Search Results: Authors starting with J from Yesterday's Muse Books

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1974. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Half inch tear along jacket spine base, front jacket panel wrinkled. Rear gutter stained. 1974 Hard Cover. xvi, 271 pp. An Account of the strategies and significance of the two-pronged attack by American bombers on munitions factories deep inside Germany in August, 1943.

Tokyo / New York: Japan Publications, Inc, 1990. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. Revised and enlarged edition. A fine copy. 1990 Trade Paperback. xxii, 230 pp. Over 2500 new entries. Defines major terms, teachings, and concepts of the New Age movement, includes biographical entries from ancient to modern times, and provides tables, charts, and more.

New York: Kensington Books, 2016. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. Third printing. Remainder mark. 2016 Trade Paperback. 394 pp. As teenagers, Cassie Kramer and her younger sister, Allie, survived a crazed fan who nearly killed their mother, a former Hollywood actress. Still, Cassie moved to L.A. from rural Oregon, urging Allie to follow. Yet while Cassie struggled with her acting career, Allie, suddenly driven, rose to stardom. But now her body double has been shot on-set—and Allie is missing.

London / Plaistow: The Soncino Press / The Curwen Press, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition, #1255 of 2000 copies. Lacks jacket. Spine toned, endpapers lightly foxed, small Blackwell's bookplate on front endpaper. 1932 Hard Cover. x, [2], 199 pp. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt titles, top edge gilt. An examination of bibliophobia, censorship and destruction of books, bibliophilia and its effect on relationships (specifically marriage), etc.

Philadelphia: Running Press, 1984. Reprint. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 11x8x1. Reprint. Faint edge wear. 1984 Large Hardcover. 256 pp. Have you ever felt the urge to try brewing your own beer. Well, here's your chance. A beautifully illustrated book with clear instructions on the process from beginning to end. But depending on the size of your dream you may have to buy some equipment besides the book. The book is in excellent shape having never been used Illustrated in full color.

New York: Macmillan, 1937. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Owens, Charles. One inch by one inch chip to front jacket panel, small chips to jacket, jacket clipped. Ink stamp on page 276 and rear free endpaper recto. 1937 Hard Cover. x, 276 pp. Orange cloth boards. "From the pagan rituals and the echoes of drums in the hills, to the shouts of Caribs loading bananas in the hot coastal ports, Mr. Jackson misses none of the abounding life and incredible color of Guatemala in this book which is both a travel-narrative that the visitor may follow and an absorbing story of a fascinating near-by land for the armchair escapologist. The book is illustrated with sixty-four beautiful full-page photographs taken by the author, and an end-paper map by Charles Owens."--jacket

Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Minor tears to jacket edges, front jacket flap creased. Ink name on front free endpaper. 1963 Hard Cover. xi, 356 pp. Francis Adrian Van der Kemp was a writer, minister, and political leader of some prominence in hi native Holland when he fled from religious and political persecution in 1788 to settle in Oneida County in upstate New York. He became on of the area's important citizens during its formative period.

Worcester, Massachusetts: Putnam, Davis and Company, 1894. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Lyford, J.C. Five hundred and thirty-five copies printed, of these thirty-five are on large paper, numbered and signed. This copy is not one of the large copies. Light spots on spine, ink gift note on second blank. 1894 Hard Cover. xii, 332 pp. Green cloth boards with gilt title on spine and front board. Decorated endpapers. Illustrations by J.C. Lyford. CONTENTS: Outdoor Life in Literature; The March Woods; April Signs; May Flowers; June Days; The July Pageant; The August Fields; September Fruits; The Record of One Year: The Earliest Flowers - The Flowers of May - The Flowers of Early June I and II - The Mid-June Flowers - The Early Summer Flowers - The Early July Flowers - The Mid-July Flowers - The Mid-Summer Flowers - The Mid-August Flowers -The Late Summer Flowers; Appendix A. The Flora of Worcester County; Appendix B. The Trees and Shrubs of Worcester County.

New York: Popular Library, 1958. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 0x0x0. 1st printing. Faint toning, light edge wear. 1958 Mass Market Paperback. A fast-living woman is found murdered, but her death may set off a chain of events taking down some very powerful players.

London: Cassell, 2001. Trade Paperback. Good. 5x0x7. Edge wear. 2001 Trade Paperback. 216 pp. June 2, 1940. A gripping account of the most famous military defeat and retreat in history--and an epic story of escape against the odds. During the dark days of May 1940, young British soldiers equipped with little more than rifles took on the might of Hitler's panzer divisions...and held them while Allied armies crumbled on all sides. Absolutely stirring.

