Search Results: Authors starting with J from Evening Star Books

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [4], 5-319, [1] pp. Orange cloth with gold lettering on the spine; pink topstain. Price of 35 s. net on front flap of jacket. The "Trench" diary of General Jack, a Britsh general who served during WWI. Edited with an introduction by John Terraine. Illustrated by several black and white photographs and a few maps. Includes appendices and an index. Lengel 657; Enser 174. A Near Fine book with a bit of fading to the topstain; dust jacket shows minor toning and some wrinkling to the laminate.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo. [10], x, [5], 4-361, [3] pp. Quarter white cloth over orange paper boards with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $13.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated by several black and white photographs and two maps. An account of the forty-niners experiences at Sutter Mill during the gold rush. A Very Good book with a few traces of discoloration to the front board and minor warping to the boards; dust jacket has a few flecks of foxing to the reverse, else Fine.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [2], 490, [1], 2-7, [13] (pages of illustrated publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Orange cloth with black lettering on the front board and gold decorations on the front board, spine lettered in gold. While the text is not illustrated the publisher's ads in the rear contain several charming wood engravings. Encyclopedia, "Helen Hunt Jackson". Jackson's most significant work is her novel Ramona. She is remembered for her activism on behalf of Native Americans in Southern California. An early reprint of Jackson's classic novel. A Very Good book with the front hinge tender but binding is strong, edges of the boards show rubbing, bookplate on the front pastedown.

[London]: Hodder and Stoughton [1966], 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [13], 14-159, [1] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of 25s net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Decorated endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with four plates of black and white photographs. A female climber's record of ascending Turkish foothills and mountains, and the historical remains she was able to see. The date is blacked out on the copyright page, a common flaw for this title; jacket shows very minor edge wear.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (1958), 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [8], 3-245, [3] pp. Quarter grey cloth over black paper boards with black lettering on the spine; yellow topstain. Price of $3.75 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 008b. A beautiful copy of Jackson's novel concerning twelve individuals who are hiding out in a mansion, convinced the apocalypse is upon them, and that they will be the only survivors. An illustrated bookplate on the front pastedown.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1893. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [7], viii-xii, [1], 10-266 pp. Quarter white cloth over green cloth, goldl ettering on the front board and spine, green decorations on the front board. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author, two in-text decorations, and with a few engraved initials. Toning and three small spots of discoloration to the spine.

New York: Philomel Books (1993), 1993. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [8], 391, [1] pp. Quarter red cloth over grey paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $17.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrated with a double-page map and a few in-text drawings by Gary Chalk. A small push to the top textblock; jacket has a touch of edge wear to its front and spine panels.

New York: Philomel Books (1999), 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. [14], 7-386, [6] pp. Quarter red cloth over grey paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $22.99 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Troy Howell. Illustrated with a few in-text designs by Fangorn.

London: Philomel Books (2000), 2000. First American edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [14], 5-374 pp. Quarter red cloth over grey paper boards with black lettering on the spine. Price of $22.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a double page map and in-text illustrations by Fangorn. A tiny push to the top textblock, overall a lovely example.

London: Hutchinson (2001), 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [12], 3-437, [1] pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of UK £14.99 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated by Peter Standley. A small dampspot on the reverse of the dust jacket.

New York: Philomel Books (1996), 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [8], 360 pp. Quarter red cloth over grey paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $19.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with a double-page map and several in-text drawings by Allan Curless. A touch of wear to the extremities, else Fine.

London: Philomel Books (2000), 2000. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. 8vo. [14], 5-374 pp. Quarter red cloth over grey paper boards with black lettering on the spine. Price of $22.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a double page map and in-text illustrations by Fangorn. A tiny push to the top textblock; jacket shows a touch of shelf wear.

New York: Philomel Books (1997), 1997. Tenth Anniversary Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [12], 13-351, [1] pp. Quarter purple cloth over purple paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $22.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated by Troy Howell, with a color frontispiece and a few additional color plates, a double-page map, and an in-text drawing. The anniversary edition celebrating the release of the first book in Jacques' beloved series ten years prior. Jacket with a touch of edge wear.

New York: Philomel Books (1996), 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [8], 360 pp. Quarter red cloth over grey paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $19.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with a double-page map and several in-text drawings by Allan Curless.

New York: Philomel Books [2002], 2002. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/very near Fine. 8vo. [10], 3-389, [3] pp. Quarter red cloth over grey paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $23.99 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrated with a double-page map and a few in-text drawings by David Elliot. A small strain to the front gutter, overall binding tight and square.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1901. Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [3], iv-vi, [3], 2-203, [1], [12] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of a child by a plum tree, several in-text engravings, and a few photograph plates. Edited by John Craig. A bit of rubbing to the extremities and a contemporary name on the preliminaries.

Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys [1982], 1982. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. [10], 3-328 pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with pink lettering on the spine. Price of $16.95 on front flap of dust jacket. A Near Fine book in a Very Good+ dust jacket with some edge wear.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons [1980], 1980. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [8], 3-311, [3] pp. Quarter black cloth over red paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $10.95 on front flap of dust jacket. A Very Good book with a tiny spot of discoloration to the fore-edge and a small crack to the front hinge in a Very Good dust jacket with each flap showing moderate creasing.

New York: Stein and Day [1969], 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. 8vo. [9], 8-380, [2] pp. Quarter grey cloth over green paper boards with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $7.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with a few black and white photographs. A Very Good book with a slight separation between the top of the backstrip and the textblock, name blackened out on free front endpaper in a Very Good+ dust jacket with few hints of rubbing and edge wear.

Chicago: Geo. Sherwood & Co. [1885], 1885. Early edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. [2], 3-170, [2] pp. Quarter black cloth over orange paper boards with black lettering and decorations on the boards' all edges marbled. With three newspaper articles from the early twentieth century, discussing winners of Midwestern spelling bees. A nice example of English education in the late ninteenth century. The spine is faded with the front hinge split, a few notes on the rear flyleaf.