Authors starting with J from Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.

Woodstock, New York: Book Collector’s Packet, 1932. First Edition. Wrappers; one of 1000 copies. A little holiday fable about a collection of books about fleas. ... more information

New York: privately printed, 1899. First Edition; not in Wright. Issued posthumously by the author’s parents. The first part of the book is fiction, while the latter part consists of memorials and miscellaneous pieces. Very good. ... more information

On his Beverly Hills letterhead, Oct. 8th, 1963, regarding the appearance of Evangelist Billy Graham on Benny’s television program, “...Am sure everyone was wondering what I was going to do with Billy Graham...” Signed “Jack.” ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus, 1959. First Edition. Very good in a rubbed dust jacket with interior paper tape mends. ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus, 1954. First Edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some staining to the back panel. ... more information

London: Michael Joseph, 1957. First English Edition. Gift inscription; fine in a lightly worn price-clipped dust jacket. ... more information

London: Michael Joseph, 1954. First English Edition. Very good in dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Viking, 1959. First Edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket with light wear and tear. Basis for two films titled The Haunting, in 1963 and 1999. ... more information

New York: Viking, 1959. First Edition. Very good plus in dust jacket. Basis for two films titled The Haunting, in 1963 and 1999. ... more information

New York: Viking, 1959. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. Basis for two films titled The Haunting, in 1963 and 1999. ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus, 1948. First Edition of the author’s first book. Pages yellowed as always; very good in dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus, 1954. First Edition. Endpapers browned from laid in clippings; very good in a stained dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, “For Louisa and Red [Stodolsky] - With all my love. Shirley. 1955.” ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus, 1951. First Edition. Corner of rear free endpaper clipped; news clipping taped into the rear paste-down; very good in a tape mended dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, “For Red [Stodolsky] and Louisa - Affectionately, Shirley. April, 1951.” ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus, 1953. Later printing. Very good in dust jacket. Warmly inscribed by the author. ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus, 1957. Later printing. Very good in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author. ... more information

New York: Viking, 1959. Later printing. A very good to fine copy in a very good dust jacket; inscribed by the author in 1964 at Bread Loaf. Basis for two films titled The Haunting, in 1963 and 1999. ... more information

Boston: Roberts Bros., 1884. First Edition. Zamorano 80. Front hinge a trifle weak; rear hinge started; bookplate; an excellent copy in a custom quarter-morocco slipcase. An endorsed check from an earlier publisher, Fields, Osgood, is laid in. The Massachusetts born writer moved west with her husband and passionately advocated the cause of the American Indian. This was her most successful book. ... more information

New York: Scribner’s, 1947. First Edition. Very good plus in dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Viking, 1962. First Edition. Fine in a very slightly used dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Crowell, 1949. First Edition of this novel for juveniles. Very good plus in a price-clipped dust jacket. ... more information