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Joel Chandler Harris: Folkloristby: Stella Brewer Brookes

Joel Chandler Harris: Folklorist
by: Stella Brewer Brookes

Hardcover. Athens GA, University of Georgia Press, 2nd pr., 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 182 pages, 5 pages with red underlining. Brookes examines how Harris drew on his extensive knowledge of African American folklore and culture to create the characters in his work. Brookes classifies the Uncle Remus books under seven major categories: trickster tales, other "creeturs," myths, supernatural tales, proverbs, dialect, and songs.

Record # 396665

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Johann Jakob Moser and the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation by: Walker, Mack

Johann Jakob Moser and the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
by: Walker, Mack

Hardcover. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press., 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 364 pages, b&w illustrations. As the most learned and eminent public lawyer in Germany, a busy administrator, and a prolific writer, Moser (1701-85) lived and breathed the political order. His correspondence, memoranda, and manuscript autobiography reflect the intricate day-to-day operations of the empire, and his fascinating life is a microcosm of the life and style of the empire itself. The biography provided a comprehensive picture of the empire between the Thirty Years War and the revolutionary era. Dust jacket spine faded otherwise very good, clean.

Record # 386030

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John Barber: the Artist, the Man (SIGNED COPY)by: Love, Richard H.

John Barber: the Artist, the Man (SIGNED COPY)
by: Love, Richard H.

Hardcover. Chicago, Haase-Mumm Publishing, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 189 pages. #174 of 1, 000 copies signed by author. Biography and critical study of John Barber (1893-1965), American artist and contributor to the radical magazine The Masses. 16 color and 109 b&w plates. Bibliography and index.

Record # 371464

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John Calvin's Ideasby: Helm, Paul

John Calvin's Ideas
by: Helm, Paul

Softcover. Oxford UK, Oxford University Press, 1st pbk, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 438 pages. This is a major study of the theological thought of John Calvin, which examines his central theological ideas through a philosophical lens, looking at issues in Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Ethics. The study, the first of its kind, is concerned with how Calvin actually uses philosophical ideas in his work as a theologian and biblical commentator. The book also includes a careful examination of those ideas of Calvin to which the Reformed Epistemologists appeal, to find grounds and precedent for their development of `Reformed Epistemology', notably the sensus divinitatis and the internal testimony of the Holy Spirit. Clean copy.

Record # 383959

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John Carroll of Baltimore: Founder of the American Catholic Hierarchy by: Melville, Annabelle M.

John Carroll of Baltimore: Founder of the American Catholic Hierarchy
by: Melville, Annabelle M.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth stamped in gilt, 338 pages including index. John Carroll (January 8, 1735 - December 3, 1815) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the first bishop and archbishop in the United States. He served as the ordinary of the first diocese and later Archdiocese of Baltimore, in Maryland, which at first encompassed all of the United States and later after division as the eastern half of the new nation. Previous owner's name inside front cover, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

Record # 383385

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John Coltrane and the Jazz Revolution of the 1960s by: Frank Kofsky

John Coltrane and the Jazz Revolution of the 1960s
by: Frank Kofsky

Softcover. NY, Pathfinder Press , Revised Ed., 1998, Softcover in pictorial wrappers, 500 pages, b&w photos. Coltrane's role in spearheading the last major innovative development in jazz, and how the 1960s jazz revolution reflected an intense cultural, political, and ideological ferment -- marked especially by the rise of resistance to racial discrimination. Also contains the best-known interview with John Coltrane -- recorded in 1966, a year before his death. Clean copy.

Record # 383661

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John Drew by: Dithmar, Edward A.

John Drew
by: Dithmar, Edward A.

Hardcover. NY, F.A. Stokes Company, 1st, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with bright gilt stamping, 137 pages. Top edge gilt. Ribbon marker, photographic frontispiece portrait of actor John Drew, as well as numerous photographs of John Drew (and other actresses) in various dramatic productions. Clean copy.

Record # 387029

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John Goffe's Legacyby: Woodbury, George

John Goffe's Legacy
by: Woodbury, George

Hardcover. NY, W.W. Norton, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket that has a few tape repairs. B&w drawings by Arthur Conrad. Sequel to "John Goffe's Mill". This volume speaks of the "human history" changes to the mill site over the 200 years and 8 generations of his family who owned the property. Since the mid-18th century, author George Woodbury's family had owned a Bedford NH mill. His childhood home, he returned there to restore his great, great, great, great grandfather's saw and grist mill. He had set aside his Harvard Peabody Museum archaeologist career to restore, rebuild and work the mill. "What he couldn't swap or buy he invented and built himself".

