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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] Sabatini, Rafael. The Sea Hawk. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 812 in this important series, a historical novel, printed earlier the series as ASE No. I-266 in 1944, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Owner's inscription, else very good. JD34518 |  $15.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Salinger, J. D. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour An Introduction. Boston, Little, Brown, 1959, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. With "Seymore" instead of Seymour on page 173, first issue without the dedication page, only a handful of these first issues have been reported. Near fine in a jacket with one internal reinforcement, else very good plus. JD33187 | $1,500.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Sanchez, Thomas. Angels Burning. Santa Barbara, Capra Press, 1987, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Subtitled "Native Notes from the Land of Earthquake and Fire," this is Volume X of the Capra back-to-back series that showcased shorter fiction, this book bound with Lawrence Clark Powell's "Ocian in View" the Malibu, Sanchez has signed the book in the year of publication. Fine. JD27128 | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Sandoz, Mari. Old Jules. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. F-173 in this important series, a biography, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34145 | $20.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Santee, Ross. Apache Land. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Written and illustrated by Santee with more than 100 drawings. Fine in a jacket with several internal tape reinforcements that otherwise presents well. JD33192 | $50.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Saroyan, William et al. The Best from Yank. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 934 in this important series, material selected from the editors of "Yank," the Army weekly, condensed for wartime reading, includes cartoons, war reportage, humor and fiction, including The Sweetheart of Company D by Pvt. William Saroyan, among many other contributions, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34681 | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Saroyan, William. Dear Baby. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-2 in this important series, short stories, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD34861 | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Saroyan, William. Get Away Old Man. NY, Harcourt, Brace, 1944, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A play in two acts. Fine, bright copy. JD1255 | $65.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Saroyan, William. The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze. Covelo, The Yolla Bolly Press, n.d. (1984), first edition thus. A single printed sheet with an illustration announcing the 50th anniversary edition of Saroyan's first book. Fine. JD30639 | $10.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Satyanarayana, M. R. John Steinbeck A Study in the Theme of Compassion. Hyderabad, American Studies Centre, 1977, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This copy issued in green wrappers, there was another issue in pink wrappers, includes an index and selected bibliography by this Indian Steinbeck scholar in addition to his lengthy essays, not recorded by Morrow. Although publications out of India tend to be cheaply produced (and this is no exception), the book remains fine, scarce thus. JD28815 | $35.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Satyanarayana, M. R. John Steinbeck A Study in the Theme of Compassion. Hyderabad, American Studies Centre, 1977, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This copy issued in pink wrappers, there was another issue in green wrappers, includes an index and selected bibliography by this Indian Steinbeck scholar in addition to his lengthy essays, not recorded by Morrow. Although publications out of India tend to be cheaply produced (and this is no exception), the book remains fine, scarce thus. JD28816 | $35.00 |
| [Wallace Stegner] Schaefer, Jack (editor). Out West. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1955, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. An anthology that includes The Colt by Wallace Stegner, Colberg B35, this copy Signed by Wallace Stegner, it also includes Mary Austin, Jack London, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Bret Harte, Mari Sandoz, Owen Wister, and many others. Very good plus. JD3510 | $150.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Schlumberger, Jean (editor). La Nouvelle Revue Francaise Hommage a Andre Gide. Paris, Gallimard, 1951, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. With the outer glassine folded around the wrappers, No. 330 of 1200 copies, with photo of Gide used as frontispiece, includes John Steinbeck's "Un Grand Romancier de Notre Temps," page 30, Goldstone & Payne B68, Morrow 339. Very nearly fine. JD29548 | $45.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Charlie Brown's All-Stars. Cleveland, World, 1966, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Story and illustration from the television production featuring Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, etc. Price clipped, else nearly fine. JD30811 | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Christmas is Together-Time. