Search Results: Authors starting with J from Tannery Books

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. Cassette. Near Fine. Near Fine, still sealed in wrap, packaging lightly squeezed at ends with crease on bottom. Read by Leonard Nimoy and George Takei, 90 minutes.

New York: Robert Carter, 1848. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Malancthon W. Jacobus, Matthew; Notes on the Gospels, Critical and Explanatory; so prepared as to accompany the questions of the American Sunday School Union; and incorporating with the notes, on a new plan, the most approved harmony of the four gospels, designed for teachers and scholars, and for family instruction. with illustrations from Kitto's Biblical Encyclopedia, &c., &c. (first of three volumes); New York, Robert Carter, 1848, First Edition. Dark brown cloth hc with stamped design, 8vo, [iv] 314 [viii ads], 4 plates including frontispiece of Jerusalem as Besieged by Titus, map of the Holy Land, genealogy chart of Christ from Adam (both versions, with notes), and contemporary Jerusalem. Fair/no DJ: spine missing (piece with lettering laid in), edges worn, spine skewed, contemporary writing on endpapers with light pencil marks throughout, light foxing and smudges, corner stains on middle pages with no loss. Reduced!

New York: Oxford University Press, 1960. First printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library/good. James Ralph Johnson, Alfred Hoyt Bill, pictures by Hirst Dillon Milhollen. Horsemen Blue and Gray: A Pictorial History, New York, Oxford University Press, 1960, First printing. Speckled white cloth hc, 4to (28 cm), [viii] 236 pp with index and sources, many bw photographs throughout; illustrated dustjacked. Ex-library (Good)/Good: ex-lib with stickers and stamps, bumping, foxing on edges of covers, pages crisp except minor crease on rear endpapers; bumped and creased with tiny tears, unclipped.

New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. James Robert Parish, Don E. Stanke, The Swashbucklers, New Rochelle, NY, Arlington House, 1976. Biographies of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Ronald Colman, Tyrone Power, Errol Flynn, Stewart Granger, Victor Mature, Cornel Wilde and Tony Curtis. Blue cloth hc with metallic lettering on spine and blind-stamped publisher's logo on front, 672 pp with index, bw photos throughout; blue dustjacket with bw photos. Good/Good: corners and spine bumped, small stains on edges, crisp, no markings; DJ bumped and worn, unclipped. Made in USA

Westport, Conn.: Arlington House, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. James Robert Parish, Gregory W. Mank, Richard G. Picchiarini, The Best of MGM: The Golden Years 1928-1959, Westport, Conn., Arlington House, 1981. Yellow cloth hc, 4to (28 cm), xxviii, 260 pp with index, bw photos; glossy yellow dustjacket with black film silhouette. Lists MGM movies alphabetically by title. Very Good/Very Good: corners lightly bumped, slight spine skew at bottom, crisp, no markings; DJ lightly bumped and scuffed, unclipped.

Westport, Conn.: Arlington House, 1980. First edition. James Robert Parish, Gregory W. Mank, The Hollywood Reliables, Westport, Conn., Arlington House, 1980, First edition. Orange cloth hc with gold lettering on spine, folio (30 cm), [vi] 314 pp with index, bw photos; glossy gold dustjacket with small bw portraits on back. Profiles and filmographies of Dana Andrews, Wallace Beery, Pat O'Brien, Walter Pidgeon, Spencer Tracy and Robert Young. Very Good/Good: lightly bumped, smudge marks on bottom edge, pages crisp, no markings; DJ bumped and scuffed with 1-inch tear on top, unclipped. made in USA

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963. Paperback. Good. James I. Robertson, Jr., The Civil War, Washington, D.C., U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963. Signed by author on title page. Stapled paper covers with bw photograph, 8vo, 64 pp, bw illustrations. Good: corners bumped, front edge lightly soiled, no markings.

