Search Results: Titles starting with J from Fables Bookshop

Hamish Hamilton. London 1988.. No inscripition. Fine in VG+ dustwrapper.. Black cloth boards. 512pp illustrated 8vo.

Cambridge University Press. Canto edition 1990.. Owners signature ffep. VG condition.. 348pp paperback.

J.L.B. Smith Institute of Icthyology, Grahamstown, & the Royal Society of South Africa, Cape Town March 1997.. Fine condition in protective wrapper.. Printed boards. 320pp. illustrated b/w photos, maps, charts. large 8vo. Signed by both editors on title page, and by the following contributors against their articles: Derek S. Henderson, Jean Pote, P.B.N. Jackson, Ofer Gon, A.K. Whitfield, Phillip C. Heemstra, A.W. Paterson, M. Eric Anderson, I.J. de Moor. Includes the official invitation to the cocktail party held at the JLB Smith Institute to launch this commemorative volume on 2nd October 1997. Contains five review articles, eight research articles, and bibliography of the J.L.B. Smith Institute.

M.H. Gill. Dublin 1914 2nd edition.. Convent 'Sisters Library' & bookseller stamps half title, pocket with card to rear, not a public ex-library copy. eps browned, some spotting to spine and lightly worn but still-square corners, a sound clean and attractive VG copy.. Green cloth boards. xlvii + 463pp illustrated 8vo. 1.1kg. "Commenced On Board The "Shearwater" Steamer, In Dublin Bay, Continued At Spike Island - On Board The "Scourge" War Steamer - On Board The "Dromedary" Hulk, Bermuda - On Board "The Neptune" Convict Ship - At Pernambuco - At The Cape Of Good Hope (During The Anti-Convict Rebellion) - At Van Dieman's Land - At Sydney - At Tahiti - At San Francisco - At Greytown - And Concluding At No. 3 Pier, North River, New York". "Original Edition With A Continuation Of The Journal In New York & Paris , A Preface, Appendices & Illustrations". List of biographical details of contemporaries mentioned. Imprisoned in 1848 and sentenced to 14 years transportation for political agitation during the… Read More

Steidl. Gottingen 1997 1st edition.. No inscriptions, 4 square corners, a very Fine copy in original matching card slipcase.. Black cloth boards, grey stamped title, 29 b/w images on black paper. thin card slipcase with title label to front. 220mm x 155mm x 15mm. 0.3kg. This book was specially printed for the press launch of Karl Lagerfeld's JAKO perfume. Karl Lagerfeld asked publisher Steidl to create a book of his own photography for the press launch of this new perfume. The publisher recounts: “As the books were placed on the seats, I realised they smelt very strongly of fresh ink on paper, and it didn’t strike me as the ideal situation for a perfume launch ... I told Karl that I didn’t think we should put out the books, but he simply replied: Rubbish! The smell of a freshly printed book is the best perfume in the world”. Small print-run.

J.L. Van Schaik. Pretoria 1968 1st edition thus.. No inscriptions. VG+ in dusty dustwrapper (no tears or loss).. Red cloth boards. 159pp illustrated b/w plates. tall 8vo. Afrikaans version of the Dutch title 'Jan Van Riebeeck En Zijn Tijd - Een Stuk Zieventiende-eeuws Oost-Indie' (Van Kempen. Amsterdam 1937).

Maskew Miller. Cape Town (1929).. Binding as new. Contents excellent with tanned ff and several stamps from 'Bible Institute Of South Africa Library'.. Professionally rebound gilt title on textured tan vynide boards. 338pp 8vo. 0.5kg. Warmly inscribed by Author's daughter, Cynthia Stander, for Xmas 1949. Van Alphen had a life-long interest in South African prehistory. He was involved in several significant discoveries, including that of the Canteen Koppie skull found by a diamond digger near Barkley West.

Berlitz 2001/2002. isbn 9782831562674.. Appears unused, as new, phrasebook certainly unread. CD verified to play.. Custom black plastic case holding 1 x CD and 224pp phrasebook. "Hear Japanese as it's really spoken and travel with greater confidence".

