Search Results: Authors starting with J from Margins13 Books

Warner Books, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. STATED FIRST Edition AND Printing with publishers full number line present. BOLDLY *SIGNED* by author directly onto title page (signature only). Clean and tight, no markings at all. A FLAWLESS volume in same condition UNclipped dust jacket. Mylar protected jacket.

Grand Central Publishing, 2012. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. STATED FIRST Edition/ FIRST Printing with full publishers number line in place. A FINE volume with only minute soiling to closed foredge. See Photo. UNclipped dust jacket is PERFECT/FINE. *SIGNED* by author DIRECTLY ONTO THE TTLE PAGE, (Signature only). Mylar protected jacket.

Whittlesey House, 1934. Hardcover. Fine. A Fine volume, a 5th printing of this early Twentieth- Century self-guided text to live a better/fuller life. No jacket. A warm endearing previous owners note on blank front free end-paper, dated 1934. (See photo). Else, no markings, a clean and tight volume. Illustrated with several b/w photographs (on glossy stock). Hard to find title. 201 pages.

Philomel Books, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. STATED FIRST Edition AND Printing, with publishers full number line present. FINE or Better volume in a Near Fine UNclipped dust jacket. Top edge of front jacket has a few tiny 'crinkles'. Does not detract. Clean/tight and unmarked. A PERFECT copy. A FIRST/FIRST. Mylar protected jacket.

Little, Brown & Co., 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. STATED FIRST Edition AND Printing, with publishers full number line present. This is the First Edition, 20th CENTURY EDITION !- NOT the later 21st Century re-issue. A FLAWLESS volume in same condition UNclipped dust jacket. Glossy pictorial boards mirror dust jacket. Map end-papers of New York City, showing the ill-fated World Trade Center; a 2 page illustration also with Twin Towers prominent. Fabulous color illustrations throughout. Gift quality. A FIRST/FIRST. Mylar protected jacket.

NY: Nation Books, 2016. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. FIRST Edition and Printing with publishers full number line present on copyright page. A compilation of fabulous travel essays. A FLAWLESS volume in a pictorial UNclipped FINE Dust Jacket. 278 Pages. Mylar protected.

Stein and Day, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good Plus. STATED FIRST American Edition and Printing. A FINE or Better volume, clean, tight with NO markings. This is the first collection of M.R. James (originally issued in 1979 in UK.) ghost stories. He was a medievalist and scholar (b, 1862/ d,1936) and wrote 'antiquarian ghost stories'. Filled with b/w line drawings from Peter Haining's personal library. Original price intact on front flap of Dust Jacket. A Good + Dust Jacket due to rubbed flap folds and extremities having several small chips and creases. Duplicate superficial lines' (rubbed areas) to front and rear jacket panels. (See photo). Spine crown paper lacking 1/8". Mylar protected jacket.

North-South Books, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. FIRST American Edition AND Printing. (Originally issued in Switzerland.) A FLAWLESS copy with AWESOME full color illustrations by Lisbeth Zwerger. Glossy pictorial book boards mirror a perfect UNclipped dust jacket. Clean, NO markings at all. FIRST/FIRST. Beautiful item. Gift quality. Mylar protected jacket.

Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Fine. STATED FIRST Edition AND FIRST Printing. A PERFECT volume in same condition UNclipped dust jacket (price of $5.95 intact). Fabulous Black and white illustrations by renowned illustrator, Maurice Sendak throughout, who illustrated three of Jarrell's books for children. Bound in gray cloth with silver titles. Micro wear at jackets flap folds top and bottom edges (only). A clean, tight volume, with No markings at all. A great copy. Mylar protected jacket.

HarperCollins, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/As New. STATED FIRST Edition, but a LATER printing. A MINT volume in a As New UNclipped Dust Jacket, due to a minute chip to upper front fold, else would be a MINT jacket. Pictorial end-papers. Glossy book boards mirror dust jacket. Fabulous version of classic story. Award winning illustrator/author. Beautiful full color illustrations throughout.

Modern Library, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Possible FIRST Modern LibraryEdition THUS, having publishers full number line present. A FINE volume in same condition UNclipped dust jacket. Only a tiny sliver of a splash mark to closed page fore-edge (see photo), else a PERFECT copy. Jefferson's correspondence (culled from eight large volumes) while in Paris (1784 to 1789) serving as the US minister to France, before becoming President of the United States of America. LAID-IN is a publishers 'Advance Review Sheet'. Mylar protected jacket (Dust jacket has a complete list of publishers titles on the reverse side).

