the Moon, 8 x 5.5 x 0.5

$15

I Heard the Owl Call My Name, 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5
$15

Small Game Hunting, 9.25 x 6 x 0.5
$18
SOLD

Speedwriting: Shorthand, Book 1, 8 x 5.5 x 0.25
$15

Famous Mysteries of the Sea, 8 x 5.5 x 0.5
$18
SOLD

and more books...

Fanfare for 2 Pigeons, 8 x 5.5 x 0.75
$18

Newsreel Man, 9.75 x 7.5 x 0.75
$30

The First Book of Water, 8.75 x 7.5 x 0.25
$15
SOLD

One in a Thousand, 9.25 x 6 x 0.25
$15

Essays: Thomas Carlyle, 5.5 x 3.75 x 0.75
$15
SOLD

My Friend Mac, 9.5 x 7 x 0.25
$15

books #5

and yet more books for your viewing pleasure!

Film and the Director, 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5

$18
SOLD

All About the Flowering World, 9.25 x 7 x 0.75

$22
SOLD

Grishka and the Bear, 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5

$18
SOLD

10 Trained Bears, 7.25 x 4.75 x 0.25
$10

Jokes and How to Tell Them, 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5

$18
SOLD

hedgehog update #1

(aloysius as a little tyke, 2001)

aloysius is scheduled to go in for surgery next wednesday. the vet says they'll have to remove some of the quills on the right side of his head, and they predict that those won't grow back, so he'll have a little bald spot! poor little guy.

i think we've raised nearly three-quarters of the surgery costs between the books that have already been bought and those that people have pledged to buy.

thank you all for your kind & incredibly generous support.

i've got a pile of books ready to be made into journals, and a huffy hedgehog sitting atop them all:

(aloysius as a grumpy old man, 2007)

books #4

thanks for looking...

Perky the Partridge, 10 x 7 x 0.25
$18

The Spell of the Yukon, 7.5 x 5.25 x 0.5
$15
SOLD

A Revelation of the Chinese Revolution, 7.75 x 5.25 x 0.75
$20
SOLD

Casanova's Escape from the Leads, 6.75 x 4.5 x 0.5
$15

Foolin' Around, 7 x 4.5 x 0.25
$12
SOLD

The First Book of Glass, 8.75 x 7.25 x 0.25
$15

British Grub, 5.75 x 5.75 x 0.25
$15
SOLD

All About Prehistoric Cave Men, 9.25 x 7 x 0.75
$22
SOLD

Wir Lernen Deutsch, 8.5 x 6 x 0.75
$20

The Jade Flute, 7.5 x 4.5 x 0.25
$12

books #3

and yet more books ... !

Penguins on Parade, 9 x 6.75 x 0.25

$15
SOLD

The First Book of Automobiles, 8.75 x 7.25 x 0.25
$15

All About Whales, 9.25 x 7 x 0.75

$22
SOLD

The 1980s: Countdown to Armageddon, 9.25 x 6.25 x 0.75
$18

All About Famous Scientific Expeditions, 9.25 x 7 x 0.75
$22

Sinbad the Gorilla, 9.25 x 6.5 x 0.25
$15
SOLD

Best in Children's Books, 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5
$15

Color Harmony in Dress, 7.25 x 4.75 x 0.5
$15

The B.O.W.S., 8 x 5.25 x 0.5
$18

All About the Arctic and Antarctic, 9.25 x 7 x 0.75
$22
SOLD

Golf Is a Four-Letter Word, 8 x 5.5 x 0.5
$15
SOLD

The Real Book about Spies, 8 x 5.25 x 0.75
$15
SOLD