Search Results: Authors starting with J from Gadzooks Books

Blue Harmony Press (Colorado Springs, CO), 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Like New. FIRST PRINTING. GIFT QUALITY softcover. WELL-PRESERVED, UNREAD COPY. Bright, well-bound pages and clean jacket. Very nice!

International Publishers, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. UNCOMMON 1963 First Edition hardcover with dustjacket. APPEARS UNREAD. Bright, unmarked pages and firm binding. Jacket shows minor shelf rubbing and minor edge wear only. This is NOT an ex-library book. This remains a very good, sturdy, very useful copy of a scarce book. Author Bill Pomeroy was an American attached to the Fifth Air Force in the Pacific in WWII. He returned to the Philippines after the war, married a Filipina, Celia Mariano, and joined the Huk movement of revolutionaries in the Philippine mountains in 1950. In 1952 he was captured and, with his wife, was sentenced to life in prison for 'rebellion complexed with murder, robbery, arson, and kidnapping.'" Released from prison after 10 years, the husband was deported to the US while the wife was refused a passport and blocked from leaving with him. At the time of the book's writing, the separation of the couple was continuing and had become a cause of… Read More

Henry Holt & Co, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 9x6x1. GIFT QUALITY 1996 FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING hardcover with jacket. Well-Preserved UNREAD COPY with bright, unmarked, well-bound pages. Jacket remains clean, bright, and striking. First Printing is indicated by the full number line on the copyright page. This book is NOT a remainder and not price-clipped. Nice copy! Photo-illustrated, 345 pp., includes index. Definitive biography of the legendary lyricist of American musical theater, whose unforgettable words were fundamental to the Broadway successes of BRIGADOON, MY FAIR LADY, GIGI, and CAMELOT among others. "Here, noted scholar of musical theater Edward Jablonski tells the story of Lerner's career and of his personal life, filling in the cracks purposely left open in Lerner's own autobiography.

Prima Publishing, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. GIFT QUALITY 1996 FIRST PRINTING hardcover with dustjacket. WELL-PRESERVED, UNREAD COPY. Bright, well-bound pages and clean jacket. First Printing is indicated by the full number line on the copyright page. Very nice, collectible, first edition copy!

Paragon House, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1993 FIRST EDITION hardcover with dustjacket. APPEARS UNREAD. Bright, unmarked pages and firm binding. Jacket shows minor shelf rubbing and minor edge wear only (no tears). This is NOT an ex-library book. This remains a very good, sturdy, collectible, first edition copy!

Chip's Bookshop, 1971. Hardcover. Fine/None. 1971 hardcover. No jacket, as issued. UNREAD COPY with clean, bright blue-cloth cover. Sharp edges and corners. Very nice!

Belmont Books, 1968. Paperback. Very Good. 1968 paperback, Belmont #B50-846. Reprint of the 1965 Belmont printing. APPEARS UNREAD with a tight, square text block. Paper cover shows minimal shelf-rubbing and minor handling wear. An excellent, presentable copy.

A.S.Barnes & Company / Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. (1980), 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. 1980 hardcover with dustjacket. APPEARS UNREAD. Bright, unmarked pages and firm binding. Jacket shows minor shelf rubbing and minor edge wear only, including tiny corner bumps. This is NOT an ex-library book. This remains a very good, sturdy, very useful copy.

Hutchinson (London), 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1969 FIRST EDITION (U.K.) hardcover with dust jacket. UNREAD COPY with bright, unmarked, well-bound pages. Jacket is clean and bright, shows minor shelf-rubbing only. This is NOT an ex-library book and not a remainder. A very good, clean, bright, sturdy and useful copy. 128 pages.

Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. GIFT QUALITY 1978 FIRST PRINTING oversized hardcover with dust jacket. Well-preserved UNREAD COPY with bright, colorful, unmarked pages. Jacket remains bright with sharp edges and corners (no bumps or tears). NOT an ex-library book, not a remainder, and not price-clipped (retains the original 1978 cover price on the front jacket flap). Very nice!

