Search Results: Authors starting with J from Books That Expand The Mind

London: Richard Baynes, 1827. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1827 1st Edition , MEMOIRS OF THE LATE MRS SUSAN HUNTINGTON Consisting principally of Extracts From her Journal and Letters; with the Sermon Occasioned by her Death Benjamin J. Wisner Pastor of the Old South Church in Boston By Benjamin J Wisner Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Richard Baynes, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 296 ISBN: Daughter of a minister and descended on her mother's side from the noted native American apostle John Eliot, Susan Huntington was a worthy heir to generations of Puritan sensibility. She was educated at home, at the Killingworth common school, and for a short season at a "classical school." Huntington married the junior, later… Read More

London: Keegan Paul, Trench, Truber & Co, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1935 1st Edition , EARLY BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES By Edward J Thomas Thomas was born in Thornhill, West Yorkshire. In 1896, he enrolled and under the supervision of John Burnet obtained a master's degree in classics from the University of St Andrews in 1900-1901. He studied linguistics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1905. He was the curator of the university's library for many years and was appointed Dean of the Oriental Languages Department. His works, mainly concerned with Theravada Buddhism and reflecting Western scholarship, nonetheless remain widely cited for their clarity and accuracy. The Life of Buddha as Legend and History is inevitably cited in Buddhist research. Thomas's ability as a Pali scholar and… Read More

Basel, Johann König & Johann Rudolph Genath, 1662. 5th Edition or Later Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Shelf wear and bumping to spine and boards. Some age related yellowing of pages. Some marginalia. Please see photos as part of condition report 1662 5th Edition or Later Reprint , DE SECRETIS LIBRI XVII By Johann Jacob Wecker Johannes Jacob Wecker (1528–1586) was a Swiss physician and philosopher. He worked as a doctor from 1566 and wrote a number of works about medicine, some of which were in both French and Latin. Doubtless fleeing accusations of sorcery, Wecker moved to Basel after having published Les Secrets de Wecker. For a number of years, he worked as a professor of logic at the local university. Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: Latin Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Basel, Johann König & Johann Rudolph Genath, octavo… Read More

London: Printed for S. Ballard, 1738. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7+3?8 127 × 187). Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Early signatures of James Huggins and B. Powill Junr. Publisher's book list at rear, light toning and spotting, modern calf Please see photos as part of condition report 1738 2nd Edition , THE TREASURY OF DRUGS UNLOCK'D Or; a full and true Description of all sorts of Drugs, and Chymical Preparations, sold by Druggists. Whereby you may know the Place of there Growth, and from whence they come, and how to distinguish the Good from the Bad. Very useful for All Gentlemen, Merchants, Druggists, Doctors, Apothecaries, Chirurgeons, and their Apprentices. As also for Travellers, Seamen, Custom-house Officers, and all others that either Traffick in them, or make any Use of them, or those that import or deliver any of them at the Water-side. Giving a true Account of all those that are Prohibited, and… Read More

London: Robert Barker, 1634. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Crown octavo (8vo 5+3?8 × 8 137 × 203). John Speed. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Rare 8vo edition. General title and following 3 leaves lacking (A1-A4). Contemporary rebind. 18c Smith family history. "A. Woodhead, Bolton Street, Waterford" previous owner inscription on new end papers. Please see photos as part of condition report 1634 4th Edition , Contemporary Rebind THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesties speciall Commandment. Includes 30 leaves of the genealogies recorded in the sacred scriptvres, according to every familie and tribe, with the line of our saviovr Iesvs Includes the Aprocrypha Single page map of the holy land. By King James Illustrated By: John Speed Format: Hardcover, Language: English… Read More

London: Robert Barker, 1634. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7+3?8 127 × 187). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Prelims followed by eng. title for Robert Barker, 1634, concludes with Sternhold & Hopkins, The Whole Book of Psalmes, 1640. Old calf, rebacked, close cropped. Prelims - proper lessons to bee read for the first lessons both at Morning and Evening Prayer (2), The order of the Psalms (6), morning prayer(3), evening praye (11), communion(5), Baptism(5), Confirmation(1), Solemnization(5), burial of the dead(6), The Psalms of David(42), Godly Prayers(3), the Genealogies (John Speed)(34), The Holy Bible 1634: Containing The Old and Nevv(no page numbers), Apocrypha(151), The Gospels(286) and The whole book of Psalms(84) Please see photos as part of condition report 1634 4th Edition , THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT & THE NEW The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly… Read More

Jo: Mariam Lazzaroni, 1742. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Handwritten title & author on spine. Soft vellum boards. Some minor browning. Ex-libris stamp on title page. Please see photos as part of condition report 1742 , Publishers paperboard binding DE DISCRETIONE SPIRITUUM LIBER UNUS By Cardinal Jean Bona Cardinal Jean Bona - Giovanni Bona (1609–1674) was an Italian Cistercian, cardinal, liturgist and devotional author. Illustrated By: N/A Format: Softcover, Language: Latin Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Jo: Mariam Lazzaroni, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 590 ISBN: Part 1 De Discretione Spirituum, Liber Unus Part 2 Via Compendii ad Deum. DE DISCRETIONE SPIRITUM LIBER UNUS [DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS] - discernment supposes the principle that two spirits may possess man, the spirit of good [Angels] and the spirit of evil [Demons] Roman… Read More

