Search Results: Titles starting with J from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Simon & Schuster, New York, 2006. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Locate nations on the J Curve - left for authoritarian, right for democratic. Then figure out how to force those on the left to open their societies, rather than encouraging them to shut them tighter by further isolating them. The West's isolation of Kim Jong-il's North Korea gives him the cover he needs to extend his brutal regime (the mistake the U.S. made for a long time with Saddam Hussein and Castro); in Saudi Arabia, western governments should encourage manageable change before the country breaks apart; they should help strengthen China's economy so it can further liberalize; they must encourage Israel to decide what kind of country it will be. Filled with imaginative and surprising examples of how to correct outworn political ideas, THE J CURVE points the way for western governments to lead the way to a realistic political balance and a healthier economic future. – Editorial… Read More

Praeger Publishes, Westport, Connecticut, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. acknowledgements, notes and index. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photography between pages 110 and 111. Black coloured cloth covered boards with silver coloured titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the book corners. Browning and staining to the text block edges. Previous owner's name to the top edge of the free front end paper. Photographic dustwrapper with blue/gray coloured titles to the front panel and gray coloured titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and dustwrapper panels. Browning of the rear dustwrapper panel and handling marks are also present. This is the story of the revitalisation of a moribund and ineffectual crime-fighting force -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the 1920s, under its dynamic and young chief -- J. Edgar Hoover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

RE/Search Publications, San Francisco, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. introduction by V. Vale, and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. Coloured illustrated card cover with red, white and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and white colour titles to the backstrip. One of the most persistently accurate predictors of the future was the British author J. G. Ballard, "Provocative, witty and unafraid of embracing contradiction, Ballard especially illuminates anything to brew involving sex, death, technology, power, and media." – From the introduction page 5. A small book on Ballard's thoughts (using his works, articles, interviews and stories) to highlight this insightful man's thinking. Minor creasing to the book corners and. Rubbing to the book panels and book edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (8), 9-414, (2) pages,. Please refer to… Read More

Self Published, Ararat, 2009. Second Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: photographic. the author, secretary of the "friends of J Ward" has released this 2nd edition, revised and reset with new material. The author has also signed the title page. There is a pale mark on the edge of the pages, as if someone had splashed it with tea, but the damage does not penetrate to any depth. Pork has numerous illustrations taken by the author of the prison from the inside. The book is filled with anecdote and local history Size: Mid Sized Paperback ( 7¾" - 9¾" tall ). 175 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Australia; Psychology & Psychiatry. Inventory No: 0249384. .

Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 1/4 black coloured black strip with metallic copper coloured titles. 3/4 light blue coloured boards. Photographic dustwrapper with pink and orange coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Colour photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. The 10th in the Kinsey Millhone alphabetical mystery series. Wendell Jaffe died five years ago, from apparent suicide. Then why did his former insurance agent spot him in a dusty resort bar? And what about his $500,000 life insurance? Kinsey investigates. Some rubbing of the backstrip edges and of the book corners. A little marking of the front panel and age toning of the textblock edges. A shallow groove appears in the backstrip Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. There is a shallow groove in the underlying backstrip with commensurate groove in dustwrapper. Full Number Line. Size: 8vo - over… Read More

Random House, New York, 1992. First Edition. Softcover (Photographic). Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Prologue: The Birth of Camelot, author's note and acknowledgements, notes on sources and index. Photographic paperback binding with white, dark blue and gilt coloured titles to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the back strip. The text is illustrated with the occasional black-and-white photograph. In this work the author goes into the making of John F. Kennedy and of the paradoxes and ambiguity of his personality – at times narcissistic and then self-deprecating, a coldness which was ameliorated by his charm and a man who was both loyal and cool. A little creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Some fading of the back strip. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Size: Trade Paperback. 900, [4] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos.… Read More

BANTAM PRESS, London, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 324 pages. There is no damage to describe for either the dustjacket or the book and its binding.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: fiction; ISBN: 0593040732. ISBN/EAN: 9780593040737. Inventory No: 0251085. . 9780593040737

Shepheard - Walwyn, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: MCGUINNESS, MICHAEL. a clean copy, no damage to describe. Illustrated with full-page drawings very slightly reminiscent of Gormanghast's illustrations. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 72 pages. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: MCGUINNESS, MICHAEL. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: children; Art & Design. ISBN: 0856830003. ISBN/EAN: 9780856830006. Inventory No: 0247723. . 9780856830006

Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. First softcover edition. Size: Mid Sized Paperback ( 7¾" - 9¾" tall ). 304 pages. The book is a secondhand book with reading creases to the spine, and darkening of the page edges, but is otherwise clean, and free of annotation. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0140157751. ISBN/EAN: 9780140157758. Inventory No: 0244578. . 9780140157758

Black Swan, London, 1987. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. a novel of black humour, of death and betrayal. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 202 pages. The book is a secondhand book with reading creases to the spine, and darkening of the page edges, and previous owner's name on the 1st page, and bookseller sticker on the rear panel.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0552990825. ISBN/EAN: 9780552990820. Inventory No: 0248181. . 9780552990820

Morawe & Scheffelt, Berlin, 1914. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Fritz Wolff. 150 g; VIII, 80 pages, last five pages advertisements, includes a list of the sources and the approximate date of writing, and an afterword. 39 illustrations coloured with a watercolour style process, which at first look, I took to have been done by a child. The paperback binding is illustrated on the front and the back.. The index page has a grubby marque in the lower margin, and there is a very faint mark to the right-hand margin of page 5. A digital image can be provided to confirm the condition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Fritz Wolff. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Poetry; Illustrated; Inventory No: 0218612. .

