Search Results: Titles starting with J from Lower Beverley Better Books

New York: Samuel French, Inc., 1958. No Edition Stated . Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 1/2" X 5. The Pulitzer Prize Play, 1959. Foreword by the author. List of the cast of Elia Kazan's production starring Raymond Massey and Christopher Plummer at the Anta theatre on Dec. 11, 1958. Also presented is the cast of the April 22nd premiere perforrmance by the Yale School of Drama. 111 pp. plus: Property List, Advertisements for a further 9 plays. Spine is lightly browned as are top and fore edge on front panel. fon on Title Page. Book is tight and square. Bookseller's Inventory # 143805.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bovey (ffep), David Hockney (frontis). An important reassessment of Priestley's work as a novelist and playwright and of his wide influence as a critic, social historian and journalist. 155 pp. plus: Selected Works, Index. Illustrated with sixteen pp. of photographs. Book has gilt text on spine only. Spine ends are slightly rubbed. Unclipped (price in UK only £ 5.95 net) DJ has edge wear with chipping and a significant creased 1 1/2 " tear at bottom of rear panel. Bookseller's Inventory # 144103.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. First Edition, Early Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 7 1/2" X 5 1/2. An early printing of this much treasured title. 86 pp. fon ffep, Gift inscription dated 1891. Closest to first printing that I'm aware of. Front panel is repeated on rear. Frontis tissue only half there. Facial hair doodled in on J. on front panel. Extremities bumped and scuffed, soiling. Bookseller's Inventory # 172676.

Ottawa, ON: Treehouse Publishing, 1998. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 9" X 6 . Author. Preface and Acknowledgements by author. Chapters: One - Establishing His Empire 1827-1895; Two - Parry Sound Railway Completed 1896; Three - Fires, Accidents and War1897-1922; Four - A Royal Wedding and the Final Curtain 1923-1925. Epilogue. 127 pp. plus: Appendices A through N, Endnotes, Bibliography, Glossary, Index. Illustrated with maps and b/w photographs. FlatSIGNED by author in blue ink. Bookseller's Inventory # 212223.

Groningen, Netherlands: Groniger Museum, Royal Academy of Arts, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2008. Later Printing . Card Covers. Fine/Oversize French Flaps. 11 1/2" X 9 3/4. Acknowledgements. Lenders to the Exhibition. Foreword by Patty Wageman. John William Waterhouse: A Biographical Overview by Peter Trippi (8pp.). Waterhouse's Imagination by Elizabeth Prettejohn (14 pp.) Between Innovation and Tradition: Waterhouse and Modern French Painting by Robert Upstone (14 pp.). Dream or Reality?: Waterhouse's Women and Symbolism by Patty Wageman (12 pp.). Catalogue: Youthful Experiments (10); Building a Career (6); Associate of the Royal Academy (13); Royal Academian (21); The Final Years (13); Drawings and Sketchbooks ( Drawings of Young Women, Compostional Drawings, Sketchbooks, Related Works). 233 pp. plus: Chronology 1849 - 2000, Selected Bibliography and Photographic Acknowledgements, List of works in the Exhibition, Index. 340 pp. in toto. Book has very slight… Read More

Sanford, FL: Paulucci International, 2005. No Edition Stated . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. Jeno tells his story. 562 pp. plus A Representative List of Honors and Recognition Accorded to Jeno Paulucci from 1962-2004. Book has scuffed bottom front corner, slight wear at spine ends, tiny bump at top front corner. Unclipped DJ has chip at bottom front corner, slight shelf wear. FlatSIGNED vertically, Jeno 2007 ffep. Book weighs well over 2 1/2 lb. and may incur extra shipping costs. Bookseller's Inventory # 172779.

Toronto: Thomas A Publishers, 2004. True 1st CDN Edition . Card Cover. As New/No Jacket. 9" X 6 . Number line: 13 12 11 10 09 1 2 3 4 5. Foreword by John Keegan. Acknowledgments by author dated, 2004. Book details, " The remarkable story of the Canadian experience on D-Day, the day that Canada became a nation. " (rear panel) 274 pp. plus: Notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Photograph Credits, Index of Formations, Units and Corps, General Index. 311 pp. in toto. Inscribed , SIGNED and dated by author. Bookseller's Inventory # 173565.

Toronto Tonawanda NY: Kids Can Press, 2004. True First Canadian Edition, 1st Print 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket as Issued. 9 1/2" x " 5 3/4. Stephane Jorisch. Number line: CM 04 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Winner of the Governor General's Award for children's literature. Not paginated New book. Marvelously illustrated by Jorisch. Bookseller's Inventory # 070951.

Markham, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, 2006. First Edition, 1st Printing . Blue Cloth. As New/Fine. 8 1/4" X 10 1/4. Author. Foreword by Peter H. Aykroyd. Autobiographical Introduction by author/photographer. 152 pp. plus: Jack Chiang's Photography Tips, Index, Acknowledgments, 160 pp. in toto. Author has flatSIGNED on ffep in black ink. Unclipped DJ has slight edge wear. Bookseller's Inventory # 215659

St. John's, NL: Creative Book Publishing, 2007. Stated First Edition . Card Covers. Fine/No Jacket. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2. Jack Ford tells his story of being in a Japanese POW camp when the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. 235 pp. plus: Bibliography. Book has slightly upturned corners on front panel. Book is SIGNEDby author and Jack Ford. Bookseller's Inventory # 210523.

Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1998. First Canadian Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A novel of Dickensian London by the Booker Prize winner for ' Oscar and Lucinda '. 306 pp. Blue cloth half spine has gilt text and is matched with yellow boards. Spine ends are very slightly rubbed and small glue stain is found neat top of spine on front panel, ow book is as new. Unclipped ( $32.00) DJ has slight edge wear, bottom front corner has 1/2" closed tear. Bookseller's inventory # 143720.

London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1969. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Despite the British seaman's long history of devotion to service, probably no group has been so thoroughly misunderstood. Here Laffin has set out to redress the balance of vice and virtue. 202 pp. plus: Bibliography, Index. Book has large gilt text on spine, and is illustrated with b/w photographs and pictures. Spine ends are lightly rubbed. Unclipped (36/-net) DJhas edge wear particularly along all of the front panel and tail of spine. Rodents or termites would be my guess. Bookseller's Inventory # 154432.

Soul Castle Books Inc., 2013. No Edition Stated, Presumed First . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2. Authors first novel is set in Vancouver and Isla Mujeres and concerns Natalie Lauren's learning what it means to be free. 263 pp. plus About the Author. Book shows bit of white at the front corners and front panel is slightly upturned. SIGNED by author in green ink. Bookseller's Inventory # 160830.

New York: Villard Books/Random House, 1998. First Edition Thus . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2. September, 1998. Book, " in a single volume that confirms his status as a unique and important artist." (rear panel). 150 pp. Slight dog ears at corners. DEDICATION: Bess Peace & Justice Danny Hoch SIGNED by author in black ink, geomertic script. Bookseller's Inventory # 165377.

Charleston, SC: Self Published, 2011. No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st . Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. 9" X 6 . Book in the 'Biographies that Inspire' series. Subject of the book is James Bartleman, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada 2002-2007. Authors note. Acknowledgements including biographee. Prologue: Honored by the Queen. 164 pp. plus About the Author. DEDICATION: To James Bartleman, Diplomat, humanitarian, and wonderful writer. I humbly say thank you for the opportunity to write this book. Regards, Erika Fernbach. (SIGNED by author. Also; laid in is a hanwritten letter by the author to James Bartleman, dated February 13, 2014, explaining author's plan to write biographies to inspire young students and extol the power of books. Letter is also SIGNED by author. Bookseller's Inventory # 172104.

Brandon, MS: Quail Ridge Press, 1997. No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st . Cloth. Fine/As New. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4. Introduction by Allen Dennis, Delta State University. Memories shared by more than fifty of his 'friends' including Johnny Cash, Rex Humbard, Roy Pauley, The Statler Brothers and tammy Wynette. Illustrated with numerous b/w photos. 186 pp. plus: Appendix I - Personnel of The Blackwood Brothers Quartet 1934 - 1981, Appendix II - Major Awards Won by James Blackwood, Appendix III - James Blackwood`s `Top Ten `, Appendix IV - James` Itinerary for 1997. Book has church stamp ffep, ow book is as new. Dedication: To my friend ___ ______ James Blackwood. SIGNED by James Blackwood in black ink. Bookseller`s Inventory # 202673

New York: Harper Perennial, 1997. Stated First Edition . Soft cover. Fine+/No Jacket. 12" X 10. Photographs: Douglas Kirkland. A book about the making of the movie by the same name. Features a Foreword by James Cameron, text by Ed W. Marsh, and photography of Douglas Kirkland. 178pp. Removable sticker on front panel, very slight edge/ shelf wear. Bookseller's Inventory # 050115.

Ottawa: Borealis Press, 1977. No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st . Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. 7 1/2" X 5 1/2. Jamie is travelling with the voyageurs so he will be able to provide for his mother and sisters. 72 pp. plus About the Author. Pristine. Bookseller's Inventory # 172197.

Toronto: Chizine Publications, 2012. Stated First Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 9' X 6. Erik Mohr (cover). A futuristic novel of relationship and estrangement. 252 pp. plus: Acknowledgements, About the Author, 13 pp. advertisements of Chizine publications. Bottom front corner a little soft, ow book is as new. DEDICATION: " To Violette best - wishes John Park" SIGNED by author. Viollette Malan is a co-founder of the Wolfe Island Scene of the Crime Festival. Bookseller's Inventory # 143811

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980. No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 9" X 11 1/4. Director's Foreword by Phillippe de Montebello, Director - The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Preface. Book is the catalogue from the Charles A. Greenfield Collection, shown at The Metropolitan Museum of Art September 4 - October 19, 1980. 119 pp. plus: Notes, Appendix 1, Appendix 2, Catalogue of the Exhibition, Glossary of Technical Terms, Bibliography, Index. 144 pp. in toto. Black cloth covered boards have as new gilt on spine only, red ep's, lavishly illustrated. fo bookplate ffep, ow book is as new. Unclipped, unpriced DJ has 2 small chips at bottom edge of front panel. Bookseller's Inventory # 185148.