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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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| [Steinbeckiana] Dalton, David. James Dean The Mutant King. San Francisco, Straight Arrow Books, 1974, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Photo-illustrated, includes many references to John Steinbeck and Dean's role in the film version of Steinbeck's East of Eden, Dean's first film role, pages 152, 157-158, 160-162, 174, 183, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Fine in a very good plus jacket. JD28757 |  $60.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Dalton, David. James Dean The Mutant King. NY, Dell, 1975, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. Illustrated with more than 100 photos, it discusses his work in the film version of John Steinbeck's East of Eden, his first film role, pages 173, 179, 182-184, 197, 207, not recorded by Morrow. Near fine. JD28799 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Damon, Bertha. A Sense of Humus. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. E-126 in this important series, an account of her "battle" with soil in New Hampshire, with a note about the author at the end, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD35477 | $30.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Dampier, Sir William Cecil. A Shorter History of Science. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. R-14 in this important series, a broad survey that covers advances in all branches of science, including physics, biology, chemistry, medicine, psychology, anthropology, mathematics, and astronomy, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Owner name, very good. JD34365 | $10.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Dardis, T. A. (compiler). Daughters of Eve. NY, Berkley Books, 1956, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. G-40, a paperback original, includes John Steinbeck's The Snake, pages 39-48, Goldstone & Payne B93, not recorded by Morrow, also includes William Faulkner, D. H. Lawrence, W. Somerset Maugham, John Cheever, and others. Very good. JD29591 | $15.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Davenport, Basil. Bombs Away. NY, Book-of-the-Month Club News, December 1942, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A review of John Steinbeck's Bombs Away, pages 7-8, apparently the response was so poor that BOMC never printed its own version of Bombs Away, although it did distribute copies it purchased from the original publisher, Viking, that are identical to Viking's first trade edition, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Fine. JD28427 | $25.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Davis, Elmer. The Steinbeck Country. NY, Saturday Review, September 24, 1938, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. He reviews John Steinbeck's short story collection, The Long Valley, page 11, it also includes Jack London--Wonder Boy by T. K. Whipple, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Library stamp, else very good plus. JD28398 | $15.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Day-Lewis, C. The Georgics of Virgil. n.p., Spoken Arts, n.d., first edition. No slipcase, Day-Lewis is both translator and reader on this LP record, on side one he reads Virgil on agriculture and also on wine, on side two he reads Virgil on animal husbandry and also on beekeeping. Minor wear and soiling. JD5934 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Day, Clarence. Life With Father And Mother. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 769 in this important series, sketches and stories of the vivid Day household, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34475 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Day, Clarence. This Simian World. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-1 in this important series, Author's First Book, with 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. Solid very good. JD34693 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] de Maupassant, Guy. Mademoiselle Fifi And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 669 in this important series, a paperback original, short stories, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. JD34911 | $10.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] de Poncins, Gontran. Kabloona. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1046 in this important series, these "adventures in the Arctic" were produced in collaboration with Lewis Galantiere, with one map illustration, printed earlier in the series as ASE No. C-82 in 1944, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD35079 | $15.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] DeMott, Dr. Robert J. Steinbeck's Reading. NY, Garland Publishing, 1984, first edition. Issued without dust jacket, printed on 250-year-life acid-free paper, a very important and influential book about the books that John Steinbeck read and which may have influenced him and his writing, this a very scarce book that seldom comes on the market, long out of print, according to DeMott, the print-run for this book was between 250 and 500 copies, this was one of his own personally-retained copies, Signed by DeMott on the title page below his crossed-out printed name, DeMott has also penned a quote from Steinbeck on the title page below his signature ("There are never enough books."