Indianapolis, Indiana: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Meylan, Paul J. First edition. No jacket. Pencil name on front endpaper. 1910 Hard Cover. 390 pp. Red boards with gilt titles on spine and front board. Black-and-white frontispiece. Illustrations by Paul J. Meylan. The story revolves around a young American woman named Mary who travels to Mexico to visit her father, a diplomat stationed in the country. While there, she becomes embroiled in a mystery involving a stolen artifact and a secret society known as the Day of Souls. As Mary delves deeper into the mystery, she uncovers a web of deceit and danger that threatens her life and the lives of those around her. Along the way, she must navigate the complex cultural and political landscape of Mexico, as well as the personal relationships that complicate her mission. The Day Of Souls is a thrilling and suspenseful novel that explores themes of identity, power, and corruption, set against the… Read More

San Francisco: Self-Published, 1939. Spiral-Bound Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Ink gift note on front flyleaf, front endpaper loose but included, endpapers toned. 1939 Spiral-Bound Hardcover. 81 pp. Spiral binding with wooden boards, brown stamped titles. A history of what is now the state of California, from the first European expedition by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo in 1542 through 1939. Black-and-white photographs and reproductions of historical illustrations, including early images of the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge (which opened in 1937 and 1936, respectively). Bibliography of Californiana and index follow text.

New Yorkj: Crescent Books, 1988. Large Hardcover. Good/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 12x9x0. Boards rubbed, edge wear. 1988 Large Hardcover. 80 pp. Shows and describes the capabilities of military aircraft produced in Britain, France, Sweden, Yugoslavia, and Italy.

New York: Kensington Books, 2012. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0x0x0. Fourth printing. An exceptional copy. 2012 Hard Cover. 472 pp. A mother is still searching for her missing son after two agonizing years, and suddenly everything changes forever...

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x2x9. First printing. A fine copy. 2018 Trade Paperback. xl, 887 pp. In this definitive biography of the mythic general who refused to accept the Nazi domination of France, Julian Jackson captures Charles de Gaulle as never before. Drawing on unpublished letters, memoirs, and papers from the recently opened de Gaulle archive, he shows how this volatile visionary of staunch faith and conservative beliefs infuriated Churchill, challenged American hegemony, recognized the limitations of colonial ambitions in Algeria and Vietnam, and put a broken France back at the center of world affairs.

New York: Shelter Harbor Press, 2016. Large Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Spine head and spine base bumped. 2016 Large Hardcover. 144 pp. Inserts still sealed in plastic in rear pocket. Here is the essential guide to engineering, an authoritative reference book and timeline about how technology has given shape to our civilization. Engineering predates humanity; Homo habilis was knapping hand axes from fist-sized flints more than a thousand centuries before the dawn of modern humans. Admittedly the development of technology was slow back then but we ve made up for lost time since. Striding from the Stone Age to Silicon Valley in 100 steps, we will see how our inventors have seized every scientific breakthrough, new material, and better understanding to improve daily life and expand the scope of civilization. From reshaping rivers and containing the forces of nature to constructing artificial lifeforms and perhaps one day even taming alien planets, engineers think big. These men and women of… Read More

North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 2012. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 9x1x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by both authors on title page with inscription, "For Barb, with memories and love." Includes the DVD Death Row. Light scratches on rear board. 2012 Hard Cover. xiv, 242 pp. Includes the DVD Death Row. In this stark and powerful book, Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian explore life on Death Row in Texas and in other states, as well as the convoluted and arbitrary judicial processes that populate all Death Rows. They document the capriciousness of capital punishment and capture the day-to-day experiences of Death Row inmates in the official "nonperiod" between sentencing and execution. Included is a DVD of Jackson and Christian's 1979 documentary film, Death Row. It was during fieldwork for the film that the authors took the photos and conducted the interviews in this book.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. Book club edition. Jacket edges rubbed, jacket spine faded. Ink name and date on front free endpaper. 1976 Hard Cover. 156 pp. Profiles the accomplishments and courage of fourteen British, American, Canadian, German, Japanese, and Russian pilots who fought with self-sacrificing distinction during the Second World War.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 2006. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 11x9x1. First edition. Jacket rubbed. 2006 Large Hardcover. 224 pp. Compares and contrasts 100 military aircraft operated by various countries from World War I through the present day. Each pairing includes a one-page summary of each aircraft accompanied by a two-page summary that compares/contrasts the two.

New York: Zebra Books, 2017. 4th Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 4x1x7. 4th printing. Spine creased. 2017 Mass Market Paperback. Detective Regan Pescoli is counting the days until her maternity leave. Exhausted and emotional, the last thing she needs is another suspected serial killer. Especially when her daughter, Bianca, is swept up in the media storm. When a reality show arrives in town, the chaos only makes it harder for Pescoli and her partner, Selena Alvarez, to distinguish rumor from truth.