Titles starting with J from Ghost River Books

MIJADE, 2002 Illustrated paper on boards binding is in lovely clean condition. Very minimal wear. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good. ... more information

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N.Y.: Pocket Books, 1979, 1979 Mass Market Paperback. First Pocket Books. 7 x 4 1/4. ISBN:0-671-82299-3. 318 pp including index. When Jack London died at the age of forty from an overdose of morphine, he was the highest paid, and m ost popular writer in the world. His writings had made him an international legend. This biography reveals the man behind the legend. Biography includes extensive notes to the chapters, a selected bib liogrpahy and index. Our copy in excellent condition. Bright and tight and clea... more information

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London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited 206 pp. Major J. T. Gorman is author of The Road to Mandalay and Gorilla Gold. Frontispiece by M. B. Critchlow. A wartime novel for youths. Jack Frere with an infantry commission, goes to find his missing cousin who was last seen with a Nazi agent. Dj has a couple of sticker pulls on bottom of front cover. A faint tea ring on back cover centre. A little edgewear but no tears. Looks good in new mylar cover. Not price clipped. Text has browned slightly but is very... more information

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N.Y.: Platt and Munk, 1960 HC and DJ. 5 3/4 x 8 1/4. 526 pp. A wonderful Platt and Munk Great Writers edition. Dj has crossed snowshoes on front upper right corner. Front dj illust of hunter with rifle aimed at standing grizzle y. Rear dj illust of snow landscape, dog team, sled, musher. Dj has creases and a large chip. New mylar cover. Dj in spite of flaws is bright, clean and attractive. Price not clipped. Binding is gray and green cloth on boards. Crosses snowshoes motif on front and spine. Binding is ti... more information

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Chicago: The Reilly & Britton, 1913 Presumed First. 7 x 5 3/8. Although this lovely little book has no cover the text is intact and quite nice. No former owner's name, no tears. A bit of inobtrusive light blue marker on illustration pag e 21. What a great book for Halloween. There is a Wizard and a trotting sawhorse and of course, Jack Pumpkinhead with a man's body and a pumkin for a head that seems to be changeable. Overall cond: po or because of no cover but the text is good.. ... more information

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Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Hungry Minds Inc, 2000 216 pp includes index. Keep you Jack Russell Terrier happy and healthy. Soft cover is bright and clean. Minimal wear. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked.. Soft Cover. V. Good. ... more information

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Toronto: Thomas Nelson, 1958 191 pp. A flash from the past. Reading for Meaning Reader. Red cloth on boards binding has scuffing, some dust soiling, Wee frays to corners and head and foot of spine. Former school stamp on back of front free endpaper. A few smudges in text. Back inside cover has top corner of covering paper torn away. A typical reader from a classroom set.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8 1/2 x 6. ... more information

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N.Y.: Creative Child Press The five pop-ups in this book are in excellent condition, no tears. Illustrated paper on boards cover is clean and unmarked.. Hard Cover. Very Good - Near Fine. Illus. by John Patience. 8 x 10 1/4. ... more information

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Bridlington, England: Peter Haddock Wonderful watercolour illustrations of this classic story and a mixed up fairy tale, tale. Cover is bright and clean, faint sticker pull to front top corner, spine has started to tear at top and bottom. No former owner's name. Text is very clean and unmarked.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Molly B. Thomson. 10 1/4 x 7 7/8. ... more information

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N.Y.: Webster McGraw Hill, 1967 Children of Other Times Series. Endpapers are illustration of a sailing ships with parts labelled. Cover has a bit of rubbing to edges, bright. A wee bit of wear rubbing to edges of spine. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Marie Wabbies. 7 1/2 x 8. ... more information

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N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977 Jackal wants everything he sees - and then. Cover has rubs to corners, some edge rubbing, Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Text is clean and unmarked.. Hard Cover. Godd-. Illus. by Richard Hefter. 8 1/4 x 6 1/2. ... more information

