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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, 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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| [Miscelleaneous] Sanborn, Kate. Educated Dogs of To-Day. Boston, privately printed, 1916, first edition. This hardcover is "an illustrated record of canine intelligence marking an advance of the modern movement of man," with 33 dog illustrations. Some internal age, some external soiling, especially to rear cover, very good. |  $85.00 |
| [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. | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Sandburg, Carl. Good Morning America. NY, Crosby Gaige, 1928, first edition. Red cloth with front, back, and spine panels stamped in gilt, No. 588 of 811 copies Signed by Sandburg, designed by W. A. Dwiggins, lackings its unprinted glassine jacket. Some flaking of gilt on front panel and one mar to cloth, previous owner's pencil name, tiny bookstore label to rear pastedown, else very solid, very good. | $75.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Sandburg, Carl. Selected Poems of Carl Sandburg. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. N-6 in this important series, includes a preface by Sandburg, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Solid very good. | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Sandoz, Mari. Old Jules. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. F-173 in this important series, a biography, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. | $20.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Sanford, John. View From This Wilderness. Santa Barbara, Capra Press, 1977, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Subtitled American Literature as History, includes a small section on John Steinbeck and his East of Eden, pages 174-176, also includes material on Robinson Jeffers, Jack London, Sinclair Lewis, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, and others. Near fine. | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Sansom, William. The Vertical Ladder/Momma Mia. Napa, Tales for Travellers, 1986, first edition thus. A single sheet folded to make 24 pages, this folding map-like presentation is a separate printing, The Vertical Ladder was first published as part of Something Terrible, Something Lovely, while Momma Mia was first published as part of The Marmalade Bird, they are followed by a biographical sketch of Sansom, cover design by Sandy Field, illustration by Dorothy Tucker, this is No. 33 in a series of separately-printed short stories for travelers, the series includes the likes of Flannery O'Connor, W. Somerset Maugham, John Cheever, Truman Capote, John Steinbeck, Edith Wharton, and others. Fine. | $12.50 |
| [Modern Literature] Saroyan, William. A Christmas Psalm, 1935. n.p. (San Francisco), n.p. (Gelber, Lilienthal), n.d. (1935), first edition. This slim hardcover was issued without dust jacket, it is one of 200 numbered copies Signed by William Saroyan that were printed by the Grabhorn Press, Kherdian A2, Saroyan's second book. Very good. | $150.00 |
| [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. Nearly fine. | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Saroyan, William. Get Away Old Man. NY, Harcourt, Brace, 1944, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. A play in two acts. Fine, bright copy. | $65.00 |
| [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. | $7.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Saroyan, William. The Human Comedy. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. A-15, just the 15th title issued in this important series, Saroyan's first novel, adapted from his Academy Award-winning screenplay, the film version starred Mickey Rooney, 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. | $35.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Sarris, Andrew. The John Ford Movie Mystery. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1975, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Chapter 3 deals with Ford's 1940-1947 period, most of which is devoted to the film version of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, illustrated with photos from that film, not recorded by Morrow. Fine. | $35.00 |
| [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. | $35.00 |
| [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. | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Savage, Les Jr. Treasure of the Brasada. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1947), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1239 in this important series, author's first novel, a Western, 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 format. Owner's stamp to title page, very good. | $65.00 |
| [Wallace Stegner] Schaefer, Jack (editor). Out West. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1955, first edition, 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. | $150.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Scherman, David E. and Redlich, Rosemarie (editors). Literary America. NY, Dodd, Mead, 1952, first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover. A chronicle of American writers from 1607-1952 illustrated with 173 photographs of the American scene that inspired them, this is a dividend of the book club, it discusses John Steinbeck pages 166-167, Goldstone & Payne G34, not recorded by Morrow. Very good plus. | $10.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Schiffman, Joseph. John Steinbeck: In Search of America. Guilford, Jeffrey Norton, n.d. (c.1969), first edition. An audio cassette tape featuring a lecture by this professor emeritus at Dickson College, originally recorded by one of his students in 1969, 26 minutes, discusses SteinbeckÕs life, art, thought, and relevance, part of a series by Schiffman called Six American Authors. Fine. | $10.00 |
