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

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1947), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 1233 in this important series, recollections of his childhood, 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.

Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1971, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Filled with the incredible portraits by this famed Armenian photographer who also provides text and an introduction to his many subjects such as Pablo Casals, Marc Chagall, Sir Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Robert Frost, Ernest Hemingway, John F. Kenendy, Martin Luther King, W. Somerset Maugham, Georgia O'Keefe, Pablo Picasso, Tennessee Williams, and John Steinbeck, among many others, the Steinbeck photo and introduction on pages 189-191, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Near fine.

NY, Stein & Day, 1962, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Author's First Book, Review Copy with Review slip, includes front jacket panel blurbs by James Baldwin, Archibald MacLeish, Harold Clurman, Robert F. Kennedy, and John Steinbeck, Kazan directed both Steinbeck's Viva Zapata! and East of Eden, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Fine.

London, Collins, 1963, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Author's First Book, introduction by S. N. Behrman, rear jacket panel with a blurb by John Steinbeck, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Fine in a very good plus jacket.

Garden City, Doubleday, 1956, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. This is the first Anchor Book edition, an abridged version with a new postscript by Kazin in his study of American prose from 1890 which was originally published in 1942, the book quotes and mentions John Steinbeck on pages 22, 77, 288, 304-310, 346, and 407, neither this edition or the original were recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Very good plus.

NY, The Hobart Company, 1903, first edition, first printing.. Red cloth, lacking the rare dust jacket, with title, author, illustrators, and publisher in gilt, a tale of the Indian frontier, illustrated by Frederic Remington and Edwin Willard Deming, color insert illustration of a female Sioux. Bookplate to front pastedown, a bright, clean, tight copy with its spine panel just barely dulled, else fine.

NY, Scribners, 2011, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. This is the special Signed collector's edition with a different dust jacket than the trade edition, King rides his way-back machine to re-visit JFK's assassination, one of 1,000 copies, with DVD. Stephen King.

London, Macdonald, 1985, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. The novel is followed by Notes which is a history of these stories. Fine.

Hampton Falls, Donald M. Grant, 2003, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Both books housed in the publisher's slipcase, illustrated by Rick Berry, No. 824 of 3,500 numbered copies signed by Straub and Berry, illustrated in b&w and 22 new full color plates by Berry. Fine, unread, in publisher's shrink-wrap.

n.p. (Bangor), Bangor Historical Society, 1983, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. This was later issued in a truncated format, but this is the true first edition with 40 extra pages of text and advertisements, the book was issued as a benefit for the Society featuring King and jazzman Brad Terry, the book includes the president's message plus a one-page piece on King, along with a very youthful photo of him, interestingly this brief biography says he is awaiting his latest book, Derry, later in the book is a photo of King in front of his Bangor home titled Come Into My Parlor followed by his four-page A Novelist's Perspective on Bangor, this full-length book is scarce. Fine.

NY, Scribner, 2020, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. New fiction by the master of horror, includes Mr. Harrigan's Phone, The Life of Chuck, If It Bleeds, and Rat, followed by a note from King. Fine.

Baltimore, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2018, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Includes 17 turbulent tales, includes stories by Ambrose Bierce, Michael Lewis, Dan Simmons, John Varley, Joe Hill, Ray Bradbury, James Dickey, Vincent, and King who offers The Turbulence Expert, King also provides the introduction. Fine.

NY, Signet, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. Includes Cycle of the Werewolf, the complete Silver Bullet screenplay, plus a new foreword by King, illustrated by Berni Wrightson in color and b&w, includes 8 page of photos from the movie. Fine.

NY, Plume, 1997, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. This is the complete serial novel that was originally issued in six parts, illustrated by Mark Geyer, introduction by King. Fine.

Baltimore, Lonely Road Books, 2010, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. With publisher's tray case, bound back-to-back with the screenplay of this King novella by Mick Garris, his screenplay is followed by an art gallery by Bernie Wrightson, photos from the movie set with captions by Garris, and the director's notebook with captions by Garris, includes the loosely laid in sheet noting that this special edition has been signed on a "two-sided signature sheet" tipped into the book after page 48, No. 251 of 500 copies Signed by Garris and Alan M. Clark, the illustrator. Fine.

West Kingston, Donald M. Grant, 1984, first edition.. Two volumes, issued without dust jackets, but with publisher's slipcase, illustrations by several artists, including Berni Wrightson, Thomas Canty, Ned Dameron, Phil Hale, and others, with an epilogue and a conclusion. Fine.

Mechanicsburg, Letterpress Publications, 2019, first edition.. Issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, imitation leather binding, one of 1,500 copies illustrated by Francois Vaillancourt, introduction by Josh Boone, other artwork by Vincent Chong, also includes A Nasty Piece of Work by Bev Vincent a view of King's writing of this novel, with ribbon place marker, Signed by Vaillancourt, Boone, Chong, and Vincent (but not by King). Fine, unread, in publisher's shrink-wrap.

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1986, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Source for two film versions. Age to cheap paper pages, else fine.

NY, Plume, 1988, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. This first paperbound edition is illustrated by Michael Whelan, King also provides the Afterword. Pages just beginning to tan a bit, else fine.

NY, Plume, 1985, first edition.. Cover photo of King in front of his Bangor, ME home, illustrated, the calendar notes the birthdays of writers and artists who both scared and entertained him. A bit rumpled.