Search Results: Authors starting with J from Alkahest Books

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., (c. 1965). hardcover. near very good. Kohn, Arnie. Illustrated by Arnie Kohn. Octavo, pictorial covers ( 5 3/4" wide by 7 3/4" tall). Some of the clear acetate is lifting from the cover boards. "Real Life Stories." Juvenile, World War I. 092508D

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca. 1910). reprint. hardcover. Very good. Octavo (approx. 5 1/4" wide by 7 11/16" tall). Light yellow cloth covers with titles in brown and pictorial design in orange, blue, and brown. xiv [2]. 1-354 pages plus 12 pages of publisher's ads. No dust jacket. Light rubbing to covers, still very good. 040414C

Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers Ltd., 1965. 5th printing. hardcover. Very good. Octavo gray-green cloth covers. Illustrated with photographic reproductions both in black and white and color. xiii [3] 407 pages Includes map on endpaper, index. Signed by both authors on half-title page. 102504A

Louisville: The Prentice Press, (1895). first thus. hardcover. Good +. With introductions by Lieut.-Gen John B. Gordon and Rev. Henry M. Field. Small quarto, brown cloth covers with pictorial design, xxiv 647 pages. Colors faded on the covers; front hinge cracked, head and foot of spine and corners worn, Good +. Illustrated. Frontispiece portrait of Stonewall Jackson. SIGNED by Mary Anna Jackson. Mrs. Jackson was known as "The Widow of the Confederacy" and scores of Confederate veterans journeyed to visit her. This is a revised and enlarged edition of the "Life and Letters of General Thomas J. Jackson" that was published in 1892 by Harper and Brothers. War Between the States, American Civil War, Confederate Generals. 092717B

(NY), Amistad Press, an imprint of HarperCollins, (c. 2001),, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Pages xviii + 201,octavo, hardcover, first printing. Introduction by Ahmet Ertegun. Includes black and white photo repros. Book is in Fine condition; dust jacket slightly sunned, else Very Good. 022904A ISBN: 0060198478

New York, Columbia University Press, 1962,, 1962. 3rd printing. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Pages xiii + 432 pp. Book is in near fine condition; dust jacket is lightly chipped at edges, Good plus. #052501A

New York: Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1930. First edition. hardcover. Near Fine. Octavo, 309 pages, red cloth covers. A couple of light bumps to cover edges, else a nice, bright copy. 020207A

Paris: Charles Carrington, 1899. limited edition. hardcover. near fine. Octavo, dark blue cloth covers with gilt titles on spine. xx + 422 pages. Includes bibliography of the Works and Authors Cited. Title page in black and red. One of 1000 copies, this copy out of series, and not numbered. Former owner bookplate detached but laid in. Some browning on endpapers. Text in English. 020922B

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. An examination of the early literature pertaining to the legends of King Arthur and of The Holy Grail, together with a brief review of the theories relating to the latter--intended to serve as an introduction to further reading and more extended research." Green cloth covers with gilt titles.Top edge gilt. Errata slip tipped in. 248 pages. Spine a bit dulled. 100104A

Kings Langley: Model and Allied Publications Limited, (1973). hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (approx. 7 1/4" by 8 1/2") salmon-colored paper over boards. 103 pages. Black and white illustrations including photo reproductions and measured drawings. Includes bibliography. Dust jacket front flap price clipped. Book and dust jacket are in very good condition. 092715B. Musical Instruments.

Basel, Boston: Birkhauser Verlag, (1991). First edition. hardcover. Very Good/very good. Text in English and German. Quarto, 180 pages, lavishly illustrated. Front free endpaper has some creasing, but otherwise book and dust jacket are in good shape. 012204A THis oversize book will inciu additional charges for international or expedited shipping. Aviation, Architecture

Bismarck, North Dakota: Sam H. Clark, Editor and Publisher, (1920). softcover. Very Good. Bismarck, North Dakota: Sam H. Clark, Editor and Publisher, (1920). softcover. Very Good. Crease on front cover, else Very Good. 62 pp. 021210E

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. first edition. Octavo, brown cloth covers, 119 pages. Frontispiece photographic portrait of James with tissue guard. A couple of cover corners lightly bumped. Crack in spine; head and foot of spine are worn. No dust jacket. From Editor's Note: " The following pages represent all that Henry James lived to write of a volume of autobiographical reminiscences to which he had given the name of one of his own short stories, The Middle Years.It was designed to follow on Notes of a Son and Brother and to extend to about the same length... " --Percy Lubbock. 092717D

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. First edition. hardcover. Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. First edition. hardcover. Good. With Documents Including Unpublished Diplomatic Correspondence. xiv + 335 pages. With black and white illustrations. 032509A

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. first edition. hardcover. Fair. Octavo,brown boards with gilt titles and rules on top cover, gilt titles on spine. 312 pages. A collection of five stories: The Velvet Glove, Mora Montravers, A Round of Visits, Crapy Cornelia, The Bench of Desolation. Spine has spotting and fading, interior is very good. No dust jacket. 021210A

The Cherryburn Press, 1981. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo, patterned paper-covered boards, cloth spine, paper spine label. 16 pages. 020207A . An essay about legibility and sign systems, including alphabets in type and calligraphy,

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. first edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Baldridge, Cyrus Le Roy. 157 pages, octavo. Illustrated by Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge. Color frontis. pictorial endpapers. Book has one cover corner bumped, light wear on cover edges, still Very Good; dust jacket is price-clipped, worn at edges, chipped at one corner. Good. Studio The story of a boy, Pirak, and his white reindeer pet, Urpu, and of how his white reindeer saved the Lapp village from starvation.

London, Methuen & Co., Ltd, (1920),, 1920. Hardcover. London, Methuen & Co., Ltd, (1920),, 1920. Hardcover. second edition. 16mo (approx. 4 3/8" w. x 6 3/4" h. ), hardcover, second edition. Green cloth covers, spine browned, and some wear at head of spine. Ex-lib, pocket labels from front endpapers, library stamp at top of first page of text. Good condition. 041407A

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, (1992). First Edition. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Octavo, maroon covers, xvii [1] 245 pages. Includes black and white photo reproductions. Book and dust jacket are near fine. 121809A " A unique record of rural childhood--a fascinating glimpse from the lives of children in the Scottish countryside from the turn of the country onwards." --from the dust jacket.

New York: The Century Co.,, 1908. later printing.. hardcover. near Very Good. Reginald Birch. Large octavo, green decorated cloth, x [2] 236 pages. .A story which includes a black Mammy in New Orleans with some dialogue in dialect. Illustrated by Reginald Birch, who is most famous for illustrating Little Lord Fauntleroy and was known as the "children's Gibson" because of the great number of pen-and-ink illustrations for children's stories he did for St. Nicholas magazine, Scribner's, and other periodicals of the day. Wear to cover edges, a very few spots in the margins, near Very Good condition. Former owner inscription on front free endpaper. 021210C