Search Results: Authors starting with J from Bibliope by Calvello Books

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1892. First edition. Paperback. FINE with minmal wear. "Specimen Copy" stamped to front wrapper.. Octavo in brown printed wrappers; illus, 263-450pp + advertisements. Contains entirety of Aherton's story "The Doomswoman" with her portrait as full-page frontis. Numerous interesting advertisements of the time.

Singapore: Tien Wah Press, 2006. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Near fine copy in near fine DJ. Barely noticeable sunning to pages; minor shelf-rubbing to DJ; else tight copy; pages are bright and free of marks; binding is solid. Very nice copy./near fine. Quarto in black boards with black and red color illus. DJ (spine is black); color illus.; 189 p., 28 cm. Signed by Author on title page. Flowers. Flower arranging.

[Montpellier]: Fata Morgana, 1984. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Very little wear to spine head/foot/corners/edges, faint marks to rear cover, one small mark to front cover, bright pages; binding is tight. Near fine(-).. White octavo; 115 p, b&w illus ; 23 cm. In French. || Fiction.

[Middletown, Conn.]: Wesleyan University Press, 1992. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine in about fine jacket. Boards ever so slightly curled (negligible); thin crease to front jacket flap; very slight sun-fading to jacket spine Overall quite a desirable, nearly as new copy. Please refer to photos.. Small quarto in mottled purple & black dust jacket; vi, 89 pages ; 23 cm. Signed by Waldrop in title page. Poetry. French.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co, 1972. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Small tear and faint wear to DJ protected in archival brodart, faint scuff to spine head & foot, barely rubbed corners, else near fine(-) in very good+ to near fine(-) DJ.. Quarto in white DJ; 259 p, b&w illus. Sea-planes; Airplanes. || Scarce; only 2 holdings & 2 records in WorldCat. || A seaplane is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water. Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are a subclass called amphibian aircraft. Seaplanes and amphibians are usually divided into two categories based on their technological characteristics: floatplanes and flying boats; the latter are generally far larger and can carry far more. These aircraft were sometimes called hydroplanes.

San Francisco, CA; Berkeley: California Academy of Sciences; University of California Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket with very light edge wear and light shelf wear; o/w clean tight copy; DJ is clean and bright and free of tears; cloth is clean and free of fraying; boards are free of bumps; pages are like new: clean, crisp, bright and free of marks, creases and notes; edges of pages are clean; binding is tight and square./near fine. Octavo in tan-grey coth in tan-brown dust jacket; illus., maps; 331 pp., 26 cm. In English. || Conf Author(s): Paul L. and Phyllis Wattis Foundation Endowment Symposium; (4th :; 1999 :; California Academy of Sciences) Abstract: "As modern humans spread around the globe, the Americas represented the final continental frontier. These first colonists were modern in appearance and technology, but who were they and when did they arrive? Traditional answers to these questions have come under increasing scrutiny in the face of new findings from… Read More

Edinburgh: Mercat Press, 1997. first edition. Paperback. Very good copy. Worn wraps around edges and corners; curling to corners of cover wraps; heavy notes, interpretations and definitions in ink and pencil on pp. 83-126; lightly dusty bottom edge of pages; else tight copy; most pages are clean, free of marks and creases; binding is tight.. Octavo in green pictorial wraps; 528 pages ; 24 cm. In English. Out of print.

London: Little Tiger Press, 2008. 1st ed., first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine; as new. Green and orange illustrated polished quarto. Blue spine. Color illustrations, pop-ups; 12 pages; 27 cm. A pristine copy. Fun illustrated children's book (2yrs+) with pop-ups on each page. ll Series: Peek-a-boo pop-ups. ll Jungle animals -- Juvenile fiction. Stories in rhyme. Toy and movable books -- Specimens. Stories in rhyme. Picture books. Toy and movable books. Fiction. Juvenile works.

Germany: Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, 2006. First Edition. fine. 1 volume (114 pages): illustrations (chiefly color); 22 cm.

N.P.: Wiley, N.D.. Paperback. As New / Mint (an unread copy). Octavo in full color illus wrappers; x, 244 p. : ill. (some col.). col. maps ; 24 cm; bibliographical references and index. Computer generated color.; computers; computer graphics.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Spine head and foot lightly edge-frayed; board corners partly worn, exposing boards ; light foxing; small damp (?) stain to first 3-4 pages; else overall Very Good+ tight copy.. Octavo in dark black-brown cloth; xii, 632 p. 19 cm. Contains a 12-page " Word to the Subscribers of The Mountain" ; followed by four pages of quotes (Oken, George Herbert, Montaigne, Robert Smith, Bhagavad Vita and Thoreau) ; a 53-page Prolegomenon by the author ; a ten-page table of contents ; four more pages of quotes ; and finally "Book One" with the chapters: Geology of the Alleghany Mountain ; Soil ; Waters of the Mountain ; Flora of the Mountain, Animal Life of the Mountain ; Climate of the Mountain ; and Book Two: Aesculapius, comprising the chapters: Significance of the Alleghany Mountains as the Site of a Sanitarium, or Retreat for the Sick, Arranged By Infinite Wisdom - Doctoral Uses of the Mountain; Hygea; Book Three, Antaeus the Giant: Mountain… Read More

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1958. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, faint rubbing to front pastedown, exceedingly gentle rubbing to corners, remainder mark to fore-edge, light soiling to fore-edges, ink ownership signature and line to title page, ink ownership signature to rear free endpaper, sparse underlining and notes to few pages, tight binding, bright pages, less than quarter inch clipped tear to front DJ-top corner, about half-inch tear to DJ spine head, one and a half inch clipped tear to DJ spine foot, sunned DJ spine, quarter-half inch closed tear to rear DJ-top edge, light soiling and sunning to rear DJ, faint soiling to fore-edges, font free end-paper lacking; else Good(+) in Good DJ.. Large octavo in yellow illus DJ, ix, 135 pages, b&w illustrations ; 25 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Particles (Nuclear physics).

