Search Results: Authors starting with J from Pistil Books Online

George Newnes Ltd., 1959. Ex Library. Hard Cover. Very Good. Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Four books in red cloth covers with signifigant edge and corner wear and at sides of bindings but still very solid with a few tears to pages, notably at bottom ot title page of volume one, with a 1"" tear, half title page V. 2 with 2"" tear and weak hinges both front and back; Otherwise, straight, and grease free, from the reference section of the library. Each volume about 570 pages. Brings together all the essential repair information and data on cars, commercial vehicles and agricultural tractors dating from 1948 to 1958, some to '59. Well over 1,000 different vehicle models are covered including miniture cars. Service data tables comprising of 90 different items of information for each model and they cover engine fits and clearances, oil pressure, torque settings firiing order, valve clearances,… Read More

Regent College Publishing, 2001. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.

Galaxy Publishing, 1953. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Schomburg, Alex. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows very light edge wear only, small creases at spine. text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 159 pages on age-toned paper with b&w illustrations, photos, ads. Contents include: Made in U.S.A., J.T. McIntosh, University, Peter Phillips, The Sentimentalists, Murray Leinster, Seventh Victim, Robert Sheckley, Unready to Wear, Kurt Vonnegut; Origins of Galactic Law, Edward Wellen. The Birth of the Space Station, WIlly Ley.

Barcelona: Actar, 1998. Boxed Set. Good. Two volume set in cardboard slipcase. Each book is 8 3/4""w x 9""h in heavy card covers. Let there Be Light: The Rwanda Project 1994-1998 documents Alfredo Jaar's public art project in Sweden in which he filled light boxes with the word ""Rwanda"" repeated. It is Difficult: Ten Years documents the retrospective of Alfred Jaar's work. This book has a loose sewn binding and some signatures are coming loose. Slipcase is Very Good, showing light wear.

Columbia College / Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography, 1980. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Exhibition catalog in excellent condition with sun fading to covers and 1/4"" tear at upper back cover, otherwise as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind with 45 photographic plates, usually full page. Published on the occasion of the landmark retrospective exhibition of the same name held at the Chicago Center For Contemporary Photography, Columbia College in 1980. 1st and only edition.

IDW, 2013. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Pictorial Boards. Book is in excellent condition with a tiny bit of shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 229 pages, decorated endpapers, full color throughout, save where original was in b&w, 36 comic artists represented.

DC Comics, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Kirby, Jack;wally Wood, Roz Kirby, Marvin Stein, . Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is Fine also, now wrapped in clear protective cover. Unpaginated, about 150 pages, full color comics throughout. Covers August/September 1958 - June/July 1959; Challengers of the Unknown # 3,4,5,6,7,& 8.

Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1983. Trade Paperback. Good. Worn cover and previous owner's name inside. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 348 pages.

N Y: Owl Books, 1996. Oversize Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 9""w x 11""h. 160 pages. Many color photos.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Catalyst, 1978. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 128 pages, plus footnotes and index.

Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.: Univ of Nebraska Pr, 1989. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 304 pages. ""Mary V. Jackson's entertaining, lavishly illustrated book sets a new standard for the study of children's literature in England. Going beyond previous scholarship, she shows how soical, political, religious, and aesthetic consderations shaped the form and content of children's books.""

BC Cancer Foundation, 2004. Trade Paperback. Fine. 160 with many b&w photos. New condition in every respect.

N Y: Harper, 2020. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A new, unread book in excellent condition. First Edition with the number ""1"" present in the number line.

McCullough Properties, / Cassell, 1971. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Book is in excellent condition in tan cloth covers with silver print. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears, wrapped in protective jacket. 134 pages, heavily illustrated with b&w drawings throughout. ""First Published"" is on Publisher's page.

Amber Books, 2010. Oversize Paperback. Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition, showing the slightest of shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior show no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Large format, 224 pages, heavily illustrated with large photographs, mechanical renderings, stat sheets and full color drawings.

Snow Lion Publications, 1988. Oversize Paperback. Good. XL. Book shows some wear to edges, corners, of covers, inside cover and front end paper is speckled with artists' materials, Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, save what's mentioned previously. Very detailed account and instruction with a great many graphics and photos. Contents include: Artistic wealth of Old Tibet, Preparation of painting surface, composition, sketching and the theory of iconometry, Iconometric parctice , Pigments, color, Brushes, Outlining, Finishing details with four Appendices, glossary, etc.

N Y: Simon & Schuster, 1950. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Pages repaired with tape on bottom edges and elsewhere. Red buckram library binding. A rough copy, but still readable with wonderful color illustrations by Gustaf Tenggren. 9 1/8""w x 12 1/2""h. 100 pages.

University of Arizona, 2009. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 225 pages, many b&w prints.

University of Michigan, 2012. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Brand new book in excellent condition in every respect.

N Y: Scala Arts Publishers Inc., 2012. Trade Paperback. Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 80 pages. Many photos. Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the New-York Historical Society.