| [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. | $50.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Schmitz, Anne-Marie. In Search of Steinbeck. Los Altos, Hermes Publications, 1978, first edition. Issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, photography by Richard S. Mayer, illustrations by Wayne Garcia, this is one of 1,200 copies Signed by Schmitz, a study of Steinbeck's homes and the possible influence they had on him, Morrow 650. Fine. | $40.00 |
| [The West] Schock, Jim. San Francisco: A Time and a Place for Everything. San Francisco, Unicorn Publishing Co., March 1959, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Illustrated with photos and drawings, a capsule history of "The City" from 1848 to 1959. Fine. | $10.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Schreuders, Piet. The Book of Paperbacks. London, Virgin Books, 1981, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Translated from the Dutch by Josh Pachter, an excellent reference with many color and b&w illustrations. Fine. | $20.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Schulberg, Budd. The Four Seasons of Success. London, Robson Books, 1974, first British edition, dust jacket. Softcover. Bound in wrappers with a dust jacket wrapped around the book, includes John Steinbeck, A Lion in Winter, pages 187-197, plus a mention in the Epilogue, also includes personal reminiscences about F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, William Saroyan, Thomas Heggen, and Nathaniel West, this edition not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Nearly fine. | $12.50 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Schulberg, Budd. Writers in America. NY, Stein and Day, 1983, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Originally published in 1972 as The Four Seasons of Success, it studies authors during various times, or seasons, of their lives, includes studies of William Saroyan, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, and others, including John Steinbeck who is studied in the chapter titled The Lion in Winter, he is also prominently mentioned in the epilogue, see Goldstone & Payne F74, Morrow 625. Top and fore edges foxed, else fine. | $15.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. A Boy Named Charlie Brown. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Based on the Lee Mendelson/Bill Medlendez feature film of the same name, of course it features good ol' Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang. Ink name, else fine in a price-clipped, very good plus jacket. | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Charlie Brown's All-Stars. Cleveland, World, 1966, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Story and illustration from the television production featuring Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, etc. Price clipped, else nearly fine. | $45.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Charlie Brown's Yearbook. Cleveland, World, 1968, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. The majority of the stories are from television productions, it features Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang, stories included Charlie Brown's All-Stars, He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, and You're in Love, Charlie Brown. Owner's stamp to front free endpaper, oval bookstore sticker, jacket price-clipped, else fine. | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Christmas is Together-Time. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1964, first edition, 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. | $85.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Happiness Is A Warm Puppy. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1962, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. First book in this series of square-shaped books written and illustrated by Schulz featuring the Peanuts gang, photo of Schulz on the rear jacket panel by Karel Bauer. Bookplate, else fine in a very good plus jacket. | $150.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. "He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown!". Cleveland, World, 1968, first edition. This hardcover was issued without a dust jacket, the story and illustrations are from the TV show of the same title, as usual we see Charlie Brown and his dog, Snoopy, interact with Peppermint Patty, Linus, etc., with varying degrees of success. Ink Christmas inscription, else very good plus. | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Home Is On Top Of A Dog House. San Francisco, Determined Productions, Inc., 1966, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Another charming Peanuts book by a master (and beloved) cartoonist. Very good. | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Home Is On Top Of A Dog House. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1966, first edition, 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. | $30.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. It's Great To Be A Super Star. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 19 in the series of Peanuts Parade Paperbacks featuring Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, and all your favorites. Brief ink date and inscription, else solid very good. | $15.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Love Is Walking Hand in Hand. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1965, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Fifth book in this series of square-shaped books written and illustrated by Schulz featuring the Peanuts gang. One chip to rear jacket panel, else fine. | $50.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Peanuts Classics. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. A combination of both daily strips and Sunday strips that feature Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang. Fine in a very good plus price-clipped jacket. | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Peanuts Every Sunday. