Search Results: Authors starting with J from Zetetic Books

London: Counter Attack, 1933. 16pp, original paper wrappers. Lightly browned and creased, staples rusted, otherwise fairly clean. Published as a supplement to 'Counter Attack'. First Edition. Paper Wrappers. Good. 4to. Pamphlet.

London: Peace News 8pp, original paper covers, n.d. c.1943. Covers lightly foxed, pen note to fore-edge margin of page seven, slightly creased. Originally appeared in 'The Adelphi'. About education reform rather than the actual conscription of children. NLW, BL and Society of Friends in COPAC. First Thus. Paper Covers. Good. 8vo. Pamphlet.

London: John Nutt for Bernard Lintott and Thomas Ward, 1713. [2], iii-vii, [1], 488pp, [24]. Original full calf covers, later rebacked, raised bands, spine in six panels, title label to second panel. Rubbed to extremities, internally staining to edges of pastedowns and endpapers from leather, text lightly browned throughout, but generally fairly clean. The first edition of Jacob's first work, it covered the administration of estates, and was reprinted several times in the eighteenth century, and on into the nineteenth. Jacob was named by Pope as one of the dunces in Pope's 'Dunciad', the "blunderbuss of the law". The final three pages are a list of law books available from both Lintott and Ward. ESTC T137000 (the variant with page viii unnumbered); Maxwell and Maxwell, page 400. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 8vo.

Truro: Andrew Brice, 1742. [12], 148pp. Contemporary calf, recently rebacked, smooth spine, divided into six panels by gilt double rules, title label to second panel, covers with two line gilt border. Leather repairs to top edge of upper cover, corners bumped and worn. Internally lightly browned but generally clean. List of subscribers to rear, with one name added in manuscript at the end, Mr. William Hext?, of St. Austle, a clock & watchmaker (there is a Fran. John Hext of Bodmin listed as another subscriber), but another copy seen in a catalogue notes the name as Hart. Apparently the first book printed in Truro. The printer, Andrew Brice, was born in Exeter and apprenticed there to Joseph Bliss, and only seems to have been in Truro for a brief period, with the vast majority of his output having an Exeter imprint (see BBTI and ESTC). The poems include titles like 'The Complaints of Poverty', 'Wrestling, a Poem', 'The Atheist', and 'To His Book About to be Printed'.… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. [8], ix-xxii, 317pp, [3]. Original buckram in DJ. Corners slightly bumped, pencil lines to margins with occasional notes, otherwise quite bright. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Very Good. 8vo.

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co. Et al, 1825. [3], 4-23pp, [1]. Modern half cloth and boards, with title label to upper cover. Externally very good, internally lightly browned throughout, with a few spots of foxing to final four text leaves. The toast was "Freedom of labour - but let the labourer recollect, that in exercising his own rights, he cannot be permitted to violate the rights of others". Goldsmiths 24684. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 8vo. Pamphlet.

London: T. Cadell, A. Donaldson, J. Balfour and R. Taylor, 1772. [4], 40pp, bound in modern half-calf and boards, with leather title label to front board. Externally very good. Slightly cropped at head affecting page numbers towards end, but never text. Slightly browned, but generally quite bright, one instance of critical marginalia (in old hand) to page seven, with slight staining to margin of last three pages, otherwise quite clean. "Jenner, Charles (bap. 1736, d. 1774), writer and poet ... Jenner's first published work was a volume of poems in 1766 ... After The Placid Man his most interesting work was in verse once more, especially in Town Eclogues (1772)" (Oxford DNB). First Edition. Half Calf and Boards. Good+. 4to.

New York: Chelsea Marketing Corp., 1976. Single sided printed poster, approximately 575mm x 725mm in size. Very slightly curled from being rolled, otherwise bright and clean. Presumably satirical, with Carter as the second coming. First Edition. Unbound. Good+. Elephant Folio. Poster.

London: No More War Movement 20pp, original paper covers, n.d. circa 1932? Staples rusted, with one or two spots of discolouring, but generally fairly bright and clean. Four locations in COPAC (Bishopsgate, Ox, NLS and LSE) . First Edition. Paper Covers. Good. 8vo. Pamphlet.

No Place: No Publisher Single sided printed poster, approximately 490mm x 715mm in size, n.d. but probably late 1960's. Curled from rolling, otherwise quite bright and clean. Image of L.B.J. rolling a cigarette or perhaps a joint. Unknown. Unbound. Good+. Double Elephant. Poster.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. [6], vii-xii, 232pp. Original cloth in DJ. A couple of pencil marks to content pages, otherwise bright and clean. Conrad D. Johnson (d. 1992) was an American philosopher, probably best known for his work in the Philosophy of Law. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Very Good. 8vo.

