Search Results: Authors starting with J from Granny Goose Books

Paris: Deux Coqs d'Or, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The covers are fresh, with minor wear overall, but one shallow ding on the top of the front cover. The gilt spine is a bright shiny gold, but unfortunately my scanner reproduces this as a grey. A very nice copy.

Deux Coqs d'Or, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The interior of the book is clean and fresh, with a slightly loosened binding but no marks or wear. The glossy illustrated covers are bright, with light wear at tips and corners, and somewhat heavier wear, with minor colour loss, to the top and bottom of the spine. The attached scan gives a general idea of condition, but is incomplete because our scanner can't accommodate the full size. Additional scans are available on request.

London: Blackie & Son, 1957. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. The interior of the book is clean and fresh, with no marks or wear. The red covers are fresh, with minor wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is price-clipped, and has significant wear, with the worst problem being a tear and associated fold along the front hinge. The attached scan of the cover gives a better idea of condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: "One night, Jan Trewenna, a Cornish orphan and apprentice in the London of George III, saves the king from an angry mob, and meets the gallant Captain Caliver, launching him into an attempt to solve the secret of the Ring of Fortune, and the identiy of the Crooked Shadow.

New York: Clarion Books, 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book looks almost new. The interior is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The illustrated covers are fresh, with just a touch of wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and is also in excellent condition, again with no wear or damage. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover.

New York: Vantage Press, 1975. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The blue cloth covers are fresh, with just a touch of wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and is also in very good condition, with light edgewear only. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: This unusual book is an Irish-Canadian political fantasy. It tells the story of young Katerina Jensen and her family, members of the Lutheran minority in the predominately Roman Catholic Saxonian Empire, and the heartbreak and difficulties they encounter when the Esmeraldan Peninsula attempts to separate from the Empire. The story dramatizes issues such as the treatment of racial and ethnic minorities, radicalization and political violence, and compromise and pragmatism. Strange little item.

New York: Guilford Pubn, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or previous use. The black covers show no wear. The dust jacket looks new. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover.

London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1938. Third Edition, 1941 . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean. There is a small previous owner's name on the front free end paper, but no other marks or signs of use. The red covers are fresh, with minor wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is price-clipped, but is otherwise in very good condition, with light wear and a lightly darkened spine. The attached scan should give a better idea of condition. Synopsis: "John and Mary decide to form a detective agency when their grandmother lost a sapphire. The office was their own little house on their grandmother's farm. Cases came fast and furious. There was the strange business when the milk of Marybell the cow kept on disappearing; then followed the Mystery in a Railway Carriage; and another time the two detectives got badly lost in a fog.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1933. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The interior of the book is clean and fresh, with no marks or wear. The blue cloth cover shows edgewear and fading to the spine and front boards. Sadly, there is no dust jacket, making this a respectable reading copy only. Synopsis: The story of Jake, a fox-terrier, and his life with his mistress. In some ways, this is a sequel to James's earlier book "Tinkle the Cat". Tinkle and Jake overlap for a while, but Tinkle dies about half way through.

Toronto: Coles Publishing Company, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The brown covers are fresh, with just a touch of wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is also in excellent condition, and is now in a protective mylar cover. Note: his is a photographic reprint of the original second edition, published in London, England; reprinted for O. Payne at Horace's Head, in 1663. It is one of a uniform set of such reprints issued by the Coles Company in the 1960's and 1970's. The dust jacket notes: "In 1631, Captain Thomas James sailed from Bristol to discover the north-west passage. This volume, written at the request of King Charles I, is his account of that expedition. It is a day-by-day record of an incredible journey ... Ice and fog were constant enemies, until at last the ship was halted in southern James Bay. TAhe way ahead was impossible ... For eight months, the crew clung to life on Danby's… Read More

London: Constable, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The paper has darkened slightly, but this is the only flaw. The black covers are fresh, again with no wear. The silver gilt spine lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and has next to no edgewear. However, the jacket has a 4 inch cut parallel to the front gutter. The attached scan gives a better idea of condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: "The Ritz Hotel in occupied Paris is rocked by an explosion on 17 January 1943. Millions of francs worth of diamonds destined for the Third Reich are missing. The international safe-cracker Gypsy has surfaced and is about to hold the city and its Occupier to ransom. The unlikely team of Jean-Lous St.-Cyr of the Surete and Hermann Kohler of the Gestapo are joined by Herr Max of the Internationalen Krminalpolizei in this, their ninth investigation. By why, really,… Read More

Paris: Livre De Poche, 1982. Soft cover. Very Good. The interior of the book is clean and tight. There is a former owner's name on the back of the front cover, but just a few other signs of previous use. The illustrated paper covers are bright, with light wear and rubs to corners and edges. A tidy, attractive copy.

