Search Results: Authors starting with J from Old Bookshelf

Providence, RI: J.C. Thompson, 1882. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 56pp 4pp. ads. Printed wraps. Slight tape residue along edge, short tears archival tape mended, cover and contents otherwise clean and sound. A profusely illustrated guide to Narragansett Bay including panoramic views of Rocky Point and Providence, as well as numerous illustrations of familiar Rhode Island landmarks as seen in the 1880s. Includes several pages of period ads.

New York: Coward McCann & Geohegan, Inc., 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rocco Negri. Unpaginated, approx. 45pp. Orange boards, black title to spine. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. Light rubbing to extremities, contents sound. Dustjacket is edge-chipped, mildly faded and has 2 inch closed tear at lower front corner. A Hawaiian folk tale about little red-bearded people. Illustrated by Rocco Negri.

U.S.A.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Podwal, Mark. 204, 286pp. Both volumes in clean , unworn condition in a near fine slipcase. Illustrated. Laid-in is a publisher's review copy notice.

New York, Chicago and New Orleans: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1867. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 61pp. Pictorial paper over boards.. Very light wear to cover, text is clean and sound, foxing to endpapers. Thirteen color maps, plus numerous black and white illustrations throughout the text. An attractive and well-preserved book.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1899. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 457p. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine, Light corner wear, spine sunned, light foxing and minor spotting to first and last few pages, inscription on front free endpaper, slight separation at title page, mild age-toning. Second issue, 1 3/8 thickness.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1916. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 457pp. Brown, gilt lettering. Edges rubbed, spine ends worn, spine faded, some cracking to front endpaper, owner's name, Minna Lederman Daniel, (music critic and editor) on front free endpaper.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1964. First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 502pp. Black cloth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper. Book is in bright and clean condition. Dust jacket is lightlly worn.

Warsaw: Interpress Publishers, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 119pp + 22pp photos. Beige cloth. Book is in sound condition, contents mildly toned. Dustjacket is lightly soiled and worn mainly along top edge. Laid-in is a 44 page "Warsaw Tourist Guide" from same publisher also dated 1971.

Frankfurt am Main: J. Kauffmann, 1891. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. viii, 131, 4p music. Text in Hebrew and German. Quarter bound paper over boards, black lettering, leather binding. Wear to spine, cover soiling, contents yellowed, a few pages lightly stained, slight internal separation, bookseller's label on front pastedown.

Coventry House, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Arthur Zaidenberg. 169pp. Tan cloth. Light fading and slight stain to spine, covers unworn, text is clean. Illustrated.

Paris: E. de Boccard, 1924. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 156pp. Pictorial stiff wraps. Covers and contents are sound, contents age-toned, pages uncut and obvilusly unread, owner's name, address and date are neatly written on front free endpaper. In a very well-preserved condition. Text is in French.

Philadelphia: John E. Potter, 1864. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 384pp. Brown stamped cloth, spine lettering and decorations in gilt. Chipping to spine ends and corners, light insecting to joints, contents are age-toned and occasionally foxed, binding is tight, newspaper clippings pinned to rear endpaper, owner's name in pencil on front endpaper, title page corner chipped. Numerous engraved illustrations.

New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1905. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 59pp. Blue boards, blind-stamp design to front cover, gilt lettering, 2 fold-out diagrams plus other diagrams, errata slip bound-in at rear. Corners have the slightest of rubbing, contents are age-toned but otherwise clean and binding is tight and sound.

Chicago210pp. : Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1910. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 210pp. Half floral decorated tan boards, half small design, silver lettering to spine. Corner chip to rear board, light wear to cover, contents age-tanned.

Hartford: S. Andrus & Son.. Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 156pp. No date, circa 1850s. Brown stamped cloth, gilt spine lettering. Covers faded, light wear to corners, some chipping along spine, binding is tight and hinges are sound, contents moderateley toned and occasionally foxed. These stories were originally published in Punch in 1845.

Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1838. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 319p. Green embossed cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Covers and a few corners spotted and lightly edgeworn, contents are foxed, slight internal separation but binding is holding, some pencil doodlings and owner's name on front free end paper. An American travelling in England and France.

Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1889. Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 64, xxxi, 520, 104 pp. Green flexible boards, gilt lettering. Edges lightly rubbed, contents age toned, lacking foldout map in rear pocket, otherwise book is clean and contains all remaining maps, plans and panoramas. Text in French.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Edwina. 38pp. SIGNED. Red cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Corners rubbed, spine sunned. Endpapers stained from binder's glue, contents age-toned. The author has inscribed the front free endpaper : "with those sharp bows and a long wow -----Burges Johnson". Charming doggerel and illustrations about dogs.

London: Suttaby, Evans, & Fox, 1825. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. 184pp. Full calaf, leather spine label, gilt decoration to spine, engraved frontispiece and title page, 4 additional full page engravings. Covers worn, cracking to inner hinges but binding holding tightly, contents tanned and lightly foxed a one inch clean tear to page 3-4 (with no loss), former owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper.

Lowell: Daniel Bixby, 1834. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 150pp. Fourth edition. Leather backed marbled boards. Covers and spine are worn, hinges cracked, front free endpaper missing, pages 66-68 and 149-150 laid-in in facsimile, a few pages slightly loose but holding, contents are age-toned and occasionally dampstained, but text is mostly complete. Howes J-153.