Search Results: Authors starting with J from Quill & Brush

New York: Viking Press, (1968). First edition. Posthumous collection edited by her husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman. From the collection of sports writer Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman with his penciled notations on rear endpaper and contents page and corresponding passages lightly marked in pencil in margins. Page edges moderately foxed otherwise fine. In very good to near fine dust jacket with light soiling, touch of rubbing and few tiny tears.

Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, (1953). First edition thus, one-act play based on the Shirley Jackson story of the same name. Near fine in stapled paperwraps. BASED ON JACKSON'S STORY

Dallas, TX: Kaleidograph Press, (1940). First edition. A Poet Laureate and prize-winning poet herself, Jacobsen's poetry was praised by Nobel Prize-winning poet Joseph Brodsky for its "reserve, stoic timbre, and its high precision." Near fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with shallow chipping to spine ends and corners and spine just slightly tanned. Still, a quite attractive copy of her SCARCE FIRST BOOK.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First edition. Short, offbeat stories illustrated with drawings by David Bromige. Number Number 24 of 200 numbered copies SIGNED BY JAFFE (of 226 total). Lower corners gently bumped still fine in original acetate.

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1894. Third edition. Gilt page edges, decorations and lettering. Near fine with offset on endpapers.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903. First U.S. edition of the novel James considered to be his best. Differs somewhat from the UK edition. Very good to near fine with corners lightly bumped, board visible at upper front corner (just a tiny spot), and first and last few leaves faintly foxed; in very good to near fine blue cloth-over-paper dust jacket with minor soiling to rear panel and just a touch of light edge rubbing. Still, quite attractive.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. First edition. An almost very good copy with spine and edges sunned, inscription on front endpaper, offset on endpapers and title page, light foxing and newspaper clippings affixed to back endpaper and pastedown.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1883. First edition, first issue in primary binding of blue-green smooth cloth with "JAMES" in uniform letters on spine. 1,000 copies. Precedes the American edition. Light scattered foxing, boards rubbed on corners and a few light spots, back hinge starting to crack, small thin strip of cloth tape on copyright page and front endpaper (covering something?), otherwise very good.

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1948. First edition. Edited and with an introduction by Allan Wade. Light rubbing to spine ends and tips, otherwise fine in dust jacket with slightly soiled spine and spine lettering faded (barely legible).

Paddington Station, London: The Great Western Railway, 1925. First edition. Additional chapter on "Monastic Life and Buildings" by A. Hamilton Thompson. Illustrated. Great Western Railway map in pocket on back paste down. About very good with offset shadow on front board, corners rubbed, endpapers lightly foxed, name on front endpaper.

Conway, Arkansas: Seven Oaks Publ. Co., (1994). First edition. Early, or perhaps the first, poetry selection from the writer, author, singer/songwriter, and professional treasure hunter known for his "Buried Treasures of America" series. INSCRIBED TO LOUIS DANIEL BRODSKY, "To L.D.--...one who know the words, the language, the joys, the pains of this kind of life. Best, WC Jameson." Cream-colored paperwraps printed in brown, teal, orange and black. Fine. TREASURE HUNTER'S BOOK OF POETRY, INSCRIBED TO FELLOW POET

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First edition. His only novel. Uncorrected proof in blue, printed paperwraps labeled "Advance Copy" at top. About very good with covers somewhat soiled, spine slightly tanned and crease and tear to top edge rear cover. Newsclipping with notice of his death from the NY Times laid in noting his death to have been a presumed suicide and quoting him as saying, "The public has an unusual relationship to the poet, it doesn't even know that he is there.

New York: Knopf, 1954. First edition. SIGNED BY JARRELL on front endpaper. 8vo emerald-green boards with blind-stamped front and gilt-lettered spine, top edge pale orange, 277 pages. Spine slightly toned with gilt a bit dulled but readable, otherwise very good in about very good dust jacket with rubbing to edges and folds, small chips to spine ends, corners nicked, and orange spine blocking toned to gray but spine still bright. Relatively scarce signed.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. First edition, One of only 1,200 copies in the first printing [Broomfield A5a]. 8vo gilt-stamped purple paper boards with black cloth spine; top edge black; 253 pages. Near fine in fair dust jacket with extensive chipping and internal tape repair. Scarce in any jacket at all.

New York: Random House, 1941. First edition. Twenty seven poems. "Here the voice of the poet is also the voice of a prophet" (from the jacket flap). 8vo gilt-stamped black cloth boards; 156 pages. Fine in very good dust jacket tanned at spine and edges, with minor loss at head of spine and small soot mark to lower edge front panel.

New York: Random House, 1933. First edition. Jeffers first title to be published by Random House after Liveright folded [Broomfield A16a]. 8vo gilt-stamped brown cloth boards; 199 pages. Near fine with small spot on front board at gutter; in very good somewhat tanned dust jacket with few short tears.

Auburn, CA: Blue Oak Press, (1975). First edition, limited issue. Number 81 of an unstated number of copies SIGNED BY HOTCHKISS on title page. Analysis of Robinson Jeffers' poetry by Hotchkiss, a poet, novelist and the founder of Blue Oak Press. Includes prefatory note by Donnan Jeffers, foreword by A. R. Kitzhaber, and introductory "Letter from William Everson." Chronology, notes, and a bibliography of sorts follow text. 8vo gilt-stamped brown imitation leather boards; illustrated with a frontispiece drawing of Jeffers and black-and-white photographs of various scenes throughout (uncredited); 254 pp. Fine in crisp, fine dust jacket. Publisher's prospectus laid in stating "the first edition will be limited to a thousand copies, with each copy being signed by the author," which seems unlikely given the dearth of copies online or in libraries (OCLC records under 100). Unaccountably scarce.

(Hamden): Archon Books/Shoe String Press, 1981. First edition. Collection of 30 poems -- including the first appearance of 16 poems. Edited and with an introduction and commentary by Robert Ian Scott, who explains "Jeffers's motivation in writing, and why he chose not to publish these poems" (from the jacket flap). Near fine with bookplate of collector Allen K. Mears on front endpaper; in near fine dust jacket with slight toning to spine and edges.

(Auburn): Blue Oak Press, (1975). First edition thus: two illustrations by Nancy Olson and "Afterword: Stammer the Tragedy You Crackled Vessels" by William Hotchkiss. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED from Hotchkiss to Olson on contents page, "For Nancy/ (Bill thanks you,/ Robinson thanks you)/ - Bill." Specially bound in 8vo full black leather boards (as opposed to the simulated leather used on the regular edition) lettered in gilt on front and spine. Presumably issued without a dust jacket. Special binding not mentioned in Broomfield [A6d]. Near fine.

Los Angeles, CA: Grafton Publishing Co., 1912. First edition of Jeffers' first book. One of only 500 copes; issued without dust jacket. [Broomfield A1]. Small 8vo linen-backed brown paper boards; top edge gilt. Issued with printed spine labels to front and spine. This copy with facsimile label at spine, otherwise very good to near fine with spine ends softened and touch of inconspicuous rubbing to boards.