#510. Phenomenon Factory, Philadelphia (1998).. Fine condition. Unused.. Folded colour greeting card 175mm x 130mm. Photographer's image to front, blank inside. From the 'Naked Black Men' 1998 calendar.

Herberet Jenkins (1931) Fifth printing.. Ownership signature. External wear especially along joints, contents excellent. No dustwrapper. G+ clean copy.. Printed green cloth boards. 847pp 8vo. 1.0kg.

W. Heffer & Sons. Cambridge 1928.. No inscriptions. Spine fading. overall VG, contents excellent.. Gilt title on red cloth boards. xv + 298pp. illustrated plates, folding chart. 8vo. 0.91kg. Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and contributions by Rev. C.A. Skinner, Rev. F.J. Foakes Jackson, & Bernard L. Manning.

W. Heffer & Sons. Cambridge 1928.. No inscriptions. Spine well faded and ends soft. overall near VG, contents excellent.. Gilt title on red cloth boards. xv + 298pp. illustrated plates, folding chart. 8vo. 0.91kg. Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and contributions by Rev. C.A. Skinner, Rev. F.J. Foakes Jackson, & Bernard L. Manning.

Bruno Gmunder. Berlin 2010 1st edition.. No inscriptions, 4 square corners, a Very Fine copy.. Printed boards. illustrated over 100 colour and b/w images. 225mm x 170mm. 1.1kg. A collection of images by today's finest photographers and artists, in tribute to the life force and joy giving potential of the greatest gift ever bestowed on man, his priceless ... jewels,

M.C. Publications. Pietermaritzburg 1990 1st edition.. A VG copy.. Softcover. 126pp illustrated 8vo 0.3kg. Large inscription to 'Jim' from author Skonk Nicholson to ffep. Various historical appendices. Maritzburg College fields a particularly strong school rugby team with an enviable winning record.

Graham's Town Series No.14. Witwatersrand University Press for Rhodes University. Grahamstown 1996.. A Fine unread copy in matching dustwrapper.. Black cloth boards. 330pp illustrated b/w photos maps. James Butler arrived in the Eastern Cape as a twenty-two-year old youth from London to recuperate from a serious illness. He stayed for two and a half years keeping a journal for his family back home. Quaker, teetotaller and later newspaper editor, he recorded in plain fashion the daily life, politics, natural history and social encounters in this remote colonial corner.

Graham's Town Series No.14. Witwatersrand University Press for Rhodes University. Grahamstown 1996.. A Mint copy in dustwrapper.. Black cloth boards. 330pp illustrated b/w photos maps. 8vo. 0.6kg. James Butler arrived in the Eastern Cape as a twenty-two-year old youth from London to recuperate from a serious illness. He stayed for two and a half years keeping a journal for his family back home. Quaker, teetotaller and later newspaper editor, he recorded in plain fashion the daily life, politics, natural history and social encounters in this remote colonial corner.

Victor Gollancz. London 1997 1st edition 3rd impression.. No inscriptions, 4 square corners. Edges lightly toned else a Fine copy in matching dustwrapper (not clipped). A desirable copy.. Black cloth boards. 285pp 8vo. 0.7kg. The 21st Discworld novel.

Horticultural Society centenary publication 2007.. Mint unread copy.. Printed wraps. 112pp illus b/w. sm.8vo. Joane Pim was responsible for the landscaping of the Oppenheimer residence, Brenthurst, the garden city of Welkom, various projects central to Harmony Gold Mine, Mauritzfontein - Harry Oppenheimer's farm, and the memorial garden in Kimberley.

Horticultural Society centenary publication 2007.. Mint unread copy.. Printed wraps. 112pp illustrated b/w. Joane Pim was responsible for the landscaping of the Oppenheimer residence, Brenthurst, the garden city of Welkom, various projects central to Harmony Gold Mine, Mauritzfontein - Harry Oppenheimer's farm, and the memorial garden in Kimberley.

Horticultural Society centenary publication 2007.. Mint unread copy.. Printed wraps. 112pp illustrated b/w. Joane Pim was responsible for the landscaping of the Oppenheimer residence, Brenthurst, the garden city of Welkom, various projects central to Harmony Gold Mine, Mauritzfontein - Harry Oppenheimer's farm, and the memorial garden in Kimberley.