Search Results: Authors starting with J from Arabesque Books

John Jackson, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Square 8vo. George Fuller. Unpaginated, (39 pages). Illustrated with very artistic, black & white drawings. Binding has slight soiling. Protected in new mylar. Interior of book is very clean, no former owner's names or marks. Interesting and unusual poetry book with 1960's, early 1970's style illustrations. A scarce copy.

Alabama: University of Alabama Press, (1978), 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio. George R. McGlaum, Jr., Photographer. pp. xv, 280. Illustrated. Map. Sidney R. Mullen, Principal Architect. Limited to 1300 copies and numbered of which this is copy number 117. Signed by both authors, (editors). Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. Dust jacket has two very small closed tears, no chips. Except for very light foxing on the front and rear pages next to the free end pages the book is in solid, square, clean shape with no former owner's names or marks. An attractive copy.

Philadelphia: The Author, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good Minus./No Jacket. Large 8vo. pp. viii, 3-288. Illustrated. Protected in mylar. Light soiling to binding, minor water staining at top and bottom of book. Previous gift inscription on front free end paper. Interior a clean copy with minor water staining. A few pages opened roughly. A scarce copy of the 1899 edition.

North Providence, Rhode Island: Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, 1941. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - 12 1/2" tall. P. Subercaseaux Errazuriz, Benedictine Monk of Solesmes. pp. xviii, 198. Illustrated in color with 50 full page scenes in the life of Saint Francis from birth to death. From the water colors of P. Subercaseaux Errazuriz. Text is in both English and French. Book is protected in mylar. Some binding wear along edges, but solid, no cracked hinges. Interior of book is clean, no former owner's names or marks. Half title page has very light brown area where a newspaper clipping may have been in the past. Reading the book and studying the illustrations does make one think of Pope Francis. An attractive, large folio copy of a scarce book.

London: John Hamilton, Ltd., 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 181 pages, 38 page list of publications dated 1935. No date, but most likely 1935. Illustrated. Book is protected in mylar. Cloth binding has some light spotting. Interior has no former owner's names. Very light foxing on a few pages. A solid, tight copy of World War One British flying aces. A scarce copy.

Edgewood Publishing Company, (1891), 1891. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 587 pages. Illustrated. Protected in mylar. Binding is worn at corners and edges, top and bottom of spine slightly frayed. Interior of book is clean. A fairly attractive copy with the pictorial cloth binding showing Sitting Bull and a ghost dance.

Bournemouth: W. Mate & Sons, Limited, 1909. Hardcover. Good to Fair/No Jacket. Small 8vo. pp. (ii), (3, ill.), iii-xvi, (4, ill), 266, one page ads. Illustrated. Protected in mylar. Seventh Edition. Binding is worn, unevenly faded, small chips and tears on the spine, minor re-glue, but solid. The book is missing the front free end papers, the title page is glued to the inside front cover. Other then that the interior of the book is mostly clean and intact with no marks or previous owner's names. Thomas Johnson writes of "twenty-eight years a slave in Virginia, afterwards, at forty years of age, a student in Spurgeon's College, Missionary in Africa, Evangelist in England.

Austin, Texas: Shoal Creek Publishers, Inc., 1972. First Edition, Second Printing . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Folio - 12 3/4. pp. xl, 205, [index]. Illustrated in color. Map end papers. Brown simulated, embossed leather binding protected in mylar. Most likely not issued with a dust jacket. The original copy of this book was a gift to the author's husband, General Albert Sidney Johnston, C.S.A. Preserved for future generations by The Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Includes a biography of Mrs. Johnston by Dr. Mildred Pickle Mayhall. A very clean copy with no former owner's names or marks. Gift quality.

St. Louis, Missouri: G. Bradley Publishing, Inc., (1988), 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - 12 1/4" tall. 200 pages. Illustrated. Pictorial end papers. Mattoon, Illinois. Signed by all four authors on the title page. Limited to 2500 numbered copies. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve, price clipped. No former owner's names or marks. A very attractive, like new copy.

Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1955), 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. pp. xiv, 16 pages of photos, 430. Illustrated with a gallery of Confederate Ladies. Autographed by the editor for the members of the Civil War Book Club. Gift inscription on the front free end paper.

Sandersville, Georgia: Washington County Historical Society, Inc., (1989), 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to, (11 1/4" tall). 590 pages including index. Illustrated. Maps. A very light previous owner's embossing stamp on the front free end paper, no other marks. A handsome, very clean copy. Protected in new mylar. Scarce.

New York: B. W. Huebsch, Inc., 1923. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - 7¾" tall. Second American Edition. Authorized edition. Book protected in new mylar. Very slight wear and loss at head of spine. light scattered foxing throughout. No previous owner's names or marks.