Chapel Hill: The Provincial Press, 1979. Revised Edition. Paperback. Good. Faris Jane Corey, North Carolina Superlatives, Chapel Hill, The Provincial Press, 1979, revision of previous book 'North Carolina Firsts.' A variety of North Carolina sites, people, and organizations that are/were Firsts, Highest/Tallest, Largest, Oldest, etc. Includes several Piedmont landmarks like the world's largest bureau, (second) largest chair and oldest water mill still in operation. Red paper covers, horizontal 8vo, 94 pp, many bw photos. Good: scuffed and bumped, spine faded, no markings.

Little, Brown & Co., 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Jane Halsman Bello, Steve Bello, Philippe Halsman; Philippe Halsman: A Retrospective, Little, Brown & Co., 1999, First edition. Oversized book of beautiful and quirky black-and-white portraits, not just of Hollywood stars, but artists, presidents, writers and thinkers. Black cloth hc, folio (32 cm), 212 pp. Near Fine/Very Good: corners lightly rubbed, small bump on rear top edge, pages crisp, unmarked; DJ bumped with corner crease near spine, unclipped.

Tortola, BVI, 1972. Reprint. Paperback. Good +. Charles F. Jenkins, Tortola: A Quaker Experiment of Long Ago in the Tropics, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Printing Co. Ltd., November, 1972 [reprint of 1923 book by Friends' Bookshop, London]. Bound and stapled gray paper covers, small 8vo (20 cm), viii, 106 pp with appendices and index, 8 glossy bw illustrated plates. Detailed history of short-lived Friends (Quaker) meeting in 18th-century West Indies, drawn from letters, journals and meeting records. Eleven appendices include genealogies, more letters and extracts, and detailed list of sources. Good+: Staples starting to show through front cover, light bumping and tanning, tight, no markings.

Abingdon Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library/good. David Wilson. Jesse Burt, Robert B. Ferguson, Indians of the Southeast : Then and Now, Abingdon Press, 1973. An overview of Southeastern tribes from prehistoric times to contemporary individuals, with emphasis on culture: religion, food, dance, recreation, etc. Tan cloth HC with dancer image on the front and brown lettering on the spine, 8vo (24 cm), 304 pp with index, many illustrations and bw photos; tan dustjacket with color illustration. Ex-library/good: ex-library with tape and pocket residue and markings, bottom edges worn; DJ scuffed with sticker on spine. Printed in USA

New York: William Morrow and Co., 1981. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. John Kobal, Carlos Clarens, Hollywood Color Portraits, New York, William Morrow and Co., 1981, first American printing. Black cloth hc with gold lettering on spine, 4to (29 cm), 158 pp, many color full-page photos (no index); glossy color DJ with Humphrey Bogart on front and Marilyn Monroe on back. Very Good/Good: spine skewed, lightly bumped, crisp, no markings; DJ bumped and lightly scuffed, unclipped. printed in Hong Kong

Salem, NH: Salem House, 1985. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. John Russell Taylor, John Kobal, Portraits of the British Cinema - 60 Glorious Years 1925-1985, Salem, NH, Salem House, 1985, First American edition. Blue cloth hc with silver lettering on spine, folio (30 cm), 160 pp with name index, bw photos, photographer notes; glossy red dustjacket with Margaret Lockwood and James Mason on the front. Very Good/Very Good: corners wearing, pages crisp, no markings; DJ lightly bumped and scuffed. printed in Singapore

The Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York Graphic Society, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Good. Marilyn Johnson, Marvin D. Schwartz and Suzanne Boorsch, 19th-Century America Furniture and Other Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York Graphic Society, 1970. Laminated paper covers, imperial 8vo (26 cm), 32-pp introduction followed by unnumbered pp with 298 objects with photos (color and bw), index, heavy paper. Good: edges bumped, light scuffing on covers, spine creased, very light smudge on ffep, otherwise clean, unmarked, crisp.

