Search Results: Titles starting with J from Bookworks MWABA, IOBA

Helsinki: Art-Print Oy, 1984. History of this consulting engineering firm, named after its founder and specializing in forest product use & management, including but not limited to wood handling, chipping, pulping, pulp & paper mills, use of wood scrap as fuel. Text in English. Hardcover, full off-white cloth, brown titling & art; no jacket, possibly as issued.. Light wear, corners bumped, spine lean; name & corporate affiliation inside front cover; "first edition" rubberstamped on free endsheet. Text clean; 73 pages, b/w photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8½" by 8½".

New York: Ogilvie, 1896 Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pages yellowed. May have foxing, rubbing, small edge chips or tears. Please email for full description. No. 66..

London: Gay & Hancock, 1913. Poem of monks troubled by a thieving bird, and his reformation; finely illustrated with twelve tipped-in plated mounted on grey sheets, with captioned guards. Recently rebound in full oatmeal cloth, paper spine labels. Light wear, pages tanned. Text clean; 17 leaves printed one side only, plus colophon; 12 color plates.. Later Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Charles Folkard. Folio.

Baton Rouge/London: Louisiana State University Press, 1981. Intensive study of the politics of Calhoun County in North Carolina, 1824-1848, whose economic & social conflicts the author believes representative of the entire antebellum nation's. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. lLiht wear to book, short tear & minor creasing to jacket. Text clean; xii, [2], 354 pages; index, bibliography, appendixes on sources & methods, tables, a few figures. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1958. Fourth edition of this study of the British theater, with chapters on Chapman, Marston, Jonson, Dekker, Middleton, Tourneur, Webster, Greville, Beaumont & Fletcher, Ford. Hardcover, full black cloth, gilt titling. Light wear to book; jacket price-clipped with minor rubbing & edgewear; two ink names to free endsheet - you could add yours! - Foyle's label inside front cover; hint of foxing. Text clean; xviii, 345 pages; index, bibliography, brief appendix on the 'Theatre War'.. Later Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

New York: William Morrow, 1999. Second of a trilogy of crime novels set in 17th century feudal Japan, featuring Kaze, a ronin or masterless samurai, and his encounters. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page "For Kate Hope you enjoy this! Best [signature]", with the author's seal also stamped there. Hardcover. Stated first edition (first printing) with full number string. Light wear to book & jacket; near fine. . Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Service, 1957 Cloth. Very Good/Good. First Edition. Octavo. Entire book is slightly curved. A few small chips and tears along top and bottom edges of jacket. Inch-long surface tear on back of jacket. Portrait of Jamaica by South African-born novelist. Color frontispiece plus 17 b&w plates. Tipped-in foldout map at end of book. 284 pages. 3 appendixes. Index..

London: Titan Books, 2004. Complete set of the 17 titles in this reprint series collecting all the original newspaper comic strip serials first published from 1958 to 1984. Originally based on Fleming's novels (and one by Amis), as adapted by Gammidge and Lawrence, with one series each by Peter O'Donnell and Anthony Hern; and later, original stories by Lawrence. About two-thirds are illustrated by Horak, most of the rest by McLusky. The books include historical & supplemental material, and often prefaces by actors & others involved in the movies. Later titles are: Death Wing; Shark Bait; The Paradise Plot; Polestar; The Girl Machine; Nightbird. Oversized paperback, as pictured. Most are stated first editions, but some are later printings thus - and some that seem to be second printings are probably firsts - the publisher seems inconsistent. Light wear, near fine to all but Golden Ghost, which has a bumped corner; and Nightbird, which is creased & bent; a few have publisher's… Read More

Cleveland: Arthur Westbrook Company, 1907 Paperback, white spine, black titling; full color cover. Small creases on cover, light rubbing, pages tanned. Text clean; 191 pages, line illustrations. Cover title is 'The James Boys and Their Outlaw Band of Border Bandits in Old Missouri' with art featuring a train robbery. Sensational account of the life & crimes of the James Gang, scarce in this condition.. Paperback. Very Good. 5" by 7".

Rockland, ME: William A. Farnsworth Library and Museum, 1984. Quarter Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Limited/Numbered. Oblong Quarto. Companion to 1984-85 exhibit. #157 of 500 copies. Gray boards with blind-stamped lettering; black cloth binding with gilt lettering; gray end sheets. Front hinge slightly loose; small stain on fore edge. Barely noticeable silverfish gnawings on jacket spine.. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. Biography of the congressman & senator from Maine, also an important Secretary of State under three presidents, and one of the most influential Republican politicians of the late ninteenth century. Publisher's American Political Leaders series. Stout hardcover, as pictured; the first edition (first printing), listing no later printings. Shows minor wear, a few small stains, light bumps to corners, faint paperclip impression to the first few pages; spine gilt a bit dull. Text clean; xi, [3], 514 pages; index, bibliography, b/w plates. . Later Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Large Octavo.

