Search Results: Authors starting with J from Renaissance Books

Auckland: The Sappers Association (N.Z.). Very Good with no dust jacket. (1985). First Edition. Softcover. 0473002973 . No signatures. Some rubbing to edges of covers.; 242, [2 (blank)] pages + 4 colour plate leaves. Page dimensions: 209 x 143mm. Illustrated. Includes Roll of Honour on pages 221-242. .

Christchurch: Hazard Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1989). First Edition. Softcover. 0908790023 . Some light vertical creasing to wrappers. ; 53 pages. Card wrappers. French flaps. Page dimensions: 219 x 145mm. Front and rear wrapper illustrations from Ralph Hotere's "Black Windows" series of paintings. Also some illustrations by Ralph Hotere, Barry Cleavin, and Don Peebles within the book. Jackaman is an English-born New Zealand poet. This copy signed by the author on the title page, dated 1994. ; 8vo; Signed by Author .

London: Skeffington And Southwell. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's inscription. Margins of boards faded. Rubbing to ends of spine. Dust stains to page edges. ; vi, [2], 164 pages. Cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration. Gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 172mm x 105mm. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Auckland: New Zealand Listener. Fine with no dust jacket. 2002. Soft Cover. This is the title of an informative 8 page illustrated article in a New Zealand magazine about Peter Jackson, his cinematic history, the Academy Awards, and the filming of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. The whole magazine is being offered in mint condition. Peter Jackson, the Director of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is featured on the cover. "New Zealand Listener" March 23-29 2002 Dimensions: 11 by 8 inches. ; 4to .

London: Macdonald And Evans. Good with no dust jacket. 1936. Third Edition. Hardcover. Some rubbing to ends of spine. Some marking to boards. 1/2" knock to lower corner of front board. 1" x 1/2" ripped paper stuck onto rear board near spine. Some spotting to endpapers. ; [2], x, 383, [v], pages. Blue cloth boards with black lettering. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 216mm x 138mm. Inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To W. M. Somerville with compliments from the Author's father 18/10/37." ; 8vo .

Auckland: Longman. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1996). Hardcover. 0582879817 . No signatures. Some bruising to tail end of spine.; xvii, [1], 313. Papered boards. Hardcover. Page dimensions: 234 x 143mm. A useful modern historical dictionary. Content includes a 42 page bibliography. "The Historical Dictionary contains detailed entries covering important people, events, and places in New Zealand history and placing special emphasis upon previously neglected Maori figures and more recent history" - ARBA.; 8vo .

Auckland: New Zealand Listener. Fine with no dust jacket. 2002. Soft Cover. This is the title of an informative 8 page illustrated article in a New Zealand magazine about Peter Jackson, his cinematic history, the Academy Awards, and the filming of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. The whole magazine is being offered in mint condition. Peter Jackson, the Director of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is featured on the cover. "New Zealand Listener" March 23-29 2002 Dimensions: 11 by 8 inches. ; 4to .

Oxford: Clarendon Press. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1926. Hardcover. Ex-school library. Front free endpaper torn out. Front hinge broken, with split to gutter between frontispiece and title leaf. Binding loose, with frontispiece nearly detached. Pencil marginalia. Tears to some leaves, without loss of text.; Book One of Virgil's Aeneid. 1926 reprint of an edition first published in 1920. 133, [1] pages. Blue-green cloth boards. Page dimensions: 165 x 102mm. Latin text, with introduction and notes in English. With illustrations. .

London: Ward, Lock & Co. Fair with no dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Prize label to front pastedown. Rubbing to ends of spine and to corners of boards. Some spotting throughout. Spotting to page edges. Slight spine lean. Some mould stains to endpapers. ; 315 pages + frontis + plates + (16) pages advertisements. No date. Blue cloth boards with gilt illustration. Page dimensions: 190mm x 123mm. "A month had passed. Littlefield House had, to all outward seeming, resumed its pristine cheerfulness. Indoors, however, the inmates looked anything but cheerful. The gloom of that funeral day still seemed to hang over everybody." - the opening sentences. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: Hutchinson & Co. Good in Good+ dust jacket. [c.1936?]. Hardcover. No signatures. Some marking to boards. Spotting to page edges. Rubbing to ends of dust wrapper spine. 1/2" tear at tail of dust wrapper spine. 3/8" x 1/4" chip at tail of rear fold of dust wrapper. 1 1/2" tear at tail of front fold of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 351 pages + advertisements. Black cloth boards with orange writing. Page dimensions: 184mm x 115mm. "Colonel Walter Benham walked briskly through the park lands which ended in the low stone wall of his own gardens. He found a never ceasing pleasure in moving over the springy turf, standing now and then to stare up at the huge oaks and elms, and reflecting that in no other country could such magnificent trees be found." - the opening sentences. "15th thousand," on dust wrapper.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

New York: John Wiley & Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1909. Hardcover. 0959793100 . Second edition, with a new 2 page preface (the first edition was in 1908) . [iv], 271 pages + frontis + 19 pages advertisements. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles on spine. Dimensions: 9 1/8" by 6". Numerous black and white photographic in-text illustrations, mostly of tools and machinery used in the Railway Machine Shop. Total of 151 figures, including some graphs, tables, and diagrams. No signatures. 1/8" chip in fore edge of frontis and title page. Slight nick to fore edge of preliminary leaves. Moderate rubbing to cloth at ends of spine and corners of boards. Moderate staining and dust soiling to cloth covers and page edges. Gutters intact at hinges. Some splitting to gutter at frontis. ; 8vo .