Portland, Or: Amadeus Press, 1992. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. A fine copy in a glossy fine DJ. Large quarto in a brown DJ ; xvi, 569 p : illus ; 27 cm. Opera -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- Radio.

Manchester: Carcanet, 1988. 2nd edition reprint. Hardcover. Very little wear & lightly sunned price-clipped DJ, light rubbed fold to spine foot & head, barely rubbed corners, else near fine(-) in very good(-) DJ.. Octavo in gold DJ; 328 p ; 23 cm. Ancient history; Fiction.

Los Angeles, Calif: Milligan Bks, 1998. First ed., first printing (full number line). Paperback. Very good(+) with minor edge-wear, chiefly to wrappers. Binding is tight; pages are clean. Please see photos.. Quarto in glossy color illus wraps; 185 pages : b&w illustrations throughout; 23 cm. African Americans -- Languages -- Dictionaries. Black English -- Dictionaries. African Americans -- Languages. American. Black Studies, Slang, Dialects, Urban Studies, Humor.

Somerset: Capall Bann, 2003. Presumed second printing. Paperback. Mint. As new. In original shrinkwrap.. Octavo in glossy blue, green & yellow illus wraps; ii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm; bibliographical references (pages 272-275) and index. A fascinating and important work. Well-written; very clear and easy to read. "Here is a new and unique view of Western magick, its origins and its preservation in Esoteric Christianity, Gnosticism, Hermeticism, alchemy, medieval magick, the Cabbala, the Tarot, the Grail mythos, Arthurian legends, Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism and traditional witchcraft." || Magic. Neopaganism. Occultism -- Religious aspects. Néopaganisme. Occultisme -- Aspect religieux. Magic. Neopaganism. Occultism -- Religious aspects.

Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1893. First edition. Paperback. Spine neatly re-backed in black cloth tape; previous owner book plate; very small, neatly written studious pencil notes throughout. Altogether, Very Good thus with nominal age-wear.. Octavo in grey-brown printed wraps; vii, [1], 112 p. 22 cm. With examples of the Avestan language and handsome script. Scarce in original edition. || Persian Langauge ; Persian Religion ; Zoroastrianism ; Indo-Aryan religion ; Avestan language -- Readers. Old Persian ; Pahlavi.

London: E & FN Spon, 1996. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Very mild rubbing to corners, extremely gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, faint soiling to fore-edges, bright pages in tight binding, exceedingly gentle rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, publisher sticker and residue to rear DJ, pale soiling to DJ and DJ spine (mostly to rear DJ), else near fine(+) in near fine(+) DJ./near fine. Large quarto in black illus DJ, 245 pages, chiefly b&w illustrations (some color), 29 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || This work provides a survey of Modern Movement houses constructed with steel frames. Arranged chronologically and thematically, it traces the development since the 1920s of steel houses in Europe, Australia and the United States, with special reference to London, Paris, Sydney and Los Angeles. Contents: pt. 1. The Modern Steel House 1929-1939. 1. Two Modern Steel Houses. 2. The International Style. 3. Exhibition and innovation -- pt. 2. The Modern Steel House in America. 1. Arts… Read More

London: R. Culley, 1908. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Barely worn select corners and spine foot/head, faint mark to front board, mild spotting to first two front free endpapers, gift inscription card to front free endpaper; tight binding. Very good+.. Red-cloth octavo; 262 p : b&w illus ; 20 cm. Novel; fiction.

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1921. 2d ed., rev. and enl. Hardcover. A remarkably tight and clean near fine(+) copy with gentle edge-wear to boards. Please see photos.. Folio in green polished cloth with gilt titles; xvi, 747 pages : frontispiece, illustrations ; 31 cm. Weight: 7 lbs (3.18 Kg). Top edge gilt. Contents: Ch. 1. Introductory ; Early English, Scottish, and Irish goldsmiths ; Natural properties of gold and silver ; Alloys, their use ; Weights used by English goldsmiths, ancient and modern -- Ch. 2. Legislation concerning goldsmiths ; The statutes from A.D. 1238 to A.D. 1904, chronologically arranged ; Legislation mainly directed to the prevention of the use of too much alloy ; The hall-marking of foreign plate -- Ch. 3. The standards for gold and silver wares ; Meaning of "Sterling" ; Its derivation ; The standards for gold and silver money and wares compared and tabulated chronologically -- Ch. 4. The assay ; Various methods of assaying ; By the "touchstone" ; By crucible ; The… Read More