Search Results: Titles starting with J from Boojum and Snark Books

Disney Press, New York, 1992 First edition thus. An exceptional copy, book and dustcover as new. Glossy boards, color-illustrated front board, 10 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches, unpaginated, color illustrations from the Walt Disney archives. (1722RO123). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.

Knopf, New York, 1995 An excellent hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, with dustcover: book near fine and dustcover fine. Glossy boards, 10 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches, unpaginated, great full-page color illustrations, including color-illustrated endpapers. "This tale derives from the Khoikhoi tribe of southwest Africa. Herders of cattle who roam the grasslands---" (K079). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine.

(No publisher; no place), 1955. Stiff green wraps, stapled, printed/illustrated on front cover, 9 x 6 inches, 32 pp., maps, b/w photo illustrations. Very good plus. (3214031). Soft cover.

Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart, 1908. III. Band: Bericht uber das Jahr 1907. Bibliography of immunology literature in the year 1907, plus papers by C. Levaditi, chef de Laboratoire a l'Institut Pasteur (Ueber Anaphylaxie) and W. Rosenthal, Privatdozent an der Universitat Gottingen (Phagozytose, Opsonintheorie und Verwandtes). In German. Marbled paper-covered boards, leather-covered spine, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, 10 1/8 x 7 inches, 543 pp., index. Ex-library, with usual markings, else fair (substantial edgewear, with chipping of leather at spine ends; spine cover split at lower rear hinge, 2 3/8 inches; leather cover missing at tips of boards; rear board starting at hinge, lower 1 1/2 inches; otherwise, binding intact; pages are clean, but paper is moderately brittle --- few pages starting at gutter, but none loose --- some pages chipped at fore-edge, not interfering with text). (3214014). F. Hardcover.

RCA Victor, 1959. A scarce item for the serious Michener collector. Twelve inch LP, RCA Victor LPM-2150, 1959. Folding album cover is illustrated with color photographs and has extensive liner notes WRITTEN BY MICHENER, including historical observations and commentary on the songs. "Ever since the day I first saw Hawaii and heard its rhythmic melodies, I have dreamed of assembling an album of my favorite Polynesian songs. When it looked as if I would never have a chance to do so, I amused myself by printing the titles of the choicest songs on little cards and shuffling them back and forth until I achieved my ideal album. Now, with the cooperation of RCA Victor, it becomes possible to issue in one album the distillation of my extended picking and choosing from the treasure store of Hawaiian songs. Here are the melodies I have lived with during many happy years. In this record, and for the first time so far as I know, the paramount musical instrument of the southern islands is presented to American… Read More

Brookings Institution; Washington, D.C., 1931 First edition. Dark blue cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (bright), 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches, 645 pp., index, color frontispiece map, numerous figures and tables. Minimal ex-library markings, else very good.(3214044). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Crescent Books, New York, 1983 An exceptional copy of the first English edition, book and dustcover in new condition. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 11 x 8 7/8 inches, 91 pp., extensively illustrated in color. (1722RO123). 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New.

Hirokawa Publishing, Tokyo, 1960, 1962. Scare, beautiful books on Japanese medicinal plants, with text in Japanese and English. Green cloth-covered boards, lettered in red on front board, color photo illustration tipped onto embossed rectangle on each front board, intricate gilt spine lettering, 10 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches, 254 pp., index, 240 high-quality color photo illustrations on high quality paper. Volume II (1960) is the first edition, with text in Japanese (and Latin botanical names); a laid-in book in wraps (10 x 7 inches, 21 pp.) gives the English translation. Volume I (1962) is the revised edition, in which the Japanese and English are printed adjacent to each other on each page. Both volumes have the original clear plastic dustcovers, with embossed Japanese symbols on the lower rear panels. Integral ribbon bookmark in Volume II. Very good to very good+ (modest bump, upper spine of Volume I).. F. Hardcover.

Storyville Publications; London; 1972. Second impression (1972) of revised edition (1969). Maroon cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 8 1/4 x 7 inches, 928 pp. (Vol. 1), 929-1968 pp. (Vol. 2), index. Very good (mild edgewear; focal, mild soiling, edges of book blocks; pages clean and bindings tight). A superior set of this classic discography. (3214016). Hardcover.

