Titles starting with J from Gene Sperry Books

Brome, Vincent., Hamish Hamilton Ltd. (UK), 1988, c1988, 1st UK Edition, cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 512 pp with bibliography & index, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo, ISBN: 024112560X, "There was something Herculean about John Boynton Priestley's life and work... ... more information

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Lasky, Victor., Macmillan Co., 1963, c1963, 10th printing, cloth (hard cover), vg with tattered dj, 238 pp with appendices, sources & index, tall 8vo, "A Critical Portrait ... more information

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Wilton, Andrew., Poplar Books, Inc., c1979, reprint edition, cloth (hard cover), gift inscription on ffep o/w near fine with vg++ dj (price-clipped, one minor tear), 527 pp with appendices, bibliography & indices, extensive full color/B&W photographic illus., 4to, ISBN: 0890099057, "Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) is by general consent the greatest of British artists, and perhaps the greatest of all landscape painters", "The main text is supplemented by a complete title-cat... more information

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Goodchild, Peter., Fromm International Publishing Corp., 1985, c1980, reprint, illus. soft cover (trade size paperback), very good++, 301 pp with bibliography & index, extensive B&W photographic & other illus.,tall 8vo, 'The father of the atomic bomb; Oppenheimer underwent a crisis of conscience after the dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and urged the government to steer away from the use of nuclear weaponry' ... more information

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Hamilton, Nigel., Random House, 1992, c1992, 1st pb edition, illus. soft cover (trade paperback), PO's name inside cover, light wear o/w very good, 900 pp with notes on sources & index, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo, ISBN: 0679748806, 'The first volume of a monumental new biography of John F. Kennedy' ... more information

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Prouty, L. Fletcher with intro by Oliver Stone., Carol Publishing Group 'A Birch Lane Press Book', 1992, c1992, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), PO's name on ffep o/w fine with near fine dj, 366 pp with notes & index, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo, ISBN: 1559721308, "The explosive thesis that influenced Oliver Stone", The late author, a CIA insider, was depicted in Oliver Stone's film 'JFK' as "Mr. X", played by Donald Sutherland. Prouty passed awa... more information

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Johnson, Neil., Dial Books for Young Readers, 1993, c1993, 1st Edition, glossy pictorial boards (hard cover), fine with finedj, unpaginated, full color photographic illus., 8.5" x 11" oblong, "Justin Whitlock lives year-round on Wyoming's Pitchfork Ranch... ... more information

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Nicklaus, Jack with Ken Bowden., Simon & Schuster, 1997, c1997, 1st Edition, boards (hard cover), fine with near-fine dj (price clipped), 505 pp with appendix & index, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo, ISBN: 0684836289, "In 1988 Jack Nicklaus was honored by his peers as the Golfer of the Century ... more information

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Rivett, Miriam & Mark Whitehead., Barnes & Noble Books, c2006, 1st printing of this edition, boards (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 160 pp with index, 12mo, ISBN: 0760787166, 'No one in the annals of crime is capable of arousing such passionate debate as the perpetrator of the Whitechapel murders in 1888' ... more information

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Evans, Stewart & Paul Gainey., pub. by Kodansha International, 1998, c1995, 1st edition by this pub. (reprint), illus. soft cover (trade paperback), very near fine, 293 pp with appendices, sources, bibliography & index, B&W photographic & other illus., 8vo, ISBN: 1568362579, "The Ripper murders remain among the world's most notorious unsolved cases...Is it possible that the killer who terrorized London in 1888 was, in fact, an American? ... more information

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Weatherby, W.J., Pharos Books, 1992, c1992, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), vg+ with vg+ dj, 253 pp with bibliography & index, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo, "A genius at situation comedy, Jackie Gleason was a genuinely original comic talent... ... more information

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Gifford, Barry & Lawrence Lee., Penguin Books, 1979, c1978, illus. soft cover (trade paperback), near fine, 339 pp with bibliography & index, B&W photographic illus., 8vo, ISBN: 0140052690, "Makes a unique contribution to our understanding of a man and a generation which shaped the dreams and visions of our own ... more information

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Pessen, Edward., The Dorsey Press, 1974, c1969, 7th printing, illus. soft cover, fine, 408 pp with bibliographical essay & index, 8vo, "...takes a comprehensive look at the complex quarter century between John Quincy Adams and James Knox Polk...between 1830 and 1860 ... more information

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Whyte, Alexander, edited by Evelyn Sire., Sure Fire Press (Holmes Publishing Group), 1994, c1994, illus. soft cover (paperback monograph), fine (as new), 27 pp, 8vo, ISBN: 155818287X, 'Jacob Boehme, the greatest of the mystics, and the father of German philosophy, was all his life nothing more than a working shoemaker. This monograph draws together morsels of his autobiography' ... more information

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Easton, Carol., Summit Books, 1989, c1989, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), fine with vg-fine dj, 224 pp with index, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo, "...was not only one of the world's greatest cellists, she was a legend in her lifetime... ... more information

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Pepin, Jacques., William Morrow & Co., 1990, c1990, 3rd printing, boards (hard cover), near fine with near fine dj, 283 pp with index, B&W illus. by the author, tall 8vo, inscribed & SIGNED by the author, ISBN: 0688094481, 'How to Make Simply Wonderful Meals with Surprisingly Little Effort', James Beard Best Book Award winner ... more information

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Jagendorf, Siegfried., Harper Collins, 1991, c1991, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 209 pp with sources & index, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo ... more information

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Andersen, Christopher., Delacorte Press, 1993, c1993, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 440 pp with index, tall 8vo, B&W photographic illus., "Mick Jagger boasts a career spanning four decades... ... more information

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Davis, Stephen., Random House, 1993, c1993, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 297 pp, tall 8vo, "A Fable of Gods and Heroes, an epic journey into the heart of an ancient culture... ... more information

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Toomey, Mary R., Vantage Press, 1991, c1991, 1st Edition, 1st printing, black cloth (hard cover), PO's name on fpdep o/w near fine with very near fine dj, 26 pp, B&W illus. by Jeff Mayes, 8vo, ISBN: 0533091322, inscribed & SIGNED by the author on ffep, "Readers will learn about a little robot named Jamari. Jamari lives with his mother on a planet called Orr ... more information

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