Search Results: Authors starting with J from Locus Solus Rare Books

London: E. Curll, 1720. First Edition. Armorial bookplates (Lloyd Vincent Almirall); internally clean, externally worn, especially on spines. Two vols., 8vos, frontispiece, [2] vii, [15], 334, [22]; frontispiece, xxvi, [4], 328, [9]; contemporary panelled calf, recased and rebacked; gilt dentelles, marbled edges. Large paper copy, with engraved portraits and index in each volume.

New Rochelle, New York: Elizabeth Press, 1977. First Edition. Fine. 4to; 64pp; boards and card slipcase. One of 400 copies, the entire edition, designed and printed by Martino Mardersteig on Magnani rag paper at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona.

New Rochelle, New York: Elizabeth Press, 1975. First Edition. Fine. 4to; 43pp; boards and card slipcase. One of 400 copies, the entire edition, designed and printed by Martino Mardersteig on Magnani rag paper at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona.

New Rochelle, New York: Elizabeth Press, 1979. First Edition. Some slight fading along edges. Small 8vo; 45pp; wrappers. One of 250 copies, of which this is one of 100 on Magnani rag paper. The entire edition designed and printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona.

(Kingston): Central Bureau of Statistics, 1946. Folded three times; short tear at one fold, very good. Printed map, 16-1/2 x 21 in., printed on one side only. Official government map showing each of the island's fourteen parishes with statistical details: area, population, density, dwellings, schools, illiteracy, post offices, main roads,etc.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918. First edition. Small dampstain at the base of the spine, otherwise a fine copy in a remarkably fresh dust jacket showing signs of moisture on the spine and with a few short edge nicks and a short tear to the rear panel.. Small 8vo, 153pp; cloth-backed boards. Edel & Laurence A80.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition. Fine in a very lightly toned dust jacket, spine faded a shade, and with some fraying at the spine-ends. 8vo, 431pp; green cloth. An attractive copy of a book often found in less than optimal condition.

1958. Catalog, in mailing envelope.

Philadelphia: Gebbie and Company, 1890. First edition. Apple green cloth. Contemporary gift inscription, spine faded a shade, shelf rubbing, else near fine, quite bright and fresh with no wear to delicate endpapers.. 8vo, 438pp. Scarce collection of profiles of notably well-lived lives.

1972. Fine. Varying sizes and formats. With inscriptions signed by Mary Jarrell. In the first three, she includes Randall's name; on the last one following his suicide, only Mary's name appears.

München: R. Piper Verlag, 1952. First Edition. General toning; a bit shelf-rubbed; very good in most of the original clear plastic wrapper.. 8vo, 63pp; boards. The book was designed by Emil Preetorius.

New York, 1957. Old horizontal fold, barely detectable; fine and bright. Original handbill, 6 x 9 in., printed on one side only in black, red, and yellow. Vintage boxing-style handbill for the Carnegie Hall dates of this 1957 tour, featuring a dizzying array of Jazz stars, headlined by Count Basie with Joe Williams, Billy Eckstine, and Sarah Vaughan. Other performers included Jeri Southern, Bud Powell, Lester Young, Zoot Sims, Chet Baker, Phineas Newborn, Roy Haynes and others.

Miami, 1955. Handbill folded and a bit marked; very good. Printed handbill, 5-1/2 X 10 in., printed on one side only; original admission ticket, approx. 1-1/2 X 4-1/4 in, perforated; with vintage newspaper clippings. Vintage promotional material and a review of this 1955 night of traditional Jazz at Miami's Dade County Auditorium. "Preacher" Rollo Laylan was a local fixture known for his mercurial and difficult personality, and his history as a hard-swinging drummer in the mold of Gene Krupa. Condon, then at the height of his domination of New York's 52nd Street came to Miami at Laylan's urging. His band comprised genuine all-stars of the old-time tradition, including Pee Wee Russell, George Wettling, "Wild" Bill Davison, and Walter Page.

Philadelphia: Pi Xi Fraternity, 1937. Small stain at edge, otherwise fine and fresh. Double sided handbill, 6 x 9 in., printed on both sides. Original advertising handbill promoting the event at Philadelphia's Alcazar Ballroom, Friday, April 30th (1937). A colorful flyer, featuring the caricature picture of the drummer-bandleader clad in a red tuxedo and swinging his sticks against a backdrop of flying musical notes. On the verso is "An Open Letter to the Dance Lovers of this City," touting the group as "America's Greatest Rhythm Band." After winning first prize at the famed Apollo Theatre's Amateur Night in 1934 at the age of seventeen, Ella Fitzgerald was soon introduced to Webb and joined his band the following year. By 1937 she had become a mainstay of the group, with her name being prominently highlighted in promotions. After Webb's early death in 1939, she carried on as leader of the band. An excellent evocation of the height of the Swing Era.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. Vellum of spine slightly discolored, else fine in a broken slipcase. 8vo, 3/4 vellum and black paper-covered boards. One of 375 numbered copies signed by Jeffers.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. First edition. Neat underscoring and marginal notations in pencil, with more extensive pencilled notes on the rear endpapers, otherwise fine in a moderately rubbed and lightly soiled dust jacket with a chip at the base of the spine and a bit of edge wear.. 8vo, 160pp; cloth-backed boards. One of 1900 copies in the edition. Alberts 55.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. Fine, fresh copy in a faintly spine-sunned dust jacket with just a bit of rubbing.. 8vo, 129pp; cloth-backed boards. One of 3000 copies in the edition. Alberts 60.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1956. First edition. Fine in the original unprinted brown dust jacket, sunned. 4to, cloth-backed decorative boards. One of 350 copies printed and with decorative woodcuts by Mallette Dean. A handsome publication.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1923. First edition. Dampstain affects upper portion; 1923 ownership signature; shelf-wear; a good copy with a portion of the original dust jacket laid in.. 8vo, 144pp; cloth-backed boards. An answer to H.L. Mencken's In Defense of Women by the versatile British born writer, best remembered for her successful stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.

New York: New Century Publishers, 1945. First edition. Very good in price-clipped dust jacket with wear to spine ends and corners, bottom rear panel.. 8vo, 107pp; bllue-gray cloth stamped in dark red. Inscribed by the author, a Marxist scholar and political journalist. his extended postwar essay features a dust jacket illustration by Rockwell Kent.