New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2011. [5], vi-xii, [1], 2-356pp, [2]. Original printed boards. Quite bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket (as Issued). 8vo.

Oxford: W. Baxter for Law and Whittaker, 1816. [3], vi-xiv, [3], 2-205pp, [1]. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper over boards, smooth back divided into six panels by black calf onlays, second panel lettered directly with title, panels one, four, and six with drawer handle style tools, and the remaining panels with small drawer handle tools and two palmettes, with small roundels and seed heads to head and tail. Rubbed to spine, especially to black onlays, and rubbed to extremities. Lightly browned internally, previous owner's name to head of ffep, with the armorial bookplate of Edward Thornbrough to front pastedown. Lacks half-title. The engraved frontispiece is by Samuel Springsguth (c.1769-1844), after Henry Corbould. For Springsguth see Alexander, 'A Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Engravers 1714-1820', page 861. Fleeman 59.4R/80. Reprint. Hardback. Good. Illus. by Springsguth, Samuel After Corbould, Henry. 12mo.

No Place: No Publisher Single sided printed poster, approximately 530mm x 710mm in size, n.d. late 1960's or possibly later? Curled from being rolled, small nicks to head and foot, number in pen to reverse, otherwise clean. Similar in format to the 'Nixon as toilet paper' poster, though very slightly smaller and without the lettering to foot. Unknown. Unbound. Good. Double Elephant. Poster.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xv, [1], 246pp, original buckram in DJ. Bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

San Francisco: Happening Press, 1967. Single sided printed poster, approximately 480mm x 635mm in size. Slightly curled from being rolled, number in pen to reverse, otherwise quite bright and clean. Printed by The Print Mint in Berkeley. Anti-Johnson poster with a picture of Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan as Tarzan and Jane. Image is from Weege's 'Peace is Patriotic' portfolio. First Thus. Unbound. Good+. Illus. by Weege, Wm.. Elephant Folio. Poster.

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1959. [5]-vi, [3], 2-163pp, [1]. Original cloth in DJ. DJ lightly browned, worn to extremities, chipped to spine ends and corners with a few small nicks and tears to edges. One or two pencilled lines to margins, but generally clean. Oliver Johnson (1923-2000), philosopher specialising in ethics and epistemology. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Good. 8vo.

London: P.S. King & Son, 1926. 24pp, original card covers. Covers lightly browned, especially to edges, internally quite bright and clean. Present Day Papers No.4. Cover design by F. Kendrick. Not in COPAC. First Edition. Card Covers. Good. Illus. by Kendrick, F.. 12mo. Pamphlet.

London: T. Bensley for Vernor and Hood, 1796. Two volumes complete - Volume One - xl, 325pp, [1] and Volume Two - [4], 366pp. Later full straight grain morocco, raised bands, spines in six panels, author in gilt to second panel, volume number to third, and date to foot with single fillet frame, remaining panels framed with double fillet, covers with double fillet panel with fleurons to corners, with double fillet border, gilt roll to edges and inner edges, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Spines very slightly faded, rubbed to spine ends and corners, light scuff to foot of upper cover of volume two. Internally some light off setting from engraved portraits, but generally quite bright and clean. With sixteen engraved portraits (as called for), additional engraved titles, with the bookplate of Viscount Birkenhead (F.E. Smith) to front pastedowns. Cordasco 78. Variously attributed, "the authorship of the Junius letters has been the subject of innumerable publications of various merit. The case for Philip… Read More

Amstelaedami (Amsterdam): Henricum Westenium, 1690. One volume in two - Volume One - [68], 380pp and Volume Two - 381-656pp, [120]. Later (late-eighteenth century) full-calf, raised bands, spines in six panels, contrasting title / volume labels to second and third panels, volute corner pieces and central lozenge shaped tool to remaining panels, gilt flower head frame to covers, all edges marbled with blue paste endpapers. Rubbed to extremities, slight loss to head of spine of volume one. Internally some light soiling to a couple of the index pages in volume two but not affecting sense, otherwise fairly bright and clean. Previous owner's name to title and first page of volume two. Additional engraved title by Van Gouwen, with letterpress in red and black. A reprint of the first Graevii edition of 1688, but with all the important notes. Dibdin notes (of the earlier Graevii edition) that "these editions, containing all the variorum notes and those of Graevius, are much superior ... Graevius ...… Read More