Authors starting with J from Derringer Books, Member A.B.A.A.

West Stockbridge: Hard Press, 1993. Limited edition book, #2 of 26 specially bound copies in dustwrapper and SIGNED by all contributors including Bill Barrette and Celia Coolidge who provide the photographs for this volume. Fine clothbound copy in fine unclipped dustwrapper. Poems alongside photos of Kerouac's home town. Scarce.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. ... more information

New York: Farrer, Strau & Giroux, 1948. First edition of her first book. Very good plus with light wear and typical page tanning. Unclipped jacket is also about very good with light wear to corners and one long closed tear to rear panel. Important debut by the author of The Lottery.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 1951. First edition of the author's third book and second novel after The Lottery. A bright near fine copy in blue boards. Priceclipped dustwrapper is also in very good condition with minor chips to corners. Much nicer than usually found.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. ... more information

Milwaukee: Pentagram Press, 1976. Very good first edition in stapled decorated wrappers. Nice copy. Poetry.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information

Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1956. First edition in gray cloth binding in dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by the author. 128 pp. Illustrated with photos. A very good copy in good plus unclipped dustwrapper with some wear along top of front panel.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

No Place: Grosset & Dunlap, 1969. A near fine copy in decorated wrappers of this uncommon early study of band leader Morrison and the cult surrounding he and his band. Many photos included.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. ... more information

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1939. First edition. A 259 pp illustrated history of this New England community. Stretching back 300 years and viewing the town from both an educational perspective as well as social, political and religious. A clean very good plus copy in blue cloth binding in about very good unclipped dustwrapper. Some soiling to front cover. Scarce title.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

London: Nonesuch Press, 1929. First edition. #107 of 875 hand numbered copies. Extra label tipped in at rear. A clean near fine copy with the bookplate of Barton Currie to inside front board. Small blemish to verso of jacket else a clean bright example.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ... more information

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1951. First edition of the poet's 4th book. A clean near fine copy in near fine price intact dustwrapper with some light toning to spine. Much nicer than usually found.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ... more information

New York: Swami Muktananda, 1975. First edition in tall thick bound wrappers. Very good condition. Eastern religion. Scarce.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information

New York: Random House, 1948. First edition. Near fine in blue boards with ding to one corner in very good price intact dustwrapper with small chips running along flap fold edges.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. ... more information

Oakland: Mills College, 1945. Debut issue of this little poetry magazine published at Mills College. Extraordinary lineup of contributors including Cummings, Stevens, Jeffers, Williams, Witter Bynner and others. Very good condition in small stapled wrappers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information

Los Angeles: New Bedford Press, 1978. First edition of this black author's second work, a novel about a Las Vegas heist. Fine in red cloth in near fine price clipped dustwrapper. Boldly inscribed in 1983.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. ... more information

Switzerland: Arabesque, 1981. First edition. A 132 pp monograph on Middle Eastern jewellrey. Near fine oversized hardbound book in very good unclipped dustwrapper. Illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. ... more information

New York: Bard Graduate Center, 1998. Fine first edition in thick stapled card wrappers. Catalogue for a 1998 exhibition at Bard College. 64 pp. Stunning color illustrations of Indian jewelry. Uncommon book.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. ... more information

Paris: Handshake Press, 1993. Second edition of this little poetry volume. Near fine in bound wrappers. SIGNED by Joans and with several hand-written corrections.. Signed by Author. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. ... more information

New York: Bola Press, 1978. First edition of this collaboration between Joans and Mansour. This is one of a small number of copies with an Original Collage by Mansour which has been SIGNED by both poet and artist. A fine copy with narrow white sticker to front cover (as called for).. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Mansour, Joyce. ... more information

Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., 1970. First edition of his first book, a collection of satirical cartoons about black life. This copy is about near fine minus with one small stain to upper front panel. Oblong, wrappers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine -/No Jacket. ... more information

New York: Viking, 1974. First edition of the author's second book and first novel. Fine in price clipped dustwrapper, else fine and unrubbed. Beautiful copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. ... more information

No Place: Topo, 1981. Volume One Number Two of this uncommon literary magazine. Most notable for the inclusion of an excerpt from Angels by Denis Johnson ( A work in progress at the time). Fine condition.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. ... more information