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

A Jacobean Letter-Writer: The Life and Times of John Chamberlain by Edward Phillips Statham Hardback, year unstated but believed to be 1920, published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner &. Co., Ltd., London, 248 pages + xvi and 40-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Measures around 9" by 5 3/4" by 1 1/8". Dark blue cloth binding, gilt facsimile signature to front board, gilt lettering to spine. A little discolouration to spine, patches of speckled discolouration to front board. Scuffing and a little marking, some signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped corners. Binding reasonably firm. Page edges browned and scuffed. Lower edges deckled, a little rough, presumably having been cut. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown and inscription to front free endpaper. A little marking to endpapers, the occasional mark to page surfaces but otherwise clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information

The Jacobean Age by David Mathew

















Hardback, 1938, first edition, illustrated, published by Longmans, Green and Co., London, 13 + 354 pages.











Octavo/8vo, measures around 8 7/8" by 6" by 1 1/2". No dust jacket. Orange-brown cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some marking and scuffing to binding but reasonably clean, with a little discolouration to spine. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges. Book has forward tilt. A little slackness to binding but contents reasonably tight. Page edges browned, scuffed, a little foxed and a bit marked. Minor foxing and marking to endpapers, occasional light foxing throughout and the mark to page surfaces but otherwise clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Japhet & Happy's Annual, pictures and stories by J. F. Horrabin

Annual, 1937, colour and black and white illustrations, published by News Chronicle, London.

Measures 9 7/8" x 7 5/8". Paper on card boards with cloth spine, pictorial front board. Some chipping, scuffing and marking to boards, split to spine. Binding quite strained but holding. Some browning to page edges and the odd mark to page surfaces, which are otherwise reasonably clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. Previous owner inscription in pencil to front pastedown. See pictures for further information.

Jeannet et Jeannette: Livre de Lecture Courante by K. Seguin Card boards with cloth spine, 1924, published by Libraire Hachette, Paris.Considerable wear and marking to boards and spine but writing still very clear. Title label on spine worn, some of text missing. Binding strained in places but still holding. Corners a little bumped. Page edges browned and tanned. Page surfaces have occasional pencil marks and the odd little bit of writing but are reasonably clean, with very little marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information

Jerusalem: The Holy City its History and Hope by Mrs (Margaret) Oliphant, with wood engravings by Hamilton Aide and photographs by F. M. Good.Hardback, 1893, second edition (first published 1891), illustrated, published by Macmillan and Co., London, 576 pages + xxvi + 4-page publisher catalogue at rear.Crown octavo/8vo, measures around 7 5/8" by 5 3/8" by 1 1/2". Dark green cloth binding, gilt emblem and detail to front board, gilt lettering and detail to spine. Some scuffing and marking but reasonably clean. Clear signs of rubbing, shelf-wear. Bumped and slightly torn corners. Book has forward tilt. Some slackness to binding but book contents intact. Some foxing, scuffing and marking to page edges, upper edges gilt. Intermittent foxing to page surfaces, some are very clean whilst others are foxed. Previous owner names inscribed to half-title and title pages but book contains no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Jew of Rome by Lion Feuchtwanger, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir.

Hardback, 1936, first US edition, published by The Viking Press, New York, 565 pages+.

Measures around 8 3/8" by 5 3/4" by 1 1/4". No dust jacket. Light grey cloth binding, light blue lettering and detail to front board and spine. Discolouration to spine and edges of boards, marking and scuffing. Signs of shelf-wear, bumping to edges. Some slackness to binding, cracking to front inner hinge but otherwise reasonably sound, textblock intact. Page edges browned, foxed, marked and scuffed. Some marking and a little foxing to endpapers, creasing to hindmost pages, otherwise the odd mark here and there but no underlining, marginalia, inscriptions, etc. See pictures for further information.

