Search Results: Authors starting with J from Quiet Friends

London: Clay & Sons, printers.. FAIR paperback pamphlet. Likely from "History of Silhouettes".. Late 1800s.. Softcover. FAIR wraps. 8.5"X11". 40 Pages. No title page or any other prelim pages, as published. Introductory comments inside cover. . Printed on high acid paper. Paper quite brittle, all edges chipped & torn. Text intact. Sold only for use after copying. Unless great care is taken these leaves will furthur crack & tear. .

NY: Burt Franklin. AS NEW book, IN FRENCH. Facsimile reprint of the 1870s edition.. (1971). Facsimile.. Hardcover. AS NEW book. Pristine, flawless, in & out, top to bottom. Book stays closed when stood on spine, likely never used. 7x5, Pp.510 .

Pasadena: Radiant Life Press. FINE book, FINE Grabau binding. 1st ed.. 1917 (1916cp). 1st edition. Hardcover. FINE book, in FINE John Grabau green morocco binding, inside a FINE slipcase. TEG. Inscribed & SIGNED by both James & Grabau. . BOOK'S SOLE FLAW, spine sunned to a rich brown. 5 raised spine ribs divide spine into 6 gilt edge ruled panels. Title & author in two panels, "1917" at bottom. Other 4 panels with star in each corner and single floral stem inside. All letters & decor in gilt. Gilt dentelles & turn ins. Each turn in corner with same floral stem & star pattern. Grabau signed the front bottom turn in. Same design on rear turn ins but with 1928 at rear bottom turn in. This the binding date and date of Grabau's inscription. James' signature undated. Back boards with two gilt ruled edges. Front outer edge gilt ruled. Inside these a set of 6 rules with starburst @ top & stylized initials GWJ at bottom. Ends & edges of boards with gilt… Read More

Toronto, NY, London: D. Van Nostrand. VG book, FAIR DJ(inn Brodart). Bumped tips, rubbed extrewms.. (1949). Revised ed.. Hardcover. VG book, FAIR DJ(in Brodart). Black cloth, gilt lettered spine. FINE inside but for inked note dated 2005. 9"x6",432pp. . Top edge with very light soiling, fore & bottom are spotless. Book stays closed when stood on spine. DJ clean but very worn, sunned spine and brown stained rear panel. DJ p/c, clipping into three of the words. .

L: Macmillan. FAIR book. Rebound 3/4 leather, very worn again.. 1883. 1st British. Hardcover. FAIR book. Tight. Worn. VG inside, no foxing or soiling. 8vo, 376pp. .

NY: Greenburg. VG book, no DJ. Clean & tight. Inscribed & SIGNED on fep.. (1939). Hardcover.

NY: Scribner's. VG book, GOOD(worn) DJ. 1st ed. $2.75 DJ price intact.. 1930. 1st ed "A".. Hardcover. VG book. Orig gilt lettered green cl. Tight & bright. "MINT" inside. Two flaws: tips lightly bumped, spine ends wrinkled . DJ spine top chipped, loss of most of "LONE" at spine top, also loss of most of "L" & bit of "O" from "LONE" at top left of DJ front panel. DJ uniformly sunned. Still, DJ clean & still atttractive. .

London: Longman Brown Green Longmans. NEAR FINE set, with a MAJOR FLAW. 1st ed, 8"x5.5", 387,439pp.. 1848. 1st edition.. Hardcover. NEAR FINE books. Elaborate gilt decoration. MAJOR FLAW: both upper hinges repaired. Ideal candidate for quality repair. . Loose (opposed to tight) back binding so hinges repairable. Bound by a master though no binder ticket or turn in binder name. Gilt turn ins. AEG. Both FINE inside. Some plates (NOT text) with spot or two of foxing but no aging, marginalia, etc. Both tend to remain closed when stood on spines. Flaws (other than the hinges) very minor and mostly one type: scuffing. (1) All tips flat & square but scuffed. (2) Lower hinges scuffed. (3) Of the two book's 10 raised bands the very highest points of ONLY TWO are scuffed. Spine gilt quite elaborate and any scuffing at all would be very apparent. (4) "14.99" pencilled in both. (5) Vol 1 with full page pencilled gift inscription, 2nd ep with closed tear the width of the leaf. Kind of a… Read More

NY: FS G. VG book, VG DJ(in Brodart). Bright book/DJ Tight.. 1980. 1st edition.. Hardcover.

New Haven & NY: Tichnor & Fields. FINE book, VG DJ. White DJ with minor rubbing & soiling.. 1981. 1st edition.. Hardcover. FINE book, VG DJ. Rear panel a photo of NYC's actual "ONYX"; and Jimmy Ryan's, with "Jack Teagarden" playing. . 1" chip out of upper rear DJ. .