--/Steinbeck), together with: Among the Brilliants of Books: Steinbeck's Reading in his later career, a slim broadside, c.3.75X9 inches, tipped onto plain brown wrappers, being an announcement for the Sept. 17, 1985 meeting of the Roxburghe Club where DeMott spoke about his then-recent book. Near fine. JD32022 | $550.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] DeMott, Robert. "A Great Black Book" East of Eden and Gunn's New Family Physician. n.p., American Studies, Fall 1981, first edition, stapled sheets. This is an off-print of DeMott's article, pages 41-57 only, encompassing just his article, DeMott writes that Steinbeck used John Gunn's book, Gunn's New Family Physician (the great black book), in researching and writing his novel, East of Eden, "as a means of deepening the artistic portrait and creative legacy of his maternal grandfather Samuel Hamilton (who owned a copy of Gunn's book), as a source for several kinds of information, and as a model for certain aspects of human behavior which he hoped to preserve for his own children," this copy is a presentation from DeMott, being Inscribed "For Jim--Read this & you/don't have to come to my/talk on March 8th! But then/you won't get a dinner after--/Best, Bob DeMott". Staples are rusting, else fine. JD28444 | $45.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] DeMott, Robert. John Steinbeck: A Checklist of Books By and About. Bradenton, Opuscula Press, 1987, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Frontispiece illustration of Steinbeck by Cochrane, with an order form and prospectus from the publisher laid in loosley, this is No. 15 of 200 numbered copies, DeMott who was then head of the Steinbeck Research Center at San Jose State University covers both primary and secondary works. Fine. JD28931 | $75.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] DeMott, Robert. John Steinbeck: A Checklist of Books By and About. Bradenton, Opuscula Press, 1987, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Frontispiece illustration of Steinbeck by Cochrane, this is a Publisher's Presentation Copy, Inscribed by Robert Hanson, publisher of Opuscula Press, one of 200 numbered copies, DeMott who was then head of the Steinbeck Research Center at San Jose State University covers both primary and secondary works. Fine. JD28932 | $125.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Denman, William and Leslie Van Ness. Sh'a A-La-K'o Mana Ritual of Creation (Hopi). San Francisco, Grabhorn Press, 1957, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. One of 500 copies, this copy bound in over-sized yellow wrappers without a front cover label, with 10 full-page illustrations, artist Fred Kabotie explains one image, also includes The Zuni Social, Mythic, and Religious Systems by F. H. Cushing who also contributes Zuni Creation Myth. Some soiling and wear to wrappers, internally fine. JD27259 | $50.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Deutsch, Hermann B. The Wedge. NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 1935, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A novel of Mexico based on material supplied by Enrique Alferez who illustrated the book. Bookplate, else near fine in a jacket with internal tape reinforcements. JD33164 | $55.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dexter, Colin. The Way Through the Woods. NY, Crown Publishers, 1992, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Signed by Dexter, his 10th Inspector Morse mystery, winner of the Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel of the year, he helped create the Inspector Morse mystery series on PBS, two-page epilogue at the end. Fine. JD35624 | $75.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dick, Philip K. A Scanner Darkly. Garden City, Doubleday, 1977, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Drugs and drug culture by a master of science fiction who may have dabbled (deeply?) into both personally, film source, this is Nit's copy. Back of jacket panel a bit rubbed, fine. JD33621 | $750.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dick, Philip K. Confessions of a Crap Artist. NY, Entwhistle Books, 1975, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Subtitled "A Chronicle of Verified Scientific Fact, 1945-1959," a novel by a master of science fiction, introduction by Paul Williams, unique cover art by Richard Powers, one of 500 copies, one of his mainstream novels, it remained unpublished for 16 years, this is Nit's copy. Bit of age to spine panel, with one mark on rear cover, else fine. JD33571 | $100.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dick, Philip K. Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said. Garden City, Doubleday, 1974, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Science fiction by a master, this is Nit's copy. Remainder spray to bottom edge, else near fine. JD33566 | $375.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dick, Philip K. Now Wait For Last Year. Garden City, Doubleday, 1966, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Science fiction/fantasy by a master, this is Nit's copy. Fine in a very good plus jacket. JD33564 | $550.