Search Results: Authors starting with J from Monkey House Books

The Crafts 'N Things Family, 1993. Softcover, magazine. Very Good/No Jacket. 29 easy-to-read charts for Holiday Season gifts and crafts, including a Christmas wreath table set, Baby's First Hanukkah, Victorian Village afghan, ornaments, stockings, Shaker sewing set, and advent calendar. Volume 10, number 5. 66 pages, light wear.

The Crafts 'N Things Family, 1993. Softcover, magazine. Very Good/No Jacket. 29 easy-to-read charts for Holiday Season gifts and crafts, including a Christmas wreath table set, Baby's First Hanukkah, Victorian Village afghan, ornaments, stockings, Shaker sewing set, and advent calendar. Volume 10, number 5. 66 pages, light wear.

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1912. Red cloth boards, gilt-stamped cover and spine. Good/No Dust Jacket. 369 pages, clean and unmarked. 8 short stories, The Castaway, The Tragedy of Professor Denison, etc. Uncommon edition. Backstrip and part of front cover sunfaded. Ends bumped, edges spotted. Rear hinge cracked.

Koln und Berlin: Verlag Gustav Kiepenheuer, 1951. Gray cloth boards, gilt-stamped cover.. Good/No Dust Jacket. Lengthy inscription in German by the author in black ink on the half-title, dated 1953. Scarce edition, 32 pages, short poems. Text of the book in German. Cover illustration of a bridge. Publishers advertising slip tucked in. Corners bumped, some fading and soil especially to back cover (small stained area). ""Im Erinnern an den XXI Internationalen Congress des PEN Clubs in Venedig 1949."" Text clean.

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1953. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket condition good. BCE, book club edition, BOMC insert. Historical novel, legendary love story of Tristan and Isolde. 368 pages, jacket wear and darkening.

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket condition very good. Published for the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. Light wear to jacket. 494 pages. American poet & novelist, 1905-1989, first Poet Laureate of the United States, Pulitzer Prize winner.

New York: Lancer Books, 1968. Mass market paperback. Very Good. Cover illustration by James Meese.. Magnum ""Easy Eye"" edition. Complete and unabridged. 284 pages. 2 novellas by the American master. Light stain to bottom of early pages.

Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi: Sage Publications, Inc., 1999. 2nd Edition. Softcover. Good. 9 papers on various aspects of the drug policy debate. American drug policy, marijuana legalization. Used textbook, 186 pages, some highlighting.

New York: Penguin Classics, Penguin Books, 1987. Softcover, trade paperback. Good/No Jacket. Edited with an introduction by Isaac Kramnick. The definitive exposition of the United States Constitution written in 1787-1788. 515 pages, index.

Escondido, California: The Tricycle Foundation, 2009. Softcover, magazine. Fine. Buddhist quarterly periodical. Personality quiz, meditation challenge, Bernie Glassman. 128 pages. UPC #074851648544.

Olathe, Kansas: Cookbook Publishers, Inc., 1985. Softcover, card covers, comb binding. Very Good/No Jacket. Presents a full range of recipes from appetizers to desserts, beverages, microwave, relishes & preserves, including a number of Italian and seafood recipes. 99 pages, index. Published as a PTO fundraiser for the Canaan Lake Community. General age-wear.

Scholastic Inc., 2003. Trade paperback. Very Good. 239 pages. For older children, young adults. Wear to covers.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Hardcover.. Very Good./Dust Jacket condition very good.. A 'blasphemously funny' play in which God is a Puerto Rican bath attendant and his various clients have all just died (embarrassingly in a state of undress). BCE, 87 pages, gutters darkening, a few close tears on jacket cover. Friedman, 1930-2020, was a writer & actor notable for his versatility and dark humor.

New York, et al.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967. Purple boards, black spine with purple & white titling.. Very Good/Dust Jacket condition very good. First Edition, so stated. Novel of 1960s upper middle class Britain, marriages, relationships, and inheritance. Page edges a bit spotty, some wear & rubbing to jacket, no tears or losses, no major flaws.

Paris: Editions Seghern., 1969. Softcover. Good. Presentation, choix de textes, biographie, bibliographie par Jean Duvignand. Collection dirigee par Andre Robinet. Philosophes de Tous le Temps. 189 pages. Moderate cover wear. Georges Gurvitch, 1894-1965, was a Russian-born French sociologist and jurist. He was known for founding the journal Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie and wrote many books on sociology throughout the early twentieth century. He was one of the leading sociologists of his time and held a chair in sociology at the Sorbonne in Paris.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good Plus./Dust Jacket condition Good . Translated by Mona Andrade. Story of a girl's coming of age, life and love during the German invasion and bombardment. 282 pages, clean & square. Dust jacket has some small chips and tears, some evidence of water bleed-through from the covers onto the interior. Covers have some light wear, a small dampstained area.

Birmingham, Alabama: Palladium Press, 2004. Red leather, gilt-stamped spine. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as issued. American Heritage Library, privately printed for members of the National Rifle Association. Introduction by Wayne LaPierre. Special edition, selected and arranged by John Dewey. Facsimile of 1940 David McKay Company edition. Clean, bright and tight. 191 pages.

Auburn & Buffalo: John E. Beardsley, 1847. Brown cloth boards. Good Minus./No Dust Jacket. With an Appendix containing his SpeechesÉ Paper wraps added, covers well-worn and faded. Signature on front endpaper, possibly a relative of the subject? ""Silas Wright from Ben 1860"" and ""Silas Wright Sandy Hill New York"" [now Hudson Falls]. 378 pages, text whole and complete. Endpapers replaced/repaired, binding flawed and quite worn. Wright, 1795-1847, was a lawyer and politician from upstate New York. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, was State Comptroller and Governor, and supporter of Martin Van Buren.

New York: Ballantine Books, 2020. Softcover, trade paperback. Very Good. Novel of a rock band in late 1960s Los Angeles. 382 pages, light wear to ends & corners. Reese Witherspoon Book Club.

San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2001. Softcover. Good. Essay collection exploring issues related to modern Islam, including the status of women, values of the West and Islam, terrorism, and United States policy. Ex-library with spine label and card pocket.