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N.Y.: Random House Inc, 1982 175 pp. Chronicles James Fixx's life in the five years after he published his "The Complet Book of Running" Dustjacket has just a bit of rubbing to corners and head and foot of spine. Not price clipped. Yellow Ochre paper on boards binding with orange cloth spine is in lovely condition. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked.. Stated first edition. HC and DJ. V. Good/V. Good. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4. Remainder. ... more information

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N.Y.: Morrow Junior Books, 1996, 1996 HC and DJ. Presumed First. 8 1/4 x 10 1/4. ISBN:0-688-13707-5. 40 pp. This is the story of how the game of Jacks is played all over the world. Following a trail of solid research and primary sources, the author has assembled a terrific collection of fourteen jacks- type games. Rules are clearly given so readers can master versions from countries such a s Israel, Singapore, Zimbabwe, Tibet, Trinida d, New Zealand, japan, Brazil, United States (Hawaii and Texas), South Ko... more information

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London and Glasgow: Blackie and Son Hard Cover. 7 1/2 x 5 1/8. 174 pp. The Adventures of Jacky Brown-Coat was first published in South Africa and appeared there under the title of Field Mouse Stories. Although undated, this book has the look and feel of children's books from the 1930s and early 40s. The story of a family of field mice, Black Beetle, Cock Sparrow, Otter, Fox, Speckled Cock, Green Lizard, and assorted other delightful creatures who wear proper clothes and conduct themselves as well-manner... more information

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Mensuel, 1981 Soft Cover. Aout 1981. 7 1/2 x 6 1/8. 66 pp plus a bookmark and order form page. Wonderfully illustrated by Michel Guire Vaka. Lots of fun and reading adventure. Includes: Les Poemes Acrobatiques and Le Pique-Nigue. Softcover has some corner wear and a tiny tear at top front spine. No former owner's name. Text is clean and tight. One page is cut along perforated lines as required for reading exerc ise. Overall cond: good-v. good.. ... more information

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Praha: Orbis, 1965 212 pp includes glossary and bibliography. Nove pribehy ze zivota zvirat. Dust jacket has some edge wear, a few wee tears. Green cloth on boards binding with green and black embossing is in lovely condition. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked.. HC and DJ. Good/Good. 6 3/4 x 6 3/4. ... more information

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Praha: Mlada Fronta, 1960 293 pp includes index. Dust jacket has some edge wear, a few short tears, Green cloth on boards binding has brown illustrations. No former owner's name. Text is clean. B/w and colour illustrations.. HC and DJ. Good/Good. Illus. by Vaclav Junek. 9 3/4 x 7. ... more information

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N.Y.: Coward-McCann, 1955 247 pp includes index. Both an historical and a contemporary section, the two blending to form a complete picture of the island. Dustjacket has a large chip from front top spine and front edge. also ships to back top corner and one to flap fold at back. Price clipped. Much improved by new plastic cover. Burnt orange textured paper on boards binding with a black spine is in lovely condition. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked. B/W photos at centre.. HC and DJ. V.... more information

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London: W.H. Allen, 1972, 1972 HC and DJ. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2. ISBN:0-491-00340-4. Jacket design by Barbara Walton. Reprinted for The Novelty Trading Co. Ltd. 256 pp. Subtitled: The Story of the Witch of Rose Hall. "Visitors to Jamaica w ill know of Rose Hall, the island's largest sugar plantation. Over a century ago, it was run by the notorious Annie Palmer, a sadistic white woman known as the Witch of Rose Hall." This novel is base d on the Jamaican legend. The dj illus on the front depicts a deca... more information

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London: Pan Books, 1965 Paperback. Eleventh Printing. 4 1/2 x 7. 233 pp. This is the cleverly designed edition that has 2 bullet holes in the cover. A marvelous copy - in nearly mint cond. Very slight wear on lower edge othe rwise bright, tight, and clean - as if never read. Nice small b/w photo of Ian Fleming, by Cecil Beaton. Overall cond: n. fine.. ... more information

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