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dick, Philip K. The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick. Los Angeles/Columbia, Underwood/Miller, 1987, first edition. Five volumes, with slipcase, No. 70 of 100 numbered copies of the de luxe edition with Dick's signature from a canceled check fixed to the limitation page of the first volume, preface by Dick, foreword by Steven Owen Godersky, introduction to the first volume, Beyond Lies the Wub, by Roger Zelazny, introduction to the second volume, Second Variety, by Norman Spinrad, introduction to the third volume, The Fathering, by John Brunner, introduction to the four volume, The Days of Perky Pat, by James Tiptree, Jr., and introduction to the fifth volume, The Little Black Box, by Thomas M. Disch, the set collected 118 stories, the first volume includes Brief Synopsis for Alternate World Novel, "The Acts of Paul," not found in other states of this collection by a master of science fiction, this is Nit's copy. Fine. JD33561 | $2,500.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dick, Philip K. The Divine Invasion. NY, Timescape Books, 1981, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Jacket illustrated by Rowena Morrill, rear jacket flap by Ursula Le Guin, this copy Signed by Philip K. Dick, very scarce thus, he died the following year, this is Nit's copy. Fine. JD33570 | $2,250.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dick, Philip K. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. Garden City, Doubleday, 1964, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Publisher's tiny price sticker ($4.95) over the original printed jacket price of $4.50, no fading to orange lettering on spine, unusual thus, a sharp copy of a Dick high spot, this is Nit's copy. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and blind-stamp to front free endpaper, else fine in a near fine jacket. JD33565 | $3,500.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dick, Philip K. Valis. Surrey, Kerosina Books, 1987, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. With publisher's slipcase, a novel, with an afterword by Kim Stanley Robinson, No. 179 of 250 specially bound copies Signed by Robinson, together with Cosmogony and Cosmology, a separate book by Dick , with an introduction by Paul Williams, issued without dust jacket, also published in 1987 by Kerosina Books, also No. 179, being one of 325 hardcover copies to be distributed with Valis. Fine, unread. JD33259 | $450.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dick, Philip K. World of Chance. n.p., The Science Fiction Book Club, 1957, first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book, previously published in 1956 by Rich & Cowan Limited, this edition published only for club members, originally published as a paperback original in the USA as Solar Lottery by Ace Books, the text of both this and the Rich & Cowan edition differs from the Ace edition, a science fiction classic by a master, this is Nit's copy. Near fine. JD33560 | $225.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dick, Philip K. and Zelazny, Roger. Deus Irae. Garden City, Doubleday, 1976, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. A first-time collaboration by two giants of the science fiction genre, jacket illustrated by John Cayea, this copy Signed by Zelazny, this is Nit's copy. Bottom edge with the appearance of what might be a very light remainder spray, else fine. JD33573 | $450.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dick, Philip K. and Zelazny, Roger. Deus Irae. Garden City, Doubleday, 1976, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. A first-time collaboration by two giants of the science fiction genre, jacket illustrated by John Cayea, this copy Signed by Dick, this is Nit's copy. Fine. JD33574 | $2,500.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dickens, Charles. Complete Works. Geneva, Edito-Service S. A., n.d., first edition thus. Faux leather, hubbed spine, AEG, ribbon place marker, 34 volumes, illustrated, printed in Italy, bound in Switzerland, designed by William B. Taylor. Fine. JD33881 | $150.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 691 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. Very good. JD32339 | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 691 in this important series, classic Dickens, "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. JD34925 | $25.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Dillon, Richard. Impressions of Bohemia. Carmel, Pacific Rim Galleries, 1986, first edition. Boxed folio, one of 125 copies, includes 12 numbered portrait etchings Signed by artist Jack Coughlin, all the subjects were associated with the Monterey Peninsula area, they include Ansel Adams, Mary Austin, Robinson Jeffers, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, and others, including John Steinbeck, includes an excerpt from their writings of each subject, this copy Inscribed by the publisher, Jim Johnson, published at $585. Fine. JD28779 | $450.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Dinesen, Isak. Winter's Tales. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 802 in this important series, short stories, with a note about the author (Karen Blixen, author of Out of Africa) 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. JD34508 | $15.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Ditsky, John. John Steinbeck Life Work, And Criticism. Fredericton, York Press, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Issued as part of the York Press "Authoritative Studies in World Literature" with a prospectus for the series laid in loosely, this copy Signed by Ditsky. Fine. JD28910 | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Dixon, H. Vernor. Come In Like A Yankee And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1117 in this important series, a paperback original, stories of adventure, romance, and humor, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Nearly fine. JD35144 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Doerr, Harriet. Stones for Ibarra. NY, Viking, 1984, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book, National Book Award winner, Signed, and with an autographed postcard signed by Ms. Doerr laid in, quite an accomplishment for a woman who produced her first book (and an award winner to boot) while well into her 70s. Fine. JD1435 | $275.