Search Results: Authors starting with J from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1882. later decorated library buckram. 8vo. later decorated library buckram. xii, 355+(1) pages. Founded upon the collections of George James Symons F.R.S. Not in Besterman. Index Society Publications, XI. Includes catalogue of authors, anonymous publications and addenda. Index and corrigenda. Ex library with library name perforated on title page and markings. Spine sunned. Spine and boards soiled. Small tear on title page.

Iowa City: The Prairie Press, 1956. paper wrappers. Leaf Book. small 4to. and 4to. paper wrappers. Two volumes. Limited to 400 copies. (Cheever no.117; Leaf Book - Chalmers 111), however, this is one of "a few sets" bound in stiff yellow wrappers made from "Rives Chana / handmade in France." Spine of first explanatory volume lightly worn, with small chip to the spine edge of the front cover. The cover of the second folio volume containing the leaf has separated, but is present. The leaf is only slightly soiled, else is in fine condition and contains one hand-rubricated initial, a brief marginal annotation in ink, and several discreet marginal markings in ink. The first volume contains a 20 page biography of Amerbach; the second contains one page of text and an original page printed by Amerbach taken from LECTURA SUPER QUINQUE LIBROS DECRETALIUM printed during 1487-88. Amerbach was an excellent craftsman who learned the trade from Koberger. His printing business was eventually taken over by his… Read More

New York: Avenel Books, 1981. simulated leather, dust jacket. 8vo. simulated leather, dust jacket. 668 pages. Reprint of the 1950 edition. Published at $41.50. Some yellowing of pages, else near fine.

N.P.: Book Club of Texas, 1995. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label. Book Club of Texas. folio. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label. xii, 225, (2) pages. Charting the Gulf of Mexico, 1519-1759: A Reappraisal. Limited to 350 numbered copies. A fine copy in lightly torn jacket. Designed and printed at the Wind River Press in Austin, Texas. Contains a preface, endnotes, an appendix, a list of plates, plate reproductions, a bibliography, and an index. With 50 black-and-white plates. Part I: "A Tale of Two Maps: The Impact of the Enriquez Barroto/Bisente Maps of the Gulf of Mexico on European Cartography in the Early Eighteenth Century"; Part II: "'Living at Mobile is beginning to be more disagreeable than ever.' The Gulf Coast Maps of Engineer Valentin Devin". From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

New York: Burt Franklin, 1969. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xii, 364 pages. Reprint of the 1885 first edition. Account of pictorial representation from illustrated broadsides to the mid nineteenth century novel.

Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1962. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 52 pages. Loosely inserted is a card from William A. Jackson, the librarian, inscribed "See p.36, Many thanks! Bill." He is refering to gifts to the library listed on page 36. Paperclip mark from where this card was once attached to cover.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1957. cloth. 8vo. cloth. x, 286 pages. Organization and use of the type case, hand setting, use of the platen press, and basic binding, with short sections on linoleum blocks, silk screen and photography in this industrial arts text. Ex library copy with internal markings.

N.P.: (Lord Carlow at his Corvinus Press), 1939. cloth-backed linen covered boards, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corvinus Press. tall 8vo. cloth-backed linen covered boards, top edge gilt, slipcase. (44) pages. First edition, limited to only 50 copies, signed by Jackson, and printed for Lord Carlow at his private press, the Corvinus Press, and given away as Christmas presents. Jackson relates this classic story of a booklover turned bookseller who built a library of unique and other desirable books partially by murdering his customers.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 285 pages. First U.S. edition. Bookplate of Robert H. Festner on front pastedown. Spine slightly age darkened. Minor tears and soiling to dust jacket, else a near fine copy. Discusses printing from the reader's point of view. Articles on the relationship between many famous authors and their printers; also articles on Morris, Fraser, etc.

Detroit: Gale Research, 1968. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xii, 364 pages. Reprint of the 1885 first edition. Spine spotted, else a near fine copy. Account of pictorial representation from illustrated broadsides to the mid nineteenth century novel.

Westminster: A.T. Stevens, 1913. stiff paper wrappers. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 15 pages. A short essay celebrating "town," not a specific town by just town. Printed at the Sign of Flying Flame, being number 2 in a series of chapbooks issued by them. Covers detached.

London: The Index Society, 1881. later library buckram. Botany. thick square 8vo. later library buckram. xl, 626, (2) pages. First edition. (Besterman 948; Sheehy EC72). About 9,000 works described in short-title form classified by type of publication and brought together via a useful index. Jackson originally intended this work to be an update of Pritzel but discovered so many additions that he completed his book in this format. Ex library copy with markings.

Milwaukee, WI: Q Press, The, 1978. paper wrappers. Photography. 8vo. paper wrappers. 81 pages. Second edition. A fine copy. Covered the 1869 through 1875 series. Hundreds of items described.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

Iowa City: The Prairie Press, 1956. paper wrappers. Prairie Press. small 4to. paper wrappers. 11 leaves. Limited to 400 copies. (Cheever no.117). The second volume is not present. A fine copy. The missing volume contained one page of text and an original page printed by Amerbach taken from LECTURA SUPER QUINQUE LIBROS DECRETALIUM printed during 1487-88. Amerbach was an excellent craftsman who learned the trade from Koberger. His printing business was eventually taken over by his student, Froben.

(Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, 1999. cloth. Botany. 8vo. cloth. xl, 626, (2) pages. Reprint of the 1881 first edition published by The Index Society of London (Besterman 948; Sheehy EC72). About 9,000 works described in short-title form classified by type of publication and brought together via a useful index. Jackson originally intended this work to be an update of Pritzel but discovered so many additions that he completed his book in this format.

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. cloth, dust jacket. California. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 239 pages. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket. Maps to endpapers. A text-and-picture story marking three California centennials --- the Discovery of gold in 1848, the Rush of 1849, and, Statehood in 1850. It is the story of the American-in-search-of-his-fortune. Many envisioned fields of gold waiting to be picked up just for the trouble of bending over, few planned to remain. There are only estimates of how many came in those fews years. What we know is the mining was hard, thousands did stay on, and out of a n empty land, an agricultural and industrial empire rose. Still known as the Golden State, this is an narrative of how the earliest of the millions that now populate the state got here.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1944. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 32 pages. Interesting text.

Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1942. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xii, 178 pages. Second edition (retitled) of "26 Lead Soldiers." Minor rubbing to boards, a good copy.

New York and London: Hafner Publishing Company, 1964. cloth, dust jacket. Botany. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xl, 626 pages. Reprint of the first edition of 1881. (Besterman 948; Sheehy EC72). About 9,000 works described in short-title form classified by type of publication and brought together via a useful index. Jackson originally intended this work to be an update of Pritzel but discovered so many additions that he completed his book in this format. Ex library copy with markings.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1996. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. A catalogue of books from the collection of Robert H. Jackson.