Search Results: Authors starting with J from JWMah

Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989. (USA) Presumed first edition, Owner's name to endpaper, no other markings, the lower corner tips of the covers are slightly bumped, otherwise Near Fine; no dust jacket as published. Hardcover, xvi,410pp, index, graphs. Jackson is a Fellow of the IEEE and a recipient of the Technical Achievement Award of the IEEE, Acoustics Speech and |Signal Processing Society. This book provides a broad general introduction to the field of Digital Signal Processing. (3.0 JM LVR 205/1. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Np: Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, 1966. (USA) Small company stamp to the lower corner of the back cover, no other markings, Fine (-) in Very Good slipcase with some rubbing to corner tips. 8vo, off-white printed wraps, 56pp. Volume IV in the Mallinckrodt Collection of Food classics, a facsimile edition of the book published in 1758, complete with toned pages to resemble old book pages. Jackson was a chemist who in this book defends bakers and millers from charges of adulterating bread and flour with alum, chalk, lime, etc. From the edition of 1758, not 1820 as stated at the back of the book, obviously a misprint. (1.1 Jm HOZ 402/b1. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Duncan Baird, 2001. (UK) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Hardcover, 144pp, index, colour photos mostly of the Scottish landscape assoicated with the great distilleries. This book take sus on a journey from Glasgow to Arran to Campbeltown, Isay,Mull, Skye, Orkney, Wick to Inverness, visiting the Spreyside Rivers of Whiskey, Aberdeenshire, Dalwinnie to Perth to the Border. (2.5 JM 0322. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Wright, Harry Cory. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Skjern: Jakobshaven Turistforening., 1981. (DEN) limited to 3000 copies. 8vo, illus wraps, 29pp. Map, B&W drawings by Jacobi and by Arla Nicolaison. A dramatic poem based on a story of an Eskimo man from Thule. Text in English. Fine in soft-cover. (0.8 JM LVR 200/b2. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Thames & Hudson, 1994. (USA) 1st edition. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket in mylar sleeve. Red boards, 224pp, lovely colour photos. An enjoyable book evoking the beauty of villages in Provence from Vaison-la-Romaine to Riez. Map, list of market days and festivals. A heavy book. (4.2 JM LVR 200/0. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Palmer, Hugh. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

London: Frederick Harris Company, 1901. (UK) Owner;s name, music store stamp, the spine has a 3" split to the foot, Good only used copy. Card cover with rose weath design, side-stapled,, 18pp including the covers. Shadows; Paring' Just a-wearyin' for You; Des Las' Long Res'; I Love You truly; Still Unexprest; Des Hold My hands. For High Voice. (1.0 Jm HOX 1/a1. Staple Bound. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Sheet Music.

Toronto: Gordon V. Thompson Limited, 1933. (CAD) Music store stamp, Very Good used copy. 4 pages including both covers. Illus cover with photo of Kate Smith. (0.8 JM HOX 1/5. Sheet Music. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Sheet Music.

