Search Results: Authors starting with J from Dividing Line Books

NY: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition of this work which "throws light on the medical art's inheritance from medieval witchcraft with a wise and delightful presentation of ancient recipes for such afflictions as whooping cough and headache" (front flap). Billed as a companion volume to Jacob's previous book A Witch's Guide to Gardening (1964). NY: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1967. First edition. 144pp.; bibliography. 8vo. Brown textured-paper boards; gilt spine titles; dust jacket. Foxing to textblock top and endleaves. Very good in a very good, price-clipped jacket with light soiling and toning, several short closed tears and small chips.

NY: Random House, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. NY: Random House, 1961. First edition. 458pp.; index. 8vo. Black and red "brick" cloth boards; spine lettered in gilt and red; red topstain; dust jacket. Ownership inscription penned on ffep. Else fine in a very good (+) jacket with short closed tears and related lateral creasing to at base of front panel. N.B. this copy with "Kiplinger Book Club Edition" stamped at head of rear flap, though otherwise all first edition points are present: "First Printing" on copyright page, "$5.95" price on front flap, etc. Nice copy of this timeless critique of American urban planning. Far from revitalizing inner cities, Jacobs argues, modernist urban planners from Le Corbusier to Robert Moses in fact hastened cities' decline in service of a decentralized suburban ideal. Coming at the height of the "white flight" era, Jacobs' book staked out a radical and influential position in defense of the… Read More

Mills College, 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. 40pp. Perfect-bound in gray printed wraps. Light toning to wraps, else fine, with a gift inscription signed from "me" on front free end paper. Contributors include Madeleine Curtis, Barbara Jamison, Laura Jason, Lisa Campbell, Donna Cummings, Denise Foret, Tricia Kerr, Laura Federico, Chris Hauck, Susan Miller, et al.

NY: Oxford University Press, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 440pp. First edition of the esteemed collection of modern verse translations edited and introduced by Peter Jay. VG/VG. Bound in full brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Rear board cloth shows some lifting/bubbling. Otherwise only light shelfwear, light dust soiling top of textblock. Unclipped "$12.50" jacket shows light edge wear, with some curling/crumpling at the spine ends.

East St. Louis, IL: Black River Writers, 1975. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. East St. Louis, IL: Black River Writers, 1975. Introduction by Eugene Redmond. Saddle-stapled in printed wraps, 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 in. 34pp. SIGNED and inscribed, at length, by Jefferson on the title-page. Poems hand-lettered, with reproduced black-and-white line drawings by Jefferson throughout. Light toning and soiling to wraps, bookstore sticker at base of rear cover. Near fine. According to the rear cover copy, Jefferson is a Kansas City native, who was living at the time of publication in California, where he worked as an apprentice teacher at the Sacramento Waldorf School, and was a member of the Henry Dumas Creative Writing Workshop of Sacramento. The Black River Writers Press was founded in 1967 by Eugene Redmond, a prominent member of the Black Arts Movement and winner in 1993 of the American Book Award for his poetry collection, The Eye in the Ceiling.

NY: Norton, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Signed by Johnson on the half-title. Octavo; 262pp.; ochre boards, black quarter cloth, in dust jacket. Johnson's memoir details her literary coming-of-age in the Beat era, offering sharply drawn portraits of many pivotal writers, with especial focus on Jack Kerouac, Johnson's one-time paramour. Her book also sheds considerable light on the infrequently acknowledged role that women (the "minor characters" alluded to by the title) played in the male-dominated landscape of 1950s literature. Near fine, with slight forward cocking to spine and light bumping to top board corners, in a fine unclipped jacket, lightly tanned to rear panel. A sharp collectible copy of this vivid and deftly written memoir, winner of the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award.

NY: Random House, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Signed by Johnson on the half-title. Octavo; 79pp.; black cloth, in dust jacket. Light foxing to textblock edges and endpapers, mild musty odor, else very good in a very good plus unclipped jacket with a short closed tear at base of spine, minor interior foxing that barely shows through in a few spots on the flaps. Johnson's considerable empathy and gift for images are both on full display in this, his third book of verse. Selected by Mark Strand for the National Poetry Series, and published a year before Johnson's first novel, Angels. Rear panel features praise from Raymond Carver and David St. John. A more than presentable copy.

NY: Grove Press, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First English-language printing of the German writer's debut novel, translated by Ursule Molinaro.Octavo (8.25 x 5.75 in.); 240pp.; marbled green boards backed with black cloth, in dust jacket. Moderate toning to the edges of the textblock, a touch of sunning to the cloth at head of spine, else a strong very good in an unclipped jacket showing light soiling to the rear panel, wear and a few small chips at spine ends.

