Search Results: Titles starting with J from Carpetbagger Books, IOBA

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($10.95), faded at the spine, bumped at the top edge. Quarter grey cloth with beige paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, some foxing at the edges, clean internally. A touching portrait of Kerouac drawn from conversations with the likes of Ginsberg and Burroughs as well as Kerouac's childhood friends and Denver pool hustlers.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Gash on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($17.95). Quarter black buckram with green buckram on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A Lovejoy novel that takes him to Macao.

New York: Douglas Books, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Introduction by Allen Ginsberg. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($6.95), lightly rubbed at the edges, chipped at the head of the spine and bottom-left corner of the back panel. Silver paper on the boards, lightly rubbed. Square and firmly bound with a red-white-and-blue sewn-in bookmark, lightly foxed and stained at the edges, clean otherwise. Leary's diary of his seven months in prison for marijuana possession before he famously escaped.

London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (£2.75 net), rubbed and curled at the edges. Black buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a foxed red top stain, a faint tidemark on the bottom edge, clean internally. Pearson's companion volume to his biography of Ian Fleming.

Norwalk: Easton Press, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near Fine. Blue leather with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and boards. Square and firmly bound with gilt edges, sewn-in bookmark, bookplate and blindstamp on the half-title page, clean otherwise. Published as part of Easton Press's "The Library of the Presidents" series. This copy includes the original laid-in information sheet.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($40.00), faintly rubbed. Black paper on the boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Blunk's authorized biography of the celebrated American poet.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), faded at the spine. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, slightly toned pages, one dog-earred page, clean otherwise. Roberts's work of Austen criticism that traces the influence of the French Revolution and the breakdown of 18th century ideals in her novels.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally toned, chipped at the top edge. Black cloth, rubbed to the boards at the bottom edge, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square, front hinge cracked, rest of the textblock bound with some reading wear. Atherton's novel of Alcibiades.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Herbert on the title page. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($10.95), generally toned, rubbed at the edges, a few small chips. Black buckram, lightly rubbed at the edges and corners, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square, bound with some reading wear, foxed at the top edge, clean internally. A collaborative novel between Herbert and Ransom that is based on Herbert's Destination: Void.

Mexico City: Museo Nacional de Arte, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), some pulling to the laminate at the head of the spine. Blue cloth with blind lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A book published to coincide with an exhibit running July through October, text in Spanish by Rafael Tovar, Gerardo Estrada, Roberto Hernandez Ramirez, Graciela de Reyes Retana, Jorge Albert Manrique, Fausto Ramirez, Armando Torres Michua, Maria del Carmen Chicarro Sierra, Patricia Clausell de Latapi.

Sydney: [P.N. Cochrane], [n.d.]. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. About Fine. Wraps toned. Square and firmly bound with two staples, clean internally. A small twenty-three page pamphlet about the writing and biography of the award-winning Greek poet.

Chicago: Caxton Club, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Selections by Franklin J. Meine and John Merryweather. Introduction by Vincent Starrett. Near Fine. Grey buckram lightly toned, pushed at the spine and corners. Square and firmly bound with a blue top stain, Caxton Club gift bookplate inside the front board, clean otherwise. A profusely illustrated volume of McCutcheon's cartoons accompanied by a lengthy and loving Introduction by Vincent Starrett.

Chicago: Caxton Club, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Selections by Franklin J. Meine and John Merryweather. Introduction by Vincent Starrett. Very Good. Grey buckram lightly toned, frayed at the head of the spine. Square and firmly bound with a blue top stain with one small moisture spot, clean otherwise. A profusely illustrated volume of McCutcheon's cartoons accompanied by a lengthy and loving Introduction by Vincent Starrett.

Los Angeles: Fox Searchlight, 2019. Paperback. Fine. A "For Your Consideration" script issued when the movie was nominated for--and won--Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards. Includes a Preface by Christine Leunens. Fine. Clean wraps. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.

New York: Magico Magazine, 1984. Hardcover. Fine. With a new Introduction by Ely Liebow, who has inscribed the book on the front endpaper. Fine. Red leather with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, toned inside the front board from a newspaper clipping, inscribee's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. According to Liebow's Introduction, "I can think of no other 'Sherlockian book' that deserves re-printing more[...]for if Mrs. Saxby hadn't played Boswell to the good doctor, and asked him his opinion of the 'Passing Parade,' we'd know very little indeed about the great surgeon who valued his privacy.

New York: Penguin Books, 2003. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Near Fine. Edited, and with an Introduction and Notes by Cynthia Wall. Near Fine. A crease in the back wrap. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Translated by John H.P. Marks. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally toned and rubbed, some chips and closed tears at the edges, a small tape repair on the verso. Black buckram, bumped at the top-right corner, with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean and splotchy red top stain, foxed at the edges and endpapers, some book mite tracks at the rear but not affecting any text. Celine's debut novel, largely autobiographical and drawn from his experiences in World War I and his post-war travels through Africa and the United States.

New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.00), generally toned, lightly rubbed at the edges, a small chip at the head of the spine. Brown buckram with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, lightly toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. The Auden-Isherwood collaboration detailing war-time China, a unique work mixing literary expression with detailed reporting of interactions with important figures like Chiang Kai-shek, Chou En-Lai, Agnes Smedley, Peter Fleming, and others.

New York: Viking Press, 1961. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Very Good. Compas Books C75. Very Good. Wraps generally rubbed and toned. Square and firmly bound with toned pages, clean otherwise. Greene's travelogue of his 350 trek through the wilderness of Liberia.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1946. Hardcover. Fair/Good. New and Enlarged Edition. Inscribed by Rombauer on the front endpaper. Fair in a Good jacket, unclipped ($3.00), rubbed at the edges, tidemarks on the back panel. Blue cloth on the boards, generally soiled, rubbed, fraying and with short tears on the spine. Square, cracked hinges, stains at the edges. A well used copy of the classic cookbook, scarce signed.