Search Results: Titles starting with J from Books Bought and Sold

New York: Christie Manson and Woods International Inc, 1981. Auction catalogue from a sale of United States Gold coins from the collection of J Hambleton Ober. . Sale took place in New York December 9th 1981. . Catalogue is very bright and clean, 53 pages with 374 lots mostly with photographs and short description of the coins. Dustwrapper is veery bright and clean with a plain sticker on front, a very nice clean hardcover catalogue SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition First Printing. Gold Decorated Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 10 ¼ x 8 Inches. Hardcover.

Sri Lanka: Varuna, 1981. Excellent book on the life of J R Jayewardene of Sri Lanka, 151 pages in very bright clean condition, many B/w photographs and illustrations plus very informative text. SIGNED and INSCRIBED on front endpaper To Lord Moore from Gihan Talgodapitiya 31.3.94. Sir Philip Moore was former Deputy High Commissioner in Singapore then assistant Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II and book is from his collection.Gihan Talgodapitiya was the principal consultant of Gihan Talgodapitiya Associates in Sri Lanka. NO dustwrapper, outer boards are clean, a couple of light marks and gold lettering a little dulled, a very nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by gihan Talgodapitiya. 8 ¾ x 5½ Inches. Hardcover.

London: The Cygnet Press, 1996. Book privately printed and limited to 350 copies 300 for sale. This appears to be a presentation copy inscribed Olive much love Michael Halloween 1996.on title page also inscription on dedication page Arty P.S. not daddy, not sure who has inscribed this. Contains117 pagesin very bright clean condition, dustwrapper has light stain to front , still a nice clean desirable example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Limited Edition. Cloth Covered Boards. Very Good/Good Plus. 9 ¾ x 6 ½ Inches. Hardcover.

London: David Bogue From the George Cruikshank Fairy Library, first edition of this fairy tale for children and adults. 32 pages with 8 wonderful illustrations by George Cruikshank. Pages are a little dusty with a few light marks, outer covers are marked and worn especially on spine where some old paper tape has wrn and spine is split just over half way up, inner pages are still attached. For all its faults still a pleasing copy of a scarce book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Edition. Illustrated Card Covers. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot. 7 x 5¼ Inches. Card Covers.

Australia: Prahran, Military Melbourne, 1999. Very bright clean card cover in dustwrapper, very slight fade to spine,many b/w photographs and illustrations accompany the text. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Revised Edition. Card Covers with Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 30 Cms x 21.5 Cms. Card Covers.

London: Gay and Hancock, 1913. Large volume of the story of the Jackdaw of Rheims with 12 beautiful tipped in colour illustrations by Charles Folkard plus many smaller B/w illustrations in the text. endpapers and first blank page are foxed and some very light foxing on a few other pages overall very bright and clean inside, illustrations tipped in onto brown card with protective pages over them, illustrations are not marked or creased.Inside is the remains of original red silk book mark with gold jackdaw on it, this is split down middle, worn at edges and is 8 1/2 inches long possibly been cut short at some time. Outer cloth covered boards are worn at edges and some staining. Still a sound pleasing copy of a beautifully illustrated book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Charles Folkard. 34.5 x 26 Cms. Hardcover.

Goldstar Holdings, 1997. A short history of Jacques Villeneuve's career up to 1997 some text but mostly splendid colour and B/w photographs. Book and wrapper are very good near fine, copy has SIGNATURE OF JACQUES VILLENEUVE pasted on to front endpaper, genuine signature NOT facsimile. Heavy book 1.7 Kg EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL on request.. Signed by Jacques Villeneuve. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12 ½ x 8¾ Inches. Hardcover.

Somerset UK: Haynes Publishing Group, 1987. Very informative workshop manual for these Jaguar sallon cars. 279 pages in clean condition just some light browning to extreme edges of pages, Many B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as lpublished,plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer illustrated laminated boards are bright and clean.A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . Reprint. Illustrated Laminated Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 11 x 8½ Inches. Hardcover.

Somerset UK: Haynes Publishing, 2001. Very informative book on Jaguar at le mans.208 pages in very bright clean condition, SIGNED by Paul Parker on half title page. Many colour, B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as published plus very informative text, Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, not price clipped, light wear to bottom edges of boards. HEAVY BOOK 1.4 kg with sound packaging EXTRA POSTAGE NEEDED FOR OVERSEAS. A nice example of this book especially with signature SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 10 ¼ x 10 Inches. Hardcover.

