Search Results: Titles starting with J from Pegasus Book Orphanage

The Aquarian Press 1963 hard cover + DJ Book in very good condition, in unclipped and protected dustjacket Facts, anecdotes and memories in this account of the life and work of a remarkable man, whose influence is still apparent in psychic circles today.

Collins Clear Type Press, publishers, London 1970 hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket VERY SIGNED GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This is the story of J M Barrie's private life - a world in which fantasy sometimes achieved its end by blurring the rough edges of reality. It is also the story of the four women who were essential parts of his life - his dominating mother, his wife, and the women whose marriages he almost destroyed. The story, too, of his friends and of the children he loved and charmed, and of the writing that was the fruit of his curious, secret, unhappy life. Includes selective bibliography.

David Bateman, Auckland. First edition 1987 large hard cover G/VG, back board and cover creased, dumped bottom corners SIGNED BY AUTHOR. A miscellany of favourite anecdotes spanning 100 years of N.Z. racing. Top jockeys, trainers, owners and breeders, notable sires and dams, etc. Illustrated endpapers of Star Kingdom bloodlines. B&w & color photos, pedigree tables.

The Bodley Head, London - first edition 1966 Green cloth-bound hardcover 8.75" x 5.75" Frontispiece portrait of young Jack London, eleven other b/w photographs. Notes on Sources, Index. Previous owner's name marked through with black felt pen. VERY GOOD book in GOOD jacket with shelf wear to top. With dust jacket. An accurate and detailed account of the young London's experiences in the famous gold rush that furnished the substance for his most successful books. Drawn from diaries & companions' testimony.

David & Charles, Newton Abbot, UK - third impression ISBN:0715381563 1984 Hardcover, 8¾" x 5½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, sticker, barcode etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Red cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, 25 b&w photographs, many diagrams, glossary, and index. This is a valuable book for anyone who owns a Jack Russell or is thinking of doing so. The author, who has had Jack Russells for most of her life, gives advice on choosing a good puppy, on feeding, managing and training one, and for showing for those who are interested. A chapter describes the use of Jack Russells for rabbiting, and their really interesting history.

Michael Joseph, London - first UK edition 1972 hardcover, 9" x 5.25", (lacks jacket) He is named & backgrounded in the text. Book in VERY GOOD condition Brown cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, map endpapers, 17 b/w photographs & sketches, index. Includes, for first time, photograph Farson's research says is of the killer, a mature young man, well-dressed, with 'a slight madness' about the eyes.

Bantam Books, New York 1987 Hardcover, 24cms x 16cms, with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket At the time of her death in 1980, Jackie Cochran held more speed, altitude and distance records than any other pilot, male or female. Starting her career in the 1930s 'Golden Age' as a racing pilot, through the Second World War as founder of the Women's Air Force Service Pilot program (WASP), into the jet age when she became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound, under the tutelage of her good friend Chuck Yeager, Jackie was the ultimate risk-taker

Browne and Nolan Ltd, Richview Press, Dublin 1944 hardcover, 5" x 7¼" (lacking jacket) Inscription, dated 1948, to previous owner to front endpaper. Book in GOOD condition The lives of Jacqueline and Blaise Pascal were ones of drama. Jacqueline was a nun at Port Royal, a convent which provided unending interest and gossip to the Paris of her day, but whose memory would have faded long since, had not her brother immortalised it in 'The Provincial Letters', a classic of French literature.

Parents' Magazine Press, New York - second printing 1965 Hardcover with dust jacket A few pencil underlinings in early pages only. Clipped jacket has tears, and gaps at spine ends. A GOOD book in FAIR dust jacket Blue cloth-bound hardcover, 8.5" x 5.5", with gold type to spine & front cover,a few line drawings, & jacket. Jacqueline Kennedy, as a child and later widow, always showed the qualities that were to impress the world; a memorable portrait of courage.

