Search Results: Titles starting with J from Antic Hay Books

Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1976. Second, Revised Edition. Signed by French on the front pastedown. One of the earliest studies of Salinger that needed much revision after its original 1963 publication, with a completely revised and updated bibliography. 8vo., blue cloth, stamped in silver; 191 pages. I have never seen a dust jacket for this particular revised edition and assume it was not issued with one. Very Good (covers nice & bright; contents clean & tight).

[No place]: J. League, 2004. 8vo., pictorial green wraps with an original wrap-around promotional band; 240 pages. Profusely Illustrated.. Very Good (covers nice, little wear wrap-around band; contents clean & tight).

1959. GREENE, David H. [With Edward M. Stephens]. J.M. SYNGE. NY: Macmillan Company, 1959. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. With the pencil signature Carmel Snow- author and editor-in-chief at "Harper's Bazaar" magazine. Also with the estate stamp of American author Anita Loos on the front endpaper. Very Good; large tears (some with internal repairs) & chips d/j. $35.00.

1933. BEATON, George. [Pseudonym of Gerald Brenan]. JACK ROBINSON: A PICARESQUE NOVEL. London: Chatto and Windus, 1933. 12mo., green cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Author's rare first book. Signed presentation from Beaton on front endpaper: "Cousin Emily, from Gerald [or Gerabel?]." A small, candid snapshot of Beaton and his cousin has been inserted onto the front endpaper by having the corners stuck into four small slits. Very Good; some wear (few tears & chips, large chip base of spine that removes the publisher's name, few interior repairs with archival tape) d/j. $175.00.

1933. BEATON, George. [Pseudonym of Gerald Brenan]. JACK ROBINSON: A PICARESQUE NOVEL. London: Chatto and Windus, 1933. Small 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation from Beaton on the front endpaper: "Mrs. Woolsey, from Gerald." Good (some soil, dampstain rear cover; worn (large chips & dampstain rear panel) d/j. $125.00.

1887. EWING, Juliana Horatia. JACKANAPES. DADDY DARWIN'S DOVECOT. THE STORY OF A SHORT LIFE. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887. 16mo., blue cloth stamped in brown & gilt. Later Printing. Very Good (bright; light wear). $50.00.

1893. EWING, Juliana Horatia. JACKANAPES DADDY DARWIN'S DOVECOT AND OTHER STORIES. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. NY: Thomas Y. Cromwell, 1893. 16mo., pictorial floral boards with green spine stamped in decorative gilt. First Edition thus. From the library of Boradway musical composer Guy Bolton, with his name stamp on the front and rear pastedowns. Very Good (some wear & little chipping to corners, ink inscription front endpaper). $25.00.

1921. STAPLES, Arthur G. JACK-IN-THE PULPIT. Lewiston, Maine: Lewiston Journal Company, [1921]. Small 4to., brown cloth stamped in black. Signed, Limited Edition of 1,500 numbered copies. With the calling card of Harold Marsh Sewall laid in. Sewall was a representative from Maine to the U.S. House of Representatives and a government minister to the Hawaiian Islands. A collection of essays that appeared in the Lewiston Journal. Very Good (ink name, some wear spine label). $25.00.

NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1994. First Edition, first printing. Signed by McGilligan on the title page. Small quarto: cloth & boards in dust jacket; 478 pages. Illustrated.. Near fine (covers nice with tiny bump upper corner of front cover; contents clean & tight); near fine (very minor wear) d/j.

Bernard Grasset, 1927. BAINVILLE, Jacques. JACO ET LORI. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1927. 12mo., original printed wraps, which are then bound in an attractive brown, quarter-morocco leather and patterned board binding, with gilt-tooled spine. Early edition, 22nd printing. Bainville, a French political writer and historian, was a leading exponent of Conservative ideas between the two World Wars. Signed presentation from Bainville, to Max Dorian, on the half title page. Max Dorain is the pen-name of author Bernard Doreau. Doureau wrote a well-known biography of the Du Pont family, with photographs by his wife, Dixie Reynolds. Also with a single-page, autograph letter signed from Bainville presenting the book. With a lengthy, one-page autograph letter signed (untranslated), apparently from Robert Poulet- the French polemicist, writer, and literary critic. "Robert Poulet" written in a shaky hand at the top of the letter. An interesting association copy! Near fine condition (little wear to the… Read More

1969. ZARA, Louis. JADE. NY: Walker and Company, 1969. 8vo., blue cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by Zara on the front endpaper. A look at the use of jade in crafts, jewelry and other uses in various cultures throughout the world, including Eskimo and Indians, Maori, Mughal, China and Middle America. Many illustrations. Near fine; moderate rubbing (price-clipped) d/j. $15.00.

1971. LEARY, Timothy. JAIL NOTES. In Evergreen Magazine; Vol.15, No.86, January, 1971. 4to., pictorial wraps. Very Good. $10.00.

2009. SWANN AUCTION GALLERY. THE JAMES B. PARKS COLLECTION OF FINE PRINTS. Sale 2194. Held at Swann Galleries in New York City on November 9, 2009. Prices realized list laid in on the 219 lots up for bid. Near fine. $17.50.

[Brandon, MS]: Quail Ridge Press;, 1997. First Edition. Signed inscription by Blackwood on the front endpaper: "God bless you James Blackwood. 8vo., brown cloth in dust jacket; 191 pages. With Personal Reflections by James Blackwood & Memories by some of his Best Friends.. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight); small crease front flap d/j.

Chapel Hill: The University Of North Carolina, 1935. First Edition. Signed presentation from Knight on the front endpaper: "For Aimee Alexander with the best wishes of Grant C. Knight. Uncommon to locate a signed copy!. Tall 8vo., light-green cloth in dust jacket; 313 pages. Very Good (covers nice, contents clean & tight); few small chips and a one-inch, v-shaped chip top of rear panel (bit of tanning spine & crease front flap) d/j.

NY: Henry Schuman, 1950. First Edition. Signed presentation from Roddis on the front endpaper: "Oct. 8, 1951. To: Stephen and Milly Ryan with the compliments and affectionate regards of the author, Lewis H. Roddis USN." James Lind [1716-1794), considered the "Father of Naval Hygiene," was a Scottish doctor. He was a pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy. By conducting one of the first-ever clinical trials, he developed the theory that citrus fruits cured scurvy. Roddis was an award-winning senior medical officer in the U.S. Navy. Books signed by Roddis are uncommon!. 8vo., blue cloth in dust jacket; 177 pages. Illustrated.. Very Good (covers bright; contents clean & tight); some wear (few small chips, especially to spine ends, short tears) d/j.

Rutgers University Press, 1938. BURNS, Edward McNall. JAMES MADISON: PHILOSOPHER OF THE CONSTITUTION. New Brunswick, [NJ]: Rutgers University Press, 1938. 8vo., red cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. Very Good (bright, some browning endpapers, small bookplate on front pastedown).

1934. BENET, Stephen Vincent. JAMES SHORE'S DAUGHTER. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1934. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Trade Edition. Signed presentation from Benet on the front endpaper, to publisher Thomas Ridgway Coward: "For T. R. Coward with hands across the battlefield of Gettysburg, Stephen Vincent Benet." Good (spine dull, few scuffs); some edgewear (small abrasions, short tears & nicks) d/j. $150.00.

Williamstown, Massachusetts: Williams College Museum of Art, 1991. First Edition. Quarto, black printed wraps; 45 pages. Illustrated.. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).

Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1990. First Edition. 8vo., blue cloth in dust jacket; 175 pages. Near fine (covers nice; contents clean & tight, bookplate on front pastedown); very nice d/j.