Derby UK: Haynes and Co Ltd, 2002. Excellent book on the manufacture of Jaguar cars in Coventry. 192 pages in very bright clean condition, many B/w photographs and illustrations plus very informative text, Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, a very nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 10 ¼ x 8 Inches. Hardcover.

Australia: Berghouse Floyd Tuckey Publishing Group, 1984. Very informative book on the James Hardie 1000 1983/84 motor racing season in Australia, Contains 232 pages in very bright clean condition, many colour photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text. Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, not price clipped. HEAVY BOOK 1.3 Kg with packing EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 11 ¼ x 8 ¼ Inches. Hardcover.

Australia: The Berghouse Floyd Tuckey Publishing Group, 1985. Very informative book on the annual race for touring cars at Bathurst in Australia, this is the report for 1984 and contains past history of the race, this the 25th anniversary edition of the Great Race. Contains 352 pages in very bright clean condition, many colour photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text. Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, not price clipped, HEAVY BOOK 1.8 Kg with packing EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.a very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 11 ½ x 8½ Inches. Hardcover.

Australia: Lansdowne Press, 1982. Very informative book on the James Hardie 1000 1981/82 motor racing season in Australia, Contains 143 pages in very bright clean condition, many colour photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text. Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, not price clipped. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 11 ¼ x 8 ¼ Inches. Hardcover.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1999. Story of Jan Molby's career in football as told to Grahame Lloyd, 288 pages with many photographs. INSCRIBED by JAN MOLBY on half title page To Rob best wishes Jan Molby. Book and wrapper are very bright and clean just very tiny closed tear at bottom front of wrapper, a nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Signed by Author. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 9¼ x 6 Inches. Hardcover.

Connecticut: W E Inc, 1968. Very informative book on Japanese combat weapons in second world war. 228 pages in very bright clean condition, many B/w photographs and illustrations plus very informative text and weapon specifications, dustwrapper is also very bright and clean just very light rubbing to edges, a very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 11 x 8 Inches. Hardcover.

London: Wells Gardner Darton and Co Ltd A book of Japanese tales and jingles, written and illustrated by Kathleen Lucas. 48 pages in bright clean condition, many single colour illustrations opposite each verse, all illustrations present, NO dustwrapper, outer boards are worn on edges and a little marked. Not dated but looks late 1800s early 1900s could be first edition but cannot be sure. A nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Illustrated Boards Cloth Spine. Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Kathleen Lucas. 8 ¼ x 6½ Inches. Hardcover.

London: The Eastern Press Limited, 1920. Very informative books on Japanese names and how to read them, parts 1, 2 and 3 of a four part set. 336 pages in total over the three books, in bright clean condition, some pages uncut at top, creases to top of one page SEE IMAGE. Paper covers have some browning and edges are worn, small loss to front cover of part 3 and small water stain to front cover of part 1 Though covers are not perfect the interior pages are very good, a pleasing example of these books SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Paper Covers. Good/No Jacket. 10 ½ x 8 Inches. Paper Covers.

London: News Chronicle Publications, 1947. Collectable illustrated childrens book from 1947, contains 72 pages in very bright clean condition just some browning to endpapers. many single colour illustrations,all present as called for NO dustwrapper illustratedboards are worn on edgesand rear, splits to top of spine.Though not perfect still a pleasing example of a collectable book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by James Francis Horrabin. 10 x 7¼ Inches. Hardcover.

France: H Bischof Offsetdruck, 1974. Excellent book on Jean Dubuffet and his art, 30 pages in very bright clean condition, neat inscription to former owner by person unknown on title page. Many B/w photographs and illustrations,all present plus FRENCH text, NO English translation. Limited edition of 250 this is number 56.NO dustwrapper Folded in is a colour poster 20 inches by 29 inches of an exhibition at Galerie Schreiner 30 Novembre to 31 Janvier 1975 this poster is in very good conditon just some very light yellowing no tears or loss..A very nice example of this book with poster SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Limited Edition. Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Jean Dubuffet. 14 ½ x 10 Inches. Hardcover.

France: Compagnie de navigation Fraissinet & Cyprien Fabre,, 1957. Very informative book on the construction of the ship Jean Mermoz, TEXT IN FRENCH, no English translation. 37 pages in bright clean condition, many colour and b/w photographs plus double page colour plans of the ship, very informative text in FRENCH. Dustwrapper is a little marked with very small foxing spots, typed with compliments slip pasted to top, card covers have asome browning to front cover.A pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Card Covers. Good Plus/Good Plus. 11 ½ x 9 ½ Inches. Card Covers.