Search Results: Authors starting with J from The Peculiar Old Cat and Fiddle Bookshop

Greenwood Press, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 1985. Hardcover, red boards with silver lettering on front board and spine. 21+ x 14+ x 2 cm. Fine with sharp corners on boards, clean and bright pages.

G. Ricordi & Co., 12 West 45th St, New York, 1913. Sheet Music with piano accompaniment, pp. 5, 11 3/4" tall. Book is in Near Fine condition (bright with faint creasing only, store stamp ). Important scarce item from the Harlem Renaissance. Dedicated "To the Memory of FATHER" , words by James Weldon Johnson and music by John Rosamund Johnson, the creators of the hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing".

Knopf, New York, 1st Edition, 1st Printing 2021 SIGNED by Billie Jean King on a publisher's tipped-in leaf (itself a proof of authenticity), Hardcover with dust jacket, 481 numbered pages, 25 x 17 cm, navy blue paper over red boards with silver titling on spine, jacket cover has action photograph of King on the front, a photographic portrait on the rear. NEW book with Signed First Edition sticker. Near Fine in Fine, with very mild shelf wear. A powerful memoir, in truth a manifesto from the first female athete-activist. "Early on, what was most apparent to me was that the world I wanted didn't exist yet. It would be up to my generation to create it."

Geekspeak Unique Press, Indianopolis IN, 1996, Initialled (on both intro page and rear cover) and uniquely hand illustrated by editor John Clark, pLopLop #8. Large Paperback (stapled), pp. 36, 28 x 22 cm, sky blue wraps with outlined graphics over which comical chicken artwork has been hand painted in orange and highlighted with metallic silver pen. Poetry and stories by Antler, Matt Buys, Richard Grayson ("This Planet is Over Rated"), Deborah Sellers, Kevin Sampsell, Fielding Dawon ("The Tall Fat Man"), Carl Miller Daniels, Bart Quinet, Hal Sirowitz, Anthony L. Philputt, Elaine Thomas ("A Picture Can't Fuck You"), Kitrell Andis, Steve Richmond, illustrated throughout with comical line cartoons. Hilarious introduction from John Clark. In Very Good Condition, some light creases, pen smudge on intro (presumed to be from Sharpie used to initial and illustrate). This zine is a wild, fun ride - "pLopLop rules. pLopLop stinks. pLopLop: don't stop"

Puritan Press, Hollis New Hampshire, First Edition 2010. Paperback, pp. 57, 21 x 20. cm, glossy photographic wraps, featuring 10 patterns, glossary of techniques and abbreviations section, with mutiple photographs by Jared Flood set in the Shetland Islands. Very Fine (New). A gorgeous production with stunning images - the attention to detail stands out.

Schott, Mainz, 2015 (German language), inscribed by authoress, pp. 496, 9" x 5.75'' x 1.5", blue boards with Schott Campus abstract design issued without DJ. Near Fine (light red ink soiling on front edge). Lovely inscription "as travelling companion on your journey >> towards (a) Pure Land