Search Results: Authors starting with J from Resource Books, LLC

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978. First edition, first printing, 1978. Tan cloth with dustjacket. Very good condition with firm binding, clean pages, small name stamp at upper corner of front free endpaper, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [25.00] and his also very good with no chips or tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Blackie & Son Limited, 1923. Original 1923 children's annual in fair to good condition illustrated with many color plates, additional illustrations in black and white. A child has neatly colored a number of the black and white illustrations. Stories and poems for children's entertainment. Pictorial hardcover, 200 pages. Quite a bit of edgewear, especially to the corners, some soil and spotting to the covers, good hinges, sound text block, minor foxing to last few pages, otherwise clean pages with a gift notation in pencil on the front free endpaper, neat coloring as noted.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1885. Undated, ca. 1885. Hard-to-find Victorian collection of verse illustrated throughout with sepiatone lithographed decorations and additional illustrations in black and white. Color illustrated softcover, ribbon-tied binding, 24 pages. Covers have some light surface soil and a few edge chips, contents separated from covers but well bound together, pages a little age-toned but clean. Long 1892 inscription on inside front cover by an 88 year old woman, referencing that the book was sent from a friend in Terre Haute, Indiana, where she had previously been a teacher. Attractive copy.. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Worcester: J. Grout, Jr., 1830. Undated, ca. 1830. Worn. A collection of poems for children, illustrated with full-page wood engravings. Pink softcover, 24 pages. Front cover detached, rear cover nearly detached, edges chipped, binding resewn. Pages foxed with a few edge chips and corner creases, no significant chips or tears, no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Fair. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

New York: J. W. Johnson, Inc., 1950. Original 1950 catalog by a wholesale house selling to jewelers and other retailers. Very well illustrated thourhgout, includes prices, Thick paper covers with plastic comb binding, various pagination, more than a half inch thick. Covers rubbed and lightly worn at the edges, crack to plastic comb binding but binding sound, foxing to first and final pages, pages clean with a few minor instances of light foxing, business card stapled to first page, no other names or markings. Very slighty musty odor from attic storage.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hartford, Connecticut: J. P. Fitch, 1878. Title page dated 1878. Fair to good copy in Royal blue textured cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black, 507 pages plus publisher's ad. Spine mottled from moisture exposure (rest of book not affected, no damp odor), light edgewear, good hinges, firm text block, foxed endpapers with an old bookplate on the front pastedown, pages a little age-yellowed but clean, no other names or markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

N.P.: W & J Sloane, 1961. Hardcover catalog of fine reproduction traditional furniture offered by Sloane in 1961. Gray and black cloth printed in gilt, map endpapers, photographs in black and white throughout, plain white dustjacket with company thistle logo on the front. Very good with firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [10.00] and has some light age-related shelf soil, some minor closed tears, effectively no paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: J. Wrigley, 1830. Undated, ca. 1830. Chapbook containing the tale of Tom Thumb illustrated with five woodcuts and a brightly hand colored woodcut front cover, twelve pages including the printed covers. Heavily edgeworn with numerous tiny margin chips, binding restitched by hand, much corner creasing, final leaf with internal closed tears and minor chipping with very little loss of text, pages age-toned but generally clean.. Soft Cover. Fair. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

New York: Mackinnon-Fly Publications, 1931. Quite worn but complete issue with bizarre cover art. Covers shelf soiled and chipped at the edges, additional chipping to spine, magazine exchange stamps on front cover and first page, pages age-browned and a little brittle, first page (advertising) a little stuck to the front cover at the inner margin, binding basically sound with no loosened pages, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Impact Press, 1970. Undated, 1970s. Inscribed to a specific person on the title page. Printed softcover, 31 pages. Covers lightly soiled, internally clean.. Inscribed by The Author. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Orono, Maine, U.S.A.: Northern Lights, 1988. Published 1988. Collected verse. Printed softcover, 46 pages. Looks and feels new, no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Orono, Maine: Northern Lights, 1991. First edition, 1991. Collected writings and poetry by Jackinson. Red cloth, 107 pages. The book looks and feels about new, with no names or other markings. Very clean copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lake Como, Florida: New Athenaeum Press, 1956. First edition, 1956. Limited to 500 copies. A collection of Jackinson's early verse. Light orange softcover, 44 pages. Two typed poems with holiday greetings at the top laid in loosely at the front, not signed. Some edgewear and light cover soil, internally clean with no names or other markings, creases to the lower corners of a few pages.. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/None. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Taplinger, 1981. First edition, 1981. Includes an original handwritten two color stylized monogram of the author on the front free endpaper. Illustrated in both color and black and white. Maroon hardcover with color dustjacket. Lower edge rubbed, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [22.50] has some very minor shelfwear, no chips or tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Doubleday, 2004. First edition, first printing [2004], inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper. Brown boards wtih teal spine, gilt spine lettering, 385 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with a thin fade line around the bottom perimeter, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is also in very good condition with a slightly faded spine.. Inscribed by the Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967. Near fine copy of the first edition. Includes eighteen previously unpublished articles on book collecting, bibliography and related subjects. Illustrated in black and white. Very dark gray cloth, 236 pages, printed gray dustjacket. The book has some minimal edge rubbing, otherwise about fine condition with good hinges, sound text block, very clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is subtly faded with an inch-long closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel, no paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1968. Second printing, 1970. Black cloth with dustjacket. Very good condition with firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [7.25] and is also very good with no chips or tears.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Denver, CO: The H. H. Tammen Curio Company, 1900. Undated, ca. 1895-1905. Large softcover book with dramatic photos by this noted photographer, a wonderful record of life in the Rockies during this time period, picturing not only the dramatic scenery but towns, railroad engineering feats in the mountains, Glenwood Sprints, gold mining in Cripple Creek, etc., all presented in black and white. Softcover, about 11 inches tall and 12.5 inches wide, 72 pages. Worn condition, with contents separated from the covers and most of the pages separated into sections. Covers have a spine split about halfway up, edgewear, no chips. The pages have light edgewear but no chips other than a small bumped area at the top edge affecting the very far top margin of the first few pages, not affecting any printed areas. Pages clean with a little age-toning to the outer edges, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. Oblong 4to.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Smithmark Pubishers, 1992. Brightly illustrated throughout with accompanying how-to diagrams. Brightly color-illustrated and striped laminated covers, endpapers with a simulated handmade look, illustrated title and half title pages, 256 pages, matching illustrated dustjacket. The book is in fine condition, looks and feels new with sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is in very good condition with a minor closed tear to the top of the rear panel, effectively no paper loss.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Akron, Ohio and New York : The Saalfield Publishing Co., 1938. First edition, 1938. Teal clownface patterned hardcover with bright red and yellow cover lettering, Scotch Terrier patterned red endpapers, color frontispiece, 128 pages including answers sheets at rear, matching illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with some edgewear including rubbed corners and spine ends, bottom fifth of front cover joint surface cracked, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no markings, besides two pages with careful erasure marks. The mylar protected dustjacket is corner clipped and is in very good condition with mild shelf soil mostly apparent due to its light background, with a very slightly darkened spine, and gently rubbed perimeters.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.