Search Results: Authors starting with J from GN Books and Prints

The Handy Touring Atlas of the British Isles specially prepared for cyclists, motorists & travellers by J. G. Batholomew, F.R.G.S. reduced by permission from the Ordnance Survey.

Hardback, 1909, third edition, published by Ward, Lock and Co., London.

Red cloth boards and spine, pictorial front board and spine. Some fading to spine, though title and pattern still just about visible. but patterning and lettering still quite clear. Boards are quite scuffed and a little marked and discoloured but have retained much of their colour. Signs of rubbing and shelf-wear. Corners bumped and a little torn. Binding reasonably firm though strained in several places. Hinges intact. Page edges browned. Stamp to front pastedown and pencil writing and bookseller embossed stamp to FFEP but otherwise page surfaces are reasonably clean, some marks here and there, especially towards edges, but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

For France! (C'est Pour La France) by Captain A. J. Dawson, drawn by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather.
Hardback, 1917, illustrated, published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 176 pages + viii.
Octavo/8vo. Measures around 8 3/4" by 5 3/4" by 1 1/8". Tan cloth binding, black lettering, edging and lilac decoration to front board; black lettering to spine. Discolouration to spine and to some degree on boards. Scuffing, marking and staining, particularly to edges of boards. Signs of shelf-wear, bumped and torn corners. Binding holding, reasonably firm on outside, but some strain and cracking in parts of textblock, including towards front inner hinge and loose plate between pages 66 and 67. Page edges a little deckled; some browning and scuffing. Some foxing to preliminaries and hindmost pages, occasional marking throughout page surfaces but generally clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

A Geography of the USSR: The Background to a Planned Economy by J. P. Cole, M.A. and F. C. German, M.A.
Hardback, 1961, first edition, containing various maps and tables, published by Butterworths, London, 290 pages + x.
Measures around 10" by 6 1/4". No dust jacket. Dark green cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some heavily scuffed patches to boards, some residue on rear board. Binding firm, slight slackness to upper spine. Page edges a little foxed and slightly scuffed. Some foxing to endpapers. Otherwise page surfaces clean, with no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Silent Takes the Trail by Hoole Jackson

Hardcover, 1955, first edition, illustrated, published by Blackie & Son Limited, London and Glasgow, 206 pages.
Measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/4" by 1". Dust jacket is price-clipped and is a bit torn, a little tattered and creased, with some scuffing and marking. Green cloth binding with dark blue lettering on front board and spine, quite clean, slight marking to edges and signs of shelf-wear. Binding firm. Page edges foxed, scuffed and browned. Sunday School prize-giving bookplate to front pastedown. Marking to endpapers, the odd mark throughout but page surfaces generally clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

Prehistoric Cheshire by W.J. Varley and J.W. Jackson, with distribution maps by Lily F. Chitty [Handbooks to the History of Cheshire, Number One]








Paperback, 1940, illustrated, published by the Cheshire Rural Community Council, Chester, 116 pages with foldout maps and tables to rear.





Ex-school library copy with some stamps. Some marking and scuffing to binding, signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. A little tearing and creasing to spine. Page edges browned and a bit marked. Some tanning. Previous owner name to front inner flap, stamp to rear inner flap. The odd mark to page surfaces but otherwise quite clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Trolltooth Wars: A Fighting Fantasy Novel by Steve Jackson, illustrated by Russ Nicholson

Hardback, 1989, first edition, second print, published by Puffin Books, London, 294 pages+.
In acceptable condition. Scuffing and considerable creasing to covers but quite clean. Wear to edges and bumped corners. Creasing to spine and slight tear at base of front outer hinge. Tanning and browning to page edges with some scuffing and marking. Rear free endpaper contains a little writing but otherwise page surfaces generally clean, no inscriptions, marginalia, underlining, etc. Some puckering to pages. See pictures for more information.

UNÛ Prestigious African Weapons by Jacques Billen and Bruno Claessens.Paperback in hard slipcase, 2021. Illustrated with 106 weapons displayed through 171 illustrations on 202 pages.Limited numbered edition of 500, copy number 72, signed/inscribed by Jacques Billen on the first/title page.In very good condition. Measures around 12 3/8" by 9 7/8" by 1" in slipcase. Some scuffing and a little damage to slipcase with some denting, also paper covering at upper and fore-edges a little creased, bumped and slightly coming away. Book itself very clean, only slight marking to spine and a small mark to front cover. Otherwise book is excellent, pages edges are clean and page surfaces contain no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.UNÛ presents 106 exceptional prestige weapons in a luxurious publication celebrating the virtuosity of African blacksmiths. Carefully selected by Jacques Billen and Bruno Claessens, most of these knives, swords, and axes were never published before and… Read More

