Search Results: Authors starting with J from Quair Books

Norwich: Trouble and Strife, 1985. Stiff card wrappers. Very Good. Side-stapled booklet (25 x 21cm), pp. 52 + b/w illustrations. Green card wrappers, printed in black. Staples rusty internally, occasional fox spots and creasing, else, clean. Four-page Trouble and Strife Index (issues 4-6) printed on yellow paper at centre. Very good A pleasing copy of the Winter 1985 issue of the long-running radical feminist magazine, featuring Cath Jackson's review of Susie Orbach's Fat is a Feminist Issue (see item ? for our feminist-clad copy of the controversial first Hamlyn edition). Trouble and Strife was an independent radical feminist magazine published in Britain between 1983 and 2002. Its masthead featured the following legend, outlining its political position: "Trouble and Strife is cockney rhyming slang for wife. We chose this name because it acknowledges the reality of conflict in relations between women and men. As radical feminists, our politics come directly from this tension between men's power… Read More

The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1954. Very Good. 4to., 25cm, pp.129-192 + b/w illustrations to final two essays. Blue wrappers with navy lettering to front wrapper. Light soiling and sunning to wrappers, spine sunned and creased. Else, a clean, bright copy for its age. 'A journal for those interested in the art and science of broadcasting'. Essays also by Michael Curtis, P.H. Newby, Dyneley Hussey, Godfrey Talbot, G.F. Newell and H.D. Ellis and J.C. Taylor. The final publication of the journal.

London: John Murray, 1910. Hardback. Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. vii, [i], 351, [1]. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board ruled and decorated in black. Leading edge untrimmed. Rubbed, spine sunned, pushing to spine ends, corners bumped and worn, esp. bottom corner of front board. R. C. Hoyer Millar's book label to front pastedown, POI in sepia ink to ffep: "M. Hoyer Millar/ Nov 30th/ 10". Foxed, heaviest at front and rear, gently shaken. A good+ copy of Jacob's scarce short story collection. Violet Jacob (1863-1946) was a poet and author, with deep roots in the Scottish renaissance; n�e Kennedy-Erskine, the family seat was the House of Dun, near Montrose, the setting of much of her fiction. With Songs of Angus (1915) Jacob began writing in Scots, with Hugh MacDiarmid later describing her as "the most considerable of contemporary vernacular poets".

Paris: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane, 1929. First Paris Edition (in English). Large 8vo, pp. [218], [2]. Quarter cream linen lettered in black over patterned paper boards. Corners bruised and worn, edgewear, esp. to bottom edges. Boards toned. Occasional foxing, faint bookseller's stamp to rear pastedown, a bit shaken. Else, clean. A good+ copy. With a scathing Preface by Edward Garnett, directed at British censorship laws. Like Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness, Sleeveless Errand fell foul of the Obscene Publications Act 1857. Following the seizure and destruction of the London edition, primarily for its 'Bloody Hells,' Jack Kahane acted quickly to reissue the book in Paris; Kahane would set up the Obelisk Press. Fortunately, Norah James was not deterred by the 'moral righteousness and official Pecksniffery' of the British Home Office (in Garnett's words) and went on to author over 60 books. Known as Jimmy to her friends, in later life Jones lived with her partner Barbara Beauchamp.

London: Faber and Faber, 1999. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. With b/w plates. Navy paper, cream stamped lettering to spine. Light pushing to spine ends, a few marks to bottom board. Tanned edges. Else, clean and square. In the original dust jacket: light creasing to edges, light sunning to rear panel. A very good copy.

London: Virago Press Ltd, 1984. FIRST VMC Edition. Trade paperback. A little edgewear, tanned edges, pages a little toned. Else, clean and tight. Very good. .

London: Macmillan and Co., 1929. Very Good. Reprint. Small 8vo, pp. 818, (2 adverts). Navy textured cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, blind ruling to upper board. Pushing and light rubbing to spine ends, corners bumped, a few dark marks to boards, edges toned. Storm Jameson's ownership signature in black pen to ffep, faint offsetting to endpapers, spine finely cracked at title page and at first advert leaf to rear, still, binding holding firm. Else, clean. Very good

Leeds: [Gryphon], 1949. Good. FIRST EDITION. Slim 8vo, pp. 80 + b/w illustrations. Original illustrated orange paper boards, spine lettered in black, upper board features Henry Moore's 'Family Group' ("specially made for this anthology"). Rubbed, soiled and sunned, a few ink spots to lower board. Label "Now distributed by the Lotus Press" pasted on title-page, offsetting to feps, "Doreen and Walter Newlyn/ Leeds/ September 1955" in green pen to ffep, clipping of W.H.E.'s 1971 poem 'Lines on the Serpentine Way newly-paved with Tombstones (true and false) across St. George's Fields' pasted to recto of rear fep. Else, clean and tidy. Good+ From the library of Doreen and Walter Newlyn. The British economist and educator, Walter Newlyn (1915-2002), was known for his work on monetary theory and with African nations. From 1967 (until his retirement in 1978) he was Professor of Developmental Economics at the University of Leeds (UoL) and in 1964 founded its African Studies Unit, now LUCAS. Both Doreen and… Read More

