Search Results: Titles starting with J from Church Street Books

Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin, 1958. Play in verse centred round modern take on Book of Job. Green boards with cream spine with red and green lettering, 153pp, with illustrated endpapers, green top edges and rough-cut fore edges. Covers have lightly-sunned top edges, but no obvious wear. Top page edges have a couple of very light, small marks. Fore edges dusty and a little foxed. Previous owner's name on ffep, otherwise internally clean and tight. Unclipped DJ has general moderate wear, several small closed tears and nicks and a 2cm loss at head of spine. DJ is also overall grubby, with several small marks. Ref:104382. Sixth Printing. Paper-Cov Boards/cloth Spine. VG-/G. 15x22cm.

London: Frank Palmer, 1912. A quotation from the woerks of J M Barrie for every day in the year. Brown covers with lettering and decoration in blue and green on front and spine. Lettering throughout is blue with green sub-heads. Frontispiece photgraph of Barrie. Covers a little grubby with creased and mildly battered edges. Foxing to endpapers, but a solid copy and internally clean. Ref:071159. First Edition. P/back. G/N/a. 12cmx17cm.

London: Macmillan, 1988. Essays investigating the diverse culture of the early 17th Century. Card covers, 234pp inc index. Apart from the very lightest spine crease, the book is in superb condition. Ref:081952. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG++/N/a. 14x21.5cm.

London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1961. In the Car Maintenance series, covers all technical details and routine maintenance. Blue covers with black lettering to spine and Jaguar emblem to upper front board, 260pp inc index, plusd adverts. Covers have sunned edges, but virtually no wear and a tiny dint to top edge. Page edges and prelims yellowing and small top fore corner of ffep (and part of bookshop stamp) has been neatly removed. Otherwise book is internally very clean and tight. Price-clipped DJ has light general wear (particularly head of spine) and a 2cm closed tar (repaired) at top front. Overall a decent copy. Ref:093630. First Edition. Paper-Covered Boards. VG/VG-. 12.5x19cm.

Cobham, Surrey: Brooklands Books Edition contains reprints of articles from various magazines which give a complete lowdown on the marque from road tests and performance to buying used. Card covers, 140pp with numerous b/w illustrations. Covers have just very lightest signs of shelfwear, no creases. Internally very clean and tight. ND. Ref:114834. First Edition (?). Card Covers. VG+/N/a. 20x27cm.

London: Hutchinson, 1978. Tight, clean copy with some sunning to spine and edges of DJ. Very small, closed tear at top of DJ. Ref:06438. First Edition. Cloth. VG/G++. 14cmx22cm.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. Young people's story about a girl haunted by a dream of becoming a ballerina. Pink covers with blue lettering to spine, 110pp with b/w illustrations. Page edges very slightly yellowed, otherwise book has no obvious faults. Price-clipped DJ has light edge wear and a couple of very small, closed tears at lower rear. Overall a VG copy. Ref:103850. First Edition. Cloth. VG++/VG. Illus. by Anne Linton. 13.5x20.5cm.

London: Harper Collins, 1999. Used but in very good condition. 500-plus pp. May need extra postage. Ref:06298. First Edition. P/back. VG+/N/a. 13cmx19cm.

London: Constable, 1944. Sequel to Jefferies' England. 300pp inc homage to Richard Jefferies, with 27 b/w photographs by Will Taylor. "Countryside" was never republished. Blue covers with silver lettering to spine. Neat gift inscription on ffep. Page edges a little dusty and very minor bumping to extremities, but overall a very attractive, clean, solid copy. Ref:07972. First Edition. Cloth. VG++/N/a. Illus. by Will F Taylor. 13x19cm.

Milton Keynes, Bucks: Authentic Media, 2005. Missionary story of how the Christian church survived Pol Pot's killing fields. Book shows just very superficial edge wear. A very nice copy. Ref:071255. First Edition. P/back. VG+/N/a. 13x20cm.