London: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1889. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). A. Fredericks (Frederick Arthur Hipp). 2nd Printing Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Some rubbing and bumping to spine and boards. Tear to spine cover. "11 Quay Street" on title page and 4 pages of Adverts (1 Fep and 3 in rear) Please see photos as part of condition report 1889 1st Edition 2nd Printing, THREE MEN IN A BOAT (To Say Nothing of the Dog) By Jerome K. Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. Jerome was born in Walsall, England, and, although he was able to attend grammar school, his family suffered from poverty at times, as did he as a… Read More

Glasgow: William Mackenzie, 1871. 5th Edition or Later Reprint. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483). Various. Please email for Photographs or further information. Fair - With Maps and Colour Illustrations. Please note this is a very heavy book and may require additional postage Please see photos as part of condition report 1871 5th Edition or Later Reprint , BYWYD EIN HARGLWYDD A'N IACHAWDWR JESU CHRIST (THE LIFE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST) Hefyd Fywydau Yr Apostolion A'R Efengylwyr (Also the Lives of the Apostles and Evangelists) By Rev John Fleetwood Illustrated By: Various Format: Hardcover, Language: Welsh Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: William Mackenzie, Glasgow folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483),Pages 828 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0001856 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 4Kg

Religious Tract Society, 1830. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1830 1st Edition , FORTY-ONE LETTERS ON RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS By Rev John Newton Rev John Newton - John Newton (1725-1807) was born in London and at age eleven went to sea with his father, a shipmaster on the Mediterranean. Disregarding his mother's prayer that he enter the ministry, he engaged in the lucrative but brutal African slave trade for a number of years. After his conversion he served in the Church of England as pastor of Olney parish and later of the combined church of St. Mary's in London. In addition to the words of "Amazing Grace," Newton was a prolific songwriter whose other well-known hymns include "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" and "How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds." Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket,… Read More

London: A. Strahan, 1802. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. quarto (4to 9+1?2 × 12 241 × 305). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Rubbed dark morocco gilt period binding, tears to upper corners of title & Introduction with minimal loss to text. Bookplate of Rev. Alfred Butler Clough, Jesus College, Oxford. Two front endpapers. Frontis, title A1 Intro A3/III to D4/XVIIndex A1/XVII to A4/XXText B/p1 to p112 Please see photos as part of condition report 1802 1st Edition , THE BARDIC MUSEUM OF PRIMITIVE BRITISH LITERATURE And Other Admirable Rarities; Forming the Second Volume of the Musical, Poetical and Historical Relics of The Welsh Bards and Druids By Edward Jones Edward Jones (March 1752 – 18 April 1824) was a Welsh harpist, bard, performer, composer, arranger, and collector of music. He was commonly known by the bardic name of "Bardd y Brenin", which he took in 1820, when King George IV, his patron, came to the throne. Jones was born in… Read More

Productivity Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1996 1st Edition , LEAN THINKING By James P Womack Daniel T Jones Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: Yes, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Published By: Productivity Press, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 350 ISBN: 9780684810355 SKU: BTETM0000112 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

London: G. Routledge & Co, 1858. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). N/A. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Tan calf boards, slightly bumped, marbled end papers, previous owner inscriptions “Mary H Dendy from her Papa when first able to read” and “To Anne from mummy her grandmothers book 1928”. Slight spotting on prelims. Text block/binding firm and strong. Pages clean. All plates complete. A lovely copy with family history. Please see photos as part of condition report 1858 1st Edition , FOUR AND TWENTY FAIRY TALES By Planche JR (translator) Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: G. Routledge & Co, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 558 ISBN: 1858 First Edition FOUR AND TWENTY FAIRY TALES Translated by J.R. Planche with illustrations by Godwin, Corbould and Harvey London: G. Routledge & Co, Farringdon… Read More

Basel: Joannes Gryphius, 1559. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Printer's woodcut device to title and final leaf verso, some old ink marginalia and underscoring, mostly to earlier leaves, some spotting and old light damp staining, contemporary limp vellum, lacks ties, rubbed and soiled, some rodent damage to top edge of upper cover Please see photos as part of condition report 1559 , JUSTINI EX TROGI POMPEII HISTORIIS EXTERNIS LIBRI XXXXIII By Marcus Junianus Justinus Justin (Latin: Marcus Junianus Justinus Frontinus;[n 1] fl. c.?2nd century) was a Latin writer and historian who lived under the Roman Empire. Illustrated By: Format: Hardcover, Language: Latin Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Joannes Gryphius, Basel octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 426 ISBN: Epitome of Trogus' expansive Liber Historiarum Philippicarum, or Philippic Histories, a history of… Read More