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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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| [Armed Services Editions] Heggen, Thomas. Mister Roberts. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1203 in this important series, illustrated by Samuel Hanks Bryant, a classic in World War II literature and source for the great film that starred Henry Fonda, Jack Lemon, and James Cagney, 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. Good. JD35998 |  $65.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Hemp, Michael Kenneth. Cannery Row. Carmel, The History Company, 2002, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Subtitled The History of John Steinbeck's Old Ocean View Avenue, with a detailed and indexed map guide of Cannery Row, profusely illustrated with photos from the Pat Hathaway collection of historical California views. Very nearly fine. JD36940 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Henry, O. Selected Short Stories of O. Henry. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-16 in this important series, a paperback original, includes The Gift of the Magi and 20 other stories, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34278 | $37.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hergesheimer, Joseph. Java Head. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. D-102 in this important series, a novel of Salem, MA, with a note about the author at the end, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, this is one of the important and scarce D-Day ASE issues. Very good. JD34071 | $45.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hergesheimer, Joseph. Java Head. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. D-102 in this important series, a novel of Salem, MA, with a note about the author at the end, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, this is one of the important and scarce D-Day ASE issues. Very good minus. JD36964 | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Herring, Hubert. Good Neighbors. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. B-57, just the 57th title issued in this important series, Herring writes about Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and 17 other countries in South America, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD33964 | $50.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Herron, Edward A. Alaska Land of Tomorrow. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1947), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1278 in this important series, a study when it was not yet a state, 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. General wear, chip to lower right hand corner of front cover, else very good. JD36882 | $65.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Herron, Edward A. Alaska Land of Tomorrow. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1947), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1278 in this important series, a study when it was not yet a state, 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. General wear, spine seam split, else very good. JD36883 | $60.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hieb, Louis A. Collecting Tony Hillerman. Santa Fe, Vinegar Tom Press, 1992, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Softcover. Hardcover, a checklist of Hillerman's first editions "with approximate values and commentary, published in an edition of 200 numbered copies issued in wrappers and 75 handbound hardcover copies Signed by both Hillerman and Hieb, this was Hillerman's own copy, where the limitation would be on the colophon the publisher has handwritten "For Review/For Tony Hillerman/Many Thanks!/Spencer Maxwell/Publisher," this copy Signed twice by Hillerman on the title page. Fine. JD33487 | $200.00 |
| [Tony Hillerman] Hieb, Louis A. Tony Hillerman: From The Blessing Way to Talking God A Bibliography. Tucson, Press of the Gigantic Hound, 1990, first edition. Issued without dust jacket, this is the second of Hieb's HillermanĘbibliographies, but it is the first hardcover, limited to 1,000 copies, but this is one of 20 copies, so noted on the limitation page Signed by Hieb, it covers his fiction, short fiction, nonfiction, contribution to books, contribution to periodicals, books about Hillerman, audio recordings, and notes. Fine. JD36986 | $65.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hill, Ernestine. Australian Frontier. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. C-80 in this important series, "an ideal introduction to the great continent of Australia," illustrated with a map, foreword and an introduction by Ms. Hill, 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 D-Day ASE issues. Very good. JD34049 | $45.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. A Thief of Time. NY, Harper & Row, 1988, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mystery set in prehistoric sites in Chaco Canyon and elsewhere in the Four Corners area, map endpapers, Hieb bibliography A10a, this copy Signed by Hillerman, it was with this title that Ernest Franklin, a Navajo artist, first started to illustrate Hillerman titles, when found, Hillerman's books usually have one original drawing by Franklin, but this copy has 17 original color drawings by Franklin, very scarce thus, housed in a cloth slipcase, according to bookseller Ernie Bulow who helped start this cottage industry of illustrating Hillerman's titles with Franklin, there are only three or four books of this title with multiple illustrations, this was likely a review copy, while there is no review slip, there is a c.5X7-inch b&w photo of Hillerman seated at his desk that would have accompanied a review copy. Fine. JD32402 | $4,500.