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James M.Dourgarian, Bookman, was established in 1980. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA). Like all ABAA members, we answer to a higher authority and follow a higher standard of ethics that guarantees a successful transaction for all our customers.
We buy and sell old books, vintage books, collectible books, rare books, first edition books, and related ephemera. We maintain several specialties. Among them are American fiction first editions from c.1900 to the present. Within that general field, we have heavy emphasis in John Steinbeck and Steinbeckiana. Thus, we buy and sell Steinbeck primary first editions in dust jackets, signed/limited editions, his appearances in anthologies, his periodical appearances, books and periodicals about Steinbeck, film and theatre memorabilia, bibliographies, and miscellaneous items.
We also specialize in these same categories for these authors -- Jack London, Wallace Stegner, and Stephen King. Other specialties include Western Americana, books on California and the West, Photography books, books on Japan, China, and the Orient, and Armed Services Editions. The latter are vintage paperbacks issued to American GIs from 1943 to 1947. They are comprised of mysteries, Westerns, science fiction and fantasy, mainstream fiction, historical novels, science, poetry, adventure stories, and more.
Within our field of modern first editions, we also sell related film memorabilia Thus, we sell film posters, lobby card sets, pressbooks, stills, scripts, etc. for films made from the works of authors we carry such as John Steinbeck, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Raymond Chandler, Zane Grey, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Stephen King, Edward Abbey, Anne Rice, and many others.
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| [Modern Literature] MacArthur, Douglas. Reminiscences. NY, McGraw-Hill, 1964, first edition. Color portrait of MacArthur, a five-star general, as frontispiece, this is No. 934 of this limited special edition of 1,750 copies Signed by MacArthur, general of the Army, with maps and other illustrations. Lacking the slipcase, bookplate to front pastedown, fine. JD33205 |  $750.00 |
| [Modern Literature] MacDonald, John D. Cancel All Our Vows. NY, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1953, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. An early novel from the creator of the Travis McGee mystery series. Very good. JD31154 | $125.00 |
| [Modern Literature] MacDonald, John D. Please Write for Details. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1959, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. This was Adrian Goldstone's copy with his bookplate, Goldstone was perhaps the most noted collector of mystery/detective fiction and his John Steinbeck collection was the basis of the Goldstone & Payne bibliography of Steinbeck. Aged pages, as usual, near fine. JD31152 | $150.00 |
| [Modern Literature] MacDonald, John D. The Crossroads. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1959, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. An Inner Sanctum mystery. Aged pages, as usual, a bit of extremity wear, else near fine. JD31153 | $125.00 |
| [Modern Literature] MacDonald, John D. The Long Lavender Look. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1972, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. This is the 12th Travis McGee mystery and the first American hardcover, it carries the proper $5.50 dust jacket price and the 372 code at the top of the front jacket flap, this was Adrian Goldstone's copy bearing his bookplate, Goldstone was perhaps the most noted collector of mystery/detective novels and his John Steinbeck collection was the basis for the Goldstone & Payne bibliography of Steinbeck. Very good in a fine dust jacket. JD31134 | $250.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] MacDonald, William Colt. The Three Mesquiteers. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 712 in this important series, a Western, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34947 | $17.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Machen, Arthur. The Great God Pan And Other Weird Tales. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition , wrappers. Softcover. No. 940 in this important series, a paperback original, short stories, scarce and desirable, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Spine fade and general wear, else very good. JD32869 | $40.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Machen, Arthur. The Great God Pan And Other Weird Tales. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition , wrappers. Softcover. No. 940 in this important series, a paperback original, short stories, scarce and desirable, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34687 | $50.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Machen, Arthur. The Green Round. Sauk City, Arkham House, 1968, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. His last novel, one of 2,000 copies. Touch of soiling to edge of rear jacket panel, else fine. JD33185 | $65.00 |
| [Wallace Stegner] Madden, David (editor). Rediscoveries. NY, Crown, 1971, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. There was both a hardcover and a wrappered version, includes essays in which well-known novelists "rediscover" neglected fiction by other authors, includes Robert Penn Warren, Evan Connell, Joyce Carol Oates, Anais Nin, Walker Percy as well as Wallace Stegner whose essay "rediscovers" Glenway Wescott's Good-Bye Wisconsin, Colberg B106, this copy Signed by Stegner. Fine. JD3468 | $55.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Mailer, Norman. Harlot's Ghost. NY, Random House, 1991, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A massive novel about spies, the CIA, Kennedy, Castro, and J. Edgar Hoover. Fine. JD6718 | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Mailer, Norman. Marilyn. n.p. (NY), Grosset & Dunlap, 1973, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Mailer provides the biography and the photographers provide the images, photographers include Richard Avedon, Cornell Capa, Milton H. Greene, Philippe Halsman, and many others. Fine in a price-clipped jacket with internal reinforcements. JD32989 | $75.