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1964, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Book designed by Jim Young, the fourth book in this series of square-shaped books featuring Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang as written and illustrated by Schulz, with a reply card from the publisher laid in loosely. Fine. JD30800 | $85.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Happiness Is A Warm Puppy. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1962, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. First book in this series of square-shaped books written and illustrated by Schulz featuring the Peanuts gang, photo of Schulz on the rear jacket panel by Karel Bauer. Bookplate, else fine in a very good jacket. JD30804 | $150.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Home Is On Top Of A Dog House. San Francisco, Determined Productions, Inc., 1966, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Another charming Peanuts book by a master (and beloved) cartoonist. Very good. JD30554 | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Home Is On Top Of A Dog House. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1966, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. This is the sixth book in this series of square-shaped books written and illustrated by Schulz, but it is the first to feature all Snoopy, all the time, book designed by Jim Young. Fine in a very good plus jacket. JD30805 | $30.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Love Is Walking Hand in Hand. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1965, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Fifth book in this series of square-shaped books written and illustrated by Schulz featuring the Peanuts gang. One chip to rear jacket panel, else fine. JD30803 | $50.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Reviens, Snoopy. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A French translation of Snoopy, Come Home. Owner's name stamp, else very good. JD30814 | $10.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Sandlot Peanuts. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Introduction by Joe Garagiola, a combination of both daily strips and Sunday strips that feature Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and all the Peanuts gang playing baseball, some strips are in color. Half-inch tear to rear jacket panel, else fine. JD30820 | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Security Is A Thumb And A Blanket. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1963, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. One of his charming little square books. Fine in a very good jacket. JD2675 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Security Is A Thumb And A Blanket. San Francisco, Determined Productions, 1963, first edition, first printing. This hardcover lacks its dust jacket, it is yet another in a series of square-shaped books by written and illustrated Schulz featuring the Peanuts gang as written and illustrated by Schulz. Very good. JD30801 | $15.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Sunday's Fun Day, Charlie Brown. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965 (sic), first edition thus. This Weekly Reader hardcover was issued without a dust jacket, more comic strips featuring Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and all the other members of the Peanuts gang. Very good. JD30808 | $10.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. The Charlie Brown Dictionary. NY, Scholastic Book Services, 1975, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Includes more than 580 pictures in full color with 2,400 words defined as only Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang can. Very good. JD30813 | $10.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Schulz, Charles M. Things I Learned After It Was Too Late. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981, first edition, first printing. This hardcover was issued without a dust jacket, subtitled And Other Minor Truths, it feaures all the Peanuts gang with Schulz's usual brand of humor and philosphy. Fine. JD30815 | $20.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Scott, Zachary and Steinbeck, John. John Emery. n.p. (NY), privately printed, 1964, first edition, clear plastic dust jacket. Hardcover. Black leather spine stamped in gilt and red patterned boards, one of only 200 copies, none of which were for sale, the contributions by Scott and Steinbeck were eulogies read at Emery's funeral in New York on November 18, 1964, with a b&w photo portrait of this actor, with the typed strip with the corrected date affixed to title page, as usual, even the impressive Adrian H. Goldstone collection, upon which the Steinbeck bibliography was based, lacked a copy, Morrow 364, now housed in a custom clamshell case. Fine. JD29417 | $1,250.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Sears, Paul B. This Is Our World. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 790 in this important series, "man's place in nature," also illustrated by Sears, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Solid very good. JD33334 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Sears, Paul B. This Is Our World. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 790 in this important series, "man's place in nature," also illustrated by Sears, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34496 | $12.50 |
