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

Linkenheim, Edition Phantasia, 1986, first edition.. Issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, translated by Alexadra von Reinhardt, limited to 250 copies specially bound in black with all edges bright red, with ribbon place marker, although the numbering of the limitation is difficult to read, it is probably No. 146, this first German edition of It is very scarce, it precedes the American edition making it the true first edition, it has been reported that King was not happy with the book and had it suppressed, making it even more difficult to find and, if true, the number of copies would be less than the original 250. Fine.

Burbank, Warner Home Video, 1982, first edition.. This is a VHS video cassette of the 1955 film version of East of Eden that starred James Dean in his first starring film role, directed by Elia Kazan, the film was adapted from Steinbeck's 1952 novel, it also starred Raymond Massey and Julie Harris. Fine.

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.

NY, Atheneum, 1968, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Two volumes with publisher's slipcase, includes The Joads of California, an excerpt from John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, pages 601-604, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes everyone from Aristotle to Zweig. Some wear to slipcase, fine.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. A-1, the very first book in this important series, humor by Leo Rosten using the Leonard Q. Ross pseudonym, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, very scarce. As close to a virgin as can be imagined, fine.

Salt Lake City, Peregrine Smith, 1981, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. With a dust jacket, foreword by Ben Maddow, introduction by Charis Wilson, this copy is Signed by Cole Weston. Fine.

NY, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1968, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. This is Wolfe at his best following Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters in the wild, wacky, wonderful, and turbulent 1960s, with the wonderfully psychedelic front jacket illustration by Milton Glaser. Near fine.

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.

Tampa, New Media Publishing, 1984, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. Illustrated, including photos, reviews King's work. Fine.

Bradenton, Opuscula Press, 1989, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. Includes seven essays on Steinbeck books and on Steinbeck himself by Beyer, Dr. Tetsumaro Hayashi, Kiyoshi Nakayama, Lee Richard Hayman, Carlton A. (Dook) Sheffield, Dr. Robert DeMott, and Roy S. Simmonds, this is No. 96 of 300 numbered copies, this copy Signed by Hayashi, Hayman, and DeMott, this is a presentation from the publisher, Robert F. Hanson with his inscribed business card laid in loosely. Fine.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. B-34, just the 34th title issued in this important series, lengthy quotes on the rear cover about the book by Bernard De Voto praises the novel and Wharton, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Owner's stamp, rear corner chip, else very good.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. D-101 in this important series, a mystery, 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. Very good.

Lausanne, Edita, 1966, first edition.. Full leather, subtitled "Being a Nineteenth Century Journey through the most Picturesque Portions of North America, Reconstructed from Accounts by European Visitors; the Whole Embellished with Watercolour Drawings and Engravings of the Period," passages from the French, German, and Italian languages translated by D. B. Tubbs, preface by Jobe, includes a map of the United States and its territories in 1857, includes many tipped in color plates. Very good.

NY, Viking, 1987, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Illustrated by David Palladini. Fine.