Easton Press/Library of Congress. Hardcover. New. New issue, MINT volume (with vellum wrap and gold seal intact (from publisher) plus the 16 page booklet, profiling this title. The original book is held in the Rare Book and Special Collections of the Library of Congress, and was written in 1774 before the U.S. Declaration of Independence. This is a facsimile of Jefferson's personal copy of his work. It is part of the Jefferson library which created today's Library of Congress. Congress purchased his library in 1815. Three quarter blue leather with marbled end papers. FLAWLESS/in Beautiful condition/gift condition. Clean, tight, NO markings at all. Protected in a mylar slip. An important collectible for any Americana historian.

San Diego, CA.: Green Tiger Press, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. STATED FIRST English edition thus , originally issued in Amsterdam. An exceptional copy. A delightful and clever story, illustrated with brilliant and witty art throughout. Only two minute indentations on the front cover keeps it from being a Fine copy. No dust jacket. Approx. 10-1/2" x 7-3/4" tall. Unpaginated. A fabulous copy of a hard to find title as a First American Edition. Author is a Dutch singer, author and cabaret artist. Protected in a mylar slip.

St. Martin's Press, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. STATED FIRST Edition with full publishers number line present. A PERFECT volume in every way, no wear, no markings. Clean and tight. First in the mystery series, featuring Inspector William Murdoch.Fabulous copy. Authors debut novel. Mylar protected jacket.

Farrar, Straus and Giiroux, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. STATED FIRST American Edition and Printing, with publishers full number line present. MINT condition, in same condition UNclipped dust jacket. A FLAWLESS copy. Author being exiled from China since 2011, lives in London ( now a British citizen). 93 pages. FIRST/FIRST. Mylar protected jacket.

Chronicle Books, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A FIRST EDITION with full number line in place (per the McBrides Identification of First Editions). A VERY FINE volume, clean and tight with NO markings. Pages do have a 'wave' to them - if felt - cannot be seen - but NO waterlines or damp lines anywhere - otherwise is in MINT condition. Bound in black cloth (FLAWLESS) in same condition black end-papers. Jacket is Illustrated with the artwork of Milton. This is a comprehensive volume of Milton's art from this time period. Dust jacket is neatly price clipped, with a few 'overwriting' places and micro scratches on this fabulous glossy thick jacket. At rear is a "Chronology" (Biography) of Milton's life; A short Bibliography and An Alphabetical Index of Prints.165 pages. Over-sized heavy volume, suggest Media postage. Priced to reflect blemishes.

London: G. Kearsley, 1797. Hardcover. Very Good. Eighteenth century issue (NOT a facsimile). Full brown leather with gilt decorated spine with new (decades later) attached black leather/gilt spine title. This being the Ninth printing. This volume issued thirteen years after Johnson's death (1784). Each page has the first word of next page at the bottom of previous lower margin, Front board detached; rear board very tight. Lacks approx 1/8" of crown leather. NO loose pages. Frontispiece of author, which has mildly offset onto title page. Does not detract at all. A few lower corner tips have been creased, otherwise pages are clean and barely age-toned. A FABULOUS 1" x 1" London bookseller at No.32 The Strand - tiny label on inside cover. A small neat (copperplate handwriting) name at top of title page margin and another dated in year of publication on blank front free end-paper. NO other markings to interior pages. 394 pages. A fabulous item.

Bloomsbury, 2012. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. STATED FIRST AMERICAN Edition/SECOND Printing, A MINT volume, in same condition UNclipped Dust Jacket. Clean, tight, NO markings. Debut novel. Mylar protected jacket.

Paducah, KY.: Collector Books, 2000. Soft cover. As New. Gretchen Schields. A near Flawless copy, in pictorial wraps (over sized - softbound). Only mico shelf wear to extremities and minutely creased front tips. Filled with many full color book covers and descriptions of 'hundreds' of most loved children's books, along with their values in 2000. Books are listed by Authors, also a section is listed by Series; lastly a section on Illustrators.At rear are several pages of Glossary and book terms used. A short bibliography is included. 269 + pages. A fabulous copy. A must for any collector or bibliophile. Clean and tight, NO markings at all. No 'reader creases' to covers. PERFECT. Protected in a mylar slip.

Amistad, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. STATED FIRST Edition AND Printing with publishers full number line on copyright page. A MINT volume in same condition UNclipped dust jacket. * SIGNED * by author DIRECTLY ONTO THE TITLE PAGE, in year and month of publication 9/03/06. Clean, tight, a FLAWLESS copy. FIRST/FIRST. Appears Unread. Mylar protected jacket.