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. These are Sunday comic strips that feature Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and all our favorite members of the Peanuts gang. Ink name to front cover, very good. | $15.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Peanuts Lunch Bag Cook Book. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1970, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Charlie Brown brown bags it in yet another in a series of square-shaped books written and illustrated by Schulz featuring the Peanuts gang, recipes are by June Dutton, scarce. Fine. | $65.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Peanuts Treasury. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Foreword by Johnny Hart, a combination of both daily strips and Sunday strips that feature Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang. Small sticker residue on front free endpaper, else fine in a jacket with a one-inch tear on the rear panel, else fine. | $35.00 |
| [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. | $7.50 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Sandlot Peanuts. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977, first edition, 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. | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Sandlot Peanuts. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977, first edition, 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. Fine. | $45.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Security Is A Thumb And A Blanket. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1963, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. One of his charming little square books. Fine in a very good jacket. | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Security Is A Thumb And A Blanket. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1963, first edition. 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. | $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. | $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. | $10.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Things I Learned After It Was Too Late. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981, first edition. 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. | $20.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Scott, Zachary and Steinbeck, John. John Emery. n.p. (NY), privately printed, 1964, first edition, clear plastic dust jacket. Hardcover. Black leather spine stamped in gilt and red patterned boards, one of only 200 copies, none of which were for sale, the contributions by Scott and Steinbeck were eulogies read at Emery's funeral in New York on November 18, 1964, with a b&w photo portrait of this actor, with the typed strip with the corrected date affixed to title page, as usual, even the impressive Adrian H. Goldstone collection, upon which the Steinbeck bibliography was based, lacked a copy, Morrow 364, now housed in a custom clamshell case. Fine. | $1,500.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Scully, Alice (editor). Fun in Bed The Convalescent's Handbook. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1969, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Spiral bound, includes John Steinbeck's A Patient Needs An Audience, Doc, pages 48-49, text from Letters to Alicia, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes James Thurber, Leonard Lyons, Charles Schulz, Earl Wilson, Art Linkletter, and others, "With the Compliments of the Author" card laid in loosely. Minor wear. | $20.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Scully, Frank. Rogues Gallery. Hollywood, Murray & Gee, 1943, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. He profiles many notables including Pirandello, Shaw, Maugham, Dreiser, Fitzgerald, and John Steinbeck (pages 37-55), Goldstone & Payne F13, Morrow 578. Very good. | $45.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Sears, Paul B. This Is Our World. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 790 in this important series, "man's place in nature," also illustrated by Sears, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | $10.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Seaver, Edwin (editor). Pageant of American Humor. Cleveland, World Publishing, 1948, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes John Steinbeck's How Danny's Friends Threw Themselves to the Aid of a Distressed Lady, pages 576-583, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes Herman Melville, Bret Harte, Erskline Caldwell, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, William saroyan, William Faulkner, and many others, this book is the real McCoy, not one of those print-on-demand abominations. Fine in a very good plus jacket. | $30.00 |
| [Children's Literature] Segal, Lore and Sendak, Maurice. The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm. NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973, first edition, 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. | $125.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Seldes, Gilbert. Previews of Entertainment. NY, Bantam Books, October 1950, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 936, a paperback original, it gives advance information on movies, TV, radio, books, etc., it includes a review of the Elia Kazan-directed film Viva Zapata! which starred Marlon Brando with the screenplay written by John Steinbeck, page 11, it also reviews the Broadway play of Steinbeck's Burning Bright, page 193, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Fine, scarce in this condition. | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Senghor, Leopold Sedar. Elegies Majeures. Paris, Editions du Seuil, 1979, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. Text in French by the founder of the African nation of Senegal who is also a noted poet who coined the term "Negritude," this is an Author Presentation Copy, Inscribed in French to his friend and fellow writer, Herb Gold, dated in the year of publication. Very good plus. | $95.