Search Results: Titles starting with J from Tulsa Books

(London): Bloomsbury; (1999). First Edition . Hardcover. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. One small bump on bottom of rear board; pages are slightly darkened at the edges. Biography of the Booker Prize winning author of The Siege of Krishnapur. Includes photographs, notes and references, and an index; 428 pages.

NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; (2020). First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First printing, fine in a near fine dust jacket. The jacket has just a touch of soiling, primarily on the rear panel. $27.00 price on front flap, no names or other marking in or on the book, except the author's signature on the title page. The fourth (and final?) book in the Gilead series.

NY: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1880. First Edition . Hardcover. Poor copy in the original green cloth with black embossing on the front cover, and gilt lettering on the spine. First 3 pages (including frontispiece illustration and tissue guard are detached, but present. There is a dampstain at the foredge of the page block that makes the interior pages a little stiff. Two or more interior signatures are loose, and the pulpy paper is darkened at edges and a little brittle. The book is in readable condition, but would have to be handled carefully. The sequel to Barnum's Lion Jack.

Herrsching: Manfred Pawlak; (no date). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First thus; two volumes - fine in near fine dust jackets. The jackets have a few small closed edge tears. Volume 1 shows etchings, volume 2 has drawings and graphic works. Text in German, over 1600 b&w illustrations, 1673 total pages including bibliograhy and index.

Austin, TX: State House Press, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. #96 of 100 copies, numbered and signed by both Groseclose and Michener. Michener's red JAM stamp is beneath his signature. Fine in a fine slipcase.Green leather spine with white pebbly cloth, and the slipcase is covered in the same cloth. The limitation page is tipped in after the front endpaper, and the edge of the limitation page does not quite match up flush with the other page edges.

Tulsa, OK: University of Tulsa; (2007). First Edition . Soft cover. Near fine in glossy wraps. Volume 44, No. 4 - Summer 2007. Just minor soiling to rear cover and bottom edge of pages.

Tulsa, OK: University of Tulsa; (2013). First Edition . Soft cover. Fine in glossy wraps. Volume 50, Nos. 1 - 2; Fall 2012 - Winter 2013. Fifty year anniversary issue of this venerable literary quarterly; 565 pages.

Tulsa, OK: Universirty of Tulsa, 1963. First Edition . Soft cover. Volume 1, Number 1 (Fall, 1963) through Volume 7, Number 2 (Winter 1969), a run of the first 26 issues of this literary quarterly which is still being published. This run of 26 is missing 3 issues - Volume 3, Number 1 (Fall, 1966); Volume 4, Number 2 (Winter, 1967); and Volume 5, Number 1 (Fall, 1967). As a bonus this run includes a copy of the five year cumulative bibliography for the first 5 volumes (through Summer, 1968). All issues are complete and in at least very good condition.

NY: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935. First Edition . Hardcover. Very good copy with no dust jacket. Dark blue cloth is sunned to gray on the spine, with just slight fraying at the head of the spine. Light spotting and foxing on some interior pages. The biography of the founder of Hull House in Chicago and Nobel Prize winner, published the same year she died. Includes photographs and an index; 457 pages. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper and dated in December 1935.

NY: Harper & Brothers; (1920). First Edition . Hardcover. Very good with no dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt title and red Japanese lettering on front board; lettering on spine is dulled. Bookplate on front pastedown; small bumps to front board. Includes many photographs and an index; 461 pages.

NY: Morrow, 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First edition of the author's first book. Near fine in a very good+ dust jacket. Light soiling to book and jacket. The jacket also has a little edgewear, and some rubbing near the top of the spine. $4.95 price on jacket flap; no names or other marking in the book.

London: Marshall Brothers; (no date). Hardcover. Good to very good- in original red cloth with black lettering on spine and black lettering and illustration of a Hindu young woman on the front board. Probably publishe around 1900 or a little earlier. The cloth is a little worn and soiled, with some loss at spine ends and a small hole in the middle of the spine. Owner name on front endpaper/half title page (possibly front endpaper is missing). Front hinge slightly cracked. "This is the story of a Hindu girl of high degree, telling of her life's struggles as a maiden, wife and widow." The author's last name is given as "Harband" on the front board, but given as "Harland" on the title page.

Guthrie, OK: State Capital Printing Company, 1892. First Edition . Hardcover. Very good with no dust jacket. Dark blue/green cloth is a little soiled, and the spine is slightly sunned. Small "Tulsa County Historical Society" stamp on endpapers; minor dampstain at top corner of page block. Inscribed by the author's son (who notes that it is "one of the few remaining copies") and dated in 1934. A scarce imprint from the Territorial capitol just three years after the Land Run opened the territory.

Harmondsworth/Middlesex: Pelican Books (Penguin); (1952). First Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Paperback original (Pelican #A247), very good+ in original wraps. Light spine creases; a little darkening to edges of covers. "2/-" price on front cover; no names or other marking in or on the book. A tight, square copy.

London: Jazz Book Club, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First thus (JBC #48), very good in a very good dust jacket. Page edges are a little dusty and lightly spotted; very minor evidence of dampstain at top corner of front board. The jacket is somewhat soiled and spotted, with light dampstain in same place. Laid in is an order form for jazz recordings.

NY: Citadel Press; (1948). First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition, very good with no dust jacket. Black cloth with yellow lettering on the spine. Cloth is a little worn at edges and corners. Illustrated by Jules Halfant, includes an index; 278 pages. Signed (signature only) by the author on the front endpaper. No other marking in or on the book.

NY: Criterion, 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing, very good in a very good- dust jacket. Pages (especially endpapers) are a little darkened; blue cloth boards have some wear at edges. The jacket is missing the lower 3" of the spine, and has a few other chips not affecting any lettering. A little loss at the flap folds. Foreword by Orson Welles, photo section at front of book, and an index; 258 pages. $3.00 price on both jacket flap; no names or other writing in or on the book.

NY: Harper & Row; (1965). Hardcover. Later printing (no statement of printing on the copyright page), very good in a presumed library binding (decorated boards, no dust jacket). Some wear and rubbing to boards, especially at corners. NOT an ex-library copy, and signed by the author on the front endpaper. A sort of coming-of-age novel set in the 1960's jazz scene of New York. Laid in is an obituary of the author from early 2017 printed in The Wall Street Journal.

Reno/Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press; (1993). First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing, fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Stanley Dance. Profiles of jazz musicians who chose to spend most of their lives in Europe. Includes photographs, appendix, endnotes, bibliography, and an index; 193 pages.

NY: Grove Press; (1961). First Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. First Black Cat printing (#BB-3), fine in wraps. A very nice copy, with just a touch of toning to the interior pages. Includes a discography and an index; 295 pages. $.60 price on front cover; no names or other marking in or on the book.