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Doig, Ivan. This House of Sky. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Subtitled Landscapes of a Western Mind, it is often mistakenly referred to as his first book, it is not (by a long shot), this memoir about Montana was well received, jacket blurbs by William Hjortsberg and Edward Hoagland. Fine in a nearly fine jacket. JD33011 | $75.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Donohue, Agnes McNeill (editor). A Casebook on The Grapes of Wrath. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Includes essays on John Steinbeck's masterpiece as both social document and literature by Malcolm Cowley, Carey McWilliams, Christopher Isherwood, Peter Lisca, Warren French, and others, Goldstone & Payne F56, not recorded by Morrow. Nearly fine. JD28698 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dostoevsky, Feodor. A Raw Youth. Verona, Limited Editions Club, 1974, first edition thus, dust jackets. Hardcover. With publisher's slipcase, two volumes, translated by Constance Garnett, introduction by Konstantin Mochulsky, illustrated with wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg, No. 1917 of 2,000 copies Signed by Eichenberg, scarce with the dust jackets. Glassine jackets with extremity wear and tanned along the spine, else fine. JD33177 | $75.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Douglas, Lloyd C. Disputed Passage. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. R-37 in this important series, a novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34388 | $10.00 |
| [Wallace Stegner] Dourgarian, James M. Wallace Earle Stegner 1909-1993. Walnut Creek, James M. Dourgarian, Bookman, 1994, first edition, self-wrappers. Softcover. Cover photo of Stegner by Leo Holub, this bookseller's Cat. 52, devoted exclusively to Stegner, it lists 234 items by and about Stegner, it also includes an introduction by Dourgarian as well as an essay by him about Stegner, it also includes essays about Stegner by his student and fellow author, Wendell Berry, as well as one by his fellow author and daughter-in-law Lynn Stegner, also includes an essay about collecting Stegner by Richard Kurtz, from a total print-run of 400 copies, this is one of 26 lettered copies, this being Copy No. Y. Fine. JD30652 | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dr. Seuss. Bartholomew and the Oobleck. NY, Random House, 1949, later printing. Lacking the dust jacket. Grandma's Christmas 1966 ink inscription, rubbed, extremity wear. JD32237 | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dr. Seuss. Happy Birthday to You!. NY, Random House, 1959, first edition, first printing. Lacking the dust jacket, Younger/Hirsch bibliography pgs. 78-80 (with the white dots), Inscribed by Dr. Seuss ("for/Scott Edmunds Goss/with Best Wishes.../Dr. Seuss"), scarce thus. Spine well-faded, extremity wear especially at corners, top and bottom of spine beginning to chip through to the boards. JD32247 | $350.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dr. Seuss. Hop on Pop. NY, Random House, 1963, first edition, first printing. Lacking the dust jacket, Younger/Hirsch bibliography pgs. 82-84. Moderate extremity wear worn through to the boards in spots, rubbed. JD32234 | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dr. Seuss. Horton Hears A Who!. NY, Random House, 1954, later printing. Lacking the dust jacket. Child's name in ink in three places, plus Grandma's Christmas 1965 inscription. JD32246 | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dr. Seuss. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. NY, Vanguard Press, 1938, later printing. Lacking the dust jacket, but Inscribed by Dr. Seuss ("for/Scott Edmunds Goss/with Best Wishes/...Dr. Seuss"). Rubbed, extremity wear especially at top and bottom front corners which are worn through to the boards. JD32239 | $200.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dr. Seuss. The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. NY, Random House, 1958, later printing. Lacking the dust jacket, this copy Inscribed by Dr. Seuss ("for/Scott Edmunds Goss/with Best Wishes/...Dr. Seuss'). Paper loss and chipping along the joint between the front pastedown and the ffep, rubbed, extremity wear, top of spine well-corrupted. JD32233 | $150.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dr. Seuss. The Cat in the Hat Song Book. NY, Random House, 1967, first edition, first printing. Issued without dust jacket, Younger/Hirsch bibliography pgs. 43-44, includes 19 Seuss songs with piano score and guitar chords by Eugene Poddany. Extremity wear, especially at corners. JD32242 | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dr. Seuss. The Cat in the Hat. NY, Random House, 1957, early edition. Lacking the dust jacket, matches Younger/Hirsch bibliography pgs. 26-28 except that the boards are glazed, not flat, with Grandma's ink gift inscription to verso of ffep, luckily it is also Inscribed by Dr. Seuss to the same recipient ("for Scott Edmunds Goss/with best wishes/...Dr. Seuss"). Rubbed, extremity wear, missing all the paper along the spine. JD32232 | $300.