Titles starting with J from William Dailey Rare Books Ltd ABAA

Paris: Edouard Champion, , 1925.. 8vo, vii, 193pp. Orig. wrappers, edges worn, foxing to the spine. Good copy.. Suard (1733-1817), whose writings included many translations from the English, belonged to the group of the philosophes. ... more information

Paris: Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire, , 1923.. 4to, vi, 253pp, with 48 plates. Orig. printed wrappers, light, mostly marginal foxing at text, otherwise a very good copy, with clean plates.. Second edition, revised & enlarged, with a catalogue raisonnî;. ... more information

[Roanoke: Privately Printed,, 1932].. 8vo, 25pp, tipped in frontispiece photo of JFD. Green printed wrappers, edges browned. . First Edition, one of 199 copies, this copy warmly inscribed by the author, McCutcheon, to Paul Jordan Smith in the year of publication. Cook 382. ... more information

Paris: Thorin et Fils,, 1903.. 8vo, xv, (1), 507, (2)pp. Printed wrappers, ownership stamp on front cover; overall light browning, backstrip split, else a very nice, unopened copy with an inscription by the author on half-title.. ... more information

Paris: Mercure de France, , 1912.. 8vo, 323pp. Orig. printed wrappers, lacking 1 x1' section at the spine, cover browned with some tears. A good copy.. ... more information

Chicago: National Sports Publishing Company,, 1927.. 8vo, 259pp, frontispiece, 15 b&w hors-texte plates. Red cloth, gilt lettered, lt. wear, owner's inked sig., gilt to spine darkened, otherwise upper board gilt bright, a tight, very good copy.. First Edition. ... more information

Livermore: Livermore Heritage Guild,, 1980.. 4to, 9pp reproduced typed ms. Photo-illus. stapled wrappers, sun-toning to margins, a bit of soiling, otherwise very good.. First Edition, signed by the author on upper wrapper. ... more information

London: Constable, , 1928.. 2 vols, 8vo, original blindstamped blue cloth, light foxing to exterior leaves, very good.. First Edition thus, with 12 color plates & introduction by George Saintsbury. ... more information

St. Louis: C. V. Mosby,, 1929.. 2 vols, 4to, ix, (1), 100, 79 plates, viii, 101-186pp., 90 plates. Maroon cloth, gilt lettered, spines sunned, owner's stamps, very good.. American Edition of the fourth edition in English of this well-known portfolio of dermatological diseases with added illustrations and new material not found in the earlier issues whose original English text was written by J. J. Pringle. MacCormac was a student of the great British dermatologist and editor of the British Journal of Derm... more information

New York: Museum of Natural History, , 1934.. 8vo, 23pp, b&w photos in text. Green wrappers, barest small oil mark to front wrapper, otherwise nearly fine.. First Edition in one volume as Guide Leaflet Series, No. 79, reprinted from Natural History Magazine for July-August & September-October, 1932, containing two authoritative articles treating the mythological & symbolic uses of gems and jade in history by Whitlock, the museum's widely respected Curator of Minerals & Gems. Sinkankas 7166. ... more information

Stamford: The Overbrook Press,, 1940.. 8vo, (8), 34 (2)pp, engraved frontis. portrait. Cloth. Fine.. One of 450 copies. From the collection of Ward Ritchie (without indication). Rogers was Sterling Professory of Economics at Yale; a memorial service program is laid in ... more information

Santa Barbara: University of California Library,, 1968.. 8vo, 20pp with illus, laid in wrappers with pictorial paper label. As new.. Limited to 1000 copies, comprising a checklist of Guthrie's publications and manuscripts in the University Library and a previously unpublished essay by Guthrie titled 'Transition in Printing.' ... more information

(Pinner, Middlesex): Private Librairies Association,, 1981.. 8vo, xxiv, 134pp, illus. Purple cloth (a bit faded), gilt vignette. Very good, clean copy.. First Edition; historical introduction and 172 thorough descriptions. ... more information

San Francisco: Book Club of California,, 2009.. 4to, 344pp, 208 illustrations, many in color. Cloth stamped in gilt. Mint copy.. First Edition, one of 500 copies printed. ... more information

Amsterdam / Doornspijk: Van Gendt / Davaco,, 1972 - 1987.. 3 vols, 4to, 354; ix, (1), 563; 322pp, approx. 2400 b/w illus. Publ. cloth, lettered in gilt. Bookplates removed from spine tails and verso front pastedown, very discreet lib. stamp verso title, else a nearly fine set.. Catalogue raisonne (including the first of two supplemental volumes) of the works of Jan van Goyen, one of the most prolific graphic artists of the Dutch Golden Age. ... more information

Amsterdam: J. M. Meulenhoff Uitgever,, (1939).. 4to, xii, 108pp, frontispiece., 3 tipped-in color plates, 66 b&w plates. Black cloth, gilt lettered, 4-inch tear along edge of one color plate affecting image, otherwise near fine.. First Edition. From the Bibliotheek der Nederlandsche Kunst series. ... more information

San Francisco: Auerhahn Society,, 1965.. Tall 8vo, (56)pp. Patterned wrappers, near fine.. First Edition, one of 750 copies. ... more information

Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle,, (1998).. Oblong 4to, xiii, (1), 184pp, color photo-illus., b&w text text illus. Dec. cloth, white lettered, dust jacket, fine in like dj.. Historical introduction to the philosophy and techniques of traditional Japanese garden design. Reprint of the 1996 first edition. ... more information

South Brunswick-New York: A.S. Barnes,, (1964).. Sq 4to, 146pp, illus. throughout. Cloth, dust jacket, fine in very good dj.. First American Edition. ... more information

Yokohama: Yamagata Printing,, [1953].. Sm. 4to, (4), iii, (3), 256pp, illus. endpapers, 36 b/w plates, folding map, several hundred text illus. Orig. pictorial cloth, Japanese-bound with French-fold leaves, mild soiling and rumpling at cloth, otherwise a nearly fine copy housed in very good orig. pictorial slipcover.. First Edition of this comprehensive reference with bibliography and design index. ... more information