Record # 378511

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John Hunter by: Gloyne, S. Roodhouse

John Hunter
by: Gloyne, S. Roodhouse

Hardcover. Edinburgh, E. & S. Livingstone Ltd, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 104 pages, b&w illustrations. Biography of an 18th century man of medicine and natural science. Small name stamp on front fly leaf, oterwise clean.

Record # 387267

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John Huston - King Rebelby: Nolan, William F.

John Huston - King Rebel
by: Nolan, William F.

Hardcover. Los Angeles, Sherbourne Press, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Biography of the controversial and award-winning director, covering the entire span of his career. Illustrated with photographs. Two appendixes: The Projects of John Huston: Films and Plays 1931-1965, and A Huston Bibliography. 247 pages.

Record # 4153

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John Kay of Edinburgh: Barber, Miniaturist and Social Commentatorby: Evans, Hilary/Evans, Mary

John Kay of Edinburgh: Barber, Miniaturist and Social Commentator
by: Evans, Hilary/Evans, Mary

Hardcover. Edinburgh, Paul Harris Publishing, 1st, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 53 pages of text, color frontis., 96 plates. A study of the self taught caricaturist John Kay of Edinburgh. Lavishly illustrated. PLEASE NOTE: This book while tight and clean, has a musty odor.

Record # 384471

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John Kenneth Galbraith His Life His Politics His Economics (SIGNED COPY)by: Parker Richard

John Kenneth Galbraith His Life His Politics His Economics (SIGNED COPY)
by: Parker Richard

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. Born and raised on a small Canadian farm, Galbraith began teaching at Harvard during the Depression. He was FDR's "price czar" during the war and then a senior editor of Fortune before returning to Harvard and to fame as a bestselling writer. Parker shows how, from his early championing of Keynes to his acerbic analysis of America's "private wealth and public squalor," Galbraith regularly challenged prevailing theories and policies. And his account of Galbraith's remarkable friendship with John F. Kennedy, whom he served as a close advisor while ambassador to India, is especially relevant for its analysis of the intense, dynamic debates that economists and politicians can have over how America should manage its wealth and power. This masterful chronicle gives color, depth, and meaning to the record of an extraordinary life. Clean copy.

Record # 378784

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John L. Sullivan and His America by: Isenberg, Michael T.

John L. Sullivan and His America
by: Isenberg, Michael T.

Hardcover. Urbana IL, University of Illinois Press, 2nd pr., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 465 pages, index, biographical essay, b&w photos and illustrations, Biography of Catholic Irish-American boxer John Lawrence Sullivan. Clean, bright copy in a similar dust jacket.

Record # 359630

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John La Fargeby: Adams, Henry

John La Farge
by: Adams, Henry

Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 280 pages, 164 illustrations (76 in color). Essays by Henry Adams, Kathleen A. Foster, Henry A. La Farge, H. Barbara Weinberg, Linnea H. Wren, and James L. Yarnall. John La Farge was not only a painter of still lifes and landscapes in watercolor and oil, but he created extraordinary decorative schemes and revolutionary stained glass art for some of the country's most impressive churches and mansions as well.

Record # 470173

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John Marin by John Marinby: Gray, Ed., Cleve

John Marin by John Marin
by: Gray, Ed., Cleve

Hardcover. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Life and art of John Marin; editor Cleve Gray includes writings by Marin himself to accompany the biographical text and reproduced works. 176 pp. Features 20 color and 99 black/white illustrations. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, previous owner's name, date, and location written inside the cover in pencil. Dust jacket is in good condition, with tear and creasing on the back and light stain on the front.

Record # 356566

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John Morgan: Continental Doctorby: Whitfield J. Bell Jr.

John Morgan: Continental Doctor
by: Whitfield J. Bell Jr.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 301 pages with index. The biography of Morgan, who established the first school of medicine in North America. He also headed the medical services in Washington's Continental Army. Clean copy.

