Search Results: Authors starting with J from JimsOldBooks

London: Hammond, Hammond & Co Ltd, 1961. Dustwrapper has a number of small tears and creases along the top edge, otherwise a good clean tight copy in unclipped dustwrapper of this book dealing with the experiences of the author who, aged 18, accompanied her husband to a remote part of Zululand where the husband was working on a Government scheme to drain swampland for sugarcane and build a bridge. Most of the book describes life in the small settlement consisting of around ten White people and various Native servants. 188pp, 1 map.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Blackie & Son Limited, 1954. No dustwrapper, very slight bumping to spine ends of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with black titles on spine and front board all still clear. A story set in Cornwall in the late eighteenth century. Also published in French as "Le Chat et le Serpent". No publication date shown, but was originally published in 1954, though this may be a slightly later reprint?. 206pp, 3 full-page b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Relf, Douglas. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Hutchinsons Universal Book Club, 1950. Book Club edition. Some creasing and tears to the edges of the rather grubby dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, two previous owners' names (one scribbled out) on f/ep and inside front board, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A histoical novel based around the life of Mary Queen of Scots. Originally published in November 1949, this is a book club edition from exactly a year later. 352pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Book Club, 1951. Book Club edition, no publication date given but the book was originally published in 1950, so probably a year or so later. Slight creasing to edges of dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel. 281pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Book Club, 1954. Book Club edition from 1954. Some creasing and tears to the edges of dustwrapper, with a tear to the top 2'' at the spine. Some bumping to corners of red boards, some foxing to page edges and to back panel of dustwrapper, and a faint smell of cigarettes, but otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover novel. 320pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Ware, Herts: Eric Jakob, 2007. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. The author's autobiography from his childhood in the East End of London in the 1940s onward. Signed by the author on title page ''To ... Best Wishes, Eric Jakob''. 170pp, b&w illustrations.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Arkana, 1995. A mark on front cover where a label has been, a small scuff-mark to bottom end of spine, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Deals with shifting from human to animal form in folkore, mythology and superstition. 288pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1947. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of boards, a one-inch split to the top right-hand side of the spine, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book, part of the publisher's "King Penguin" series. This one looks at book illustration in England in the nineteenth century. 72pp plus 16pp colour and b&w illustrations, 38 b&w illustrations in the text.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1991. Some creasing to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also a tear to the top end of the fold at the back panel. minor bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A biography of Robert (usually known as Bob) Boothby, who was Conservative MP for Aberdeen and Kincardine East (later East Aberdeenshire) from 1924 to 1958, later sitting in the House of Lords. 476pp, 16pp b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Headline, 2012. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers. Sticker on front cover ''Signed by the author at Waterstone's'', and signed ''Quintin Jardine'' on title page. The third of the author's Primavera Blackstone stories set in Spain. 378pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

St Peter Port, Guernsey: Guernsey Press Company, 1967. Scuffing to spine ends and to edges of same, some old water-spillage to front cover resulting in marking to top corner of same and corrugation to frontispiece, a previous owner's name on first page, some yellowing to the b&w plates, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this soft-cover book. An introduction to the animal and plant life of Guernsey. 100pp, 9 b&w illustrations and a map.. First Edition. Paperback. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Toms, Carel (photographer). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Adventurers Club, 1967. 1967 Adventurers Club edition. Some rubbing to the back of the unclipped dustwrapper, previous owner's name on first page, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the author's life on a cattle ranch in northern Arizona in the 1950s. 190pp, 11 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing, 2016. A small half-inch tear to bottom of front fold of unclipped dustwrapper, original owner's gift message written inside front board, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the 1916 Battle of Jutland based on British and German accounts up-to-date (at the time of writing) research. The author is the grandson of Admiral Jellicoe. Originally published in 2016, this is a reprint with corrections from the same year. 402pp, 16pp colour and b&w illustrations, 4 maps.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1926. Minor creasing and a couple of small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of orange boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this small hard-cover novel. Originally published in 1922, this is a later, undated edition, part of the publisher's "Herbert Jenkins Shilling Library" series which was issued between 1920 and 1935, so possibly mid 1920s. The story deals with an upper-class War hero who has lost his money and disguises himself to become a footman in his girlfriend's millionaire father's house. 312pp.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1954. Some creasing and a couple of small tears to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, the white back panel of same is a bit grubby. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, some foxing to page edges, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A sequel to the author's "Three Men in a Boat", this has the three friends on a cycling tour in the Black Forest. Originally published in 1900, this is a much later (40th impression) from 1954. 192pp, b&w frontispiece.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1898. No dustwrapper, some scuffing and bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, gilt ttiles on spine are faded but still readable, black titles on front board are still clear. Hinges just starting to split inside front and back covers, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a not too bad copy of this hard-cover book by the author of "Three Men in a Boat". Originally published in on August 17th 1898, this is a third printing from 1st November the same year. Twelve humorous essays by the author in the same style as his 1886 "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow". 360pp plus 14pp adverts.. Third Impression.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: W W Norton, 1994. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, a previous owner's address label on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Originally published in 1896, an episodic novel (or maybe a collection of interlinked short stories) set in the fictional Maine seaport of Dunnet's Landing, here published with eight other stories, three of which had been added to the book in some editions. Introduction by Marjorie Pryse. 296pp, some b&w drawings.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Delhi: Matrix Books, 2001. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, a small ink-mark inside front board, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author claims that the prohibition of beef and the sacredness of cows did not exist in Hinduism in earlier times. A hugely controversial book in India, the book was issued with a new preface in the UK as "The Myth of the Holy Cow". 183pp.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cluj-Napoca, Romania: Cluj University Press, 1999. A small crease to the the lower corner of back cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy,with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Looks at aspects of church history in Romania in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Signed and inscribed by the author (in Romanian) on half-title. 184pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Nicholson and Watson, 1938. This is the 1938 edition published by Nicholson and Watson. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of pale blue cloth boards with dark blue thistle to the front, previous owner's bookplate on f/fl, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover historical novel set in the early part of the fifteenth century. Deals with the life of James I, king of Scotland. 575pp, 2 maps and a family tree.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.