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

NY, The New Republic, December 9, 1940, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. The third in a series on American writers, it also quotes John Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle, pages 784-787, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Library stamps from Princeton University, some spine corruption, else very good.

San Francisco, Hesperian House, 1961, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Two volumes, map endpapers, it mentions Steinbeck and his The Grapes of Wrath, page 6, includes a brief Steinbeck biography and his short story, Johnny Bear, pages 163-183, Goldstone & Payne B118, not recorded by Morrow, also includes Jack London, George Sterling, Ina Coolbrith, Frank Norris, Mary Austin, James M. Cain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Fante, Robinson Jeffers, William Saroyan, Jack Kerouac, and others. Near fine.

Millerton, Aperture, 1978, first edition thus.. Issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, this is No. 218 of 350 copies produced with hand selected sheets that are Signed by Charis Wilson, with 64 photographs by Edward Weston and a foreword by Charis Wilson to this new, revised edition, originally published in 1940, lacking the silver print from the original negative (as usual). Fine.

NY, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940, first edition, first printing.. Lacking its dust jacket, a U. S. Camera book with 96 photographs, photos taken from 1937 to 1939 while on a Guggenheim fellowship, text by Charis Wilson Weston, his second wife, from a diary she kept. Very good.

Salt Lake City, Peregrin Smith, 1982, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. Brief biographies of Californians, it mentions John Steinbeck, 54, which is full of mis-spellings. Fine.

Pleasantville, Reader's Digest, November 1939, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. A not very flattering review (more like a rebuke) of John Steinbeck's masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath, pages 89-95, text from "Forum," this issue also includes Sherwood Anderson, Charles A. Lindbergh, and Antoine de Saint Exupery, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Near fine.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. K-3 in this important series, "a dog story of the Far North" and one of London's classic adventure stories, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus.

NY, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1953, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. An early novel from the creator of the Travis McGee mystery series. Very good.

NY, "Coronet", June 1945, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. A 10,000-word condensation, 145-161, Goldstone & Payne C58, not recorded by Morrow. Very good plus.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. T-5 in this important series, a novel by Steinbeck that is a minor (or not so minor) masterpiece which disguises its themes of death and loneliness with a layer of humor, Goldstone & Payne A22f, not recorded by Morrow, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Some general wear and a reading crease, else very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. T-5 in this important series, a novel by Steinbeck that is a minor (or not so minor) masterpiece which disguises its themes of death and loneliness with a layer of humor, Goldstone & Payne A22f, not recorded by Morrow, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Some general wear and a crease, very good.

Coronet", June 1945, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. A 10,000-word condensation, 145-161, Goldstone & Payne C58, not recorded by Morrow. Very good plus.

Hollywood, MGM, 1982, first edition.. An original-release color film poster, 27X41 inches, based on both Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday, the film starred Debra Winger and Nick Nolte. Folded as usual.

NY, Bantam Books, 1947, fifth printing, wrappers. Softcover.. With its very scarce original dust jacket as illustrated by Ben Stahl, existence of the dust jacket (an experiment, almost always on a fourth or fifth printing) is not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, highly prized by paperback collectors. Minor wear, else near fine, especially scarce in this condition.

NY, Bantam Books, 1947, fifth printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Jacket illustrated by Ben Stahl, existence of the jacket (an experiment) is not recorded by Goldstone & Payne, highly prized by paperback collectors. Very good.

NY, Bantam Books, 1947, fifth printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Jacket illustrated by Ben Stahl, existence of the jacket (an experiment) is not recorded by Goldstone & Payne, highly prized by paperback collectors. Minor wear and age, else nearly fine.

NY, Bantam Books, 1947, fifth printing, wrappers. Softcover.. With its very scarce original dust jacket as illustrated by Ben Stahl, existence of the dust jacket (an experiment, almost always on a fourth or fifth printing) is not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, highly prized by paperback collectors. Aged pages, else nearly fine in a very good plus jacket.

n.p. (NY), n.p. (The Viking Press), n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. Advance copy, an uncorrected galley proof, bound in plain, unprinted tannish wrappers, printed on rectos only, a very scarce advanced state of this minor, or not so minor, Steinbeck masterpiece whose themes of death and loneliness are masked by its surface layer of humor, all the more rare in that this is an Author Presentation Copy, Inscribed by Steinbeck to the best man at his second marriage, Howard O. Hunter, who was the Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissioner in the early 1940s under the FDR administration, Steinbeck and his second wife, Gwen Conger, were married March 29, 1943, just 11 days after receiving his final divorce decree from his first wife, Carol, Steinbeck has Inscribed the first preliminary as follows, "For Howard/who really/belongs in/Cannery Row/John Steinbeck/last night in New York 1944," this galley lacks all the preliminaries found in the 1945 published version such as half titles,… Read More

Aliso Viejo, James Cahill Publishing, 1998, first edition, first printing.. Hardcover, there were supposed to be three editions of this book, a paperbound edition which never materialized, a signed/numbered limited edition of 174 copies, and a lettered edition of 26 copies, however, Cahill gave 25 copies with an unfilled limitation page as payment to Ernie Bulow for lining up Navajo artist Ernest Franklin to illustrate the book, Bulow had these copies bound with a Navajo-like designed cloth with leather spine and slipcase that also include an original watercolor illustration Signed by Franklin, it shows a lone Navajo on horseback deep in the canyon, the book itself, like the other "regular" editions, is illustrated with ink drawings by Franklin, although he is not credited, also Signed by Hillerman and Franklin on the title page, obviously scarce. Fine.

Aliso Viejo, James Cahill Publishing, 1998, first edition, first printing.. Hardcover, issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, Signed by Hillerman, illustrated with ink drawings by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin, also Signed by Franklin, although he is not credited, there were 174 standard signed/limited edition copies, but this is lettered U of 26 lettered copies bound in mostly blue marbled boards with leather spine. Fine.