Berkeley/Los Angeles/London: University of California Press, 2009. Study of Rosenquist's "provocative imagery" and the cultural & political events he was reacting to; "a compelling perspective on the artist and on the burgeoning consumer culture of postwar America." Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; first edition (first printing) with full number string. Light wsear to book, corners bumped; jacket shows minor edgewear. Text clean; [2], x, [2], 214 pages + colophon; index, bibliography, notes, color & b/w plates. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Quarto.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Dahl's first book for children, fantastically illustrated by Burkert; basis of the 1996 film. An early printing, but not the scarce first. Dating this book precisely is difficult: most copies listed are much later printings, though called 'first edition, second state' even by dealers who should know better - see note at the end of this listing. Hardcover, full red cloth, gilt titling, blind-stamped decoration, yellow top edge, green endsheets; four-line production note on the last page; first state jacket with $3.95 price on flap, no ISBN on rear panel; no mention of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which puts it between 1961-67. Light wear to book & jacket, minor edgewear, near fine. Text clean; [8], 119 pages + colophon; color & b/w illustrations. A remarkably nice example. PRELIMINARY BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: The first state of this book has a five-line production note on the last page, naming Wolff as the binder, and including paper provider… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Collection of 40 scholarly essays addressing Austen's life & works, critical fortunes, historical & cultural context; a companion to the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Seems unread, near fine, but for some light creasing to half-title & some page edges, seemingly a manufacturing flaw; otherwise clean & unmarked; xxx, 467 pages. . First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

Janesville, WI: League of Women Voters, 1974. Account of the government and amenities of this south-central Wisconsin city, best known now as Paul Ryan's base of operations. Paperback, tan & brown covers. Light wear, minor tanning to covers. Text clean; iv, 64 pages, index, b/w photos, maps.. Second Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Thomas Bowditch. 8" by 10".

Tokyo: Japan Food Additives Association, 1988. Mostly technical monographs on over 300 chemicals used in the food processing industry, with sections on reagents & solutions and test methods, standards & procedures. Only about 30 pages on Japanese use & labelling standards. Bright green hardcover, black titling. General wear, ink mark on front, corners bumped; minor pencil notation within. [4], xii, (iv), [1], blank, 672 pages + colophon.. Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 6¼" by 8½".

Tokyo: Kyo Bun Kwan Decorative Cloth. Good/Poor. Third Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 236 pages with index. Undated, c.1925. Published under the auspices of the CLSJ, this book is written for Christian missionaries in Japan. Gray and green floral patterened cloth with black lettering; color illustration pasted on front board. Wear and tear to head and tail of spine; boards warp outward slightly; darkened top edge; air pockets under pastedown front end sheet; previous owner's name on front end sheet. Jacket is browned, stained, and is missing several large pieces. Text is clean and binding is tight..

Stuttgart / Berlin / Leipzig: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1925. Study of Japanese art incorporating ghosts, demons, and other supernatural & grotesque motifs, a subject typically only skimmed in the usual publications; including prints, paintings, and sculpture. Text in German, with mostly quite well-reproduced plates in b/w & color, some double-page. Stout hardcover, tan calf spine & corner tips over green paper-covered boards. Light wear to book, but water stain to head of spine affecting jacket & book, minor waterstain to front cover, some splitting to inner hinges; some of the color plates are a bit off-register; slipcase rubbed & chipped, with part of the spine label chipped off. Text clean; [12], 63 pages, blank, 142 tissue-guarded plates, of which 45 are in color. Text in German. A surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this oversize book will be required; please inquire for an accurate quote.. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Good/Very Good. Quarto.

New York/Paris/Sydney/Toronto: Shevchenko Scientific Society, 1986. History of this once-prosperous trade center & the San River valley, under Austrian control from 1772 until 1918, when it was ceded to Poland, under whose rule it has remained; many acts of what we would now call 'ethnic cleansing' occurred around the end of the Second World War as Ukrainians were driven out of their ancestral lands or killed by Polish communists. The book argues that the region was always majority-Ukrainian even when under Polish control, and that considerable white-washing of history was perpetrated by the Polish government just after the war during this 'cleansing.' Text in Ukrainian. Stout hardcover, burgundy cover, gilt titling. Light wear to book, minor scuffs; no jacket. Text clean; xviii, 797 pages; index, b/w photos, figures, small folding color map. Text in Ukranian.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7½" by 10½".

Albany: State University of New York Press, 1979. Monograph on the political, economic, and personal interests involved in colonial New York's borders with neighboring colonies. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, likely as issued. Light wear to book, minor rubbing; text clean; xvi, 343 pages; index, bibliography, notes, portraits, maps. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.