Search Results: Authors starting with J from Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB

New York: Doubleday, 1988. First Edition (stated). First Printing. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 283 pp. Fine / Fine. Quarter bound with black cloth spine over red paper backed boards, gilt spine titles and facsimile author signature stamped in gilt on front board. Intact dust jacket shows price of $15.95 on front flap. Pictorial endpapers. Printed self portrait drawing of author on pre-title page and printed autograph on title page. Illustrated with halftones throughout and three groupings of color plates. Text block clean, tight, unmarked, crisp. Appears unread. Note printing defect: middle grouping of color plates (pages 130-131) trimmed short at head and uncut. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover. Autobiography of one of the most popular singers of the 20th Century.

Sheffield, England: Tomahawk Press, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Small quarto. 10 x 7 inches. 568 pp. Fine / Fine. Dust jacket intact, showing no price. Light green cloth over boards. Stamped metallic gold lettering to front board and spine. Barely perceptible bump to rear corner tail of spine, else Fine. Text block clean, tight, unmarked, crisp; appears unread. Dust jacket has very slight creasing along top edge of front flap, else Fine. Now in archival protective cover.

Amsterdam and New York: Joost Elffers Productions, 1982. First Issue. Hardcover. Small quarto. 10.25 x 7.25 inches. 20 pp (unpaginated). Near Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Original cardboard slipcase. Architectural pop-up book with no text but 10 different configurations of pop-up stairs. Blind stamped linen on boards. Presumed first issue, as no statement of edition present, and stated copyright date of 1982 is consistent auction records. Top board lightly foxed. Scattered internal foxing, notably on pastedowns. Slipcase edge-worn, chipped, and dented (see photos). Rein Jansma is a well-known Dutch architect and founder of the architectural studio ZJA.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. Little Golden Book. "D" Printing. Hardcover. Small octavo. 8 x 6.75 inches. Unpaginated. Very Good+. No dust jacket as issued. Pictorial paper on boards. Rear cover shows price of 25 Cents and listing of The Little Golden Book Library, with Johnny Appleseed, D11, as last book in the series. Gutter code D on last page. Told and illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones. Clean, unmarked covers with light rubbing and edge wear. Previous owner's name ("DICKIE") appropriately penciled in "This book belongs to" field inside front board. Pages clean, lightly age toned, and free of markings.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. Little Golden Book. "D" Printing. Hardcover. Small octavo. 8 x 6.75 inches. Unpaginated. Very Good+. No dust jacket as issued. Pictorial paper on boards. Rear cover shows price of 25 Cents and listing of The Little Golden Book Library, with Johnny Appleseed, D11, as last book in the series. Gutter code D on last page. Told and illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones. Clean, unmarked covers with light rubbing and edge wear. Previous owner's name ("DICKIE") appropriately penciled in "This book belongs to" field inside front board. Pages clean, lightly age toned, and free of markings.