Search Results: Titles starting with J from Eighth Day Books

Hogarth, October 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Near new binding and unmarked interior. Jacket shows light general shelfwear, previous retail markings, faint moisture markings to spine.

Houghton Mifflin, December 1960. Paper Back. Good/No Jacket. Sunfaded boards, owner name present, a solid vintage copy, no jacket.

Mariner Books, August 1989. Paper Back. New.

Hendrickson Pub. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. Hendrickson, 1999 Fourth Printing. Complete 4-Volume Set. Could be called New. This set is pristine, inside and out.

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, January 1985. Paper Back. Good. Ex church library markings, tanned pages, a solid vintage copy.

Macmillan. Unknown. Good. Black flex-cover, light cover wear, firm binding, scattered underlining in the text. Previous owner's name inside front cover.

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, January 1985. Paper Back. Good. very good/--, as issued. This is a very good copy of a rare, out-of-print book. There are no marks, either on the cover or the text. One tiny corner of the front cover is creased (1/8' in.) Slight rubbing of cover, but sill bright. 110 pgs, 8vo.

Wm. B. Eerdmans. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Church library markings, spine ends rubbed, firm binding, pristine text. No jacket.

O M F Books, 1990. Paper Back. Very Good. Church library markings, firm binding, unmarked text.

Getty Publications, December 1997. Paper Back. As New. Near fine copy, with just very slight wear at top corner of front cover. All else pristine.

NYRB Classics, October 2020. Paper Back. New.

Del Rey, September 2012. Mass Market Paperback. New.

Houghton Mifflin, September 2002. Paper Back. New. 'Polls undertaken at the turn of the twenty-first century by a British bookshop chain (in cooperation with an affiliate of the BBC) to determine the five greatest books of the century placed Tolkien's <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> in the top slot-a result 'greeted with horror among professional critics and journalists.' While popular polls are no real guide to literary value, they nonetheless ought to prompt consideration by the literary establishment. Tom Shippey-a former English language professor at Oxford and Leeds-is the first of his discipline to seriously take up the question and defend its results. He bases his claim for Tolkien as 'author of the century' on three central arguments: 1) democratically speaking, Tolkien tops not only the polls, but also the sales figures; 2) the genre of fantasy, and especially heroic fantasy, as it exists today is clearly and undeniably indebted to Tolkien's work; and 3)… Read More

Houghton Mifflin, October 2000. Paper Back. New.

Frances Lincoln Children's Books, April 2022. Hardcover. New.

For Beginners, September 2022. Paper Back. New.

Regnery Gateway, August 2023. Paper Back. New.

Dover Publications, December 2012. Paper Back. New.

Concordia Pub House, December 1985. Hardcover. New.

Dover Publications, June 1967. Paper Back. New.