Search Results: Titles starting with J from Appledore Books, ABAA

Paris: Goupil & Cie, 1906. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. THE VERY UNCOMMON 1906 TRUE 1ST STATE, LIMITED TO ONLY 100 COPIES AND INCLUDING AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF PLATES. VG+ in its original wrappers. Light offsetting to the front panel and light chipping at the spine ends. Thick quarto, 171 pgs., printed on Japanese Imperial paper. Plates inside the text are immaculate and include their original captioned tissue-guard. The addtional suite of plates (also tissue-guarded) is very, very clean as well. Housed in publisher's green cloth chemise--with bright gilt-lettering to spine--and gilt-decorted cloth slipcase. Both the chemise and slipcase are bright and sturdy and VG+ to Near Fine. A very handsome production.

London: E. Gambart and Co, 1856. 1/4 leather. Very Good. J.M.W. Turner. A lovely copy of the 1856 1st edition, bound in publisher's half-leather over olive-green boards. Gilt-lettered and bordered leather title label affixed to the front panel. 5 raised bands, detailed gilt-tooling within each compartment. Tight and VG, with very light scuffing to the panels and light wear along the outer hinges and at the spine base. Very interesting bookplate ("Frank Cyril Tiarks") to the front pastedown. The 12 magnificent engravings (executed by Thomas Lupton) are in pristine condition and each is accompanied by its original tissue-guard. Folio, all edges gilt.

New York: Hurst and Company, 1905. Pictorial cloth. Good +. Marshall D. Smith. Uncommon 1905 1st edition of this wonderful, rakish guide on tipping. Good+ only in its pictorial cloth, with pronounced wear and spotting to the boards and offsetting at the pastedowns and endsheets. Still though, charming and presentable. 16mo, nicely illustrated by Marshall D. Smith.

1910. Post Cards. Very Good +. Wonderful 1910 pictorial postcard promoting the "Fight of the Century", the July 4th, 1910 showdown in Revo, Nevada between "current" heavyweight champion of the world Jack Johnson and the "retired" heavyweight champion of the world Jim Jeffries. Framed in its period, decorative silver, the postcard is divided evenly down the middle and shows Jim Jeffries in his fighting stance on the left and Jack Johnson in his fighting stance on the right. Beneath these photos, in bold titling, reads the dramatic headline "The Light and The Dark Side of a National Question". The postcard measures its standard 3 1/2" wide x 5 1/2" tall and is crisp and clean in its white backdrop, with one minor crease along the front cover's upper right edge.

1990. Painting. Near Fine. Wonderful 1990 Jack Micheline portrait (acrylic on paper) of his good friend Jack Kerouac. Titled "Kerouac 1947", Micheline portrays Kerouac here as a football player from his days at Horace Mann or Columbia. The painting has bright hues --red, green, pink and black-- and in it Micheline has Kerouac wearing a floppy old-school football helmet and the number #18 jersey. Micheline has signed and dated the painting in pencil along Kerouac's left forearm. In beautiful, easily Near Fine condition, nicely-sized and measuring at least 12" x 14" from what's visible.

Atlanta: Hallux, Inc. (A Genesis Press Book), 1970. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very clean copy of the 1970 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($4.95), Near Fine dustjacket. A memoir of the explosive Jack Ruby by 2 of the girls who danced at his Carousel Club in Dallas.

Philadelphia: John Winston, 1914. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. Charles Folkard. A very sharp copy of the 1914 1st thus, with the 12 gorgeous Charles Folkard tipped-in color illustrations. Folio, purple gilt pictorial cloth, light fading on edges and a few tiny marks on the endpapers, else Near Fine. The plates, on heavy stock, were printed on quality paper in London by Geo. Jones at the Sign of the Dolphin and each includes its original printed tissue-guard. A lavish, lovely picture book.

New York: A.S. Barnes, 1950. Cloth. Very Good/Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR BILL ROEDER on the front free endpaper. A preesentable copy to boot of the 1950 1st edition. Tight and VG (light, small tape stains at the pastedowns) in a bright, Good only dustjacket, with a bit of clear-tape reinforcement and light creasing and chipping along the edges. Octavo, part of Barnes's "Most Valuable Player" series.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997. Portfolio. Fine. A pristine copy of this imposing 1997 portfolio-in-facsimile, limited to 525 copies. Includes 3 spiralbound sketchbooks in facsimile (even down to the spiral binding) and an original text volume, all housed within a printed folio box bound in light-brown cloth. The sketchbooks focus roughly on an especially fertile period, 1937-1941, and the text volume, written by Katharine Baetjer, Lisa Mintz Messinger and Nan Rosenthal, consists of many black-and-white reproductions by the Old Masters and by 20th century Mexican painters such as Oroszco and Siqueros, as well as by the Surrealists. All of this is by way of demonstrating the book's principal argument that these were among the great early influences on Pollock. A lovely imprint by The Metropolitan Museum of Art itself, an important piece of Pollock scholarship and a very attractive Pollock collectible.

