Search Results: Authors starting with J from Darwin Labordo Books

Charles Scribners, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Very good to fine copy in slipcase. First edition. Not in Guns.

Two volumes, bound in brown leather and marbled boards, both books very good, a beautiful set. Monterey edition. Deluxe edition seldom seen with 5 raised bands and different from the red morocco binding. Introduction by Susan Coolidge and illustrations by Henry Sandham. Powell, California Classics p. 277: Among the many editions of Ramona, two are outstanding. The Monterey edition of 1900 contains an introduction by Susan Coolidge which is one of the best things written about Mrs. Jackson. It is illustrated by Henry Sandham, the Canadian artist who had travelled with Mrs. Jackson in the early 1880 s and made field drawings to illustrate her Century articles. Sandham is the ideal portrayer of Southern California of that time. Zamorano Eighty 46: Ramona, a maudlin, sentimental story is, of course not a great novel. But it is an exceedingly important California book for two reasons. A popular book, it spread the fame of California and no doubt inspired a considerable number of people to migrate here… Read More

Plantin Press for Limited Editions Club, 1959. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Introduction by J. Frank Dobie. Slipcase has some minor stains, book very fine, signed by Everett Gee Jackson, illustrator. First edition thus. Limited to 1,500 copies. Zamorano Eighty 46: "Ramona, a maudlin, sentimental story is, of course not a great novel. But it is an exceedingly important California book for two reasons. A popular book, it spread the fame of California and no doubt inspired a considerable number of people to migrate here in the nineties and in the first two decades of this century. And, second, by exposing the abuses to which Southern California Indians were subjected, it resulted in numerous wholesome reforms in the administration of Indian affairs. The book continues to sell several thousand copies a year." BAL 10456. Baird-Greenwood 1296. Cowan p. 307n. Johnson, High Spots of American Literature pp. 46-47. Powell, California Classics.

Macmillan Co., 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Dust jacket worn, book very good. First edition. Guns 1122: "Scarce." "Contains thorough studies of four celebrated California outlaws-Black Bart, Rattlesnake Dick, Dick Fellows, and Tom Bell- later incorporated into the author's Bad Company.

Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1892. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Gray cloth cover clean, a very good copy. Later printing. Zamorano Eighty 46: Ramona, a maudlin, sentimental story is, of course not a great novel. But it is an exceedingly important California book for two reasons. A popular book, it spread the fame of California and no doubt inspired a considerable number of people to migrate here in the nineties and in the first two decades of this century. And, second, by exposing the abuses to which Southern California Indians were subjected, it resulted in numerous wholesome reforms in the administration of Indian affairs. The book continues to sell several thousand copies a year. BAL 10456. Baird-Greenwood 1296. Cowan p. 307n. Johnson, High Spots of American Literature pp. 46-47. Powell, California Classics.

New York, Hastings House, 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth and boards, very good copy in very good dust jacket. First edition. Adams One-Fifty 81. Guns 1126: Perhaps the best biography of Doc Holliday thus far. It gives much information about Dodge City, Fort Griffin, and Tombstone; the Earps, the Clantons, the OK Corral fight; and Bat Masterson, Luke Short, and many other western gunmen.

New York, Charles Scribner's and Sons., 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book is very good. Dust jacket has chip to the top of the spine and some wear, price intact, overall very good. First edition, first printing

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Moderate wear to the covers, very good minus. First edition, first printing.

Rust brown cloth, no dust jacket, very good. First edition with Scribner's "A."

New York, Charles Scribner's and Sons., 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book very good plus to near fine. Dust jacket has red ink lettering faded as usual, minor soiling and creasing, almost no chipping, price intact, overall very good plus. First edition with Scribner s A.

Texas A & M Press, 1989. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book and dust jacket are in near fine condition. Second edition. Six Score 63: "Mary Jaques was an Englishwoman who spent two years in America from 1889 to 1891. The last part of this rare book describes a trip to Mexico shortly before her return to England, and an earlier trip to the West Coast, but a good part of the work deals with her ranch experiences. Much surprised her, and she took it in her cultured stride." Merrill's Aristocrats. Howes J60.

Austin: Pemberton Press, 1971. F . Soft cover. Fine. Wrappers, fine. Laid loose is bookmark from the Jenkins family presenting the work as a Christmas keepsake for 1971. First edition.

Austin: The Jenkins Co, 1986. F . Soft cover. Very Good. Wrappers, very good copy. First edition.

H. K. Fly Co., 1921. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth, a very good copy, signature of author tipped in. First edition. Guns 1172: "this book deals mostly with Jenning's prison life and his friendship with O. Henry, who was confined in the same prison. As an Oklahoma outlaw familiar with the officers of that state, the author should have known better than call E. D. Nix by the name 'Ed Nicks.' " Rader 2083.

Stillwater, Oklahoma, Barbed Wire Press, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. First edition.