Search Results: Titles starting with J from Chilton Books

Shrewsbury: Livesey, 1986.. 1st ed. History of Oldham's Hall School. Pp. 2/97, 12 b/w illustrations. Brown cloth, d/w . F/VG.

London: Fontana. 1973.. What was the early church really like? Had it any resemblance to the pomp and ceremony of our day? The Corinthian correspondence is the most exciting evidence we have". Pp 154, toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

Glastonbury: Real Israel Press, 1971.. Second edition. Contents includes: Part I: 1."A Shielded Nation" (Unpublished Pamphlet by .B.N, Set. 1966; 2.Memoirs of J.B.N. 3. "Miraculous Timing" Reprint of a Pamphlet by J.B.N., Nov. 1966. Part II: Appreciation by Friends. (Including Fred Archer; Wilson W.Baker, A.Ronald Heaver, Maud Lund, John Morrison, W.C.Naabors, Edward Oastler Steward, Howard B.Rand, Lionel Skinner, Gladys M.Smith, Joseph G.Sproule, Harold E.Stough. Part III. Quotations from Letters; Curriculum Vitae. Pp.xiv/296, 39 photographs and illustrations including colour illustration of the British National Crest. Papeerback. VG.

London: Nisbet & Co., nd.. Memoir of the author of Peter Pan. Pp.127, b/w photo portrait frontispiece. Blue cloth. VG.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1978.. 1st ed. A new definitive biography of Jack London, one of the most appealing, most flamboyant and most gifted of American writers. Pp. 15/297, 21b/w illustrations. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w has minor chips. VG/G+.

London: Sportsmans Book Club, 1961.. 1st Sportsmans Book Club ed. Biography of Jack Hobbs, cricketer. Pp. 11/220, 18 b/w illustrations. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

London: Pluto Press, 1976.. 1st ed. "Robert Barltrop tells more than the story of Jack's dramatic life. He explains how Jack London came to be a radical, how he succeeded as a popular writer, and why he still lives as a story-teller all over the world." Pp. 14/206, 1(ad), 27 b/w illustrations, occasional marks to margins. Brown cloth, portrait illustrated d/w has chip to rear. G+/G+.

London: Faber and Faber, 1998.. 2nd.ed. "Set in London in 1837, is a thrilling story of mesmerism and possession, of dangerous bargins and illicit love." Pp. 327. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

London : William Heinemann, 1901 .. A very good full leather binding by "Hatchards". Second edition ( June 1901 - months after the first edition). 8vo. [4pp.]/pp.300 Polished blue morocco, edges and spine dulled. Gilt stamped signature to front board: "Elizabeth Cooke." Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt titles and gilt publication date. Top page edge gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Gilt binder's stamp to lower edge of the verso of the front board: "Hatchards, 187 Picadilly". Light blue marbled endpapers. Book plate to verso of the front board: "George Cooke, The Homestaed, Hampstead."Clean text throughout. ** "Ethel Lilian Voynich, n�e Boole (11 May 1864 � 27 July 1960) was an Irish-born British novelist and musician, and a supporter of several revolutionary causes. She was born in Cork, but grew up in Lancashire, England. Voynich was a significant figure, not only on the late Victorian literary scene, but also in Russian �migr� circles..." - See Wiipedia

New York: St.Martin's Press, 1978.. 1st ed. "A monumental biography that reads like a novel - the story of Jack Kerouac and his work, in the words of the men and women who were his companions on his lifelong trip through America." Pp. 8/339, 33 b/w illustrations. Beige boards, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1995.. 1st ed. A fast-moving drama with a rich cast of characters. Pp. 249. Slight toning to pages. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w, price clipped. G+/G.

Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press. 1990.. 1st ed. "The third in the chronicles of Canwell Park, sequel to the best-selling The Barnabas factor and The Simon Peter file". Pp 160, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1950.. 1st edition. "A dialogue in darkness in an Eastern house between two old men, met again after forty years, of whom one is the man who once, when young and rich, asled Christ the question, "what shall I do to inherit eternal life?". " Pp.20. Grey card covers. VG.

Edinburgh: Board of Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland, 1973.. 3rd.imp. "Gives a short account of the rising of 1715 and the situation that made it not only possible but almost inevitable." Pp. 31, 4 b/w illustrations. P/b. illustrated cover. VG.

London: SPCK, 1987.. 1st ed. "This superb collection by the late Dean of Winchester is a sequel to the highly acclaimed Symbols and Dances published in 1986." Pp.104. Paperback, sunning to spine. G+.

London : F. E. Robinson & Co., 20 Great Russell Street, 1903.. Limited edition. 8vo.7.00" x 4.50" x 1.00". pp.40/[4pp.]/pp.157. Very good full leather binding with bright gilt decoration to both boards and spine. Corners lightly bumped. Spine a little dulled. Top page edges gilt (other page edges deckled ). Watered silk endpapers. Photogravure portrait frontis of "Montrose". Title within ornamental border. Clean throughout. "This edition is limited to 320 copies for sale and 30 for presentation and review, of which this copy is No. 50". Colophon to verso of the title: "Printed At The Russell Press, 20 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury". Contents include: Mr. Davenport's Note on the Binding; Portraits of Montrose; Concerning the Latin Editions; English Translations of Wisehart's Narrative; and Works of Reference; Biographic sketch, Montrose and Wishart; Part I., from contemporary "Haghe" (Hague) Translation of Wisehart's "De Rebus" (abridged); Part II., from the "Ruddiman" Translation, 1756… Read More

London: The Carey Kingsgate Press Ltd., 1954.. 1st ed. Biography of Dr. J.H. Rushbrooke, a Free Church minister in England. Pp. 8/88, portrait frontis. Beige cloth, d/w sunned spine. VG/G.

London: James Nisbet & Co., 1906.. 1st ed. Pp.xii/268/2(ads), b/w photo portrait + 13 further b/w plates, owners name to fep, spotting to preliminaries, margin tear to pp.61/62 not affecting text. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, wear to top of spine. G+.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.. 1st edition. Explores the nature of Jane Austen's "confrontations with the popular novelists of her time, and demonstrates how her challenge to them transformed fiction". Pp.x/194, signed by the author to front free endpaper. Black cloth, dustwrapper has minor wear to top edge and slight sunning to rear edges. VG/G+.

London: The Hambledon Press, 1994.. 2nd impression. "In this exceptionally well-written and enjoyable book, Irene Collins draws on a wide knowledge of the literature and history of the period to describe who the clergy were, both in the novels and in life: how they were educated and appointed; the houses they lived in and the gardens they designed and cultivated; the women thet married; their professional and social context; their income; their duties, their moral outlook and their beliefs." Pp.xiv/242, 2 family trees(Leighs and Austen families)+ 10 further black & white illustrations and 18 black & white photo illustrations. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.