Ballantine Jack (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First. 4to. No date but believed 1947. A reading copy only. worn spine and extrems. Tear to leading edge of several pages at rear. Cracked front hinge. Tan to pages. first story = Rod Brady's Knock-out Blow. Cover is dog, man and sled parachuting into snow. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 173 pp, 4 colour plates numerous bw illustrations, colour illustration of footballing cowboys to spine and covers. Cvoers rubbed and scuffed around the edges, spine and margins of covers a little darkened, pages much tanned - solid reading copy.

Condition: Fair. First Edition. Worn condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Pages browning but content in overall good condition. 210mm x 160mm (8" x 6"). 173pp + plates. 4 colour plates. First story: The Shanghaied Mountie, Illustrated hardback board cover.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1932. Fair condition with no wrapper. Colour pictorial boards showing two boys hiking with dog. 4 colour plates, including frontis. First story is 'The Shanghaied Mountie' by Crawford Kaye. Chunky volume. Spine bumped, covers edge worn. Some slight spotting to covers. Damp staining to page edges throughout which has also caused curving to the pages. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Various, (illustrator). 1929. Good condition with no wrapper. Colour pictorial boards, front cover shows two boys riding on camels. 4 colour plates, including frontis. B/w illustrations. First story is 'The Shepherd of the Air' by R.L. Garden. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges worn. Spine faded. Covers grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned with slight damp staining at page edges. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1932. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Colour pictorial boards showing two boys hiking with dog. 4 colour plates, including frontis. First story is 'The Shanghaied Mountie' by Crawford Kaye. Chunky volume. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Chipping to cover edges and top and tail of spine. A few grubby marks to covers, with a few small scuffs. Front joint is cracked and becoming weak; webbing showing through. Some ink stamp marks to belongs to box and verso of frontis. Small tear to bottom of frontis. Light browning to page edges and margins. A few hinges are pulled. All plates are present. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Tan Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 203, [3]. Beige Cloth Stamped In Magenta On Spine And Front Cover. First Printing. This Is Ian Ballantine's Personal Copy, Probably Received From Houghton Per His Agreement Regarding Hardcover Issues By Other Publishing Houses Simultaneous With Or Soon After His Paperback Initial Releases. Never Sold Or Circulated, Direct From The Ballantine's Library, Unsophisticated, No Restoration Done And None Needed. Dj Very Clean And Complete, Not Price Clipped, Rubbing/Wear At Corners With A 3/4" Tear Along Lower Front Spine Edge, 1/4" Tear At Bottom Of Front Panel Near Fore Edge, And A Crease Connecting The Two Tears, Also A 1 1/2" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel Near The Spine.

Yellow Cloth/ Black Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine DJ. First Edition. 133, [3] Pp. Yellow Cloth, Black Boards. First Printing, Date On Title Page. Two Novels, First Blood And Jacob. This Is Ian Ballantine's Personal Copy, Probably Received From Houghton Per His Agreement Regarding Hardcover Issues By Other Publishing Houses Simultaneous With Some Of His Ballantine Paperback Initial Releases. Never Sold Or Circulated, Direct From The Ballantine's Library, Unsophisticated, No Restoration Done And None Needed. Book Has No Wear, Just A Little Foxing Along Top Edge Of Page Block. Dj Very Clean And Complete, Not Price Clipped, Slight Rubbing/Wear At Corners With Very Tiny Loses At Tips. No Wear At All At Top Of Spine And Just Slight Wear At Bottom Edge Of Spine, Tiny Chip And Wrinkle At Top Of Front Panel1/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Front Panel.

Yellow Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, Hardcover Issue. The Publisher's Personal Copy, Never Sold Or Circulated, Direct From The Publisher's Library. Bound In Yellow Cloth. As Issued. One Of The Scarcer Ballantine Hardcovers. Book Is Clean, No Names Or Other Marks, Foxing Along Top Edge Of Page Block, Browning To Pages And Upper 1" Of Endpapers. Dj Complete, No Edge Wear, Just A Little Very Faint Foxing And Some Fading Of The Orange Background Of The Spine, All White Lettering Remaining Quite Sharp, Slight Fading To Spine With All Lettering And Design Sharp, 1/4" Closed Tear Near Spine Edge On Rear Panel. Per Wikipedia, Jack Jones Cbe (1884 - 1970) Was A Welsh Miner, Trade Union Official, Politician, Novelist And Playwright. During His 20S Jack Jones Began To Educate Himself And Develop His Love Of The Theatre And Writing, Often Taking Part In Local Dramatic Productions. In 1926 He Successfully Entered A Short Play He Had Written Entitled Dad's Double Into A Competition In Manchester. He Began Writing Seriously During A Period Of Unemployment. His First Novel, Saran, Was Never Published, But A Reduced Version Of It Appeared As Black Parade (1935). By 1939, He Had Written The Novels Rhondda Roundabout (1934), And Bidden To The Feast (1938), A Play, Land Of My Fathers (1937), And His First Autobiography, Unfinished Journey (1937). The London Stage Version Of Rhondda Roundabout Was Acclaimed. He Wrote The Dialogue For The Film The Proud Valley, In Which He Also Had A Minor Acting Role. During The Second World War He Was A Speaker For The Ministry Of Information And The National Savings Movement. He Wrote The Man David (1944), A Life Of David Lloyd George. After The War He Wrote Two Volumes Of Autobiography, Me And Mine (1946) And Give Me Back My Heart (1950), Three Novels, Off To Philadelphia In The Morning (1947) Made Into A Bbc Drama Of The Same Name In 1978, Some Trust In Chariots (1948), And River Out Of Eden (1951), And A Play Transatlantic Episode (1947). His Later Works, Lily Of The Valley And Lucky Year (1952), Time And The Business (1953), Choral Symphony (1955) And Come, Night; End, Day (1956) Were Less Well Received. In 1954, He Married His Second Wife, Gladys Morgan. He Was Elected First President Of The English Section Of Yr Academi Gymreig. Until His Death In May 1970 He Continued Writing; These Works Remained Unpublished, Including A Biographical Novel, A Burnt Offering, Based On The Life Of Dr William Price (1800-1893), Llantrisant, Pioneer Of Cremation.