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James M.Dourgarian, Bookman, was established in 1980. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA). Like all ABAA members, we answer to a higher authority and follow a higher standard of ethics that guarantees a successful transaction for all our customers.
We buy and sell old books, vintage books, collectible books, rare books, first edition books, and related ephemera. We maintain several specialties. Among them are American fiction first editions from c.1900 to the present. Within that general field, we have heavy emphasis in John Steinbeck and Steinbeckiana. Thus, we buy and sell Steinbeck primary first editions in dust jackets, signed/limited editions, his appearances in anthologies, his periodical appearances, books and periodicals about Steinbeck, film and theatre memorabilia, bibliographies, and miscellaneous items.
We also specialize in these same categories for these authors -- Jack London, Wallace Stegner, and Stephen King. Other specialties include Western Americana, books on California and the West, Photography books, books on Japan, China, and the Orient, and Armed Services Editions. The latter are vintage paperbacks issued to American GIs from 1943 to 1947. They are comprised of mysteries, Westerns, science fiction and fantasy, mainstream fiction, historical novels, science, poetry, adventure stories, and more.
Within our field of modern first editions, we also sell related film memorabilia Thus, we sell film posters, lobby card sets, pressbooks, stills, scripts, etc. for films made from the works of authors we carry such as John Steinbeck, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Raymond Chandler, Zane Grey, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Stephen King, Edward Abbey, Anne Rice, and many others.
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| [Modern Literature] Salinger, J. D. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour An Introduction. Boston, Little, Brown, 1959, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. With "Seymore" instead of Seymour on page 173, first issue without the dedication page, only a handful of these first issues have been reported. Near fine in a jacket with one internal reinforcement, else very good plus. JD33187 |  $1,250.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Sanchez, Thomas. Angels Burning. Santa Barbara, Capra Press, 1987, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Subtitled "Native Notes from the Land of Earthquake and Fire," this is Volume X of the Capra back-to-back series that showcased shorter fiction, this book bound with Lawrence Clark Powell's "Ocian in View" the Malibu, Sanchez has signed the book in the year of publication. Fine. JD27128 | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Sandburg, Carl. Storm Over the Land. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. A-27, just the 27th title issued in this important series, "a profile of the Civil War, taken mainly from his Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, preface by Sandburg, illustrated with maps, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, a very scarce book. Very good. JD36961 | $50.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Saroyan, William. Dear Baby. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-2 in this important series, short stories, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD34861 | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Saroyan, William. Get Away Old Man. NY, Harcourt, Brace, 1944, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A play in two acts. Fine, bright copy. JD1255 | $45.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Saroyan, William. The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze. Covelo, The Yolla Bolly Press, n.d. (1984), first edition thus. A single printed sheet with an illustration announcing the 50th anniversary edition of Saroyan's first book. Fine. JD30639 | $10.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Saroyan, William. The Time of Your Life. NY, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. "The new play" by Saroyan, at the time it was the only play to win both the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, source for the 1948 film, preface by Saroyan who also adds "Miscellaneous Essays About The World, The Theater, Reality, War, Writing, Moving Pictures, Myself, And Other Important Subjects," invoice from bookseller Maurice Neville folded and laid in loosely at the end, he sold this copy in 1983 for $175. Fine in a bright, clean, very good plus jacket that is price clipped. JD35704 | $350.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Satyanarayana, M. R. John Steinbeck A Study in the Theme of Compassion. Hyderabad, American Studies Centre, 1977, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This copy issued in green wrappers, there was another issue in pink wrappers, includes an index and selected bibliography by this Indian Steinbeck scholar in addition to his lengthy essays, not recorded by Morrow. Although publications out of India tend to be cheaply produced (and this is no exception), the book remains fine, scarce thus. JD28815 | $25.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Satyanarayana, M. R. John Steinbeck A Study in the Theme of Compassion. Hyderabad, American Studies Centre, 1977, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This copy issued in pink wrappers, there was another issue in green wrappers, includes an index and selected bibliography by this Indian Steinbeck scholar in addition to his lengthy essays, not recorded by Morrow. Although publications out of India tend to be cheaply produced (and this is no exception), the book remains fine, scarce thus. JD28816 | $25.00 |
