Search Results: Titles starting with J from Quirky Used Books & More

Workmen's Circle Education Department, 1989. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Yellow wraps with black lettering on front wrap. Light smudges, with light indentations. Very light crimping to edges, which is shelf-wearing. Nice copy. 107 pages.

H. Ray Haas & Co. , 1956. Hardcover. Good. Volume 21 containing the letters of Jacob Weiss, the Deputy Quartermaster General of the Revolution. Copyrighted 1956 by the Lehigh County Historical Society, Allentown, PA. Navy blue textured (buckram) boards. No DJ. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Dented, bumped, and worn worn corner tips, heel and head of spine. Boards scuffed and dirty. Worn along edges of spine. Top of text block lightly foxed. Slightly yellowed pages, with darker yellowing around the edges of paste down, free end pages and in the hinges. Unmarked pages and the binding is strong. 162 pages.

Blackwell Publishers, 2000. Hardcover. Good. Edited by Michael Hardt and Kathy Weeks. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. Boards are lightly smudged and have a couple of fingerprints. FFE has penciled numerals which have been slightly erased. Remainder mark in pink highlighter on bottom of text block, which is otherwise clean with light smudge marks. Bottom of spine is bumped. Clean, unmarked pages. 410 pages.

Jepson & Co, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. Lightly scuffed dust jacket, with light shelf wear to bottom edges of DJ and the boards. Brown paper-covered boards, with white titling and Japanese lettering in background. Beautiful and colorful photographs throughout. Extremely tight binding, doesn't appear to have ever been opened fully.

Sharp End Publishing, 2006. Softcover. Acceptable. Overall condition of the book is good and does show signs of usage. Bent corner tips, curling slightly upward on front cover. Scuffed and scratched front cover. Back cover is scuffed, scratched, and has an area extending 3 inches from top to three inches from edge of book, which is crumpled, indented, and has a two inch horizontal rip (did it fall from a backpack?). Outer edge of text block towards the bottom is dirty. Pages remain white, with no markings. Rated acceptable due to the damage to back cover, otherwise this guide to rock climbing in New Mexico is usable and readable. 271 pages.

Saint Louis University, 1969. Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with silver design on upper right corner. Small stain on the front board near the lower portion of the board near the spine. Price stamp on FFE. Shelf wear to heel of spine, but not excessively. Green marker line on bottom of text block. Faint foxing on top edge of text block. Sewn binding and all page signatures are intact. Book falls open between pages 42 and 43. 60 pages.

Religious Schools of Congregation Beth Israel Anshe Emes, 1925. Hardcover. Acceptable. Book still has binding intact, it's not pulling away from the spine. Pages intact, although yellowed and a bit fragile given the age of this book. Blue cloth boards. Front board has gilt title, author name, treble clef and staff design, and border. Those have faded over time, but are still very visible. Board cloth is worn through at corner tips and at the top and bottom of spine. Covers are also stained and front cover has little white spots all along the edge of spine, and outer edge of text block, but it isn't mold. Spine has darkened over the years and the gilt title is barely visible. End pages and paste downs are yellowed, with darker yellowing in gutters, including in the pages. Pages are unmarked, but are yellowed.

Vancouver Art Gallery, 1984. Softcover. Good. Softcover exhibition catalog for the exhibit of Jiri Kolar's art at the Vancouver Art Gallery from September 7 to October 21, 1984. Yellowed wraps and pages. Corners are creased. Scraped edges. Rubbed and worn wraps. 60 pages.

William Kimber, London, 1972. Hardcover. Good. Hard to find book. First published in English in 1972 by William Kimber and Company, LTD., London. Distributed in the USA by Motorbooks International, Minneapolis, MN. The DJ has bumped corners, crimping and scuffing along edges, and bumped at top and bottom of the spine. There is also a ding in the DJ along spine. The black boards are ever so slightly faded. Top and bottom of spine lightly bumped. Front end papers have yellowed. Pages are clean, albeit a little yellowed. Binding still remains in good shape. Tucked within the leaves of the book are a black and white photograph of Jo Siffert, printed in London, and a vintage blank postcard published by Verlag F. Hruby.

Radio and Electronic Jobber News, Inc, 1954. Softcover. Acceptable. August 1954 issue. Rubbed, scratched and scuffed wraps. Chipped and scraped cover edges. Creased corners. Light age-toning to pages. Glued and stapled binding. Scraped along the spine edges. 108 pages.

Radio and Electronic Jobber News, Inc, 1954. Softcover. Acceptable. June 1954 "Show Report Issue." Scuffed, faded, scraped and chipped wraps. Wearing along the glued and stapled binding. Crease corners. Soiling. 100 pages.

Fawcett Crest Books, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Scuffed covers. Lightly bumped corner tips. Stains all along outer edge of wrap. Dinged and lightly worn at top and bottom of spine. Small bubble on spine. Age-toned pages. Foxed interior pages, especially on back side of wraps and end pages. Red staining on text block edges is still bright, at top of text block near spine is a stain. Inserted and glued to spine is an old cigarette ad on card stock. 223 pages.

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1990. Softcover. Good. Softcover magazine. Rubbed/scuffed wraps. Faded and yellowed along spine. Bumped tips. Creases on edges of wraps. Light toning to pages. Magazine has a wave to it. Binding is good. Nice reading copy. pp. 141-272

1993. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Smudged off white wraps. Bent corner tips. Price tag residue on upper right corner of front wrap. Dirty text block. Tanned spine. Unpaginated. Predominantly in Japanese.

New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 1983. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Rubbed wraps and spine edges. Bumped tips. Yellowing along spine. Free of markings.

New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 1982. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Rubbed wraps and spine edges. Bumped tips. Yellowing along spine. Free of markings.

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1997. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Bumped tips. Light yellowing to spine.

New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 1983. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Rubbed wraps and spine edges. Bumped tips. Yellowing along spine. Free of markings.

1981. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Bumped tips. Light yellowing to spine.

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Bumped tips. Light yellowing to spine.