Search Results: Titles starting with J from Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA

[San Francisco, CA?], 1875. Stereoview [17.5 cm x 9.5 cm] Orange mount. No backstamp. Image shows a stagecoach in front of the J.H. Swain Livery Stable (identified by sign). The 1875 directory of San Francisco gives the address of Josiah H. Swain's livery stable as 417 Folsom. Very good.

Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1983. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 334pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with silver stamped titles on the front board and the backstrip. The spine is rolled back. In a dust jacket, with rubbing, and a 2" tape stain to the rear panel. J. Reuben Clark was a lawyer, statesman and diplomat. This is the second of a multi-volume set on the life and work of J. Reuben Clark, Jr. This copy is signed by D. Michael Quinn on the title page.

Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1983. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good. SIGNED. 334pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with silver stamped titles on the front board and the backstrip. There is a previous owner's name written across the top edge of the text block, a bookplate on the front pastedown, and a name in pen at the head of the half title page. J. Reuben Clark was a lawyer, statesman and diplomat. This is the second of a multivolume set on the life and work of J. Reuben Clark, Jr. This copy is inscribed by D. Michael Quinn on the title page. Quinn writes, "To____, Good seeing you at Sunstone! D. Michael Quinn, 29 April 2000.

Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 504pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth with silver stamped titles on front board and the backstrip. Near fine. There is a former owner's address label on the rear pastedown. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Lightly rubbed. This is the fourth volume in the series on the life and work of J. Reuben Clark.

Bemidji: Focus Publishin, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Paul Brent. SIGNED. 38pp. Quarto [22.5cm]. Illustrated boards. Natural history of West Indian manatee tipped in at front of book.

Bemidji: Focus Publishing, 1996. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Paul Brent. SIGNED Unpaginated. Oblong quarto [22.5 x 28.5 cm] Illustrated paper over boards. Signed on the title page by Jan Haley.

Spain: Vicent Garcia Editores, S. A., 1980. Spanish text. Hardcover. 130 plates + 195pp. Folio [34 cm] White cloth covered boards with dark red ink stamped titles. Near fine. There is a distributor's sticker on the front free endsheet. The dust jacket is in very good condition. The edges are lightly bumped and rubbed.Extra charges apply on this item due to weight. Sorolla primarily painted of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works with social and historical themes.

New York: Harry Abrams, 1989. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very good +. Graeme Base. Slim quarto [30 cm] Glossy pictorial paper over boards. In the matching dust jacket, with minor areas of fading (still bold and very attractive). A fine example. Illustrated by Graeme Base, the illustrator of "Animalia.

New York: Harry Abrams, 1989. Hardcover. Graeme Base. Slim quarto [30 cm] Glossy pictorial paper over boards. Very good. The covers are very slightly warped. In a near fine dust jacket, with subtle fading to the jacket's spine. 32 pages of full-color illustration. From the dust jacket- "These marvelously imaginative pictures are the fulfillment of Base's long-cherished ambition to illustrate this highly evocative poem, and his undeniable successful results will add a new dimension to a beloved favorite.

New York: Harry Abrams, 1989. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good +. Graeme Base. Slim quarto [30 cm] Glossy pictorial paper over boards. There is a faint scuff mark to the front board. In the matching dust jacket, with minor areas of fading (still bold and very attractive). Illustrated by Graeme Base, the illustrator of "Animalia.

Disney Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto [21 cm x 26 cm] Glossy illustrated hardcover boards. Very good condition. The covers are rubbed. The rear cover has sticker remains from an old price sticker. With illustrations from The Disney Archive.

Toronto: Coach House Press (Quebec Translations), 1975. Paperback. 170pp. Octavo [20 cm] Blue and white printed wraps. Very good. The extremities are mildly rubbed. One of 1000 copies. The author, Victor-Levy Beaulieu, also wrote a book-length essay on Victor Hugo. Among his novels, Les Grands-Peres, received the Grand Prix litteraire de Montreal, and Don Quichotte de la demanche won the Governor-General's Award.

Boulder, CO: Elbow/Cityful Press, 2001. First edition. Paperback. New. 101pp. Octavo [23 cm] Photographically illustrated wraps. From the publisher- "Jones's latest contribution to the growing Kerouac canon of studies focuses not only on issues of Kerouac's biographical life, but invariably winds up weaving elements of his fiction into the biographical backdrop.

Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1979. Paperback. 209pp. Octavo [23 cm] White, black and brown illustrated wraps. Very good. The spine and wraps are mildly age-toned. There is an old price sticker on the rear wrap. From the Introduction- "Cultural historians will cite these works as significant evidence for a clearer understanding of Jack London, the man and the writer, and for a larger comprehension of the era of the closing frontier in America.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1956. Reprint. 252pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Light green cloth with a full-color illustrated label that covers the front board. Title printed in black on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Name in ink on ownership page. Small spot of red crayon on the front pastedown. Spine of jacket faded with minor nicking to the corners. Contains John R. Neill illustrations throughout. This is the twenty-third book in the Oz series. Bienvenue p.111.

New York: Callaway, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. SIGNED. 40pp. Folio [34 cm] in matte pictorial boards. Faint shelfwear to jacket, "autographed copy" sticker on jacket front cover; boards are crisp and unworn; interior is clean and tight. Includes CD in unopened packaging. Signed by the illustrator on the title page. Includes an audio CD of Hicks in his inimitable dialect, accompanied by traditional local music. Charming illustrations. Delightful tales and music from the Blue Ridge Mountains.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 273pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 navy blue cloth with blue paper over boards. The bottom fore edge corners of the covers are bumped, and there is a thick remainder mark on the top edge of the text block. The panels of the dust jacket are lightly soiled and age-toned, and the edges of the jacket are subtly creased. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. The inscription states, "For_____, the true story of my so-called life, William Kotzwinkle, 8/21/95.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. Hardcover. SIGNED. 339pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 brown cloth with tan paper covered boards. Beige speckled endpapers. With numerous black and white photographs in the text. Very good. The edges of the covers are very slightly sunned. The spine ends and the top fore edge corner of the front cover are just a little bumped. In a very good dust jacket, with light soiling and rubbing, and a gently faded spine. From the dust jacket- "With the voices of the men and women who populate the Kerouac novels, including: William Burroughs, Carolyn Cassady, Malcolm Cowley, Allen Ginsberg, John Clellon Holmes, Gore Vidal, & others." Also includes reminiscences from Michael McClure, Robert Duncan, Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, Peter Orlovsky, and Gregory Corso. Signed by both Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee on the front free endsheet.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2012. Second edition. Near fine. 128pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Glossy, cloth-effect paper over 1/4 tan cloth, with title stamped in black on spine. Lower edge of front board is noticeably bumped. No dust jacket, as issued. Limited to 260 copies. An examination of the origin, printing, binding and distribution of America's first color plate book.

The General Board of The Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1946. Reprint. Paperback. 165pp. Sixteenmo [15 cm] Light and dark blue illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are mildly stained, and very lightly rubbed and creased. There is a 3/4 inch long closed tear in the top edge of the front wrap. The pages are mildly browned. The bottom corners of the pages at the end are dog eared. Pp. 99-102 are subtly rippled. Jacob Hamblin was a Western pioneer, Mormon missionary, and diplomat to numerous Native American Tribes of the Southwest and Great Basin.