Search Results: Authors starting with C from James M. Dourgarian, Bookman

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1947), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 1249 in this important series, a novel, the story of a group of Americans in contemporary China that alternates between mystery and adventure, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, this is in the very scarce upright/vertical format. Spine faded, else very good minus.

NY, Saturday Review, February 27, 1937, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. A review of John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, page 7, Canby praises the book quite highly, photo of Steinbeck by Sonya Noskourak and a quote from the review are featured on the magazine's front cover, this was published on what was Steinbeck's 35th birthday, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Previous owner's ink name, address, and date, else fine.

NY, Ballantine Books, 1953, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 8, a paperback original, introduction by John Steinbeck which is excerpted on rear cover, foreword by Charles Chaplin, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Near fine.

NY, Washington Square Press, 2002, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. No. LP-1, this is the first book in the renewal of the Armed Services Editions issued by the Council on Books in Wartime during World War II, the seven books in this new series were all developed by Carroll and his Legacy Project, a national nonprofit organization that works to preserve American war letters, the book covers the Civil War, World War I and II, the Korean War, and Vietnam to the present day, although the book appears to be well-aged along its edges, it was manufactured that way to make it look as if it too was one of the old-style Armed Services Editions, that aged look was abandoned after publication of this book which was done in the wider-than-tall format of the earlier ASEs, this copy Signed by Andy Carroll. Fine.

NY, Washington Square Press, 2002, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 1-TLP/VFW, this book was a prelude the renewal of the Armed Services Editions issued by the Council on Books in Wartime during World War II, the seven books in this new series were all developed by Carroll and his Legacy Project, a national nonprofit organization that works to preserve American war letters, the book covers the Civil War, World War I and II, the Korean War, and Vietnam to the present day, it was issued solely for use for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, this book was followed by the seven books that renewed the Armed Services Editions, those seven books were distributed to military all over the world, including those fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, this copy Signed by Andy Carroll, this version of War Letters is in the upright/vertical format. Fine.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 1191 in this important series, preface by the editor who offers a study of eight murders in Denver's history by such writers as William MacLeod Raine, Brett Halliday, Clyde Brion Davis, and others, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, this is in the very scarce upright/vertical format. Very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 1209 in this important series, a novel by the author of Laura and Bedelia, with a note about the author at the end, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, this is in the very scarce upright/vertical format. Very good plus.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. B-50, just the 50th book in this important series, Cassidy was head of the Associated Press bureau in Moscow during World War II, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good.

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1960, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. This Western Americana historian writes about "the vigilante impulse in America," this is an Author Presentation/Association Copy being inscribed to Western writer and publisher, J. Wilson McKenney, noting that if he had known of McKenney's own work on vigilantes that "it would have stood very well at pages 132-135". Minor wear to jacket extremities, else fine.

NY, Modern Library, 1942, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. P4, includes John Steinbeck's The Red Pony, pages 405-469, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence, W. Somerset Maugham, Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, William Faulkner, and others. Very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 783 in this important series, it reprints ASE No. J-279 published earlier in the series in 1944, a novel of harness racing, with a note about the author at the end, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 751 in this important series, Author's First Book, film source, to say that this is a mystery is wholly inadequate, Bruccoli check list I-6 (with an incorrect date of publication), issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 838 in this important series, a Philip Marlowe mystery and film source, Bruccoli IV-3, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, scarce. Good.

Norwalk, Easton Press, 1977, first edition thus.. Full leather, AEG, gilt designs, hubbed spine, moire endpapers, ribbon place marker, the two plays are The Cherry Orchard and Three Sisters, with an introduction by John Gielgud, illustrations by Lajos Szalay including a color frontispiece portrait of the author. Fine.

NY, Dell, 1959, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. A paperback original, No. LX 117, includes John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, pages 297-383, it also incluides William Saroyan's The Time of Your Life, Clifford Odets, and others, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Very good plus.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1947), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 1274 in this important series, foreword by the author, the book is the result of his 1944-45 journey to Great Britain, France, Belgium, Corsica, Italy, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, India, Burma, and China, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, this is in the very scarce upright/vertical format. Solid very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1947), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 1274 in this important series, foreword by the author, the book is the result of his 1944-45 journey to Great Britain, France, Belgium, Corsica, Italy, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, India, Burma, and China, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, this is in the very scarce upright/vertical format. Poor.

Lewiston, Confluence Press, 1990, first edition.. Issued without dust jacket, introduction by James R. Hepworth, frontispiece photo portrait of Stegner by Leo Holub. Fine.

Lewiston, Confluence Press, 1990, first edition.. Issued without dust jacket, introduction by James R. Hepworth, frontispiece photo portrait of Stegner by Leo Holub, this is the definitive Stegner bibliography, one of 1,000 copies, this copy is signed by both Stegner and Colberg at the publication party for this book Nov. 18, 1990 which was held at Stegner's Los Altos, CA home, laid in is a cocktail napkin from that cocktail/publication party which is imprinted in gilt "Wallace Stegner/A Descriptive Bibliography". Minor top edge foxing, else fine, unread.

Mercer Island, Starmont House, 1985, first edition, first printing.. Hardcover, issued without dust jacket, covers Night Shift, Different Seasons, The Dark Tower, Creepshow, Skeleton Crew, and others, this is No. 9 in the Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism series. Fine.