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Maleska, Eugene and Buranelli, Albert. 50 American Authors. NY, Giant Cardinal, Aug. 1963, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. GC 181, a paperback original, this is Vol. 1 of the Educational Crossword Puzzle Series, there are 50 author puzzles, 50 biographies, and 50 self-testing quizzes, John Steinbeck puzzle, biography, and quiz appears p. 181-184, Goldstone & Payne G57, not recorded by Morrow, other authors include Poe, Twain, Cather, London, Lewis, O'Neill, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Hemingway, Wolfe, Saroyan, etc., a very scarce book, especially when the puzzles are not filled in. Fine. JD28290 | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Maloney, Russell. It's Still Maloney. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1159 in this important series, humor, subtitled Or Ten Years in the Big City, introduction by J. J. O'Malley, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD35178 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Maltz, Albert. The Cross And The Arrow. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 733 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. JD33273 | $10.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Maltz, Albert. The Cross And The Arrow. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 733 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. JD34970 | $10.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Mangelsdorf, Tom. A History of Steinbeck's Cannery Row. Santa Cruz, Western Tanager Press, 1986, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Photo-illustrated history of Cannery Row from its humble fishing village beginnings through Steinbeck's era up to its present renaissance, with several enclosures from the publishing house laid in loosely, this copy Inscribed by the author. Fine. JD28923 | $85.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Mansfield, Katherine. Stories By Katherine Mansfield. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition , wrappers. Softcover. No. I-252 in this important series, a paperback original, stories selected by J. Middleton Murry, 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. JD34844 | $20.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Mantle, Burns (editor). The Best Plays of 1937-38. NY, Dodd, Mead, 1938, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes Our Town by Thornton Wilder, Golden Boy by Clifford Odets, and Of Mice and Men: Play by John Steinbeck, among others, which is the lead contribution, pages 31-66, Goldstone & Payne B5, Morrow 307. Fine, especially scarce in this condition. JD29299 | $125.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Mantle, Burns (editor). The Best Plays of 1943-1944. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-25 in this important series, a paperback original, includes Winged Victory by Moss Hart, The Searching Wind by Lillian Hellman, The Voice of the Turtle by John Van Druten, Over 21 by Ruth Gordon, Jacobowsky and the Colonel by S. N. Behrman based on a play by Franz Werfel, and The Innocent Voyage by Paul Osborn, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD32703 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Mantle, Burns (editor). The Best Plays of 1943-1944. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-25 in this important series, a paperback original, includes Winged Victory by Moss Hart, The Searching Wind by Lillian Hellman, The Voice of the Turtle by John Van Druten, Over 21 by Ruth Gordon, Jacobowsky and the Colonel by S. N. Behrman based on a play by Franz Werfel, and The Innocent Voyage by Paul Osborn, with a note about the authors 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. JD34416 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Marquand, John P. Repent in Haste. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1084 in this important series, a novel, the story of a war marriage in the Pacific, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD35111 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Marquand, John P. The Late George Apley. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. E-146 in this important series, "a novel in the form of a memoir," a Pulitzer Prize winner, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34117 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Masefield, John. Selected Poems of John Masefield. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 820 in this important series, a paperback original, 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. Solid very good. JD34527 | $15.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Matthiessen, Peter. At Play in the Fields of the Lord. NY, Random House, 1965, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A novel set in the Amazon jungle, this copy Signed by Matthiessen, film source. Capital H in a circle stamped on the rear pastedown, else fine in a near fine jacket. JD30840 | $375.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Matthiessen, Peter. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse. NY, Viking, 1983, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. This is the suppressed first edition, first issue, this copy Signed by Matthiessen, it explores the shoot-out near Wounded Knee, South Dakota that ended with the death of one Indian and two FBI agents and the subsequent incarceration of Leonard Peltier for murder, the book was recalled by the publisher because of lawsuits and was suppressed before being re-issued in 1991, this is one of the 1983 escapees. Fine. JD30841 | $350.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Matthiessen, Peter. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse. NY, Viking, 1983, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. This is the suppressed first edition, first issue, it explores the shoot-out near Wounded Knee, South Dakota that ended with the death of one Indian and two FBI agents and the subsequent incarceration of Leonard Peltier for murder, the book was recalled by the publisher because of lawsuits and was suppressed before being re-issued in 1991, this is one of the 1983 escapees, interestingly, the front free endpaper is stamped "International Office/of the/Leonard Peltier Defense Committee" along with its Seattle, WA address and phone number. Previous owner's ink name, address, and phone, rear jacket flap creased, else a nearly fine copy. JD31446 | $100.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Maugham, W. Somerset. The Razor's Edge. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. Q-31 in this important series, first issue, reprinted later in the series as No. 971 in 1946, a novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. JD34832 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Maugham, W. Somerset. The Summing Up. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. N-14 in this important series, "the autobiography of his mind," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Stamp of the San Francisco Fleet Library Exchange, solid very good. JD34343 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Mauldin, Bill. Up Front. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 822 in this important series, text and cartoons by Mauldin, with a note about him 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 minus. JD33728 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Maurois, Andre. Ariel The Life of Shelley. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 864 in this important series, translated by Ella D'Arcy, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD32835 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Maurois, Andre. Ariel The Life of Shelley. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 864 in this important series, translated by Ella D'Arcy, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Owner's name, very good. JD34572 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Maxim, Hiram Percy. A Genius in the Family. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 778 in this important series, a view of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim "through a small son's eyes," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Some pages unopened, else very good. JD34484 | $12.50 |
| [John Steinbeck] Mayes, Herbert R. (editor). An Editor's Treasury. NY, Atheneum, 1968, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Two volumes with publisher's slipcase, includes The Joads of California, an excerpt from John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, pages 601-604, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes everyone from Aristotle to Zweig. Some wear to slipcase, fine. JD29683 | $45.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Mays, Willie. Say Hey. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1988, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. This is the autobiography of the great Giant's centerfielder often considered to be the greatest baseball player of all time, photo illustrated, written with Lou Sahadi, this copy Signed by the great Willie Mays. Fine in a jacket faded along the spine panel. JD35621 | $225.00 |
| [Modern Literature] McCarthy, Cormac. The Crossing. NY, Knopf, 1994, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Second volume in the Border Trilogy. Fine. JD33162 | $35.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] McKenney, J. Wilson. "...Like Captured Fireflies". Georgetown, "Out West", Oct. 1969, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. 6-l6, includes a cover notation about John Steinbeck, a very interesting and scarce item by the editor, publisher, and proprietor of the Wilmac Press, because of the extensive Steinbeck content, Goldstone & Payne C210 identifies this as a Steinbeck periodical appearance, also includes Randall Henderson. Fine. JD30547 | $10.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] McKenney, J. Wilson. "...Like Captured Fireflies". Georgetown, "Out West", Oct. 1969, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. 6-l6, includes a cover notation about John Steinbeck, a very interesting and scarce item by the editor, publisher, and proprietor of the Wilmac Press, because of the extensive Steinbeck content, Goldstone & Payne C210 identifies this as a Steinbeck periodical appearance, also includes Randall Henderson. Fine. JD30924 | $10.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] McMeekin, Clark . Black Moon. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1001 in this important series, a novel, "Clark McMeekin" was the dual pseudonym of Mrs. Dorothy Park Clark and Mrs. Isabel McLennan McMeekin, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good . JD35027 | $10.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Mead, Clifford. Thomas Pynchon: A Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Materials. Elmwood Park, The Dalkey Archive Press, 1989, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Illustrated with many photos, including some of the reclusive Pynchon. Fine, unread. JD30169 | $60.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Mead, Margaret. Coming of Age in Samoa. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 826 in this important series, "a study of sex in primitive societies," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Rip to last page, very good. JD34534 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Mencken, H. L. Happy Days 1880-1892. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. F-159 in this important series, preface by Mencken, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD33758 | $30.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Mencken, H. L. Happy Days 1880-1892. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. F-159 in this important series, preface by Mencken, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34130 | $30.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Merrill, Mark (editor). The Love-Makers. NY, Pyramid, 1956, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. G227, a paperback original, includes John Steinbeck's Two Sisters, pages 33-43, text from The Pastures of Heaven, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes D. H. Lawrence, Richard Wright, William Carlos Williams, and others. Slight wear, fine. JD29594 | $20.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Messner, Mike. Steinbeck Country in Dubious Homage. Salinas, Mike Messner, 1979, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. An essay on John Steinbeck and agricultural politics, this copy Inscribed by the author with an Autographed Letter Signed from him laid in loosely, Morrow 656. Fine. JD28960 | $30.00 |
