Search Results: Authors starting with J from Eureka Books

Chatto & Windus, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A nineteenth-century-style mystery, packed with literary illusions. First Edition. One of 100 copies signed and numbered by the author. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, with a wrap-around belly band designed to look like a book clasp. Egg-stealing in the Scottish Highlands, fraud and felony on the streets of London, and strange goings-on in the Fens, 'Kept' is a Victorian mystery about the extreme and curious things men do to get what they want.

DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC, 1971. Hardcover.

The Century Co, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 377 pages. Adams, Six Guns 1662: 'The life story to date of a born swashbuckler, two-gun fighter, and world-roving maker of history, including confidential information on the recent disturbances in Mexico, Nicarargua, China and other places where Uncle Sam has irons in the fire.' First edition (first printing). A very good copy in green cloth covers with dark blue lettering on front cover and spine. Slight edge wear. Spine edges are tanned. Dust jacket with chips missing at top and bottom of front panel and from bottom of spine. Edge and corner wear with small closed tears at edges.

Jigglebox.com. R. S. Mckinney. Printed by Black Rock City Limited, 2005. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 23 pages. 'In memoriam Burning Man 2005' printed on opening page. Rear page with reprint of newspaper article on Rick McKinney and his walk for suicide-awareness and his hike to Aspen for Hunter Thompson's funeral service. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Unprinted paper wrapper is soiled. Contents are near fine.

Harper & Brothers, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 367 pages. The British author's selection of stories from his previously published works for this American edition. On the Bleiler list of science fiction books. Stated 'first edition' (first printing). A very good copy in a dust jacket with a chip at the spine head up to the text, and other small tears, but blue ink appears crisp and bright. A handsome copy.

Cambridge University Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 320 pages. First edition (first printing). Previous owner's blindstamp in three places, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. This book explores the multi-faceted career of Giorgio Vasari--painter, architect, artistic impresario, collector and biographer. The essays examine Vasari's working relationship with his advisor, Vincenzo Borghini, from the decoration of the Sala Regia at the Vatican to the master's last and greatest challenge, the cupola of Florence cathedral. Drawing on recently discovered documentary sources from the Vasari family archive, Vasari's Florence puts into new perspective the historiographical and artistic achievements of this pivotal Renaissance artist

(n.p.), 1974. Trade Paperback. [12] pages. 5 by 4-1/2 inches. By the Australian painter, sculptor and printmaker. One stamp per leaf, stamped rectos only. One of a series of 12 hand-stamped artist's books created by Jacks between 1973 - 1982. 'Jacks was in North America from 1968 to 1977 and started producing small, hand-made artists' books, often using his trademark feature of hand-stamping. ' -- University of Melbourne, Collections, Issue 6. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback) stapled and bound with black tape. Edge wear, uneven toning to covers. Signed by the author in pencil on the cover.

Little, brown and Company, 1930. Hardcover. 332 pages. 4 full-page color illustrations. A very good copy in black cloth covers with pasted color illustration on front cover.

Thos. W. Jackson Publishing Co, 1910. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 96 pages. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in yellow illustrated wrappers (paperback).

Macmillan Company, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 337 pages. The author's last published book. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. Light spotting to the top edge.

Penguin Classics, 2006. Trade Paperback. A new copy. 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, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. This edition features a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Delacorte Press, 2023. Trade Paperback. A new copy. You're invited to the murder mystery party of the year! Fans of the hit series A Good Girl's Guide to Murder will love Pip's final detective case in this mystery novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Jackson. Six suspects. Three hours. One murder... Pip is not in the mood for her friend's murder mystery party. Especially one that involves 1920's fancy dress and pretending that their town is an island called Joy. But when the game begins, Pip finds herself drawn into the make-believe world of intrigue, deception and murder. But as Pip plays detective, teasing out the identity of the killer clue-by-clue, the murder of the fictional Reginald Remy isn't the only case on her mind ...

Penguin Classics, 2006. Trade Paperback. A new copy. 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, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. This edition features a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Penguin Classics, 2017. Trade Paperback. A new copy. For the first time in one volume, a collection of Shirley Jackson's scariest stories, with a foreword by PEN/Hemingway Award winner Ottessa Moshfegh After the publication of her short story "The Lottery" in the New Yorker in 1948 received an unprecedented amount of attention, Shirley Jackson was quickly established as a master horror storyteller. This collection of classic and newly reprinted stories provides readers with more of her unsettling, dark tales, including the "The Possibility of Evil" and "The Summer People." In these deliciously dark stories, the daily commute turns into a nightmarish game of hide and seek, the loving wife hides homicidal thoughts and the concerned citizen might just be an infamous serial killer. In the haunting world of Shirley Jackson, nothing is as it seems and nowhere is safe, from the city streets to the crumbling country pile, and from the small-town apartment to the dark, dark woods. There's something sinister… Read More

Random House Publishing Group, 2020. Trade Paperback. A new copy. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A renowned psychic medium teaches us how to recognize and interpret the life-changing messages from loved ones and spirit guides on the Other Side. "A collection of incredible stories . . . that speak to the universe's endless capacity for magical moments."--goop Laura Lynne Jackson is a psychic medium and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Light Between Us. She possesses an incredible gift: the ability to communicate with loved ones who have passed, convey messages of love and healing, and impart a greater understanding of our interconnectedness. Though her abilities are exceptional, they are not unique, and that is the message at the core of this book. Understanding "the secret language of the universe" is a gift available to all. As we learn to ask for and recognize signs from the other side, we will start to find meaning where before there was only confusion, and see light in the… Read More

Macmillan Company, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 337 pages. The author's last published book. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a dust jacket with three light burn(?) marks on the rear panel mostly visible on the verso. Spine with a slight lean. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: 'June 5th '67/ Chelsea Hotel / NYC / Dear _______ and _______ -- This new book of mine comes to you with my old love & admiration -- Charles Jackson / Pub. date Aug. 10th '67.'.

Ember, 2023. Trade Paperback. A new copy. THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES - The final book in the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series that reads like your favorite true crime podcast or show. By the end, you'll never think of good girls the same way again... Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended. She's used to online death threats in the wake of her viral true-crime podcast, but she can't help noticing an anonymous person who keeps asking her: Who will look for you when you're the one who disappears? Soon the threats escalate and Pip realizes that someone is following her in real life. When she starts to find connections between her stalker and a local serial killer caught six years ago, she wonders if maybe the wrong man is behind bars. Police refuse to act, so Pip has only one choice: find the suspect herself--or be the next victim. As the deadly game plays out, Pip discovers that everything in her small town is… Read More

N/A, 2006. Trade Paperback. A new copy. The greatest haunted house story ever written--the inspiration for the hit Netflix horror series! First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers--and soon it will choose one of them to make its own. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout… Read More

Ember, 2021. Trade Paperback. A new copy. THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES - Everyone is talking about A Good Girl's Guide to Murder! With shades of Serial and Making a Murderer this is the story about an investigation turned obsession, full of twists and turns and with an ending you'll never expect. Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. But she can't shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer? Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and… Read More

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1881. First Edition. Map. U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey map to Accompany Report on Education in Alaska. Map is dated 1881 but published later, ca. 1895. Map size, oblong format 17.8 x 14.75 inches within border; on sheet 19x 16.75 inches. Place names identified on map. Rev. Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909) was a Presbyterian missionary in the western U.S. He is particularly known for his work in Alaska. In 1877, Jackson began his Alaska work where he founded numerous schools and training centers that served Alaskan Natives. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy. Previously folded. Right upper edge has chips where attached to book binding. Map itself is in excellent condition.