Search Results: Authors starting with J from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

London / Geneva: J. & W. Chester Ltd., (1921)., (1921).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in tan wraps. The spine & extremities are darkened & there are 2 tiny white dots to the front cover. 12 & [3] pages plus 5-page publisher's catalog. illustrated in black & white with a tipped-in portrait frontispiece & 3 full-page illustrations including 2 pages of music staves. The title page is darkened. Good. First edition.A title in the series "Miniature Essays", essays on composers published in English and French.

Great Barrington, MA: J & J Lubrano, Music Antiquarians, 1993., 1993.. Very good. - Quarto [11 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wraps with a facsimile in black & gray on the front cover. The top corner of the front cover is creased. [iv] & 75 pages. Illustrated with facsimiles in black & gray. Very good. A sale catalogue from music antiquarians J & J Lubrano of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. 250 items are catalogued and fully described with prices in dollars. Also offered with details available on request, is The John Russell Collection of Almanachs of Musical and Theatrical Interest, 17th - 19th centuries.

Great Barrington, MA: J & J Lubrano, Music Antiquarians, 1993., 1993.. Very good. - Quarto [11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wraps with a facsimile in black & gray on the front cover. There is some darkening to the lower half of the front cover along the spine with a light crease to the bottom edge of the rear cover. [iv] & 65 pages plus 16 pages of facsimiles in black & gray. Very good. A sale catalogue from music antiquarians J & J Lubrano of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. 347 items are catalogued and fully described with prices in dollars.

Great Barrington, MA: J & J Lubrano, Music Antiquarians, 1993., 1993.. Very good. - Quarto [11 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wraps with a facsimile in black & gray on the front cover. The wraps are very lightly foxed along the spine with a small light stain & minor soiling to the rear cover. [iv] & 75 pages. Illustrated with facsimiles in black & gray. Very good. A sale catalogue from music antiquarians J & J Lubrano of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. 169 items are catalogued and fully described with prices in dollars.

[Tampere: Tampereen Kaupunki, 2002].. 2002].. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial blue wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed with a small crease near the head of the spine. 158 pages. Full-page & textual illustrations in color. Very good. <p>In the spring of 2001, representatives from the City of Tampere, three Finnish universities and the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology, Kunstkamera, set out on an expedition to visit the district of Yamal Netnetsia east of the Gulf of Ob in Siberia. In this book, members of the expedition recount their experiences, impressions and observations. Also included are essays by researchers involved in Northern ethnography.<p>A title in the series "Tampereen museoiden juikaisuja 61" [Tampere Museums' Publication No. 61]. The text is in Finnish with an eight-page summary in English.

(Musical Box Society International), (1967).. (1967).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed white wrappers decorated in black. The edges of the wraps are a bit darkened. The top corner of the front wrap is lightly bumped & there is a stain to its inner edge by the tail of the spine. 12 pages. 1 black-and-white illustration. Good. <p>This material was originally prepared for the Edison Institute and is reprinted here from Hobbies Magazine of Chicago, Illinois. Also included is a brief posthumous autobiography of Jaccard, who is described as "The Last of the Music-Box Craftsmen".

Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1963.. 1963.. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with the top edge chipped. The jacket spine is slightly darkened & there is some light spotting to the rear panel. xii & 643 pages plus colophon with a corrigenda sheet tipped in. 1 leaf is miscut with its edges a bit roughed & there are pencil markings in 1 chapter. Very good. <p>First edition.<p>Volume X of the Oxford History of English Literature.

Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, 1968.. 1968.. Very good. - Octavo, olive green cloth titled in silver on spine. The covers are lightly bumped with light spotting to the front cover. [viii] & 363 pp. Full-page & textual illustrations in B&W. Very good. <p>Facsimile of the1885 edition published in London by Hurst and Blackett.

Boston: Forum Publishing Company, 1964.. 1964.. Good. - 8vo, blue cloth (bumped, rubbed & dampstained) titled in gilt; in pictorial dw (chipped with several small tears at edges & 3 small holes on back panel). 240pp. Illustrated. Good. <p>Second printing.

Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., (1953).. (1953).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly rubbed with the titling on the spine slightly faded. The rear panel of the dust jacket is slightly soiled & the top edge of the rear flap is darkened & very lightly chipped. 253 pages. The pastedowns & endpapers are slightly darkened. Very good.