| [Modern Literature] Segal, Lore and Sendak, Maurice. The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm. NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Two volumes, with publisher's slipcase, translated by Lore Segal with four tales translated by Randall Jarrell, pictures by Maurice Sendak. Jacket spines aged, else fine. JD29491 | $125.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Segre, Alfredo. Mahogany. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1035 in this important series, a novel of "life in the jungles of French West Africa" by this Italian author, with a brief glossary of terms at the end, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, scarce. Very good. JD35062 | $17.50 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Seldes, Gilbert. Previews of Entertainment. NY, Bantam Books, October 1950, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 936, a paperback original, it gives advance information on movies, TV, radio, books, etc., it includes a review of the Elia Kazan-directed film Viva Zapata! which starred Marlon Brando with the screenplay written by John Steinbeck, page 11, it also reviews the Broadway play of Steinbeck's Burning Bright, page 193, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Fine, scarce in this condition. JD28505 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Seltzer, Charles Alden. The Boss of the Lazy Y. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 949 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. Solid very good. JD34975 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Seltzer, Charles Alden. The Vengeance of Jefferson Gawne. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1071 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. JD35098 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Seton, Anya. Dragonwyck. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. P-27 in this important series, a historical novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD32589 | $12.50 |
| [Modern Literature] Seton, Ernest Thompson. Inscribed photograph. n.p., n.p., n.d., first edition. Waist-up photo of the mustachioed famed author wearing a suit, Seton authored and illustrated Lives of Game Animals, Wild Animal Ways, Art Anatomy of Animals, and many others, photographer or date is unknown, this photo is Inscribed and Signed by the author ("To the [illegible] Remington Co -/with best wishes of/Ernest Thompson Seton"), photo measures 4.5X7 inches and 11X13.5 inches in the mat and frame, not examined out of the frame. Fine. JD34656 | $250.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Seuss, Dr. Dr. Seuss's A B C. NY, Random House, 1963, first edition, first printing. Lacking the dust jacket, Younger/Hirsch bibliography pgs. 54-56. Grandma's Christmas ink inscription to verso of ffep, extremity wear, else very good. JD32231 | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. NY, Beginner Books, 1958, later printing. Lacking the dust jacket, this copy Inscribed ("for/CHIP GOSS/with Best Wishes/from Dr. Seuss"). Very good. JD32394 | $225.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Shaffer, Jerome (et al). How to Cheat on Your Wife And/Or Girlfriend. Chicago, "Male Chauvinist", October 1978, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is Vol. 1, No. 1, the first and only issue of this anti-feminist magazine, it features the male chauvinist of the month pictorial that is very much in keeping with the front cover photo of a man sitting on a throne-like chair with two women kissing his foot, articles by a number of writers include the above-noted title by Jerome Shaffer, Why Younger Women Are Better by Jay Anthony Marchland, How to Become Involved Sexually - Not Emotionally by Dax Alexandria, Living With Two or More Females - It Can Be Fun! by Benjamin Lazlo, Dealing With the Nimble Female Mind by Pino Stuarti, and Why Women Are Totally Ruled By Their Emotions by Hiram Bennett, this copy signed by all six of these writers, includes a full-page "welcome" by the publisher/editor Ron Fenton, also includes a "centerfold" of Gloria Steinem, scarce. Fine. JD33657 | $150.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Shasky, Florian J. and Riggs, Susan F. (editors). Letters to Elizabeth. San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1978, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. One of 500 copies printed by the Plantin Press, it presents letters from John Steinbeck to his agent, Elizabeth Otis, preface by the editors, introduction by Steinbeck's former Stanford University roommate and life-long friend Carlton A. (Dook) Sheffield, Sheffield's importance to Steinbeck's literary career cannot be overstated, it was Steinbeck's practice to write his books as if he were telling the story to just one person rather than a mass audience, that one person was Carlton Sheffield, Morrow 289, this copy Inscribed by Sheffield to this bookseller. Fine without any age to the jacket, uncommon thus. JD30508 | $325.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Shasky, Florian J. and Riggs, Susan F. (editors). Letters to Elizabeth. San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1978, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. One of 500 copies printed by the Plantin Press, it presents letters from John Steinbeck to his agent, Elizabeth Otis, preface by the editors, introduction by Steinbeck's former Stanford University roommate and life-long friend Carlton A. (Dook) Sheffield, Morrow 289. Fine. JD30920 | $100.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Shasky, Florian J. and Sonnichsen, Joanne (editors). Hand Bookbinding in California A Keepsake in Twelve Parts. San Francisco, The Book Club of California, 1994 (sic, actually issued in April 1995), first edition. 12 grouped folders made for Club members as a keepsake by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press, Mt. View. Fine. JD82 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Shattuck, Richard. The Half-Haunted Saloon. