Search Results: Authors starting with J from THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY

A COLLECTION OF 40 SIGNED HOLOGRAPHIC LETTERS SPANNING THE YEARS 1964 THRU 1993; 14 from Edith Tolkien (wife of J.R.R.) dated 1964 thru 1971 and 26 from Priscilla (only daughter of J.R.R. & Edith) dated 1969 thru 1993; most in fine condition, many multi-page; all but two with original envelope when called for and all addressed to long time family friend Professor W. Meredith Thompson of Canada. Some details/highlights: Edith thanks Meredith for naming her the dedicatee of his book and receipt of same; mentions that her and J.R.R. give nicknames to those people they are fond of (indeed in all 14 letters from Edith, she refers to the recipient as "My Dear Merrie Tom"); notes that the pirated edition (Ace paperback publication) of THE LORD OF THE RINGS is causing her husband extra work and delaying work on his next book; the reasons leading up to leaving and selling their Oxford residence; J.R.R.'s fall down the stairs and complicated knee surgery and later thrombosis as well as other… Read More

THE MAN IN THE MOON - SKY TALES FROM MANY LANDS, Holt, 1969, first edition., fine in dust-wrapper. Over fifty folk tales from around the world, many anthropomorphizing the heavenly bodies. Illustrated by Peggy Wilson.

THE FATE OF A FAIRY, Donohue, 1910, first edition., a bright vg+ copy. Illustrated with photos. A tale of a woman pioneer and her 27 years in the far west. Quite uncommon.

Golden Book for OCTOBER, 1929, Review of Reviews Corp., 1929, first edition, very good plus to near fine in full color pictorial wraps executed by Boris Artzybasheff. Contains contributions by Jack London, Edgar Allan Poe, W. S. Gilbert, Stephen Leacock, James Montgomery Flagg, et.al. Illustrated.

SHANE, Houghton Mifflin, 1950, first edition, tape stains to the front and rear boards as well as the end-papers and paste-downs, lending library bookplate on the f.e.p., else a vg+/near fine copy.

HISTORY OF THE SIXTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION, Republican Press Association, 1891, first edition, a tight vg or better copy with unbroken inner hinges in the publishers original dark blue cloth binding with silver and gold-gilt stamped spine. Illustrated.

ALL MEN ARE GHOSTS, Williams & Norgate, 1913, first edition., a tight, bright vg+ copy in a vg dust-wrapper save for the price clipped from the center of the dust-wrapper spine and 2 near one inch squares neatly excised from the lower corners of the front dust-wrapper panel. Very scarce in dw.

THE MAGIC FORMULA AND OTHER STORIES, Harpers, 1927, first edition., a bright vg+ copy.

ALL MEN ARE GHOSTS, Williams & Norgate, 1913, first edition., spne a bit faded, else a vg+ copy.

THE HEROES OF SMOKEOVER, Doran, 1926 first American edition, t.p.e. dusty, else just about fine in vg dust-wrapper with some chipping to the head of the dust-wrapper spine and upper right corner of rear dust-wrapper panel.

OF THE USES OF BOOKS, Limited Editions Club, 1937, first edition, some wear to the fore edge corner tips, lightening to the boards fore edges and top page edges, else a tight vg+ in a somewhat worn and chipped glassine dust-wrapper. 1/1,500 copies.

Why Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath with Mr. Grahame, Mr. Roosevelt, and I with Did Shakespeare translate The Decameron, Limited Editions Club, first edition, near fine in wraps.

ARCTIC AIR TERROR, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., ( 1937 ), first edition, small tear in spine, else a tight vg+ copy.

WHEN SHILOH CAME, Ogilvie, 1899, first edition., some soiling to covers and page edges, else just about a vg copy of this most uncommon book, a prototype of the sword and sorcery genre. Illustrated.

BEHOLD THE JEW, Macmillan, 1944, first American edition, slight wear to the head of the spine, else near fine in pictorial boards and matching vg+ dust-wrapper. The Greenwood Poetry Prize winner in the U.K. for 1943 by this British national poetry prize winner 10 years earlier.

EARTHLY CREATURES, Farrar, Straus & Young / Ballantine, 1953, first edition, margins of text block browning as usual, else fine in vg dust-wrapper with some marginal soiling and staining to the front dust-wrapper panel. From the library of the Ballantine bibliographer. Among those titles listed in BALLANTINE BOOKS: THE FIRST DECADE, Bailiwick Books, 1987.

LONGS AND SHORTS, Arnold-Powers,1942, first edition., vg+/near fine in vg dust-wrapper. SIGNED by the author. Stories about Detroit and its people.

MICHAEL JACKSON DANGEROUS, MJJ Productions, Inc., 1991, first edition, corners gently bumped, else a fine copy of this pop-up. Offered initially as a promotional copy, not for resale item. as noted. Seemingly uncommon.

ART AT AUCTION,THE YEAR AT SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET 1974-75, Viking, 1976, first American edition, fine in dust-wrapper. Great reference.

THE GOLD POINT, Stratford, 1926, first edition, age toning to the page edges, some light soil to the front cover, gold lettering somewhat dulled (more so to the spine), else a tight vg copy.