Search Results: Titles starting with J from R. Siedlecki Vintage Books

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1881. [1881] PUBLISHED ONE YEAR AFTER FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Green decorative binding with gilt lettering. Decorative endpapers, frontispiece, illustrated throughout, 325 pages with advertising for other books by the author at end. Condition of binding: Wear, especially to spine (backstrip); short tears/chips; corners showing; some discoloration; age toned. Internally: Short crack to first hinge; scattered signs of old humidity/foxing stains; some wear/chips to extremities of pages; several signatures bumped, signatures "shaken" (pulling away from binding cords); lightly age toned, edges age darken; else overall Fair condition. This children's book, by the famous author of "Little Women," was apparently used extensively (perhaps a favorite, read again and again?) Text is still clear and readable and illustrations are vivid. Book is scarce - perhaps rare. Very collectible. This children's story takes place in a small New England town after the… Read More

Jackson Friendly Home Association, 1929. [1929] Pamphlet. Size: About 3½-inches wide x 5½-inches high. 12 pages. Condition: Former owner's name written on top cover; lightly age toned; else overall Very Good. This is a scarce pamphlet regarding the Jackson Friendly Home in Jackson, Michigan. In January 1878, a group of citizens decided a home for elderly women was needed in Jackson. It was established as the Home for the Friendless, which began in a two-room house on Oak Hill Ave. At the time, it cared for two residents. In June 1908, the home was renamed The Jackson Friendly Home. In 1929, the present home on North St. cared for 43 residents. This brief, but comprehensive pamphlet addresses the early officers/board members, their mission, the financial details, the endowment fund, bequests, and memorial rooms. Several vintage photos show the exterior of the building, a bedroom, and the dining room. Very historical, collectible piece. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected,… Read More

Japan: Gyouken, 1981. [April 1981] Hardcover and dustjacket, white binding with gold lettering. White dustjacket. Text entirely in Japanese, not English or an English translation. Book inscribed and signed by Ganri Yamashita, presented to Maurice F. Weisner. Yamashita was state minister for defense and protégé of prime-minister Kakuei Tanaka. He was elected to the House of Representatives 10 times during the Liberal Democratic Party's 38-year rule. Weisner was a United States four-star admiral who served as vice chief of Naval Operations from 1972 to 1973; commander in chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet from 1973to 1976; and commander in chief, United States Pacific Command from 1976 to 1979. During World War II, Weisner is credited with the sinking of a Japanese destroyer escort. The gift tissue (folded around dustjacket) also inscribed and signed to Admiral Weisner, this time by Admiral Heshima, Japanese Navy. Condition of book: Top edge has sprinkling of old humidity stains and Very Good.… Read More

London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., 1908. 1908. Hardcover, preferred copy published in England. A play written in 1904, first published in book form in 1907. Pale green binding, gold stamped lettering, untrimmed fore-edge and bottom edge (to give the book distinction), gilt to top edge, 293 pages plus two pages of advertising for publisher's books at end. Condition of binding: Slightly age darken (darker at spine), soiling/tiny marks, minor ding at spine. Edges: Wear, age darkening to top gilt edge. Interior: Newspaper article with notes about Bernard Shaw (dated 1952) attached to front and back of first free endpaper (that caused toned newspaper offset from the newspaper on first blank page). Ex libris bookplate at rear pastedown endpaper with former owner's name/address and quote written around it. Pages: Clean, very readable. Overall: Very Good. Author George Bernard Shaw, an Irish comic dramatis/playwright and literary credit, had the John Bull's Other Island play premier in… Read More

New York: Paul S. Eriksson, Inc., 1963. [1963] Hardcover and dustjacket; brown binding, gilt lettering, decorative endpapers, 281 pages plus publisher's note page. Condition of hardcover: Binding covers lifting a tad; age toned (faint old liquid stain), top edge age darken. Former owner's name and date (August 8, 1963) on first free endpaper. Text block: Slight wave of paper to upper corners. Scattered age toning, old damp stains, and foxing. Overall: Very Good. Dustjacket: Piece of dustjacket at foot of spine panel missing; small pinholes; age toning and light foxing; front panel affixed to spine panel with cello tape (formerly separated), else overall Good. Price intact on flap. Dustjacket protected in Mylar cover. The book is a first-hand account of the Civil War, considered one of the best by Bruce Catton (who wrote the Introduction to the book). The author, Brigade Quartermaster of the Ninth Michigan Cavalry, was only 20 years old when he became a prisoner of war in eastern Tennessee in… Read More

Athens, Georgia: University of Georiga Press, 1963. [1963] FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER AND DUSTJACKET, decorative endpapers, black and white frontispiece plate, 78 pages including Notes and Index. A LIMITED EDITION, ONLY 750 PRINTED. This is the journal of Peter Gordon, one of the original settlers of the Colony of Georgia in 1733. Edited for clear, understandable reading. Fascinating, historical. Comprehensive Index. Condition of hardcover: Overall Near Fine. Dustjacket: Tears to top of rear panel/spine panel; several chips/creases to extremities; rubbed areas from shelving book; light age toning; else overall Good. Free of the smell of smoke from cigarette or cigar smokers. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will receive when you order. We ship promptly. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good.

London: Osgood, McILvaine and Company, 1896. [1896] First Edition hardcover, Volume VIII of The Wessex Novels. NOT A REPRINT, THIS IS THE 1896 HARDCOVER. Green binding, gold design and lettering, gilt to top edge, untrimmed fore-edge and bottom edge, with etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex; 516 pages with Wessex map at end. Condition: Age wear, faint stains/soiling to binding, lower corners lightly turned in (bumped). Book slightly slanted due to leaning on bookshelf. Bookplate of previous owner on first endpaper pastedown; a tiny old sticker of bookstore on rear pastedown endpaper. Else, text is clean, clear, and very readable. Overall, Very Good. The story of Jude the Obscure began as a serial story in Harper's New Monthly Magazine (first as The Simpletons, later Hearts Insurgent) at the end of November 1894, and was continued in monthly parts. It was then published in book form in 1895, although the publisher's page indicates 1896. This is Hardy's last major work of… Read More