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

San Francisco, Underwood-Miller, 1981, first edition, first printing, clear plastic dust jacket. Hardcover.. Includes annotations by Steven Owen Godersky, with illustrated endpapers, this is one of only 200 copies Signed by Dick himself, Levack, and Godersky, photography provided by Paul A. Nelson, there were another 800 copies issued in softcover that were unsigned, printed on acid-free stock, includes an Afterword by Dick himself who died in 1982, this is Nit's copy,. Fine.

n.p., 20th Century-Fox, n.d. (1940), first edition.. This lithograph is one of 25 copies commissioned by 20th Century-Fox in 1940 to publicize the film version of The Grapes of Wrath, this image of Pa Joad is one of five character studies, the others were Ma Joad, Jim Casy, Tom Joad, and Rose of Sharon, Benton also produced The Departure of the Joads which was one of 100 copies, this matted image measures c.7.5X9.5 inches, the frame size is c.16X20 inches, this lithograph sold at Heritage Auctions in 2007 for $1,195. Fine, although not examined out of the frame.

San Francisco, Taylor & Taylor, 1960, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. One of 2,000 copies printed for Stanford University for an exhibition there, includes a tribute to his mentor, DeVoto, by Wallace Stegner titled Benny DeVoto's America, Colberg B56, this copy Signed by Wallace Stegner. Very good plus.

San Francisco, Taylor & Taylor, 1960, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. One of 2,000 copies printed for Stanford University for an exhibition there, includes a tribute to his mentor, DeVoto, by Wallace Stegner titled Benny DeVoto's America, Colberg B56. Stray mark to rear wrapper, else fine.

Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, 1979, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Photo-illustrated biography of this famed director by his grandson, includes discussion of John Steinbeck and the film version of his masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath, which Ford directed, see pages 134, 141-146, and 148, also includes a double-spread photo portrait of the Joad family from his film version, not recorded by Morrow. Fine.

London, Anthony Treherne & Co., Ltd., 1905, first edition, first printing.. Included in Harry Furniss's Christmas Annual, 1905, here re-bound in green cloth with a cover label giving the title and author, this was Furniss's first annual, illustrated by him, contents page either laid in loosely or dis-bound, Shaw's very successful play is the first offering, also includes A Wedding Gift by H. Rider Haggard, affixed to the front free endpaper is brief note Signed by Shaw of some mystery dated 17 Jan, 1902, to wit: "Told you so!/Thanks for the cheque./What is K's address? There/are more ways of killing a dog/than hanging him, and I think/I'll venture a fresh attempt on my/own account./This, in dreadful secrecy/G. Bernard Shaw"). Remnants of bookplate removal on front free endpaper, binding a bit loose.

n.p., Solar Productions, n.d.(c.1954), first edition.. This "made" film, presented here in the old Beta format, presents three stories from Steinbeck's second book of the same title, they are the Junius Maltby story, the Pat Humbert story, and the "Shark" Wicks story, each had been produced as part of the old "Omnibus" television series in the early 1950s, Eugene Solow and Brewster Morgan obtained rights to the segments and strung them together with accompanying footage of Steinbeck himself appearing on camera to introduce the film in general and each of its three segments, this "film" was then released in England and Europe, but not in the United States, very scarce, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne, nor the Morrow catalogue. Very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 703 in this important series, Steinbeck's second book, a short story collection that some consider his best book, Goldstone & Payne A2k, Morrow 18, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Near fine, especially scarce in this condition.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 703 in this important series, Steinbeck's second book, a short story collection that some consider his best book, Goldstone & Payne A2k, Morrow 18, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good.

London, Philip Allan, 1933, first British edition, first printing.. Author's second book, lacking its dust jacket, Goldstone & Payne A2d, not recorded by Morrow, this was the first of his books published in Great Britain, very scarce. Ink name, spine panel color faded, else a very good copy of a poorly made book.

NY, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. With a first issue dust jacket, his second book, Goldstone & Payne A2a, Morrow 14, this first edition is one of only 1,650 copies actually bound (from a print-run of 2,500 sets of sheets), only a paltry 650 copies were actually sold, this was his first book with what could be called the Steinbeck "sound," the book is comprised of inter-related stories set in a valley that came to represent Steinbeck Country, in these stories something is not quite right with the inhabitants of this otherwise peaceful valley, according to Harry Thornton Moore in his first critical study of Steinbeck's works, The Pastures of Heaven "is the most popular of Steinbeck's three early books. It points the way to most of his subsequent writing," this example of a short story cycle may well be Steinbeck's finest work, scarce when found with the correct dust jacket, those jackets that are noted as 2 mm shorter than the book are second issue jackets.… Read More

NY, Book Digest, September 1950, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. Pages 159-172, text from The Viking Portable Steinbeck, although it was originally published as part of his second book,The Pastures of Heaven, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. C-88 in this important series, a biography, 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 one of the scarce and important D-Day ASE issues. Solid very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. A-12, just the 12th book issued in this important series, a Western, reprinted later in the series as S-6, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, very scarce. Very good.

NY, Bantam Books, 1947, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 131, this is the first photoplay edition of this short novel, illustrated with eight pages of photos from the film version that starred Pedro Armendariz and Maria Elena Marquez for which Steinbeck wrote the screenplay, Goldstone & Payne A25d, Morrow 192. Aged, else very good plus.

NY, Omnibook, March 1948, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. Introduction, note about Steinbeck, and a condensed verfsion of The Pearl on pages 103-122, Goldstone & Payne C72, not recorded by Morrow. Pages aged, else fine.

Omnibook", March 1948, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. Introduction, note about Steinbeck, and authorized abridgement of text, 103-122, Goldstone & Payne C72, not recorded by Morrow, front cover illustration is for The Pearl. Very good.

NY, Bantam Books, 1947, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 131, this is the first photoplay edition of this short novel, illustrated with eight pages of photos from the film version that starred Pedro Armendariz and Maria Elena Marquez for which Steinbeck wrote the screenplay, Goldstone & Payne A25d, Morrow 192. Aged, else very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. C-70 in this important series, a novel, 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 one of the very scarce and important D-Day ASEs. Very good.

NY, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1912, first edition, first printing.. Original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine and front cover, published in England as Some Reminiscences, subsequent British editions adopted this American title, includes Conrad's A Familiar Preface, Smith 16, this is Cagle binding A, Cagle A15c, Keating 94. Fine.