Search Results: Titles starting with J from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Attwell, Mabel Lucie. Barrie's classic story of "Peter and Wendy" from 1911 is retold here for very young readers by May Byron, illustrated throughout by Mabel Lucie Attwell with a full-color frontispiece + 5 full-page, full-color plates, + additional pen-and-ink drawings throughout the book's h135 pages. The FIRST EDITION in this format from 1926 (but a later [1929] printing), this small hardcover octavo 95.5" x 8") is in Good+ condition: generally very clean with the occasional spot or smudge, orange cloth-covered boards lightly soiled with rubbing & fraying to all edges & corners. Stitched binding is secure, but shaky. All plates are clean & colorful. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays… Read More

New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1989. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Base, Graeme. Breathtakingly beautiful illustrations (32, all in full-color) by British-Australian artist Graeme Base decorate this rendition of Lewis Carroll's famous poem from the sequel to "Alice in Wonderland." Unpaginated. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1989, this hardcover 4to (9.25" x 12") has glossy decorative blue boards that match the DJ illustration. Condition of both is Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding tight & square, pages white & unmarked, colors vivid. The unclipped DJ is equally lovely & protected in new clear mylar cover to stay that way. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: book is too large for… Read More

Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1979. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. More than a biography of the boxing phenomenon from the 1920s, this book offers "a case study of the development of a mass-media image in the day of media ballyhoo & of the growth of the professional sports business." Scandals that clouded Dempsey's career are considered within the moral climate of the 1920s. In 310 pages with Index, Notes, + 20 pages of black-and-white photos. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1979, this hardcover 8vo has navy blue cloth-covered boards lettered in copper & white to spine. Condition is Fine: just slightly less crisp than the day it was issued! Completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked, hinges secure. Extremely mild rubbing to lower edges of both boards from shelf. The unclipped DJ is Near Fine, marred only by tiny chips to both ends of spine & a few rubbed spots along… Read More

New York, New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1961. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Ramirez, Pablo. The classic fairy tale of Jack the Giant Killer, translated for children into FRENCH, with English summary on front DJ flap, from the orig. English by J. B. Sebastian, with colorful illustrations on nearly every page by Pablo Ramirez. Unpaginated. A First Edition, First printing from 1961, this hardcover book has purple cloth over boards with black lettering to front & spine. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding solid, but with a slight rightward lean. Hinges intact, pages creamy white, tanning to endpapers. Slight fading to outside edges all around. The unclipped DJ is VG, downgraded due to a few rust-colored spots & a 2" unclosed tear descending from top edge of back cover. Now nicely protected in new mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day… Read More

London, England: Blake Publishing Ltd., 2003. First British Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Sensational new evidence of 8 Ripper murders

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Kodansha International, 1998. First Trade Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Presents evidence that Jack the Ripper, who terrorized London in 1888, was actually an American quack doctor named Francis Tumblety, who returned to his home country & escaped capture. In 293 pages,with 16 pages of black-and-white photos, Index. Orig. published in hardcover in 1995, this is the First Trade Paperback Edition from 1998, third printing. Condition is VG: generally very clean, with surface shelfwear to outer page edges. Binding strong & secure, pages white & unmarked. Only other flaw is a warping/waviness to book & a faint dampstain inside back cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Santa Cruz, California: Greenhouse Review Press, 1978. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Collection of poems thematically organized around the image of Jack the Ripper. A Limited Edition of one of only 350 copies printed from this small Santa Cruz, CA, press in May 1978, this small, square (6" x 6") softcover has gray textured Strathmore paper wrappers & interior pages with a deep red blood spatter image to front cover, French flaps, unpaginated, type handset Times Roman. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean, sewn binding stitched with red thread secure & tight. Pages creamy white & completely unmarked. Slight fading to spine, heavier around back edge, & very slight bumping to top spine-side edge of front cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1956. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. One in a series of books about sports written for young people (primarily aimed at young boys) in the late 1950s-early 1970s, each describing a famous sports legend or team. This one focused on Jackie Robinson, the first African-American (still characterized as "Negro" here) to enter major league baseball & the first to be enshrined in the major leagues. Author Mann contributed to the movie about Robinson as well. In 253 pages + 1 page of Robinson's baseball stats. Orig. written in 1950, this is the First Grosset & Dunlap Edition, with new material from the author, published in 1956 (First, thus). With blue decorative paper over boards, this hardcover 8vo is in Near Fine condition: nearly as bright & clean as when issued & scarce is in this condition! Completely clean & bright & unmarked (save for small remainder dot to bottom outside page edges). Binding… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Abbeville Press, 1983. Soft cover. Fine. Oversized softcover in 128 pages with interview transcripts, Chronology, list of Exhibitions, Selected Bibliography, list of public collections, Index, & more, lavishly illustrated throughout. Book is in Fine condition: looks & feels just a tad less crisp than Brand New! Completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked, colors bright. Modest corner bumping, rubbing to extremities. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Avenel, New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1994. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Filled with quotes from the brilliant young actor, in 64 pages with 58 full color & black-and-white photographs. Includes a Free bi-fold blank card featuring the actor. Orig. published in 1991, this is the First Printing of the new 1994 edition from Avenel (First, thus). Oversized hardcover book is in Fine condition (our highest grade): just lacks that Brand New crispness! Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white, colors bright. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to VG due to some minor edgewear, heaviest at corners & both ends of spine. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. All orders processed before 2 pm Weekdays (PST) ship that same day; later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: NO expedited or international shipping due to postage costs on this oversized book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: St. Martins Press, 1984. First Edition, later printing . Soft cover. Very Good+. Comprehensive, lavishly illustrated biography of the gifted young actor, in 287 pages with tons of never-before-seen photos in both black-and-white & full color. A First Edition, sixth printing, this oversized softcover is in VG+ condition: extremely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white, colors bright. Minor-moderate edgewear all around, light corner bumping.! . Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. All orders processed before 2 pm Weekdays (PST) ship that same day; later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: no expedited or international shipping due to postage costs on this oversized book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1944. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Slipcased. Good/No Jacket. Eichenberg, Fritz. Lovely two-volume hardcover set, with unforgettable, striking woodcut illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, & "Wuthering Heights" by her sister, Emily. These special editions were produced by Richard Ellis for the Book of the Month Club, with the printing & binding by Kingsport Press of Tennessee. Illustrations were printed letter press from electrotypes of the original wood engravings. Each book is bound in decorative deep green & cream paper with woodcut illustration on both front & rear, with the spines wrapped in dark green cloth lettered in gilt. "Wuthering" is in better condition-VG-while "Jane" is just Good. However, "Wuthering" has a dampstain that is evident on the upper spine & affects the top of many pages in a semicircular stain pattern coming out from center.… Read More

