Search Results: Authors starting with J from Uncharted Books

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1929. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 84 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is an uncommon book commemorating the erection of a statue of President Andrew Jackson.

Spork Press, 2014. Paperback. new. 8vo. Screenprinted wraps. This is an out of print chapbook of flash fiction stories and art about David Bowie.

New York: Ace, 1967. Paperback. Very good. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback science fiction book.

New York: Crown, 2023. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed on half-title page. This is a signed first printing memoir by Canadian activist James.

Westport: Lawrence Hill, 1980. Paperback. Very good. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Small damp stain on rear cover. This is an uncommon collection of essays by Westindian thinker James.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. 8vo. Maroon cloth with gilt text on spine and front board. Gilt top edge. Hand-pressed paper. 116 pp. Minor edge wear. Fore edge roughly cut in some places. This is a first printing from a limited run of 2000 copies collecting two literary lectures by James. (Edel and Laurence A61a, binding C).

New York: Scribner's, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Hand-pressed paper. 312 pp. No jacket as usual. Bookplate inside front cover. This is a first edition of Henry James's 1910 story collection.

New York: Scribner's, 1977. First Edition, Third Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. This is a first edition of James' classic mystery novel.

New York: Scribner's, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. This is a first printing of James' classic mystery novel.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1917. First Edition. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Line illustrations and photos throughout. 285 pp. Covers a bit scuffed. Liquid stain on left edge of front cover which is visible to front free endpaper. Tight and clean. This is a scarce first edition academic text dealing with the principles of electromagnetism and operation of dynamoes and heavy machinery.

New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1970. Paperback. Very good. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. This is a nice vintage paperback collecting the complete poetry of Jarrell.

New York: Viking Press, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 305 pp. Signed by author on bookplate. Minor shelf wear to jacket. This is a signed autobiography by Valerie Jarrett, former senior advisor to President Obama.

Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1992. First Edition. Very good/very good. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 113 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket. Full page inscription by the author on front free endpaper. Inscribed to educator and activist Beverly Anderson. This is an uncommon signed book about reframing African history from an Afrocentric point of view.

Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1992. First Thus. Cloth. Fine. 12mo. Grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine and Lakeside Press device in gilt on front cover. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 355 pp. Spine uncracked. A fine, unread copy. This is a limited edition Lakeside Press printing of Jennings' memoir of being a Texas ranger in the Wild West.

Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1992. First Thus. Cloth. Fine. 12mo. Grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine and Lakeside Press device in gilt on front cover. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 355 pp. Spine uncracked. A fine, unread copy. This is a limited edition Lakeside Press printing of Jennings' memoir of being a Texas ranger in the Wild West.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1909. First Thus. Hardcover. Good +. 12mo. Cloth. Minor shelf wear and scuffing to cloth, with most of the white titles rubbed. Front hinge overopened. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. This is the first prose edition (the title was originally published as a play) of Jerome's classic work.

London: Black Dog Books / YYZBOOKS, 2017. First Edition. Wraps. Fine/fine. Large 8vo. Wraps with stiff, shortened jacket as issued. 92 pp. 3 copies in OCLC. This is a rare out-of-print exhibition catalog of collaborative art between multiple artists and Toronto elementary school students.

Singapore: Chuang Yi Publishing, 2009. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. 8vo. Wraps with separate band. Unpaginated. 1/2" tear to band. Book is excellent. This is a rare gothic fantasy art comic, marking the solo debut of Singapore-based artist Hu JingXuan.

New York: Ballantine, 1982. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. 4to. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. This is a stated first edition guide to the inner workings of the space shuttle, featuring many fascinating diagrams and foldouts.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2014. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. 72 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket. This is an exhibition catalog of the abstract work of Jasper Johns.