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. A Thief of Time. NY, Harper & Row, 1988, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mystery set in prehistoric sites in Chaco Canyon and elsewhere in the Four Corners area, map endpapers, Hieb bibliography A10a, this copy Signed by Hillerman, this copy with an original full-page color drawing by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin, with slipcase, the after-market drawings by Franklin began with this title. Fine. JD33516 | $300.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. A Thief of Time. NY, Harper & Row, 1988, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mystery set in prehistoric sites in Chaco Canyon and elsewhere in the Four Corners area, map endpapers, Hieb bibliography A10a, this copy Signed by Hillerman, it was with this title that Ernest Franklin, a Navajo artist, first started to illustrate Hillerman titles, when found, Hillerman's books usually have one original drawing by Franklin, but this copy has 10 original color drawings by Franklin, very scarce thus, housed in a slipcase, according to bookseller Ernie Bulow who helped start this cottage industry of illustrating Hillerman's titles with Franklin, there are only three or four books of this title with multiple illustrations. Fine. JD33519 | $2,250.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Canyon de Chelly. Aliso Viejo, James Cahill Publishing, 1998, first edition, first printing. Hardcover, issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, Signed by Hillerman, illustrated with ink drawings by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin, also Signed by Franklin, although he is not credited, there were 174 standard signed/limited edition copies, but this is lettered U of 26 lettered copies bound in mostly blue marbled boards with leather spine. Fine. JD33421 | $325.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Canyon de Chelly. Aliso Viejo, James Cahill Publishing, 1998, first edition, first printing. Hardcover, there were supposed to be three editions of this book, a paperbound edition which never materialized, a signed/numbered limited edition of 174 copies, and a lettered edition of 26 copies, however, Cahill gave 25 copies with an unfilled limitation page as payment to Ernie Bulow for lining up Navajo artist Ernest Franklin to illustrate the book, Bulow had these copies bound with a Navajo-like designed cloth with leather spine and slipcase that also include an original watercolor illustration Signed by Franklin, it shows a lone Navajo on horseback deep in the canyon, the book itself, like the other "regular" editions, is illustrated with ink drawings by Franklin, although he is not credited, also Signed by Hillerman and Franklin on the title page, obviously scarce. Fine. JD33525 | $450.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Canyon de Chelly. n.p. (Aliso Viejo), n.p. (James Cahill Publishing), n.d. (1998), first edition, first printing. Hardcover, issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, there were supposed to be three editions of this book, a paperbound edition which never materialized, a signed/numbered limited edition of 174 copies, and a lettered edition of 26 copies, however, the publisher (Cahill) gave some copies with an unfilled limitation page as payment to Ernie Bulow for lining up Navajo artist Ernest Franklin to illustrate the book (although Franklin is not credited), Bulow had these copies bound with a Navajo-like designed cloth with leather spine and slipcase that also includes an original watercolor illustration Signed by Franklin, it shows a beautiful canyon scene in full color with a lone rider, this is No. 10 of 10 "Artists Copies Created by/Special Permission of the Author," Signed by both Hillerman and Franklin. Slight spine lean, else fine. JD33536 | $475.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Coyote Waits. NY, Harper & Row, 1990, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mystery, Signed by Hillerman, this copy with a full-page color illustration by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin that shows two coyotes and a Navajo Tribal Police badge, with slipcase, very scarce. Fine. JD33540 | $350.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Dance Hall of the Dead. NY, Harper & Row, 1973, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Edgar Allan Poe Award winner for best novel in 1973, a Joe Leaphorn mystery set in Zuni Pueblo, Signed by Hillerman, includes a Signed beautiful multi-colored original drawing by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin, very scarce thus, Hieb bibliography A4a, now housed in a slipcase. Fine, a beautiful copy. JD33399 | $3,000.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Dance Hall of the Dead. NY, Harper & Row, 1973, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Edgar Allan Poe Award winner for best novel in 1973, a Joe Leaphorn mystery set in Zuni Pueblo, Signed by Hillerman, includes a Signed beautiful original drawing by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin that shows a masked character in a dance ceremony who is planning to kill another participant, very scarce thus, Hieb bibliography A4a. Fine in a very good plus jacket. JD33514 | $2,250.