Atria Books, 2016. First English Language Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Orig. published in Spanish as "El Amante Japonés" in 2015, this is the First trade paperback edition in English from 2016. Condition is Near Fine: looks & feels brand new except for extremely mild dogearing to top & bottom outer corner of front cover. Else, completely clean & bright, binding straight & strong, pages white. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Rutland, Vermont/Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc./Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 1965. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sonobe, Kiyoshi. Massive, profusely illustrated guide to folk toys from across Japan's history, arranged by region of origin. In 516 pages with decorative endpapers, maps, & black-and-white & full-color photographs throughout. Orig. published in Japanese in 6 parts in 1962, this is the First English-language Edition, First Printing, all in one volume, from 1965. With blue silk-covered boards lettered in bright gilt to spine, this hardcover small quarto is in Near Fine condition: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white with just a whisper of tanning to edges, but completely unmarked. Very mild rubbing & sunning to upper & lower extremities & tiny area of cloth loss in front joint near head of spine. The unclipped DJ is VG- (minus): bright & colorful, but with chipping… Read More

Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing, 1973. First Edition Later Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. Collection 0f 22 "beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan written for children of the West,'' with lovely illustrations throughout the 296 pages. Orig. published in 1970, this is the Eighth Printing from 1973. Mass market paperback is in VG condition: completely clean inside, with some spotting to outside page edges only, completely unmarked.. Binding firm & square, feels never opened! hinges secure. Pages are white; no tanning or foxing. Minor edgewear & light corner bumping are only real flaws. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1992. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Photographic tribute to the music makers of New Orleans, LA, lovingly captured in this collection of 94 images taken between 1957 & 1974. Details on the photos, their subjects, & the New Orleans jazz scene are provided in an Afterword, "Mecca, LA" by Whitney Balliett. , "America's foremost writer on jazz." Orig. published in Britain in 1992, this is the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, First Printing, from that same year. Oblong hardcover has vivid red cloth-coverd boards with embossed lettering to front/gilt to spine. Condition is truly Fine: only flaw is green remainder mark on bottom outside page edges. Otherwise, completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white. The DJ is downgraded to VG+ due to a small chip at heel of spine & very minor other edgewear; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never… Read More

Carmel, California: Cypress, 1986. First Softcover Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Lawless, Ed. The A to Z guide to West Coast jazz music.& the people who have kept it alive, including bands, individual musicians, jazz clubs & festivals. In 285 pages with photos throughout, arranged topically & alphabetically. The First Edition, first printing of this trade paperback from 1986, this softcover book in silver wrappers lettered & decorated in red is in VG+ condition: completely clean & looking unused in inside, pages white, binding strong & straight. Downgraded due to mild rubbing to extremities & bumped corners, slight scuffing. Former owner's name in pen crossed out on first page.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never

Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of Virginia, 1976. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New. Descriptive catalogue accompanied by hundreds of black-and-white plates detail Jefferson's personal library as well as those volumes comprising the first library at the university he established (Wahoo Wa!) Hardcover with cornflower blue cloth-covered boards & gilt lettering to front & spine in 409 pages with a Preface, Abbreviations, Introduction, Index. Orig. issued as a small pamphlet by the author in 1956, this is the FIRST EDITION, First Printing in book form from 1976, greatly expanded. No DJ, as issued. Completely clean, binding tight & square, pages white.Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York: St. Martin's True Crime, 1995. Reissue . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+. Orig. published in 1991 as "The Milwaukee Murders," this is the first mass market paperback reissued as part of St. Martin's True Crime Classics) from 1995 (later printing), with new material on Dahmer's own murder at the hands of another inmate while in prison. In 311 pages, + "8 pages of harrowing photographs" in center. Condition is VG: completely clean & unmarked, binding strong & straight. Light creasing to corners & spine, heaviest to outer-upper corner of front cover. Heavy rubing to heel of spine at same cover. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific); weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New York Review Children's Collection, 2003. First Thus . Hardcover. As New. Averill, Esther. Delightful story about Jenny, an orphaned black cat living with her sea captain master in Greenwich Village, who longs to become a member of the Cat Club, a group of neighborhood felines. Orig. published in 1944, this is the a brand new edition (fourth printing) from the New York Review's Children's Collection, illustrated by the author with whimsical drawings throughout the 160 pages of text. Hardcover book has quart-bound red cloth wrapped spine over decorative paper-covered boards. No DJ, as issued (never came with one). Condition is Fine: stored since Brand New. Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white; NO tanning or foxing. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT ex-lib. Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm… Read More