Search Results: Authors starting with J from BiblioStax

New York: The Century Company, 1932. Stated first printing. Revised and enlarged second edition. A classic original; not a reprint. Navy cloth boards, gilt stamp spine titles, moderate wear. Deckled pages very good. Intriguing treatise on dealing with anxieties, feelings, emotions, and other problems with nerves, including many case studies. An early discussion of nervous disorders and their treatment, providing an interesting light into how this field viewed and treated such problems in the early 20th century. Hardcover, with glossary, bibliography, indexed. 420 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Book.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1983. Red boards, dk. grey cloth spine wrap, gilt spine titles, as new. Pages fine. Dj fine; protected in new clear sleeve. Here is the dramatic, previously unpublished, story of the secret Egyptian-Israeli peace initiative. A vital account by peacemaker and mediator, Elmore Jackson. Fascinating insight into aims and contraints facing the major actors in this diplomacy effort - Nasser, Ben-Gurion, Sarett, Eisenhower, and Dulles. 124 pages. Few bookstore marks.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Bantam Books, 1978. First Bantam printing, August 1978. Moderate wear. Pages fine. A unique system that can help make more money and have more fun for the rest of your life. How to play the great American job game. Learn how to get interviews w/people who can hire you and control the interview. 79 ways to get the job you want or change the job you have. 276 pages. Name inside cover.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Maplewood, New Jersey: Hammond Books, 1970. First printing; no additional printings. Oversize design. Coated black cloth boards, gilt cover art and spine titles, slight wear. Pages fine, no writing. Bright pictorial dust wrapper, moderate wear, rub; clipped; protected in new clear sleeve. Highly readable depiction of Indian life in North America. Jacobson presents a unique treatment supported by dramatic, mysterious color illustrations by Don Spaulding. Also, many continental and regional maps in color. Offers insight into origins, religious concepts and myths, migrations, and drives of twenty-five tribes including MesoAmerican and Eskimo. A beautiful classic. Fine book craftsmanship. Printed in the USA. 93 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Spaulding, Don. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Perma Books, 1949. Moderate cover, edge wear. Pages very good. PermaBooks - Books to Keep. Draw, stud and many variations of straight and wild games - how to play and how to win. Winning psychology, strategy and your mathematical chances by an expert. Many tables of odds plus a complete set of rules. 189 pages.. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1939. Purple and white wraps, moderate corner, edge wear. Pages very good, little highlight. Frontispiece painting adolescent Rousseau. 135 pages.. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1926. Floral patterned boards, dk. tan cloth spine wrap, gilt spine titles, moderate wear. Some corner wear. Pages very good, clean. #122 of 1,000 in limited edition for England and United States of America. 232 pages.. Hardcover. Very Good. Book.

383 Madison Avenue, New York : Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966. Rare material. 1966 at copyright. Blue boards, gilt spine titles, slight shelf wear. Pages near fine; no writing. Title page features the Holt owl in orbiting space rings emblem. Bind fine; hinges intact. Original dust wrapper, moderate shelf wear; unclipped 2.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Front flap with date code 0566. Front panel presents a photograph appearing as a satellite model in space w/rocket like flame apparently over planet partially contained w/in image at corner courtesy of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Illustrated throughout with rare and intriguing diagrams, charts, maps, imagery of space before computer graphics by Versatron Corporation. Also includes, set into volume, a signed Kennedy Space Center stamped envelope commemorating the Intel Sat 4 launch. Signed by Leonard Jaffe below stamp: "Leonard Jaffe". Includes signed letter of authenticity from prior collector.… Read More

383 Madison Avenue, New York : Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966. Rare material. 1966 at copyright. Blue boards, gilt spine titles, slight shelf wear. Interior text near fine, light shelf wear. Several areas marked out at front and back endpapers, each text block edge; library card pocket inside back cover. Title page features the Holt owl in orbiting space rings emblem. Bind fine; hinges intact. Original dust wrapper, slight wear; unclipped 2.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Front flap with date code 0566. Front panel presents a photograph appearing as a satellite model in space w/rocket like flame apparently over planet partially contained w/in image at corner courtesy of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Illustrated throughout with rare and intriguing diagrams, charts, maps, imagery of space before computer graphics by Versatron Corporation. This rarity offers a concise and fascinating record of the progress in the first communications satellites: SCORE, COURIER,… Read More

383 Madison Avenue, New York : Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966. Rare material. 1966 at copyright. Navy and white pictorial wraps, moderate shelf wear. Cover features artistic non-concentric image of white rings w/several splotches of green and red; also, the Holt owl in orbiting space rings emblem. Pages near fine; no writing. Bind fine. Illustrated throughout with rare and intriguing diagrams, charts, maps, imagery of space before computer graphics by Versatron Corporation. This rarity offers a concise and fascinating record of the progress in the early communications satellites: SCORE, COURIER, ECHO, WET FORD, RELAY, TELSTAR, and SYNCOM. Jaffe explains the requirements for communications satellites, the advantages and disadvantages of proposed systems, suitable orbits, and techniques for achieving these orbits. Mr. Jaffe provides an introduction to orbital mechanics and a discussion of some technical parameters. He examines potential sources of space power for satellites and provides… Read More