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Senghor, Leopold Sedar. Liberte 1. Paris, Editions du Seuil, 1964, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. Subtitled Negritude et Humanism, text in French, by the founder of the African nation of Senegal who is also a poet who coined the term "Negritude," this is an Author Presentation Copy, Inscribed in French to his friend and fellow writer, Herb Gold. Foxed edges, very good. | $95.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Seubert, Eugene E. Robinson Jeffers: Poet for an Age of Violence. n.p. (Missouri?), Northwest Missouri State Teachers College Studies, 1943, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. A scarce off-print, no copies listed on-line as of this writing. Very good plus. | $75.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Shakespeare, William. The Tragedie of Julius Caesar. San Francisco, Grabhorn Press, 1954, first edition thus. This is one of 180 hardcover copies with seven illustrations designed and cut by Mary Grabhorn, printed on hand-made paper produced at the Tuckenhay Mills, England, composed in Inkunabula type founded by the Societa Nebriolo of Turin, Italy, this is the fourth book in the Grabhorn series of Sheakespearean plays. Fine. | $300.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Shange, Ntozake. Nappy Edges. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1978, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. A Review Copy lacking the review slip, but with a 5X7-inch b&w photo of the author by Jiri Weiss laid in. Ink name hidden by front flap, else fine in a very good plus jacket. | $25.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Shank, Theodore J. (editor). A Digest of 500 Plays. NY, Crowell-Collier Press, 1963, first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover. This is the Fireside Theatre Book Club edition, includes John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, page 360, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Very good plus. | $10.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Shannon, Dell. No Holiday For Crime. NY, William Morrow, 1973, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. A Luis Mendoza mystery, terrific death ÒSantaÓ jacket illustration. Near fine. | $20.00 |
| [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, Morrow 289. Fine in an aged, else fine jacket. | $125.00 |
| [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, Morrow 289, this copy Inscribed by Sheffield to this bookseller. Fine without any age to the jacket, uncommon thus. | $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. | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Shaw, George Bernard. Arms And The Man And Two Other Plays. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. 1005 in this important series, also includes Androcles and the Lion as well as Pygmalion, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Near fine. | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Shaw, Irwin. Lucy Crown. NY, Random House, 1956, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. His third novel. Very good. | $10.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Shaw, T. E. . The Odyssey of Homer. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 925 in this important series, newly translated into English prose by Shaw, Shaw was the adopted name of T. E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Solid very good. | $50.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Shaw, W. F. 100 Songs from the Cotton Fields. Philadelphia, n.p., 1884, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Cover illustration of three African Americans picking cotton portrayed in a manner that would be offensive today (and which was quietly offensive then), the song book with words and music of such tunes with obvious racist overtones as Brighter am de Heb'nly Glories, Dar's one more Ribber for to Cross, De Book ob History, Dem Good Times Hab Gone, etc., scarce. Good. | $75.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Shedd, Margaret. Of Mice and Men. NY, Theatre Arts Monthly, October 1937, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A review of the play's first production ever which was by the San Francisco Theatre Union, includes a photo from that production, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Especially scarce in this near fine condition. | $45.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Sheffield, Carlton A. Steinbeck: The Good Companion. Portola Valley, American Lives Endowment, 1983, first edition. Plastic binding housing loose sheets, one of less than 100 copies produced, although poorly and cheaply produced, this is one of the best books ever written about Steinbeck, written by one of his college roommates and a life-long friend, it brilliantly explains the relationship of Steinbeck's writing to music, additionally, the importance of Carlton Sheffield to Steinbeck cannot be over-stated, one of Steinbeck's writing techniques was to write his stories as if he were telling it to just one person, in his early writings that one person was Carlton Sheffield, the book includes an introduction by Richard Blum, large photo of Steinbeck used as a frontispiece, with a typed signed postcard from Sheffield about Steinbeck laid in loosely, also laid in is a prospectus on the book by the publisher, and a typed letter signed from Connie Waite of American Lives Endowment explaining how this was an advance or proof copy and how "finished" copies would be better, "better" in this case meant adding Sheffield's initials to the title page and printing it on heavier stock so that the subsequent page didn't show through. A cheap production, blip to clear plastic front cover, else fine. | $550.00 |
