Search Results: Titles starting with G from James M. Dourgarian, Bookman

San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, 1993, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Subtitled The Art of Adventure Photography, foreword by Steve Werner, publisher of "Outdoor Photography," this copy Signed by Galen Rowell. Fine.

NY, Mitchell Kennerley, 1913, first edition.. Author's First Book, with use of his full name before it was shortened to just Vachel Lindsay. Very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. A-25, just the 25th title issued in this important series, "the story of George Washington Carver, the great American scientist, who contributed so much to the lives of all Americans, both white and colored," with an epilogue and acknowledgments 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.

Washington, National Gallery of Art (in association with New York Graphic Society Books and Little, Brown), 1987, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Frontispiece photo of O'Keeffe by William Clift, includes essays by Jack Cowart and Juan Hamilton, followed by more than 120 letters from O'Keeffe selected by Sarah Greenough and a chronology which includes O'Keeffe's exhibition history, filled with beautiful color plates of O'Keeffe's best works, the book was designed as a companion to a exhibit of her work on the centennial of her birth. Fine, beautiful copy.

n.p., Spoken Arts, n.d., first edition.. No slipcase, Day-Lewis is both translator and reader on this LP record, on side one he reads Virgil on agriculture and also on wine, on side two he reads Virgil on animal husbandry and also on beekeeping. Minor wear and soiling.

NY, Harcourt, Brace, 1944, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. A play in two acts. Fine, bright copy.

London, Frederick Warne and Co., 1909, first edition, first printing.. Color frontispiece with several other illustrations, most of them in color, with the 1909 publication date on the title page, Ginger was a tom-cat and Pickles was a terrier, they gave unlimited credit to their customers, Peter Rabbit among them, and thus went broke. Nearly all the paper along the spine has chipped away, else a solid copy.

London, Arthur Barker Ltd., 1957, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 11 from Dragon Books, includes John Steinbeck's A Snake of One's Own, pages 26-38, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes James Jones, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Ruark, and others. Very good.

Santa Fe, New Mexico Magazine, February 1976, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. An article on the Crownpoint Rug Weavers auction in the magazine's Navajo rug special issue, Hieb bibliography E13, this copy Signed by Hillerman. Very good.

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.

London, Punch, September 22, 1954, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. Pages 375-378, Goldstone & Payne C104, not recorded by Morrow. Fine.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. A-3, just the third title in this important series, humorous verse, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Some ink marks to front cover, else solid very good.

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.

NY, Penguin Books, 1947, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. P19 in the Pelican series, a descriptive guide to more than 1,000 books, sponsored by the Council of Teachers of English with the help of many well known writers, it gives very brief descriptions, includes John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, and Tortilla Flat, page 130, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne, Morrow 582. Very good plus.

NY, Viking Press, 1972, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. First Viking Critical Library edition as edited by Peter Lisca, includes previously unpublished letters from Steinbeck, Goldstone & Payne A12ee, Morrow 126. Near fine.

n.p., DJ Art, 1980, first edition.. One of 500 numbered copies of an original color lithographic reproduction of the front panel of the dust jacket art from Steinbeck's masterpiece, the original illustration was done by Elmer Hader, this reproduction was planned to be the first in a series of dust jacket art prints created by a Southern California bookseller (until lawyers for the Steinbeck literary estate heard about it), the whole measures c.13X19 inches. Fine.

London, World Books, 1940, first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover.. The jacket carries photos of the stars of the 20th Century-Fox film version in a circular or horseshow fashion, among those pictured are Henry Fonda as Tom Joad, Jane Darwell as Ma Joad, and John Carradine as Casy, a very scarce book, this book was not in the Adrian H. Goldstone collection, but see Goldstone & Payne A12k (cited via the Preston Beyer copy), not recorded by Morrow. Very good.

NY, Franklin Watts, n.d. (c.1966), first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover.. First large-type edition, a Keith Jennison book "complete and unabridged," this edition wasn't in the Adrian H. Goldstone collection, cited as Goldstone & Payne A12z via the San Francisco Public Library, not recorded by Morrow, scarce. Very good.

Boston, Twayne Publishers, 1989, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. This is a student's companion to the John Steinbeck's masterpiece, issued as part of Twayne's Masterwork Studies series, this copy Inscribed by Owens, a Native American writer and rising star who, unfortunately, took his own life. Fine.

London, Heinemann, 1939, first British edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. With the very scarce wrap-around band noting this was a Book Society Fiction Choice, this copy with a small slip affixed to the title page that is Inscribed by John Steinbeck ("For L. Downing/John Steinbeck"), Goldstone & Payne A12b, Morrow 108. Near fine.