James, William.

Military Occurrences of the Late War between Great Britain and the USA & The Naval History of Great Britain. Full Titles: A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War between Great Britain and the United States of America; with an Appendix and Plates. / The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France, in February 1793, to the Accesssion of George IV. in January 1820.

First Edition / A New Edition with considerable Additions & Improvements. Two Volumes and Six Volumes – Two complete sets. London, Printed for the Author / Printed for Harding, Lepard, and Co., 1818 & 1826. 21 x 13 cm. Military Occurrences: Vol.1: xxxii, 476 pages / Vol.2: 582 pages, (14) [Index]. With three folding Maps (of four). / Naval History: Vol.1: l, 567 / vi, 568 / iv, 533 / v, 539 / vi, 581 / vi, 585 pages. Complete with all ‘Diagrams’ and the 28 folded ‘Half Sheet Annual Abstracts’, as listed. Uniform dark green polished calf. Gilt and blind decorations. Black spine labels with gilt titles and volume numbers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Various degrees of foxing / age darkening. Name of previous owner (see notes below) inscribed in volume 1 of the ‘Naval History’ on front free end paper and title page. No other annotations. Overall a very nice set in sturdy attractive bindings.

Jamieson, Robert.

Political Economy for Business People.

First Edition. London, Edinburgh & Belfast, Effingham Wilson, Bell & Bradfute & Marcus Ward & Co., 1880. 18 x 12 cm. 320 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. Blind decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. First and last few pages foxed. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Jamieson, Wendell.

Father Knows Less or “Can I Cook My Sister?”: One Dad’s Quest to Answer his Son’s Most Baffling Questions.

First edition. New York, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2007. 14.5 x 24cm. 258 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new.

Jan K Coetzee, Lynda Gilfillan, Otakar Hulec.

Fallen Walls. Voices from the Cells that held Mandela and Havel. With a Foreword by Vaclav Havel.

First Edition. Robben Island, Lidove Noviny Publishing & Robben Island Museum, 2002. 14 x 21 cm, 194 pages with numerous B&W photographs. Original illustrated hardcover. Illustration based on an etching by William Kentridge. Excellend condition. Some shelfwear. Corners and spine a little bumped.

Jefferson, David.

Tobruk – A Raid Too Far.

London, Robert Hale, 2013. 20 x 30 cm. 304 pages. Some maps and photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition. As New.

Jensen, Johannes V.

The Long Journey. Fire and Ice.

London, Gyldendal, ND [c. 1930]. 18 x 12 cm. xiv, 292 pages. Paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Small cut to top of spine (see images). Name of previous owner, dated 1931. Internally clean.

Jermyn, Gary.

My Life as a Chatshow Host [Signed].

First Edition. Sandycove, Co. Dublin, Brownbear, 2004. 21 x 14 cm. 101 pages. Illustrated. Trade paperback. Soft covers. Near fine. Inscribed by the Author on title page. See images.

Jidejian, Nina.

Sidon Through The Ages. With a Foreword by Maurice Dunand.

Beirut, Dar El-Machreq Publishers, 1971. 28 x 21.5 cm. xxv, 287 pages. With a folding Frontispiece and many B&W Illustrations. Original grey cloth. Hard cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Decorated end papers. Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the Author on the verso of the Frontispiece, dated ‘71’. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling to edges. Minor spotting to end papers and frontispiece. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Joannis Ciampini Romani.

Vetera Monimenta. In quibus praecipue Musiva Opera Sacrarum, Profanarumque Aedium Structura, Ac Nonnulli Antiqui Ritus, Dissertationibus, Iconibusque Illustratur. Pars Prima.

[First Edition]. Romae [Rome], Ex Typographia Joannis Jacobi Komarek Bohemi, apud S. Angelum Custodem, [1690]. 33 x 23 cm. Frontispiece, title page, (12) [Dedication etc.], (6) [Praefatio], (2) [Index Capitum], 276 pages plus 22 pages [Index Rerum], (2) [Errara + Blank]. With a frontispiece and 71 further plates of which 16 are folding and one is in text. See comments below for list of plates. Later modern cloth. New end papers. Fore edge deckle. Good condition with several plates being absent. Binding rubbed, bumped and stained. Internally age darkened and occasionally spotted. Some stains and small tears. Remains an impressive folio with more than 70 original architectural copper plate engravings. Please review all ten images to gain better insight in the condition of the book and its binding.

Johnson, Linton Kwesi.

Tings an Times. Selected Poems [Signed].

First Edition. Newcastle Upon Tyne, Bloodaxe Books / LKJ Music Publishers, 1991. 20 x 13 cm. 64 pages. Original stiff paper wrappers. Soft cover. Very good condition. Bright clean copy. Inscribed and signed by the Author on half title page.