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dr. Seuss. The King's Stilts. NY, Random House, 1939, later printing. Lacking the dust jacket, but Inscribed by Dr. Seuss ("With Best Wishes to Tyler/(flourish) Dr. Seuss"). Rear cover with several stray pen marks, soiled, worn especially at corners which are worn through to the boards, Grandma's 1966 Christmas inscription. JD32241 | $350.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Dr. Seuss. The Sneetches and Other Stories. NY, Random House, 1961, first edition, first printing. Lacking the dust jacket, Younger/Hirsch bibliography pgs. 174-175, Inscribed by Dr. Seuss ("with Best Wishes to Tyler/from Dr. Seuss"). Rubbed, extremity wear, especially to corners which are worn through to the boards, top and bottom of spine corrupted. JD32236 | $250.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] du Maurier, Daphne. The King's General. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1176 in this important series, a novel, with a postscript at the end and a brief section on what happened to the people in the story, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. JD35204 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] du Maurier, Daphne. The King's General. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1176 in this important series, a novel, with a postscript at the end and a brief section on what happened to the people in the story, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. JD35591 | $15.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Duffus, R. L. John Steinbeck's Heroic Tale. NY, The New York Times Book Review, March 8, 1942, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A review of Steinbeck's novel, The Moon is Down, front cover and page 27, this is the lead review, with a giant cover photo of Steinbeck (unattributed, but by Sonja Noskowiak), it is quite a positive review, especially considering the controversy over the book, "a narrative of great dramatic intensity," not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, scarce. Printed on cheap newsprint, water marked along the spine, else very good. JD29070 | $30.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Duffus, R. L. John Steinbeck's Heroic Tale. NY, The New York Times Book Review, March 8, 1942, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A review of Steinbeck's novel, The Moon is Down, front cover and page 27, this is the lead review, with a giant cover photo of Steinbeck (unattributed, but by Sonja Noskowiak), it is quite a positive review, especially considering the controversy over the book, "a narrative of great dramatic intensity," not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, scarce. Printed on cheap newsprint, folded as usual, else extremely nice. JD30929 | $60.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Dunbar, Maurice. Books and Collectors. Los Altos, The Book Nest, 1980, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Foreword by Warren Howell, illustrated by Edward D. Walker, this copy Inscribed by Dunbar. Top and fore edges foxed, else fine. JD29004 | $25.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Dunbar, Maurice. Books and Collectors. Los Altos, The Book Nest, 1980, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Foreword by Warren Howell, illustrated by Edward D. Walker, this copy Signed by Dunbar. Fine. JD30930 | $30.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Dunbar, Maurice. Collecting Steinbeck. Venice, Opuscula Press, 1983, first edition. Issued without dust jacket, a miniature with a tipped in previously unpublished photo of John Steinbeck, one of 250 copies Signed by Dunbar and the publisher, Robert Hanson, with the book's prospectus. Fine. JD28898 | $100.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Dunlap, Carol. California People. 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. JD29011 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Dunninger, Joseph. What's On Your Mind?. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 659 in this important series, "the mystery and technique of thought reading," introduction by Walter B. Gibson, with tests and illustrations, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD31930 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Dunninger, Joseph. What's On Your Mind?. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 659 in this important series, "the mystery and technique of thought reading," introduction by Walter B. Gibson, with tests and illustrations, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. JD35599 | $10.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Durham, Marilyn. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A novel set in the Wyoming Territory of the 1880s, Author's First Book, a Review Copy with review slip and another enclosure from the publisher laid in loosely, basis of the film that starred Burt Reynolds, Sarah Miles, Lee J. Cobb, and George Hamilton, laid loosely into the book is an autograph note signed by Durham agreeing to sign a different copy of this book. Fine. JD31246 | $75.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Dutton, Davis and Judy. Tales of Monterey. NY, Ballantine Books, 1974, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Includes material by or about Mary Austin, Jack London, Robinson Jeffers, Henry Miller, Robert Louis Stevenson, and others associated with this area, including John Steinbeck, it prints a selection from his Cannery Row pages 153-162, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Fine. JD29703 | $15.00 |
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