Search Results: Titles starting with J from Thorn Books

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 12mo. 289, (3)pp. Cream-colored paper spine, printed paper label, blue paper boards. Frontispiece, and with facsimiles of Austen's works. One of 875 copies, of which this is No. 783. A fine copy. The original dustwrapper is present, a little finger-soiled and somewhat rough along the top, else is in very good condition. Nonesuch Bibliography, 64.

New York: Brentano's, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. 153pp. blue cloth spine, printed paper label, decorated paper over boards. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is present. It is not clipped; there is a short closed marginal tear on the front cover, and some roughness along the bottom edge of the rear cover, but it is essentially near fine. The first book edition of the Jazz SInger after its short story appearance in the January 1922 Everybody's Magazine. The author expanded and dramatized the story. A special acknowledgment of the first stage production in 1925 at the Fulton Theatre, starring George Jessel as Jack Robin. Basis for the Warner Brothers production starring Al Jolson, billed as the first talking motion picture. .

Lipsiae: Laurentii Sigismundi Corneri, 1672. Hardcover. Very good. Bound with: M. Andreae Beyeri, Ad Joh. Seldeni De DIs Syris Syntagmata, Addimenta. 12mo (38),373.24;338,(18)pp. Engraved Title Page followed by typeset title page in red and black. Folding genealogical chart present at p. 151. Contemporary full calf, spine in five compartments with raised bands, black leather lettering label, gilt. Upper board and pastedown artfully restored to style, lower hinge strengthened, light dampstain on the lower part of the first 50pp or so, else a very good copy. Selden's famous treatise on the study of Syrian mythology in the Bible which established the jurist's reputation as a leading scholar of Asian history. In Latin.

London: Dean & Son, 1860. Hardcover. Very good. Large 8vo. Colored upper board, cloth spine, rear board printed in black on purple paper with a list of Dean's "New Series of Strüwelpeters". Illustrated with eight full page hand-colored woodcuts. The page following the last of the illustrations contains a carved face of the "jolly old man" about an inch high which penetrates right through the book to the front cover, the faces of the woodcuts being cut away . Beneath each plate is a rhyming verse about the activities of the Jolly Old Man. Additional publisher's advertisements are on the pink endpapers. Apparently respined at an early date, with some glue residue along the inner hinges. Boards are soiled with rubbed corners and edges; there is some paper loss to the rear board just affecting the numbers of the Strüwelpeter list. Overall a very good copy and a scarce survival.

London: John Murray, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 3 volumes. 8vo. xii, 395; viii, 415; [v]-viii, 408 pp. Original drab cloth boards, printed paper labels. BIndings are well worn and soiled, lettering labels on volume 3 partially perished, the first 7 leaves of Volume III with alight dampstain. A good set, unsophisticated, but in publisher's temporary binding. Abdy visited the major cities of New England and New York, Virginia and Kentucky, and his narrative focuses on education, trade unions, prisons and prison discipline, asylums for the poor, lunatics and disabled, poor laws, banking, gambling and slavery. Sabin 45; Howes A-8. .

London: A. Millar, 1755. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. First edition. 12mo. (4),(xviii,)(19)-(276)pp. (Pp. 241-276 misnumbered 193-228.) Full crushed crimson morocco by the Club Bindery, 1905; Spine in six compartments, intricately gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Half title present. With the leather gilt bookplate of Beverly Chew. Hinges rubbed, tip of spine neatly repaired, else a very good copy. Two versions of this work were printed in 1755. This is the version edited by Fielding's half-brother John. The unedited version was printed first but suppressed in favor of the edited version, which, though printed later, was the first version issued. Rothschild 857; Cross III, 326-7; Warde 28. T131333. The Club Bindery was founded by the Groilier Club in 1895. In 1909 it became the Rowfand Bindery, then The Booklover Shop in 1914, and finally The French Binders from 1918-1920. .

London: A. Millar, 1755. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. First edition. 12mo. (4),(xviii,)(19)-(276)pp. (Pp. 241-276 misnumbered 193-228.) Full sprinkled calf, probably 19th century; Spine in six compartments, gilt. Red and green lettering labels, gilt. Marbled endpapers. Half title present. Hinges rubbed and cracked but firm; tip of spine worn; a few lower text margins near the end slightly soiled, not affecting the text; else a very nice copy. With the Gustavia A. Senff bookplate on the front pastedown. This is the Doheny copy, with her leather gilt bookplate on the front free endpaper. Two versions of this work were printed in 1755. This is the version edited by Fielding's half-brother John. The unedited version was printed first but suppressed in favor of the edited version, which, though printed later, was the first version issued. Rothschild 857; Cross III, 326-7; Warde 28. T131333.

London: Printed for Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1746. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. Extracted from third edition of Churchill's Voyages, VI, pp. 187-255. The full page engraved plate of the Draught of the Harbour of Praya (Cape Verde) is present. Bound to style with leather spine, marbled paper boards, leather lettering label, gilt. Light aging and some foxing on a couple of pages, else a near fine copy. The author was commander of a ship trading for ivory, gold and slaves. There are descriptions of the stowing of slaves, winds and sea conditions, as well as small pox infecting the ship. Cox 1, p. 374. .

London: Oxford University Press, 1965. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. xi,263,(1)pp. Red cloth, spine in gilt and black. Frontispiece portrait. A fine copy. The dustwrapper has a trace of darkening else is fine and is not price-clipped. The third, and last volume, of the Memoirs of the Owen Family. .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Thick 4to. xv,(1),298pp. Blue cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. Photographic endpapers. All illustrations and the two maps present. Photographs mostly by the author. Color plates and drawings by Walter A. Weber, A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not clipped and shows a light stain on the rear and only minimal wear; it give a near fine appearance. Not generally seen in such nice condition. This is the official record of the Field Museum's Crane Pacific Expedition for the study of terrestrial and marine life on the central Paficic islands and New Guinea. The Scientific Appendix is by Karl Patterson Schmidt. .