Search Results: Titles starting with J from Sanctuary Books

Very Good+. [Pennsylvania] Printed by R.B. Wilkins & H. Minshall. Large 4to broadside on silk, text in two columns, with a typographical border featuring hearts and flowers and an eagle cartouche. Shulze was governor of Pennsylvania from 1823-1829. The broadside notes that he won election by more than 25,000 votes. When he was reelected three years later the vote came in at 72,000 to 2,000, one of the most lopsided victories in American political history. We could not locate this specific broadside, though a similar single page item is held by Pennsylvania Historical.

London: Pavilion, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cloth, lightly rubbed at spine tips and corners. In NF, faintly rubbed dust jacket. Inscribed by the author, "To Douglas, Fairbanks, Jr., who knew the heroine of this book as well as anyone. With gratitude and best wishes always, Fred Lawrence Guiles / Gainesville, March 13, 1995." Fairbanks and Crawford married when he was just 19, and she was 23. They divorced 4 years later and, though it was not exactly amicable (Crawford cited "grievous mental cruelty," "a jealous and suspicious attitude," and "loud arguments about the most trivial subjects") he was quick to defend her after the scathing publication of MOMMIE DEAREST. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., descends from the "Royal Couple" of Hollywood's Golden Era. Fairbanks, Sr., and his wife, Mary Pickford (Junior's step-mom) were amongst the most prolific and powerful actors and producers, as co-owners of Fairbanks-Pickford… Read More

Flint, MI: Bamberger Books, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Copy #8 of only 50 signed copies. A card signed by the publishers/designers is laid in.

London: Collins, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cloth; illustrated dust jacket. Tail of spine bumped, otherwise book is fine, in like (near fine) dust jacket. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and inscribed to him by the author. Fairbanks (1909-2000) was an iconic American actor from Hollywood’s Golden Era (his credits include “Gunga Din”), and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II.

New York: Viking, Elisabeth Sifton Books, 1987. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cloth-backed paper over boards; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 171. Faint spots of staining on top edge of text block, nowhere infringing into the margins or text itself; otherwise book is bright, tight, and clean. Dust jacket faintly rubbed, else fine.

Osceola, Wisconsin: Motorbooks International, 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine. Jaguars for the Road," bound in green fauz leather with illustration and "The Survivors" stamped in gilt on upper board. Illustrated throughout. Inscribed on the FFEP to Ogiens, from Rasmussen. Spine tips and corners lightly rubbed, else fine. A nice, unique copy.

New York: Grove Press, 1969. First Edition, First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Translated by Jon Lulius. An uncommonly nice copy in pictorial DJ with colorful motorcycle image to front panel.

[New York]: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing, with complete number line. Paperback. Very Good+. Wraps; small square 4to; pp. 128, illustrated in b/w and color. Covers rubbed and faintly dust-soiled; spine a bit sunned, extending just a bit onto front panel. Text block is bright and clean. Includes a bibliography and index.

London / Calcutta / Sydney: George G. Harrap & Co., 1927. Hardcover. Good+. Contemporary gilt-ruled blue calf, gilt-stamped lettering in brown leather spine labels (compartments 2 and 3), gilt-stamped ornament direct in spine compartments (5 raised bands), inside gilt dentelles, a. e. g.; 8vo (133 x 212 mm); pp. [12], [474], plus full-color frontispiece and 15 plates. Spine dry, scuffed, sunned; front hinge cracked and loose; corners lightly chipped. Internally bright and clean. Fragile, but text block is bright and clean, gilt edges pop. An excellent candidate for repair. Sold as is.

Tokyo: Kodansha, 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Henry Millerís copy, with a Japanese booksellerís invoice, Miller's address label, and a Japanese bookmark illustrated with HM photo, all laid in.

New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second printing. Henry Miller's copy, with numerous annotations and comments in his hand, as well as mentions of Hoki, the young Japanese cabaret singer he married in 1967.

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, [1908]. Hardcover. Good+. Paper-covered boards, cloth backstrip; 8vo; pp. 148, with illustrations in text, plus 35 pages of b/w illustrations at rear (glossy stock). Boards scuffed, with a few small bumps and chips along the edges; spine a bit frayed at tips; corners bumped. Adhesive stain on front paste-down (where a bookplate was removed); some underlining and marginalia in red ink (not infringing upon legibility); text block a bit age-toned. A nice working copy, and scarce.

New York: Unmuzzled Ox, 1974. Near Fine. Second edition printed on the box. Contents loose in box as issued.

New York: Unmuzzled Ox, 1974. No binding.. Near Fine. Second edition printed on the box. Signed by Corso, and surprisingly uncommon this. Contents loose in box as issued. 

Minneapolis: Faulkner Studies, 1955. First Edition. Very Good. Thin 8vo. Original cloth with black lettering. "This edition is limited to 500 copies, of which this is No. 21." Small attactive bookplate of previous owner. Light stains to lower edges of front and rear endpapers, but still a nice copy.

Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1953. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Cloth-backed heavy cardstock boards; full-color illustrated dust jacket and printed clear acetate dust jacket; pp. 100, illustrated in full-color and b/w throughout. Book is without flaw, bright and clean. Full-color dust jacket a little scuffed along the edges. Printed clear acetate dust jacket chipped at corners; rear panel torn.

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1944. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth-backed marbled paper over boards with paper label on spine; with two original drawings by Eugene Berman. Rectos printed in black (the English translation), versos printed in orange (the original French. Translated by Lionel Abel, William Carlos Williams, Clark Mills, and John Gould Fletcher. Preface by Alen Tate. Limited edition of 175 copies. Spine rubbed at tips and along joints; light chipping along edges of boards; VG+ overall, internally bright and clean.

London: Luzac & Co, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 215 pp. With seven maps in colour. Sound copy in edgechipped DJ.

London: Suttaby, Evance & Fox, 1819. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary calf, ornately border gilt-stamped on boards, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in compartmented spine; 32mo; pp. 443, plus engraved vignette-illustrated title-p., engraved frontispiece. Sipne just a little dry; some light scuffing along joints, at spine tips, and edges of boards. Some light foxing on prelims and terminals, but text block is overall clean and unmarked.

Leipzig: Georg Joachim Goschen, 1790. Achte Ausgabe. Paperback. Good+. Wraps; pp. [1], 56. Covers faintly water-stained; spine chipped, with signatures exposed; text block a bit browned and brittle.