Grafton Books, London - second edition ISBN:0246135727 1989 Hardcover, 10" x 6¾", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, pocket, barcode etc. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Red cloth-bound boards with gold type to maroon spine linen, salmon pink endpapers, photographic portrait as frontispiece, 44 b&w photographs, list of Du Pre's honours, and her discography. Tributes to internationally-acclaimed cellist Jacqueline du Pre by her friends and colleagues: Yehudi Menuhin, Placido Domingo, Dame Janet Baker, Antony Hopkins, Zubin Mehta, Janet Suzman and many others.:

Bloomsbury Publishing, Soho Square, London - 2000 hardcover, 15½cms x 21½cms (6" x 8½"), with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This is the incredible story of two key heroes in the Resistance movement in the South of France during World War Two: firstly, a brilliant and handsome vice-admiral with a penchant for bohemian company and opium; the other, a beautiful American-born Polish Jew who had been a fashion model in Paris. They were betrayed and executed just before the War ended. Their daughter, the author of this work, tells another amazing story of how she found out who her parents really were.

Faber & Faber. 1st edition 1980 Hard Cover Ex lirary copy with usual stamps, stickers, barcode etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Light-blue cloth-bound boards with gold type to red spine label, tan endpapers, 35 illustrations, appendices, list of works, bibliography, and index. Offenbach's operettas were much more than dazzling diversions - they also satirized the culture.

Methein London Ltd. 1983 Hardcover with dustjacket GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Includes 40 photographs. More than any other single figure in the history of popular music, Jagger is symptomatic, as well as symbolic, of his times.

W H Allen, publishers, London 1984 hardcover, 6¼" x 9½", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket After a stint at teaching at a Quaker school and a brief trial as a book editor, Michener joined the Navy and was sent to the South Pacific. It was there, on New Caledonia, that a single dramatic incident made him decide to be a novelist. Persistence and good luck paid off with one blockbuster after another. This biography was written with Michener's cooperation, and explores his three marriages, his relationships with literary agents, editors and publishers, and the drive behind his success.

Thunder's Mouth Press, New York 1990 large-format softcover, 6" x 9" Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, etc. Sewn spine reinforcement. Book in GOOD condition Since his first chart-topper in 1956, James Brown has outlived, outlasted, outperformed all rivals. He is the funk-and-soul innovator and rap's driving spirit. His dazzling stage shows are legendary. From his dirt-poor childhood in an Augusta brothel to wealth and world fame (and his incarceration), this book takes a unique look behind closed doors of the music industry. Includes many brilliant anecdotes and about many star names, and an exhaustive discography.

Little, Brown & Co, Boston - first US edition 1985 hardcover, 11 1/4" x 8 1/2", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers. Barcode cut from ffep. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket. Black cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, photographic endpapers, photo portrait frontispiece, over 200 photographic illustrations (mostly movie stills), and filmography (movies, stage work, shorts). .A wonderful photographic and textural essay which analyses James Cagney's screen characters via 60 of his movies; showing the curve of his career against its social and historical context.

Chatto & Windus, William IV Street, London 1962 hardcover, 5½" x 8¼", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, and usual stamps, stickers, & barcode etc. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell had the unmatched ability to synthesise scientific facts. His mathematical brilliance was such that he became one of the giants in the history of theoretical physics. Maxwell's chief contribution to the development of science was his monumental theoretical deduction predicting the existence of electromagnetic waves like that of light waves. Many discoveries in the electromagnetic field have stemmed from his findings.

St Martin's Press, publishers, New York 1995 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers & barcode, etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Most of what we know about James Dean grows out of his cultlike status for three films, made during his final eighteen months. This book delves much further into Dean's early life and training on stage and in television. Using research that is astounding in its detail and frequently letting sources speak in their own voices, author Val Holley paints a portrait of an immensely talented actor, devoted to his craft, whose natural self-destructive streak Hollywood exacerbated - with fatal results.

Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd, London - first UK edition ISBN:0747504911 1989 hardcover, 10¼" x 10½", with dust jacket Minor wear to top edge of jacket. AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket This attractively-produced, reappraisal of James Dean goes beyond the legend to portray the real man behind the 'pin-up' image, and features 170 photographs, many of which have never been published before - a dozen in color. Author Hoskyns makes Dean come alive as no other writer has been able to do, revitallizing the shallow cardboard figure portrayed by the media, and breaking away from the single-minded emphasis on his good looks and photographic charm.

Hamlyn Group, London 1991 Large hardcover with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket When James Dean died so tragically in 1955, he had already created the image that is the basis of today's extraordinarily potent legend. This image is vividly expressed through James Dean's own views of his life and ambitions, combined with a stunning collection of photographs of the brilliant young actor working on and off the movie set.