NY: Boni & Liveright. VG book, no DJ. 1st ed. Top edge tinted dark blue. 8vo, 253pp.. 1925. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. 1/2 black cloth, brown paper boards. Gilt front cover decoration. Spine ends rounded. Spine lightly sunned. . Spine sunned with a long crease. Spine letters almost faded to zilch. .

Waco, TX: World Books. VG book, VG D/J. SIGNED.. cp1984. Hardcover. VG book, VG D/J(in Brodart). SIGNED & inscribed. Bright book & DJ. FINE but one corner bumped. DJ p/c, a 1" tear, edges rubbed .

London & NY: Dent & dutton. GOOD book, no DJ.. 1909. 1st edition.. Hardcover. GOOD book, no D/J. TEG. Covera bit shabby from minor flaws. Pastedowns & eps w few flaws, otherwise contents strictly FINE. .

Boston: L.C. Page. VG+ books. Occassional ep foxing spots, no other internal flaws. 1901 & 1902. Hardcover. VG+ books. TEG. Lovely set. Gilt decorated blue cloth. Bright & tight. NEAR FINE inside. Extrems lightly scuffed. 23cm high. . A very nice set. The first series, of 15 vols, with 1901 tp dates, second series, also of 15 vols, dated 1902. 1908 DNB states: "... chiefly remembered by a series of entertaining memoirs, in which he [Jesse] strung together historical anecdotes of the later dynasties of British monarches." Jesse died in 1874. Overall condition quite nice. FLAWS: (1) Tips are scuffed and a few are lightly bumped. Spine ends scuffed with 1/8" max closed tears EXCEPT: "Stuart " vol 5 spine top with 1/4" tears. (2) "Selwyn" vol 3 spine with quarter size rubbed spot. (3) City of London vol 2 back cover with small area of light brown stain. It obviously was a "show" as set most leaf fore edges were never cut open. Gilt top edges, spine… Read More

Seattle: U of Washington Press. FINE book, VG DJ(in Brodart). 1st ed. Bright DJ with $10 price.. 1953. 1st edition.. Hardcover. FINE book, VG DJ. Bright & tight. Flawless book but for minor dust soiling of text block top edge. 10"x7", xxxii,767pp. . Extensive info at back of book. Eight page hypothetical list of Washington birds. 30 pages on geographic localities. 40 page bibliography. 16 page index. Tucked inside the rear cover pocket an AS NEW folding map titled "life zones map". .

San Francisco: Synergistic Press. FINE book, FINE(p/c) DJ(in Brodart). SIGNED by Johns.. 1968. 1st edition... Hardcover.

NY: Johnson. FINE map. Handcolored. Bright & clean as new. No tears.. [1870s]. Softcover. FINE map. NO aging, foxing, soiling etc. Fold line tear reenforced with archival tissue. Overall measures 17"X22.5". . One 1/8" margin chip. Upper border darkened a bit. Tho cp date is 1864 the font used in printing the Johnson name & the border style date this to the 1870s. .

NY: Johnson. "FINE" map. Published between 1866 & 1869, but no cp date.. 1866,7,8 or 9.. Softcover. "FINE" map, hand colored, 16.5" wide x 13.5" high. FLAWLESS. . No cp date but actually 1866-9. Johnson's name (by itself, without the added "Browning", "Ward" or "and son") is printed in double faced outline and was not used until 1866. In addition the particular border style, with a five pointed star at each corner, went out in 1869. Hence the 1866-9 date. This info from Ira Lourie's Johnson Map Project. .

NY: Riley. FAIR book. TIGHT, VG text. Worn full brown morocco. 8vo, 344pp.. 1808. Hardcover. FAIR book, badly worn full brown morocco. Covers held by cords alone. Gilt lettered brown leather spine label "JOHNSON'S CASES" . This vol 1 covers from Jan 1799 to July 1800. Index at end. Tide marks on first few pages. Text very tight. No additional aging, foxing, soiling, etc. Boards with remnants of gilt edge ruling. Title continues: "from Jan term 1799 to Jan term 1803, both inclusive; tegether with cases determined in the Court For The Correction Of Errors, during that period". .

NY: Putnam's Sons. GOOD-VG book. 1st ed. Clean. Minor edgewear, worn spine ends.. 1875. 1st edition.. Hardcover. GOOD-VG book. Green cloth. Gilt lettered spine & front cover. Cover & spine top & bottom with elaborate floral edge ruling. . Both hinges' paper inner hinges cracking, both hinges sound. Second ep with an erased name, but 1876 date left intact. Nice text, minor aging, a very few small spots of foxing. .