Search Results: Titles starting with J from Matthew's Books LLC

New York: Merriam Company, 1895. Book G: soiling and wear to boards, spine mildly sunned, hinge starting at FFEP, name on front paste down, foxing to frontispiece cover. text clean, binding intact/no DJ. 8vo 263pp. illustrated. Through On Time series No. 1. by author of boys adventure tales. "Brave and Honest" series, "River and Wilderness" series, "Log Cabin" series, etc. #01372.

Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1939. second edition. hardcover. Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, toning and foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 12mo 211pp. second edition. biography of James H. McConkey, a 19th century missionary and evangelist. #01824.

Ballantine, 1983. mass market paperback. good. 176pp. A Kate Fansler Mystery. #00565.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1989. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: age wear to boards and spine, else clean, tight, unmarked/no DJ. Gilles De Chabaneix (photographer). 8vo unpaginated. from Introduction: "During the last decade American and English designers have embraced the Japanese esthetic with gusto, but the style of Japanese life has often eluded Westerners. To comprehend the Japanese mind one must understand that privacy is held sacrosanct. The Japanese interior reflects this reverence for solitude; the home is a retreat from the public sphere and is imbued with the personality of its occupant. The daily homecoming from school or work is a celebratory event marking the return to a sense of calm centeredness." laid out as a calendar of days opposite a picture of Japanese style in food, fashion, interior design, art, etc. #01719.

Oxford University Press, 1958. first edition. hardcover. very good: age/shelfwear to outside of text block, mild foxing to endpapers, corners sharp, text clean, binding tight./very good: age wear, corner wear, foxing/stain on rear cover. NOT price clipped ($4.75). 8vo 215pp. from front flap: "Japan's economy, which the war left in ruins, has now been restored, and after a long period of hesitancy, progress has been resumed. This book describes and explains the course of recovery in industrial production, foreign trade, agriculture  and finance, and compares and contrasts the present with the pre-war economy in its structure and organization." #00660.

New York: Institute of Pacific Relations, 1940. hardcover. Book G: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, name on FFEP, mild toning. Neat highlighting throughout text. Binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 253pp. part of I.P.R. Inquiry Series (Institute of Pacific Relations). History and analysis of modern Japan, from Meiji restoration through present day (1940). Fascinating as an assessment of Japan from an American perspective in the year before Pearl Harbor. #01371.

New Directions, 1964. first US edition. hardcover. very good+: clean, square, tight./very good: age toning/soil, mild shelf wear, NOT clipped ($4.50). 8vo 216pp. from front flap: "Jealousy and Medicine is recognized as the finest novel by one of Poland's outstanding modern writers. First published in 1932, it pioneered new fictional techniques, particularly in a use of distortion and fragmented time sequence which may have been inspired by modern painting. Jealousy and Medicine won the Polish Academy of Literature Prize and has been translated into fifteen languages. This English version by Eileen Arthurton-Barker marks its first publication in the United States. #01028.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1911. hardcover. good: soil/age wear to boards and spine, spine sunned, name on FFEP, toning to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 12mo. 163pp. fourth printing January 1911. dramatization by American poet and playwright of the life of the famous French saint and warrior Joan of Arc. #01316.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. first edition. hardcover. very good: mild age wear/soil to boards and spine, toning and foxing to text block, name on front paste down, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 177pp. Story of a young boy growing up in China who discovers he can communicate with animals and nature. #01144.

Woodstock: Overlook Press, 2002. first thus. softcover. Book VG: slight lean, crease to front cover, text clean, binding tight.. 8vo 322pp. see pictures for synopsis. #02172.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2005. first edition. hardcover. Book NF: clean, square, tight, unmarked/DJ VG+: touch of shelf wear, not clipped. 8vo from front flap: "Harold Bloom [...] has written about religion and the Bible throughout his career. Now, with Jesus and Yahweh, he has combined these interests in what may be his most disturbing book yet. His conclusion, that the Hebrew Bible of the Jews and the Christian Old Testament are very different books with very different purposes, political as well as religious, brings Bloom to refute any notion of a Judeo-Christian heritage." #02119.

Doubleday, 2007. First American Edition. hardcover. very good: no writing, minimal signs of wear to dust jacket or pages/very good.

New York: A.S. Barnes and Co, 1943. hardcover. Book VG: age toning to boards and spine, toning to endpapers, text clean, binding tight.. Anita Lowell (photog.). 8vo 83pp. fourth printing. The Barnes Dollar Sports Library. from Introduction: "The mastery of jiu-jitsu as outlined in thsi book will be no assurance that you will always conquer your adversary. While physical strength, even though untrained, and muscles of steel are advantageous, of far more importance is presence of mind. To gain the best advantage over someone stronger than you, quick thinking, self-assurance and flexibility are the paramount essentials." #02226.

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1937. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: spine sunned, toning/offset to boards, toning/foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding tight. 12mo 160pp. from title page: "The two-hand card game played with a 32 card deck" #02216.

New York: Dover Publications, 1951. hardcover. Books: VG: mild shelf wear, offset to endpapers, both volumes unmarked, tight bindings/DJ VG: mild age toning/edge wear, NOT clipped. 8vo 656pp. + (721pp. +419pp.) Unabridged Edition Three Volumes Bound as Two. from front flap: "Spitta's monumental study of Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the great classics of musicology. Since it was first published in 1873-1880, it has remained the basic work upon Bach, the foundation of all later research and study. In all likelihood it will never be superseded as the most thorough coverage of its subject, since Spitta combined a genius for historical scholarship, musical understanding and incredible energy in gathering source material that has seldom been matched." #02424 HEAVY ITEM WILL REQUIRE EXTRA S/H.

Philadelphia: John Bartram Association, 1938. softcover. very good: offset and writing on front cover, offset inside front cover from newspaper clipping, text clean, binding intact.. 8vo (6" x 8.75") 33pp +illustrations. Biography of the famed botanist and his son, and the house and gardens where they tended their collections. #01120.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1882. first thus. hardcover. Book very good: scuffed/bumped, mild wear to boards and spine, toning/wear to edge of text block included gilt top edge. text clean, binding tight./no DJ.. 12 mo. 356pp. +16pp. advertisements. part of American Statesmen series edited John T. Morse. Life and political career of John C. Calhoun. #01337.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1906. first thus. hardcover. Book VG-: spine sunned, shelf wear to boards and spine, edge wear and corner tears to endpapers, text clean, binding intact./no DJ. 12mo 449pp. published December 1906. part of American Statesmen series, Second Series. Biography of 19th century Ohio born US politician, younger brother of General Sherman, served in both houses of congress and as Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury. #01813.

New York: The Century Company, 1911. first edition. hardcover. Book VG-: discoloration/offset to boards, spine sunned, scuffing, mild foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding intact.. 8vo 316pp. published May 1911. novel by American physician, scientist, novelist, poet. #02301.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1935. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: age wear/soil to boards and spine, mild toning/foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 12mo 205pp. stated first edition. biography of John White, Christian missionary to the Mashonaland area of Zimbabwe in the early 20th century. #01732.