Jewish Ethics by Israel Mattuck

Hardcover, 1953, first edition, published by Hutchinson's University Library, London, 158 pages.
Measures 7 1/2" by 5" by 3/4". Dust jacket is tattered, with some tears and chips and several tape repairs. Also has some discolouration so spine, some scuffing, marking particularly to rear section, though colouring still vivid to front section. Grey cloth binding, black lettering to spine, very clean apart from a little marking and signs of shelf-wear to edges. Reasonably firm. Page edges a little browned and marked but generally clean, a little scuffing. Page surfaces very clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

John Heywood's New Code Readers, in separate standards, adapted to the new educational code. Standard IV.
Hardback, circa 1880, published by John Heywood, Manchester, 192 pages.
Measures 6 5/8" x 4 3/8". Brown leather binding. Raised detail on front board. Binding reasonably firm, though a little strained. Signs of shelf-wear. Some scuffing to boards. Bumped and slightly torn corners. Browning and marking to page edges but reasonably clean. Page surfaces clean, some marking to endpapers and the odd mark throughout, a penciled name to verso of FFEP but otherwise no writing, marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

John Philip Sousa: A Descriptive Catalogue of His Works by Paul E. Bierley
Hardback, 1973, first edition, signed by author (undedicated): "With every good wish, Paul E. Bierley, 13 January 1974). "In his time, John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) was the most popular musician in the world, traveling with his concert organization to hundreds of towns in the Untied States and Europe. He was most famous as "the March King," composer of such marches as "The Stars and Stripes Forever" and "The Washington Post," but his creativity extended into many other areas. Paul E. Bierley, after years of extensive research, here tells the story of Sousa's musical and literary efforts in the only catalog of all of Sousa's works..." In good condition, dust jacket well worn and heavily scuffed and marked with a couple of tape repairs but intact. Book itself good, bumped corners and slight shelf-wear but little other damage. Page edges generally clean and surfaces very clean with no underlining, marginalia, etc.

John Ruskin: A Biographical Sketch by R. Ed. Pengelly

















Hardback, year unstated but circa 1900 (previous owner inscription from the year 1900 on front free endpaper), illustrated, published by Andrew Melrose, London, 127 pages.











Measures around 7 1/2" by 5" by 5/8". Blue cloth binding, pictorial front board, decoration to spine. Some discolouration to spine. Some scuffing and signs of shelf-wear. Binding quite firm. Page edges heavily tanned, browned and a little scuffed and marked. Previous owner inscription to FFEP but otherwise page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Johnson's England: An Account of the Life & Manners of his Age, Volumes I and II, Edited by A. S. Turberville

















Hardback, 1933, first edition, illustrated, published by Clarendon Press Oxford, xxiii + 405 pages and 404 pages respectively.











Quarto/4to, measures around 9 1/4" by 6 1/4" by 1 1/2". Books and dust jackets in excellent condition for age. Dust jackets very clean, only slight marking and wear, apart from spines which are discoloured, scuffed and have a little wear at head and tail areas, plus a very small tear at rear top of volume I jacket. Jackets appear to have been price-clipped. Blue cloth binding, blind-stamped/embossed front boards, gilt lettering to spines. Very clean, hardly any wear, colouring vivid. Bindings firm. Page edges deckled at lower and fore-edges, a little scuffed but very clean. Some offsetting to endpapers but page surfaces very clean, no inscriptions, underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Journal of the Rev. William Bagshaw Stevens, edited by Georgina Galbraith

















Hardback, 1965, first edition, illustrated, published by Oxford University Press (Oxford at the Clarendon Press), London, xxvii + 550 pages.











