Search Results: Titles starting with J from Hopkins Books

Hardcover with dust jacket, published by Borzoi. Originally published in 1918, reprinted with illustrations by W.A. Dwiggins in 1946, this is a fourth printing from 1979. Set in Salem, Massachusetts during the clipper ship era. The story of Gerrit, Captain of the Nautilus and son of a retired sea captain, who brings home his beautiful wife from China. The jacket is intact and is not price clipped. Jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. 6" X 8-1/2", 320 pages. Illustrations by Dwiggins appear at the beginning of chapters. Very sturdy red cloth covered boards, with the title and author name imprinted on the spine in gold. Cover boards are flat, the corners are not bumped or worn, no edge wear. This is a remainder copy, with a single red ink stamp mark on the bottom edge of the text block. Besides that mark, the edge of the text block is clean. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Sewn binding is tight and square. This copy is not a library discard. Attached photo is… Read More

First edition hardcover with dust jacket, published by Simon & Schuster, 2006. Biblical scholar James Tabor provides a detailed analysis of the life of Jesus and the origins of Christianity, using the earliest Christian documents and archaeological discoveries. 362 pages, with Index, Notes, illustrated with photos through the text. This is not a remainder, not a library discard. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. Edges of the text block are clean. Sewn binding is tight and square. Red colored boards, with dark red spine, with the author name and title on the spine in gold. Boards are flat, the corners are not bumped or creased. The attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.

Hardcover, first edition with dust jacket, published by Seagull Books, 2013. A collection of autobiographical stories, each of which is a snapshot of a turning point in the life of the author, from early childhood incidents of anti-Semitism, to his earl embrace of and late rejection of the goals of Nazi ideology. This is the first edition of the 2013 edition, originally published in Germany in 1962. Translation by Isabel Fargo Cole. 5" X 8-1/2", 257 pages. Black boards with the title and author name imprinted on the spine in gold. Boards are flat, binding is tight and square. Bottom right corner is bumped with a crease mark. Top right corner of the text is slightly bumped with a light crease mark to the top right corner of pages 3 to 125, crease is at most 1/4" diagonal, diminishing in size with later pages. Edges of the text block are clean. No former ownership marks. No writing on the text pages. Not a library discard, not a remainder. The attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.

Two volume hardcover set, with slipcase box and dust jackets, published by Doubleday, 1962. This set is a Book Club edition. Winner of the Bancroft Prize and The Kenneth Roberts Memorial Award. At the time of publication, this was the first comprehensive biography of the second President of the US. Page Smith focuses on both his public life as well as his marriage with Abigail, and friendship with Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, and Hamilton. 6-1/2" X 9-1/2", 1,180 pages across the two volumes. Both volumes also include two sections of photos. Sturdy gray cloth covered boards with the title imprinted within a field of red on the spine. Cover boards are flat, the corners are not bumped or creased, no edge wear. Jackets for both volumes are intact, with fading to the spine. Both spine panels have a liquid drop mark - about 1/4" circle on Volume II,a d 1/2" on Volume I. Edges of the text block are clean. Binding is tight for both volumes. Page 667 of volume II has a crease mark at the top right… Read More

This copy is still in its publisher supplied shrink wrap, a new, unused copy. Published by the High Museum of Art in association with Hudson Hills. 12" X 9", dust jacket intact, 191 pages, with 48 color plates and 75 black and white illustrations. Published to accompany the exhibit held in Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia. Lisa N. Peters is a art historian with the Pratt Institute, author of several titles on American painters of the 19th century. This title includes many examples of this master of American impressionism, as well as an examination of the life of the artist. Considering the weight and size of this volume, there will need to be an additional postage charge added to the standard one listed here for international orders. John Henry Twatchman (1853 – 1902) was an American painter best known for his Impressionist landscape paintings, though his painting style varied widely through his career. Art historians consider Twachtman's work to be among the more personal and experimental of… Read More

Trade paperback edition, self published by the author, 2010. This copy is signed by the author with a dedication to the former owners and dated 2010. Neil Savage was a long time fixture in the Boston area serving in a variety of public roles. This is a mystery set in the Boston area, with lots of references to Boston history. 206 pages. There are no creases to the spine, very slight crease from use to the top edge of the front cover. This is not a remainder, not a library copy. No further writing besides the dedication. There is a bump mark to the top of the fore edge of the text block. Attached is a photo of the copy we have in our inventory.

First edition hardcover, with dust jacket, published by University of Queensland Press, 1981. Part of the 'Portable Australian Authors' series. Collects his novel, 'Such Is Life', as well as several stories, letters, and excerpts from other novels such as 'Rigby's Romance'. 439 pages with Bibliography. The dust jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. Black cloth covered cover boards, with the title in gold on the spine. Boards have a few dots of shelf wear to the heel of the spine and bottom corners. One smudge mark of a erased pencil mark on the first flyleaf, but no further writing besides that. Some smudge marks to the edges of the text block - at the top edge and fore edge. Binding is tight and square. This is not a library discard copy. The attached photos are of the copy we have in our inventory. We have more books from this series listed too.

First edition hardcover with dust jacket, published by Milkweed Editions. Follow up to his award winning 'Montana 1948', this is a prequel to that novel. In a series of episodes find out more about the members of the Hayden family, with a focus on the brothers Wesley and Frank. A smaller format hardcover, 5-1/2" X 7-3/4", 226 pages. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. light brown colored cover boards, sewn binding. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. Edges of the text block are clean. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Binding is tight and square. Not a remainder, not a library discard. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.