Search Results: Authors starting with J from Parnassus Book Service

Kansas City, Mo.: Fred Harvey, (1918-1920). hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Kansas City, Mo.: Fred Harvey. (Ca 1919). (68pp.). 32 rich colored illustrations. Brown colored cloth spine over paper covered boards. There is a small tear at top margin of one plate, otherwise text and illustrations infine condition.Title of book added AMERICAN INDIANS with third printing; also added one more lithograph.S004.

1957. hard cover. Very Good. Vilnius: Politines Ir Mokslines Literaturos Leidykla. 1957. 275pp. Boards moderately stained, edgepoints bumped. Stamp on upper left of back board. Mild foxing throughout, appearing most heavily on inside cover and first fep. Pages clean, though edges are lightly soiled from dust. A very good copy.

Cambridge:Cambridge University Press., 1963. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press. 1963. viii+365pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Black boards lightly soiled and shelfworn. Internally, a previous owners name and address inked to 1st free end-page, otherwise a very good, clean copy. The binding is tight and hinges intact. 

The University of Georgia Press, 1984. hard cover. Fine/Fine. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press. (1984). 324pp. Illustrated. Hardcover w/ dust jacket. Both the dust jacket and the book itself are in near fine condition. There is no visible wear, tearing, or fraying to the dust jacket. The book is clean on the inside. No markings or inscriptions of any kind.

New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1926. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York: Frederick A Stokes Company. 1926. Hardcover. (vii)+428pp. Illustrated with 12 colored plates and 472 illustrations from photographs. Spine is torn at top edge as well as light wear to other edges. Internally, name pencilled to inside front board. Otherwise, a very good, clean copy.

http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2015/09/0_368.jpg. 339pp. With dust jacket. A fine copy. 

London:The Holland Press, 1959. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. London:The Holland Press. (1959). 108pp. Illustrated. Hardcover; lacks dust-jacket. Reprint of 1923 edition. Binding shows some wear to the edges and spine ends along with some mild soiling to the covers. Otherwise in very good condition. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, a very good copy.

Bourn3, Ma.: The Bourne Historical Commission., (1996). First Edition. hard cover. Fine/No jacket. 258pp. Hard-bound. Fine copy. Y019

New York:The Macmillan Company, 1896. First Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. New York:The Macmillan Company. 1896. xii+224pp. Illustrated by JohnD. Batten. Hardcover.  Decorated boards lightly soiled and shelfworn with wear along edges and both ends of spine strip chipped and frayed. Internally, end-pages age-toned but free of previous owners marks or signatures.  Light foxing/age-toning to first and last few pages, with an occasional smudge scattered throughout. The binding is tight but both  hinges have started, and the last free end-page has been removed. *Greek, Irish, Arab and Nordic tales of magical travels.

soft cover. Good. 466pp. Wrps. Internally a very good, tight, clean copy. Externally a few minor bruises of ccover. Altogether a very good useful copy. S008.

[Kingston]:Institute of Jamaica, 1973. First Edition. hard cover. Fine/Fine. [Kingston]:Institute of Jamaica. 1973. 122pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket. A fine copy, still in publishers shrinkwrap.

Charleston:Walker, Evans and Cogswell, 1950. hard cover. Very Good/Good. Charleston:Walker, Evans and Cogswell. 1950. Illustrated. 587pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is worn at the edges with some fraying and soiling. There are also severeal small chips and tears to the edges. Spine shows some sun-fading. Otherwise in good condition. Book itself shows some mild shelf-wear. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, this is a very good copy with a good dust jacket. FB009

London:Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1896. First Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. London:Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd. 1896. 1st edition. 247pp+32pp catalogue. Hardcover.  Orange boards with decorations in black, soiled, rubbed and shelfworn along edges and spine ends. Edge points gently bumped and worn and page edges soiled.  Internally, end pages age toned with a previous owners bookplate to inside front board, otherwise pages clean. The binding is tight and hinges intact. A good solid copy of the Author's first book.

London:Methuen and Co., 1900. First Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. London:Methuen and Co. 1900. 339pp+47pp. ads (dated August 1900). Illustrated with 12 plates by Will Owen. Hardcover.  Decorated boards lightly soiled and rubbed along spine edges, with light wear to edges and spine ends. Edge points gently bumped.  Page edges soiled. Internally, end-pages age-toned with a previous owners small bookplate to inside front board. Mild to medium foxing scattered thorughout. Page 57/58 has it's lower outside edge torn away, affecting the ends of the last 3 sentences on both pages. The binding is tight and hinges intact. 

[London]: Parkgate Books. (1997). 128pp. Illus. With dust jacket. An excellent copy.

Sklad Glowny W Ksiegarni Gebethnera I Wolffa, 1928. soft cover. Very Good/No jacket. Krakow: Sklad Glowny W Ksiegarni Gebethnera I Wolffa. 1929. 29 pp + 9 plates. Wraps. Covers are worn at the edges and spine, with some fraying. Interior is clean and free of stray markings, though the pages do show some light age-toning. Overall, a very good copy.

New York:Frederick A. Praeger, (1963). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2019/04/0_img_3755.jpg. New York:Frederick A. Praeger, Publisher. (1963). 1st American edition. xxiv+468pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Book in very good, clean condition inside and out. Dust jacket, while lightly shelfworn along edges, is still in very good condition as well. *"The Potsdam Conference, which delivered half of Europe into the Soviet Orbit, was surely a defeat for the Western democracies. But it was only a link in a long chain of faulty appraisals of the determination of totalitarian leaders to destroy European stability and freedom. This first pre-history of the Conference, written by a member of the German Bundestag, analyzes the events in Central Europe during the hundred years that began with the liberal revolutions of 1848."...dj   

New York:Frederick A. Praeger, (1963). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2019/04/0_img_3755.jpg. New York:Frederick A. Praeger, Publisher. (1963). 1st American edition. xxiv+468pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Book in very good, clean condition inside and out. Dust jacket, while lightly shelfworn along edges, is still in very good condition as well. *"The Potsdam Conference, which delivered half of Europe into the Soviet Orbit, was surely a defeat for the Western democracies. But it was only a link in a long chain of faulty appraisals of the determination of totalitarian leaders to destroy European stability and freedom. This first pre-history of the Conference, written by a member of the German Bundestag, analyzes the events in Central Europe during the hundred years that began with the liberal revolutions of 1848."...dj

Harper & Brothers, 1841. hard cover. Good. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1841. In Two Volumes. Hardcover, no jacket. 212pp+204pp. Good only condition. Half leather boards with gilt decoration and titling to spine, with with gilt stamped owner name (T.H. Perkins Jr) on front. Boards are heavily shelf worn, and leather is torn and cracked in places. Same owner name is neatly penned to both title pages. Title page for Vol 1 is torn with the bottom one inch or so of the page missing. In Volume 2 page 47/48 is also torn with with similar loss at top of page affecting textblock. Otherwise very satisfactory inside, with scattered light foxing but no markings. The bindings are secure. (cfm)

hard cover. Good. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2015/09/0_34840.jpg. 291pp. Illus. With dust jacket. A very good copy. Jacket mildly soiled. S124. SUBCONTINENT; NEPAL; HISTORY; MILITARY; BRITAIN; THE GURKHAS;