Fine. - Elihu Emory Jackson's autograph penned on 2-1/4 inch high by 3-3/4 inch wide card stock. Signed "Elihu E. Jackson / Governor of Maryland". Near fine. A member of the Democratic Party Elihu Emory Jackson (1837-1907) was the 41st Governor of Maryland. Jackson attended the ceremonies at Gettysburg Battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania dedicating regimental and battle monuments honoring engagements participated in by the Union Army as well as visiting Confederate States Army monuments. Jackson attempted to show equanimity towards both sides as different regiments of Maryland troops had fought on both sides of the conflict.

[Washington, DC]: [Gales & Seaton, print.], etc., 1832-1834., 1832-1834.. Very good. - Octavo, 8-3/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Softcovers, being a collection of 43 pamphlets with various paginations on subjects relating to Andrew Jackson's actions in regard to the Second Bank of the United States. The pamphlets where removed at some previous time from a larger collection of bound pamphlets with the expected stab marks and occasional remnants of a leather spine along the left edge. Two of the pamphlets originated in the 1st Session of the 22nd Congress of 1832. The remainder originated in the 1st Session of the 23rd Congress of 1834. The first 2 pamphlets are darkened. A few page corners are creased. Very good.
The Bank War was a political struggle during the presidency of Andrew Jackson pitting Anti-Bank populist Jacksonian Democrats against what was perceived to be the monied interest of the Republicans as represented by Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. Jackson triumphed, replacing the Second… Read More

Nepal: Makalu-Barun Conservation Project / Franklin, WV: Woodlands Mountain Institute, Everest Ecosystem Conservation Program, (1990)., (1990).. Very good. - Small quarto [10-3/8 inches high by 8 inches wide], softcover bound in light greenish gray wraps printed on handmade lokta paper from Nepal. The wraps are bumped with a tear to the tail of the spine. [viii] & 105 pages plus a 1-page publisher's catalog. Illustrated with black-and-white diagrams & a map. The page corners are lightly bumped. Very good. The Makalu-Barun Conservation Project Working Paper Publication Series, Report 12.

Gallimard, (1981).. (1981).. Very good. - Small octavo, printed white wraps. The wraps are slightly darkened & very lightly soiled. 242 & [1] pages plus 3-page publisher's catalog and colophon. Very good. <p>The text is in French.

[Paris]: Editions Gallimard, (1968).. (1968).. Fine. - Octavo, soft covers bound in printed cream wraps. There is some very light soiling to the wraps. 272 & [1] pages plus colophon. Near fine. <p>The text is in French.

(Paris): Desclee De Brouwer, (1972).. (1972).. Fine. - 12mo [6-1/2 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide], soft cover bound in pictorial wraps. The binding is very lightly rubbed & bumped. 172 pages & 1-page series catalog plus colophon. Near fine. <p>First edition.<p>Number 32 of the series "Les ecrivains devant Dieu", overseen by Bernard Guyon. The text, which includes some prose and verse writings by Max Jacob, is in French.

New York: Simon and Schuster, (1966).. (1966).. Fine. - Octavo, orange cloth with a vignette in black on the front cover. The spine is slightly faded. [viii] & 278 pages. Illustrated with black-and- white drawings & endpaper maps. Near fine. <p>First edition.

NY: The Noonday Press, (1960).. (1960).. Good. - Octavo, cloth, in dw. Lightly rubbed. The dw is rubbed, chipped & soiled with staining to the front panel & creasing to the rear panel. The head & tail of the dw spine are torn. 302 pp. B&W illustrations. Very good in a fair dw. <p>Essays by critics, filmmakers, visual artists and others.

(New York): Viking, (2002).. (2002).. Fine. SIGNED BY LAURA JACOBS - Octavo, boards in a dust wrapper. The boards are very slightly bumped & the dust jacket is lightly rubbed & soiled with small creases to the folds. Half-title, title, [4] leaves & 226 pages. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. <p>First edition, inscribed "Happy Birthday!" by the author and signed in full on the title page.

Tokyo, Japan & Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., (1980).. (1980).. Fine. - Large octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The book is housed in a plain cardboard slipcase with a printed label mounted around the panels & spine. 479 pages. Numerous illustrations in color and black & white. Near fine. <p>Later printing.