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Dance Hall of the Dead. London, Pluto Press, 1985, first British edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. This copy Signed by Hillerman, his signature is smudged. Tanned pages, as usual with this cheap production, else fine in a near fine jacket. JD33515 | $150.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Hunting Badger. NY, HarperCollins, 1999, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mystery involving a gang that robbed an Indian casino, Signed by Hillerman, this copy with an original Signed color illustration by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin showing a skull, a rifle, a man labeled "G. Ironhand," a teepee, and the name of the casino (Ute Mountain Casino), very scarce thus, with slipcase. Fine. JD33530 | $300.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Listening Woman. NY, Harper & Row, 1978, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Signed by Hillerman, this is a Joe Leaphorn mystery set in the northern Navajo reservation, Hieb bibliography A5a, it includes 22 original b&w drawings by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin, including one of Leaphorn, only a handful of these early Hillerman titles were so illustrated, very scarce thus. Lettering on the book's spine fading, as usual, else fine. JD32404 | $4,500.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Listening Woman. London, Macmillan, 1979, first British edition, first printing, dust jacket . Hardcover. A Joe Leaphorn tale of mystery and suspense, this copy Signed by Hillerman, scarce thus. Very good in a fine jacket. JD33512 | $100.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Sacred Clowns. NY, HarperCollins, 1993, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mystery, Signed by Hillerman, includes an original full-page color drawing by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin that shows a colorful clown with a squawking chicken, Native American clowns or koshare insert humor into situations to keep the proceedings from getting too serious, their exaggerated antics remind us how easy it is to overstep boundaries of proper behavior, very scarce. Fine. JD33522 | $275.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Sacred Clowns. NY, HarperCollins, 1993, first edition, first printing, wrappers. Softcover. This is an advance reading copy (ARC) of this Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mystery. Fine. JD33537 | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Sacred Clowns. NY, HarperCollins, 1993, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mystery, Signed by Hillerman, includes an original black line drawing by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin that shows two Native American clowns, such clowns or koshare insert humor into situations to keep the proceedings from getting too serious, their exaggerated antics remind us how easy it is to overstep boundaries of proper behavior. Fine. JD33546 | $200.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Skinwalkers. NY, Harper & Row, 1986, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Signed by Hillerman, a Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee (their first pairing) mystery set in Shiprock and the nearby Navajo reservation, Hieb bibliography A9a, this copy with 22 original drawings by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin, 19 of which are in color, very scarce thus, with slipcase. Fine. JD32403 | $5,750.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Talking God. NY, Harper & Row, 1989, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Signed by Hillerman, a Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mystery set in both Gallup, NM and Washington, D. C., Hieb bibliography A11a, this copy with two original color drawings by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin, the first of which is a large Signed drawing that depicts Leaphorn and Chee, along with a woman, they are investigating the counterfeiting of a valuable ceremonial mask (the talking God), which is the subject of the second original drawing, very scarce thus, with slipcase. Soiling to bottom of front board, else fine in a fine jacket. JD33521 | $400.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. The Blessing Way. NY, Harper & Row, 1970, first edition, first printing. This is the ultimate copy of Author's First Book, it is an Inscribed Presentation/Association Copy of the highest order, inscribed by Hillerman to Navajo artist Ernest Franklin who went on to create a cottage industry wherein he illustrated many of Hillerman's titles in an after-market situation where individuals brought him copies of Hillerman's books for Franklin to illustrate, the vast majority of such books include just one illustration by Franklin, this one has 30 (!) illustrations by Franklin in addition to Hillerman's doubly signed inscription ("with my thanks to/Ernie Franklin/for showing me/what Leaphorn/looks like/TH"), the inscription is on the title page, Hillerman has additionally signed his full name under his printed signature on the title page, Joe Leaphorn is the Navajo tribal policeman created by Hillerman with this book (and who appears in many of his subsequent books) who solves the mysteries that Hillerman created, there is one small black ink drawing, 18 quarter-page black ink drawings, one full-page black illustration, and 10 full-page color illustrations, the book has been re-bound in full black leather with four raised bands on the spine, with gilt rules and decorations on front and back covers, spine with gilt rules, decorations, a title/author panel in gilt, and date of publication panel also in gilt, now housed in a custom clamshell case. Fine. JD32401 | $12,500.