American Embassy, London : United States Information Service , 1966. Rare piece of ephemeral pictorial history and material prior to rocket launches in 1960's America. Filled with mock-up imagery and models planning for flight in to space. Leonard Jaffe was the Director of Communcation and Navigation Programs in the Office of Space Science and Applications of NASA. Since 1958 he was in charge of NASA satellite activiities. He served as Chariman of the NASA International Ground Station Committe of eleven nations. He was awarded the Arthur Fleming Award for 1964 as one of ten outstanding young men in the Federal Service. 15 pages. Insured post.. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

New York: Berkley Medallion Books, 1976. Second printing. Moderate corner, edge wear. Pages very good. Classic concentric circle cover art w/Robert Wagner and Eddie Albert. An outrageous pair of bunco artists out to con the con-men. "TV's master con artists out to sting in the scam of the century." A novel based on the Universal Television pilot "Switch" written by Glen A. Larson. 138 pages.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Middlesex, England: Penguin - Pelican Books, 1970. Moderate corner, edge wear. Pages very good, clean. Classic cover design. A critical review of the literature on superstition drawing freely from ethnology, sociology, psychology, folklore, and the popular press. 158 pages. Few bookstore marks.. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Middlesex, England: Penguin - Pelican Books, 1970. Moderate corner, edge wear. Pages very good, clean. Classic cover design. A critical review of the literature on superstition drawing freely from ethnology, sociology, psychology, folklore, and the popular press. 158 pages. Few bookstore marks.. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

London, England: George Allen & Unwin, 1973. Scarce material. Moderate corner, edge wear. Pages good, some w/underscore. This book looks at linguistic vistas, the place of linguistics among the sciences of man and linguistics and natural sciences. The section headings are: linguistic vistas; the place of linguistics among the sciences of man; linguistics and natural sciences.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hollywood, California: Private Editions Books, 1963. Rare sexploitation title. Moderate cover wear. Pages good, moderate discoloration. Classic cover art of girls in states of undress and brazziered girl at back. The uncensored confessions of a small town tramp... Apprx. 150 pages.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Seattle, Washington: Bronwen Press, 1986. Moderate cover, edge wear. Pages good; few w/intelligent accent. Majestic purple Himalyas through silver stamped window cover design by Ray Pelley. Some new windows through which to perceive your world. An enjoyable, concise read and charmingly illustrated. The second collection of James' commentaries. She offers you a chance for more grace and wit, humor and quality. The possibility of new choices. And, her Nepal journey to "the top of the world." 125 pages.. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Newmarket Press, 1997. First printing. Dj fine; unclipped 14.95. From the bestselling author of Success Is the Quality of Your Journey and Thinking in the Future Tense comes a beautifully written, step-by-step guide to self-discovery which identifies the pathways most common to all the wisdom traditions. 117 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Book.

39 Paternoster Row, London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. 1902 date at title page and copyright. First printing point of issue present: Nietzsche mispelled "Nietsche" at page 38. Also, without adverts at back. Rare. Dark bluish green full-cloth boards, tan spine label w/titles, moderate shelf wear, bow. Deckled pages very good. Matte black endpapers. Vintage note penned at blank endpaper. Gilt top edge. Bind good; hinges intact. Attractive near very good example. William James was a pioneering American psychologist and philospher. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, education, psychology of religious experience and mysticism, and the philosophy of pragmatism. Pragmatically interpreted, pluralism or the doctrine that is many, means only that the surrounding components of reality may be externally related. Everything you can think of, however vast or inclusive, has only the pluralistic view. Going against the grain of… Read More

Rochester, New York: Taylor Instrument Companies, 1944. Early printing. Stated Sixth and Revised Edition; 1923 and 6-44 at copyright. Signed by Norman Sperling at front endpaper. Sperling is noted as being the primary co-designer of the Astroscan - the most popular telescope ever. Dk blue buckram (cloth) boards, gilt embossed cover title and design, spine titles, lt. shelf wear. Cover gilt image of clouds coming over mtn. peak. Heavy stock coated pages, fine. Bind fine; hinges intact. Many photoplates of instruments with description. The 6th edition Comprising Practical Hints for Amateur Weather Forecasters; The Barometer as the Footrule of the Air; The Thermometer and its Family Tree; Humidity-Its Effects on Our Health and Comfort; The Mountains of Cloudland and Rainfall; The Compass-The Sign-Post of the World. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white phtography and drawings with accompanying descriptive captions. This book is written with the idea of simplifying the readings of… Read More