Search Results: Authors starting with J from A Cappella Books

Griffin, July 2023. Paper Back . New.

Vintage, March 1964. Paper Back . Very Good. Winner of the Bancroft Prize. 'A superb panorama of life in America from the first settlements on through the white hot days of the Revolution.' - Bruce Lancaster, Saturday Review Some pages wavy/damp stained.

Bradford Book, February 2006. Trade Paperback . Very Good. Was human nature designed by natural selection in the Pleistocene epoch? A provocative, yet balanced, appraisal of evolutionary psychology and its major claims. As is. Pencil underlining on a few pages.

HarperTorch, March 2000. Hardcover . Very Good/Good. Poets from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, and the English-speaking world are selected by the most distinguished authorities in the field and showcased in this distinctive anthology of poetry from the past 50 years. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Previous owner initials present at front free-end page; Text free of markings; Publisher remainder mark present at upper edge text block; Dust jacket shows mild to moderate wear from handing in the form of scuffing/foxing; An excellent reading copy.

Southern Methodist University, January 1989. Paper Back . Very Good. Previous owner's name.

Random House, March 2013. First Edition. Hardcover . Good/Good. How did one family of modest means produce a legendary Hollywood agent, the mayor of Chicago, and a world-leading oncologist? Here, for the first time, is the answer. Set amid the tumult of Chicago in the 1960s and 1970s, it recounts the intertwined histories of these three rambunctious, hypercompetitive boys--each with their own unique life story. First printing. Full number line. Signed on the title page by Ezekiel Emanuel. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Lightly bumped corners and light chipping to jacket. Wrapped for future protection.

Duquesne University Press; distributed by Humanities Press [New York], January 1974. Hardcover . Very Good/No Jacket.

French and European Publications Inc, January 1970. Mass Market PaperBack . Good.

University of Virginia Press, June 1993. Trade Paperback . Very Good. A very crisp, clean copy.

Apollo Booksellers, June 1990. Hardcover . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Pictorial boards without jacket as issued. Pictorial end pages. Mild slant to spine. Some soiling to boards.

Pelican / Penguin, 1958. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack . Very Good. Mass market paperback with side notes in ballpoint scattered here and there in margins and elsewhere, on just a few pages. {347 plus four pages of advertisements for other Psychology titles available from Pelican/Penguin]

Easton Press, 1988. Leather . Very Good. Gilt-titled leather binding. Raised spine bands. All edges gilt. Silk ribbon marker. Unread condition.

Cambridge University Press, March 2010. Trade Paperback . Very Good. A very crisp, clean copy.

David Bull Publishing, August 2010. Oversized Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. Back by popular demand, a revised and updated edition of the complete history of the Daytona 24 Hour endurance race.

New York: The Heritage Press. Hardcover . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. In black slipcase, worn along edges. The book is otherwise in very good condition.

Boston: Little Brown, June 1942. First Edition. Cloth . Good/Fair. {5' x 7 & 1/2'} Black cloth covered boards with aqua blue lettering spine & front panel. Scattered small scuff marks and stray white marks. Boards worn at edges especially along bottom but also head of spine. Darkened board margins. Dustjacket edgeworn and heavily darkened and damp stained. End pages tanned. Front pastedown has previous owner's book plate affixed. Darkened/foxed textblock top edge. [265 pp.]

978-0-9600707-0-1, April 2019. Paper Back . Good.

Mariner Books, January 2009. Paper Back . Good. An eminent historian offers a sweeping look at Europes tumultuous 20th century, showing how the rejection of violence after World War II transformed a continent.

St. Martin's Press, October 2023. Hardcover . New. 'Matthew J. Davenport's The Longest Minute is the spellbinding true story of the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, and how a great earthquake sparked a devastating and preventable firestorm. At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco, catching most of the city asleep. For approximately one minute, shockwaves buckled streets, shattered water mains, collapsed buildings, crushed hundreds of residents to death and trapped many alive. Fires ignited and blazed through dry wooden ruins and grew into a firestorm. For the next three days, flames devoured collapsed ruins, killed trapped survivors, and nearly destroyed what was then the largest city in the American West. Meticulously researched and gracefully written, The Longest Minute is both a harrowing chronicle of devastation and the portrait of a city's resilience in the burning aftermath of greed and folly. Drawing on the letters and diaries… Read More

Sligo Press, 2000. Hardcover . Good/No Jacket. Presentation copy inscribed on title page by J. Michael Lennon. Inked marginalia on several pages; else, very good.