Search Results: Authors starting with J from Schroeder's Book Haven

Warsaw, Poland: Wydawnictwo Militaria, 1996. 1st ed. . Paperback. VG/Wraps. 49 pages. Armored vehicles 1939-1943, painting and marking. Seventeen pages vintage b/w photos with captions in Polish and English. One page of text in Polish only. Thirty-two pages of detailed color plates. VG/Wraps. Tight, unmarked, without wear save for bump damage at top of spine. Item #: E0370.

San Francisco: Rip Off Press/Last Gasp, 1979. 1st ed. . Paperback. Fine/Wraps. 128 pages. Illustrated story of the Parker child's twenty-five year captivity by the Comanches, and her son Quanah Parker-last chief of the tribe. Illustrated by the author and with b/w photos. Introduction by T.R. Fehrenbach. Fine/Wraps. New old stock from our archives. Item #: E4295.

Norwalk: Easton Press, 1991. Collect ed. . LeatherBound. Fine/No Jacket. 223 pages. Grey leather with gilt decorations and title. All edges gilt, ribbon marker. Color portrait frontis. Three raised bands on spine. . Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no wear, no owner marks. Item #: E4690.

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1892. 1st ed. . Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. 368 pages. Travelog in poetry, illustrated with b/w photos. White cloth-covered boards with gilt decorations and gilt titles on front and spine. Appendix of non-poetic backgrounds for each poem. Inscribed to Prof. George W. Felter with the compliments of the author. Signed by the Author. All edges bright gilt. VG/No Jacket. Firm binding, corners and spine ends worn. Item #: E3082.

Austin: Gammel's Book Shop, 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 147 pages. Somewhat scarce first person account of life on the Texas frontier in Johnson & Wise counties in the 1860s-1870s, and in Oklahoma among the Choctaw in the 1880s. James became a teacher and taught Indians in territorial schools. Much on their customs & religion, and the author shows much respect for their lifestyle which he saw endangered by the White Man. B/w photos. Appendix with notable Indian speeches by Black Hawk and other leaders through history. SixGuns 1153; Graff 2192; Rader 2060; Burrs 213. Near Fine/No Jacket. Nice copy, sharp, no names or marks. Balck cloth with gilt lettering. Item #: B6952.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949. Reprint. . Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. 241 pages. Illustrated with more than forty drawings by Will James. Light brown cloth-covered boards with gilt title in dark brown block on spine. Top edge dyed brown. VG/No Jacket. Tight, corners square. Spine ends softened. Owner's name on front free endpaper dated 1949. Item #: E3602.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Reprint. . Hardcover. Near Fine/VG. 312 pages. A collection of 13 of Will James' best stories about cowboys and horses, illustrated throughout with drawings by the author. Tan cloth-covered boards with cow skull on front and gilt title in brown block on spine. Top edge dyed brown. Bright dustjacket with horse and rider on front. This copy published 1950s. Near Fine/VG. Book is tight, no marks, square corners. Dustjacket has tiny chip at back corner of spine top. Dj in protective mylar sleeve. Item #: E4489.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989. Reprint. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 394 pages. Excellent resource for architects and draftsmen on drawing outdoor design specs on decks, steps, ramps, brdiges, fountains and pools and much more. Fine/Fine. Item #: B4376.

Minneapolis: Univ. Minnesota, 1999. 1st ed. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 190 pages. Two classics of nature writing and art published together in one volume. Stories of their travels in the Boundry Waters written by Florence Page Jaques and illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques with bold b/w ink ad drawings. 1st Printing Thus. Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. Book and dustjacket show no signs of handling. Dj in protective mylar sleeve. Item #: E4595.

College Station: Texas A & M, 1989. Reprint. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 363 pages. Reprint of the 1894 travelogue of woman who left England in 1889, and spent two years traveling across the US to Texas, time on ranch in Kimble County, then into Mexico and the Southwest. Fine/Fine. No wear, no name or marks. Dj in protective mylar sleeve. Item #: E1826.

Houston: Time Dancer Press, 2002. 1st ed. . Paperback. Fine/Wraps. 210 pages. Inscribed and signed by the author. Fine/Wraps. No wear, no other marks. Item #: B9715.

Houston: Gulf / Reader's Diges, 1976. Reprint. . Hardcover. VG/Good+. 305 pages. Houston lawyer and special prosecutor, Leon Jaworski, recalls the events and manuevering of both sides in the Watergate trials which brought down Nixon & the Presidency. Indexed. VG/Good+. Dj has 1" mended tear at top, else VG. Item #: A1477.

Houston: Gulf / Reader's Digest, 1976. 1st ed. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 305 pages. Houston lawyer and special prosecutor, Leon Jaworski, recalls the events and manuevering of both sides in the Watergate trials which brought down Nixon & the Presidency. Indexed. Fine/Near Fine. Item #: A1475.

Houston: Gulf / Reader's Digest, 1976. 1st ed. . Hardcover. VG/VG. 305 pages. Houston lawyer and special prosecutor, Leon Jaworski, recalls the events and manueuvering of both sides in the Watergate trials which brought down Nixon & the Presidency. Indexed. VG/VG. Very light shelfwear to dj, else NF. Item #: A1478.

Northiam: Garden Art Press, 1989. 1st ed. [Stated].. Hardcover. Fine/VG. 200 pages. Proposed design for international historical garden in Galveston. Illustrated in color and b/w drawings. Fine/VG. Clean, tight, unmarked. Dj has a mended tear at spine top. Dj in protective mylar sleeve. Item #: B5722.

New York: St. Martin's, 1986. Reprint. . Paperback. Good+/Wraps. 48 pages. Jencks describes the twisting path of the growth of Post-Modernism, and tries to give meaning to it. Many color plates of art and architecture. Good+/Wraps. Tight binding with no name, but lots of pencil underlining in the first half of the book. Item #: B7830.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988. 1st ed. . Hardcover. Near Fine/VG. 396 pages. Novel of murder and football during the 1930s in Texas. Near Fine/VG. Item #: A2048.

Austin: Pemberton Press, 1971. 1st ed. . Paperback. X-Lib VG/No Jacket. 26 pages. This copy has been bound into a hardcover by the library, and thus protected from wear. X-Lib VG/No Jacket. Former library copy with stamps & marks. A clean, solid copy. Item #: B3785.

Pownal, VT: Storey Books, 2001. 1st ed. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 80 pages. Illustrated throughout with color photos by Emma Peios. Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. Item #: B2501.

New York: American Heritage, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 222 pages. First & last chapters are autobiographical, but most of the selections deal with the Civil War & are illustrated with sepia tone photos. Included is a Catton bibliography. Fine/Fine. Item #: A5838.