London: Macmillan & Co., 1947. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Original maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Slight lean to spine, top edge spotted. Lengthy POI and scatter of spots to ffep, else clean and tight. In the original red, black and white typographical dust jacket by Jack Matthew: toned, spine sunned, extremities chipped, edgewear. A pleasing copy. Very good/ very good

New York & London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. First edition, with author's dedication. 8vo. Grey cloth, silver lettering. Spine ends bruised. Author's dedication in blue pen to ffep: 'To Phil Taylor/ 2/8/89/ Ian Jarvie'. Else, clean and bright. In original dust jacket: edgewear and light creasing. Very good/ very good. Ian Jarvie studied under Karl Hopper and is Distinguished Research Professor at York University, Toronto. Philip M. Taylor was Professor of International Communications, University of Leeds.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1958. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Black cloth, silver lettering to spine. Slight lean to spine. Dusty top edge, else, clean and tight. In the original dust jacket: price-clipped, light edgewear, rear panel a little shelf-soiled. Near fine/ near fine. A pleasing copy of the double Oscar and Booker Prize-winning author's third novel.

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1956. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Black buckram, silver lettering to spine. Dusty top edge. Light offsetting to half-title and rear adverts. Else, bright and tight. In the original dust jacket by Amina Ahmed: price clipped, with 'George Allen and Unwin 21s. net' sticker to front flap, spine sunned, a little rubbed, closed tear to top of rear joint, a little soiled. Very good/ good+.

London: John Murray, 1962. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Green cloth, black lettering to spine. Gentle pushing to spine ends, light spotting to top edge, a few light marks to boards. Else, clean and tight. In the original dust jacket by D V Cowen: price-clipped, with 'John Murray �1.25 net' sticker to front flap, edgewear, lightly soiled, a few scores. Near fine/ very good. A pleasing copy of the Booker Prize-winning novelist's fifth novel.

London: John Murray, 1960. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Pale blue cloth, dark blue lettering to spine. Slight lean to spine, spine ends bruised, faint stain to upper board. Top edge dusty. A few light stains to feps, else, clean and tidy. In Cyril Satorsky's original dust jacket: toned, spine sunned, edgewear, a number of stains to front panel, scores to rear. Good+/ good+.

London: John Murray, 1971. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. A few spots to top edge. Else, clean and tight. In Biro's original dust jacket: edges a little creased, gentle wear to spine ends. Near fine/ very good. A lovely copy of Jhabvala's short story collection.

London: John Murray, 1972. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Dark green boards, gilt lettering to spine. Pushing to head of spine, a few spots to top edge and rear fep, light stain to fore-edge, offsetting to final page from the newspaper by Raymond Mortimer review laid-in. Else, clean and tight. In Biro's original dust jacket: spine sunned, light edgewear. Very good/ very good.

London: John Murray, 1968. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Yellow cloth, black lettering to spine. Pushing to spine ends, bottom corners bruised. A few light spots to top edge. Else, clean and tidy. In the original yellow and purple dust jacket: price-clipped, with 'John Murray �1.25 net' sticker to front flap, spine sunned, edgewear, creased and soiled. Very good/ good+.

London: Virago Press Limited, 1988. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. Trade paperback. Edgewear, tanned edges, 'D' in black pen to inner rear wrapper. Else, clean and tidy. Very good. Cover batik by Marina Elphick and cover design by Wendy Taylor

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1971. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in white and black. Spine ends bumped, extremities bruised. Inscribed by Jones in blue biro to ffep: "For Ian, Welcoming him back from the tierras del Cid. Gwyn �". Blue biro ticks to Contents page, plus frequent scoring to text block, very occasional marks to margins. Else, clean, tight and bright. In the striking typographical dust jacket in mustard, red and black: spine and edges sunned, top edge creased, nicks to head of spine. Very good/ very good. Unusual inscribed. A neat association copy, between two Welsh men of (different) literatures, marked up by an engaged reader, perhaps the inscribee? An important figure in Anglo-Welsh literature, Glyn Jones (1905�1995) was a novelist, poet and literary historian. The publication year, 1971, was significant for Jones, who received an Arts Council of Wales award, the first in a series of awards and roles recognising his… Read More

London: Collins, 1959. FIRST UK EDITION/ FILM TIE-IN ("Abridged from the American Edition"). Large 8vo. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Bruising to extremities. Edges, beginning and end spotted. Light offsetting to endpapers, small nick to hinge of front board. Else, clean and tidy. In Kenneth Farnhill's original dust jacket: spine spotted, sunned and rubbed, chips to corners and head of spine, losses to heel and bottom edge of front panel, closed tear to top edge of rear panel. Good+/good+.