Dunedin: Otago Daily Times / Otago Museum. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. (2005). First Edition. Softcover. 0473100509 . 128 pages. Spiral binding. Page dimensions: oblong 211 x 147mm. Colour photographic illustrations. .

London: David & Charles. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. 0715387790 . Some bumping to ends of spine. Some rubbing and creasing to ends of dust wrapper spine. Small tears up to 1/8" along head of dust wrapper spine. 1/2" at head of rear fold of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 136 pages + plates. Brown papered boards with gilt lettering. Inscribed by the subject on the front free endpaper, "Sept 8, 1987. Best wishes from Ernie James." "A master of country lore, Ernie's life has been governed by the seasons, and he has earned his living from about one square mile of land around his home at Welney." - from the dust wrapper blurb.; 8vo .

Auckland: Beckett Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1987). First Edition. Softcover. 090867628X . Previous owner's rubber stamp.; [64] pages. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: oblong 270 x 200mm. Cartoons strips. New Zealand humour. .

Wellington: Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 090893548X . Previous owner's signature.; xiv, 449 pages. Page dimensions: 241 x 166mm. Papers by various contributors, from a conference held on 7-8 April 2000. "The papers provide an accessible record of the history and present state of the constitutions, options for change and arguments against change." - from blurb on rear wrapper. ; 8vo .

London: Rider and Company. Good with no dust jacket. (1954). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth frayed with 1/8" loss at ends of spine. Spine cloth dampstained and discoloured. Some foxing. ; xv, [1], 192 pages. Blue cloth boards. Page dimensions: 213 x 136mm. Military history, World War Two. Chapter titles: The Great Adventure Begins; Eve and the Forbidden Knowledge; M.I. 5 as it really is; My first Real-Life Role; Monty and the Corps de Ballet; D-Day Dress Rehearsal; Military Picnic in Scotland; The Years Roll Back; The Unforgettable Interview; The Strangest Rehearsal on Record; A Fearful Dilemma; I Meet Hitler's Top Agents; Fantastic Talks with the Governor; I Meet More "Loyal Collaborators"; What to do with the body?; D-Day sets me free; Fantastic Flight Home; I escape arrest as a Deserter; The Aftermath. .

London: Edward Arnold. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Xi, (1) , 192 pages + 54 in-text figures. Brown cloth covers with black lettering on spine. Price in ink and bookseller's stamp on front endpaper. Dustwrapper rubbed at edges. Contents: Preface; The Nature of the Gastric Contents in Man; The Acidity of the Gastric Contents; The Inorganic Components of Gastric Secretion; The Mechanism of Acid Secretion; The Control of Gastric Secretion; The Gastric Mucosa; Function of the Gastric Musculature; Gastric Sensation; Appendix; Author Index; Subject Index. ; 8vo .

Sussex: The Book Guild. Fair in Good dust jacket. (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. 0863327982 . Ex-library. Library labels and markings. Tape stains to boards and endpapers. Tape reinforcement at hinges. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 250, [6 (blank)] pages. Maps on endpapers. Blue board with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 217 x 134mm. Illustrated. Military history, World War Two. "One of the most daring operations of World War II was launched in February 1943 when Brigadier Orde Wingate led 3,000 British, Gurkha and Burmese troops, and 1,000 mules, more than 300 miles deep inside Japanese occupied Burma." - from dust-jacket blurb. .

London: Macmillan and Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1881. First Thus. Hardcover. Ex-library, Riwaka Library (a small 19th century provincial New Zealand library, Riwaka is situated 5km from Motueka, in the upper part of New Zealand's South Island.) Rebound in the late 19th Century in a half-calf library binding. Chipped paper library label on spine. Some heavy rubbing and marks to boards and spine. Hinges broken. Free endpapers lacking. 1" and smaller tears to lower margins of first 8 leaves. A longer 2" tear to one text leaf. A reading copy. ; First one volume edition of these three works together (preceded by a two volume edition in the same year). viii, 401 pages. Green half-calf binding. Page dimensions: 180 x 118mm. "The first of the three tales contained in this volume is reprinted from the 'Cornhill Magazine.' The second is transferred from the 'Atlantic Monthly;' the last originally appeared in 'The Parisian.'" - page (v). ;… Read More

Pennsylvania: Wildside Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Very slight rubbing at tail of spine. Some rubbing and creasing along head of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 266 pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 229mm x 150mm. "We talked of London, face to face with a great bristling, primeval glacier. The hour and the scene were one of those impressions which make up a little, in Switzerland, for the modern indignity of travel - the promiscuities and vulgarities, the station and the hotel, the gregarious patience, the struggle for a scrappy attention, the reduction to a numbered state." - the opening sentences. Texts from the 1893 London edition. ; 8vo .