John Wiley & Sons, New South Wales, 2002. Reprint. Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated boards). As New/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: maps. there is no damage, because the book is still sealed in the original shrinkwrap. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 252 pages including a CD-ROM in original shrinkwrap. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Geography & Maps; ISBN: 0701633824. ISBN/EAN: 9780701633820. Inventory No: 0258566. . 9780701633820

Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1955. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. a nice clean copy, page edges darkened slightly commensurate with age, general handling marks, but no damage to report. First softcover edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). The book is a secondhand book with reading creases to the spine, and darkening of the page edges, but is otherwise clean, and free of annotation. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 0254658. .

Doubleday & Company, Inc, Garden City, New York, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. XII, 324 pages, the last two pages blank, preface by Mary Livingstone Benny. The text is illustrated with numerous back and white photographs from Jack Benny's life. 1/4 black cloth back strip with a silver titles. 3/4 dark pink coloured boards. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the back strip and rubbing to the book corners. Browning and staining to the top text block edges. The lower text block edge has purple splatter -- remainder mark. The front edge of text block has been hand cut. A few marks to the panels of the book. Staining to the top left-hand corner of the rear endpaper. A few foxing spots to the front fore text block edge. Illustrated dustwrapper, a caricature of Jack Benny, against a white background with maroon and black titles to the front panel and back titles to the back strip. Rubbing and… Read More

Ure Smith, Sydney, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. Foreword by Bob Dyer and list of illustrations. Photographic end pages, showing the many faces of Jack Davey. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs. Blue coloured boards with white coloured Jack Davey initials boards with white coloured titles to the back strip. A pioneer of Australian radio, who blended humour, quizzes, humour and variety show et cetera, who, at the height of his fame had more than 5 million Australians listening interviews radio programme. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing to the book corners and lower book edges. Sunning to the lower book edges and to the back strip. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], 5 - 279, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight:… Read More

World Distributors, Manchester, 1960. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. creasing with a small tear to the front cover at the top right edge, darkening of the page edges through age. This is Jack Dempsey's own story of how he battled his way from obscurity to the heavyweight championship of the world. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 188 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sports & Pastimes; boxing; Inventory No: 0282918. .

Australian Arts and Entertainment Pty. Ltd, Tuart Hill, Western Australia, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. acknowledgements. Colour photographic card cover with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Set in Australia in the 1950s, where two West Australian boys, Jack and Harry, find themselves falsely accused of theft. They decide to leave their families when the fabricated evidence keeps mounting against them and go East. After many adventures they end up in Coober Pedy chasing opals. Rubbing of the book edges and panels. Remnants of price sticker is can be seen to the front and rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 448 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Australia; 1950s; ISBN: 0975785001. ISBN/EAN: 9780975785003. Inventory No: 0290933. . 9780975785003

Bloomsbury, London, 2012. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Jack Holmes and Will Wright arrived in New York City just before the storm of the 1960s. For 20 years they maintain a complicated friendship, for Jack is in love with Will who is not. It chronicles a watershed decade with the rise of gay liberation and the haunting spectre of AIDS with the complexity of friendship. second-hand copy, slight age toning of the page edges, but otherwise no damage. This is the 1st Soft cover Edition. Size: Trade Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Gay & Lesbian. ISBN: 1408815176. ISBN/EAN: 9781408815175. Inventory No: 0271281. . 9781408815175

Bloomsbury, New York, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Green coloured boards with silver titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper with gilt, read and blue coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Colour photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Jack Holmes and Will Wright arrived in New York City just before the storm of the 1960s. For 20 years they maintain a complicated friendship, for Jack is in love with Will who is not. It chronicles a watershed decade with the rise of gay liberation and the haunting spectre of AIDS with the complexity of friendship. Rubbing to the book edges. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (9), 4-392, (2) pages.. Deckled edges (rough cut). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; Inventory No: 0113241. .

Signet, New York, 1970. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: photographs. top edge of the text block is slightly foxed, no other damage to describe, no annotations. Illustrated with a number of pages of black-and-white photographs. Includes an introductory essay by Dick Schaap, and an epilogue: My Husband by Mrs Irene Johnson. Third Printing. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 176 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sports & Pastimes; sport – boxing; USA; 20th century; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 0282447. .