Search Results: Authors starting with J from Goodbar Books

Tight, square spine. There are former owner notes to the half-title, but interior is otherwise clean and unmarked. There is soiling and rubbing to the covers, as well s edge-wear and a large (two-inch) chip to the front fore-edge corner at the foot. Pages are toned and there are a couple turned corners. Truly incredible cover illustration. Includes B&W photos, illustrations, and figures. 96 pp. Journalism.

Spine is tight and square, but front interior hinge is beginning to tear. Clean, unmarked interior. Former seller sticker to front flyleaf ('The American Museum Shop, The American Museum of Natural History, New York'). Gilt stamping to spine and front board are faded. Light to moderate shelf-wear otherwise. Part I, by Young: 'Its History, Life Habits, Economic Status, and Control'. Part II, by Jackson: 'Classification of the Races of the Coyote'. Lots of B&W plates, figures, illustrations, and maps. Beautiful full-color frontispiece by Walter A. Weber. 411 pp. Natural History.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. There is minor edge-wear, a bumped corner to the foot of the spine at the front, a former owner label to the inside front cover, and a subtle cosmetic tear to the exterior spine. Numerous B&W photos. Wraparound cover design by Jack Brodie. 411 pp. Natural History.

Spine is tight and uncreased, but has a lean. There is some cosmetic dampstaining to the inside front cover and first two pages of front matter, but the interior is else clean and unmarked. Some light edge-wear, but no other notable wear. A chic mass-market paperback edition of the gothic master's final novel. Features an intensely atmospheric covers by William Teason (the image from We Have Always Lived in the Castle would later be borrowed for a poster for giallo pioneer Mario Bava's 1977 film, Shock). The artist, who worked in gouache and also designed movie posters for Deliverance, Dog Day Afternoon, and Papillon, once remarked, 'Color is very important in a mystery. Greens and blues and blacks lend themselves to mystery. They're sinister.' 173 pp. Featured Rare & Collectible.

Tight, square spine has some very subtle cosmetic creasing. Clean, unmarked interior. Some bumped corners and light edge-wear, but nice clean copy overall. 256 pp. Spirituality.

In lovely condition: Clean, unmarked pages, looks like it's never been read. Very little shelf-wear besides a bumped corner at the foot of front cover and subtle dent at head of back cover. Mylar-protected, price-clipped dust jacket. Full-cloth case with title printed in black and gilt on spine. Really nice mid-century design. Explores medieval thought from Thomas Aquinas to Christine de Pisan. 280 pp. History.

In lovely shape: tight, square spine; clean, unmarked interior. very little wear to book or jacket. Includes lots of full-color plates and B&W figures and illustrations. 127 pp. Oversized.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. There is moderate foxing/soiling to the boards, edges, and end-sheets, as well as to the Mylar-protected jacket. Jacket design by Lucy Mahoney. Jacket photo by Annie Leibovitz. Author photo by Jonathan Reichek. 254 pp. Journalism.

Unmarked pages, very minor shelf-wear. A selection of highlights from the journal's previous 76 issues, including pieces by Ken Kesey, John Gardner, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, George Saunders, Gary Snyder, Charles Bukowski, Antonin Artaud, William Stafford, Robert Penn Warren, James Tate, Philip Levine, Theodore Roethke, Octavio Paz, Federico Garcia Lorca, Buckminster Fuller, and many others. Also features an interview with Fidel Castro. 449 pp. Art/Poetry.

Saddle-stitched pamphlet. Expanded edition of the original 1948 history, including additional text, a foreword, an introduction, and a bibliography not included in the original. Text and illustrations, as well as cover, are mimeographed in brown ink. The inside front cover features a US Bank ad, as the La Grande branch underwrote the book's publishing. Highlights include the "Murder and Myster" chapter, which recounts "The Kelsay Porter Case, " "The Disappearance of Willis Skiff, " and "The Dave Woodward Disappearance and Other Blue Mountain Mysteries." 77 pp. History.

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. There is a small area of soiling to the front cover, as well as a small area of heavy rubbing to the back cover. Light shelf-wear otherwise. Jam packed with full-color photos of uniquely crafted dwellings. Art.

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Former owner name in ink to inside front cover, nut interior is else clean and unmarked. Only very light shelf-wear. Cover photo by Leroy McLucas. 'We don't know if he ever died,' Baraka, née Jones, once cracked when asked what he would write for his own epitaph. He cofounded the Black Arts Movement, was a member of the Umbra Poets Workshop alongside Ishmael Reed and Lorenzo Thomas, once threw a party where Allen Ginsberg was introduced to Langston Hughes while Ornette Coleman played saxophone, and due to what Naila Keleta-Mae calls his legacy of 'saying the unsayable', spent much of his decades-long career mired in controversy. 79 pp. Poetry.

Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. Clean, unmarked interior. Light to moderate shelf-wear, including some very subtle damp staining and areas of light creasing. Includes lots of B&W plates. Bibliography: pp. 53– 55. Natural History.

Inscribed by Jordan to the first blank leaf: '1987/For Joy Ritchie, In faith, June Jordan'. Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some bumped corners, dented edges, light signing, and a very small damp stain affecting the front fore-edge at the foot. Cover photo (of Jordan with Francisco Campbell in Teotecacinte) by Jonathan Snow. Cover design by Cynthia Peters. 155 pp. Poetry.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Foil stamping to spine and front board remains bright. No jacket. Gently bumped corners and ISBN sticker to back board, but no other notable wear. 318 pp. Scholarly.

Spine is tight and square. There is some underling in ink to the first several pages of text, but the rest of the book is unaffected. Some very light edge-wear, two bumped corners and a small area of adhesive remainder to the back cover. Translated by Cary F. Baynes and Hildegard Nagel. Cover by Jan Luss. 94 pp. Spirituality/Esoterica.