North Hills, PA and Boston: Bird & Bull Press AND Boston Medical Library, 1979. Decorative Boards. Near Fine. The 1979 1st edition of Richard Wolfe's "examination of the origin, printing, binding and distribution of America's first color plate book. With special emphasis on the manner of making and printing its colored plates". #246 OF APPROXIMATELY 300 COPIES PUBLISHED. A clean, very sharp copy. Tight and Near Fine in its 1/4 morocco over patterned floral boards. Octavo, 121 pages. "The two illustrations mounted into this study comprise original, engraved plates --one hand-colored and one left uncolored-- which Jacob Bigelow had made up when he initially intended to illustrate his edition in the usual hand-colored way" (From "A Note on the Illustrations").

EDELCA, 1982. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A solid, clean copy of Dore Ashton's monograph on the painter Jacobo Borges. VG in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light creasing at the front panel's lower-tip. Quarto, beautiful color reproductions (including several fold-outs) thruout.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, 2016. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of this impressive 2016 profile of Jacobs Enginnering. An all-encompassing study, focusing on the firm's role in architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, projects, etc. Tight and Near Fine to Fine (just a touch of light bumping at the corners) in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Thick, square octavo, high-quality color reproductions thruout.

Wienand, 2006. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 2006 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Thick, oblong folio, 413 pgs., almost 900 plates all told.

Surrey, England: Brooklands Books. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The 1st edition in book form (circa 1970). "This fascinating collection of original road test reports and articles here reprinted from issues of Motor, Autocar, Light Car, Practical Motorist, and Speed Age, and probably represents the most detailed and comprehensive record available of the development of the marque during those twenthy eventful years". Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light rubbing to the panels. Quarto, hundreds of illustrations throughout. Part I: 1931-1937; Part II: 1937-1947; and Part III: 1948-1951.

Kingston, Jamaica: Carl Gayle and Kin, 1978. Original wraps. Near Fine. The uncommon October 1978 1st issue of "Jahugliman", this highly political and literate Jamaican music magazine from the late 70s. A very sharp copy: Clean and Near Fine in its stapled, pictorial wrappers. Digest-sized, includes, among other things, profiles of Peter Tosh, "I Jah Man", "Ras Michael", etc.

Kingston, Jamaica: Carl Gayle and Kin, 1978. Original wraps. Near Fine. The uncommon 3rd issue of "Jahugliman" (Jahugliman III), this highly political and literate Jamaican "music" magazine from the late 70s. A very sharp copy: Clean and Near Fine in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with mild darkening along the front and rear endpapers. Tributes to Bob Marley, Marcus Garvey, Haile Selassie, etc.

Kingston, Jamaica: Institute of Jamaica Publications Limited, 1988. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1988 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light creasing along the panel edges. Thick quarto, "brings to the public for the first time a representative sample of the enormous collection of plantation maps and plans in the National Library of Jamaica" (from the dustjacket front flap).

Ocho Rios, Jamaica: Harmony Hall, 1983. Leatherette. Near Fine. Anghelen Arrington Phillips. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR ANGHELEN ARRINGTON PHILLIPS on the dedication page and numbered in her hand #33 of 100 special copies of the 1983 limited --and 1st-- edition. Solid and VG+ in its dark leatherette, with bright gilt-design and titling along the front panel. Very mild, light staining along the top-edges and, at the last 3-4 pages, a bit of streaking as well. Still though, handsome and very presentable -- and nicely illuistrated throughout along each recto by Anghelen Arrington Phillips, whose drawings nicely complement Geoffrey de Sola Pinto's text. Aso includes a laid-in limitation slip, confirming from the publisher that this is #33 of 100 copies of the special edition.

Paris: Aux Bureaux De La Ie Parisienne. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. Jambes Folles"---"Wild Legs" or "Crazy Legs". Beautiful turn-of-the-century light French erotica. Very tasteful and artistic celebration of women in many different guises. Octavo, 100 drawings "galants", many in a first-rate early color lithography. A very clean, nicely-preserved copy in its original pictorial wrappers. High-quality fin-de-siecle illustrated journal published under the imprint of "La Vie Parisienne"

Toronto: Yaneff Gallery. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A very sharp copy of the catalogue based on the exhibition at Toronto's Yaneff Gallery. Bright and Near Fine in its light-brown, stapled wrappers.