Titles starting with J from Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB

Guatemala: Centro Editorial. 1949. Paperback. Very Good. Original Wraps. 106pp. Illustrated. A very good copy. Mild shelwear and soiling. Interior clean. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1958. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed by the author on fly leaf, "To Tom Bergeman, From Archie, with best wishes." 1958, Fifth printing, 153 pp. Hardcover, cloth-backed boards, 8vo. Very Good copy in a Good- dust jacket. Boards faded and discolored; light edgewear. Unmarked contents. DJ soiled and discolored; edgewear, with some significant chipping to the foot of spine and top edge of the front panel; punctures at flap hinges. DJ comes in a protective myl... more information

No Place: No Publisher. 1802. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. First printing, 1802. Likely Vienna printing, although there was apparently a Leipzig printing by Jacobaer in the same year. 12mo, original speckled yellow stiff wraps, iv (6-86) pp. Very good, mild wear. ... more information

Ramona, CA: American Cut Glass Association. 1999. Original Wraps. Fine. Original Wraps. c.1999. Spiral-Bound. 4to. 80pp. Profusely illustrated. Reproduction of glassware catalogue from J. D. Bergen Co. Fine. Contents unmarked. ... more information

Stuttgart: Hoffmannsche Verlag - Buchhandlung. 1853-4. Hardcover. Near Fine. Complete 30 volume set of the Works of James Fenimore Cooper, in German. Hardcovers, uniformly bound in quarter brown leather with yellow marbled boards. Short 8vos. 4 raised bands and gilt title on spines. Each volume has a tissue-covered frontispiece. Various translators. All copies at least Near Fine. The set is compiled from a mix of the first 3 editions, and all were published in either 1853 or 1854. Minor rubbing to spine end... more information

St. Paul, MN: J. F. Haynes. ca. 1890's. First printing. Paperback. Very Good +. ca. 1890's. Softcover oblong 12mo, np. A book of small proofs (approx. 3"x5") inserted into cut slots, labeled with numbers and locations. Haynes photographed and produced many souvenir books, expecially of the American West. 9 proofs are missing, with 31still present and in find condition. Plain wrappers with metal clasp binding. Some light edgewear, especially to rear wrap, but generally VG+. Contents a... more information

Ramona, CA: American Cut Glass Association. 1997. Original Wraps. Fine. Original Wraps. c.1997. Spiral-Bound. Oblong 4to. 162pp. Profusely illustrated. Reproduces J. Hoare & Co.'s 1896 and 1911 catalogues. Fine. Contents unmarked. ... more information

New Jersey: Humanities Press. 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First edition, 1977, hardcover, octavo, 281pp., not illustrated. Book VG+ with some rubbing to boards, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ VG+ with some light edge wear, rubbing and some toning to back panel. "Taken as a whole, this book provides a uniquely comprehensive exposition and critique of the work of one of the foremost ordinary language philosophers." ... more information

Paris: Librairie Germer-Bailliere et Cie. 1878. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Softbound, clean unmarked text, 155 pp. + ads., Very Good copy, foxing to the outer pages, some soil/discoloration to the wraps, also some wear to the wraps with creasing, rubbing, and tearing, some loss to the tips, creases at the spine, uncut pages. Uncommon book. Text in French. ... more information

Basel / Baden: J. Louis Kaiser / Filiale Leopoldshoehe. First printing. Hardcover. Good. Three volumes, all from around 1920--Spezial-Katalog no. 35 is "Abteilung Schweizer-Trachten fuer Damen, Herren und Kinder...", no. 37 is "National- und Volkstrachten, Masken und Karnevals-Kostueme", no. 39 is "Historische Kostueme aller Zeitalter." Colorful printed wraps, one hole punch to upper left corner with string looped through (for hanging purposes), clean unmarked texts, illustra... more information

Pittsburgh: Kelly. 1895. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, 1895, 8vo, hardback with cloth spine, pictorial color papercovered boards, various paginations adding up to ca. 300 pp., well illustrated and many advertisements, illustrations including plates of buildings, foldout sepia view of Pittsburgh; chapters are divided into Historical, Encyclopedia, Street Directory. Also a large folding map in pocket at rear. Book is in very good condition with minor edgewear, some recent japanese paper... more information

Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society. 1966. First edition. Very Good +. First edition, 1966. Umber cloth with silver lettering, in dust jacket, 275 pp., clean unmarked text, black and white illustrations, color frontispiece. Book is in very good+ condition, some soil to edges of pages, very light wear to spine, jacket is good, wear to edges of jacket, several small tears to jacket. ... more information

Minneapolis: Minneapolis Inst. Of Arts. 1972. Paperback. Near Fine. 61 catalogue entries and b&w plates. Limited of 2000. A near fine copy. Softcover. Minimal edgewear of wraps. All contents, text and images bright and unmarked. ... more information

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Pi Press. 2004. Hardcover. Near Fine. First printing, 2004. Black cloth 8vo, 462pp. With an 16 page spread of glossy photographs. Near fine with only the slightest rubbing to the corners to report. In a near fine dustjacket. Contents are clean and unmarked. 8vo. ... more information

London: Adam and Charles Black. 1945. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good-. Two volumes, reprint, 1945, hardcover, octavo, 428 pp. and 498 pp., sparsely illustrated. Volume 1: Book VG- with soil, edge wear and rubbing to boards and spine, inner hinge cracking, binding mostly tight, text clean and unmarked, back inner hinge cracked. No DJ. Volume 2: Book VG with lighter soil, rubbing and edge wear, binding tight, text clean and unmarked, back inner hinge just cracked. No DJ. ... more information

New York: G. Schirmer, Inc.. 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. Presumed first edition, 1945, hardcover, octavo, 190pp., illustrated in b&w. Book good+ with some wear to corners and edges, toning to boards, spine rubbed and worn at edges, binding tight, small plate to front pastedown, text clean unmarked and age-toned. No DJ. "The Musical Offering is a most intricate and comprehensive collection of pieces. While offering rich and varied music to the listener, it contains numerous problems fo... more information

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, 1969, hardcover, small squarish quarto, 63pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with some light edge wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ VG with some light edge wear to spine ends and corners that includes some small closed tears, price-clipped. "The story takes place in Harlem at Christmastime. You'll like it because it's about a boy with real feelin... more information

NYNY: J.W. Scott. Near Fine. Reprint. Printed paper wraps, no marks to text, slightest soil to wraps, near fine, 200 pp. ... more information

CENTRE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN DE VASSIVIERE. 1998. Paperback. Near Fine. Unpaginated, exhibition catalogue. Softcover, French text. Near Fine copy: insides clean, bright and unmarked. ... more information

New Haven: Human Relations Area Files. 1957. First printing. Paperback. Near Fine. 1957 Softcover 8vo, 391pp. Near fine but for some light soil to the foredge and a faint crease to the upper right corners. Contents are bright, clean and unmarked- like new. Scarce! ... more information