Search Results: Authors starting with J from Chilton Books

Germany: Community of Oberammergau, 1960.. 1st ed. Religious festival play, written in 1860, music written in 1815. Pp. 137, frontis,owners name to fep. P/b. G.

London: SPCK, 1992.. 1st ed. The origins and evolution of Christianity as a major world religion. Pp.2/136, small initials to inside front cover. Pbk. VG.

London: John Murray, 1960.. 1st edition. A personal account of an individual African's experiences and impressions of the differences between East and South Africa in their contact with Westernisation. "Noni Jabavu's first book is a picture of the life lived by her Bantu people in South Africa, with its background of Boer and British settlement, its 'Apartheid', its less well-known Southern African tribal history of migrations and conquests, and the South and East Africans towards one another...." Pp.xii/208, double-page map, gift message to front free endpaper. Tan cloth, dustwrapper rubbed with chipped tears and losses to top and tail of spine. G+/Good.

Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1896.. Second edition. Contents: I. Preliminary Remarks and Preparation for Washing; II. Washing, Boiling, Rinsing and Blueing; III. Wringing, Drying and Mangling; IV.Ironing; V. Body-Linen; VI. Bed, Table and Other Household Linens; VII. Flannels and Other Woollen Articles; VIII. Muslins, Lace, Curtains and Net; IX. Silks, Prints, Sateens and Fancy Articles; X. Infants and Children's Clothes; XI. Collars, Cuffs, Shirts and Polishing; XII. Making of Starch and Various Recipes. 18.5cms x 12cms. Pp.viii/121, ads to preliminaries and to end, toning to pages, spotting to endpapers. Yellow cloth rubbed and soiled with darkening to spine, pencil date (1896) to front board. Good.

New York: Rea S. Hederman, 1998.. 1st ed. The Magazine of New Writing. Pp. 255/1 Notes. 32 b/w illustns., 10 illustd. (ads). P/b. Illustd. cover. VG.

New York: Rea S. Hederman, 1998.. 1st ed. Voyages, mysteries, discoveries, disasters. How much do we know? Pp. 270/3 (ads). 39 b/w illustns., + 1 map. P/b. Illustd. cover. VG.

Sussex: Selsey Press Ltd., 1970.. 1st ed. "This is a valuable booklet for young Christians, its clear and practical teaching holding one's interest throughout." Pp.31, b/w drawings throughout. Pbk. VG.

London: Pan Books. 1970.. How to improve your game, explaining and analysing key strokes. The most important of these are brought to live by flipping the outside edges of the pages when a cinematic effect is achieved which shows the complete motion of the stroke". Pp 144. Full of b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

London: Scripture Union. 1986.. 1st ed. "Shows how we can live up to our potential, and reveals that in Christ there is hope for humanity". Pp 96, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover, slight toning to page edges. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

Guildford: Lutterworth Press. 1982.. The Davidson Affair, has compiled this dossier from the personal papers of His Grace the Lord Caiaphas about the Jesus Davidson case The documents - private letters, telephone transcripts, memoranda and reports from officials - tells the Christian story". 24.5cms x 19.5cms. Pp. unpaginated. P/b, slight sunning to spine. VG.

London: Edinburgh House Press, 1966.. 1st ed. "Mr. Jackman shows the Church as a major area for redevelopment in an age already busy replanning its way of life". Pp. 88. Inscrip. to fep. Toning to pages. G.

London: Marshall Morgan & Scott, 1981.. 1st.ed. "Vic was used to probation officers pleading his case in court...Instead of taking from others he now teaches and lives the new life Christ brings into the hearts of men and women." Pp. 128. Page edges toned. P/b,spine rubbed,portrait cover. G+.

London: Andrew Dakers Limited, 1940.. 1st edition. "In this book L.P.Jacks...makes an urgent appeal for immediate action towards economic federation. His argument is that economic federation should and must precede any successful attempt to achieve political federation. Unless action is taken NOW the economic situation at the end of the war will be chaotic and disastrous..." Pp.112, loose typed sheet 'Notice to the Reader' explaining why the book was published despite the onset of war. Paperback, spot stain to front cover, covers a little dusty. G+."Lawrence Pearsall Jacks (9 October 1860 � 17 February 1955), abbreviated L. P. Jacks was an English educator, philosopher, and Unitarian minister who rose to prominence in the period from World War I to World War II."(wiki).

Usk: The Oakwood Press, 2000.. 1st edition. "This is the story of natural progression, as railways replaced the stage coach, so with the fullness of time the bus and coach were to usurp the railways, and in the case of Portland were able to provide a service the railway could never match. Indeed the motor car can now provide a personal service superior to the bus, such has been the progress of the past hundred years!...In this volume the author has attempted to cover the 70 years since the first horse-drawn omnibus opened a stage carriage service in Weymouth, a convenient cut off date being 1969 with the formation of the National Bus Company." Pp.224, many black & white photos throughout, owner's initials to top of title page and gift message to inside front cover. Paperback. G+.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975.. Rep. with new material by N.J.M. Richardson. Collection of essays by distinguished historians. Pp. 246, + 35 maps and diagrams. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w rubbed, price clipped. VG/G.

Bramcote: Grove Books. 1982.. 1st ed "The author, trained as an economist, presents us with facts to follow through our pastoral concern for the society to which we belong, and to begin to find some answers". Pp.25. Paperback. VG.

London: The Soncino Press, 1932.. 3rd edition, revised. First one volume edition. "A fair analysis of books and their meaning for all kinds of men and women, with a particular relation of the madness engendered by them." Pp.xv/854, ownership notation to front free endpaper. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, boards slightly rubbed with wear to top of spine. A heavy volume which may cost more to send overseas. VG.

London: Pavilion, 1996.. Classic fM Lifelines series. "Schubert knew that he was the successor to Beethoven, yet often he was too poor to pay his shoemaker. He has cast a spell over generations, but his triumph over himself - like his music - seems uniquely and compellingly relevant to us today." Pp.110. Pbk. VG.

London: Butterworth & Co. Ltd., 1973.. Revised and enlarged ed. "The result will be of value to apprentices or students of electrical engineering as well as to experienced engineers in this and other fields." Pp. 2/375, figures throughout. Black cloth, d/w. VG/G+.

London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott. 1976.. 1st ed. "This is the third published selections from his talks, and it includes broadcasts made up to a few weeks before his death". Pp 94. Page edges slightly toned. P/b. Front cover creased. Portrait cover. G+.