Changing China by F. W. James, foreword by W. E. Vine, M.A.
Hardback, 1946, first edition, illustrated, published by John Ritchie Ltd, Kilmarnock, 183 pages. Author signature with Chinese characters to half-title page.
Measures around 8 5/8" by 5 3/4" by 5/8". No dust jacket. Sky blue cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Marking, sunning and scuffing to binding. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Binding firm. Page edges quite clean, a little scuffed and some marking to upper edges. Small crack/tear to inner rear hinge. The odd mark to page surfaces but generally very clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Open Air by Richard Jeffries, with an introduction and notes by Samuel J. Looker and wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker.
Hardback, 1948, Collector's Edition/first edition thus, illustrated, published by Lutterworth Press, London, 299 pages.
Measures around 7 7/8" by 5 3/8". No dust jacket. Dark green cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some discolouration to spine. Some scuffing, particularly to rear board. Small signs of shelf-wear, dent at top of front board. Binding firm. Page edges very clean, only slight marking and some scuffing. Upper edges have green hue. Page surfaces very clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Representing Perpetrators in Holocaust Literature and Film by Jenni Adams and Sue Vice.
Paperback, 2015, published by Vallentine Mitchell, London, viii + 292 pages.
In very good condition. Some scuffing to binding but very clean. No creasing, slightly bumped corners. Light marking to page edges but quite clean. Page surfaces generally clean, no inscriptions, marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

Salman Rushdie and Translation by Dr Jenni Ramone.
Hardcover, 2013, first edition, published by Bloomsbury, London.
In good condition, close to very good. Scuffing and a little marking to boards and spine. Binding reasonably firm. Small signs of shelf-wear. Some marking and scuffing to page edges. Some creases to page corners. Pencil underlining on several pages but otherwise surfaces reasonably clean, no further deliberate marking, marginalia, etc. See pictures for more information.

The Burden and the Glory, President John F. Kennedy - Edited by Allan Nevins, with a Special Foreword by President Lyndon B. Johnson - The hopes and purposes of President Kennedy's second and third years in office as revealed in his public statements and addresses.
Hardcover, 1964, first edition, published by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 293 pages + xx.
Measures around 8 5/8" by 5 7/8" by 1 1/8". Dust jacket is a bit torn, tattered and chipped with scuffing and marking. Also appears to be price clipped - both flaps appear to have been cut at angles. Black cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and facsimile signature of JFK to front board, reasonably clean though with a little discolouration to signs of shelf-wear to board edges and spine. Bumped corners. Binding firm. Page edges tanned and a bit scuffed and marked. Outer page edges deckled. Page surfaces clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Black Peril: A Captain Biggles Story by W. E. Johns, illustrated by J. E. McConnell.

















Hardback/annual format, undated but thought to be circa early 1950s so an early and apparently scarce edition, illustrated (including coloured frontispiece and four additional colour plates), published by The Thames Publishing Co., London, 140 pages.











Measures around 9" by 6 5/8" by 1". Red cloth spine, pictorial paper on card boards. Some discolouration to spine. Scuffing and a little marking to boards, signs of shelf-wear to board and spine edges with chipping at board edges, bumped and torn corners. Binding reasonably firm. Page edges browned, foxed and scuffed. Some foxing throughout page surfaces, though mainly in endpapers. Stamp to front free endpaper. Otherwise page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Brave Women and Their Deeds of Heroism by Joseph Johnson.
Hardback, undated but circa 1900, first edition, illustrated, published by Gall and Inglis, London, 240 pages+.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 5/8" by 5 1/4" by 1 1/8". Blue cloth binding with attractive multi-coloured pictorial detail, black lettering, gilt label to spine. A little marking and scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring still very vivid. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Some slackness to binding but contents reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed, foxed and a marked, with staining to upper edges. Some marking and foxing to endpapers, Sunday School prize-giving bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing and marking to page surfaces but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Constitutional History of Medieval England by J.E.A. Jolliffe

Hardback, 1937, first edition, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 524 pages.

Some marking and much scuffing to boards, which have nevertheless retained much of their blue colour. Spine a little faded but not scuffed, with gilt lettering. Foxing to page edges but otherwise clean and page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia. See pictures for further information.

Old English Plate by Wilfred Joseph Cripps

Hardback, 1886, third edition, revised and enlarged, with 104 illustrations and 2000 facsimiles of plate marks. Published by John Murray, London, 391 pages + xvi with additional 32 pages listing other publications by John Murray. Contains loose note of errata at beginning of first chapter.












Green cloth boards and spine with gilt design and lettering. Some marking and scuffing. Wear at edges and small tears at top and bottom of spine. Bumped corners, slightly torn. Hinges intact and binding holding but quite strained in places. Page edges browned and a bit marked. A little foxing to a few early page surfaces and a little marking but generally clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Truth About Bookselling by Thomas Joy, with a foreword by Sir Stanley Unwin. Hardback, 1964, first edition, published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, London, 206 pages + x. Signed/inscribed on title page: "To George Depotex [?] from his friend Tommy Nov. 10th 1964 Thomas Joy".
Octavo/8vo, measures around 8 3/4" by 5 3/4" by 3/4". Dust jacket shows scuffing and marking, with wear and slight tearing at spine edges. Blue cloth binding, silver lettering and detail to front board, silver lettering to spine. A little wear to edges but clean. Binding reasonably firm. Page edges browned, a bit foxed and scuffed. The odd bit of foxing to page surfaces, more so towards endpapers, but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Canny Tales Fae Aberdeen: A Book to Make You Laugh, compiled by Allan Junior, illustrated by Gregor McGregor.

Staple-bound card covers, 1929, 22nd edition, published by Valentine & Sons Ltd, Dundee and London, 36 pages.
Slim volume, with dust jacket, which is torn and tattered, with some scuffing and marking. Brown card covers, gilt lettering to front cover, quite clean. Page edges slightly foxed, scuffed and browned but reasonably clean. Tipped in frontispiece of Aberdeen. A few little areas of foxing towards edges of pages in preliminaries and hindmost pages but otherwise page surfaces clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.