Search Results: Authors starting with J from Downtown Brown Books, ABAA

Northampton, MA: Kitchen Sink Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A graphic novel based on an incident in Texas history. Issued simultaneously in trade paperback and 300 hardcovers, signed by Jackson on a tipped-in label. 153 pages. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy in illustrated boards (no jacket, as issued). This is no. 43 of 300 signed and numbered by Jackson at the front.

Portland, OR: Modern Printing Co, 1914. First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. A dictionary of 430 terms, compiled with the assistance of C. R. Hellyer of the City Detective Department of the Portland police. An unusual Oregon imprint. "John Hancock, noun, current amongst confidence men and paper grafters generally. A signature. Derived from the common observation that John Hancock, of Revolutionary fame, wrote in a massive, extremely legible hand." "Jab, noun, current amongst morphine and cocaine fiends. A hypodermic injection." 103 pages. First printing. A good copy with chipping to the yapped edges and not quite an inch missing from the base of the spine. Pages creased. Lacking the patterned glassine wrapper. A solid reference copy.

Mexico and Phoenix, AZ: Scudería Hermanos Rodríguez and David Bull Publishing, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A massive illustrated biography of two Mexican Formula One drivers who made a name for themselves in the 1960s. Both brothers died young in crashes. Translated from the Spanish. 607 pages. 9 by 13-1/4 inches. Out of print. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

(N.-pl.): Adam Low, 1983. Ephemera. Very good. Two versions of the teleplay for a half-hour BBC documentary about P.D. James's use of place in her fiction, both with manuscript changes and both differing from the program that eventually aired. These scripts, written and edited by James, are significantly longer than the final program and offer insight into James' thinking about the detective novel that is otherwise unavailable. Some of the longest passages that were cut are about James's influences, including Arthur Conan Doyle, W. H. Auden, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Dick Francis, and Leo Tolstoy. These scripts offer exceptional insight into James's thinking about the detective novel and the inspiration she drew from the places her books were set. Twenty-five years after writing these scripts, James published a book-length survey of the detective genre, Talking About Detective Fiction (2009), which combined literary criticism with personal reflection on her writing. At the time this… Read More

Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1934. First Edition. Near fine. 33 pages. Statement of John Janney, Chairman of the Executive Board of the American Society of Practical Economists. Testimony before Congress on the possible effects of taking the US off the gold standard, which happened a few weeks later. This separate publication does not appear to be catalogued on OCLC. First edition (first printing). Near fine in self wrappers.

Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1933. First Edition. Near fine. 59 pages. Statement of John Janney, Chairman of the Executive Board of the American Society of Practical Economists. Based on his testimony before the United States House of Representitives Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, February 8 and 9, 1933. First edition (first printing). Near fine in self wrappers.

[Paris?]: Editions Stardom / Moebius Production, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Volume six of the collected Moebius, issued by the acclaimed artist/cartoonist's own publishing house. Text in French. 124 pages, full color throughout. 6-7/8 by 9-1/2 inches. First edition ("première édition" stated on back cover). A fine copy in illustrated paper over boards. No jacket, as issued.

[Paris?]: Editions Stardom / Moebius Production, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Volume five of the collected Moebius, issued by the acclaimed artist/cartoonist's own publishing house. Text in French. 124 pages, full color throughout. 6-7/8 by 9-1/2 inches. First edition ("première édition" stated on back cover). A fine copy in illustrated paper over boards. No jacket, as issued.

Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse, 1997. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. A small-format graphic novel collecting several Moebius stories, translated into English and presented in color. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in wrappers (paperback).

[Aromas, CA]: Cayucos Books, 1971. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. A reissue of Jeffers' second collection, with a long introduction by William Everson (who also wrote as Brother Antoninus). This is one of 50 copies signed by Everson out of an edition of 500 printed by Graham Mackintosh. . xxvi, 163 pages. Second edition. A fine copy in a clear acetate wrapper with a couple of cracks. This is copy 30, signed by Everson on the colophon.

New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A collection of long, political, narrative poems that argue that the US should not have gotten involved in World War Two. Jeffers' position was so unpopular that the publisher put a disclaimer in the book and on the jacket stating they disagreed with their author. This is one of an unspecified number of copies issued with a tipped in sheet signed by Jeffers. 149 pages. First edition (stated first printing). A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket that is price-clipped and chipped along to the top edge. A previous bookseller notes on the front pastedown that this is a "large paper" copy, perhaps indicating that the signed issue is taller than the regular trade issue. This copy comes with a custom decorative slipcase.

London: Little, Brown in Association with Goldsboro Books, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A thriller, translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim. This is her first book published in English. Published in an edition of 250 copies signed and numbered on a tipped-in limitation sheet. Jeong signs in both Korean and the Latin alphabet. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This is no. 82 of 250.

Honolulu: Nippu Jiji Co, 1941. Trade paperback. Good. The fifteenth and final volume of this guide to American life and to Hawaii, followed by a directory of the Japanese American residents of Hawaii. This directory was published in February 1941, just over nine months before the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese air force. It includes a list of community organizations, a directory of businesses, production statistics, results of sporting events, a list of government officials, and a guide to US immigration procedures. The directory of residents has separately paginated sections for each island with a map of the island inserted before the directory entries. Each entry includes the city where they were born and their profession. [6], 8, 294, 308, 52, 52, 8, 44, 100, 22 pages plus 32 pages of plates and inserted ads. Printed on newsprint. OCLC: 41204336 (for the serial; 1941 issue appears to be held by Stanford, Harvard, and perhaps the Library of Congress). A good-only copy, LACKING the… Read More

Paris: Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The sixth volume in the Complete Moebius series (in French), including La déviation, Rock City, Absoluten Calfeutrail, Ktulu (in full color), Tueur à Gage; and Les yeux du chat, a mostly wordless story written by Jodorowsky. 108 pages. First edition (states "1re Edition: Janvier 1985"). Top of spine bumped, this a very good copy in illustrated boards.

New York: Random House, 2015. Uncorrected Proof. Trade paperback. Fine. An advance reading copy, preceding the first edition, of this collection of short stories from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Orphan Master's Son. Fine in wrappers (paperback).

New York: HarperCollins, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. A collection of essays. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy with a remainder mark on the bottom edge, in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Johnson on the half-title and quite uncommon thus. The pen stopped writing for part of the "D', but the impression can be seen in the paper.

Meridian, CT: Bayberry Hill Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. A short memoir of a bookish trip to the UK by the proprietor's of the Bayberry Hill Press. They visited the widow of the founder of the Ashendene Press and met various booksellers. Published in an edition of just over 80 copies. Illustrated from drawings by Richard Brzozowksi and colored initials designed by W. Haynes Fitzgerald. The type is Centaur and Arrighi Italic; the paper is Tovil. [vi], 22, [1] pages. 10-1/2 by 15-1/8 inches. The binding in quarter cloth and mabled-paper-covered boards. Minor shelfwear at the base of the boards, else a fine copy. This is no. 83. With a compliments slip from the press laid in.

London: W. Piper, Brothers, & Co, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A short book on training and caring for hunting dogs. With a frontispiece engraving of a retriever and a duck. The British game laws then in effect are printed as the final chapter. This is the companion volume to the author's The Gun and How to Use It. This first edition is uncommon. 83 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy (spine darkened, dime-sized spot on front cover) in original or at least contemporary cloth. The book was (also) issued in wrappers (paperback); the later editions, from the 1860s, have a gilt design on the cover unlike this copy in plain cloth.

New York: Random House, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collection of short stories from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Orphan Master's Son. This is one of an unspecified number of copies signed by Johnson on a tipped-in page. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author.

New York: Viking, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. The second novel by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Orphan Master's Son. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. With a Barnes & Noble stamp on the bottom edge of the page block and a promo letter addressed to B&N manager about the book laid in.