Jackson Sidney William (4 results)

4to, 135pp. A very good hardback copy in dust jacket with faded spine. Signed by the author. Limited edition, #79 of 500.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Quarto; hardcover, full cloth with blind rules to the boards and gilt upper board titles; 172pp., all edges marbled, with a monochrome frontispiece and many illustrations likewise (original wrappers bound-in). Minor wear; slightly rolled; some light corner-bumping and spine extremities softened; text block top edge mildly dusted; Light spotting to the preliminaries; a small tear to the top edge of the original front wrapper (now professionally repaired); signed in ink with an inscription to the title page. Very good. Standard postage quoted is for a maximum 1kg book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. This book's packed weight is over 1kg so extra charges for overseas postage will apply. Books listed on ABEbooks are not kept at our bookshop. Please enquire if you wish to see the book at our premises. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Scone, The Seven Press, 1991. Large quarto (290 × 250 mm), 135 pages with over 100 illustrations (mainly high-quality full-page reproductions of Jackson's superb photographs). Papered boards; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. Number 408 of only 500 copies signed by the author. Loosely inserted is a vintage gelatin silver photograph (155 × 205 mm) by Jackson, from his negative #133 (in reverse in the bottom left-hand corner of the print). The photograph is reproduced on page 61 of the book. On the verso of the original is his ink stamp and the following caption in pencil (in his hand): 'Austn Abo. scarifying Moreton Bay Chestnut seeds with shell of scrub snail (Helix pachystyla) for food, after elimination of poisonous properties'. Jackson has also written the word 'unique'. White's lengthy caption in the book expands on the basic description, notes that the photograph was taken at Jackson's camp at Tinaroo [jungle, North Queensland, in the third quarter of] 1908, and makes the following intriguing comment: 'This negative is very unique and was lent to Mr E. Banfield of Dunk Island'. [2 items]. Signed.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1978 film, showing actor Ted Ross in costume as the Cowardly Lion, sitting on set between takes, while director Sidney Lumet and crew members work in the background. Manuscript pencil and ink annotations on the verso. Loosely based on the 1974 musical with book by William F. Brown, and music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls. A contemporary African American reimagining of the 1900 L. Frank Baum children's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," as well as Victor Fleming's 1939 classic adaptation starring Judy Garland. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear at the corners and an annotation in manuscript pencil on the top margin of the recto.