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. The Blessing Way. NY, Harper & Row, 1970, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book which launched a great career as a mystery/detective writer who not only created both Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee as his main Native American detectives, but also used his fiction to teach readers about Native American culture, this copy is not only Signed by Hillerman, but it also carries original art Signed by Native American (Navajo) artist Ernest Franklin who depicts a shape-shifter or Navajo wolf, similar to a werewolf in Western culture, the gun and skull which are also depicted represent a sophisticated criminal enterprise undertaken on the Navajo reservation, Hieb bibliography A1a, with slipcase, only a handful of this title were so illustrated by Franklin, very scarce. Bookseller's tiny sticker on front free endpaper, fine in a very good jacket. JD33395 | $4,000.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. The Blessing Way. London, Macmillan, 1970, first British edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book which launched an amazing career, this copy Signed by Hillerman, it also includes an original Signed drawing by Native American artist Ernest Franklin which depicts a Navajo shaman/healer/singer creating a sand painting during a healing or curing ceremony for a fellow Indian, very scarce thus, according to text on the dust jacket, Hillerman went to school for his first eight grades as a day student at St. Mary's Academy, a boarding school for Indian girls, thereby, he says, learning how it felt to be a minority problem by being one, Hieb bibliography A1b, this may be the only British edition so illustrated by Franklin. Fine. JD33505 | $1,750.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. The Blessing Way. Albuquerque, Sidewinder Publications, n.d. (2006), first edition thus, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author First Book, illustrated by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin, foreword by the publisher, Ernie Bulow, Signed by both Hillerman and Franklin who also has provided an original full-page color illustration that depicts a Navajo shaman/healer/singer creating a sand painting during a healing or curing ceremony for a fellow Indian native American, with slipcase. Fine. JD33507 | $250.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. The Boy Who Made Dragonfly. NY, Harper & Row, 1972, first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover. A Zuni myth retold by Hillerman who has Signed this copy of his third book, illustrated by Laszlo Kubinyi, this is the Harper Crest edition with its sticker affixed to front panel of the dust jacket and with the reinforced binding, Hieb bibliography A3a. Fine in a clipped jacket with a bit of spinal extremity wear, else fine. JD33401 | $375.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. The Dark Wind. NY, Harper & Row, 1982, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. His second Jim Chee mystery, this one set in the eastern Hopi and adjacent Navajo reservations, this copy Signed by Hillerman, Hieb bibliography A7a, Hillerman thought this was his best plot, this copy includes a phenomenal 23 original color illustrations by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin depicting many plot elements and at least two of Jim Chee, very scarce thus, with slipcase. Faint erasure of pencil notation on the front free endpaper, else fine. JD32405 | $6,000.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. The Fallen Man. NY, HarperCollins, 1996, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Another Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mystery which introduces a new Hillerman character, Bernadette (Bernie) Manuelito, also of the Navajo Tribal Police, this copy Signed by Hillerman, it also includes a large original Signed color illustration by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin, this composite drawing shows a human skull above Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito, it also depicts a sacred mountain, Shiprock, where a climber has fallen to his death, very scarce thus, with slipcase. Fine. JD33526 | $275.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. The Fly on the Wall. NY, Harper & Row, 1971, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. His second book, this was the first of his two non-Navajo novels, like his first book it is also a novel of suspense, but in this case it's political suspense by someone who knew that arena as Hillerman was a long-time newspaper reporter who covered politics, his main character, John Cotton, a political reporter who is also an avid fly-fisherman is depicted in a large Signed original drawing by famed Navajo artist Ernest Franklin wherein Cotton is shown fly fishing, in addition Franklin offers four other original illustrations, one is a small line drawing of a wolf on the front free endpaper, followed by a full-page full color portrait of Hillerman, Franklin offers another line drawing of a windmill on the page that lists other Hillerman titles, the dedication page sports another line drawing, this of an oil pumping apparatus, Hieb bibliography A2a, with slipcase, only a handful of this title were illustrated by Franklin and even fewer offer multiple illustrations, Signed by Hillerman. Fine in a very good plus jacket. JD33397 | $3,000.