| [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. Ink code, very good. | $95.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Selected Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original No. O-1 in this important series, edited and with an introduction by Louis Untermeyer, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | $15.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Short, John D., Jr. John Steinbeck: A 1930s Photo-Recollection. San Jose, San Jose Studies, 1976, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. This is an off-print of just this article from the May 1976 issue of "San Jose Studies," it includes the contents page with Short's article being bracketed, the article itself with its photos, and the part of the notes about contributors that included Short, not recorded by Short. Fine. | $15.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Short, Robert L. The Parables of Peanuts. NY, Harper & Row, 1968, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Second book about Peanuts, the comic strip characters created by Charles M. Schulz, by this author who attempts to show the theology of Peanuts, the text by Short is profusely illustrated with comic strips by Schulz featuring Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and all the Peanuts gang. Near fine. | $20.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Siegel, Larry. Mad Clobbers The Classics. NY, Warner Books, Sept. 1981, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Includes The Wrath of Grapes by John Steinfull, also fractures classics by Melville, Hemingway, Shakespeare, etc., illustrated. Fine. | $5.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Siegel, Larry. Mad Clobbers The Classics. NY, Warner Books, Sept. 1981, first British edition, wrappers. Softcover. Includes The Wrath of Grapes by John Steinfull, also fractures classics by Melville, Hemingway, Shakespeare, etc., illustrated, distributed in the UK by Suron International Publications, nearly identical to its American counterpart, but it doesn't have the American price, its ISBN number, and the edges are not stained (the American edition edges are stained yellow). Fine. | $7.50 |
| [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. | $20.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Simmonds, Roy. John Steinbeck: The War Years, 1939-1945. Lewisburg, Bucknell University Press, 1996, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Another excellent book by this independent literary scholar who has written extensively on Steinbeck. Fine. | $50.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Simmons, Dan. Summer of Night. NY, Putnam, 1991, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Advance copy, an uncorrected proof, Inscribed by Simmons in the month and year of publication. Fine. | $50.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Simmons, Matty and Boal, Sam (editors). Diners' Delight. London, Souvenir Press, 1963, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes John Steinbeck's Lilli Marlene, brief introduction and text pages 322-324, text from Once There Was A War, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes W. Somerset Maugham, Robert Ruark, Arthur Miller, C. S. Forester, Edward R. Murrow, Robert Bloch, and others. Near fine. | $25.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Simmons, Matty and Boal, Sam (editors). The Best of Diners' Club Magazine. NY, Regents American Publishing Corporation, 1962, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes John Steinbeck's Lilli Marlene, brief introduction and text, pages 322-324, text from Once There Was A War, also includes Ben Hecht, Edward R. Murrow, Arthur Miller, C. S. Forester, Robert Bloch, and others, this issue not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, this book is a bit of a bibliographic oddity in that the dust jacket and book spines title the book as The Best of Signature Magazine with a Diners' Club logo, the jacket is otherwise blank on the front and back panels as well as the flaps. A bit of age, else near fine. | $25.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Simmons, Matty and Boal, Sam (editors). The Best of Diners' Club Magazine. NY, Regents American Publishing Corporation, 1962, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes John Steinbeck's Lilli Marlene, brief introduction and text, pages 322-324, text from Once There Was A War, Goldstone & Payne B128, Morrow 356, also includes Ben Hecht, Edward R. Murrow, Arthur Miller, C. S. Forester, Robert Bloch, and others. Bookplate to pastedown, sticker to front free endpaper, very good plus. | $25.00 |
| [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. | $15.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Sinclair, May. Uncanny Stories. NY, Macmillan, September 1923, first edition. This hardcover of supernatural fiction includes 21 full-page illustrations by Jean de Bosschere as well as other drawings. A tight, very solid copy, very good plus. | $65.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Singer, I. J. East of Eden. NY, Knopf, 1939, first edition, 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. | $75.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Singer, Isaac Bashevis. A Party In Miami Beach. Playboy, June 1978, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The issue also includes an interview with George Burns and a pictorial on the Playmate of the Year. Minor age, else fine. | $7.50 |
