Search Results: Titles starting with J from Monkey House Books

New York: Random House, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket condition Fine. 206 pages, collection of essays on historical and literary subjects such as Theodore Dreiser, George Orwell, Ronald Reagan, and more. Some of the essays were previously published in Architectural Digest, Harper's Magazine, The Nation, The New York Times Book Review, and other periodicals. Doctorow is best known for his popular historical novels, Ragtime and Billy Bathgate.

Michael Butterworth, 2007. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author in black pen on the half-title, 'To Asher and Marc Enjoy Roger McKinley.' An 'offbeat libretto' with 18 original songs in this 'tragi-comic, imaginary musical journey to discover the nature of the greatest American painter of the 20th century.' 153 pages, light wear to covers. McKinley, born in Ireland in 1969, is a multi-disciplinary artist involved with FACT, the Foundation for Arts & Creative Technology.

New York: Current Literature Publishing Company, 1908. Purple cloth, white spine label.. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Albert Lynch.. Masterpieces of French Fiction Crowned by the Academie Francaise, known as ""The Immortals."" Preface by M. Thureau-Dangin. 310 pages, top edge gilt. Some staining/bleaching to the lower end of the covers. Some wear to board edges.

Washington: Freer Gallery of Art Occasional Papers, 1950. Softcover. Very Good. Volume I, number 4. B/w plates. ~30 page biographical sketch with ~30 plates.

New York: Carleton, Publisher, 413 Broadway (Late Rudd & Carleton), 1864. Brown embossed cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine. Good/No Dust Jacket. Ends and corners bumped/frayed. Blue endpapers soiled/spotted. Front hinge starting at top. Some spotting to pages. 327 pages plus advertisements. American novelist from New York.

Jefferson, North Carolina & London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2001. Large format softcover. Good/No Jacket. Biography of 'Gentleman Jim' Corbett, boxer and vaudevillian whose superstardom changed America's perspective on both stage actors and sports heroes. 254 pages, b/w photos, index. Ex-library with stamps and spine label.

New York, Evanston & London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1957. Hardcover pictorial boards. Good. Rhyming story of a little boy who takes a walk in the rain and meets some new friends. Ex-school library with pocket, stamps.

Boston: Small, Maynard and Company Publishers, 1918. Light purple cloth boards, affixed title label. Good/No Dust Jacket. Sidgwick, born 1877, was a British novelist known for her character complexity and detail, intricate and elaborate language, fine shades and twists. 358 pages, inked notes on ffep, library label pastedown fep, front hinge cracked, spine worn.

1957. Stapled paper wraps.. Very Good.. 48 pages, only very minor creasing. Souvenir program produced for the Jamestown Festival of 1957 by the Virginia 350th Anniversary Commission. Edited by Park Rouse, Jr. Illustrations by Elmo Jones. Celebrating America's 350th Birthday, based on the founding of the first permanent English settlement in 1607 at Jamestown.

A Random House Play, 1952. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket condition good. Civilized comedy based upon an original story by W. Somerset Maugham. Set in Mrs. Tower's drawing room in Regents Park, London, in the late 1930s. Originally produced at the Coronet Theatre on 1 February 1952 with Basil Rathbone. 195 pages, b/w photos, moderate wear, some damage to front endpaper, black marker, losses to jacket.

[n.p.]: Nelson Doubleday, Inc. and Odhams Books Ltd., 1966. Stapled paper wraps.. Good.. A child's book of Japanese history and culture, with color stickers to place on appropriate pages. 64 pages. Some stickers are placed, others still in sheet format.

1980. Large format softcover. Very Good. Museum exhibition at Japan House Gallery in New York, the St. Louis Art Museum, and Portland Art Museum. Organized and circulated by the International Exhibitions Foundation. 160 pages, color and b/w plates. Cover wear.

Norwich: Jarrold Publishing, 1996. Stapled softcover booklet. Fine. With City Centre. Map and illustrated walk. 29 pages, color photos.

Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1977. Softcover. Good. Geological history of the park's mountains, roadlogs, and points of interest. Maps and diagrams by the Geological Survey of Canada. 160 pages, back cover damaged. Published in cooperation with Parks Canada.

1995. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Travel guide to the island known as the heartland of Indonesia. Down-to-earth information, insider tips, 59 maps, color section on religious architecture. 377 pages, index. Cover crease, internals unmarked.

London: Evans Mitchell Book, 2012. Large format hardcover in slipcase. Fine/Fine. Photographs and Recollections. Chronicle of the 1950s West Coast jazz scene greats, including Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Billie Holiday, and many more. Intimate portraits and first-hand stories by the photographer later known for his work in Hollywood. Edited by Christopher Willoughby and Robin Morgan. Foreword by Dave Brubeck. 163 pages. Light wear to ribbon marker. Willoughby, 1927-2009, received a camera for his 12th birthday and spent a long career photographing prominent figures in the arts, movies, and music; he is best known for his portraits of movie stars including Judy Garland.

Paris: Librairie Paul Ollendorff, 50, Chaussee D'Antin, [no date]. Softcover. Fair.. Societe d'Editions Litteraires et Artistiques. Text in French. Complete but fragile. 340 pages. Tanned covers, brittle, rough edges. Rolland, 1866-1944, was a French novelist, dramatist, essayist, and musicologist. He won the Nobel Prize in 1915.

Chicago: Rand McNally Company, 1965. Hardcover pictorial boards. Good. Illustrated by the author. Jimmy is helping his mother in the garden and learns all about backyard and pond wildlife. Some damage and repair to spine. Pencil scribbles on the endpapers.

Jerome, Arizona: Haven United Methodist Church, [no date, c.2000]. Stapled softcover booklet. Very Good/No Jacket. 23 pages, brief history of the central Arizona copper mining town declared a National Historic Landmark in 1967. Points of interest for visitors.

Philadelphia: Jerrold Electronics Corporation., 1962. Softcover, Stapled booklet. Good/No Dust Jacket, as issued. 40 pages, illustrated with figures, schematic. Careful & highly accurate sweep frequency measurements. Staples rusty, 3-hole punched, edgewear.