Search Results: Authors starting with J from Paul Haynes Rare Books

First edition. Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1969. Quarto. xxii, 411pp. Frontispiece portrait of Alvaro de Mendana. 45 maps and charts. Near fine original dark green cloth, gilt to spine. In the original unclipped dust wrapper, with slight wear to extreme edges, in a protective cover (the reflective marks on the illustration/scan are on the protective cover)

First edition. B. H. Blackwell, Oxford. Simkin Marshall, London. 1912. Octavo. vii, 106pp. Original red cloth, gilt to spine and upper board. Pages untrimmed. Slightly faded to spine. Light toning. Inked out name to fep.Henry Cecil Jackson (1883-1962) Sudan Political Service, 1907-1931 Sennar, Blue Nile, Upper Nile, Red Sea, Berber, Bahr el Ghazal and Halfa provinces.

First edition. Printed by John Nichols. Sold by Wm. H. Allen et al. London. 1838. Crown octavo. xvi, 310, (1). (1)pp. 18 engraved plates, of which 3 are folding. Original cloth, gilt to spine, with original price in gilt, embossed blind decoration to boards. Bookseller's plate to fep. Rubbed to extremities. Light sporadic foxing. Water stain to plates 1 and 2. Stamp of Thomas Fletcher to fep and ffeps. A contemporary dated signature of historic interest to fep., edge slightly adhered to ffep at gutter. Includes Mundium to Wallajahpet folding map; Malaga to Granada folding map; Prices of the principal instruments as manufactured by Mssrs Toughton and Simms, Fleet Street.
Rare: 7 copies held worldwide. 4 copies in UK libraries.
JACKSON, BASIL (1795-1889) Netherlands, Waterloo, St. Helena with Napoleon Bonaparte (he spoke fluent French), Canada - Rideau canal construction. Professor at East India Company's college at Addiscombe, where this was the textbook. The Times noted in 1889 he was "one of the four… Read More

Hachette. Paris. 1967. Octavo. 461pp. Text maps and plans. Map to fep. Publisher's adverts to rep. Original blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board. Viking ship vignette to upper board. Two silk bookmarks. Endpapers lightly toned. Together with 17pp Supplement, also dated 1967, loosely inserted. (The supplement is often missing)

First edition. Christopher Davies. Llandybie. 1969. 36pp. In d/w.

Robert Gerallt Hamlet Jones (1934-1999)

Writer and educationist. His only book of poetry written in English

W. Spurrell & Son. Carmarthen. 1920. Royal 8vo. xix, 347pp. 6pp subscriber’s list. Photo port. frontis., 4 further plates, text illus. Original green cloth, gilt lettering, slight rubbing to head and tail of spine, some slight foxing. Inscription removed to fep with rubbing. Volume 2 was not published until 1992. A Brief Description and History of the Castle of Oystermouth by W. H. Jones FRGS 8pp. loosely inserted, with owner’s signature.