Search Results: Authors starting with J from Carpetbagger Books, IOBA

New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($5.95), generally toned, faded at the spine, rubbed and bumped at the edges. Black cloth with orange paper on the boards. Bound with some reading wear and a slight forward lean, dusty at the top edge, a few small stains on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Jackson's collection of prison writing finished just days before he was killed in his attempted escape from San Quentin.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Illustrated in water colors by Alice A. Stewart. Limited to 100 copies signed by Stewart. About Near Fine. Quarter vellum, green buckram on the boards with gilt lettering and designs, some toning and light rubbing to the edges, bumps to the corners. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, moire endpapers, a small circular shadow near the top of the pages through 19. A remarkably clean copy of Jackson's account of the beauty of Colorado flowers that was originally published in Bits of Travel at Home. According to Stewart's acknowledgement, Jackson approached her about illustrating this separate edition. Stewart writes, "It has been somewhat a labor of love to try to express in form and color what one, who had such a nice appreciation of Colorado flowers, has expressed so eloquently in words." Unfortunately, Jackson died of cancer before the book was published, leading Stewart to close her acknowledgement, "If I shall have done… Read More

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.75), bumped and with creases throughout, chips at the spine edges, former owner's name written on the back of the jacket. Black buckram with red ink panels with white ink lettering and rules. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, red top stain, clean internally. Jackson's second novel, his follow-up to The Lost Weekend.

London: Stanley Paul and Co. Ltd, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped (15s net), chipped at the top edge, lightly rubbed elsewhere. Red buckram on the boards with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Jacobs's informative study of murder to show "an extraordinary diversity of type, method, and motive.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1996. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. Very Good. With a laid-in letter from the publisher. Very Good. Galleys bound with a black cloth backstrip with a laminate cover and a forward lean, clean internally. A Natalie Gold mystery.

Waxahachie: The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing Company, 2011. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps lightly rubbed and curled at the fore-edge. Square and firmly bound, some shelf wear to the bottom edge, clean internally. A fresh first edition of the unexpected best-selling erotic novel about Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, adapted into the film series of the same title.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($1.25 net on the spine), generally toned and soiled, scribble at the bottom-right corner of the front panel, multiple chips and tears at the edges. Grey cloth on the boards with gilt lettering and rules on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a forward lean, gilt top edge, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. A collection of five previously published Henry James stories, printed here with minor revisions from their serial publications. This copy comes from the personal collection of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, priced at $1.75 on the spine, generally toned and rubbed, a few small chips at the edges and corners. Green buckram, lightly bumped at the foot of the spine, with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a faded top edge, clean internally. A collection of seven short stories from the celebrated realist writer, scarce in the jacket.

New York: Dell, 1959. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. D181. Fifth Printing. Very Good. Wraps lightly rubbed and bumped, creased near the spine. Square and firmly bound with blue edges, clean internally.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in an about Very Good jacket, unclipped ($1.50 net on the spine), generally toned, rubbed and with some chips and tears at the top edge, some orange stains on the front panel. Grey cloth on the boards with gilt lettering and rules on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, gilt top edge, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. The first US edition of James's novel about an outcry over selling great British works out of the country, issued simultaneously with the first English edition. One of James's two unfinished novels at the time of his death, here complete in the scarce jacket. This copy comes from the personal collection of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50 net on the spine), heavily toned and soiled, chipped along the edges and spine, tears and creases at the folds and back panel. Grey cloth on the boards with gilt lettering and rules on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, gilt top edge, toned at the endpapers, frontispiece of Henry James, clean otherwise. The second volume in James's autobiography. This copy comes from the personal collection of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.

London: William Heinemann, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Complete in two volumes. Stamped "presentation copy" on the title pages. About Very Good. Blue cloth, toned at the spines, lightly rubbed and bumped. Bound with some reading wear and forward leans, hinges cracked in Vol. II. One of 600 copies of the first printing, this set from the personal library of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. About Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($1.25 net on the spine), generally toned and soiled, rubbed and with some chips and tears at the edges. Grey cloth on the boards with gilt lettering and rules on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a forward lean, gilt top edge, clean internally. The first US edition of James's novel about an outcry over selling great British works out of the country, issued simultaneously with the first English edition. One of 2,000 copies of the first printing, complete in the scarce jacket. This copy comes from the personal collection of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.

New York: Viking Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($17.95), generally rubbed, lightly soiled. White cloth with blue gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a blue top stain, clean internally. James's classic novel of Isabel Archer and her interaction with two American expats.

New York: Scott and Seltzer, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($1.25), generally soiled and rubbed, chips to the edges. Green buckram, pushed at the edges, dulled gilt lettering on the spine. Bound with a bit of reading wear and a forward lean, clean internally. A collection of four short stories by the noted realist author. This copy comes from the personal collection of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1961. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. The Universal Library UL 116. With Variants, Notes and Introduction by Herbert Ruhm. Cover illustration by Edward Gorey. Very Good. Wraps toned at the edges and spine, rubbed at the edges and corners. Square and firmly bound, remaindered at the bottom, clean internally. A collection of three of James's novellas.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in an about Very Good jacket, generally toned and soiled, rubbed at the edges, a few chips and closed tears. Grey cloth on the boards with gilt lettering and rules on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, gilt top edge, toned at the endpapers, frontispiece of Henry James Sr. and Jr., clean otherwise. This is a first issue copy without the mention of Notes of a Son and Brother in preparation. This copy comes from the personal collection of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($1.50 net on the spine), generally toned, rubbed and with some chips and tears at the top edge. Grey cloth on the boards with gilt lettering and rules on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, gilt top edge, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. The first US edition of James's novel about an outcry over selling great British works out of the country, issued simultaneously with the first English edition. One of James's two unfinished novels at the time of his death, here complete in the scarce jacket. This copy comes from the personal collection of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Edited and with an Introduction and Notes by Allan Wade. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($4.50), generally toned and soiled, lightly rubbed at the edges. Green buckram with a red ink panel with gilt lettering and designs on the spine edge. Square and firmly bound with a green top stain. A collection of thirty-two critical essays written by James between 1872 and 1901. This copy comes from the personal collection of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Complete in three volumes. Stamped "FILE" on the front board of each volume. Near Fine. Blue cloth, lightly rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners, with gilt lettering on the spines and front boards. Firmly bound with forward leans, black endpapers, clean internally. A remarkably fresh first edition set, one of 600 copies and this one from the personal library of Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Maurice Sendak.