Search Results: Authors starting with B from James M. Dourgarian, Bookman

Carmel, Photography West Graphics, 1988, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. 51 b&w plates by Baer, plus the frontispiece photo, this copy is Signed by Morley Baer. Fine.

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1946, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Includes a chapter on John Steinbeck by Bernard Raymond, pages 122-138, also includes chapters on Aldous Huxley, Graham Greene, Andre Gide, James Joyce, J. B. Priestley, T. S. Eliot, and others, Goldstone & Payne F17, not recorded by Morrow. Very good.

NY, BasicBooks, 1997, fifth printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. An American son uncovers his Armenian past," a memoir by this English professor of Armenian ancestry, both funny and poignant, map endpapers. Very good.

NY, Simon and Schuster, 1984, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. A novel of boyhood experiences in China on the eve of Pearl Harbor, source for the Stephen Spielberg film. Remainder mark to bottom edge, else fine, unread.

San Francisco, Taylor & Taylor, 1960, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. One of 2,000 copies printed for Stanford University for an exhibition there, includes a tribute to his mentor, DeVoto, by Wallace Stegner titled Benny DeVoto's America, Colberg B56. Stray mark to rear wrapper, else fine.

San Francisco, Taylor & Taylor, 1960, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. One of 2,000 copies printed for Stanford University for an exhibition there, includes a tribute to his mentor, DeVoto, by Wallace Stegner titled Benny DeVoto's America, Colberg B56, this copy Signed by Wallace Stegner. Very good plus.

Garden City, Doubleday, 1968, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Fiction for print, tape, live voice, these are short, experimental pieces. Fine.

Boston, D. C. Heath, 1962, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Includes John Steinbeck's The Leader of the People, introduction and text pages 83-94, text from The Red Pony, also includes Steinbeck's Life in the Machine Age, introduction and text, pages 415-422, text from The Grapes of Wrath, and Steinbeck's Hunger in a Land of Plenty, text and introduction pages 487-490, text from The Grapes of Wrath (one of the intercalary chapters), not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes Joaquin Miller, Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Jack London, Sinclair Lewis, and Wallace Stegner, who offers The Making of Paths which he has Signed. Ink name, fine.

NY, Liberal Arts Press, 1954, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 13 in the Forum Books series, includes a brief biography of John Steinbeck and his The Leader of the People, pages 172-188, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes Sherwood Anderson, Sinclair Lewis, Damon Runyon, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and others. Very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 1195 in this important series, "a swashbuckling romance" from San Francisco to Alaska, 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. Very good plus.

Kansas City, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1998, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. Foreword by Stephen J. Spignesi, photo illustrated. Fine.

NY, Dodd, Mead, 1939, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Decorations by Lois Lenski, includes a selection from John Steinbeck's The Pastures of Heaven, brief biography and text pages 225-258, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes Mary Austin, O. Henry, J. Frank Dobie, William Saroyan, and others. Fine in a very good plus jacket.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. C-67 in this important series, short stories, 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 very important and scarce D-Day ASEs. Very good.

Amador City, Quintessence Publications, 1977, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Includes several mounted illustrations, including photos of Jeffers, his Tor House, etc., also includes a preface by James D. Hart, two contributions by Bill Hotchkiss, and two contributions by Jeffers himself, The House-Dog's Grave--Haig's Grave and The Last Conservative, the latter being a mounted broadside, this is No. 490 of 900 copies. Fine.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. C-68 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, this is one of the scarce and important D-Day ASEs, scarce. Very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. E-150 in this important series, a novel and source for the film, condensed, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, scarce. Solid very good.

NY, Viking, 1965, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. A play, photo of a laughing Bellow adorns the front the jacket. Very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. B-39 in this important series, first issue, later reprinted within the series as ASE No. T-13, humor, illustrated, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Soiling, else very good.

NY, n.p., n.d. (c.1935), first edition.. A single sheet written on both sides of Benet's printed letterhead showing his 220 East 69 Street, New York City address, to Malcolm Johnson who was a publishing executive with Doubleday, Doran and D. Van Nostrand, "Dear Malcolm:--/Thank you/very much indeed for the/"Two Forewords" which I shall/treasure. It's beautifully done./It's interesting./I've now had letters about/Kipling from Maine to Texas--/and every one of them extraordinarily/personal. I've had letters before,on/pieces, but these are different./They don't talk about him as/you normally talk about a writer./They talk about something that/is an essential part of their/lives./As ever/SVB," the book to which Benet refers is Two Forewords which Doubleday, Doran published in an edition of 950 copies as its Christmas greeting. Folded once for mailing with some minor toning to recto which is more substantial on the verso.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. No. C-77 in this important series, a paperback original, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, this is one of the important D-Day Armed Services Editions issues . Very good.