| [Wallace Stegner] Schaefer, Jack (editor). Out West. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1955, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. An anthology that includes The Colt by Wallace Stegner, Colberg B35, this copy Signed by Wallace Stegner, it also includes Mary Austin, Jack London, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Bret Harte, Mari Sandoz, Owen Wister, and many others. Very good plus. JD3510 | $150.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Schiffman, Joseph. John Steinbeck: In Search of America. Guilford, Jeffrey Norton, 1969, first edition. An audio cassette tape featuring a lecture by this professor emeritus at Dickson College in Carlisle, PA, originally recorded by one of his students in 1969, 26 minutes, discusses Steinbeck's life, art, thought, and relevance, part of a series by Schiffman called Six American Authors, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. As new, unplayed. JD28325 | $15.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Schlumberger, Jean (editor). La Nouvelle Revue Francaise Hommage a Andre Gide. Paris, Gallimard, 1951, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. With the outer glassine folded around the wrappers, No. 330 of 1200 copies, with photo of Gide used as frontispiece, includes John Steinbeck's "Un Grand Romancier de Notre Temps," page 30, Goldstone & Payne B68, Morrow 339. Very nearly fine. JD29548 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Charlie Brown's All-Stars. Cleveland, World, 1966, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Story and illustration from the television production featuring Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, etc. Price clipped, else nearly fine. JD30811 | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Christmas is Together-Time. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1964, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Book designed by Jim Young, the fourth book in this series of square-shaped books featuring Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang as written and illustrated by Schulz, with a reply card from the publisher laid in loosely. Fine. JD30800 | $85.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Home Is On Top Of A Dog House. San Francisco, Determined Productions, Inc., 1966, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Another charming Peanuts book by a master (and beloved) cartoonist. Very good. JD30554 | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Home Is On Top Of A Dog House. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1966, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. This is the sixth book in this series of square-shaped books written and illustrated by Schulz, but it is the first to feature all Snoopy, all the time, book designed by Jim Young. Fine in a very good plus jacket. JD30805 | $30.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Reviens, Snoopy. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A French translation of Snoopy, Come Home. Owner's name stamp, else very good. JD30814 | $10.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Sandlot Peanuts. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Introduction by Joe Garagiola, a combination of both daily strips and Sunday strips that feature Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and all the Peanuts gang playing baseball, some strips are in color. Half-inch tear to rear jacket panel, else fine. JD30820 | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Security Is A Thumb And A Blanket. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1963, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. One of his charming little square books. Fine in a very good jacket. JD2675 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Security Is A Thumb And A Blanket. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1963, first edition, first printing. This hardcover lacks its dust jacket, it is yet another in a series of square-shaped books by written and illustrated Schulz featuring the Peanuts gang as written and illustrated by Schulz. Very good. JD30801 | $15.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Sunday's Fun Day, Charlie Brown. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965 (sic), first edition thus. This Weekly Reader hardcover was issued without a dust jacket, more comic strips featuring Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and all the other members of the Peanuts gang. Very good. JD30808 | $10.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. The Charlie Brown Dictionary. NY, Scholastic Book Services, 1975, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Includes more than 580 pictures in full color with 2,400 words defined as only Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang can. Very good. JD30813 | $10.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Things I Learned After It Was Too Late. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981, first edition, first printing. This hardcover was issued without a dust jacket, subtitled And Other Minor Truths, it feaures all the Peanuts gang with Schulz's usual brand of humor and philosphy. Fine. JD30815 | $20.00 |
| [Stephen King] Schweitzer, Darrell (editor). Discovering Stephen King. Mercer Island, Starmont House, 1985, first edition. Hardcover, issued without dust jacket, this is No. 8 in the Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism, includes pieces by Don Herron, Chet Williamson, Michael R. Collings, and others. Fine. JD36780 | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Segal, Lore and Sendak, Maurice. The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm. NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Two volumes, with publisher's slipcase, translated by Lore Segal with four tales translated by Randall Jarrell, pictures by Maurice Sendak. Jacket spines aged, else fine. JD29491 | $75.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Selby, John. Starbuck. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. C-86 in this important series, a novel, later reprinted within this series as ASE No. 732, 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 ASEs. Spine dulled and ink inscription, else very good. JD36289 | $40.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Seuss, Dr. Dr. Seuss's A B C. NY, Random House, 1963, first edition, first printing. Lacking the dust jacket, Younger/Hirsch bibliography pgs. 54-56. Grandma's Christmas ink inscription to verso of ffep, extremity wear, else very good. JD32231 | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. NY, Beginner Books, 1958, later printing. Lacking the dust jacket, this copy Inscribed ("for/CHIP GOSS/with Best Wishes/from Dr. Seuss"). Very good. JD32394 | $150.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Shapley, Harlow, Rapport, Samuel, and Wright, Helen (editors). A Treasury of Science. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. P-31 in this important series, condensed for wartime reading, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Solid very good. JD36851 | $12.50 |