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition of this landmark work of lesbian separatism: a collection of essays, many adapted/reprinted from Johnston's Village Voice column. First printing. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 in. 283pp., with bibliography. Green cloth boards, stamped in silver on front board and spine. Light sunfading to cloth extremities, mild toning to textblock edges, a touch of dust soiling to textblock top. In a price-clipped jacket with moderate overall toning. Very good or better in a like jacket.

Cambridge, MA: The Restau Press, 1970. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Cambridge, MA: The Restau Press, 1970. 8vo. Saddle-stapled in yapped wrappers. [8]pp. Sunning to edges of wraps; some creasing to fore-edge of rear cover. Very good. A posthumously published poem, described in the subtitle as a "conventionalization of "Morphemes" by Jack Spicer," by the Black American poet Stephen Jonas (1921-1970), a friend to and key influence on the Boston circle of poets that included Spicer, John Wieners, and Robin Blaser. Uncommon; no other copies in the trade at time of cataloging.

NY: Little, Brown, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 173pp. Signed by Jones and warmly inscribed to two "very good friends" on the front free end paper, with an asterisk leading to the phrase "very good friends" in the text on page 121. VG/VG. Orange boards lightly bumped at the corners, with dust stains and a few spots of soiling to the textblock edges. In an unclipped "$3.75" jacket with light fading to the spine panel, a small triangular chip out at the top fore-edge corner of the rear panel, and light general soiling and browning. A young adult adventure tale and story of friendship set in the South Pacific and China in the year 670.

NY: Little, Brown, 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 174pp. First Edition. Signed, inscribed, and dated by Jones on the front free end paper. NF/VG+. Teal cloth boards show some extremely faint color bleaching around the perimeters. Light dust soiling to the top of the lightly edge-toned textblock. In an unclipped "$3.95" jacket with light browning to the flaps, spine, and rear panel. Graded down from near fine only because of a ~1" surface abrasion affecting part of the author photo. A young adult novel about Canadian geese told from the perspective of a gosling making his first migration. Illustrated by Lois Darling.

NY: Putnam, 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 256pp. First edition. Affectionately inscribed by Jones to a friend on the front free end paper. VG/VG. Pale blue cloth pushed at spine ends, with quite faint discolorations along top board edges. Slight forward cocking. Textblock edges lightly toned. In an unclipped "$2.95" jacket which exhibits dulling to the spine panel, creasing and slight chipping along the hinges, rubbing and a few tiny nicks at the internally tape-repaired spine ends. An action-packed "novel of modern teenagers" set in the Sierra Mountains.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 285pp. First printing. Signed by Jones and warmly inscribed to her friends on the front free end paper. NF/NF. Blue cloth boards with black spine titles and front panel design. Light bumping at spine ends, a touch of dust soiling to the top of textblock, else fine. In an unclipped "$4.95" jacket. Internally tape-reinforced at the lightly rubbed top spine end, with some light browning to the perimeters of the flaps and light dulling to spine panel. A young adult novel set in Russia in 1840.

NY: Little, Brown, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 210pp. First edition. Signed and inscribed to a former owner by Jones on the front free end paper. VG+/VG. Orange cloth boards lightly bumped at top corners. Very slight forward cocking. A few minor stains to textblock edges. In an unclipped "$4.95" jacket lightly faded along the spine panel, which shows some light vertical creases. A couple spots of soiling to front panel; one at base of rear flap. Top of spine internally tape-reinforced. A young adult novel about two boys, one black and one white, who overcome their differences to restore an old sailboat together.

Simi Valley, CA: Bakunin, 1990. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. 48pp. Staple-bound softcover in printed wraps featuring art by Randall Forsyth. Light toning and rubbing to covers, else near fine. The second volume of this California literary journal, featuring contributions from acTownsend, Gwen Head, J.T. Ledbetter, and Michael Chester, and others.

Davis, CA: Bakunin, 1990. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. 48pp. Staple-bound in printed wraps featuring cover art by Randall Forsythe. A fine copy of the first issue of this California literary journal, featuring contributions from Benjamin Saltman, ACTownsend, Norman Mallory, et al.

NY: Grove Press, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Grove Press, 1964. First edition. 8vo. 79pp. Gray cloth; red spine titles; dust jacket. Mild toning to edges of boards, light dust soiling textblock top. Near fine in a very good jacket, unclipped, with soiling and toning along top edge. Though unmarked, this copy from the library of poet, librettist, and publisher Kenward Elmslie (1929-2022).