Record # 397480

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John Quincy Adams: American Visionaryby: Kaplan, Fred

John Quincy Adams: American Visionary
by: Kaplan, Fred

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 652 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped. In excellent shape, binding tight, looks barely read. Clean and unmarked inside and out.

Record # 31133

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John Quincy Adams: Old Man Eloquent by: Bennett Champ Clark

John Quincy Adams: Old Man Eloquent
by: Bennett Champ Clark

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1st, 1932, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark blue cloth with gilt design and lettering, 437 pages. Includes [9] leaves of plates, illustrations, portraits, bibliographical references, and index. A fine biography on America's sixth President, and the second Adams to hold that office. Clark gives equal attention to Adams' early diplomatic career, his time in State politics, in the U.S. Senate, as Secretary of State, and of his extensive career as an elder-statesman after his Presidency. Spine gilt faded, corners worn, name on front endpapers, otherwise clean.

Record # 397504

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John Sayles, Filmmaker: A Critical Study of the Independent Writer-Director: With a Filmography and a Bibliographyby: Ryan, Jack

John Sayles, Filmmaker: A Critical Study of the Independent Writer-Director: With a Filmography and a Bibliography
by: Ryan, Jack

Hardcover. Jefferson NC, McFarland & Company, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 271 pages. Maroon cloth with silver lettering to front and spine. No dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 460823

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John Selden: A Life in Scholarship (Two Volumes)by: Toomer, G. J.

John Selden: A Life in Scholarship (Two Volumes)
by: Toomer, G. J.

Hardcover. London, Oxford University Press, reprint, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volume set complete, glossy boards, 977 pages in total. Professor Toomer's two-volume set is not only an indispensable reference work but also provides the first thorough treatment of the scholarship of John Selden, acknowledged as the most learned man of 17th-century England. All of his numerous published works, especially in the fields of history, law, and Hebraica, are critically examined and described in detail. The narrative also relates his writings to contemporary events, in the Civil War and the parliaments (including the Long Parliament) in which he played a prominent part, and to the work of other scholars in Europe (notably Scaliger and Grotius) and in Britain (including Camden and Ussher). Selden's involvement with the Universities, the support of libraries, and the promotion of scholarship is discussed. The work will be an essential resource, not only for the life of a major figure of his time, but also for the intellectual history of 17th-century England in general. No djs as issued, like new.

Record # 384104

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John Singer Sargent: His Own Workby: Adelson , Warren

John Singer Sargent: His Own Work
by: Adelson , Warren

Softcover. New York, Coe Kerr Gallery & Wittenborn Art Books,, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout with 65 plates in color and b&w. White pictorial stiff wrappers. Light wear and foxing to covers and spine, else a very nice, tight copy.

Record # 606428

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John Singer Sargent: His Portraitby: Olson, Stanley

John Singer Sargent: His Portrait
by: Olson, Stanley

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 309 pages. b&w illustrations. In this meticulous and witty work, Stanley Olson uncovers the complex nature of Sargent's life and stunning career. Probable ex-lib with label on spine but no other markings.

Record # 396777

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John Singer Sargentby: Ratcliff, Carter

John Singer Sargent
by: Ratcliff, Carter

Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 256 pages. 338 illustrations, including 113 plates in full color. Gives beautiful insight into the extravagant glamour of Sargent's society portraits, watercolors and Boston Murals. Folio. Purple cloth, gilt lettering to spine. previous owner's inscription on front edge paper. Very nice, clean and tight copy. Minor wrinkle to lower edge of dust jacket's spine, otherwise in near fine condition.

Record # 605161

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John Singleton Copley - 2 Volume Setby: Prown, Jules David

John Singleton Copley - 2 Volume Set
by: Prown, Jules David

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press , 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 volume hardcover set. Volume 1: In America, 1738-1774, Volume 2: In England, 1774-1815. 491 pages + illustrations in b&w. Brown/blue cloth with gilt titles, slipcase. Light shelf-wear to covers and faint foxing to top edge. Light wear to slipcase, else a clean, tight set.