| [John Steinbeck] Singleton, Ralph H. and Millet, Stanton (editors). An Introduction to Literature. Cleveland, World Publishing, 1966, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes John Steinbeck's The Great Mountains, pages 472-482, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Frost, Robinson Jeffers, Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and many others. Fine in a very good plus jacket. | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Siodmak, Curt. Donovan's Brain. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. O-9 in this important series, a mystery thriller, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, this copy is Signed by Siodmak, very scarce thus. Very good plus. | $100.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Sloane, William. The Edge of Running Water. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. First issue, No. T-23 in this important series, a fantasy, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | $12.50 |
| [Miscellaneous] Smith, Jessie Willcox. A Child's Book of Old Verses. NY, Duffield, 1910, first edition. Color cover inset and 10 other color illustrations by Smith, includes verse by William Makepeace Thackery, Martin Luther, Charles and Mary Lamb, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Shakespeare, John Keats, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kate Greenaway, George Eliot, William Wordsworth, Clement C. Moore, Lewis Carroll, and many others, supposed second issue with no TEG, but 1910 appears on the title page and illustration tissue guards have printed text. New plain endpapers, else very good. | $100.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Smith, Joel A. (editor). Steinbeck On Stage & Film. Louisville, Actors Theatre of Louisville, 1996, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Issued in conjunction with the 12th annual Brown-Forman Classics in Context Festival which celebrated John Steinbeck Oct. 23-Nov. 23, 1996, this is a presentation copy from Steinbeck scholar Dr. Robert DeMott with hist Typed Letter Signed laid in loosely, DeMott was one of the panelists. Fine. | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Snow, Edgar. People on Our Side. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-29 in this important series, a report on Russian, China, and India, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Clean very good. | $10.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Somer, John and Cooper, Barbara Eck. American & British Literature 1945-1975. Lawrence, The Regents Press of Kansas, 1980, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. An annotated bibliography of contemporary scholarship, John Steinbeck materials noted A3, A20, A39, A69, A101, A103, A112, A116, A158, A254, A297, C10, C33, C36, C70, C75, C96, C137, C141, C174, C217, C220, C251, and C258, not recorded by Morrow. Fine. | $35.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Sonnichsen, Joanne (editor). Fine Hand Bookbindings for Book Club of California Publications. San Francisco, The Book Club of California, 2001, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This year 2001 keepsake for Club members was produced in conjunction with an exhibit at the Club that showed the work of 18 designer-binders from the U. S. and Europe, introduction by Gary F. Kurutz, designed and printed by Jonathan Clark of the Artichoke Press, includes a note from the Club as to why this 2001 keepsake precedes the year 2000 keepsake. Fine. | $25.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Spectorsky, A. C. (editor). The Book of the Sea. NY, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1954, first edition, 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. | $65.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Spectorsky, A. C. (editor). The Book of the Sea. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1954, first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes John Steinbeck's Life in the Great Tide Pool, pages 450-451, text from Cannery Row, this edition not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, 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. Fine. | $30.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Sperisen, Albert and Borden, John (editors). A Portfolio of Book Club Printers 1962-1987. n.p. (San Francisco), The Book Club of California, n.d. (1988), first edition. A portfolio that houses 12 folders printed at presses that printed works for The Club during the period stated, this was The ClubÕs 75th anniversary keepsake, introduction by Oscar Lewis, features Lewis and Dorothy Allen, Andrew Hoyem, Ward Ritchie, Adrian Wilson, etc. Fine. | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Staff of The New Yorker. The New Yorker's Baedeker. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. 819 in this important series, it covers Africa to Vesuvius, with illustrations, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | $15.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Stafford, William T. (editor). Twentieth Century American Writing. NY, Odyssey, 1965, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes chapters 7 and 8 from John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, pages 513-532, Goldstone & Payne B153, not recorded by Morrow, also includes Robert Frost, Willa Cather, Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Robinson Jeffers, William Faulkner, Saul Bellow, and others, this is a complimentary copy from Odyssey with its slip affixed to front pastedown. Fine in a very good plus jacket. | $20.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Starrett, Vincent. Best Loved Books of the Twentieth Century. NY, Bantam Books, December 1955, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. A1403, includes a review of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, pages 102-104, Goldstone & Payne F38, not recorded by Morrow. Fine, especially scarce in this condition. | $20.00 |