| [John Steinbeck] Shasky, Florian J. and Riggs, Susan F. (editors). Letters to Elizabeth. San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1978, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. One of 500 copies printed by the Plantin Press, it presents letters from John Steinbeck to his agent, Elizabeth Otis, preface by the editors, introduction by Steinbeck's former Stanford University roommate and life-long friend Carlton A. (Dook) Sheffield, Sheffield's importance to Steinbeck's literary career cannot be overstated, it was Steinbeck's practice to write his books as if he were telling the story to just one person rather than a mass audience, that one person was Carlton Sheffield, Morrow 289, this copy Inscribed by Sheffield to this bookseller. Fine without any age to the jacket, uncommon thus. JD30508 | $325.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Shasky, Florian J. and Sonnichsen, Joanne (editors). Hand Bookbinding in California A Keepsake in Twelve Parts. San Francisco, The Book Club of California, 1994 (sic, actually issued in April 1995), first edition. 12 grouped folders made for Club members as a keepsake by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press, Mt. View. Fine. JD82 | $15.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Shaw, George Bernard. Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction; or, The Fatal Gazogene A Tragedy. 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. JD31555 | $450.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Shearing, Joseph. Blanche Fury. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. D-111 in this important series, "the true story of a crime," with a note about the author at the end (who is actually Mrs. Gabrielle Margaret Vere Campbell Long), 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 D-Day ASE books, this was a POW camp copy, so stamped, these are difficult to find. Very good. JD36314 | $50.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Sheffield, Carlton A. (Dook). I Never Met An Anapest I Didn't Like. Campbell, CRS Publishing, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A book of verses edited by Art Ring, "Dook" Sheffield was John Steinbeck's roommate at Stanford and a life-long friend, he is also author of one of the best books ever written about Steinbeck (Steinbeck, The Good Companion), his importance cannot be over-stated in that one of Steinbeck's writing techniques was to write his story as if he were telling it only to one person, that one person was Carlton A. Sheffield, this copy Inscribed by Sheffield, laid in loosely is a prospectus for the book and a lengthy TLS from Art Ring about the book and Sheffield, an ANS from Ring is also laid in loosely. Fine. JD31276 | $100.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Shelley, Mary W. Frankenstein (Or, the Modern Prometheus). NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 909 in this important series, a classic in horror literature and film source, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD37000 | $225.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Simmen, Edward (editor). The Chicano: From Caricature to Self-Portrait. NY, Mentor, 1971, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. MY 1069, includes John Steinbeck's Flight, pages 139-156, Goldstone & Payne B176, Morrow 371, also includes William Saroyan, Jack London, Ray Bradbury, and others. Near fine. JD29688 | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Simmons, Dan. Summer Sketches. Northridge, Lord John Press, 1992, first edition. This hardcover was issued without dust jacket, Simmons provides his own introduction that gives perspective on these notebooks kept by Simmons that influenced his work, with his sketches, No. 25 of 500 numbered copies Signed by Simmons. Fine. JD32994 | $65.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Sinclair, Marianne. Those Who Died Young. NY, Penguin, 1979, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Profusely illustrated with photos, studies dead cult heroes of the 20th Century, including James Dean who is featured in the front cover illustration, text and photos, pages 84-96, Dean starred in the film version of John Steinbeck's East of Eden, not recorded by Morrow. Corner bump, else fine. JD28761 | $10.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Singer, I. J. East of Eden. NY, Knopf, 1939, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's third book, translated from the Yiddish by Maurice Samuel, I. J. Singer was the brother of Isaac Bashevis Singer, this book was not a source book for John Steinbeck in writing his East of Eden, but it does precede Steinbeck's use of the title by 13 years, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne nor the Morrow catalogue. Very good. JD28262 | $50.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Singer, Isaac Bashevis. The Death of Methuselah. Franklin Center, Franklin Library, 1988, first edition. Full leather, AEG, ribbon place market, gilt decorations, three spine hubs, Signed by Singer with a special message to members of the Signed First Edition Society, color frontispiece illustration by Mark Penberthy. Fine, unread. JD32927 | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Smith, Thorne. The Stray Lamb. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-15 in this important series, a humorous novel, with a note about the author who wrote the Topper books 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 plus, about as nice a copy as can be imagined. JD36421 | $30.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Spectorsky, A. C. (editor). The Book of the Sea. NY, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1954, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes John Steinbeck's Life in the Great Tide Pool, pages 450-451, text from Cannery Row, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne, Morrow 345, also includes Joseph Conrad, Philip Wylie, Charles Darwin, Rachel Carson, Jack London, and many others, with 32 pages of half-tones and 32 pages of photographs in gravure, plus maps and line drawings throughout the text, with a prospectus for the book laid in loosely. Fine. JD29573 | $50.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Spillane, Mickey. The Killing Man. Franklin Center, Franklin Library, 1989, first edition. Issued without dust jacket, full leather, hubbed spine, ribbon place marker, AEG, Signed by the machismo master himself, creator of the Mike Hammer murder mysteries, with a message for subscribers to this Signed First Edition Society book not found in the trade edition. As new, unread, in publisher's shrink-wrap. JD33238 | $75.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stanwell-Fletcher, Theodora C. Driftwood Valley. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1212 in this important series, a book of wilderness adventure, with an appendix of plants and animals found in the Driftwood region, 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. JD35240 | $75.00 |
