Search Results: Authors starting with J from leaves

new york: atheneum, 1964. hardcover. first edition, 1964. the debut love story of author ernest j. gaines (1933-2019). " gaines wrote his first novel at seventeen, but burned the manuscript after it was rejected by a new york publisher. he later rewrote it as "catherine carnier." the novel is set in "a deceptively bucolic louisiana countryside, where blacks, cajuns and whites maintain an uneasy coexistence." new york: atheneum. 5 x 8.25". 248 pages. hardcover. book condition: owner inscription to front free end paper. front hinge starting. near fine. jacket condition :slight rubbing to head and foot of spine. sticker residue front cover. near fine.

new york: meridian, 1983. 1983. out of print. translated by r. f. c. hall. an interpretation of carl jung's concept of "inviduation" by one of his acquaintances. new york: meridian. isbn: 0-452-00866-2. 177 pages. 5.25x7.9". softcover. bound in colored paper wrappers. book condition: minor shelfwear. very good +.

new york: vintage books, 1963. mass market paperback.

Chatto & Windus, London, 1984. 1st British Edition/ 1st Printing, Hardcover. Book: Near Fine. DJ: Near fine, unclipped (7.95)..

london and new york: thames and hudson, 1952. first edition in english, 1952. very scarce. novel by swedish author based on the greek epic of odysseus as he returns to ithaca after the trojan war. the novel, which contains allusions to wwii, has been translated into 20+ languages. london and new york: thames and hudson. 5.75 x 8.75". 474 pages. hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: near fine. jacket condition: small losses to front and spine. unclipped ($4.00). very good ++.

new york: random house, 1975. first edition, 1975. a landmark work on intergenerational sexual trauma and the on-going legacy of chattel slavery. initially discovered by toni morrison, jones published corregidora when she was only twenty-six years old. the novel was widely celebrated by critics and leading intellectuals of the 1970s, including angela davis. in his review, james baldwin, called it"the most brutally honest and painful revelation of what has occurred and is occurring, in the souls of black men and women." edited by toni morrison. cover design by wendell minor. new york: random house. isbn: 0-394-49323-0. 8.5 x 5.5". 185 pages. hardcover. bound in quarter-cloth and paper-covered boards, spine stamped in metallic teal and red. book condition: fine. jacket condition: slightest trace of edgewear and slightest folding to corners of front flap. unclipped ($6.95). near fine.

new york: holt, rinehart and winston, 1971. first edition, 1971. new york: holt, rineheart and winston. isbn: 03-085998-0. 5.5 x 8.4". 86 pages. hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: near fine. jacket condition: unclipped ($5.95). near fine.

london: virago press, 1989. signed first uk paperback, 1989. collection of essays from 1968-1987 written by the activist and writer june jordan. london: virago press. isbn: 978153810435. 5x7.75". 213 pages. softcover. bound in colored paper wrappers. book condition: some shelfwear. very good +.

philadelphia: f.a. davis company, 1965. first edition, 1965. philadelphia: f.a. davis company. hardcover. book condition: previous owner name on flyleaf. jacket condition: very minor shelf wear. fine.

köln: walther könig, 2008. first edition, 2008. documents the work of respected figurative sculptor hans josephsohn, who was born in 1920 in east prussia and who currently lives and works in zurich. photographed over six years by katalin deér. published in conjunction with an exhibition curated by udo kittelmann at germany's museum of modern art, the mmk frankfurt am main. köln: walther könig. isbn: 9783865604002. book condition: fine. jacket condition: fine.

london: bodley head, 1963. third impression, 1963. canonical modernist novel by irish author james joyce. takes place over a single day (june 16, 1904) and establishes paralells between its main characters and those of homer's greek epic the odyssey. parts of the novel were first serialized an american journal, the little review, between march 1918 and december 1920, before it was fully published in 1922 in paris. its inclusion of sexual elements resulted in a smattering of negative reviews and an american obscenity trial; today the book is regarded as the foremost work of modernist literature. book condition: owner's name on flyleaf. near fine +. jacket condition: small chips on spine, some shelf wear, unclipped (25s). near fine.

middletown: wesleyan university press, 1963. first edition thus, 1963. the author's first novel follows his fictional alter-ego stephen dedalus as he develops an intellectual and artistic consciouness. with help from poet ezra pound, the novel was serialized in the english literary magazine the egoist in 1914 and 1915. it was first published in book form in 1916 in america. middletown: weseleyan university press. hardcover. book condition: fine. jacket condition: mild shelf wear to spine, unclipped ($3.95). near fine +.

california: gingko press, 2014. inscribed first edition, 2014. california: gingko press. isbn: 9781584235545. hardcover.

new york: random house, 1961. book club edition. hardcover.