| [The Orient] Statler, Oliver. Shimoda Story. n.p. (NY), Random House, 1969, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. With 90 illustrations and four maps. Nearly fine. | $20.00 |
| [The Orient] Statler, Oliver. The Black Ship Scroll. n.p., Weathermark Edition, February 1963, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. One of 1,500 copies privately printed for the Japan societies of San Francisco and New York, "an account of the Perry expedition at Shimoda in 1854 and the lively beginnings of people-to-people relations between Japan and America," with translations by Richard Lane and scroll paintings in full color by an anonymous Japanese eyewitness, these copies were not for sale, planned and produced by John Weatherhill, Tokyo, map endpapers. Fine in a very good jacket. | $50.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Stearns, Harold E. (editor). America Now. NY, Scribners, 1938, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. An inquiry into civilization in the United States by 36 Americans, Stears also provides an introduction, it includes material on John Steinbeck, pages 46-47, 80, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Near fine in a very good plus jacket. | $37.50 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Steele, Joan. John Steinbeck A Checklist of Biographical, Critical, and Bibliographic Material. Boston, Bulletin of Bibliography, May-August 1965, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Goldstone & Payne G15, not recorded by Morrow. Fine. | $37.50 |
| [Miscellaneous] Stefansson, Vilhjalmur. My Life With The Eskimo. NY, Macmillan, 1929, third printing. Lacking its dust jacket, Author's First Book, foreword by Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the American Museum of Natural History and Reginald Walter Brock, dean at the University of British Columbia, includes a natural history appendix by Dr. Rudolph M. Anderson, profusely illustrated, including fold-out maps. Very good. | $35.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Stefansson, Vilhjalmur. The Friendly Arctic. NY, Macmillan, 1932, fourth printing. Lacking its dust jacket, subtitled The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions, foreword by Gilbert Grosvenor, then president of the National Geographic Society, profusely illustrated, including eight maps, some of which fold out and one of which is located in a pocket att the end of the book. Very good. | $60.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stephens, James. The Crock of Gold. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. N-5 in this important series, first issue, a fantasy, with a note about the author at the end, reprinted later in the seriesw as ASE No. 1121, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Near fine. | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Sterling, George. Poems to Vera. NY, Oxford University Press, 1938, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Unpublished photo of Sterling by Arnold Genthe used as frontispiece. Slightly garish ink inscription on front free endpaper, else fine. | $15.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Sterling, George. Robinson Jeffers The Man and the Artist. NY, Boni & Liveright, 1926, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Sterling, a well-known poet in his own right, finished this book just before his death. Very good plus. | $50.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Stern, Philip Van Doren (editor). The Pocket Book of Adventure Stories. NY, Pocket Books, 1945, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 284, includes John Steinbeck's Flight, pages 28-49, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, W. Somerset Maugham, Robert Louis Stevenson, and others. Fine, especially scarce in this condition. | $35.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Stern, Philip Van Doren (editor). The Pocket Book of Modern American Short Stories. Philadelphia, Blakiston, October 1943, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 238, a paperback original that includes John Steinbeck's The Leader of the People, 86-105, text from The Long Valley, Goldstone & Payne B32, not recorded by Morrow, it also includes contributions by Erskine Caldwell, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Ring Lardner, William Saroyan, Sinclair Lewis, and many others. Very good plus. | $25.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Stern, Philip Van Doren (editor). The Pocket Book of Modern Amerrican 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. | $45.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Stern, Philip Van Doren (editor). The Pocket Reader. NY, Pocket Books, 1941, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 108 in the Pocket series, it includes John Steinbeck's The Red Pony, pages 141-174, Goldstone & Payne B16, Morrow 315, it also includes James Thurber, P.G. Wodehouse, W. Somerset Maugham, Henry David Thoreau, Dorothy Parker, Walt Whitman, and others. Fine. | $35.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Stevens, George. Steinbeck. ÒSaturday Review/WORLD, . 71, reprints the 1939 review of The Grapes of Wrath in this, the magazineÕs 50th anniversary issue, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne. Light use. | $5.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Stevenson, Adlai. Speeches of Adlai Stevenson. NY, Random House, 1952, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Includes a foreword by John Steinbeck, 5-8, in part he writes: "I like the clear, clean writing of Stevenson. As a man I like his intelligent, humorous, logical, civilized mind," Goldstone & Payne B75, Morrow 342, also includes a brief biography of Stevenson by Debs Myers and Ralph Martin. Ink gift inscription, else very good. | $20.