Search Results: Titles starting with J from Tom Davidson - Bookseller

An expose of the criminal forces at work in the south of France, with text in English and French. A paperback original, about fine in stapled wraps, in a very good + dw with the spine moderately frayed. INSCRIBED by Greene on the title page to fellow author and critic Geoffrey Elborn, a noted expert on all things Edith Sitwell.

1st UK edition, fine in fine dw and SIGNED by Carey on the title page.

McBain's fourth Matthew Hope mystery, as new in similar dw and SIGNED by the author on the title page.

First hardcover issue of this story that first appeared in the literary journal Antaeus. Copy W of 26 lettered copies, simultaneously issued in 250 softbound numbered copies. Slight crease to upper corner of blank page prior to half-title page else fine in fine dw. SIGNED by Beattie on the colophon page in the rear of the book.

Gardner's retelling of the ancient Greek myth. Top stain just a bit faded else the book is about fine in off-white cloth boards, in an about fine dw with wrinkle atop the spine; the yellow dw with red lettering is in fine condition, exhibiting none of the fading commonly associated with this title.

A two-act play about the turbulent life of Jelly Roll Morton, widely credited with introducing American Jazz to a wider audience. The book is by George C. Wolfe, with lyrics by Susan Birkenhead. The play was the winner of three Tony Awards, and six Drama Desk Awards, with both Wolfe and Birkenhead winning in their respective categories. This copy is from the library of award-winning Broadway producer Morton Swinsky. with his blind stamp at the bottom of the half-title page. Additionally, the book is INSCRIBED and contemporaneously dated to Swinsky on the front end paper by Birkenhead and Wolfe. An outstanding association copy, as new in similar dw! I am not aware of any other copies of this nature presently on the market.

A collection of photographs, spanning three decades, of many of the prominent Jewish writers – novelists, playwrights, poets, essayists and scholars – of the twentieth century. Writers represented here include Saul Bellow, I.B. Singer, Allen Ginsberg, Philip Roth, Amos Oz, Tony Kushner, E.L. Doctorow, Arthur Miller, Jerzy Kosinski, and David Mamet, to name just a few. Fine in fine dw, briefly INSCRIBED by Krementz on the front end paper.

An exhibition catalog of a show mounted at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Published simultaneously in hardcover and softcover; this is a fine copy of the softcover edition in illustrated wraps, and is profusely illustrated with color and black-and-white images, accompanied by essays by D'Oench and Feinberg. Uncommonly SIGNED by Dine on the front half-title page.

The courtship and marriage of the retired baseball legend and the reigning queen of Hollywood, that blazed across the sky for 10 months before flaming out. While not a difficult title to find, this copy, fine in fine p/c dw, is uncommonly, briefly INSCRIBED by Kahn on the front end paper.

The debut novel by the Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings.  Lovely copy, fine in fine dw, with slight toning to the page edges, ubiquitous for this title.  The author has SIGNED the book on the title page.  Uncommon in the first edition, more-so signed!

The 1st US edition of the first volume in Mann's acclaimed tetralogy, translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. About fine in black boards with the gold stamping on the spine fresh and intact; the near fine dw has some shallow chipping to the edges of the sun-darkened spine, with the original $2.50 price intact atop the front flap.

The 1st US edition of the final volume in Mann's acclaimed tetralogy, translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. About fine in black boards with the gold stamping on the spine fresh and intact and a yellow top stain, in an about fine p/c 1st state dw with pink coloring on the verso of the dw. An uncommonly pretty copy!

The author's literary debut. Spine edges a bit soft else about fine in very nearly fine dw with a touch of fading to the tan spine and a vertical crease on the front flap. SIGNED by Prose on the title page.