London: Heinemann, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. This is a first printing of the first edition. The interior of the book is crisp and clean. There is a small black remainder dot on the top edge of the text block, but no other marks or wear. The illustrated covers are bright, with minor wear at tips and corners. Please note that this book was not issued in a dust jacket.

London: Heinemann, 1976. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is a first printing of the first edition. There is a gift interior of the book is crisp and clean, with no marks or wear. The illustrated covers are bright, with just a bit of light rubbing at tips and corners. The dust jacket is price-clipped, but is otherwise in very good condition, with minor foxing at the top and bottom of the flaps. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: "Young Nightingale, newly apprenticed to a master-carver of mirror frames, is obliged to move in with his master's family. It is no easy for him when Lucinda, his master's pretty daughter, persists in tricking and testing him with mirrors.

New York: Orchard Books, 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. This book looks almost new, with a crisp, unmarked interior and fresh grey covers. The silver gilt spine lettering is still shiny. The dust jacket is unclipped, and is in Very Good condition, with one short closed tear at the bottom of the spine. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover, and the tear is not visible from the front. Synopsis: This is an illustrated collection of nursery rhymes, finger games and counting rhymes, etc., chosen by Zena Sutherland, a expert in childrne's literature. Each page contains multiple colour illustrations by Faith Jaques. The book includes short background "Notes" by both author and illusrator.

London: Headline Book Publishing, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This is a first printing of the first edition, with a complete number line. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The author has signed the title page. The burgundy covers are bright, with no wear. The silver gilt spine lettering is bright. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and is also in as-new condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: When Sir Baldwin Furnshill and his friend Simon Puttock are called to Sticlkepath to investigate the murder of a young girl, they soon discover that this latest victim is not the only young girl to have been found dead in recent years. It seems that the villagers have been concealing not only a serial killer, but a possible case of cannibalism. Or, if the rumors are to be believed, a vampire.

London: Headline Book Publishing, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This is a first printing of the first edition, with a complete number line. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The author has signed the title page. The black covers are bright, with no wear. The silver gilt spine lettering is bright. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and is also in as-new condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: Returning from pilrimage, Simon Puttock and Baldwin Furnshill arrive at Cardinham Castle on Bodmin Moor. Here, they are detained by the castellan who requires their help in solving two murders on the estate. The first victim is a widow, found dead with her two children. The second is the miller, who has recently been discovered embezzling castle money taken in tolls.

London: Headline Book Publishing, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This is a first printing of the first edition, with a complete number line. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The author has signed the title page. The burgundy covers are bright, with no wear. The silver gilt spine lettering is bright. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and is also in as-new condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: While on pilgrimage, Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock are asked to investigate the murder of a young woman in Santiago, Spain. The local pesquisidore is in charge of the case, but a figure from Baldwin's dangerous past also becomes involved, threatening not only the investigation, but Baldwin's very future.

Toronto: Reginald Saunders, 1945. Second Printing, 1945 . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The interior of the book is clean and tight. The front free end paper has been neatly removed, and there is a former owner's bookplate on the fixed end paper. The red cloth covers are fresh, with some light wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and is only in good condition, with a darkened spine, some edgewear and shallow chipping, and a small brown stain on the back panel. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover.

London: Blackie. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, There is a gift inscription on the front free end paper dated 1946, so this is a later printing. The interior is clean, showing just a few signs of previous use. The red covers are fresh, with just a touch of wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is also in very good condition, with light wear overall, and one short repaired tear at the top of the spine. The attached scan gives a better idea of condition. Synopsis: This is a collection of stories by four well-known girl's authors from the 1930s and 1940s.

Paris: Presses De La Cite, 1952. Hardcover. Good/Good. The interior of the book is clean and complete, with slightly darkened paper. The beige covers are clean, showing moderate wear and bumps at edges and corners. The dust jacket is only in Good condition, with edgewear, folding, a sticker pull, and a tear at the base of the spine. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover.