Search Results: Titles starting with J from David Ford Books

Wortegem Petergem, Belgium: The Authors, 1996 First edition. Unnumbered copy (20 were numbered). This appears to have been published by the authors in 1996 ( the date 1996 appears in the publishing codes; no ISBN given). A book on the photographer of equestrian subjects J. Delton, (Louis-Jean), born in Paris in 1807. Text is in Flemish and French, but there is also a paperback booklet enclosed which is an English translation by Steven Joseph. HB. Grey cloth, lettered in black to front cover, and photo-illustrated but unlettered white dustjacket. 155pp, landscape format. With b&w photographs in plates throughout, plus introducrtory texts, and texts at end including published works by Delton and a bibliography. Fine book in Very Good jacket, which has a little wear to edges and label residue to front.

Glasgow: At the University Press 1935 Hard Cover book, viii, 58pp , frontis and b&w illustrations throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Marbled boards with cloth spine and side strips. Laid on leather title strip to spine with gilt lettering. Tear along spine fold front edge. Board edges rubbed and some light spotting to foredge. A Good copy. Scarce. Pictures available.

East Dereham, Brian J.K.Dye, 2019 Hardcover book , reprint, 128 pages with many colour illustrations. A History of the company and stories from the agricultural department. A Fine copy. No dustjacket- none issued. Pictures available

London: Unwin Hyman, 1989 First edition. Signed by John Lever on half-title . HB. Cloth and dustjacket. 184pp. With 14 b&w photos in plates. Autobiography and cricketing career of the Essex player John Lever. Fine in Fine protected jacket. Light tanning to closed edges and slight tanning to white of jacket spine.

London, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket. 514 pages with illustrations, many in colour. A definitive bibliography of the works of J.K. Rowling including the Harry Potter series and the adult crime books published under her own name and that of Robert Galbraith. A Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket . Pictures available.

Liverpool: J. Langdon & Sons, 1938 First edition. Paperback book : yellow paper wrappers, lettered and illustrated in red, stapled binding, with string attached near top (for hanging up). 112pp, quarto. With b&w illustrations in text throughout, and two coloured pages showing shoes. Trade catalogue of a variety of clothing products, as well as shoes, travelling bags and cases, and even leather footballs. Fair condition only.The poages are generally good or very good, well held, but with rusted staples and some creases and wear to some edges. The wrappers are frayed, with large loss to front though the two images of factories are still intact. Pictures available.

Rhyl: Tideline Books, 1981 New edition of title first published in 1976. HB. Cloth and photo-illustrated dustjacket. 133pp. With a few b&w photos and a line drawing in text. The working (incl. hunting) jack russell, including breeding and health. Fine in Fine jacket, now in clear removable sleeve.

London, Collins, 1972 Hardcover book , First edition with dustjacket. A Study of the history , Philosophy and Character of the Rifle Brigade. 478 pages illustrated . A Very good copy in a Very Good price clipped jacket. Slight sunning to jacket spine light foxing to page edges. Pictures available.

London: Virgin Books, 2003 First edition. HB. Cloth and colour photo-illustrated dustjacket. 296pp. With b&w photos in plates. Biography of motor racing great Jackie Stewart, three times Formual One world champion. Fine in Fine jacket.

London: Oxford University Press, 1958 First English edition. HB. Cloth and pictorial dustjacket. 52pp. Colour illustrations throughout by Schramm, including endpapers. Very Good in Good jacket, now in clear sleeve. Light spotting to closed edges. Jacket bright, but with creasing and chips, larger loss to top front at spine side around to the back (max 2cm deeep at rear).

France: 1967. Volume which commemorates the life and career of this French figher pilot. Hardcover book , unpaginated, b/w photographs throughout. Printed in the French language. Boards are lightly rubbed an browned to edges and spine, internally clean. A VG copy. Pictures available

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1985 First UK edition (originally published in Holland in 1984). HB. Cloth and colour pictorial dustjacket reproducing art work by Klaasse. 192pp, folio. With full page reproductions in plates throughout of Piet Klaasse's pastel drawings, mostly in colour, and some in the text. Each image was done at a performance by the jazz or blues artist, and is accompanied by a short text by Klaasse. The main text on jazz and blues history accompanies the images, with biographical accounts of each artist, and gives recommended recordings. Dizzy Gillespie has contributed a brief text at start. Musicians include Miles Davis, Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Dexter Gordon, Benny Goodman, Stan Getz, John Lee Hooker, Sarah Vaughan, Sippie Wallace and many others. Some have written notes to the artist on his artworks. The art captures the informality and individuality of playing the music. A visual feast of a book and a celebration of the musicians. A Fine copy.

London: Collins 1977 A pictorial history of the Women's Institute. Signed. Hardcover book , quarto, first edition. 124pp, illustrated throughout. signed by the author to fep. Dust jacket price clipped. Front of jacket has some tanning to pale blue area. A Very Good copy in still Very Good dust jacket. Pictures available.

London, E.W.Classey Limited, 1972 Hardcover, first edition in dustjacket. 478 pages with colour frontis and 10 further colour plates of the Butterflies illustrated by Marjorie Statham Favreau. A near Fine book in a Fine dustjacket. Very light patchy fading to covers and light spotting to closed page edges. Still a nice copy. Pictures available.

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1955 Hardcover book , first edition in dustjacket. 460 pages withdrawings by Harry O. Diamond. A fish cookery book by one of the great American chefs. A Very Good copy in a Very Good unclipped dustjacket. Light handling marks with some foxing to jacket spine. Previous owners inscription to front end paper. Pictures available.

Somerset, Halstar, 2011 Hardcover First Edition with Dustjacket, 144 pages. Painting in East anglia and Beyond by James Chambury 1927-1994. a Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket . No inscriptions and not price clipped. Pictures available

Somerset, Halstar, 2011 Hardcover First Edition with Dustjacket, 144 pages. Signed by Louise and Nicola Chambury .Painting in East anglia and Beyond by James Chambury 1927-1994. a Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket . Previous owners name beautifully written to end paper. with address sticker of the same owner. Pictures available

London: The Grey Walls Press 1950 Dealing with James Joyce's boyhood and the important years before his exile in 1904. HB, 1st ED, 19x25cms, 120pp, 64 plates. Slight spotting to endpapers, small inscription of previous owner to top fep. Dust jacket somewhat aged with loss to spine head (1.5cm), heavily rubbed to spine and edges, price clipped. A VG+ copy in still VG DJ.

London: John Murray, 2009 First edition, second impression. Hardcover , Signed by the author to title page.. Black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and pictorial dustjacket. 400pp. With b&w photos in plates, and line drawing portrait as frontispiece. Biography of James Lees-Milne, by the editor of his well-known diaries. Fine in Fine jacket. Clean copy, No inscriptions. Pictures available.

Tiverton: Halsgrove, 2006 First edition.. Hardcover . Cloth and pictorial dustjacket. 144pp, large landscape format. With colour reproductions of Wright's oil paintings (mostly landscapes in East Anglia) throughout. With text on his life and artistic career, illustrated with b&w and colour photos, and a Foreword by Michael Hill of Picturecraft Gallery in Holt. Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket. No inscriptions and not price clipped. Pictures available. .