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 821 in this important series, a humorous novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Solid very good. JD34528 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Shaw, George Bernard. Arms And The Man And Two Other Plays. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1005 in this important series, a paperback original, also includes Androcles and the Lion as well as Pygmalion, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD35031 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Shaw, George Bernard. Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction; or, The Fatal Gazogene A Tragedy. London, Anthony Treherne & Co., Ltd., 1905, first edition, first printing. Included in Harry Furniss's Christmas Annual, 1905, here re-bound in green cloth with a cover label giving the title and author, this was Furniss's first annual, illustrated by him, contents page either laid in loosely or dis-bound, Shaw's very successful play is the first offering, also includes A Wedding Gift by H. Rider Haggard, affixed to the front free endpaper is brief note Signed by Shaw of some mystery dated 17 Jan, 1902, to wit: "Told you so!/Thanks for the cheque./What is K's address? There/are more ways of killing a dog/than hanging him, and I think/I'll venture a fresh attempt on my/own account./This, in dreadful secrecy/G. Bernard Shaw"). Remnants of bookplate removal on front free endpaper, binding a bit loose. JD31555 | $550.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Shearing, Joseph. Aunt Beardie. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 923 in this important series, it reprints ASE No. P-23 published earlier in the series in 1945, a mystery, Joseph Shearing is a pseudonym of Mrs. Gabrielle Margaret Vere Campbell Long, 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. JD35595 | $12.50 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Sheffield, Carlton A. (Dook). I Never Met An Anapest I Didn't Like. Campbell, CRS Publishing, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A book of verses edited by Art Ring, "Dook" Sheffield was John Steinbeck's roommate at Stanford and a life-long friend, he is also author of one of the best books ever written about Steinbeck (Steinbeck, The Good Companion), his importance cannot be over-stated in that one of Steinbeck's writing techniques was to write his story as if he were telling it only to one person, that one person was Carlton A. Sheffield, this copy Inscribed by Sheffield, laid in loosely is a prospectus for the book and a lengthy TLS from Art Ring about the book and Sheffield, an ANS from Ring is also laid in loosely. Fine. JD31276 | $75.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Sheffield, Carlton A. (Dook). Steinbeck: The Good Companion. Portola Valley, American Lives Endowment, 1983, first edition, first printing, wrappers. Softcover. With an introduction about Sheffield (who preferred to be called "Sheff," not Dook, the moniker Steinbeck gave him) by Richard Blum, includes a handsome b&w photo portrait of Steinbeck used as the frontispiece, also includes a b&w photo of Sheff reading a newspaper while having a cup of coffee in his tiny kitchen, this is one of less than 100 copies produced piecemeal as orders came in for the book, although poorly and cheaply produced, this is one of the best books ever written about Steinbeck, written by one of his college roommates and a life-long friend, it brilliantly explains the relationship of Steinbeck's writing to music, additionally, the importance of Carlton Sheffield to Steinbeck cannot be over-stated, one of Steinbeck's writing techniques was to write his stories as if he were telling it to just one person, in his early writings that one person was Carlton Sheffield, this copy is Inscribed by Sheffield, especially scarce thus. Light wear. JD35547 | $575.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Selected Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. O-1 in this important series, a paperback original, edited and with an introduction by Louis Untermeyer, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. A few creased pages, else very good. JD33444 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Short, Luke. Gunman's Chance. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 670 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. Very good. JD34912 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Shulman, Max. Barefoot Boy With Cheek. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 657 in this important series, a satire about college life, pictures by Will Crawford, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good . JD34901 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Shulman, Max. The Feather Merchants. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. Q-5 in this important series, to a soldier, a "feather merchant" is a civilian, 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. JD34806 | $15.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Simak, Clifford D. Cosmic Engineers. NY, Gnome Press, 1950, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. An interplanetary novel, dust jacket design by Edd Cartier, this is Simak's first novel and first hardcover book. Fine in a jacket with internal tape reinforcements. JD33147 | $150.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Simmen, Edward (editor). The Chicano: From Caricature to Self-Portrait. NY, Mentor, 1971, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. MY 1069, includes John Steinbeck's Flight, pages 139-156, Goldstone & Payne B176, Morrow 371, also includes William Saroyan, Jack London, Ray Bradbury, and others. Near fine. JD29688 | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Simmons, Dan. Summer Sketches. Northridge, Lord John Press, 1992, first edition. This hardcover was issued without dust jacket, Simmons provides his own introduction that gives perspective on these notebooks kept by Simmons that influenced his work, with his sketches, No. 25 of 500 numbered copies Signed by Simmons. Fine. JD32994 | $75.