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. The Fly on the Wall. NY, Harper & Row, 1971, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. His second book, this was the first of his two non-Navajo novels, like his first book it is also a novel of suspense, but in this case it's political suspense by someone who knew that arena as Hillerman was a long-time newspaper reporter who covered politics, Hieb bibliography A2a, this copy Inscribed by Hillerman ("How do you show a gun/without tipping off the/reader? See Chapter/Twenty-two--/Tony Hillerman"). Very nearly fine. JD33503 | $1,350.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. The Sinister Pig. NY, HarperCollins, 2003, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Another Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee/Bernie Manuelito mystery, Signed by Hillerman and dated in the year of publication, this copy includes a large Signed original color drawing by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin that depicts an oryx, an African antelope from an exotic animal reserve (illegally used for hunting), very scarce, with slipcase. Fine. JD33416 | $300.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hilton, James. The Story of Dr. Wassell. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. D-91 in this important series, a novel based on the true story of a Navy doctor from Arkansas, with a note about the author at the end, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, this is one of the scarce and important D-Day ASEs. Very good plus. JD36302 | $45.00 |
| [Photography] Holmes, Joseph. Natural Light. Berkeley, The Nature Company, 1986, second printing. Issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, prepared in conjunction with The Yolla Bolly Press, with notes on the 60 plates at the end, foreword by Barry Lopez, Holmes provides his own introduction, this copy is Signed by Joseph Holmes. Fine. JD31128 | $35.00 |
| [Photography] Holub, Leo. Leo Holub Photographer. Stanford, Stanford Alumni Association, 1982, first edition, dust jacket . Hardcover. This is No. 81 of 200 numbered copies Signed by famed photographer Leo Holub, profusely illustrated with his work, it includes a foreword by Wallace Stegner, Colberg B138, lacking the original print (as usual), includes the prospectus for the book and a printed note from Ansel Adams promoting the book. Cloth has spotted, else fine. JD31106 | $45.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hoover, Herbert. Typed Letters Signed. NY, n.p., 1949, 1954, first editions. Three typed letters signed from Hoover to Malcolm Johnson, a publishing executive with D. Van Nostrand and Doubleday, Doran, all three are on Hoover's printed stationery with his name at the top with a typed return address of The Waldorf Astoria Towers in New York, the first is dated June 5, 1949, Hoover responds to Johnson's having sent a note and a friendly review of Hoover's latest in a series of books of his public addresses, Hoover goes on to ask Johnson to lunch on the 7th or 9th, signed by Hoover in full, Johnson has circled June 9th as his available date, the second is dated June 6, 1954, turning down a request from Johnson ("I hate to refuse you anything on/earth. But just consider my years;/the job I am now on which itself is over-/whelming; and that I am a trustee of/nine concerns for which I must raise/money," signed in full, the third letter thanks Johnson for his birthday message, together with a pamphlet printed in West Branch, Iowa dated Aug. 10, 1954 titled The Protection of Freedom, an address by Hoover at the reception given by the state of Iowa on Hoover's 80th birthday, housed within the envelope addressed to Johnson at his Long Island home. Bit of wrinkling to the pamphlet on one corner, else, letters folded for mailing, else quite excellent. JD31357 | $450.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Hosmer, Helen et al. Typed Letter Signed. San Francisco, Simon J. Lubin Society, April 18, 1939, first edition. A typed letter Signed by Hosmer, executive director of the Simon J. Lubin Society which published John Steinbeck's Their Blood is Strong, Hosmer notes that three copies of the book were mailed to Porter S. Welch, manager of the Old Book Shop, The Burrows Company, in Cleveland, OH, for the grand sum of $9, "Although these were not in mint condition, and although you stated that the premium seemed high, the fact of the matter is that we now have an offer of $5.00 a piece, from a Steinbeck collector at Stanford. You might tell that to your collectors if they seem sad about the price," she goes on to write that they have $400 due them "on both Steinbeck and Associated Farmer pamphlets, with the creditors hounding us," adding "With our organization, crises are periodic and to be expected; this one threatens to be a real one," typed on the Society's letterhead which lists Carey McWilliams, Congressman H. Jerry Voorhis, and Sam Yorty (then an Assembly member) who went on to become Mayor of Los Angeles, as sponsors, among others, together with the September-October, 1938 issue of "The Rural Observer," published by the Society, edited by Hosmer who writes at the top "For your information/and interest./H.H.," laid in loosely are two newspaper clipping about Steinbeck's play, Of Mice and Men in its true (San Francisco) first performance; together with a typed letter signed to Welch dated April 25, 1939 from Herbert Cerwin, on his Carmel Valley letterhead, he authored Goldstone & Payne B3, Famous Recipes by Famous People, the Hotel Del Monte wrappered version, and G&P B11, the Lane hardcover, Welch had inquired about obtaining copies, but Cerwin reports that both versions are out of print, "Because I prepared the booklet, I happen to have three copies of the first edition," but he reports that he isn't keen on parting with them, "However, if you or anyone else wants them for $3.00 a copy you can have them. This is really more than the book is worth, but you still may be interested"; together with another typed letter signed from Cerwin to Welch, dated May 2, 1939, also on his letterhead, informing him that he is sending the three copies at $3 each, he adds "I'm also sending you a leather bound copy of the same book," reporting that he has two such copies and that he wants $5 for one copy, wanting to retain the other, he asks for it to be returned if no one will pay the $5, ending with "It originally became a collector's item because of the recipe by Jeffers. Later it was Steinbeck's contribution which really has made it valuable," that leather bound copy is unrecorded, all the letters have been folded for mailing and are housed in their original envelopes. Very good. JD36896 | $1,500.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Housepian, Marjorie. The Smyrna Affair. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. "The first comprehensive account of the burning of the city and the expulsion of the Christians from Turkey in 1922," map endpapers. Fine. JD33770 | $50.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Houston, James D. (editor). West Coast Fiction. NY, Bantam Books, 1979, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Includes John Steinbeck's Flight, pages 302-320, text from The Long Valley, not recorded by Morrow, also includes Wallace Stegner who has Signed his New Almaden contribution, text from Angle of Repose, also includes Richard Brautigan, Raymond Chandler, Tillie Olsen, Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, Tom Robbins, Thomas Sanchez, and others. Some spine creases, near fine. JD29704 | $50.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Houston, Pam. Cowboys Are My Weakness. NY, Norton, 1992, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book, 12 short stories that have brought the author considerable acclaim. Fine. JD6682 | $45.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Hughes, R. S. Beyond The Red Pony: A Reader's Companion to Steinbeck's Complete Short Stories. Metuchen, Scarecrow Press, 1987, first edition. Issued without dust jacket, includes studies of unpublished and uncollected pieces, with a Typed Letter Signed from the president of Scarecrow Press laid in loosely. Fine. JD28933 | $30.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hungerford, Mark C. The Quiet Bower. Vashon, The Quiet Bower, 2003, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Published in the manner of the Armed Services Editions (books issued to American GIs during World War II), a novel, this is a complimentary copy, with slip, inscribed by Hungerford to this bookseller in 2017, laid in loosely is a one-page fact sheet about the book with a note to this bookseller at the bottom from Hungerford, published at $15. Fine. JD36992 | $25.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Hunter, Francis (editor). The Iron Gate of Jack & Charlie's "21". NY, Jack Kriendler Memorial Foundation, 1950, first edition. This hardcover was issued without dust jacket, it includes The 'Inside' on the Inside by John Steinbeck, page 27, Goldstone & Payne B63, Morrow 335, also includes contributions by Walt Disney, Rube Goldberg, Robert and Nathaniel Benchley, Ben Hecht, John O'Hara, Robert Ruark, Damon Runyon, William Saroyan, Ed Sullivan, and others. Fine. JD29544 | $65.00 |
| [Wallace Stegner] Hunter, Mark. In the Company of Wallace Stegner. San Francisco, San Francisco Magazine, July 1981, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Pages 38-43, illustrated with a photo of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author sitting at his typewriter, Colberg Appendix 1, item No. 32, this copy inscribed by Stegner to bookseller Diane Peterson (For Diane, my bibliographical [illegible--maybe connoisseur]/Wallace Stegner), the magazine's cover is a large photo of Stegner by Marek Majewski. Very good. JD36825 | $65.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Huser, Verne (editor). River Reflections. Charlotte, East Woods Press, 1984, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes a small piece from John Steinbeck's The Pearl, introduction and text pages 88-89, also includes Wallace Stegner who has Signed his The Sound of Mountain Water contribution, also includes Edward Abbey, William Faulklner, A. B. Guthrie, Norman Maclean, Ernie Pyle, and others. Very good plus. JD29722 | $50.00 |
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