Record # 856888

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John Singleton Copley: American Portraits in Oil Pastel and Miniature With Biographical Sketchesby: Parker Barbara Neville and Anne Bolling Wheeler

John Singleton Copley: American Portraits in Oil Pastel and Miniature With Biographical Sketches
by: Parker Barbara Neville and Anne Bolling Wheeler

Hardcover. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. 284 pages, 210 BW illustrations. A catalogue raisonne of Copley's work in America prior to his departure for England in 1774. Begins with a 12-page biography. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Record # 371185

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John Sloan: A Painter's Lifeby: Brooks, Van Wyck

John Sloan: A Painter's Life
by: Brooks, Van Wyck

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in very good condition. Dust jacket with chipping to top of spine, still very good. 246 pp., 26 b&w illustrations. Biography written by close friend of the artist. Name on inside front cover otherwise clean.

Record # 382879

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John Sloan: A Painter's Lifeby: Brooks, Van Wyck

John Sloan: A Painter's Life
by: Brooks, Van Wyck

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in very good condition. Dust jacket with tear to lower edge of back cover and slight edgewear to spine, still very good. 246 pp., 26 b&w illustrations. Biography written by close friend of the artist.

Record # 805472

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John Stanley: Giving Life To Little Luluby: Schelly, Bill

John Stanley: Giving Life To Little Lulu
by: Schelly, Bill

Hardcover. Seatle, WA, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Hardcover with no issued dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to cover boards. Color pictures throughout. This is a deluxe, full-color, coffee table book biography; the first of one of America's greatest storytellers. It's filled with beautifully reproduced artwork from the comic books Little Lulu, and his creations Melvin Monster and Thirteen(Going on Eighteen); rare drawings and cartoons; and never-before-seen photographs. Bill Schelly tells Stanley's life story through interviews with his family, friends, and colleagues: his childhood in Harlem and the Bronx, life with his strict Irish Catholic mother, his education at Parsons, his first job as an animator at Max Fleischer Studios, and his years working as a commercial artist, before finding his true metier in comic books during World War II (while battling clinical depression and alcoholism).

Record # 352854

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John Stanley: Giving Life to Little Luluby: Schelly, William

John Stanley: Giving Life to Little Lulu
by: Schelly, William

Hardcover. Seattle, WA, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 182 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. A tight copy. Filled with reproduced artwork from the comic books Little Lulu, and his creations Melvin Monster and Thirteen (Going on Eighteen); rare drawings and cartoons; and never-before-seen photographs. Bill Schelly tells Stanley's life story through interviews with his family, friends, and colleagues.

Record # 353421

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John Steinbeck, the Errant Knight: An Intimate Biography of His California Years by: Valjean, Nelson

John Steinbeck, the Errant Knight: An Intimate Biography of His California Years
by: Valjean, Nelson

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in very good dust jacket with mild fading to spine. 184 pages plus index, b&w photographs. Light edge wear, protected by mylar cover. A very clean, tight copy. Written from personal recollection and years of research by the friend and writer Steinbeck knew would one day be his biographer. Emphasizes Steinbeck's formative years: boyhood in Salinas, farmhand, seaman, road-gang flunkie, hod carrier, dam builder and pursuit of wine, women and song.

Record # 387633

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John Thomson (1837-1921) - Photographerby: Ovenden, Richard

John Thomson (1837-1921) - Photographer
by: Ovenden, Richard

Hardcover. Edinburgh, The Stationery Office, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 222 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with minor wear. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Black & white photographs throughout. Clean unmarked text.

Record # 750035

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John Twachtmanby: Boyle, Richard J.

John Twachtman
by: Boyle, Richard J.

Hardcover. New York, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 88 pages. 33 full page color plates. The first full-scale, illustrated study of John Twachtman's life and work, taking the artist's "dramatic transformation from dark to light" to the surface. Pictorial dust jacket with minor edgewear. Brown cloth. A very nice, clean and crisp copy.

Record # 605172

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John Wayne: Actor, Artist, Heroby: McGhee, Richard D.

John Wayne: Actor, Artist, Hero
by: McGhee, Richard D.

Hardcover. Jefferson, N.C., McFarland & Company, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers, 383 pages, with photographs throughout. Very clean and tight copy. No dust jacket issued.

Record # 455960

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Johnny Podres: Brooklyn's Only Yankee Killerby: Benett, Bob, John and Robert S.

Johnny Podres: Brooklyn's Only Yankee Killer
by: Benett, Bob, John and Robert S.

Softcover. Bloomington, IN, Author House, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 161 pages. Softcover with light edgewear to paper wrappers. Black and white pictures throughout. Tight and clean copy.