| [The West] Meyers, William H. Sketches of California and Hawaii. San Francisco, The Book Club of California, 1970, first edition. Issued without jacket, bound in loose weave cloth, a sequel to his Journal of a Cruise which The Club published in 1955, this book includes 22 of the Meyers water colors made from 1841 to 1844 while aboard the U. S. Sloop-of-War Cyane, edited and with an introduction and commentary by John Haskell Kemble, two previously unpublished letters from Meyers are also incorporated into the text, printed on all-rag paper by Grabhorn-Hoyem, limited to 450 copies, the book's prospectus is laid in loosely along with an extra copy of Plate XII. Fine. JD3649 | $125.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Michener, James A. Iberia Spanish Travels and Reflections. NY, Random House, 1968, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. With the publisher's slipcase, No. 375 of 500 numbered copies Signed by Michener, map endpapers in front and the rulers of Spain on the rear endpapers, filled throughout with photographs by Robert Vavra, the dust jacket differs from the trade edition on this signed/limited edition. Both book and dust jacket are fine in a very good slipcase. JD32096 | $200.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Miller, Henry. Joseph Delteil. Aylesford, St. Albert's Press, 1962, first edition. These are gathered signatures, unbound, largely unopened, of this book of essays in tribute to Delteil by Eugene Louis Julien, Jacques Madaule, Henry Miller, Henry de Monttherlant, Fr. Brocard Sewell and F.-J. Temple, limited to 150 copies printed on special paper from The Aylesford Review, Signed by Henry Miller and Joseph Deltiel, but an unknown hand has crossed out the area where a number would have been written and instead has written "out of series". Fine. JD31614 | $150.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Miller, Merle. Viva Zapata!. NY, Argosy, February 1952, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Pages 51-82, profusely illustrated with b&w photos from the 20th Century-Fox film that starred Marlon Brando as Emiliano Zapata, it also starred Jean Peters and Anthony Quinn, it also includes a note from Jerry Mason, the magazine's editor, on how this novelette by Miller, based on John Steinbeck's screenplay, came to pass, Goldstone & Payne G25, not recorded by Morrow. Very good. JD28297 | $150.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Miller, Merle. Viva Zapata!. n.p. (NY), Argosy, February 1952, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. This souvenir reprint is a 32-page bound off-print from the February 1952 issue of "Argosy" in which the magazine attempts to create a novelette in words and pictures, written by Merle Miller based on Steinbeck's screenplay, profusely illustrated with photos from the film which starred Marlon Brando as Zapata, supported by Jean Peters and Anthony Quinn, this was the first in a planned series of this new art form, Goldstone & Payne G26, not recorded by Morrow. Water stained, else very good. JD28298 | $75.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Mills, John. Electronics Today And Tomorrow. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 824 in this important series, with some illustrations, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, intelligent, but it must now seem like ancient history. Solid very good. JD34531 | $12.50 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Mizener, Arthur. Does A Moral Vision of the Thirties Deserve A Nobel Prize?. NY, The New York Times Book Review, December 9, 1962, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Mizener comments on whether John Steinbeck should have won the Noble Prize that had just been awarded, his answer, astonishingly enough, was a resounding, "No!," pages 4, 43-45, includes a photo of Steinbeck as well as illustrations of five of his novels, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Very good. JD28438 | $50.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Mizener, Arthur. Does A Moral Vision of the Thirties Deserve A Nobel Prize?. NY, The New York Times Book Review, December 9, 1962, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Mizener comments on whether John Steinbeck should have won the Noble Prize that had just been awarded, his answer, astonishingly enough, was a resounding, "No!," pages 4, 43-45, includes a photo of Steinbeck as well as illustrations of five of his novels, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Faint library stamp, else very good. JD30635 | $30.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Moore, Harry Thornton. John Steinbeck And His Novels. London, Heinemann, 1939, first British edition, wrappers. Softcover. The first critical study of Steinbeck, Goldstone & Payne F7, Morrow 570. Covers with some soiling and age-darkening, internally fine. JD841 | $75.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Moore, Harry Thornton. John Steinbeck And His Novels. London, Heinemann, 1939, first British edition, wrappers. Softcover. The first critical study of Steinbeck, Goldstone & Payne F7, Morrow 570. Cover crease, else fine. JD28462 | $75.