Search Results: Titles starting with J from Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC

University Press of New England, 1996. First Edition. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, brown quarter cloth, 307 pages. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, lightly edge worn dust jacket.

London, England: Collins (England), 1957. First Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Very Good/Good +. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 510 pages, red cloth with gilt title on spine. A very good, clean, neat hard first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed. With a long inscription on front free end paper by a previous owner. In a good+, clean, dust jacket with chipping at the back strip edges, some sunning along the back strip, price clipped.

Concord, Ontario: House Of Anansi, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 278 pages, gray boards with silver title on spine. A near fine, clean, neat first edition hard cover, one corner bumped. In a fine, clean, lightly edge worn dust jacket with the original price.

Simon & Schuster: NY, 1956. second printing. Hardcover. very good minus/very goon minus. Octavo, 8 2/3" tall, 174 pages, green quarter-cloth. A very good, generally clean, neat hard cover second printing with minor shelf wear, binding solid, paper cream white and a short pen mark on the front endpaper. In a very good minus, moderately worn dust jacket, chipping at the folds, and with the original price present.

New York, New York: Henry Holt, 1948. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover--cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 280 pages, blue cloth. A near fine, clean, neat, hard cover first edition with little shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper just slightly yellowed. In a very good, clean dust jacket with some darkening along the spine, with original price.

Boston, Massachusetts: Marshall Jones, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Without dust jacket. Signed by the author on the front end paper and inscribed to a previous owner. Saito was Japanese Ambassador to the United States. Saito, a thin and dapper man, died mysteriously of a 'chest ailment' in 1939. He was a well-liked diplomate, popular in Washington, and noted for his excellent English as well as a fine sense of humor. Once asked to explain his youthfulness he said, "Whiskey and soda, all afternoon, every afternoon." Octavo, 9 " tall, x + 231 pages, gilt spine titles on black cloth. A very good minus, generally clean, and sturdy hardcover first edition with moderate shelf wear, and exterior rubbing, light exterior soiling, but the front fore-edge shows a surface stain (coffee) not visible in the interior except at the edge margin of the title page; hinges and binding solid, paper clean and just lightly yellowed with slight foxing to fore-edges. Without dust jacket.

R. Piper/ Museum of Modern Art, n.d. c. 1961. First thus. Very Good/good. The text is French and English. Oblong 12mo, 4 78" x 7 1/3", unpaginated (approx. 56 pages), decorative illustrated boards. A very good, generally clean, neat hard cover overall with minor shelf wear, light rubbing at the corner edges, binding tight, and paper lightly yellowed. The original clear cellophane wrapper has shrunken.

Arrow Editions: NY, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good minus/Good. With the signature of former owner, Rudi Blesh on the front endpaper and his marginal annotations scattered throughout. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 234 pages, black cloth. A very good, and otherwise generally clean, neat original hard cover with minor shelf wear, binding tight, but paper moderately yellowed. In a good, edge worn dust jacket, with a significant 2 x 4" chip from the back panel, chipping to the flap fold edges and top and bottom of back strip, moderately soiled and with the original price torn away.

New York, New York: Carroll & Graf, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 425 pages. A fine, clean, hardcover first American edition, with minimal shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, lightly rubbed dust jacket but 1/2" short tear at the bottom of back strip, with original price.

New York, New York: Viking Press, 1928. fourth printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Without dust jacket. Sold as a good reading copy only. Octavo, 7 3/4" tall, 264 pages, decorative endpapers, purple titles on blue cloth. A good and generally clean hard cover with minor shelf wear and rubbing at the corners and a slight cant to the spine; hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed BUT a coffee stain to the first six pages. Lacking dust jacket.

Forge, 1996-01-01. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 319 pages, blue boards. A fine, clean, neat hard cover with little shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, clean, slightly worn dust jacket but a short edge tear to upper back panel, with the original price present.

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 160 pages, black boards. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear but light soiling to the top fore-edge; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, clean dust jacket with the original price present.

G.P. Putnam's Sons: NY, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. With a bookplate from a previous owner tipped onto the front endpaper. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 378 pages, gilt spine titles on navy blue cloth. A near fine, clean, sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear, binding solid, paper cream white. In a very good, moderately worn dust jacket, with the original price present.

Seed Corn, House Organ of the Molehill Press; Chicago, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Without dust jacket (if issued). Small octavo, 7 1/3" tall, approx 64 pages (unpaginated), illustrated red cloth. A very good clean sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear or rubbing at the corners, binding tight. paper cxream white.,

New York: Chatto & Windus, 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good +. Probable author's signature on the front end paper "Mary from Humphrey" but not confirmed. Octavo, 8" tall, 223 pages green boards; gilt title on spine. A very good, clean, neat copy with minor shelf wear and rubbing to the boards; hinges and binding solid, paper cream white, with light soiling to the fore-edges, plus slight cant to the spine. In a very good (minus), clean dust jacket with small chips at the folds, some yellowing to rear panel, with original price.

Lakeside Press/ R.R.Donnelley & Sons Company, 1969. First thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Without dust jacket as issued. 12mo 6 7/8" tall, xxxvi + 188 pages, gilt top fore-edge, gilt titles on decorated blue cloth. A near fine, clean, neat, hardcover with little shelf wear but slight foxing to the cloth at the top cover edge and to fore-edge, binding tight, paper cream white. Issued without dust jacket.

Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good minus. Illustrated by Gerald McCann. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 191 pages. A very good, clean, hardcover with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a very good dust jacket with several short edge tears and creasing, and with original price.

New York, New York: G. W. Dillingham, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/without dust jacket. A scarce title. Octavo, 7 3/4" tall, 383 pages, decorative gray cloth, gilt spine titles. A very good, clean first edition, with light shelf wear and rubbing at the fore-tips, front panel decoration still bright, spine slightly darkened; hinges and binding solid but a slight separation at the top of the first signature, paper lightly yellowed, but some dog earring at top edge of later pages. Without dust jacket. No other date, but publisher is not consistent concerning printings.

Scribner, 1996-11-01. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 268 pages. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; gently read, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine dust jacket, with the original price.

New York, New York: Atheneum, 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 506 pages; red quarter cloth with gilt title on spine. A very good+, clean hardcover first edition with minor shelf wear, light soiling to fore-edge, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good, lightly edge worn dust jacket with original price.