Search Results: Authors starting with J from Gotcha By The Books

Bendigo: Bendigo Art Gallery , 2009. 1st Paperback. paperback. Very Good . 8vo. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the exhibition 'Working Through / Turning Pages The Artist's Books of Robert Jacks', 24 October to 29 November 2009 Bendigo Art Gallery (and touring to 2010); text by Peter Anderson; examples of Jacks' books from 1966-2009 giving details of date, medium, binding, dimensions, edition, etc; illustrated throughout in colour and b&w; Very Good clean copy.

London: Faber and Faber, 1944. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st Edition of W. Jackson Knight's definitive study of the life and work of Vergil; the world before Vergil, Vergil's life and work, tradition and poetry, form and reality, language verse and style, poetry and manuscripts, Vergil and after; blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine; minor stain top rear board, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper edgeworn and rubbed, loss to head of spine, spine tanned, flaps trimmed front and rear.

Sydney: UNSW, 2006. Limited Edition. hardbound. Fine in Very Good slipcase/slipcase. sm 4to. profusely illustrated Deluxe Edition limited to 100 hardbound copies (No. 95) in die-cut slipcase (this copy not signed), published to mark the centenary of Australian Surf Lifesaving; bound in aqua buckram with colour plate laid-in to front, in slipcase with die-cut circle over plate illustration; various authors contributing essays on aspects of the history and development of the Surf Lifesaving movement; b&w and colour illustrations throughout; front and rear endpapers show gatefold of surf livesaving club colours; red silk bookmark; Fine; slipcase with minor knock to head of spine, o.w. Very Good

Sydney: Beagle Press, 2003. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Documents the private collection of Australian Surrealist Art of James Agapitos and Ray Wilson, who began collecting in 1939 and went on to build a body of over 300 works; artists featured include Boyd, Tucker, Thake, Dora Chapman, Gleeson, Hester, Nolan, Pixie O'Harris, Perceval, Drysdale, Vassilieff, and many more; copiously illustrated with full-page colour plates and b&w text illustrations; includes Artists' Biographies and Select Bibliography; Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, and with rippling of celoglaze to rear panel; PLEASE NOTE: HEAVY BOOK MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING IF DESTINATION IS OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA.

Sydney: The Beagle Press, 1986. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 21.5 x 20.5. profusely illustrated Illustrated study of the work of Louis James, published in conjunction with the one-man exhibition in Adelaide November 1986; edited and with an introduction by Lou Klepac, essay by Barry Pearce; colour and b&w plate illustrations throughout; label-ghost to half-title page, very mild occasional foxing/toning to edges of pages, o.w. Very Good throughout.

Stone Mountain: Chan Shal Imi Press, 1980. Signed 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Jan's cosmic performer Kyroot takes the reader through a process of awakening from ordinary states of consciousness; Signed and with short inscription 'to those who would see' by Jan to front endpaper; brown vinyl boards, yellow printed dustwrapper; text block tanned, light toning to edges of some pages, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly toned to spine, label-ghost to front flap, o.w. Very Good.

Toronto: Tsar Publications, 2010. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collection of ghazals (short poems in rhyming couplets) broadly influenced by Sufi philosophy, and tracing the steps of a woman's metaphorical journey from dusk through night to morning; former owner's name-stamp to title page, o.w. Very Good.

Osaka: Imahigashi Shigeto Toho Shuppan Inc., 2002. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Presents a stunning 2331 Japanese can labels, covering a period of many years, with most being produced in the Taisho period (and early Showa) from 1912-1935, and with some dating back to the Meiji (1868-1912); the labels being chosen from the collections of the Japanese Canners Association and other canning companies; many of the cans during these periods were for export, thus the labels show text in foreign languages, such as English or French; introduction in Japanese and English, and with list of labels to rear of text; copiously illustrated in full colour throughout, including a double gate-fold; illustrated orange boards in illustrated dustwrapper, and with the original printed belly-band; Very Good tight clean copy in like dustwrapper/belly-band; PLEASE NOTE: HEAVY BOOK MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING DEPENDING ON DESTINATION.

London: Luzac & Company , 1971. hardbound. Good-Very Good/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w plates/map Volume XXVIII in the Sacred Books of the Buddhists series; N.A. Jayawickrama's annotated translation of The Chronicle of the Thupa and the Thupavamsa, including the text in both English and Pali; 6 b&w plates and fold-out map to rear of text, being a map of Ancient Ceylon with identifiable places mentioned in the book; 3/4 black cloth with ornate paper sides; endpapers, prelims and text block foxed, former owner's inscription to title page, o.w. Very Good throughout; boards lightly rubbed.

