Search Results: Authors starting with J from The Book Closet

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Tan boards with brown lettering; dj has chips and dings, but is protected with a Broadart cover; pages has age spotting and stains. "There are few novels better known than the story of 'Ramona.' Intensely thrilling wihtout sensationalism, it most graphically illustrates the white man's injustice to the Indian. It is a stirring romance of an Indian girl, Ramona, who, though brought up on a great Spanish estate in Southern California, chooses the life of her own people." from the dj

New York: Philomel Books, 2001 Green binding with off white overlay; silver lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with Brodart cover. "The 'Flying Dutchman!' The legend of the wind-tattered ghost ship and its mad sea captain, cursed to sail the seas forever, has been passed down throughout the centuries. But what of the boy and his dog who were trapped aboard that ship? What was to become of them?" -- from the dj

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984 Cream boards with burgundy tape binding; embossed signature of author on front board; dj is price-clipped and is protected with Brodart cover and does show some minor shelf wear; from a nursing home library, so there are some stamps on ffep and page edges; stated first edition. "Seldom, if ever, has the intensity and sweep of the Civil War been revealed with such deep emotion and truth as in this towering novel. Demonstrating once again his consummate skill in weaving fiction with fact, John Jakes recounts the adventures of two unforgettable families -- the Hwazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina -- in a land ripped apart by the cataclysm of war." -- from the dj

New York: Random House, 1989 Cream boards with black tape binding; gold lettering on spine; dj shows some shelf wear and is now protected with a Brodart cover; stated First Edition. "Thirty years after the Gold Rush, men and women of adventurous spirit began to discover the true gold of California. They found it hidden in her soil and her streams, in black oil and golden citrus...So begins 'California Gold', the new historical novel by John Jakes. Sweeping from 1886 to 1921, the novel explores the lure and the legends of California, charts its change from a frontier to a modern state, and chronicles as only Jakes can the loves and batters of a host of vivid character..." -- from the dj

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1987 Blue boards with cream tape binding; red foil lettering on spine; boards show shelf wear; dj has some shelf wear, not price clipped; protected with Brodart cover. The Conclusion of the North and South Triology. "Springtime 1865. In Washington, a two-day military parade and gala proclaim the Union triumph. In Richmond, smoldering ruins testify to the Confederate defeat. The Civil War is over, but there is no peace." -- from the dj

Mysterious Press, 1986 1st US Edition; no dust jacket; full number line; spine lettering is faded.

New York: Villard, 1997 No remainder marks; however there is a price sticker on the back of the dj; dj protected in Brodart mylar cover; not price clipped.

New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1938 Red boards with what appears to be water damage; spine is tight and pages appear clean; pages are yellowed with age. Part One: The Border Captain and Part Two: Portrait of a President.

New York: Knopf, 1990 Blue boards with purple tape binding; dj is price clipped and shows shelf wear and some chips and dings.

Knopf, 1997 1st US Edition; dj is not price clipped.

New York: Knopf, 1995 1st US Edition; dj is price clipped and shows minor shelf wear; name on ffep

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989 First American Trade Edition; blue boards with purple tape binding; author's name in embossed silver letter on front board' silver foil lettering on spine; dj is not priced clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. "After the publication of his latest book of poetry, Commander Adam Dalgliesh has escaped from the hubbub of London to the remote Norfolk headland called Larksokes and the converted windmill he has inherited from his aunt. But he cannot so easily escape from murder. A psychopacthic serial killer has been terrorizing the area, strangling one woman after another, and here, in the shadow of the great Larksoken Nuclear Power station, the police are frantically trying to stop the slaughter." -- from the dj

Scribner, 1980 1st Edition; dj is price clipped and shows minor shelf wear; pages show age yellowing

Knopf, 2001 1st US Edition; dj is not price clipped.

New York: Doubleday, 1988 Blue boards with black tape binding; silver lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; dj not price clipped; 270 pps. "Fabian Hightower stands at his mother's bedside. 'Go back to sleep, Mum,' he says. And she does, smiling in anticipation of the time they'll spend together in the morning. But that morning never comes. Instead, Alex Hightower wakes to the news that her only son was dilled in a head-on automobile accident while driving home from a school vacation in France. At first Alex is confused and uneasily tries to convince herself that Fabian's appearance was merely a dream, or perhaps a premonition. But then strange events start to occuer. The words 'Help me, Mother' flash across her computer screen. Fabian's face suddenly appears on newly developed photographs. Odd noises and smells invade her house. Objects move by themselves." -- from the dj

New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1933 Black boards with glued on title on spine; spine is cracked and loose; glued title strip pulling off; writing on front and back endpapers; pencil notes in margins; ink stains on some page edges.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2012 "Every day National Georgraphic experts travel the world, going behind the scenes and into the heart of a country's culture, history, and people. This incomparalbe experience can be your through National Geeographic Traveler guides, featuring: Charting your trip; Experiences; Insider Tips; Walking, Train, and Driving Tours; Excurions off the Beaten Path; Not-To-Be-Missed Lists; gorgeous color photographs, illustrations, and maps." -- from the back cover

New York: William Morrow & Company, 2002 Minor bumping to edges; nice, clean copy

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008 Maroon boards with gold foil lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; stated First Edition 2008. "It begins with a single shot...Devon Brady is a devoted veterinarian working in a makeshift hospital on a remote search and rescue mission. When a man arrives with his wounded black lab, Ned, she has no idea that she is about to be plunged into a whirlwind of terror and destruction. " -- from the dj

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2015 Green boardsd with silver lettering on spine; dj is not price-clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; stated first edition. "The Rocky Mountins have cast their spell over the Courtlands, a young family from the plains taking a last summer vacation before their daughter begins college. For eighteen-year-old Caitlin, the mountains loom as the ultimate test of her runner's heart, while her parents hope that so much beauty, so much grandeur, will somehow repair a damaged marriage. But when Caitlin and her younger brother, Sean, go out for an early morning run and only Sean returns, the mountains become as terrifying as they are majestic, as suddenly this family find themselves living the kind of nightmare they've only read about in headlines or seen on TV." -- from the dj