Search Results: Titles starting with J from R & A Petrilla

New York: George H. Doran, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 270pp; custom bookplate on pastedown endpaper. Bound in green wover cloth, black lettering, cover picture in red, white and black. 7.75" x 5" [Work, Bibliography of the Negro, 461. Blockson Collection 5565].

Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, 1900. Limited Edition. Morocco & Boards. Very Good. pp: 247-517; 12 plates of etchnigs with tissue guards. Bound in 3/4 dark-red morocco and marbled boards, spine with raised bands and art nouveau floral design from head to tail, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. 9.5" x 7.25" This is #17 of 250 copies, Large-paper Japan Edition, printed for subscribers.

London: Harold Davison, 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 36pp; illustrated throughout from photographs. Includes extensive biographical and career notes on the performers, by Benny Green. Bound in printed stiff wrappers, 10" x 8.25". One vertical crease. The musicians: Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Ginger Johnson, Muddy Waters, Horace Silver, The Stars of Faith, Red Norvo, Ronnie Scott, Gary Burton, Curtis Jones, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, T-bone Walker, Big Joe Williams, Earl Hines, Benny Carter, Budd Johnson, Ruby Braff, Barney Kessel, The Alex Welsh Band, Count Basie, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Stan Tracey, and others.

London: Stoll Theatre, 1956. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8pp; illustrated from photographs. Bound in printed wrappers, 10" x 8" The programme for all three units is printed as the centerspread. Laid into this copy is a handwritten (pencil) set list of 19 tunes. The final one, "Swing in the Blues," calls for guitar, bass, drums and trumpet. Hymphrey Lyttelton's aggregation was the only one listing a guitar man, so we conclude that this set list was compiled by Humphrey or one of his men.

Portland, Oregon: Champoeg Press, 1957. Hardcover. Fine. 76pp w/index; tipped frontispiece portrait of Father Joseph Giorda, S.J., rubricated title-page and chapter titles, one plate from a photograph, several other illustrations. Bound in pictorial red cloth, gilt spine title. 10" x 6.5" One of only 804 copies, designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy.

Cleveland, Ohio: Brown Fence & Wire Co, 1928. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 116pp; illustrated throughout, printed in black and red; inside rear cover is a full=color chart of 58 house and barn paints. Bound in color-pictorial wrappers. 10" x 7.25". Laid in are an order form and return envelope. With the original, illustrated mailing envelope.

Cleveland & Memphis: Brown Fence & Wire Co, 1941. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 148pp; illustrated throughout, inner and outer covers in full color. Contains descriptions and prices of a variety of items for the farm: Barb Wire, Barn Equipment, Clothing, Fencing, Harness, Paint, Roofing, Shoes, Stoves, Washing Machines, Wheels, &c., &c. 10" x 7.25

Lillington, NC: Edwards Brothers Malloy, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. pp: x, 596 with index; dvd of the catalogue placed inside rear cover. Bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover. 8.75" x 5.5

NY: Hill and Range Songs, 1952. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 37 pages; 7 illustrations from photographs. Contains words and music to 15 country and hillbilly songs, including: Tennessee Border; Oakie Boogie; Tennessee Polka; Tennessee Saturday Night; Cryin' Heart Blues; and 10 more. Inside the cover is a page of text about Johnnie and Jack. In the original pictorial covers, 12" x 9" Johnnie & Jack were an American country music duo composed of Johnnie Wright (1914-2011) and Jack Anglin (1916-1963). Between 1951 and 1962, the duo released several singles on the RCA Victor Records label, including their version of "Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite" which peaked at No. 4 on the Best Seller charts,[1] and the No. 1 "(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely". Following Anglin's death in a car accident in 1963, Wright became a solo artist, topping the country charts in 1965 with "Hello Vietnam" [courtesy of Wikipedia].

Troy, NY: Astor Lunch, W.R. Faddis, 1924. First Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. Very Good. 32pp. The first 27 pages contain jokes and ethnic humor, followed by two pages of patrons' comments, and then by three pages of comments by the owner that include statistics on meals served and dollars earned from 1920 to 1924. Printed green wrappers. 6" x 4" [Not recorded in WorldCat.].

Columbia, SC: Univ of South Carolina Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp: xviii, 374, index; 20pp illustrations from photographs. Bound in black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, pictorial dust wrapper. 9.25" x 6.25" The Bruccoli collection of World War I material comprises more than 4,000 items: 3,400 print materials, 500 pieces of sheet music, 175 posters, &c.

Beverly Hills, CA: Screen Producers Guild, 1963. First Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. Very Good. 36pp. In this issue: "Kenneth Macgowan--A Man to Remember" by Philip Dunne; "What Every Man Should Know," by songwriter Harry Ruby; "The Great [Mike] Todd Revolution" by Arthur Hornblow, Jr.; "Hollywood--One World Concept" by Sam Spiegel; &c. 9" x 6" [Kenneth Macgowan (1888-1963), American author and film producer, ran the Provincetown Playhouse along with Eugene O'Neill (1922-1924), then focused his experimental-theatre efforts at the Greenwich Village Theatre, before moving to Hollywood as a story editor for RKO, &c., &c. Later, he taught Theatre Arts at UCLA.].

Paris: A&W Galignani, 1835. First French Edition. Calf-backed marbled boards. Very Good. pp: vi, 326. Text block tight with occasional foxing. Recased and rebacked in calf, cream endpapers. 8" x 5.25" First published at London in 1835, this first French edition extended the title from "Journal" to "Journal of a Residence in America." [Howes, U.S.iana B1051 (Final Edition B1046). Robinson, Wayward Women.].

NY: Cadmus Book Shop, 1916. Limited Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good. Limited to 250 copies. 26pp. Sewn, decorative wrappers; small chip from top of cover and first leaf. 9" x 5.75" [This 1916 reprint is a Howes, U.S.iana "aa" title, while the 1851 edition is one of only seven known and a Howes "e" title. Decker 43:248.].

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1911. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. 205pp; complete with five plates in color, including frontispiece; vignettes throughout text. Burgundy cloth, stamped white and gilt, color illustration mounted on cover, top edges gilt, designed by Edward Stratton Holloway with his initial in white. 8.5" x 6

Rahway, NJ: Union Democrat Press, 1899. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. (10)pp; two small views from photographs, full-page portrait of Rev. John A. Liggett. Bound in light-green textured wrappers, gilt lettering and ornaments on cover. Covers slightly tanning. 8" x 6

Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp: x, 271; facsimiles of Mark Hoffman's forgeries and related correspondence. Bound in black cloth, gilt spine lettering, illustrated dust wrapper. 10.25" x 7

NY: Truth Co, 1901. First Edition. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. Very Good. Large quarto, 16pp; illustrated throughout from photographs. Bound in decorative wrappers, cover picture of Marlowe in costume, painted by Sewell Collins, string ties. Some light edge chipping. 12.5" x 9.5

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: xiv, (i), 82, colophon; portrait, 10 facsimiles of title-pages. Bound in cloth-backed patterned boards, gilt lettering on spine. 7.75" x 4.75" Limited to 750 copies. Inscribed on the endpaper: "For Kitty of Harrison who kept this secret the way a banker and his wife should--and who did a large part in making Dec. 2, 1950 a memorable date. / Julian." Laid in is a place card from the Boyd Anniversary Dinner on December 2, 1950.