Horizon Book Promotions, 1986-08. Hardcover. Like New. GIFT QUALITY 1982 hardcover with glossy jacket. FIRST EDITION stated. This is a well-preserved, UNREAD copy, clean inside and out. Sharp edges & corners. Gorgeous book with beautiful nature photography.

Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1975. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x0. 1975 First U.S. Edition hardcover with dust jacket. UNREAD COPY with bright, unmarked, well-bound pages. Jacket shows minor shelf-rubbing only, with no tears. Sharp edges and corners. Nice copy!

Rutgers, 1968. Hardcover. Like New. GIFT QUALITY hardcover published by Rutgers University Press. No dust jacket, as issued. STILL SEALED IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S SHRINKWRAP - Never used! Shrinkwrap is open at page edges only. This is a clean well-preserved copy.

Rizzoli, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. GIFT QUALITY 1987 FIRST EDITION hardcover with dustjacket. Well-preserved UNREAD COPY is clean inside and out with sharp edges and corners! This is not an ex-library book and not a remainder. A fine copy, very nice!

Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1989 STATED FIRST PRINTING hardcover with dustjacket. APPEARS UNREAD. Bright, unmarked pages and firm binding. Jacket shows minor shelf rubbing and minor edge wear only (no tears). This is NOT an ex-library book. This remains a very good, sturdy, collectible, first edition copy!

Key Porter Books, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. GIFT QUALITY 1983 FIRST EDITION oversized hardcover with jacket. Well-preserved UNREAD COPY with bright, unmarked, well-bound pages. Jacket is clean and bright with minimal shelf rubbing only. Sharp edges and corners. Very nice! Beautiful book of photographs of ranches and range lands of the American and Canadian west of the early 1980s.

Harper & Row, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. 1981 First Printing hardcover with dust jacket. UNREAD COPY with bright, unmarked, well-bound pages. Jacket shows very minor shelf-rubbing and very minor edge wear only. Minor page-edge smudging following extended dark and dry storage. Nice copy overall!

Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd (London), 1989. Hardcover. Very Good. 1989 U.K. edition hardcover with dust jacket. UNREAD COPY with bright, unmarked, well-bound pages. Jacket shows minimal shelf-rubbing and edge wear only, and remains bright, clean and glossy. This is NOT an ex-library book and not corner-clipped (retains the original U.K. cover price on the front jacket flap). A nice, clean, bright, sturdy copy! 234 pages, includes index, photo-illustrated. Author Ted Jordan: "I knew her first as a lover, later as a friend, and for nearly 20 years, I was among a small circle of trusted friends to whom the lady I always called Norma Jean acted out the Greek tragedy that was her life.

Sterling, 1980. Hardcover. Like New. 1980 hardcover with illustrated cover boards. No dust jacket. UNREAD COPY with bright, unmarked, well-bound pages, as well as bright, clean cover boards; sharp edges and corners. Very nice copy! 128 pages. "Frank Dean has been spinning ropes, cracking whips, and doing headstands on horseback for more than fifty years, and now he shares all of that cowboy fun with you in this first-of-a-kind book. You can almost smell the dust and hear the roar of the rodeo crowd as he describes the amazing tricks of cowboy legend. Read about Ben Pitti, who would put a piece of paper in his mouth and then cut it in half with a crack of his whip. Rodeo clown Ed Bowman used to lose his pants while doing vaults over his horse. Then there's Ed McGivern, who could fire five shots in two-fifths of a second into a space the size of a hand on a target eighteen feet away. How about knife thrower Adolfo Rossi, who aims right at his assistant? The knife hits her -- without leaving a… Read More

Pergamon Press, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. 1964 hardcover with dust jacket. Well-preserved copy APPEARS UNREAD with bright, unmarked, crisp-edged pages & tight binding. Jacket shows minor shelf-rubbing / minor edge wear only and remains generally clean and bright. Nice copy!