Search Results: Authors starting with J from About Books

New York: Atheneum, 1982. A beautiful copy. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (11.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No chips or tears. A novel of World War 2. From the Dust Jacket: "October 15, 1944: an ominous silence emanates from the 87th Maintenance Unit in the Nile delta town of Marazag." . First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Robertson, Ian (jacket design). 8vo. 303pp.

New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1970. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is only lightly rubbed. NO chips. NO tears. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1970 First U. S. Edition. Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue cloth. Complete with dust jacket.. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xiii, 660pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1987. 6" wide by 9" tall. Appears unread. Clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Pictorial cover is bright and shiny. Flat spine. No creases. Not price clipped (9.95). No remainder mark No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Environmental studies. "In ALTARS OF UNHEWN STONE, Wes Jackson issues an urgent call for a new view of contemporary agricultural problems. He combines findings from scientific and practical research conducted at the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, with a keen interpretation of pertinent literature to demonstrate the wisdom of traditional attitudes to farming, land and resource use, and the interrelations of cultural and biological communities… Calling for an agriculture that will not destroy human or biological communities, that will minimize soil erosion and reliance on chemicals and fossil fuels, that will preserve the information contained in the… Read More

Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of Sons of the American Revolution, 2000. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Near Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is lightly rubbed with only minor fraying at the head of the spine. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently never read. NO highlighting. NO underlining. NO margin notes. Volume 3 contains biographies of the Presidents General, Histories of the Districts and State Societies, the Appendix, plus aspects of the NSSAR history covering the period 1983-1999. Bound in the original light blue cloth, stamped in black with the image of a minuteman on the front cover. Complete with red, white, and blue pictorial dust jacket with full color photos on the rear panel.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Thick 8vo. vii, 729pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Wayne, New Jersey: Wayne Township Historical Commission , 1973. Very Good condition. Hardcover. NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. Illustrated with maps, diagrams, and photographs. Includes a detailed Van Riper/Berdan/Hopper family tree. Bibliography. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue cloth. 7" wide by 10" tall.. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. Very Good condition/No Jacket. 40pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York:: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1997. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (26.00). No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are crisp and clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Author Index. Subject Index. From the Dust Jacket: "FAITHFUL FRIENDS is a superb collection of the wonderfully diverse and prolific observations that have been recorded about dogs and their relations with us through the ages. The fruit of many years' research by a lifelong breeder and dogman, the sources here are as varied as the subjects they explore. FAITHFUL FRIENDS contains joyously funny, sometimes entrancing, often serious and informative descriptions that range from classical Greece to contemporary Britain and America, from sportsmen to breeders, philosophers to ploughmen, poets and politicians to kings. Here are the things worth saying about canine character, form… Read More

Gulf Breeze, Florida: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1978. Signed by Tom Duke, Director, Environmental Protection Laboratory. Fine condition. NOT a library discard. SYMPOSIUM ON PROTECTING THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT : RESEARCH AND REGULATION. April 1978. EPA-600/9-78-006. Among the contributors of essays are Peter C. H. Pritchard, Sarah Chasis, Kenneth S. Kamlet; and Alfred B. Chaet. Attached to the front and rear pastedown endpapers, respectively, are an invitation to the dedication ceremony, and the program for the dedication. Bound in the original gilt-stamped green cloth. 8.75" wide by 11" tall. The following is from EPA website: "The symposium focuses on the essential role of research and regulatory agencies in protecting marine ecosystems. The purpose of the symposium is to commemorate dedication of a new toxicological test facility at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Research Laboratory in Gulf Breeze, Florida, on October 7, 1977.… Read More

Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield, 1981. An unread copy of the first edition. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO creases. NO fading. Sharp corners. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp, obviously never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with 80 b/w plates. List of chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original red cloth, stamped in shiny gold. Complete with dust jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xv, 151pp. + 80 plates.

New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2000. Near Fine condition in a Very Good Dust Jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NOT a library discard. Bright, shiny, clean, and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with photos, engravings and maps. List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original dark blue cloth, lettered in shiny silver on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "The Civil War divided New Jersey just as it did the nation. As a small state sandwiched between two large and powerful neighbors, New Jersey had always enthusiastically supported the creation of a strong central government. On the other hand, many New Jersey citizens did not share the anti-slavery sentiments of the North; they supported property rights of slave owners and believed in the natural inferiority of blacks. Subsequently, when southern states began… Read More

New York: Burt Franklin, 1968. Appears unread. Very Fine condition. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. HARDCOVER. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. 1968 reprint of 1930 edition. Describes first editions and reprints of English and foreign language books, pamphlets, tracts, speeches, documents, periodical publications, etc. Illustrated. Includes a chronological conspectus of Lafayette's career and notes on books from his library. Foreword by Brand Whitlock. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brown cloth.. 1968 reprint of 1930 edition. Hardcover. Very Fine condition/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xxiii, 226pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Austin, Texas: Southwest Publications, 1986. Near Fine condition. Sharp corners. Square and reasonably tight. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Subtitle: "The Fifth Annual Southwest Lectures, April 13 - 16, 1986, Conducted by the Southwest Church of Christ, Austin, Texas." Among the speakers: Johnny Ramsey, Alan Highers, Andrew Connally, Wendell Winkler, Guy N. Woods, Thomas B. Warren, Bill Jackson, Frank Dunn, etc. Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in bright gold.. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 408pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1992. Fine condition in a Fine Dust Jacket. NOT price clipped ($15.00). A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Volume XXXVI in the C S U Poetry Series. Dust jacket praise from Tomaz Salamun, William Matthews, and Gerald Stern. Bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Krasovec, Metka (jacket art). 8vo. 91pp.

Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1989. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean and tight. Sharp corners. Flat spine. NO creases. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. With 80 illustrations, mostly full page plates including 4 in color on special glossy paper. Documents the work of 16 notable amateur naturalists/illustrators of bird books from the mid 1600s to the mid 1800s. Includes accounts of the life and works of Francis Willughby, John Ray, Eleazar Albin, Mark Catesby, George Edwards, Thomas Pennant, William Hayes, John Latham, John Walcott, William Lewin, James Bolton, Edward Donovan, George Graves, Prideaux John Selby, Sir William Jardine, and John James LaForest Audubon. Four valuable appendices: 1) Continental Illustrated Bird Books; 2) The Use of Metal for Bird Illustrations; 3) The Main Periodicals with Engraved/Etched Bird Illustrations; 4) Editions, Impressions, and… Read More

College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1990. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. Perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. 1990 First Edition (so stated). A careful study of 18th century cartography along the U. S. Gulf Coast. Illustrated with 17 maps including 8 double page. Foreword by Jay Higginbotham. List of chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Complete with a pristine dust jacket. 7.25" wide by 10.25" tall.. First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. New/in publisher's shrinkwrap. xi, 92pp. Great Packing, Fast Shipping.

Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 2001. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Covers anabolic / androgenic steroid use; nutritional and energy requirements; nutritional concerns of women who resistance train and strength athletes who play tennis; recent findings on supplementation, including vitamin, amino acid, and phosphagen supplements; regimens of strength training; etc. From the rear cover: "Both strength and weight training are recognized by the American College of Sports Medicine as vital to a high quality of life. They are also of tremendous benefit to young, healthy adults, and adults with or at risk for osteoporosis. Most information on sports nutrition, however, is scattered throughout pamphlet-type publications and magazines and tends to be written by individuals with little or no professional training in the field of nutrition. Nutrition and the Strength Athlete is an authoritative, scientifically-based text… Read More

Dublin and Cork: Mercier Press, 1974. Near Fine condition. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. From the rear cover: "This is a portrait of the city and the people who have lived in it: a pageant that includes Dame Alice Kyteler and her coven of witches and warlocks; John Howard, the prison reformer; Bishop Pococke, the eighteenth century scholar and traveler who planted the cedars of Lebanon in the County Meath; Richard Power, who created an amateur theatre in Kilkenny so famous that Grattan and Maria Edgeworth attended it; Thomas Moore whose LAST ROSE OF SUMMER grew in Jenkinstown, near Kilkenny; Smith O'Brien, the Fenian idealist who did not realize that men cannot fight on empty bellies; Dr. Abraham Colles, the pioneer surgeon... the colourful General Prout who arranged to have the capture of Kilkenny Castle during the Civil war re-enacted in front of the… Read More

Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield, 1981. Appears unread. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. The jacket would also be FINE but for one tiny (1/4 inch) closed tear. NO fading. Sharp corners. Clean, square and tight. Hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp, apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with 80 b/w plates. List of chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original red cloth, stamped in shiny gold. Complete with dust jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xv, 151pp. + 80 plates.

New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1980. Good+ condition. EX-LIBRARY but with NO library markings on the spine, cover, or edges of the textblock. Sharp corners. 562 entries, many annotated. Appendix: Periodicals Cited. Index of Critics. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Volume 194. Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. . First Edition. Hardcover. Good+ EX-LIBRARY/No dust jacket, as issued. 8vo. xxii, 129pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Houghton Library, 1965. Very Good condition. Sharp corners. Light cover soil. Spine uniformly sunned but only a shade. Light pencil marginal check marks next to some entries (easily and completely erasable). Pages are otherwise bright white, clean and unmarked. NO foxing. NO owner's name or bookplate. 1965. First Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Nicely printed at The Stinehour Press. Illustrated with a portrait of Dibdin, and other facsimiles - manuscript pages from BIBLIOGRAHICAL DECAMERON, and a letter to Heber. 106 items with full descriptions. Bound in the original beige cloth, with paper labels on the spine and front cover, printed in brown. Oversize Hardcover. 8" wide by 12.25" tall. This large book may require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. . First Edition, Limited 500 copies. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard.… Read More

New York: Editions for the Armed Services, 1944. Oblong. 5.5" wide by 3.75" tall. A clean, square, tight copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Text pages are not marked, but are age-toned as usual. Full color cover is still bright, with NO fading. Complete and unabridged. . Armed Services Edition #O-19 . Soft Cover. Near Very Good condition./No jacket, as issued. 352pp.