Search Results: Titles starting with J from Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts

Winnipeg, Manitoba: [The J.H. Ashdown Hardware Co. Limited], 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 200. 4to., measuring 10.75" x 12.5". Bound in full black textured buckram over board held with metal-bolt binding. Comprises of an exhaustive list of a rich variety of hardware and other goods available for purchase by dealers, listing in remarkable detail prices, sizes, and other attributes. Light rubbing to the buckram extremities, neat bookplate affixed to the front pastedown, else, text-block remains bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; near fine. Remarkable period catalogue from the venerable Western-Canadian hardware firm, the J.H. Ashdown Company. Rare in commerce, unrecorded in OCLC. Not in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, et al. Rare indeed.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: J.H. Bruns Collegiate, ND [Circa 1980's?]. First Edition, First Printing. Spiral Bound. pp. 176. Small square 8vo., measuring 7" x 8.5". Bright illustrated yellow card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Rich collection of recipes all accompanied with the names of their respective contributors. Sections include: Soups, Salads, Dressings, Pickles and Preserves, Main Dishes & Casseroles, Meats, Vegetables and Sauces, Quick Breads, Desserts, Pies and Pastries, Cakes, Cookies and Candy, Beverages and Party Snacks. Light rubbing, two very short closed tears to the edges of the yapped covers. Contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked; about fine. Not in Peel, BAC/LAC, U of M Archives & Special Collections. Scarce.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: J.H. Bruns Collegiate, ND [Circa 1980's?]. First Edition, First Printing. Spiral Bound. pp. 176. Small square 8vo., measuring 7" x 8.5". Bright illustrated yellow card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Rich collection of recipes all accompanied with the names of their respective contributors. Sections include: Soups, Salads, Dressings, Pickles and Preserves, Main Dishes & Casseroles, Meats, Vegetables and Sauces, Quick Breads, Desserts, Pies and Pastries, Cakes, Cookies and Candy, Beverages and Party Snacks. Light rubbing, two very short closed tears to the edges of the yapped covers. Contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked; about fine. Not in Peel, BAC/LAC, U of M Archives & Special Collections. Scarce.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: J.H. Bruns Collegiate, ND [Circa 1980's?]. First Edition, First Printing. Spiral Bound. pp. 176. Small square 8vo., measuring 7" x 8.5". Bright illustrated yellow card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Rich collection of recipes all accompanied with the names of their respective contributors. Sections include: Soups, Salads, Dressings, Pickles and Preserves, Main Dishes & Casseroles, Meats, Vegetables and Sauces, Quick Breads, Desserts, Pies and Pastries, Cakes, Cookies and Candy, Beverages and Party Snacks. Light rubbing, two very short closed tears to the edges of the yapped covers. Contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked; about fine. Not in Peel, BAC/LAC, U of M Archives & Special Collections. Scarce.

New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xi, 190. Slim 8vo. 1/4 maroon cloth over light green paper boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, accompanied with many black-and-white illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Touch of sunning to the extremities, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Macmillan of Canada, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xiv, 336. Small 8vo. Bound in publisher's tan cloth over boards, red rules and lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographs, and portraits. Light bumping to the spine ends, else, very good+; neat ink name to the ffep, else, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and firm, sound binding; very good.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Macmillan of Canada, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xiv, 336. Small 8vo. Bound in publisher's tan cloth over boards, red rules and lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographs, and portraits. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in very good lightly rubbed, unclipped, dustjacket. Lovely association copy, this title having once belonged in the library of the late Ms. Edith Fowke (1913-1996), noted Canadian folklorist, and host of the CBC radio program, Folk Song Time. Later she was inducted into the Order of Canada, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; her personal ex-libris bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown. Overall, very good+.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club, February, 1989. Stapled Wraps. pp. 64. 4to., measuring 9.5" x 13". Pictorial, twice-stapled, covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, period advertisements by many sponsoring local business, merchants, firms including The T. Eaton Co., The Hudson's Bay Co., the Canadian Football League, Winnipeg Transit, Royal Bank, Manitoba Hydro, et al. Comprises of articles on the Winnipeg Jets, player profiles, play schedule, a detailed list of the Winnipeg Jets Executive Committee, built-in scorecard for spectators, and much else. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents clean, and unmarked; fine.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: [The Wives of the Winnipeg Jets (Hockey Team: 1972-1996)], 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Spiral Bound. Unpaginated. [pp. 76]. Small 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Illustrated card covers held with blue plastic spiral binding with red lettering featuring an illustration of a hockey player, with a full-colour team photograph to the rear cover. Comprises of dozens of recipes as compiled by the "wives of the Winnipeg Jets", and extended Jets family. All recipes accompanied with black-and-white photographs, and portraits of the Jets players, their coaching and administrative staff, and their spouses, and families. The classic Jets logo is featured prominently as a head-piece to most pages alongside the relevant player's numbers. Exceedingly rare with no extant copies available in commerce at time of cataloguing. Corresponds to OCLC #745907719 indicating only one known institutional holding. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Features dozens of… Read More

