Search Results: Titles starting with J from Bygone Books

Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company [no date]. Soft cover. G+. 8vo, stapled wraps (linenette), illustrations by Gordon Robinson, cover illus by R.A. Burley. [12] pages including covers. Condition is GOOD+ : covers have lt. soiling and lt. edgewear; stain at fore edge of cover affects first 2 pages at margin (stain is 4" long)...does not affect reading.

New York: Leo Feist / Universal Music Corporation, 1936. Soft cover. VG-. Original vintage sheet music, from the Universal Production of "Top of the Town." 6 pages, including covers. Condition: VERY GOOD- : light edgewear of tiny tears and creasing.

Praha [ Prague ]: Lmada fronta, 1957. Hardcover. VG+/G-. Paul Hogarth.. Czech text [ prelozila Jarmilla Fastrova], 8 vo, tan linen cloth with green and black illustrations and titles, 570 pages, b/w full-page illustrations by Paul Hogarth, ribbon bookmark. VERY GOOD+ book / GOOD- jacket: book has faint spotting to bottom and fore edges, internally clean and tight; jacket is edgeworn but presents well in new protecive mylar.

London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1955. Hardcover. VG+. 2nd edition, 12mo, navy cloth, 62 pages. VERY GOOD+ / no jacket: slight wear, a lovely copy of this important Chapman work [ Gilson ]. Chapman writes in his preface that "this compilation is addressed to Austenians in general rather than the fastidious collector, who is already provided for, on a grand scale, by Dr. Geoffrey Keynes's "Bibliography" of 1929...I have included all the editions of the novels before 1890" and he includes the criticism and exegesis of this century that "seem to deserve record;" "a few corrections have been made in this second edition and the Addenda has been enlarged." According to Gilson M856, 1000 copies were printed, reprinted lithographically from corrected sheets of the 1st edition.

Norwich, UK: Jane Austen Memorial Trust / Jarrold Publishing, 1996. Soft cover. As New. Printing of June 1998. 8vo, illustrated paper wraps, 18 pages, color photographs, Jane Austen Chronology and family tree. Condition is AS NEW, no visible wear.

Hampshire, UK: Hampshire County Council, 2001. Soft cover. Near Fine. Hampshire Papers, Issue No. 6, January 1996, reprinted with corrections March 2001. 4to, illustrated stapled wraps, 32 pages, color illustration of Jane Austen's House on front cover, b/w illustrations throughout of Austen family members, Steventon Parsonage and other notable houses, etc., maps, index. Condition is NEAR FINE, appears unread.

New York: Rizzoli, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hugh Palmer. 1st ed. 4to, green boards, 224 pages, bibliography, index, 177 illustrations (77 in color) and special photography by Hugh Palmer. Condition: NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: nearly new, slight rubbing mark to spine gutter and along top edge; jacket has slight wear along top edge. A lovely copy of this lovely book, filled with images of how the gentry lived, dressed and were entertained in their houses in the country and Town during the Georgian and Regency Periods - the wallpaper, the furniture, the workings of the kitchen - and all with informative extracts from Austen's letters and novels.

Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st ed [number line], 8vo, blue cloth, 202 pages, select bibliography, index. Condition: NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: no wear, appears unread, lovely copy. A collection of 13 essays, plus an introduction by the editors, by leading Austen scholars on the phenomenon of adapting Jane Austen for the screen: Essays by Rachel Brownstein, Cheryl Nixon, Rebecca Dickson, Carol Dole, Amanda Collins, H. Elisabeth Elllington, Lisa Hopkins, Suzanne Ferriss, Nora Nachumi, M. Casey Diana, Kristin Flieger Samuelian, Devoney Looser, and Deborah Kaplan.

London: Robert Hale, 1992. Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st published in 1984, 1st paperback ed. 1992, this is the 1997 reprint. 8vo, illustrated wraps, 276 pages, family genealogies, map, index. Condition: NEAR FINE: book is nearly new, just a tad of shelfwear, appears unread. The ever-interesting life of Jane Austen and her family.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2017. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 2nd printing, UK edition, 8vo, illustrated boards, issued without dust jacket, 387 pages, color and b/w illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. Condition is FINE, with a small crease to spine tail, unread. Worsley offers a fascinating view of Jane Austen's life through the lens of her various homes: Steventon, Bath, Southampton, Chawton, and finally College Street in Winchester. A lovely copy.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cassandra Austen. From the Reign of Henry the 4th to the Death of Charles the 1st, by a partial, prejudiced, & ignorant historian. 2nd printing, 8vo, blue boards, xii, 34, transcript pages, illustrated with color facsimiles. Introduction by A.S. Byatt. A Note on the text by Deirdre Le Faye. A complete facsimile of the original hand-written text, with watercolor illustrations by her sister Cassandra, followed by a transcript of the text. Condition: NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket. Austen's brilliant parody of Oliver Goldsmith's 4-volume "History of England."

