Search Results: Authors starting with J from Frey Fine Books

London: T. McLean, 1820. 1st Edition. Print. Very Good/Frame - 20th C.. 1st edition. An original, Hand-colored aquatint. Image size:11 1/2 x 7 3/4"; frame: 17 3/4 x 17 7/8". A Very Good print in Very Good frame. The hand colored print is lightly toned; in a early 20th century frame (by Arthur Ackermann & Son, Chicago, label on the reverse.) Gold painted wooden 20th century frame, with glaze. The print is matted, with light soiling visible. *** This fishing print was part of the series The National Sports of Great Britain, (1821), folio with 50 color plates that also included depictions of hawking, hunting, equestrian sports and other sporting subjects. Thomas McLean (1788-1875) owned a printing firm publishing a range of works during the mid 19th century, especially sporting, humor, satire and political caricatures, as separately issued prints and in periodicals such as the Monthly Sheet of Caricatures.***.

Rockford, IL: Ernest Harding Jackson, 1978. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition.A Very Good copy. 8vo., 304 pp. Tan printed stiff wraps. Light soiling to the wraps. Near Very Good, the fore edge has a light stain which does not affect the inside.

Worcester, Massachusetts: Putnam, Davis and Company, 1894. Limited edition of 35 on large paper, signed. Rebound. Very Good. J. C. Lyford. Limited edition of 35 large paper, with this being number 24, signed, 1894. Very Good. 4to., 332 pp.,with 14 illustrations from photographs by J. C. Lyford, plates, illustrated paper onlay on title page. Rebound in red buckram with title in gilt on spine., fore-edge trimmed. Small closed tear on title page, some slight waviness to pages. Small stamp "Worcester Item" on copyright page, otherwise clean and unmarked. CONTENTS: Outdoor Life in Literature; The March Woods; April Signs; May Flowers; June Days; The July Pageant; The August Fields; September Fruits; The Record of One Year: The Earliest Flowers - The Flowers of May - The Flowers of Early June I and II - The Mid-June Flowers - The Early Summer Flowers - The Early July Flowers - The Mid-July Flowers - The Mid-Summer Flowers - The Mid-August Flowers -The Late Summer Flowers; Appendix A. The Flora of… Read More

Davidson, NC: Davidson College, 2011. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. Herb Jackson. 1st edition thus, 2011. Fine. 4to., 64 pp., with full color images. Bound in publishers full color illustrated paper boards. Clean and unmarked.

New York: William G. Boggs, 1840. 1st edition. Wraps. Good. 1st edition. A Good copy. 8vo., 16 pp. Originally stitched, with a later single staple; may have been removed. Last page (15-16) loose. Good. Contains strongly worded arguments of the economic conditions and how it affects the working man under the Van Buren administration. Includes a letter from Andrew Jackson attacking Van Buren (pg. 15). Topics includes National Banking, Credit, British Influence, Whaling (particularly Sperm Whales).

New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2016. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 2016 printing. A Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. 4to., xi, 361, (1) pp., illustrated with numerous color photographs. Grey cloth in green illustrated dust jacket. Very light wear to the jacket. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve.

Rutgers University Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. 8vo., 270 pp., illustrated. Dark blue cloth in blue photo-illustrated dj.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/DJ Very Good. black cloth, 1st ed. (1972), 412 pages in Very Good (faded spine) Dust jacket. Text edges slightly tanned.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892. Cloth. Good. Roberts Brothers, 1892. A Good copy. 8vo., 490 pp., with 7 pp. of Ramona's Home. Bound in red cloth with floral decor on front cover and titles on spine in gilt. Cloth is worn and spotted. Tips, edges and spine are rubbed. Spine is sunned. Front hinge starting with webbing exposed. With previous owners signature inside front cover.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1974. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st edition thus, 1974. A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. Signed by Jackson on end paper. 8vo., 119 pp., bound in publishers gold cloth with brown dust jacket, $5.95. Very minor signs of shelf wear; clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.

Bangor, ME: Polaris Publications, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine.. pale blue trade size wraps, 1st ed.(1984), 364 pages, INITIALED (signed). Limited to 500, #142, Initialed by the Editor.

St. Paul, MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts / London Link, 1988. 1st edition. Paperback. Very Good. small quarto, stapled white illustrated wraps, 1st ed. (1988), {26} pages with 2 letters written / signed by Donald Jackson laid in. Exterior lightly soiled; text clean / unmarked. One typed / signed & one handwritten / signed letter (both with original envelopes) discussing the sale of an item in the exhibition. Purchaser's handwritten letter included.

New York Chicago. San Francisco: Rand McNally & Company, 1941. Cloth. Very Good. Ruth Caroline Eger. 1941 reprint of 1926 edition. Very Good. 4to., unpaginated, with full color and black & white illustrations by Eger. Bound in publishers blue cloth with a paper illustration affixed to front board. Tips rubbed through, some rubbing to cloth, paste down is clean and bright. Previous owners signature inside front cover, otherwise unmarked.

London: George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1935. 1st English edition. Cloth. Good +. 1st English edition. A Good + copy. 8vo., 384 pp., illustrated with a b&w frontispiece, and photographic plates. Bound in Grey cloth with gilt title ona light blue field. The board edges and the spine are toned a brown color. Otherwise, clean, tight. Originally published by Rowohlt of Berlin in 1934.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1954. Revised edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 2nd printing of the Revised edition, 1954. A Very Good copy in Fair dust jacket. 8vo., xx, 244 pp. Yellow cloth in gray dust jacket. The dust jacket is price-clipped, chipped, with a small area missing from the front panel. Light soiling visible on the yellow cloth. Old price written in ink on a front end paper. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve.

Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1959. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. small quarto, brown cloth, 1st ed. (1959), 285 pages in Good (lightly tanned, short tears, small chips to spine ends) Dust Jacket. Minor soil to textblock edge, owners bookplate on front free endpaper; text clean / unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.

Rion, SC: Winnsboro Blue Granite, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st edition thus, 1952. Near Fine. 4to., 30 pp., with black/white images. Bound in publishers cloth spine and paper covered boards. Title in gilt on spine. Tips rubbed, text clean and bright. South Carolina Winnsboro blue granite, which was quarried for many years in Fairfield County. The stone is of light blue color and contains particles of mica, feldspar, and quartz. It is much prized in construction and decoration.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1938. 1st edition. Cloth. Good+. 1st edition. A Good + copy. 8vo., xii, 292 pp. Bound in burgundy cloth with gilt titles. The cloth is lightly soiled, with the top edge of the text block speckled. Previous owner's book plate. The rear end paper has 3 lines of penciled notes.

Oxford University Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Fine copy. Octavo. Blue cloth. xxii, 428 pp, plates. Fine.

New York: G. W. Dillingham Co, 1882. Cloth. Very Good. (ca, 1882 - based on ads at the rear), A Very Good copy. 8vo., 325 pp Black cloth with gilt title on spine. Publisher's logo stamped in blind on the front board.Front hinge starting, with webbing showing.