![Cataract in Cliff, Grand Canyon [Photograph]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/484/898/1326898484.0.m.jpg)
Cataract in Cliff, Grand Canyon [Photograph]
by Jackson, William Henry
Photograph. 5" x 8" albumen photo on a thin card mount [7 1/2" x 10 1/2"]. The mount is slightly wavy. Beautiful sepia tone close-up photo. In 1870 American photographer William H. Jackson joined geologist Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden on an expedition across Wyoming, along the Green River, and eventually into the Grand Canyon and the Yellowstone Lake region. His... Read More
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The Key to Serendipity: Volume One How to Buy Books From Peter B. Howard
by Jackson, Ian; with the assistance of Arnold Aldus Jackson; illustrations by Ann Arnold (Three Grasshoppers)
Berkeley, 2001. Second edition. Paperback. NEW. 30 pp. [21.5 cm]; saddle-stitched (2 stapeles) in red illustrated wraps. Second edition of volume one, slightly revised and expanded. A humorous ode to legendary San Francisco bookseller Peter B. Howard, and the unique experience of shopping at Serendipity Books.
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![195. Salt Lake City, Utah, Panoramic View / Mount of the Holy Cross [Utah / Colorado] [Two Large Format Photographs]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/054/114/1700114054.0.m.jpg)
195. Salt Lake City, Utah, Panoramic View / Mount of the Holy Cross [Utah / Colorado] [Two Large Format Photographs]
by Jackson, W. H. (William Henry). [Large Format Photographs] [Utah] [Colorado] [Beehive House] [Gardo House]
Denver, Colorado: W. H. Jackson & Co, 1880. Photograph. Very Good. Two large format photographs, one mounted to each side of a sheet of thin card stock [15" x 11 ½"]. "Salt Lake City, Utah" is 13" wide by 10" tall. "Mount of the Holy Cross" measures 13" tall by 10" wide. Condition is about Very Good. The... Read More
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The Bird's Nest
by Jackson, Shirley
London: Michael Joseph, 1955. First British edition. Very Good +/Very Good. 240pp. Octavo [20cm]. Bound in black cloth; gilt stamped lettering on spine. Spine ends and corners gently bumped. Bit of toning to the endsheets and textblock. The edges of the dust jacket are a bit chipped, particularly at spine ends. There is a 3cm closed tear near... Read More
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The Haunting of Hill House
by Jackson, Shirley
New York: Penguin Books, 2016. Later printing. Paperback. New. 233pp. [21.5 cm] Illustrated wraps.
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The Sundial
by Jackson, Shirley
New York: Penguin Classics, 2014. Later printing. Paperback. New. 222pp. Duodecimo [19.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "When the Halloran clan gathers at the family home for a funeral, no one is surprised when the somewhat peculiar Aunt Fanny wanders off into the secret garden. But then she returns to report an astonishing vision of an apocalypse from which only the... Read More
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Jackson, Shirley; Jonathan Lethem (Introduction)
New York: Penguin Books, 2006. Reprint. Paperback. New. 146 pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. From the publisher: "Shirley Jackson’s beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family’s dark secret Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse,... Read More
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When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson
by Jackson, Shirley; Joyce Carol Oates; Carmen Maria Machado; Stephen Graham Jones; Ellen Datlow (Editor)
London: Titan Books, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. New/new. 340pp. Octavo [24cm]. Orange boards with title stamped in black on spine. Illustrated endpapers. "A chilling anthology in tribute to the genius of Shirley Jackson, collecting today’s best horror writers. Featuring Joyce Carol Oates, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Richard Kadrey, Stephen Graham Jones, Elizabeth Hand and more. A collection of... Read More
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![Out of Tunnel 13. Colo. [Buena Vista, Colorado] Midland](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/687/212/1721212687.0.m.jpg)
Out of Tunnel 13. Colo. [Buena Vista, Colorado] Midland
by Jackson, William H. (Henry). [Buena Vista, Colorado]
Photograph. Very Good. Unmounted albumen print [10.5 cm x 18.5 cm] Light rippling to top and bottom edge. 1/2 centimeter closed tear to top edge. Number 6017. Tunnel located on highway 371 north of Buena Vista, Colorado. William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) was the first photographer to capture Colorado's Mount of the Holy Cross, in turn providing actual... Read More
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Mesa Verde and Indian Artifacts and Ruins. 3 Photographs
by Jackson, William Henry; & Unknown Photographer
Two large format W. H. Jackson albumen photographs [7" x 9"] on mounts [8" x 10 1/2"]. Circa 1899. 4255. Cliff House. Looking Out; 4257. Cliff Palace. The mounts are a bit worn at the edges. Number 4255 has a 6" crease, and 4257 has a map strip of Colorado adhered along the bottom edge. One photograph... Read More
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Hell! Said the Duchess: A Bedtime Story
by [Jack the Ripper] [Jane the Ripper Murders] [Female Murderers] [Britain] [Horror] Arlen, Michael
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1934. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 241pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Black cloth over boards, with a gilt stamped title and embossed diamond patterns on the spine, and a gilt stamped crown design on the front cover. Publisher's red topstain. Spine slanted. Literary bookplate on the front pastedown. In... Read More
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Bulletin of the University Archaeological Society, Number Two (2)
by Jakeman, M. Wells (ed.)
Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1951. Paperback. Very Good +. 57pp. Octavo [22 cm] Orange wrappers with title printed in black on front panel. Subtle fading to backstrip and extremities. Contents are: Dating Archaeological Finds by Radioactive Carbon Content by John L. Sorenson, Chronology of the Mesoamerican Area; A Brief Summary of the Latest Results of Archaelogical Research... Read More
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Rose Hartwick Thorpe and the Story of "Curfew Must Not Ring To-Night
by James, George Wharton
Pasadena, CA: The Radiant Life Press, 1916. First edition. 53+8pp. Octavo [25 cm] Original hand colored, decorated wrappers. Very good. Minor foxing to covers. Gift inscription on the half-title. Signed and dated by the subject [Rose Hartwick Thorpe] on the half-title. Ms. Thorpe and her family moved to San Diego in 1887; she is quoted at some length on... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed to Their Son, Mentioning the United States Secession (1860-1861) and a Conflict between Native Americans and Mormons, Apparently in the Utah Territory. 2 June 1860
by James, Nathan and Catherine
3pp. 19 cm x 12 cm. Brown ink on laid paper bifolium, blind-stamped monogram in the left upper corner. Fold marks, paper slightly age-toned, else a very good letter. An interesting early private letter mentioning the United States Secession and conflicts between Native Americans and Mormons in the Utah Territory. Written by a resident, possibly of Illinois. Excerpts... Read More
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Uncle Bill: A Tale of Two Kids and a Cowboy
by James, Will
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. SIGNED. 240pp. Orange cloth over boards, with black ink stamped titles on the backstrip and front board, and a black ink stamped vignette on the front board. Spine and boards moderately bumped and rubbed at the edges. Staining to the rear board. Bookseller's ticket on the... Read More
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The Young C.L.R. James: A Graphic Novelette
by James, C.L.R.; Milton Knight (Illustrator); Paul Buhle (Editor); Lawrence Ware (Editor)
Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2018. Paperback. New. 44pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Stapled illustrated wraps. "This unique comic by Milton Knight illuminates the early years of C.L.R. James (1901–1989), known in much later years as the “last great Pan-Africanist.” The son of a provincial school administrator in British-governed Trinidad, James disappointed his family by embracing the culture and passions of... Read More
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The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (Southern California) -2 volumes
by James, George Wharton
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Very good minus. Carl Eytel. 547pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] 1/4 tan cloth with bluish gray cloth covered boards, gilt stamped titles on the spines, and gilt stamped vignettes on the front cover. Top edges gilt. The text block of volume 1 is cracked at p. 81, and again at... Read More
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The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (Southern California) -2 volumes
by James, George Wharton
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Carl Eytel. 547pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] 1/4 tan cloth with bluish-gray cloth covered boards, gilt stamped titles on the spines, and gilt stamped vignettes on the front cover. Top edges gilt. Large fold-out map present in volume 1. Moderate rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Several small... Read More
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Indian Blankets and Their Makers
by James, George Wharton
Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Co, 1934. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. 213pp. Small quarto [26 cm] Tan cloth over boards with pictorial stamping. Light rubbing and soiling to the extremities. Very trivial moisture staining to top edge of text block. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. A few pages with darkened areas from paper having been laid in. With... Read More
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This Is My Blood
by Laughlin. James
Covelo, CA: The Yolla Bolly Press, 1989. Limited edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 100pp. Small quarto [25.5 cm] Tan and brown printed wraps with an illustrated mylar cover. The rear wrap is lightly soiled. The publisher's printed mylar cover is in very good condition, with light shelfwear. The eleventh book issued with this imprint. Copy number 71 of... Read More
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The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders 1811
by James, P. D.; T. A. Critchley
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED. 234pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 blue cloth with orange paper over boards. Map endpapers. Mild edge wear to the spine and boards. In the dust jacket with minor wear. A true-life detective story set firmly in its historical context, this account of the Ratcliffe Highway... Read More
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![Cowboys North and South [signed by Will James]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/161/744/1521744161.0.m.0.jpg)
Cowboys North and South [signed by Will James]
by James, Will
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 217pp. Quarto [24 cm] Gray cloth over boards, with the title stamped in black on the backstrip and front board, and a brown ink stamped cowboy and horse vignette on the front board. Insignificant warping to the front board; spine moderately toned; spine ends and corners of the covers... Read More
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Cowboys North and South
by James, Will
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good +. 217pp. Octavo [21 cm] Yellow cloth over boards, lettered and pictorially stamped in green. The endpapers are a bit darkened, and the front free endpaper has a previous owner's name along with the date "August 16, 1944," and a bookseller's ticket. In the dust jacket,... Read More
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Sand (First edition in a dust jacket)
by James, Will
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 328pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Bright green cloth covered boards with black ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and red and black ink decorative patterns on the front board. The extremities are lightly rubbed, and the pages are tanned. In an attractive dust... Read More
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The Art of French Calotype. With a Critical Dictionary of Photographers, 1845-1870
by Jammes, Andre; Eugenia Parry Janis
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 284pp. Short oblong quarto [24 cm x 27 cm] Beige cloth over over boards. Minor scuff mark to foot of text block. In the dust jacket, with light surface and edge wear. A pioneering study in the history of photography.
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