Search Results: Authors starting with J from Rose's Books, IOBA

London: George Bell and Sons, 1886. Book. Illus. by Browne, Gordon. Good. Decorative Silk. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First thus, first published as "Melchior's Dream" in Monthly Packet, 1861 and subsequently as "Melchior's Dream, and Other Tales" by Bell & Sons, 1862. Decorative green silk binding with fancy gilt titles, elaborate decoration in black in blind. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. Floral endpapers in light brown. Frontispiece plus 7 illustrations by Gordon Browne. Contains "Melchior's Dream", "The Blackbird's Nest", "Friedrich's Ballad", "A Big of Green", and "Monsieur the Viscount's Friend", The Yew Lane Ghosts, "A Bad Habit", and "A Happy Family". 112 pp., double-column format. Chipping top and bottom of spine with small loss of material, edgewear, occasional foxing, a few stray marks. Just about good… Read More

London: Bell and Daldy, 1869. Book. Illus. by M.S.G. (Gatty, Margaret). Good. Decorative Cloth. Early. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. London: Bell and Daldy, 1869. Early and scarce edition, first published as "Melchior's Dream" in Monthly Packet, 1861 and subsequently as "Melchior's Dream, and Other Tales" by Bell & Sons, 1862. 12mo. Bright blue cloth binding with gold rosette decoration, gold titles, rough-cut pages. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. Light chocolate coated endpapers. Frontispiece illustration by M.S.G. (Margaret Gatty). Contains "Melchior's Dream, an allegory", "The Blackbird's Nest", "Friedrich's Ballad", "A Big of Green", and "Monsieur the Viscount's Friend". 192 pp. Wear top and bottom of spine, generous silverfishing to front board, occasional foxing. Good condition..

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1965. Book. Illus. by Kohn, Arnie. Near-Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo. Hard cover. Pictorial boards. 210 p. Illustrated. Dynamically written stories of the heroes of World War I, including "Boy Wonder" Douglas MacArthur. Minor shelf wear. Pages tanned. Near-fine..

Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1963. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Cloth binding, 643 pp. Very clean, square, solid book. Previous owner name to front endpaper, tiny spot to spine. Near fine..

New York: D. C. Heath and Company Book. Very Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. No edition stated, nor publication date, c. 1920's. Ochre cloth binding, green lettering and blindstamped ruling. 243 pp. An interesting book focusing on French pronunciation, rather than grammar or vocabulary or literature. A few notes here and there. Very good condition..

New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1838. New York: Mason and Lane, 1838. First American edition. 16mo. Full leather binding, 301 pp. Wear along extremities and alongside spine. Good.. First American. Hard Cover. Good. 16 mo..

New York: Skyhorse, 2016. New York: Skyhorse 2016. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 272 pp. Orville Nix is not the typical JFK assassination book. This book does not attempt to answer the question of who killed John F. Kennedy; instead, it addresses why we should question the actions of those involved and why the truth was withheld from the people. Though copies of Orville Nix’s film exist, the original film is missing. Why? The FBI confiscated Orville’s camera for several months, then returned it in pieces. Were these actions sinister or were they just examples of governmental incompetence? Orville Nix exposes information about the House Select Committee staff’s involvement in the missing film. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

New York: McGraw Hill, 1961. Ex-Library. Illus. by Robert Henneberger. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961. 8vo. Ex-school library. Red cloth hardcover. Ex-library. Inside flaps of DJ have tape marks. Inside cover soiled. Stamps from library both inside covers. Board corners bumped. How a short point guard makes his basketball career a success against all odds. Good in very good dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1963. Ex-Library. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1963. First edition. Red cloth binding, black titles, 208 pp. A study of the Irish in Britain, primarily in the 19th century. Ex-lib. Overenthusiastic librarian used black marker on page edges to cross off stampings. Inside of book tight, bright, clean. Excellent reading copy in good condition..

New York: HarperCollins, 1994. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: HarperCollins, 1994. First edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 240 pp. Life of D. H. Lawrence's wife with rare photographs. Previous owner bookplate to front endpaper, else clean, solid book. Light shelfwear to dustjacket. Very good in very good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1838. New York: Mason and Lane, 1838. First American edition. 16mo. Full leather binding, 282 pp. Chipping top of spine and 2" rub top of rear board. Good.. First American. Hard Cover. Good. 16 mo..

New York, NY: Farrar & Straus, 1950. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Farrar & Straus, 1950. First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and lavender designs embossed on spine and gilt lettering embossed of front board, 311 pp. The book is not subtitled "Twelve Arcadian Tales" for reasons of irony alone. The scene is the same through-out: the upstate village of Arcadia during the years of 1912 through 1918, and many of the same characters appear from story to story so that the collection has a unity. They range from hilarity to horror and back again. Near fine in a good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Book. Fine. Cloth. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, no publication date. Reprint. 12mon. Cloth binding, 424 pp. Intensely thrilling without sensationalism, this book most graphically illustrates the white man's injustice to the Indian and a romance set an excitingly colorful western adventure. Fine in near fine dust jacket, protected with a mylar cover..

Wayne, NJ: Wayne Township Historical Commission, 1978. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 4to.. Wayne: Wayne Township Historical Commission, 1978. No edition stated. 4to. Trade paperback, 58 pp. Illustrated. Very good..

New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1838. New York: Mason and Lane, 1838. First American edition. 16mo. Full leather binding, 301 pp. Good.. First American. Hard Cover. Good. 16 mo..

Boston: Little Brown, 1900. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A. W. Jackson, James Martineau: A Biography and Study. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1900. First Edition. 8vo. Maroon silk binding, gilt titles, top edge gilt, rough-cut pp. pp. 459, 4 (ads). Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate to front board. Frontispiece engraving, protective tissue. Covers Martineau's life, works, career as a religious teacher, and philosophy. Very good condition..

New York: McGraw Hill, 1961. Ex-Library. Illus. by Robert Henneberger. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth hardcover. G/VG. Ex-library. Inside flaps of DJ have tape marks. Inside cover soiled. Stamps from library both inside covers. Board corners bumped. How a short point guard makes his basketball career a success against all odds..

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1987. Book. Fine. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presumed first edition. 8vo. Cloth. 158 p. Jackson issues an urgent call for a new view of contemporary agriculture, combining findings from scientific and practical research with a keen interpretation of pertinent literature. He demonstrates the wisdom of traditional attitudes towards farming, land and resource use, and the interrelations of cultural and biological communities. Fine in near fine dustjacket in mylar cover..

Boston: Little Brown, 1923. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Boston, MA, Little, Brown, 1923. Reprint. 12mon. Red silk with black lettering embossed on spine and front board. Flowers embossed in black on front board. Illustrated front piece, 457 pp. "Intensely thrilling without sensationalism, this book most graphically illustrates the white man's injustice to the Indian and a romance set an excitingly colorful western adventure. Dust jacket has some shelf-wear and dog-earing, but illustrations on front and back remain vivid, owner name and inscription, a few pages have discolored spot near bottom, text block crisp, sharp, appears gently read. Very good in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Quarter Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Ballantine Books, 1997. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Dark blue quarter cloth over red boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 401 pp. Dust jacket has minor rubbing, still bright and shiny. Near fine in a very good+ dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..