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Sinclair, Marianne. Those Who Died Young. NY, Penguin, 1979, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Profusely illustrated with photos, studies dead cult heroes of the 20th Century, including James Dean who is featured in the front cover illustration, text and photos, pages 84-96, Dean starred in the film version of John Steinbeck's East of Eden, not recorded by Morrow. Corner bump, else fine. JD28761 | $15.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Singer, I. J. East of Eden. NY, Knopf, 1939, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's third book, translated from the Yiddish by Maurice Samuel, I. J. Singer was the brother of Isaac Bashevis Singer, this book was not a source book for John Steinbeck in writing his East of Eden, but it does precede Steinbeck's use of the title by 13 years, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne nor the Morrow catalogue. Very good. JD28262 | $75.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Singer, Isaac Bashevis. The Death of Methuselah. Franklin Center, Franklin Library, 1988, first edition. Full leather, AEG, ribbon place market, gilt decorations, three spine hubs, Signed by Singer with a special message to members of the Signed First Edition Society, color frontispiece illustration by Mark Penberthy. Fine, unread. JD32927 | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Skidmore, Hobert D. Valley of the Sky. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. P-9 in this important series, a novel of war in the air (valley of the sky) above the Pacific, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34777 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Skinner, Cornelia Otis. Dithers and Jitters. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-1 in this important series, humorous sketches, with drawings, 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. Solid very good. JD32308 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Skinner, Cornelia Otis. Dithers and Jitters. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-1 in this important series, humorous sketches, with drawings, 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. JD34392 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Skinner, Cornelia Otis. Excuse It, Please!. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. Q-1 in this important series, humorous sketches, illustrated by O. Soglow, first issue, reprinted later in the series as ASE No. 1057, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD32281 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Skinner, Cornelia Otis. Excuse It, Please!. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1057 in this important series, it reprints ASE No. Q-1 published earlier in the series in 1945, humorous sketches, illustrations by O. Soglow, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD35072 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Sloane, William. The Edge of Running Water. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-23 in this important series, first issue, reprinted later in the series as No. 1169 in 1946, a fantasy, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34414 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Smith, H. Allen. Life in a Putty Knife Factory. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. B-46, just the 46th book in this important series, humor, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Fair. JD35581 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Smith, H. Allen. Lost in the Horse Latitudes. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-22 in this important series, first issue, reprinted later in the series as No. 1132 n 1946, humorous sketches, illustrated by Leo Hirshfield, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34881 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Smith, H. Allen. Low Man on a Totem Pole. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 673 in this important series, memoirs, with a note from Smith that precedes the book and an introduction by Fred Allen, it reprints ASE No. G-183 issued earlier in the series in 1944, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD34915 | $15.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Sobol, John. Tony Hillerman A Public Life. Toronto, ECW Press, 1994, first edition, first printing, wrappers. Softcover. Illustrated with several photos including a frontispiece portrait of Hillerman, this copy Signed by Hillerman. Fine. JD33432 | $65.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Souder, William. Mad at the World. NY, Norton, 202, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author who gifted us The Grapes of Wrath, The Pastures of Heaven, East of Eden, Of Mice and Men, Cannery Row, and so many others. Near fine. JD35523 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Spalding, Albert. Rise to Follow. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-32 in this important series, an autobiography, 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. JD34707 | $12.50 |
