Joint by Blake James (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 382 pages. Light shelf wear, pages yellowed; a sound square binding. Paris Review Editions. The jacket has some chips and tears to the edges; discoloring. Prison. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 223690. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. As pictured, First Edition in good condition softcover gently read clean pages , but rear cover with grease stain, red stamp bottom edge, hole punch cover.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Clean and tight. One crease along the spine. A 1" closed tear at the bottom edge of the back cover that has creasing. Very rare paperback. First Delta Paperback Printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biography, Sociology.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 238 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects: Blake, James 1922-. Prisoners United States ; Personal narratives. 1 Kg.…

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Paris Review Edition. 382p. Name and book plate on front endpaper, jacket rubbed with stain on back and chips to edges. Selections from The Joint originally appeared in The Paris Review and Esquire. A classic prison memoir that would make Blake (1922-1979), the gay jazz pianist, a sensation. (8-1/2"x5-3/4").…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Chronicle of life in prison, in letters to friendsJames Blake was university trained and a pianist, who spent almost half his adult life in prison in the USA. Prison offered him a refuge - and a 'freedom' the outside world did not.Introduction by William Styron.Green covers, gilt titles on spine. Top cut edges spotted. Dustjacket with photo of letters on the front, and of the author inside the back cover. D/J edges worn and with tears top and bottom.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 238 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects: Blake, James 1922-. Prisoners United States ; Personal narratives. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Foxing to the edges of the textblock, else a very good hardback in a slightly rubbed jacket is foxed at the folds and has a tiny spot of loss at the top of the rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 382pp. Pertinent newspaper clipping laid in causing offsetting on front fly, cloth edges modestly sunned, near fine in a very good modestly edgeworn dust jacket with spine lightly sunned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Secker & Warburg, London, UK. 1972. 237 pgs. Signed and inscrbed by Jim Blake on the FFEP. Laid in TLS from Jim Blake laid in with the envelope. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "The Joint" is a book by James Blake, published in 1971, that consists of letters he wrote while serving time in prison. The book is an autobiography of letters, detailing his experiences as a petty thief and musician who found a strange sense of contentment in prison life. E-182; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 238 pages; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. 379pp. Slight edgewear else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight toning and edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 382pp. Faint foxing on page edges and modest edgewear else near fine in a very good dust jacket with tiny chips and tears, and modest rubbing on the rear panel.

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear, price clipped) dust jacket (in mylar). 382 pps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Black cloth spine, brown cloth boards, titled in gilt. Paris review editions. Early edition. Mild sunning/rubbing to board edges, small bump to leading edge. Paper splitting slightly at front hinge, but still sound. A few minor smudges to text block edge. Crisp unmarked pages. The DJ in mylar is worn at spine ends, mildly soiled/rubbed. Flap price $7.95. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. as pictured First Edition Very good condition hard cover, age freckles top edges black cloth , a nice dust jacket price 7.95 on jacket, edgewear , gently read clean, 339 pages.

dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 382 pages. Review copy with laid in slip and promotional letter. An interesting book that is a collection of letters from Blake who, despite being a well educated man and an accomplished piano player, spent much of his adult life in prison. Some of the letters in the book first appeared in The Paris Review and it was George Plimpton who championed Blake and brought the book to Doubleday to be published. A clean and tight very near fine copy in two tone cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. A nicer than usual copy.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. The first UK edition of this collection of letters written by James Blake while he was in prison, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First UK Edition, scarce.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This is a collection of letters that James Blake sent to friends and family while in jail, which recount 'detailed accounts of love affairs' as well as other poignant and dramatic subjects.Contents are grouped under nine different parts, such as 'Petit larceny, breaking and entering', 'The happy islanders', 'The world well lost', and 'You can go home again'.With an introduction by William Styron (1925-2006), an American novelist and essayist. He was particularly well-known for his memoir 'Darkness Visible', which chronicled his struggle with depression.James Carlos Blake is an American writer, sometimes referred to as one of the best writers on 'mythical American outlaw life'. He has written a range of short-stories, novellas, and novels, including 'Aliens in the Garden', 'The Outsider', 'The Pistoleer', and 'Under the Skin'.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with no noticeable faults other than a bit of fading to the top edge of boards. Dust wrapper is excellent, with minimal edge wear to the top edge of wraps and a mark to the rear wrap. Light age-toning to the top edge of the reverse of wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very nice copy in a like jacket. This copy inscribed by Blake to Frederick and Florence March. You want strange associations you ve got this. March is among a handful, at most, of the greatest Hollywood actors of his time and Blake was a musician, occasional thief, and sometimes excellent author. An uncommon book signed, but especially so to the renowned Actor, who played in one of his many roles opposite Spencer Tracy in the film version of Inherent The Wind. Signed by Author(s).…

First English edition, 8vo, 237, (1) pp. Cloth, d.w., remnants of a later price sticker to the upper flap, very mild wear to the top edge, overall a very good copy.

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