Ediciones EUHA, S.A., Madrid A small, beautiful softcover book about Osborne sherry from the Jerez region of Spain. Glossy stiff card wraps, 9 1/8 x 4 3/8 inches, 64 pp., index, b/w and color illustrations, maps. Contents: The Jerez region; Sherry, at the forefront of Spanish wines; How sherry is produced; A sherry for every occasion; Cooking with sherry; Glossary; Index. Fine. Scarce (two OCLC library holdings). (1722RO081). Soft cover. Fine.

University of Queensland Press, 1978 A good reading copy of the first edition/first printing. Brown boards, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 218 pp. including bibliography and index, b/w photo illustrations. Good (moderate edgewear and rubbing, boards; pages clean and binding tight/square). No dustcover. (K086). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Baptist Book Concern; Louisville, KY, 1897 First edition. Scarce. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine and front board, 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, 177 pp., frontispiece photograph of the Rev. D.Y. Bagby, Ph.D. Good (moderate edgewear and rubbing, boards; mild foxing, endpapers; otherwise, pages clean and binding tight). No dustcover. (1722RO002). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Yavneh Publishing House, Tel-Aviv, 1962 Folio (18 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches) with illustrated stiff card covers. The portfolio contains 12 b/w prints of the same size and an 8 page introduction in English and Hebrew (folded, with one illustration). All near fine (the stiff card cover has slight bumping at the spine end and fore-edge; the glassine over the stiff card covers is intact). Scarce. (K015). 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine.

The Jewish Historical Society of England. Printed for the Society by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co. Ltdl, London, 1926. Documents the persecution of Jews in the Canary Islands by the Spanish. Jewish victims of the great Iberian expulsion of 1492 had settled in the Canary Islands. Jews persecuted in the Canary Islands (Canariote Inquisition) then resettled to England during the Commonwealth. This title is an important and scarce historical document. Original heavy paper wraps, printed on front cover and spine; 274 pp.; 10 1/8 x 7 5/8 inches. Fold-out map in rear (fine). Moderate browning and soiling of covers, mostly spine. Spine chipped at hinges and extremities, but printed title entirely intact. Triangular portion of upper corner of rear cover missing (1 5/8 x 1 1/4 inches in greatest dimensions). Despite starting at hinges, the binding is still substantially tight. Internally, pages are clean. Overall, very good, and quite attractive, with an antiquarian patina of external wear. Translated from… Read More

William Wood, New York, 1911 First separate publication. Reprinted from The Medical Record, December 2, 1911. Stapled wraps, printed front cover, 7 3/4 x 5 inches, 23 pp. Very good plus (near fine). Rare. (3214011). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

Random House, New York, 1972 First edition/first printing. An exceptional copy, book and dustcover as new. Brown paper-covered boards, black cloth-covered spine, gilt spine and front board lettering/decoration (bright), 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches, 136 pp. With a previously unpublished speech by John O'Hara. A comprehensive checklist: books, contributions to books and pamphlets, collections, short stories, articles, interviews and public statements, published letters, book reviews, verse, columns. Facsimilies of all first-printing title pages. Dustcover and endpapers illustrated with numerous dustcovers from his books. A second copy: book as new, dustcover fine (slight rubbing). A third copy: book fine, dustcover near fine (1/4 inch closed tear). (1722RO120,K074x2). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.

U.s. Department of the Interior/Geological Survey, 1981 Stapled green wraps, 9 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches, 27 pp., numerous b/w illustrations. Near fine. Fascinating history. (1722RO006). Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Bantam, Toronto, 1986 An excellent copy of the first edition/first printing, book near fine, dustcover very good plus, SIGNED by the author on the title page. Light tan cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 134 pp. Book near fine (small pull to cloth, bottom of spine, else fine). Dustcover very good plus (mild edgewear; bright and attractive). (1722RO083). Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Charles C. Thomas; Springfield, Illinois, 1971 First edition with dustcover. Dark green cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (bright), 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches, 80 pp., index, numerous illustrations. Book fine, no marks of any kind. Dustcover very good plus - near fine (slight edgewear and rubbing). A beautiful copy.(3214019). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.

Standard Oil Development Company, 1943 Second printing. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt front board lettering (bright), 8 x 5 3/8 inches, 77 pp. Very good.(3214043). Hardcover. Very Good.