Search Results: Titles starting with J from Independent Books

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1931 Date of 1931 on copyright page, engraved and printed by Henry Stone & Son. 271 numbered pp +1; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative orange-yellow eps, sm frontis; occasional foxing/toning to edges and pp, a.e. lt tanned/foxed, pp 19-20 has sm closed tear. Cover: med blue, black artwork/titles front, gilt artwork/titles spine; modest shelfwear, spine mildly faded, extremities a bit worn, 2 tiny tears tail, faint brownish stains all surfaces, more pronounced at joints and edges, tiny paint spot spine. A solid, clean, and generally attractive copy of this scarce dated 1931 edition.

New York: TWAYNE PUBLISHERS, INC., 1962 174 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, green topstain, olive eps; a.e. lightly tanned. Cover: dove gray, gilt titles to w/dk gray blocks front/spine; minimal shelfwear, lead edge of spine rubbed. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, orange, black blocks w/ reverse "21" front, reverse and black titles front, black titles spine, photo and black text back, modestly rubbed, small crinkles head, sm closed tear back. Review copy w/ Twayne Publishers sheet laid in dated 1962. We have a substantial Cabell collection.

BATON ROUGE AND LONDON: LOUISIANNA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1983 186 numbered pgs.+2. HBw/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, black eps, frontis; no defects. Cover: taupe, black titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, teal, b/w photo front, black titles/text all surfaces. Essays regarding the works and life of the famous yet somehow obscure American author.

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS: BOARD OF TOURIST INDUSTRY, 1941 132 numbered pp. TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, double frontis; t.e. lightly foxed, PO info inked inside front cover, mildly cocked. Cover: lovely cream yapped boards, pastel artwork front, brown titles front/spine, embossed logo back; light shelfwear. For English-speaking tourists in Japan.

New York: HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY, 1955 247 numbered pgs.+3. HBw/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. tanned, a few small spots. Cover: navy, gilt titles front; v light shelfwear, slightly cocked. DJ: clipped in Brodart, blue, gold titles front/spine, back white w/pink and black text; lightly rubbed, small chips at spine corners, 2" closed tear front top.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1873 Circa 1873. Condition notes: (xi), 404 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, red speckled edgestain; edges and eps well-toned, PO name inked and dated 1874 to sfep. Cover: Turkish marbled paper w/ calf backstrip and tips, 5 raised bands, gilt ornamentation + gilt titles to dk green spineblocks; substantial shelfwear, front board barely hanging in there, rubbed, 1 spine block chipped but title still intact. A charming period book, worse for wear.

San Marcos: Green Tiger Press, 1990 45 numbered pp +1; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, orange eps, color frontis; no defects. Cover: lt green, period artwork front/back, black/red titles front, black titles spine; no shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, same as book, spine slightly faded. A lovely copy. Giftable.

New York: A.L. Burt, Publisher ca. 1899. 286 numbered pp +20; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps, frontis; a.e. tanned, t.e. dusty, modestly cocked. Cover: pumpkin, black artwork/titles front, reverse titles to gilt spine block; v lt shelfwear, extrems barely worn. A very nice copy indeed.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap 426 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, yellow topstain, decorative eps, color frontis; a.e. slightly tanned. Cover: blue, lt blue titles front/spine; moderate shelfwear, extrems worn, several jagged scratches front, minor color lifting. DJ: unclipped, titles front/spine; edge/shelfwear. Eleven tales, 8 full page color plates of Cooke's beautiful artwork.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1893 80 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; remnant of label rear ep, lacks ffep. Cover: green silk, brown ornamentation/gilt titles front, plain spine; lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, v lt soil. A lovely little volume

New York: Greenburg, 1948 170 pp. + 1; HB. Foreword by Branch Rickey. Pages: clean, bright, tight; edges lightly tanned. Cover: red w/ black artwork front, black titles spine; several lighter dampstains front and back, top corners and a few edge locations bumped, head and heel curved, small frays to back f.e. and a few corners. You know this story: enormous racial prejudice toward a huge pioneering sports talent.

New York: George Rutledge & Sons 371 pp. + 2; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, black eps, engraved frontis; t.e. dusty, f.e. smudged, hinges starting. Cover: blue silk, black ornamentation/gilt titles front/spine; lt shelfwear, s few minor spots back. Nice copy.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983 182 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; no defects. Cover: beige cloth, taupe cloth spine, black titles spine; head and heel curved. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, gray w/ pastel blocks & b/w artwork and titles front and spine, black text back. Several 1/4" to 1-1/4" closed tears. " . . . a graphic and telling protrayal of the enfant terrible of the psychoanalytic world."

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1931 "A glowing romance of the days of Queen Bess." The copyright and title pages would indicate the publisher is Little Brown, however, the DJ and the spine indicate it is an A.L. Burt reprint of the Little Brown original. Condition notes - 326 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, yellow topstain; gift inscription inked to ffep, mildly cocked. Cover: med blue, black titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, white, double printed w/ Burt advertising on the inner surface, full color artwork front, black titles front/spine; spine sunned, moderate edge/shelfwear w/ numerous sm and tiny closed tears, the tail a bit tattered and the head tattered and chipped w/ loss of most of title.

New York: Greenburg, 1950 216 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. tanned, PO info inked back ep, cocked. Cover:yellow, dk green titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, green, yellow/green artwork front, yellow titles front/spine, green text to yellow block back; sm closed tears/chips, head/heel worn.

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1993 373 +2 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; no defects. Cover: green w/ pink titles stamped to spine; no defects. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, pink w/ photos to cover and back, cream text to front and spine, black text to back; no defects. An in-depth biography of a contoversial author who finally gets due respect.

Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1957 178 pp.; TPB. Galley of Brucolli's Part II of the 2-volume Cabell bibliography.This copy has been preserved by a plastic cover and is in great condition. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. slightly tanned, a few light smudges.

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1993 373 pp.; HB w/DJ. 373 +2 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; no defects. Cover: green w/ pink titles stamped to spine; no defects. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, pink w/ photos to cover and back, cream text to front and spine, black text to back; 1" closed tear to front. An in-depth biography of a contoversial author who finally gets due respect.

New York: Twayne Pub., Inc., 1962 174 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, blue eps; sticker residue ep. Cover: navy, silver artwork front, silve titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, blue and brown, brown artwork front, reverse and brown titles front, brown titles spine, sepia photo and bown text back, modestly rubbed, a little offsetting from colorful eps, small crinkles head/heel. We have a substantial Cabell collection.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1925 87 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, b.e. deckled; t.e. dusty, eps and edges tanned. Cover: dk blue, logo blindstamped front, gilt titles spine, head and heel rounded, slight shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, cream w/ sepia subject photo front, brown titles and text all surfaces; tanned, edges and points worn, 1/4" chip across bottom of spine, tear to bottom of spine, numerous small closed tears, fragile. We have a substantial Cabell collection.