Search Results: Authors starting with J from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

New York: The Grolier Club, 1996. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. A catalogue of books from the collection of Robert H. Jackson.

Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1963. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 52 pages. Interesting text.

Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1942. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xii, 178 pages. Second edition (retitled) of "26 Lead Soldiers." Minor rubbing to boards, a good copy.

Detroit, MI: Detroit Photographic Co, 1898. two mounted photographs on thick card paper. 6.75 inches by 9 inches. two mounted photographs on thick card paper. Pair of photochrom photographs. Both photographs are in near fine condition with only the slightest hint of chipping along the edge of the photograph featuring the iconic Yosemite Valley, General View. The photochrom is a color photo lithograph created from a black and white photographic negative. Color impressions are achieved through the application of multiple lithograph stones, one per color. The process was developed in Switzerland and brought to the United States by the Detroit Publishing Company in 1897, which acquired exclusive ownership and rights to the process in America. Anticipating the success of the photochrom for the mass production of color prints, the Detroit Publishing Company recruited William Henry Jackson to become a partner. Jackson joined the company in 1898 as president, bringing with him an estimated 10,000 black and… Read More

London: Fulcrum Press, 1969. paper covered boards, dust jacket. small 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 64 pages. First edition. Scottish poet. Lightly rubbed and soiled white dust jacket.

(San Francisco, CA): San Francisco Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1940. cloth. 32mo. cloth. (viii), 43, (5) pages. Foreword, biographical sketch of the author. Published as a keepsake for those attending the 21st Annual Convention of The International Association of Printing House Craftsmen.

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. cloth, dust jacket. California. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 239 pages. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket. Maps to endpapers. A text-and-picture story marking three California centennials --- the Discovery of gold in 1848, the Rush of 1849, and, Statehood in 1850. It is the story of the American-in-search-of-his-fortune. Many envisioned fields of gold waiting to be picked up just for the trouble of bending over, few planned to remain. There are only estimates of how many came in those fews years. What we know is the mining was hard, thousands did stay on, and out of a n empty land, an agricultural and industrial empire rose. Still known as the Golden State, this is an narrative of how the earliest of the millions that now populate the state got here.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

N.P.: (The Friends of Old Dover, Inc, 1987. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xiii, (i), 72 pages. First edition. A history of the beginning of government in Delaware as centered around this important meeting place in Dover. .

New York and London: Hafner Publishing Company, 1964. cloth, dust jacket. Botany. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xl, 626 pages. Reprint of the first edition of 1881. (Besterman 948; Sheehy EC72). About 9,000 works described in short-title form classified by type of publication and brought together via a useful index. Jackson originally intended this work to be an update of Pritzel but discovered so many additions that he completed his book in this format. Ex library copy with markings.

Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1944. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 32 pages. Interesting text.

N.P.: (Lord Carlow at his Corvinus Press), 1939. cloth-backed linen covered boards, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corvinus Press. tall 8vo. cloth-backed linen covered boards, top edge gilt, slipcase. (44) pages. First edition, limited to only 50 copies, signed by Jackson, and printed for Lord Carlow at his private press, the Corvinus Press, and given away as Christmas presents. Jackson relates this classic story of a booklover turned bookseller who built a library of unique and other desirable books partially by murdering his customers.

Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1962. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 52 pages. Loosely inserted is a card from William A. Jackson, the librarian, inscribed "See p.36, Many thanks! Bill." He is refering to gifts to the library listed on page 36. Paperclip mark from where this card was once attached to cover.

Iowa City: The Prairie Press, 1956. paper wrappers. Prairie Press. small 4to. paper wrappers. 11 leaves. Limited to 400 copies. (Cheever no.117). The second volume is not present. A fine copy. The missing volume contained one page of text and an original page printed by Amerbach taken from LECTURA SUPER QUINQUE LIBROS DECRETALIUM printed during 1487-88. Amerbach was an excellent craftsman who learned the trade from Koberger. His printing business was eventually taken over by his student, Froben.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 285 pages. First U.S. edition. Bookplate of Robert H. Festner on front pastedown. Spine slightly age darkened. Minor tears and soiling to dust jacket, else a near fine copy. Discusses printing from the reader's point of view. Articles on the relationship between many famous authors and their printers; also articles on Morris, Fraser, etc.

Detroit: Gale Research, 1968. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xii, 364 pages. Reprint of the 1885 first edition. Spine spotted, else a near fine copy. Account of pictorial representation from illustrated broadsides to the mid nineteenth century novel.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. cloth-backed patterned paper-covered boards, paper spine label. 8vo. cloth-backed patterned paper-covered boards, paper spine label. 304 pages. Revised edition. Ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper. Soiling to spine, light fading to boards. Includes chapters on Wilde, Beardsley, Kipling and his important essay The Revival of Printing. Illustrated.

New York: Avenel Books, 1981. simulated leather, dust jacket. 8vo. simulated leather, dust jacket. 668 pages. Reprint of the 1950 edition. Published at $41.50. Some yellowing of pages, else near fine.

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1882. later decorated library buckram. 8vo. later decorated library buckram. xii, 355+(1) pages. Founded upon the collections of George James Symons F.R.S. Not in Besterman. Index Society Publications, XI. Includes catalogue of authors, anonymous publications and addenda. Index and corrigenda. Ex library with library name perforated on title page and markings. Spine sunned. Spine and boards soiled. Small tear on title page.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Co, 1947. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 264 pages. First U.S. edition. Jacket is chipped with small pieces missing along edges. The British edition was issued under the title BOOKMAN'S HOLIDAY.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. cloth, paper spine label. small 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. 196, (2) pages. First U.S. edition. Spine of jacket slightly faded. Chipping to the edges of the dust jacket, else a fine copy.