Authors starting with J from Books Tell You Why

New York: Avenel Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0517368358 . An attractive copy of the 1981 reprinting in Near Fine condition with Fine dust-jacket. Small tear and browning on front free endpaper, slight bump on front board. Price on dust jacket flap intact; Holbrook Jackson delighted booklovers everywhere when he wrote his classic The Anatomy of Bibliomania in 1950. Long out of print, Jackson's reprint appeared in 1981 under the title The Book... more information

New York: Pocket Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0671568957 . A handsome First Edition/First Printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket . ... more information

New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0871136384 . A handsome First Edition/First Printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Jon A. Jackson directly on the title page . ... more information

Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0939767317 . A handsome First Edition/First Printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Jon A. Jackson directly on the dedication page . ... more information

New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0871134950 . A handsome First Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket; Detective Sergeant Mulheisen Mystery . ... more information

New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket; Signed by Author. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0871138107 . A handsome First Edition/First Printing in unread Very Fine condition in Very Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Jon A. Jackson directly on the title page. Author has changed the dedication name from Henry Wallace Robinson to Howard Wallace Robinson; A Detective Sergeant Mulheisen Mystery . ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. First Edition/First Printing in Very Good+ condition, light sunning to spine in about Fair, somewhat tattered dust-jacket with tape-repairs to back. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number on front paste down; B&W Photographs . ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394400461 . An attractive First Edition/First Printing in about Fine, lightly sunned condition in alike dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number ; ; B & W Illustrations . ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1978. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394426576 . A handsome First American Edition/First Printing in Fine, seemingly unread condition, in alike dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number on front paste down; B & W Illustrations . ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394534921 . A nice First American Edition/First Printing in Fine, seemingly unread condition, in alike dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number on front paste down ; ; B&W and Color Illustrations . ... more information

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0871134950 . An attractive First Edition/Later Printing in about Near Fine condition, little bumping to bottom of spine in alike dust-jacket ; Fourth Sgt. Mulheisne Mystery . ... more information

Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket; Signed by Author. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0939767317 . First Edition/First Printing in unread Very Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Beautifully bound in gilt-stamped black cloth and SIGNED by author Jon A. Jackson directly on the half-title page; Goodwin Ryder, a young Pinkerton detective, arrives in the copper mining town of Butte, Montana around 1917. He befriends Frank Little, homosexua... more information

Cincinnati, OH: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A handsome First Edition/First Printing in Near Fine condition in Very Good+ dust jacket with light edgewear ; . ... more information

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0871133970 . First Edition/First Printing in Near Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with light edgewear . ... more information

New York: Kensington Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1575662760 . First Edition/First Printing in Near Fine condition in alike dust-jacket, little creasing; Kate Austen Mystery . ... more information

New York: Random House. Near Fine. 1997. First Edition; Third Printing. Softcover. 0679777946 . First Softcover Edition/later Printing in unread, Near Fine condition; Self-Care for 100 common symptoms and 20 long-term ailments . ... more information

New York: Pocket Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 067102678X . A handsome First Edition/First Printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket . ... more information

New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First US Edition/First Printing in Very Good+ condition with soiled top edge and age-toned pages in Very Good dust-jacket with edgewear, chipping, and several small holes to front fold ; Translated from the French by L. D. Emmet. Prix Renaudot winning novel. Le Veilleur de Nuit (The Night Watchman) is an extraordinary example of an ultramodernist novel treated in the prevalent Fren... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394410327 . A handsome First Edition/First Printing in, Very Good+ sunned condition in alike dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number; . ... more information

New York: Fawcett Columbine. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0449909972 . A handsome First Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed and dated 9-1-95, by author Jody Jaffe directly on the title page . ... more information