Search Results: Authors starting with J from Blacket Books

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. William Hole. 4to. This is no. 275 of 550 copies of the large paper edition. A very good copy in black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Gift inscription on front end-paper. Pp.xiv,217. 18 tissue-guarded etchings. Tales of "Thrums" (i.e. Barrie's home town of Kirriemuir) told in Scots.

Gowans & Gray Ltd., 1910. Second Edition . A very good copy. Bookplate. 130pp.

Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1928. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. A good copy. Small ownership inscriptions. Pp.xvii,126. 22 illustrations. Chapters on pituitary extract, insulin, adrenalin etc.

London: Ernest Benn, 1977. First Edition . A very good copy in a good dustwrapper. Previous owner's inscription on front end-paper. 405pp. 117 figures including maps, charts and plans. This is the story of Greece between 900 and 700BC which saw the dawn of Hellenic civilisation.

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1961. First Edition . A very good copy in a slightly worn but overall very good dustwrapper. Pp.xiii,160 + 32 plates. 6 plans.

North Berwick: Tantallon Golf Club, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. 126 pages. Illustrations. The history of a North Berwick golf club.

London and Glasgow: Gowans & Gray, 1922. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo. A very good copy in tissue covered paper covers. Front cover illustrated by Stewart Orr. Signed by the author on title page. 39pp. A play about the Highland Clearances.

Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1948. First Edition . A good copy in a poor dustwrapper. 58pp. 4 illustrations. The story of the famous massacre of members of the Macdonald clan in 1692.

Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1948. First Edition . A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which is a bit chipped and edge worn. 58pp. Frontis and three other illus. Sketch map. The story of the massacre of the Macdonalds of Glencoe in 1692.

London: T.Fisher Unwin, 1907. Second Edition, Revised . A near very good copy in red cloth decorated on spine and upper board. Gift inscription on f.e.p. Lacks rear end-paper. The cloth's red dye has run slightly on to front paste-down and end-paper. 452pp. Frontispiece and 8 illustrations. Memories of a far travelled life including China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand etc.

London: John Murray, 1913. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. A good copy . Some wear to spine. Ex-college library with usual markings. 542pp. 8 plates. 84 figures in text.

London: The News Chronicle Publications Department, 1938. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Hardback. A good copy with illustrated front cover edged in green and faded red spine. Gift inscription on front free endpaper dated Christmas 1937. Corners rubbed and worn.. 160 pages. Stories selected and reprinted from the "News Chronicle". Illustrated throughout (some in colour) by the author.

London: P.S. King & Son, 1914. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in dark green cloth lettered in gilt. Bears a number of stamps from a newspaper library. Pp.xx,280. A study of the tinplate industry of South Wales.

London: Collins, 1959. First Edition . A very good copy in a rather poor dustwrapper with chips, tears and internal sellotape repairs. 192pp. Plates and diagrams. A New Naturalist monograph.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1890. A very good copy in full gilt decorated vellum. This is No.9 of 65 copies printed on Japanese paper and signed by the publisher. Top edge gilt. A lovely clean copy apart from some foxing to the tissue-guard of the frontis. 433pp. 62 illustrations. Revised and enlarged edition translated by Elizabeth Lee.

Glasgow: The Scottish Home Rule Association, 1925. Second Edition Revised and Corrected . Soft cover. Good. A good plus pamphlet. Ownership inscription on front cover. One inch tear at foot of spine. 24 pages + one page Appendix. An argument against millions of acres of Scottish land being kept as deer forests.

Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1924. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. A very good copy in light blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in gilt on the upper board. Top edge gilt. No ownership inscription. 208 pages. 30 illustrations including colour. Limited to 575 copies with Subscribers' List.

Glasgow: Jackson Son & Company, 1954. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Bookplate of Charles H. Stewart, formerly Secretary of the University of Edinburgh. Pp.vii,[4],341. 4 illustrations. A nice clean copy.

Oxford University Press, 1962. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which is a little faded on the spine. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 332 pages. This is a study of Soviet diplomacy and policy from 1944 till 1961.

Edinburgh: Scottish Mountaineering Trust, 1979. A very good copy of this pocket guide in plastic wraps. Previous owner's stamp on front endpaper.This is the 1979 revisal with supplement to the first edition of the new series which is dated 1969. 256pp. Illustrated.