Winnipeg, Manitoba: [The Wives of the Winnipeg Jets (Hockey Team: 1972-1996)], 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Spiral Bound. Unpaginated. [pp. 76]. Small 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Illustrated card covers held with blue plastic spiral binding with red lettering featuring an illustration of a hockey player, with a full-colour team photograph to the rear cover. Comprises of dozens of recipes as compiled by the "wives of the Winnipeg Jets", and extended Jets family. All recipes accompanied with black-and-white photographs, and portraits of the Jets players, their coaching and administrative staff, and their spouses, and families. The classic Jets logo is featured prominently as a head-piece to most pages alongside the relevant player's numbers. Exceedingly rare with no extant copies available in commerce at time of cataloguing. Corresponds to OCLC #745907719 indicating only one known institutional holding. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Features dozens of… Read More

London, Ontario, Canada: London Regional Art Gallery, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 71. Oblong 8vo., measuring 22 x 26 cm. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white and colour photographs, portraits, facsimiles, etc. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+. Corresponds to OCLC #13447016 and #837215583. Association copy from the personal collection of Governor General Edward Schreyer and his wife to whom this book is warmly SIGNED and inscribed by Alan Kenneth Adlington, and William C. Forsey upon the occasion of their visit to the London Regional Art Gallery on December 10, 1980.

Andre M. Porter, 2006. Softcover. pp. 278. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations. Light rubbing to the covers, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked; very good+. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to the title page.

Koln : Taschen, 2006. Card Covers. As New. pp. 32. 4to. Illustrated covers. Portfolio comprising of fourteen large (poster-sized) colour reproductions of Pollock's paintings. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Appears unread; as new.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Canadian Dimension Magazine, 1979. Vol. 14, No. 2. Stapled Wraps. pp. 48. Oblong 4to., measuring 11" x 8.5". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Bold black and white and colour reproductions of Beardy's works. Light rubbing to covers, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. Sections include: The Life, Beardy's Art, Commentaries, Art and Society, et al. Warmly SIGNED, inscribed and dated by the artist to the title page.

New York: Viking, 1987. First American Edition. Hardcover. pp. 170. Small 8vo. 1/2 black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. No detectable flaws to extremities, text-block equally bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine and housed in near fine dustjacket. "The Jaguar Smile is Salman Rushdie's first full-length non-fiction book, which he wrote in 1987 after visiting Nicaragua. The book is subtitled A Nicaraguan Journey and relates his travel experiences, the people he met as well as views on the political situation then facing the country. The book was written during a break the author took from writing his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses."

N.P.: The Lakeside Press | R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, December, 2008. Hardcover. pp. lviii, 404. 12mo. Lovely dark green cloth over boards with gilt rules, lettering and crest to the spine and front board; illustrated endpapers, gilt top edge. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. No detectable flaws. Extremities, and contents entirely without blemish. Appears unread; as new.

Keg River, Alberta: Shires Books, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. v, 151. Slim 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations. Small ownership sticker affixed to the title page, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine. Appears unread.

New York: Cue Art Foundation, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Unpaginated [pp. 20]. Square 8vo., measuring 8" x 8". Pictorial covers. Full-page captioned colour plates of the artist's works. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. See OCLC #461309573. "Catalog of an exhibition held at CUE Art Foundation, October 20-December 3, 2005."

Winnipeg, Manitoba: James Richardson & Sons, Limited, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 226. Oblong 4to., measuring 22 x 28 cm. Publisher's navy-blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and illustration to the front board, and spine. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles throughout. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in very good+ very lightly rubbed slipcase. Overall, very good+ to near fine. See OCLC #

London: Hachette Illustrated, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 215. 4to. Bright orange textured boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Replete with black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine and housed in very good+ lightly rubbed dustjacket. Overall, very good+. "According to Shinto belief, the human body in Japan is part of nature and must be in harmony with the wider world. This is a cultural history of the human body in Japan - from the Samurai to Issy Miyake- exploring the social codes and aesthetics of behaviour it involves. The sacred body of religion, the body of the dead, the theatrical body of the Kabuki actor, the warrior's body and much more are revealed."