New York : Universe Books in cooperation with The Museum of Fine Arts Houston and San Francisco Museum of Art, 1971. 1st thus. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. sm 4to. colour and b&w illustrations Hardbound edition of the catalogue for the Paul Jenkins exhibition Museum of Fine Arts Houston and San Francisco Museum of Art (publishing details state ""Issued originally under the title 'Paul Jenkins Retrospective'.1971-72""); this copy SIGNED and with lengthy gift-inscription by Jenkins to b&w frontispiece illustration showing Jenkins in his New York studio - the inscription reads ""Dear Henry, If only I had known I would have given this to you on your birthday July 12 1972 and hearing for the first time tonight we have the same sign and the same date I a grateful. Cancerians get on. Paul""; text by Gerald Nordland; 11 full-page colour plates and 25 half-tones; includes chronology and bibliography; mild toning to edges of some pages, light wear to edges of boards, o.w. Very… Read More

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2005. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Illustrated study of the jewelry of Georg Jensen and the designers associated with his firm; over 350 illustrations, including details of designer, date, materials, dimensions, collection; published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Georg Jensen Jewelry' held at The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts Design and Culture July 14 - October 16 2005; edited by David A. Taylor, texts by Isabelle Anscombe, Mirjam Gelfer-Jorgensen, Toni Greenbaum, and Susan Weber Soros; includes catalogue, bibliography, and selected biographies of Jensen designers; Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

London/Copenhagen: George Allen & Unwin / Ejnar Munksgaard, 1974. reprint. hardbound. Very Good /Dustwrapper. sm 8vo. Part III (and the second Syntax volume) in Jespersen's great work; primaries, relative clauses (santa and otherwise), nexus, object, transitivity, and more; blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine; original glassine dustwrapper; minor foxing to text block, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly edgeworn, and with some foxing, minor loss to spine, and original price label to front flap, o.w. Good.

London: Oxford at the Clarendon, 1926. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good in rubbed wraps. 8vo. S.P.E. (Society of Pure English) Tract No. 25 with an article on aspects of English Grammar by Jespersen; wraps with yapp edges, untrimmed pages; very occasional mild foxing, o.w. VG; wraps lightly creased and rubbed.

London/Copenhagen: George Allen & Unwin / Ejnar Munksgaard, 1970. reprint. hardbound. Very Good /Dustwrapper. sm 8vo. Part II (and the first Syntax volume) in Jespersen's great work, with minor editorial by Niels Haislund; number, singular and plural, substantives, adjectives, adjunct and principal, and more; blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine; original glassine dustwrapper; minor foxing to text block, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper edgeworn and foxed, o.w. Good.

London/Copenhagen: George Allen & Unwin / Ejnar Munksgaard, 1974. reprint. hardbound. Very Good /Dustwrapper. sm 8vo. The seventh and final volume in Jespersen's great work, here edited and completed (with Jespersen's consent) by Niels Haislund; word-classes, sentence structure, person, sex and gender, case, articles before junctions, and more; blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine; original glassine dustwrapper; minor foxing to text block, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly edgeworn, o.w. Very Good.

Melbourne: Thames and Hudson, 2021. Signed 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. sm 4to. profusely illustrated Kylie and Tiffany Johnson (of Paperboat Press Studio Brisbane) take the reader on a tour of the private studios of some of Japan's most exciting artisans, with sections on individual makers, galleries, and markets; the artisans discuss their materials, methods, cultures, traditions; full-colour illustrations throughout; this copy Signed and with personal gift-inscription by the authors.

Los Angeles: Siglio, 2014. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. large 8vo. profusely illustrated Collection of Ray Johnson's writings, being a series of facsimiles of Johson's text works, conceptual (text) works, letters, etc; edited by Elizabeth Zuba, essay by Keven Killian; PLEASE NOTE: HEAVY BOOK MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING DEPENDING ON DESTINATION.

Barcelona: MACBA, 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good . 4to. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the Ray Johnson exhibition, 6 November 2009 - 10 January 2010 Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, with focus on Johnson's early collages and mail art pieces; texts by Alex Sainsbury and Ina Blom (in Catalan and English); numerous full-page colour plates; black stiff-card wraps with white titling; mild curling at edges of wraps, o.w. Very Good tight and clean throughout.

Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2009. 1st paperback. paperback. Very Good. 4to. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the Tim Johnson show, AGNSW 2009 (and touring), curated by Wayne Tunnicliffe and Julie Ewington, and with texts by Donna Leslie, Nicholas Zurbrugg, Naomi Flatt; colour plate illustrations, b&w and colour text illustrations; Very Good clean copy.

Sydney: Printed by A.R. Buck for the Waverley Bowling and Recreation Club , no date (1947). presumed 1st Edition. hardbound. Good (front endpaper missing)/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations Scarce illustrated history of the Waverley Bowling and Recreation Club (Sydney), from foundation in 1893 to the mid-1940's; b&w illustrations throughout; from the library of Max and Reet Howell - Max Howell played club rugby for Randwick, and also played 5 tests for the Wallabies between 1946-48; he went on to become an author and professor of Human Movements at the University of Queensland; born in Sweden, Reet Howell was also an author, and professor of Human Movements (at QUT Brisbane); signed by Max Howell to front pastedown; bookshop stamp to front pastedown, front endpaper missing, o.w. Good throughout; boards rubbed, sunned and with worn patches to spine