| [Photography] Stebbins, Theodore E., Jr. Weston's Westons: Portraits and Nudes. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1989, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by Stebbins and Carl Zahn, frontispiece photo portrait of Weston by Imogene Cunningham, preface by Alan Shestack, text by Stebbins, which is interwoven with photos, is followed by the plates, a production note by Zahn, a checklist of the plates, and a bibliography. Fine. JD31079 | $45.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Stern, Philip Van Doren (editor). The Pocket Book of Modern American Short Stories. Philadelphia, Blakiston, 1943, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 238, a paperback original, includes John Steinbeck's The Leader of the People, pages 86-105, text from The Long Valley, Goldstone & Payne B32, not recorded by Morrow, also includes Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, William Saroyan, and others. Fine, especially scarce in this condition. JD29374 | $20.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Stevens, George. Steinbeck's Uncovered Wagon. NY, Saturday Review, April 15, 1939, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. He reviews Steinbeck's masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath, 3-4, this is the lead article in this issue, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Very good. JD32250 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stevenson, Robert Louis. Kidnapped. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. N-13 in this important series, an adventure novel, foreword by Louis Untermeyer, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Ink name, very good plus. JD36131 | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stewart, George R., Jr. Ordeal By Hunger. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. E-134 in this important series, the story of the Donner Party, issued with maps, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, scarce. Very good. JD35479 | $45.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stewart, George. Storm. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. C-81 in this important series, a novel set in California, with a note about the author at the end, reprinted later in the series as ASE No. 1045 in 1946, 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 ASEs. Very good. JD34050 | $45.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Straub, Peter. Leeson Park & Belsize Square Poems 1970-1975. n.p. (London), Peter Straub, n.d. (1983), first edition. 54 loose sheets, photo-copied, printed on rectos only, plus a title page, a page detailing where the poems appeared earlier, a dedication page, and two pages of contents, this typescript was apparently submitted to a London publisher, A. P. Watt & Son for in-house use prior to publication, a rectangular box reproduced on the title page indicates that the typescript came from this publisher, although that box is X-ed out, this was his last book of published poetry, Straub began writing in 1969 and published two other books of poetry in 1972, but he is better known as the author of Julia, Ghost Story, and other gothic horror stories and has combined his talents in the past with another horror master, Stephen King, apparently any publishing deal with A. P. Watt & Son fell through as the book was published only by Underwood-Miller in 1983, these loose sheets measure 8.5X14 inches. Scrape to title page, else fine. JD33379 | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Strete, Craig Kee. Death Chants. NY, Doubleday, 1988, first edition. Lacking the dust jacket, but this copy Inscribed ("Spirit Wishes/Craig Kee Strete. Fine. JD33801 | $15.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Stuart, Jozefa. Robert Capa War Photographs. n.p. (Washington, D. C.), Compo Photocolor Exhibits, 1960, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, these c.150 photos are the first retrospective of his war photos, Capa himself was killed by a land mine in 1954 in North Vietnam, the book includes a tribute by his friend and collaborator, John Steinbeck, Goldstone & Payne B116, not recorded by Morrow. Fine. JD29644 | $75.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Sun Tzu. The Art of War. Washington, D. C., The Legacy Project, 2003, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. LP-4, this is the fourth book in a new series of Armed Services Editions made possible through the all-volunteer efforts of The Legacy Project headed by Andrew P. Carroll which works to preserve American war correspondence, the original ASEs were issued by the Council in Books in Wartime between 1943 and 1947 for American soldiers here and abroad, this book is done in the same manner as the original ASEs. Fine, unread. JD34637 | $50.00 |
| [Photography] Szarkowski, John. Ansel Adams at 100. Boston, Little, Brown, 2001, first edition, first printing. Issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, Szarkowski is director emeritus of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, this book was issued in conjunction with a centennial exhibit of Adams's work that started in San Francisco in August 2001 with tours planned for Chicago, London, Berlin, Los Angeles, and New York, the book includes 114 tritone plates and 23 duotone text illustrations, laid in loosely within an envelope is a 13X11-inch frameable reproduction print of a photography in the book and exhibition, printed in tritone on heavy stock with a facsimile of Adams's signature and blind-embossed seal of the Ansel Adams Trust, the image is titled Aspens, Dawn, Dolores River Canyon, Colorado, 1937, a prospectus for the book is also laid in loosely, originally published at $150. Fine. JD31116 | $150.00 |
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