Search Results: Titles starting with J from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

London: Boxtree Books, 1996. First, revised Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London, Boxtree Books, 1996. First revised edition. 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches: pp. xix, 127 pages. Stiff color illustrated wraps with black and white spine, and black, white brown and blue type. Illustrated throughout. Edge and corner wear. Bottom spine bumped with small tear in corner wraps. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight. The only offical biography of The Jam.

New York: New American Library, 1965. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. New York: New American Library, 1965. Book club edition. 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches: pp. xi, 142, (6). Tan illustrated and photographic, paper dust jacket with brown and blue type. Tan cloth over red boards with purple type on spine. With appendices and reference guide. Dust jacket has edge and corner wear, a few chips and tears, with a small round circle on spine. Small bit of rubbing on edges and corners of boards. Hinge inside front cover has a hint of cracking. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

San Francisco, CA: The San Francisco Corral of the Westerners, 1988. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. San Francisco, CA: The San Francisco Corral of the Westerners, 1988. Only 500 copies from this limited edition. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. 38. Red cloth boards with titles and rectangular border in gold gilt on front board. Inscribed by author on half title page. Minor wear to corners. Unmarked, tight.

London: John Parkinson Bland, 1910. Hardcover. Good. London: John Parkinson Bland, 1910. 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches: pp. 439. Red cloth with gold gilt type on cover and spine. Large frontis foldout map of Japan, two foldouts. Illustrated throughout with photos. Corners bumped, stains and discoloration to binding. Lacks front free endpaper, trimmed out. Text clean and unmarked with very light toning to margins. Binding solid, sound. Articles on all aspects of Japan at time of publication (1910).

Medford, Oregon: Commercial Printing Department of the Mail Tribune, 1934. Paperback. Good. Medford, OR: Commercial Printing Department of the Mail Tribune, 1934. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches: pp.190, followed by 7 pp titled Declaration of Principles. Black lettering to front of dark red wraps. Some soiling and thumbing to covers. Light age-tanning to text. Small moisture stain on fore edge of back pages. Text is unmarked. Solidly bound. "A discussion of the theory of a minimum wage for common labor, established by the government employing all surplus labor, and a national currency, unbacked by specie, but redeemable in commodities, the price level of which tends to come to rest," (J. C. B).

London: Ebury Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Steadman, Ralph. London: Ebury Press, 1995. First UK edition, first printing. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches: unpaginated. Cream colored, illustrated paper dust jacket with red and black type on spine and multicolored type on front panel. Black cloth with gold gilt titles on spine. Dust jacket has some light edge wear, creasing. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight.

San Francisco, CA: A.L. Bancroft and Company, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Only. San Francisco, CA: A. L. Bancroft and Company, 1874. First edition. 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xii, 511. Blue cloth with gilt decoration on cover and spine. With foldout meterological observations chart [creased], illustrations. Corners worn, some fraying at edges and top of spine and lower spine end chipped. Spine a little faded, some darkening to front edge of cover, rear board scuffed and scratched. Sticker with the number 1905 affixed to bottom spine. Owner stamp and name written in pencil on free facing end page. Foxing. Pages are unmarked. Front and back hinges cracked, binding shaken but holds. NOTE: This is a fairly rough but all there READING COPY. Extracts from the author's private journal as a medical officer in the army. With his accounts of Garrison life and the Oregon and Washington Territorial Indian wars from 1855-58.

Hartford: Silas Andrus, 1818. Fifth edition. Leather-bound. Good. Hartford, CT: Silas Andrus, 1818. Fifth edition. 6 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches: pp. 275,[4]. Full leather with spine titles in gold gilt. Lacks map. Spine label rubbed, spine has chips, cracked and worn. Corners bumped, chafing to edges, front cover warped. Front hinge cracked. 275 pages. Rear endpaper torn. Front edge darkened. Pencil notes inside front cover. Otherwise text clean and unmarked, pages toned, foxing. Binding solid. Robbins was a member of Captain Riley's crew, and this followed Riley's own popular account and added to it.

Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1994. First edition. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xxi, 520. Sepia photographic dust jacket with tan titles. Black cloth with titles in gold gilt. Appendices, index. Frontis, 20 illlustrations, six maps. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Light shelf wear. Price sticker still affixed inside front dust jacket flap. Includes complete text of all six journals along with a wealth of information in the appendices. McCLellin, [1896-1883] was ordained one of the twelve original Mormon Apostles in 1835. "An essential source for anyone interested in the beginnings of Mormonism and the relgious history of America."

Berlin: Judischer Verlag / Herlitz and Kirschner, 1927. Hardcover. GOOD. Berlin: Judischer Verlag, 1927. 10 1/4 x 8 inches: pp. xxxvi, pp. 1471. 3/4 leather over olive green cloth boards with gold gilt lettering. With list of illustrations and text, tables and accessories at rear of book. IN GERMAN. Book 1 (Band 1) only. Leather is very worn. Corners nudged. Front cover attached half-way by mesh cloth only. Five classic bands and 5 panels (top panel missing). Frontispiece, color illustration of the Ten Commandments with tissue guard. Three additional color illustrations plus numerous black and white illustrations. Text is unmarked. Binding solid. Jewish Encyclopedia written in collaboration with over 200 Jewish scholars and writers.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First edition. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. [6], 186. Green and beige illustrated paper dust jacket with yellow and green type, with a photo of the author on the back panel. White cloth over turquoise boards with green gilt type. Inscribed "To David," and signed by Molly Gloss. Some light wear to jacket - scuffing, light creasing, scratches. Some age toning to endpapers, white cloth shows some light wear. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.