Record # 354075

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Johnsonian Gleanings, Part II: Francis Barber The Doctor's Negro Servant by: Reade, Aleyn Lyell

Johnsonian Gleanings, Part II: Francis Barber The Doctor's Negro Servant
by: Reade, Aleyn Lyell

Privately Printed for the Author by the Arden Press, 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, ochre cloth covers with gilt title on spine, 132 pages, 3 b&w plates. A biographical study of Samuel Johnson's Jamaican servant. Mild shelf wear. Clean copy.

Record # 383158

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Joseph Beuys: Life and Worksby: Beuys, Joseph

Joseph Beuys: Life and Works
by: Beuys, Joseph

Softcover. Woodbury, NY, Barron's, reprint, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 308 pages. Softcover with light wear to paper wrappers. B&w frontispiece and b&w images throughout. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 855820

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Joseph Conrad: A Biographyby: Meyers, Jeffrey

Joseph Conrad: A Biography
by: Meyers, Jeffrey

Hardcover. New York, Scribner's, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 428 pages. Light wear to dust jacket, else a very nice, tight copy. The author probes the complex life and work of Joseph Conrad, a Polish exile in England, his friendships with Ford, Crane, James, and Galsworthy, his varied works, and his affair with American journalist Jane Anderson.

Record # 450201

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Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirsby: Scott, Grant F. (editor)

Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirs
by: Scott, Grant F. (editor)

Hardcover. Burlington, VT, Ashgate Publishing, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 752 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Gilt lettering on spine. Black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 470120

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Joseph Urbanby: Loring, John

Joseph Urban
by: Loring, John

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. 200 illustrations in color. Foreword by Jennifer B. Lee, Performing Arts Curator, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University. Index. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Joseph Urban is a lavish celebration of this prolific artist, architect, and designer, whose accomplishments include magnificent Art Deco buildings, spectacular Ziegfeld Follies productions, and dramatic sets for the Metropolitan Opera. Joseph Urban (1872-1933) began his career as an architect and artist in Vienna before moving to America in 1911. In 1914 he moved to New York, where he ultimately signed on as set designer of the Metropolitan Opera. He also became immersed in an astonishing array of outside projects, designing nightclubs, hotel lounges, skyscrapers, theaters, stage and film sets, and even children's books. Though his creative output was immense, little remains of his work except the Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, and the New School and the base of the Hearst Tower in New York.

Record # 352059

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Joseph Warren: Physician, Politician, Patriotby: Cary, John

Joseph Warren: Physician, Politician, Patriot
by: Cary, John

Hardcover. Urbana IL, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in alightly worn dust jacket, 260 pages. "In this first biography of Warren since 1865, John Cary re-establishes Warren's deserved reputation as an American patriot and leading figure of the American Revolution. He ranks Warren with Samuel Adams as the two most important figures in the Massachusetts revolutionary movement." Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387803

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Josephine: The Hungry Heartby: Baker, Jean-Claude & Chris Chase

Josephine: The Hungry Heart
by: Baker, Jean-Claude & Chris Chase

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 532 pages, b&w photos. Minor wear to dust jacket, small closed tear. The life story of Josephine Baker, the outrageous entertainer who dared to become the first black sex symbol of the 20th century. Collected voices of men and women, over the decades, who shared the stage with Josephine. Clean copy

Record # 358565

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Josh: My Up and Down, In and Out Lifeby: Logan, Joshua

Josh: My Up and Down, In and Out Life
by: Logan, Joshua

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A director, producer, actor, and author, Joshua Logan had more Broadway hits than almost anyone else. In the late 1940s . Logan worked in theater and film throughout his career, showing talent from the time he was a young student at Princeton University. He acted on stage before achieving his first major success as a director with 'I Married an Angel,' in 1938; he also produced several shows. For many years Logan struggled with manic-depressive illness, and late in life he toured the country to offer encouragement to fellow sufferers. 408 pages, b&w photos. Clean copy.

Record # 384776

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Joshua Johnson: Freeman and Early American Portrait Painter by: Weekley, Carolyn J. and Stiles Tuttle Colwill, et al.

Joshua Johnson: Freeman and Early American Portrait Painter
by: Weekley, Carolyn J. and Stiles Tuttle Colwill, et al.