Octavo/8vo, measures around 8 3/4" by 5 7/8" by 1 5/8". No dust jacket. Dark blue cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine, which is a bit creased. Minor marking and some scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring still vivid. Small signs of wear, a little rubbing at edges. A little slackness to binding but generally firm. Page edges scuffed and a bit marked. Page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Journey Among Warriors by Eve Curie.
Hardcover, 1943, first edition, published by William Heinemann Ltd, London, 522 pages.
Measures around 8" by 5 1/2". Dust jacket is very worn, foxed, stained, scuffed and tattered at the edges with several chips out of it where it covers the spine. Dark blue cloth binding, some signs of shelf-wear, especially at spin, but quite clean. Bumped corners. Binding firm. Page edges tanned, slight marked and scuffed but reasonably clean. A few inked initials to verso of front free endpapers but otherwise page surfaces clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

Journeys to the Past by Norman Davis

Hardback, 1980, first edition, signed/inscribed by author "To Colin, With all good wishes, Norman", first edition.



In good condition, some wear and scuffing to dust jacket which is also price-clipped, shelf-wear to boards and spine, minor marking to outer page edges but generally quite clean, some pencil writing and underlining on pages.

The Joy of the Ground by Marion Cran.
Hardback, 1929, second print, illustrated, published by Herbert Jenkins Limited, London, 320 pages.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 8 3/4" by 5 3/4" by 1 5/8". Dust jacket is tattered, with tearing and chipping at edges, marking and scuffing. Green cloth binding, black lettering and edging to front board and spine, quite clean. Binding firm. Page edges browned, a little foxed and scuffed. The front free endpaper has been removed. Some marking to endpapers but otherwise page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

A job lot of six opera booklets/brochures/pamphlets/programmes, mostly containing lyrics, for artists including Verdi and Puccini, covering works like La Triviata and Tosca. Most booklets are in Italian - five opera lyric booklets and one opera information booklet (in English). Vintage, a couple appear to date from the 1890s, four are Edizioni Ricordi. In varying condition, some good for age but one quite tattered, some contain pencil marks, previous owner names, etc. See pictures for further information.

A job lot of eight hardback books on The Buildings of England series by Nikolaus Pevsner:

- The Best Buildings of England [anthology] - published by Viking, 1986, first edition thus, with dust jacket;
- Cambridgeshire - published by Yale University Press, 2002 first Yale printing, with dust jacket;
- Essex, revised by Enid Radcliffe - published by Yale University Press, 2003, first Yale printing, with dust jacket;
- North-East Norfolk and Norwich - published by Penguin, 1979, fourth reprint, with dust jacket;
- North-West and South Norfolk - published by Penguin, 1977, third reprint, with dust jacket;
- South Lancashire - published by Penguin, 1969, first edition, no dust jacket;
- London I (The Cities of London and Westminster), revised by Bridget Cherry - published by Penguin, 1973, third edition, no dust jacket;
- London II (Except the Cities of London and Westminster) - published by Penguin, 1974, second reprint, no dust jacket;

















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A job lot of 5 Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Programmes, from 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 and an unknown year but likely circa 1980s or early 1990s. Containing photographs, biographies of the pilots and histories of the planes. Generally in good condition. Some signs of wear, a little marking, etc. See pictures for further information.

A job lot of 5 Thinker's Library hardback books: The Conquest of Time by H. G. Wells [The Thinker's Library, No. 92], 1944, second impression; Fact and Faith by J. B. S. Haldane [The Thinker's Library, No. 44], 1934, first impression; Education by Herbert Spencer [The Thinker's Library, No. 2], 1941, fourth impression; Let the People Think by Bertrand Russell [The Thinker's Library, No. 84],1941, first impression; Religion Without Revelation by Julian Huxley [The Thinker's Library, No. 83], 1941, first impression;
Octavo/8vo, each book measures around 6 5/8" by 4 3/8" and varying between around 3/8" and 5/8" thick. No dust jackets. Red and orange-brown pictorial cloth binding, black lettering and detail to front boards and spines. A little marking and some scuffing to binding but reasonably clean. Some discolouration to spines. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Bindings quite firm. Page edges a little browned, scuffed, foxed and marked in varying degrees. Some marking to endpapers, the… Read More