New York: Morrow Quill Paperbacks, 1981. First American edition. Paperback. Good. Iain Johnstone, The Man with no name - The Biography of Clint Eastwood, New York, Morrow Quill Paperbacks, 1981, first American edition. Paper covers with color photo of Eastwood on front, 4to (28 cm), 144 pp, bw photos throughout. Good: covers scuffed and creased, no markings. printed in USA

Philadelphia: Thomas Kite, 1829. Leather_bound. Good. A Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of Richard Jordan, A Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends, Late of Newton, in Gloucester County, New Jersey. Philadelphia, Thomas Kite, 1829 [probable first American, this edition missing in Smith]. Full leather hc with black leather title block on spine, 12mo (18 cm), 172 pp. Good: covers worn with part of spine and title block missing, boards lightly bowed, po name on front pastedown, pages fairly crisp and bright.

Philadelphia: William H. Pile, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Joseph Edgerton, Some Account of the Life and Religious Services of Joseph Edgerton, a Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends. With Extracts from His Correspondence. Compiled from original manuscripts by his daughter Eunice Thomasson. Philadelphia, William H. Pile, 1885, First Edition. Brown cloth hc with gilt-stamped title on front and blind-stamped borders, 12mo (18 cm), brown endpapers, [i]-viii, [9]-252 pp. Good (no DJ): edges very worn, light tanning, pages crisp, no markings.

Paperback. Near Fine. Ed. Mary Lib Clark Joyce; Stephen (Steve) Chester Clark (1885-1957), David Lowery Clark (1824-1915), et al; ca. 1999; Clarks' Collection of Historical Remembrances, Collections and Recollections from Three Generations of Clark Historians: From the Historical Files and Writings of Stephen C. Clark; Articles and Letters of Recollections of High Point from: Betty Sapp Kirkman, W.C. Denny, the Gurley Family, W.J. Armfield, S.L. Motsinger, Jack Field, J. Harper Johnston, and "Old Timer"; David L. Clark "Historic Sketches of High Point" and Articles from his Scrapbook of Historical Interest; From the Historical Files and Writings of Mary Lib Clark Joyce. Navy paper covers, 4to, 262 pp with index, 1 color plate, at least 2 line maps and 2 bw photos. INSCRIBED by the editor to po, dated 2000. News article about the book laid in. Four note cards of High Point sketches by Carol Brooks laid in. Chronological history of High Point and surrounding areas from 1584 to… Read More

Rochester: Benton & Andrews, 1864. First Printing. Hardcover. Ex-library. Mix. David W. Judd. The Story of the Thirty-Third N. Y. S. Vols: or Two Years Campaigning in Virginia and Maryland. Rochester, Benton & Andrews, 1864, First Printing. (Broadfoot, p. 246) History of the Thirty-Third New York Volunteers, with biographies of officers, rosters by company, and orders, including explanation of picket duty and examples of furlough letters. Illustrations by Lieut. L. C. Mix include locations, "contraband" (freed slaves), and "poor white trash." Brown cloth hc with blind-stamped leaves and geometric pattern on covers and spine, gilt-stamped rifle and sword design on front, small 8vo (18 cm), plain endpapers, double frontispiece, iv, 76 pp including illustrations, 6 pp ads. Good (ex-lib)/no DJ: ex-library with sticker residue and bookplate, covers scuffed and worn especially spine ends, light tanning especially frontispiece, no noticeable internal markings.

New York: The Columbia University Press, 1906. First Printing. Hardcover. Ex-library. Robert Julius Lau, Old Babylonian Temple Records, New York, The Columbia University Press (The Macmillan Company), December, 1906, First Printing. Brick-red cloth hc with gold publisher logo on front, 8vo (24 cm), xii, 90 pp text, 42 pp glossary, 35 single-sided plates. Records of temple donations, supplies for workers and livestock, and payments for officials. Good: ex-library with spine sticker, plates and stamps, corners bumped and wearing, tear pp 35-36 with no loss, no internal markings.