London: Thames & Hudson, 1996. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Hugh Palmer, photographs. Small 4to, stiff wraps, 224 pages, profusely illustrated in color and b/w, a Directory of Georgian Designs, bibliography, index. Condition: VERY GOOD with very light edgewear. Previously published as "Jane Austen's Town and Country Style," this is the 1996 edition with corrections. Expounds on the visual style of Jane Austen's era - the furniture, fabrics, and interior design to include wallpaper, china, glass. A must-have for the Jane Austen reader!

New York: Macmillan, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A. Walton Litz and Brian Southam, Consulting Editors; "A Dictionary of Jane Austen's Life and Works" by H. Abigail Bok. 1st edition (number line), 8o, tan boards with blue cloth backstrip, 511 pages, index. Condition is VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: the slightest edgewear, appears unread. A must-have collection of 65 essays by various scholars on all things Austen.

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st American edition (no additional printings noted, published at the same time by Barn Elms in the UK), square quarto, gray boards with gilt titles, green endpapers, 135 pages, color and b/w illustrations throughout, index. Condition: NEAR FINE book / VERY GOOD jacket: jacket has light edgewear with 1" closed tear at spine head, spine is lightly sunned. An invaluable book on Jane Austen and her use of the landscape in her novels.

London; New York: Tavistock Publications, 1987. Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st softbound ed., 8vo, 97 pages, cover illustration of Jane Austen, bibliography, index. Condition: NEAR FINE: small bend at middle of spine gutter, otherwise like new. Evans argues that far from endorsing established and conservative views, Jane Austen advances a radical critique of the morality of bourgeois capitalism, demonstrating her concern with women's rights and the vulnerability of women in the early 19th century marketplace.

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1995. First American edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st American ed. (number line). Lg. 8vo, maroon boards, 128 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliography, index. Condition: FINE book / FINE jacket: like new - appears unread. Covers the social and domestic life in Jane Austen's time, how food features in her novels and letters, and many recipes from the period - including a "Mr. Darcy's Dinner or the Dinner Which Never Happened.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Various. 2nd printing (1969), 8vo, blue cloth / gilt titles, 143 pages, b/w illustrations throughout (137 of them), bibliography, index, family tree. Condition: VERY GOOD- book / VERY GOOD jacket: there is some spotting to top of front and rear boards and along edges, owner name on front pastedown, otherwise clean and tight; jacket has a few small damp stains to top edge. A lovingly presented illustrated biography of Jane Austen's world - her family, friends and surroundings.

London: Cranbrook Tower Press, 1960. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Poet Laureate Series No. 1. A bibliography and eighty-first birthday tribute. Limited ed. of 999 copies, this out of series and unsigned. 1st ed. 8vo, red cloth with gilt titles and signature of Masefield, 96 pages, b/w illustrations throughout. Condition is NEAR FINE book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: jacket has light scuffing to rear panel. A lovely copy.

London: Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood / Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1977. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Exhibition at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood, May to September 1977 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II; catalogue compiled by John May. Drawn entirely from the collection of James Blewitt, it ranges from English delft ware of the reign of Charles II to mass-produced wares made to mark the most recent royal jubilee, that of George V in 1935. Oblong 24mo, stapled wraps, 26 pages of text, pages of b/w photographs of various items on glossy paper, color photographs on both covers. Condition is VERY GOOD with light rubbing to cover edges, a crease to front cover and corner crease to rear cover.

Minneapolis, MN: T.S. Denison, 1971. Hardcover. VG-. 13th printing (August 1971; first published in 1959). Quarto, illustrated boards, 64 pages, b/w illustrations. VERY GOOD- book / no jacket: ex-library [has a bookplate, a stamp on front endpaper, number on title page, pocket and stamp on rear endpaper, no other markings or spine label]. light edge and cover wear, internally clean and tight excepting the library remains. The story of Barnum & Bailey's famous elephant, the biggest elephant the world has ever seen; written and illustrated by the author.