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

Surrey, Kerosina Books, 1987, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. With publisher's slipcase, a novel, with an afterword by Kim Stanley Robinson, No. 179 of 250 specially bound copies Signed by Robinson, together with Cosmogony and Cosmology, a separate book by Dick , with an introduction by Paul Williams, issued without dust jacket, also published in 1987 by Kerosina Books, also No. 179, being one of 325 hardcover copies to be distributed with Valis. Fine, unread.

NY, Presbyterian Hospital, 1947, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. A very scarce pamphlet written by Steinbeck about this New York hospital that apparently had served his family well, even the hospital itself doesn't own a copy, laid in loosely is a memorandum about this pamphlet signed by the hospital president, Charles P. Cooper, this is one of the more elusive of all Steinbeck "A" items, Goldstone & Payne A24a, Morrow 187, but neither record this memorandum, the whole is now housed in a custom clam-shell case. The memorandum is aged and quite brittle, but the book itself is fine.

NY, Avon, 1955, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. T-385, it reprints Avon No. T-109, includes John Steinbeck's The Crapshooter, pages168-171, text from the New York Herald-Tribune, Goldstone & Payne B88, Morrow 347, also includes Norman Mailer, Truman Capote, Robert Penn Warren, and others. Very good plus.

NY, Saturday Review, July 21, 1956, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. Pages 34-35, Goldstone & Payne C137, not recorded by Morrow. Very good plus.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1947), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 1310 in this important series, "a big three-generation novel that spans one hundred years of California history," 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.

Santa Fe, New Mexico Magazine, March/April 1973, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. A look at New Mexico's Navajoland, photos by Johnnie S. Martinez, with a map, this is the magazine's lead article, pages 6-13, Hieb bibliography E10, this copy Signed by Hillerman. Very good plus.

Garden City, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915, first edition, first printing.. Original dark blue cloth, world map on front endpapers showing the locations of Conrad's novels, the courses of the ships, etc., first issue with all of Smith's points, including the missing quotation mark at the beginning of line 3, page 431, one of 10,000 copies, published six months before the British edition, Smith 20, Cagle A19a(1), Keating 113. Bit of age, nearly fine.

n.p., n.p., 1962, first edition, self wrappers. Softcover.. Ellithorpe provides his view of Steinbeck after he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, includes a list of his books and a bit about Steinbeck, two sheets folded to make eight pages, not recorded by Goldstone &n Payne, Morrow, or Holmes. Near fine.

Hollywood, Script City, n.d. (c.1985), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. This is a photo-copy of the final shooting script dated May 16, 1951, Steinbeck wrote the screenplay, the film starred Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, and Anthony Quinn who won an Oscar for best supporting actor for this film, the film was directed by Elia Kazan, this item wasn't in the Adrian H. Goldstone collection, but see Goldstone & Payne E18, see Morrow 551(c). "VIVA ZAPATA" written in ink on bottom edge, else fine in the Script City stiff front and rear covers with binding clasps.

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.

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.

NY, Viking Compass, 1975, first edition, first printing, wrappers. Softcover.. Includes Steinbeck's original screenplay (which is generally considered his best literature written after The Grapes of Wrath) and expert commentary by editor Robert E. Morsberger, includes frontispiece photo of Zapata as well as photos from the 1952 20th Century-Fox film which starred Marlon Brando, this copy Inscribed and Signed by Morsberger. Fine.

NY, Avon Modern Short Story Monthly, 1946, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. This is No. 28 in the series, pages 62-73, text from The Pastures of Heaven, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Very good.

Chicago, Life, October 12, 1953, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. Pages 129-130, 132, 134, includes an extract from his short story, Johnny Bear, text from The Long Valley, Goldstone & Payne C96, not recorded by Morrow. Fine.

Chicago, Life, October 12, 1953, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. Article about the Columbia Literary Series in which 12 different authors read from their own works, includes an extract from John Steinbeck's short story, Johnny Bear, text from The Long Valley, pages 129-130, 132, 134, Goldstone & Payne C96, not recorded by Morrow. Fine.

n.p. (Albuquerque), Rio Grande Writers Association, 1976, first edition, first printing, wrappers. Softcover.. These are selections from the first Rio Grande Writers Conference, introduction by James A. Fisher, Jr., includes a photo of Tony Hillerman and his The Third of April, a selection from the first chapter of Listening Woman, Hieb bibliography D3, this copy Signed by Hillerman, also includes John Nichols, Rudolfo Anaya, and others. Fine.