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Moore, Harry Thornton. The Novels of John Steinbeck A First Critical Study. Chicago, Normandie House, 1939, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. This was the first critical study of Steinbeck, one of 1,000 copies printed at the Black Cat Press, Goldstone & Payne F6, Morrow 569. Goober to the blank rear free endpaper, else fine in a near fine jacket. JD30519 | $65.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Morley, Christopher. Where The Blue Begins. London/NY, William Heinemann/Doubleday, Page, 1922, first edition. TEG, black cloth spine with label to front board, issued without dust jacket, color frontispiece and three other color illustrations by Arthur Rackham along with 16 line drawings, this de luxe edition is limited to 100 copies Signed by both Morley and Rackham, this copy is unnumbered. Extremity wear, else very good. JD31377 | $800.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Morris, Alice S. (editor). The Uncommon Reader. NY, Avon Library, 1965, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. NS4, a paperback original, unusual with beveled edges, includes John Steinbeck's The Affair at 7, Rue de M--, pages 347-354, plus biographical sketch, pages 416, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes Dylan Thomas, Falnnery O'Connor, Graham Greene, Terry Southern, Paul Bowles, and others. Slightly toned, fine. JD29663 | $20.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Morris, George. John Garfield. n.p. (NY), A Harvest/HBJ Book, 1977, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Part of an illustrated history of the movies series, it discusses John Steinbeck and the film version of his Tortilla Flat in which Garfield starred, pages 77, 84-87, plus two photos from the film, not recorded by Morrow. Previous owner's sticker, else fine. JD28819 | $20.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Morrow, Bradford. John Steinbeck A Collection of Books & Manuscripts. Santa Barbara, Bradford Morrow Bookseller, 1980, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is his Catalogue Eight, being the Steinbeck collection formed by Harry Valentine, a must-have for any Steinbeck collector, foreword by John R. Payne, one of 2,500 copies, this copy Inscribed by Morrow. Fine, unread. JD29033 | $100.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Muhammad Ali His Life and Times. Hauser, Thomas. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1991, third printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Written in cooperation with Ali, Signed by Ali on a generic (with best wishes) bookplate affixed to the first preliminary, photo illustrated, includes many interview with those closely associated with Ali. Fine. JD35623 | $450.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Mulford, Clarence E. "Tex". NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 918 in this important series, a Western, 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, scarce. Wear along spine, else very good. JD34626 | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Mulford, Clarence. Bar 20 Days. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 834 in this important series, a Western, another of his Hopalong Cassidy tales, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34542 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Mulholland, John. The Art of Illusion. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. O-3 in this important series, "magic for men to do" including tricks with playing cards, coins, and pieces of string, plus mind-reading, illustrated, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34747 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Munro, H. H. Selected Short Stories of Saki. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-3 in this important series, a paperback original, stories selected especially for this book by Christopher Morley, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Title page wrinkle, else very good. JD34313 | $12.50 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Murphy, Dennis. The Sergeant. NY, Viking, 1958, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book, source of the film of the same name, front jacket panel blurb by John Steinbeck, the Murphys were family friends of Steinbeck, Murphy was also a creative writing student of Wallace Stegner who offers a rear jacket planel blurb which Stegner has Signed, Goldstone & Payne G35, Morrow 380. Near fine. JD29607 | $100.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Murphy, Dennis. The Sergeant. NY, Viking, 1958, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book, source of the film of the same name, front jacket panel blurb by John Steinbeck, the Murphys were family friends of Steinbeck, Murphy was also a creative writing student of Wallace Stegner who offers a rear jacket panel blurb which Stegner has Signed, Stegner has also signed the book, Goldstone & Payne G35, Morrow 380, this was Murphy family friend Aimee Doolittle's copy with her bookplate, she has affixed a photo of Vinnie A. Murphy, the author's grandmother, directly below the printed dedication on the dedication page, the book is dedicated to his grandmother, Ms. Doolittle has also affixed a photo of Murphy himself to the flytitle, noting in her hand "Denny--Xmas 1957". Fine in a very good plus jacket. JD29608 | $150.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Musselman, M. M. Wheels in His Head. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1153 in this important series, illustrated by Bill Pause, "father and his inventions" (such as super-balloon tires for airplanes and coaster brakes for bicycles), issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD33464 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Musselman, M. M. Wheels in His Head. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1153 in this important series, illustrated by Bill Pause, "father and his inventions" (such as super-balloon tires for airplanes and coaster brakes for bicycles), issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Reading creases, else very good. JD35198 | $15.00 |
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