Search Results: Authors starting with J from North Books: Used & Rare

St. Louis: Self published. Paperback. First Edition. Presumably published in the early 70s. 6 x 8.25in. 84pp. Publisher's stapled wraps. NEAR FINE. Shows marginal toning, former owner gift inscription neatly on the title page, else Fine. As pictured.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5.75 x 8.75in. xi. 338pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD in Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows slight shelf rubbing along the extremities, endpapers lightly toned, former owner name of the period dated 1937 on the front endpaper, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text remains clean and unmarked, and the boards are bright and distinct. The dust jacket shows the spine toned and with slight loss at the head and foot of the spine, marginal shelf rubbing along the extremities, otherwise remains bright and distinct. As pictured.

Washington: Press of Rufus H. Darby, 1894. Paperback. First Edition. 5.5. 8.5in. 89pp. 28 plates. Publisher's printed wraps. GOOD. Shows the spine neatly stripped for re-binding, the front and back wrap cover with several small scuffs and chips, otherwise the text-block is exceptionally clean, bright and unmarked. As pictured.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 6.25 x 9.5in. viii. 346pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Near Fine dust jacket. The book itself with very small checks and brief notations in light pencil (no ink whatsoever) occasionally throughout, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, else Fine/As New. As pictured.

London: Hammersmith Publishing Society - The Chiswick Press -, 1902. Hardcover. First Edition, First Impression. 6 x 8.5in. Unpaginated, complete. Publisher's vellum spine over paper-covered boards. VERY GOOD. Shows marginal shelf rubbing along the edges, spine lightly darkened, appears ever so slightly over-opened at the title page, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1897. Hardcover. Second Edition. 5 x 8in. xvi. 240pp. Publisher's cloth boards with gilt titling. Profusely illustrated. VERY GOOD. Shows marginal handling marks of the cloth, spine very lightly toned, endpapers with a hint of toning, handsome former owner bookplate on the front paste-down, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. As pictured.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. First Edition, Limited to 1500 copies. 7.25 x 9.5in. 29pp. Publisher's spine cloth over paper-covered boards. VERY GOOD. Shows the edges somewhat shelf rubbed with surface losses, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5.5 x 8.5in. 277pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows marginal shelf rubbing along the extremities, former owner name neatly on the front endpaper, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows shelf rubbing along the extremities with some small nicks and shallow loss, a short closed tear, spine lightly tanned, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright and distinct. As pictured.

Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1978. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 8vo. 478pp. NEAR FINE in Near Fine dust jacket. The book itself shows a former owner name neatly on the paste-down, otherwise is Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows marginal shelf rubbing of the edges, otherwise is Fine/As New. As pictured.

New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5 x 7in. 122pp. + 11 plates. Publisher's cloth boards with gilt decoration and titling. GOOD. Shows a chip of the spine at the foot, edges shelf rubbed, a chip from the endpaper and a former owner name dated 1892, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. Bound in the publishers original red cloth with paper title label on spine. VERY GOOD. Shows some chipping of the boards and spine at the edges, paper title label slightly chipped and rubbed, some light scattered foxing of the first several pages, curisf former owner name of the period on the front paste-down, otherwise the text is clean and unmarked, the boards remain colorful and distinctive, and the binding is strong and tight. As pictured.

Baltimore: Turnbull Brothers, 1872. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5.75 x 9in. xii. 573pp. Publisher's pebbled cloth boards with gilt titling. Illustrated. VERY GOOD. Shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, some loss at the hinges, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.

New Mexico: Our Lady of Fatima Church, 1994. Paperback. Later Printing. 6 x 9.25in. 157pp. Publisher's printed wraps. Signed by the author without inscription on the title page. FINE/AS NEW. A flawless copy. As pictured.

Cambridge University Press, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 7 x 10in. xvi. 264pp. Publisher's cloth boards. FINE/AS NEW in Fine/As New dust jacket. Both the book itself and dust jacket are flawless. As pictured.

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1907. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5.5 x 8.5in. xii. 308pp. Publisher's cloth boards with paper title label. Shows the former ownership signature and date, in the year of publication, of the sixth Bishop of Milwaukee, William Walter Webb on the title page. VERY GOOD. Shows the extremities marginally shelf rubbed, the spine somewhat darkened and the title label rubbed, a small spot of discoloration of the front board, former owner name neatly on the front free endpaper, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. The paper title label is uncharacteristically complete and legible. As pictured.

New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardcover. A facsimile of the First Edition of 1890. 5.5 x 8.75in. xxxii. 455pp. Fold-out plates. Publisher's cloth boards. FINE/AS NEW. A flawless copy. As pictured.

Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 1996. Paperback. Stated First Edition, First Printing: Advance Uncorrected Proof. 5.5 x 8.25in. 247pp. Publisher's printed wraps. NEAR FINE. Shows the fore-edge and top text-block edge with marginal oxidative stress, else Fine/As New. As pictured.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. 294pp. VERY GOOD in Good dust jacket protected in a removable mylar cover. The book itself shows a somewhat toned spine, slightest hint of corner wear, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards are bright and colorful. The dust jacket shows a toned spine, some edge wear with some light chipping, otherwise is bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

New York: Clark, Austin & Smith, 1856. Hardcover. Later Printing. 4.75 x 7.25in. vi. 196pp. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt titling. NEAR FINE. Shows a former owner signature dated 1856, on the first blank, head and foot of spine gently shelf rubbed, else Fine. An exceptionally maintained copy. As pictured.

Philadelphia: R.T. Rawle, 1801. Hardcover. Stated "First Hot-Pressed Edition." 5.5 x 8.5in. 436pp. [56pp., appendix]. Bound in recent three quarters calf over marbled boards. Gilt titling, ruling, and ornamentation. VERY GOOD. Lacks the frontispiece and folding map, the title and advertisement page somewhat toned and some loss of the margins has been neatly and professionally restored, the text-block shows typically even, light, and natural toning, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is completely unmarked, and the boards remain handsome and distinct. As pictured.