Softcover. Baltimore MD, Maryland Historical Society, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pictorial wraps with color illustration and white lettering; 173 pages. 45 color, 88 b&w plates. Exhibition catalogue lists 83 extensively annotated works, and a Supplemental Catalogue lists an additional 13 works. Selected bibliography and short-list of titles. Each essay includes extensive notes. The definitive work on the early Afro-American portrait painter. Published to accompany the exhibition held in Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society, Sept. 26, 1987 to Jan. 3, 1988, three other locations. Scarce. Previous owner's stamp and bookplate, short inscription on inside front cover. Related clipping, brochure laid in.

Record # 387363

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Journal of Andrew Stone: Expeditions to Arctic and Subarctic America after Wild Sheep, Grizzly, Caribou, and Muskoxen 1896-1903by: Margaret Frisina

Journal of Andrew Stone: Expeditions to Arctic and Subarctic America after Wild Sheep, Grizzly, Caribou, and Muskoxen 1896-1903
by: Margaret Frisina

Hardcover. Long Beach CA, Safari Press, 2nd Ed., 20ll, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Stone kept a series of journals during his arctic travels from 1896 through 1903 in which he recorded his struggles against raging blizzards, hostile natives, daunting physical risks, and mind-warping loneliness and boredom. B&w illustrations. Still in publisher's shrink wrap.

Record # 384495

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Journal of the Life, Gospel Labors, and Christian Experiences of That Faithful Minister of Jesus Christby: Woolman, John

Journal of the Life, Gospel Labors, and Christian Experiences of That Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ
by: Woolman, John

Hardcover. New York, Collins Brother & Co, 1st, 1845, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 309 pages. Hardcover, full leather with black band on spine. Heavy wear to tan leather edges. Water staining throughout bottom half pages, heavy foxing and tanning. bottom corners bumped. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf and end paper. Front end paper has previous owner's name pasted on small piece of paper bottom corner. Binding tight for age of copy.

Record # 354174

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Journal of the Religious Labours of John Comlyby: Comly, John

Journal of the Religious Labours of John Comly
by: Comly, John

Hardcover. Philadelphia, His Children, 1st, 1853, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 645 pages. Hardcover in calf. Red title label on spine with gilt lettering. Heavy foxing to pages, abrasions to leather. Tight copy. Moderate soil.

Record # 368156

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Journalsby: Cobain, Kurt

Journals
by: Cobain, Kurt

Hardcover. New York, Riverhead Hardcover, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 280 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w illustrations by Kurt Cobain throughout. Illustrated frontispiece. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Presents lyrics, drawings, letters, and other writings from Kurt Cobain's journals, revealing his thoughts on Nirvana, fame, fans, and the state of rock music.

Record # 352200

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Journey in the Back Country, Aby: Olmstead, Frederick Law

Journey in the Back Country, A
by: Olmstead, Frederick Law

Hardcover. London, Sampson Low Son & Co, 1st, 1860, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 492 pages. Hardcover with 3/4 leather spine and marbled surfaces on all sides. First English edition published same year as first American edition. A clean, tight copy. moderate chipping to cover edges. and some rips to dry leather. Gilt title paste-down gone from spine.

Record # 368973

Price: $300.00 
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Journeys in the Wild: The Secret Life of a Cameramanby: Gavin Thurston

Journeys in the Wild: The Secret Life of a Cameraman
by: Gavin Thurston

Hardcover. London, Seven Dials , 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 427 pages, color illustrations. From Gavin Thurston, the award-winning Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II cameraman with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough comes extraordinary and adventurous true stories of what it takes to track down and film our planet's most captivating creatures. Gavin has been a wildlife photographer for over thirty years. Against a backdrop of modern world history, he's lurked in the shadows of some of the world's remotest places in order to capture footage of the animal kingdom's finest: prides of lions, silverback gorillas, capuchin monkeys, brown bears, grey whales, penguins, mosquitoes - you name it-he's filmed it. No dj issued.

Record # 377864

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Judge Landis and Twenty-Five Years of Baseballby: Spink, J. G. Taylor

Judge Landis and Twenty-Five Years of Baseball
by: Spink, J. G. Taylor

Hardcover. New York , Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 7th printing, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 306 pages, b&w photos. Light wear, rubbing and sunning to dust jacket. Book itself is very good.

Record # 856030

Price: $25.00 
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