| [John Steinbeck] Spectorsky, A. C. (editor). The Book of the Sea. NY, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1954, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes John Steinbeck's Life in the Great Tide Pool, pages 450-451, text from Cannery Row, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne, Morrow 345, also includes Joseph Conrad, Philip Wylie, Charles Darwin, Rachel Carson, Jack London, and many others, with 32 pages of half-tones and 32 pages of photographs in gravure, plus maps and line drawings throughout the text, with a prospectus for the book laid in loosely. Fine. JD29573 | $65.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Spillane, Mickey. The Killing Man. Franklin Center, Franklin Library, 1989, first edition. Issued without dust jacket, full leather, hubbed spine, ribbon place marker, AEG, Signed by the machismo master himself, creator of the Mike Hammer murder mysteries, with a message for subscribers to this Signed First Edition Society book not found in the trade edition. As new, unread, in publisher's shrink-wrap. JD33238 | $100.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Staff of The New Yorker. The New Yorker's Baedeker. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 819 in this important series, a paperback original, it covers Africa to Vesuvius, with illustrations, cover by Peter Arno from the July 9, 1930 issue, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD33310 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Staff of The New Yorker. The New Yorker's Baedeker. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 819 in this important series, a paperback original, it covers Africa to Vesuvius, with illustrations, cover by Peter Arno from the July 9, 1930 issue, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Solid very good. JD33718 | $17.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Staff of The New Yorker. The New Yorker's Baedeker. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 819 in this important series, a paperback original, with introduction by Eugene Kinkead and Russell Maloney, it covers Africa to Vesuvius, with illustrations, cover by Peter Arno from the July 9, 1930 issue, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Solid very good. JD34526 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Standish, Robert. The Small General. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1138 in this important series, a novel of China, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD35166 | $15.00 |
| [Photography] Stebbins, Theodore E., Jr. Weston's Westons: Portraits and Nudes. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1989, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by Stebbins and Carl Zahn, frontispiece photo portrait of Weston by Imogene Cunningham, preface by Alan Shestack, text by Stebbins, which is interwoven with photos, is followed by the plates, a production note by Zahn, a checklist of the plates, and a bibliography. Fine. JD31079 | $50.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stern, G. B. The Ugly Dachshund. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. R-1 in this important series, a dog story, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34853 | $15.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Stern, Philip Van Doren (editor). The Pocket Book of Adventure Stories. NY, Pocket Books, 1945, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 284, includes John Steinbeck's Flight, pages 28-49, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, W. Somerset Maugham, Robert Louis Stevenson, and others. Fine, especially scarce in this condition. JD29505 | $35.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Stern, Philip Van Doren (editor). The Pocket Book of Modern American Short Stories. Philadelphia, Blakiston, 1943, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 238, a paperback original, includes John Steinbeck's The Leader of the People, pages 86-105, text from The Long Valley, Goldstone & Payne B32, not recorded by Morrow, also includes Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, William Saroyan, and others. Fine, especially scarce in this condition. JD29374 | $35.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Stern, Philip Van Doren (editor). The Pocket Reader. NY, Pocket Books, 1941, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 108 in the Pocket series, it includes John Steinbeck's The Red Pony, pages 141-174, Goldstone & Payne B16, Morrow 315, it also includes James Thurber, P.G. Wodehouse, W. Somerset Maugham, Henry David Thoreau, Dorothy Parker, Walt Whitman, and others. Fine. JD29319 | $25.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Stevens, George. Steinbeck's Uncovered Wagon. NY, Saturday Review, April 15, 1939, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. He reviews Steinbeck's masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath, 3-4, this is the lead article in this issue, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Very good. JD32250 | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stewart, George R., Jr. Ordeal By Hunger. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. E-134 in this important series, the story of the Donner Party, issued with maps, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, scarce. Very good. JD35479 | $45.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Stock, Dennis. James Dean Revisited. NY, Viking, 1978, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Text and photos by Stock, including some from the film version of John Steinbeck's East of Eden, which was Dean's first film roll, not recorded by Morrow. Fine. JD28830 | $50.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stoker, Bram. Dracula. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 851 in this important series, it reprints ASE No. L-25 published earlier in the series in 1944, a classic horror story and source of several films, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34559 | $100.