Search Results: Authors starting with J from Pages Past Books

VG/VG Stein & Day NY 1972 1st hardcover 8vo, 302 pages, b+w photos, index, bibliography. Light soiling to front endpaper and light dustjacket edgewear. Clean and solid with dj in protective cover.

Very Good just light binding wear Little, Brown & Co Boston 1898 early reprint hardcover 8vo, gray cloth, 418 pages plus ads, Black and gilt cover titling, inside front cover bears name, address and date (1901). Contents include sections on California and Oregon (150+pages), Scotland and England (appx. 70 pages), Norway, Denmark and Germany (190+ pages. ) California and Oregon section includes material on outdoor industries in Southern California, Fr. Junipero and his work, mission Indians in Southern California, echoes in the City of the Angels, and chance days in Oregon.

X-Lib o/w Good Allyn & Bacon (1921) early hardcover 12mo, 181 pp, color and b+w illus, appendix, color paste on pictorial cover. Book designed to present the rudiments of fire prevention to students in the public schools. X-Lib with author's name in white ink on spine and small stamp. Inside covers and endpapers covered with masking tape. Exercise at rear has pencilled entries. A few pages have small corner chips not affecting text. Solid.

Good+/no dustjacket Century Co NY 1893 1st hardcover 8vo, 132 pages, frontis photo, top edge gilt. Light cover wear with spine cloth darkened, a few brown spots inside front cover. Name and 1904 date on front endpaper. Solid.

G+, no dj Law Frederick D. Linn Jersey City No pub date Early edition Hardbound 8vo, 322 pp, top edge gilt, chapter decorations 1882 gift inscription inked on front endpaper. Covers worn at extremities; light general agewear. Solid copy.

VG/no dustjacket Macmillan NY 1934 early reprint hardcover 8vo, 224 pages, index, 106 photos and figures. Based on the Royal Institution Lectures, Christmas 1933, on earth, air, sky, moon, planets, sun, stars and nebulae "adapted to a juvenile auditory." Solid clean copy.

VG/VG Hawthorn Books NY 1972 1st hardcover 8vo, 212 pages, index, bibliography, foreword by J Edgar Hoover. Dramatic cases from the FBI's files on the 10 most wanted fugitives. Light dustjacket edgewear. Solid and clean.

VG Historical Publ East Burke 1911 hardcover 8vo, 148 pages, index, b+w photos. Endpapers foxed; otherwise clean with bright gilt titling and cover design.

Good+ Hurst & Co NY circa 1888 Arlington ed hardcover 8vo, 517 pp, b+w illustrations, map. Voyage of the US Exploring Squadron commanded by Capt. Charles Wilkes (US Navy) 1838-1842 with explorations and discoveries made by Adm. D'urbille, Capt. Ross and others, an account of the expedition to the Dead Sea under Lt. Lynch. Light cover wear, edgewear and spotting to rear cover. Text pages browning but not brittle. Solid with blindstamped cover and reverse gilt spine titling. American Rural Home Weekly ink stamp at bottom of preface page. (Book was premium with subscription. )

Good+/Good+ EW Haslehust illus Blackie & Son London no date early hardcover 8vo, 64 pages, color and b+w illustrations. Page edges foxed. Dustjacket with light edgewear including several short closed tears and shallow chips. Solid and clean with dj in protective cover.

VG+/VG+, VG+ Hamilton Helen S. Doubleday Garden City, NY (1961) unstated hardcover 8vo, 186, Bright and attractive dj showing missile launch.

Near Fine/ Near Fine Random House NY 1983 1st hardcover 8vo, 344 pages, b&w photos, index, bibliography, notes. Just the lightest shelfwear to book and dustjacket.

Good/Good condition Ives Washburn NY 1943 revised hardcover 8vo, 390 pages, b+w photos, index, foreword by Jack Dempsey. Revised and enlarged edition of history of the prize ring. General agewear with chipping and edgewear to dustjacket. Solid copy protected in Brodart.

VG+/VG Ralph A Herring Jr illus Moore Publishing Durham (1974) 1st assumed hardcover 8vo, 66 pages, b+w illustrations by Herring. Signed by author. Teacher's book of poetry relating to incidents of school and youth.

Good+ condition Edmund Garrett illustrations LC Page & Co Boston 1911 1st impression hardcover 8vo, 199 pages + ads, color frontis and cover by Garrett. Light edgewear and cover soiling. Pictorial color paste on a little rubbed.Bookplate from Lincoln-Imp Tea Room and circulating Library, Woodstock, New York and a name inside front cover. Solid, clean copy.

Good+ Thomas J Griffiths Utica 1886 1st hardcover 8vo, 363 pages. Name pencilled on front endpaper. Extremity rubbing only; solid clean and bright with strong gilt title panels and titling.

Near Fine/VG North Light Westport 1978 1st printing hardcover 4to, 176 pages, 120 illustrations; 32 color. Light dustjacket edgewear, with a few short closed tears and small edge chips. solid and clean.

G+ to VG, no dj Literature Alfred A. Knopf New York 1920 1st (scarce) Softbound 8vo, 32 pp, b+w photos This is a promotional piece containing a short biography and discussion of Hergesheimer's books. Light cover wear; otherwise solid and clean.

Very Good plus condition Ballantine Books NY 1975 1st ptg softcover 4to, wraps in black pictorial printed binder, heavily illustrated. Star Trek training command Star Fleet Academy, includes detailed information on Star Fleet, schematics of equipment, interstellar space warp technology, federation codes, flags, seals and uniforms, navigational charts and equipment, etc. Everything needed for the Star Fleet Academy cadet.

VG+/G+ Little Brown Boston 1976 1st hardcover 8vo, 518 pages, index, bibliography, appendices. An examination of the social impact of movies on American life. Light dustjacket extremity wear with a v-shaped chip at upper right rear. Solid and clean with dj in protective cover.