NY: The Heritage Press, 1967. (USA) Presumed 1st of this edition, No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published; lacking the slipcase.Lavender cloth, xii, 516pp, 16 colour illustrated plates. A handsomely produced edition. (3.0 JM HOZ 401/4. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Browning, Colleen. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Alberta: Hanna North Book Club, 1978. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, faint small spot to bottom edge of pages, otherwsie Near Fine; no dust jacket as published. Green cloth with gold titles, map end papers, 822pp, index, B&W photos. Hanna is a town in east-central Alberta, Canada. It's main industries are agriculture and oil production. Thislocal history covers the districts of Roayton, Centre Point, Meadowlands, Silver Valley, St. George, Antelope Hill, Solon, Grassy Slope, Dundee, Alps, Wiese, Chain Lakes, Annasheim, Hudson Bay, Scapa, Garden Plain, Netherby, Nuchan and Little Roud Lake, Corinne, Crow Hill. A heavy book, (3.7 JM HOQ 103/b2. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2012. (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title pages, no other markings, Fne in Fine duat jacket. Boards, 426pp, index, B&W photos. This is a authortive look at the struggle for resources with " the Rest of Canada that has plagued the West since the mid-19th century. " (Peter Lougheed). (2.0 JM HOJ 303/1. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Vancouver / Winnipeg: Blewointmentpress., 1981. (CAD) illus wraps, side=stapled, unpaginated. B&W drawings with incorporated verse handwritten. The first edition one of 500 copies. Slight darkening just to spine side of white portions of the covers, otherwise Very Good. . (0.9 JM LVR 206/b1. Staple Bound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbook, 1994. (USA) Stated 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: " To B---& B---/ with greatest love/ Thor Janson, '95" and then a drawing of sun rising from moiuntain peaks, no other markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Oblong green leatherette,149pp, colour photos of landscapes and animal life of the Yucatan Peninsula. Janson has worked in Central America for 20 years and created a conservation organization, Defensores de la Naturaleza in 1982. He has written more than 100 articles on nature and on the Mayan world. (3.0 JM HOZ 403/b2. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1870. No markings, small bookseller's stamp to corner of endpapers, rubbing to edges and corner tips of cover, generally Very Good; no Dj. 17.5 x 12 cm, red leather with gilt titles, 224pp. No illus. This edition has a preface outlining the changes by William Burness. This is a reference book for British farmers with tables for land measurement, for labour costs, sowing corn, etc. (1.2 JM HOQ 100/2. Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: F. Hazan, 1985. (FR) Presumed 1st eidtion. Owner's name and date to end paper, no other markigns, a touch of rubbing to cover corner tips, Very Good. Wraps with french flaps, 134pp, index, mostly B&W illus with some colour plates. This book on Andre LeNotre and his designs for the gardens of Vaux-Le-Vicomte and for Versailles is in FRENCH. (1.4 JM LVR 201/b1. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Duckworth & Co., 1909. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. Bookplate to front pastedown, there is a photograph of a plaque of Jefferies birthplace adhered to the front endpaper, a bit of rubbing here and there to the cover edges, a touch of foxing to the leading edge of pages,overall Very Good; lacking the dust jacket, Black cloth with gold spine titles, top edge gilt, xxxii, 312pp, Intro. by Edward Thomas; Choosing a gun; skating; Marlborough forest; Village churches; Birds of spring; etc. John Richard Jefferies was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels.(1.9 JM HOQ 101/4. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Lacking the Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Edmonton AB: Roadie Books, 2012. (CAD) 2nd printing 2012. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, no other marking, Fine. Wraps, 382pp. This is the first novel i a trilogy about homesteaders of German Lutheran extraction ettling in Saskatchewan. (2.1 JM LVR 201/b1. Signed by Author. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Black Dog Publishing, 2016. (UK) Prresumed 1st edition. AS New still in shrinkwrap. Hardcover, 192pp, reproductions of paintings. The Mackay Creek Series is a diaristic and critical commentary on the artist's role in raising global ecological consciousness. By painting snapshots of the state of a creek located in North Vancouver, over several years, Ron den Daas monitors and records the flux of one ecosystem through several cycles of the seasons. In his paintings, Ron den Daas Rather than merely depicting oil spills, toxic sludge, clear-cuts or wetland draining, his observations aim to sensitise viewers to the precarious ecological state that humans have created everywhere. In November 2008 den Daas found returned Coho salmon adults in Upper Mackay Creek. Although this was once a common occurrence in North Vancouver creeks, it was a rare event in the endangered urban creek ecosystem of 2008.bypasses humanity's obsession with 'the self' and comments on the small changes in the… Read More

Burnaby / North Vancouver: West Coast Line / Presentation House Gallery, 2005. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition No markings, Near Fine. Wraps with photo by Fred Herzog, 288pp, B&W photos. This is a collection of photographs and essays related to Presentation House Gallery's 2003 exhibition (January 11 - March 2). Photographic works by: Dick Bellamy, Michael Courcy, Jack Dale, Christos Dikeakos, Fred Douglas, Svend-Erik Eriksen, Robbert Flick, Greg Girard, Fred Herzog, Curt Lang, Robert Sherrin, Burnaby Historical Society, N.E. Thing Company, Henri Robideau, Brian Stablyk, Bruce Stewart, Roy Arden, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, Tony Westman, and Paul Wong. Essays by curator Bill Jefferies, Rob Brownie & Annabel Vaughan, Petra Watson, Fred Douglas, Gelm Lowry, Jeff Wall & Jerry Zaslove, Henri Robideau, Jamie Reid, Garry Morse, Clint Burnham, Wadye Compton & Robert Sherrin, Adrienne Burk, Amrie Annharte Baker, Christos Dikeakos, Derek Simons, Fred Herzog, Micheal Barnholden, Sharla Sava,… Read More

North Vancouver: Presentation House Gallery, 2003. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, Fine. Card covers, side-stapled, no page numbers [32]pp, B&W photos of Vancouver BC by Dick Bellamy, Michael de Courcy, Jack Dale, Christos Dikeakos, Fred Douglas, Sved-Erik Eriksen, Robbert Flick, Greg Girard, Fred Herzog, Curt Lang, NE Thing Company, Henri Robideau, Vrian Stablyk, Bruce Stewart, Jeff Wall, Ian wallace, Tony Westman, Paul Wong. (1.0 JM HOZ 401/3. 1st. Staple Bound. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue.

Vancouver BC: Jeunesses Musicales of Canada, 1968. (CAD) No markings, Very Good Paper cover with photos of the artist, side-stapled, [8]pp including both covers, There is a sheet laid in with the CV of J.J. Johannesen, first ntinal vice-president of the Jeunesses Musicales of Canada woth his photo. Text is in English and French. (1.0 JM ITF2 docket 42. Staple Bound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Programme.