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Stoll, Jerry. I Am A Lover. Sausalito, Contact Editions, 1961, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. "With comment from various sources selected by Evan S. Connell, Jr.," profusely illustrated with photos by Stoll, inspired by Edward Steichen's Family of Man, most of the photos were taken during a six-month period near Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, this copy Inscribed by both Stoll and Connell, scarce. Very good. JD31171 | $150.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stone, Irving. Immortal Wife. NY, Armed Services editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 693 in this important series, a biographical novel of Jessie Benton Fremont, wife of John Charles Fremont, they were one of the first celebrity couples, 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 plus. JD34928 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stong, Phil. Marta of Muscovy. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 961 in this important series, "the fabulous life of Russia's first empress," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34987 | $10.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stoopnagle, Col. Lemuel Q. You Wouldn't Know Me from Adam. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. R-8 in this important series, foreword by Fred Allen, illustrations by the author, also known as the poor man's Thurber, also includes his "Fictionary" at the end, the author's real name was Frederick Chase Taylor, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34359 | $15.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Straub, Peter. Floating Dragon. San Francisco, Underwood-Miller, 1982, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon, this is No. 344 of 500 for sale copies (out of a total of 550 copies) Signed by Straub and both Dillons. Fine. JD32993 | $75.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Straub, Peter. Leeson Park & Belsize Square Poems 1970-1975. n.p. (London), Peter Straub, n.d. (1983), first edition. 54 loose sheets, photo-copied, printed on rectos only, plus a title page, a page detailing where the poems appeared earlier, a dedication page, and two pages of contents, this typescript was apparently submitted to a London publisher, A. P. Watt & Son for in-house use prior to publication, a rectangular box reproduced on the title page indicates that the typescript came from this publisher, although that box is X-ed out, this was his last book of published poetry, Straub began writing in 1969 and published two other books of poetry in 1972, but he is better known as the author of Julia, Ghost Story, and other gothic horror stories and has combined his talents in the past with another horror master, Stephen King, apparently any publishing deal with A. P. Watt & Son fell through as the book was published only by Underwood-Miller in 1983, these loose sheets measure 8.5X14 inches. Scrape to title page, else fine. JD33379 | $50.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Straub, Peter. Shadow Land. NY, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1980, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. More horror by a master of that genre. Fine. JD33071 | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Strete, Craig Kee. Death Chants. NY, Doubleday, 1988, first edition. Lacking the dust jacket, but this copy Inscribed ("Spirit Wishes/Craig Kee Strete. Fine. JD33801 | $20.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Stuart, Jozefa. Robert Capa War Photographs. n.p. (Washington, D. C.), Compo Photocolor Exhibits, 1960, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, these c.150 photos are the first retrospective of his war photos, Capa himself was killed by a land mine in1954 in North Vietnam, the book includes a tribute by his friend and collaborator, John Steinbeck, Goldstone & Payne B116, not recorded by Morrow. Fine. JD29644 | $85.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Sullivan, Frank. A Pearl in Every Oyster. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-11 in this important series, humorous sketches, some of which appeared in "The New Yorker," "Saturday Evening Post," etc., issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34869 | $12.50 |
| [Modern Literature] Symons, Arthur. Notes on Joseph Conrad. London, Myers & Co., 1925, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes some previously unpublished letters by Conrad, includes a photo portrait of Conrad as frontispiece, red initials throughout, Keating 280. Some age-toning to the book, else fine in a chipped dust jacket detached (but present) at each fold. JD31512 | $100.00 |
| [Photography] Szarkowski, John. Ansel Adams at 100. Boston, Little, Brown, 2001, first edition, first printing. Issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, Szarkowski is director emeritus of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, this book was issued in conjunction with a centennial exhibit of Adams's work that started in San Francisco in August 2001 with tours planned for Chicago, London, Berlin, Los Angeles, and New York, the book includes 114 tritone plates and 23 duotone text illustrations, laid in loosely within an envelope is a 13X11-inch frameable reproduction print of a photography in the book and exhibition, printed in tritone on heavy stock with a facsimile of Adams's signature and blind-embossed seal of the Ansel Adams Trust, the image is titled Aspens, Dawn, Dolores River Canyon, Colorado, 1937, a prospectus for the book is also laid in loosely, originally published at $150. Fine. JD31116 | $200.00 |
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