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Stevenson, Adlai. Speeches of Adlai Stevenson. NY, Random House, 1952, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Includes a foreword by John Steinbeck, 5-8, in part he writes: "I like the clear, clean writing of Stevenson. As a man I like his intelligent, humorous, logical, civilized mind," Goldstone & Payne B75, Morrow 342, also includes a brief biography of Stevenson by Debs Myers and Ralph Martin. Bright, clean, very good plus. | $30.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1928, first edition thus. Color cover inset to this hardcover and color plate illustrations by Ruth Mary Hallock. Several plates dis-bound, else very good-minus. | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Stevenson, Robert Louis. St.Ives Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England. NY, Scribner, 1897, first edition. This hardcover precedes the first British edition, the first 30 chapters were written by Stevenson shortly before his death, with the last six chapters written by Arthur Quiller-Couch based on Stevenson's outlines, bound in brown cloth and a green and gilt front cover decoration. Some creasing to pages apparently from the manufacturing process, else a bright and clean copy. | $60.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Silverado Squatters. San Francisco, Grabhorn Press, 1952, first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover. Reprinted from the first edition of 1883. Some age to plain paper jacket, else fine. | $60.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 885 in this important series, a paperback original, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Ink code to front, very good. | $45.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Stiegerwald, Bill. Dogging Steinbeck. Charleston, Bill Stiegerwald, 2013, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Subtitled Discovering America and Exposing the Truth about 'Travels With Charley,' in which the author re-traces Steinbeck trip around the United States that resulted in one of his most popular books, which Stiegerwald calls a literary fraud. Fine. | $10.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Stock, Dennis. James Dean Revisited. NY, Viking, 1978, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Text and photos by Stock, including some from the film version of John Steinbeck's East of Eden, which was Dean's first film roll, not recorded by Morrow. Fine. | $75.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stokley, James. Science Remakes Our World. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 682 in this important series, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | $10.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stone, Irving. Immortal Wife. NY, Armed Services editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 693 in this important series, a biographical novel of Jessie Benton Fremont, wife of John Charles Fremont, condensed for wartime reading, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stong, Phil. Marta of Muscovy. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 961 in this important series, "the fabulous life of Russia's first empress," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | $10.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Stott, William and Jane. On Broadway. Austin, University of Texas, 1978, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated with performance photos by Fred Fehl, includes text about and photo from Pipe Dream, a Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel, Sweet Thursday, not recorded by Morrow. Fine. | $37.50 |
| [Modern Literature] Strand, Mark. Rembrandt takes a Walk. NY, Clarkson N. Potter, 1986, second printing, dust jacket . Hardcover. A children's story illustrated by Red Grooms, this copy Inscribed by Strand ("for Ted and Abby from Mark Strand). Fine. | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stribling, T. S. Red Sand. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No.1028 in this important series, a bullfighting novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. | $20.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Strong, William M. Photography For Fun. NY, Leisure League of America, 1934, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This was Leisure League Little Book No. 7. Very good. | $10.00 |
| [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. | $75.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Stuckey, W. J. The Pulitzer Prize Novels. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1966, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. A critical backward look, it makes several references to John Steinbeck and his 1940 prize winner, The Grapes of Wrath, an interesting study, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Speckled top edge, probably a remaindered copy, with fore edge foxed, else fine. | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Sullivan, Frank. A Pearl in Every Oyster. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-11 in this important series, humorous sketches, some of which appeared in "The New Yorker," "Saturday Evening Post," etc., issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Sullivan, Frank. A Pearl in Every Oyster. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-11 in this important series, humorous sketches, some of which appeared in "The New Yorker," "Saturday Evening Post," etc., issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. | $10.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Swados, Harvey (editor). The American Writer and the Great Depression. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1966, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes introductory remarks and a selection from John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, pages 118-129, illustrated with many Dorthea Lange photos, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Very good plus. | $25.00 |
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