Search Results: Authors starting with J from Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)

Chicago. J&S Graphics, Inc. Nd. [1970?/80?]. Soft cover. 21.5cm, 340p., illustrated, in colour decorated stiff wraps, (trade paperback), very good to fine condition (Ho1.7). Listing 4,561 books. An extensive catalogue.

New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1896. 8vo. 21cm, the first edition, xxv,239p., with over 120 plates and illustrations inc. frontis, rubricated title-page, publisher's red cloth, gilt cover illus., t.e.g., wear on the top and bottom spine edges, good to very good sound copy . (tr). ~ A journey through La Mancha in the 1890's: "The customs, the character, the manner of dress, and the speech of its inhabitants, have remained practically unchanged, and of its landmarks Cervantes has made such vivid pictures that one finds it easy to identify them." Extensively illustrated in pen and ink by Spanish artist Daniel Vierge (1851-1904).

Saint John. N.B. Sun Printing Co . 1896. Soft cover. 20cm, 20p., printed wraps, fine Isaac Allen Jack (1843-1903), was a New Brunswick lawyer and recorder for Saint John. Most of the flowers described were found in the Saint John area.

St. John, N.B. Barnes & Co., Limited, Printers. 1913. Hardcover. 21.6cm, v,407p., frontis portrait, 48 illustrations, appendices, index, beige cloth, with stamped spine and cover titles, a fine copy David Russell Jack (1864-1913) was a noted journalist and historian who specialized in the Maritime provinces. This book includes a history of early Presbyterianism in New Brunswick.

North Sydney. Allen & Unwin. 1991. 24cm, il,414p., with plates and illustrations from photographs, very good to fine. (ads).

Vancouver. University of British Columbia. 1982. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 23cm. xi,229p. with 27 illustrations, brown cloth, scored in a few place else very good copy in a worn jacket (n17) Nine articles describing in detail the opportunities in Western Canada for British Women emigrants.

Boston. Roberts Brothers. 1875. Hardcover. 16mo. 14.5cm, viii,239p., maroon blind-stamped cloth, gilt titles, near fine (lgc). - A selection of essays, mostly relating to family life, including three on the inhumanities of parents. Of particular interest is an article entitled "Children of Nova Scotia

Toronto. Congregational Publishing Company. 1881. 22cm, 27p., yellowwraps, light soiling to covers, otherwise very good to fine. (on) Anhistorical study of the three hundred years of Congregationalism and itsdevelopment in Canada. "In Canada for many years the State Church castits shadow over and declared its intolerance in the land." Read beforethe 28th Annual Meeting held in Zion Church, Toronto, June 9th,1881.

Montreal. the Author. 1952. Hardcover. 23cm, 418p. with 3 maps, mapped endpapers, original blue cloth, titles stamped in red, bookplate, a internal library stamp, a good copy. (s8).

London. Macmillan and Co., 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 23cm, xviii,297p., ads., with 46 plates and illustrations, 3 folding maps, original dark blue cloth, gilt titles and gilt stamped illustrations of a Caribou on the cover, very good to fine. "In the fall of 1893 Jackson traveled to Arctic Russia's Vaygach Island, explored it and spent a year living among the Samoyads using reindeer and ponies for sledge hauls. He travelled the Arctic coast from Vaygach to the Pachora, ascended that river to Ust Tsilma, traveled westward to the Mezen via the Pinega to Archangel, thence eastward around the White Sea and north across the Kola to Varanger Fiord. This journey was undertaken to learn winter travel methods and gather information from the natives in preparation for the author's Franz Josef Land Expedition begun later in the year 1894. This narrative gives an account of the journey; notes on iceblink and ice in Barents Sea, the tundra, the Samoyeds' appearance, ways of life, language, folk-tales,… Read More

Montreal. G. E. Desbarats, Printer and Publisher. 1874. Hardcover. 12mo, 19,5cm, viii,[1],177p., with a beautiful tinted litho-graphed frontis plate, title page printed in black and red, complete with half title, with 150 plates containing 432 mark illustrations identifying each company, in the original pebbled cloth, spine titles faded, gilt upper cover crest and titles, edge bit worn, a very good to fine. (cgc) I have only had this book once previously, in the 1970's, and this is the same copy. Includes an "Alphabetical Index of Names of Proprietors", (pp153-162). It identifies the timber marks of 432 lumber and timber companies in Quebec and Ontario, particularly those of the Ottawa River Valley.

Washington. G.P.P. Senate. 1894. Hardcover. 8vo, 187p., plus 2 folding maps, 40 plate illustrations, appendices, in contemporary cloth backed self binder, paper label on the upper cover, fine. (Ar).

Calgary. Glenbow Museum. 1986. 4to. 28cm, 30.[13]p., with 9 illustrations, list of other works in the collection', dark blue printed wraps, window cover, spiral bound, as new. (Ar).

New York. John de Graff, Inc. 1969, 1969. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 25.5cm, 106p., plates and illustrations, bibliography, index, red cloth with black spine titles, a fine copy in very good jacket (S15).

Boston. Herman Publishing Service. 1970. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 16mo. 16.5cm, secondedition (revised & enlarged), 93p., with 440 text illustrations of marks,index, original red cloth, illustrated jacket, fine (arts).

New York. A.S. Barnes and Company. 1949, 1949. Hardcover. 22cm, viii,224p., frontis portrait, 27 illustrations, red cloth, gilt titles, spine titles slightly faded very good to fine (b20) A study of the women's championship tennis players of the 1920's and 1930's.

New York. A.S. Barnes & Co. 1941, 1941. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 23.5cm, 77p., 14 illustrations, 11 diagrams, index, red cloth, fine in good to very good jacket (b20) The author won the Wimbledon Singles Championship in 1936. She analyzes the game of Tennis on the basis of her own experience and gives the reader basic standards to follow.

Hodderand Stoughton. N.d.. Hardcover. 12mo, 19cm, 4th edition, xii,272p., with 23illustrations, black stamped pictorial red cloth, gilt spine titles,light rubbing to covers, very good (bndgds). ~ A selection of shortstories, in a humorous vein, first published in 1911. Sketchillustrations by Will Owen. W.W. Jacobs is best remembered for thehorror story, "The Monkey's Paw" (1902).

Published by Sutton Publishing Limited for the Army Records Society. 2002. 21.5cm, xv,225p., index, bibliography, frontis map, illustration, red cloth, fine in fine jacket. (Mt).

London. Chapman and Hall. 1878. Hardcover. 4to. 27cm, xvii,470p., with c.170 plates and illustrations from engravings, index, original elaborately decorated cloth, gilt titles, spine chipped but expertly restored, former owner signature on the title page, a very good copy thus (agc). A classic nineteenth century study of collecting, in four parts: furniture, hangings, statuary, and ornamental art.