London: Cassell, 1930. "The adventures of the dog of the house who gave up town life to run a country estate". Blue covers with yellow lettering to spine, 213pp, with six colour plates, including frontis. Endpapers messy where a brown-paper cover has been removed. Inscription on ffep with a 4cm hole. but text bloc is sound apart from foxing to edges. Covers have wear to extremities, modest general wear and a few marks. No DJ. Ref:071338. First Edition. Cloth. G-/N/a. 15cmx22cm.

London: Cambridge University Press, 1939. View of how national and local government works- for younger readers. Forerunner of Reynold's larger "Ourselves and the community". Scarce first edition, maroon covers with gilt, 134pp with b/w illustrations, frontis of the king opening Parliament and endpapers showing Norwich Civic Centre. Maroon top edges. Light foxing to prelims, spine slightly sunned, otherwise covers show only lightest wear and internally very clean and tight. Ref:093540. First Edition. Cloth. VG/N/a. 13.5x20cm.

London and Ipswich: Tate Gallery and Suffolk Records Society, 1975. No. 18 in the Suffolk Record Society library. Green covers with gilt lettering to spine, 371pp inc index. Book has dusty top page edges and light foxing to edges, otherwise internally very clean and tight with no marks on covers. Intact DJ has just the lightest signs of use, no tears. A VG copy. Ref:082268. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/VG. 16cmx25cm.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1879. Examination of Donne's work. Card covers, 160pp inc index. Cancelled University of East Anglia bookshop stamp inside rear cover, foxed rear cover, light spine crease, otherwise books has only modest signs of use. An VG copy. Ref:082147. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG+/n/a. 14x21.5cm.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1957. Biography of the 17th Century playwright. Publisher's uncorrected proof, card covers, 141pp. Title is hand-written on spine. Covers have very little wear, but tanned edges and sunned spine. Light biro scribble on lower cover. Page edges dusty and yellowed, otherwise internally very clean and tight. Ref:114696. Publisher's Proof. Card Covers. VG/N/a. 12.5x19.5cm.

London: Blackie Scarce copy of one of Henty's later novels (1st 1901). Illustrated paper-covered boards, 96pp, with colour frontis and eight b/w illustrations. ND but presentation plate on ffep dated 1926. Covers have light bumping and wear to extrems, spine slightly darkened. Page edges dusty and lightly browned, binding slightly strained in a couple of places, but still very solid, otherwise internally clean and tight. Ref:114702. Reprint. Illust. Boards. VG/N/a. Illus. by T. W. Holmes. 14x18.5cm.

New York: Galaxy / Oxford University Press, 1964. Includes some previous works by Davis. Probably inscribed by author on half-title. Card covers, 292pp. Previous owner's library sticker inside front cover, spotting and discolouration to page edges, modest wear to extremities and mild spine creasing, otherwise a clean, solid copy. Ref:082019. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. G++/N/a. 13.5cmx20cm.

London: Harper Collins, 1998. Lavishly-illustrated with colour photographs - mostly taken by the author - the journey recreates the early explorers' treks to find the source of the great African river. Illustrated card covers, 384pp inc index, with many maps. Book, signed by the author on title page, has only the lightest signs of use and no creases to covers or spine. A very good copy. Heavy book may require extra postage. Ref:082085. Signed by Author. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG+/N/a. 19x26.5cm.

London: Hutchinson Pink covers with black lettering to spine, 319pp plus 20pp of publisher's adverts. Chapter ends and title-page decorations by the author. Cover edges and head and foot of spine sunned, mild foxing and discolouration of endpapers. ND but descibed in blurb a "New novel", so possible first edition. B/W illustrated DJ (by Grigs?) has some losses, particularly at head and foot of spine and general wear. Ref:071210. First Edition (?). Cloth. G+/fair+. Illus. by Mary Grigs. 13x19cm.

Middlesex: Penguin, 1968. Short, comprehensive account of Judaism over the last 4000 years. Pelican original A440. Card covers, 349pp inc index. Covers show just very light use and now protected in neatly-applied plastic cover. A VG copy. Ref:093207. Reprint. Card Covers. VG/N/a. 11cmx18cm.