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James M. Dourgarian, Bookman
1595-B Third Avenue
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
(925)935-5033
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James M.Dourgarian, Bookman, was established in 1980. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA). Like all ABAA members, we answer to a higher authority and follow a higher standard of ethics that guarantees a successful transaction for all our customers.
We buy and sell old books, vintage books, collectible books, rare books, first edition books, and related ephemera. We maintain several specialties. Among them are American fiction first editions from c.1900 to the present. Within that general field, we have heavy emphasis in John Steinbeck and Steinbeckiana. Thus, we buy and sell Steinbeck primary first editions in dust jackets, signed/limited editions, his appearances in anthologies, his periodical appearances, books and periodicals about Steinbeck, film and theatre memorabilia, bibliographies, and miscellaneous items.
We also specialize in these same categories for these authors -- Jack London, Wallace Stegner, and Stephen King. Other specialties include Western Americana, books on California and the West, books on Japan, China, and the Orient, and Armed Services Editions. The latter are vintage paperbacks issued to American GIs from 1943 to 1947. They are comprised of mysteries, Westerns, science fiction and fantasy, mainstream fiction, historical novels, science, poetry, adventure stories, and more.
Within our field of modern first editions, we also sell related film memorabilia Thus, we sell film posters, lobby card sets, pressbooks, stills, scripts, etc. for films made from the works of authors we carry such as John Steinbeck, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Raymond Chandler, Zane Grey, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Stephen King, Edward Abbey, Anne Rice, and many others.
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| Hawkins, John and Ward. Devil on His Trail. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. First issue, No. Q-20 in this important series, a novel that begins and ends on a lifeboat in the South Pacific, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. White Fang. London, Methuen, 1914, 10th British printing. While this hardcover lacks its dust jacket, it does include a full-page inscription by London, to wit: "Dear Guaraguella:--/I'm really/glad your haven't/read this yarn,/because it is a/particular fav--/orite of mine./Sincerely yours,/Jack London/Nov. 17, 1916.," London died on Nov. 22, 1916, just five days after this presentation, if it is not THE last book he inscribed, it certainly is among the last few inscribed before his death. Very good. | |
| [Modern Literature] McMurtry, Larry. Lonesome Dove. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1985, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. First state, Pulitzer Prize winner. Jacket price-clipped, near fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. NY, Putnam, 1989, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book, well-received, film source. Front bottom corner bumped, jacket price-clipped, else a solid copy. | |
| [Modern Literature] Hillerman, Tony. Sacred Clowns. NY, HarperCollins, 1993, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. This novel rejoins Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Steinbeck, Thomas. Down to a Soundless Sea. NY, Ballantine Books, 2002, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Short stories by the eldest of John Steinbeck's two sons, this copy Signed by Thomas Steinbeck. Fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Mencken, H. L. Heathen Days 1890-1936. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. A-13, just the 13th title issued in this important series, the third volume of his memoirs, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Bottom edge roughly cut, else very good . | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. A-8, just the eighth title issued in this important series, condensed by Mary Louise Aswell for ³The Dickens Digest," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Perelman, S. J. The Dream Department. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. N-2 in this important series, 25 humorous sketches, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Barton, Bruce. The Man Nobody Knows. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. N-4 in this important series, a biography of Jesus, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Bright, clean very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stephens, James. The Crock of Gold. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. N-5 in this important series, first issue, a fantasy, with a note about the author at the end, reprinted later in the series as ASE No. 1121, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Lane, Rose Wilder. Let the Hurricane Roar. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. B-31, just the 31st book 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. The letter "R" in pencil on front cover, else a very good plus copy. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Herman, Fred. Dynamite Cargo. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. B-32, just the 32nd book issued in this important series, author recalls adventures in a ship convoy to Russian during World War II, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Numbers and some stray marks to front cover, else a nearly fine copy, very scarce thus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Benchley, Robert. Benchley Beside Himself. 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. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Voltaire. Candide. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. C-64 in this important series, classic satire, 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 Armed Services Editions issues. "proofroom" in ink on title page, else a very bright and clean, superior copy. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] White, Stewart Edward. The Forest. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. C-65 in this important series, "an American classic of the out of doors," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, this is a very scarce D-Day ASE issue. Contents dis-bound from wrappers which are still present and otherwise very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Bell, Vereen. Swamp Water. 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. Pencil number to front cover and "cut storage" in ink to title page, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Wason, Betty. Miracle In Hellas. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. C-78 in this important series, "the Greeks fight on" in World War II, 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 scarce D-Day ASEs. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Richter, Conrad. The Trees. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. D-98 in this important series, a historical novel of early American life, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, scarce and important D-Day ASE. A bit oddly cut, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] de Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Night Flight. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. F-152 in this important series, translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert, 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. Solid very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Bennett, Arnold. Buried Alive. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-214 in this important series, reprinted later in the series as No. 830, a novel, source for the film Holy Matrimony, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Glick, Carl. Three Times I Bow. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-219 in this important series, "adventures in New York's Chinatown," 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. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Jarrett, Cora. Night Over Fitch's Pond. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-220 in this important series, a mystery novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Gallico, Paul. Selected Stories of Paul Gallico. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. J-290 in this important series, includes The Snow Goose, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Benson, Sally. Meet Me in St. Louis. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 699 in this important series, basis of the musical that starred Judy Garland, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Clean very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Gallico, Paul. Adventures of Hiram Holliday. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 754 in this important series, story of "the little man triumphant against evil," 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. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Berger, Meyer. The Eight Million. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), second A. S. E. issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 757 in this important series, it reprints A. S. E. No. K-17, journal of a New York correspondent, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hughes, Dorothy B. The So Blue Marble. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 785 in this important series, Author's First Book, a novel of terror, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good-minus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Kendrick, Baynard. Blind Manıs Bluff. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 786 in this important series, a (blind) Duncan Maclain mystery, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus with cover creases. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Pratt, Theodore. The Barefoot Milkman. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 793 in this important series, a novel set in Florida, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Bromfield, Louis. Mrs. Parkington. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), second A. S. E. issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 811 in this important series, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, it reprints A. S. E. No. I-265, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Franken, Rose. Claudia and David. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 836 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. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Fenton, Carroll Lane and Mildred Adams. The Story of the Great Geologists. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1079 in this important series, biographical sketches of 35 leading geologists, from Aristotle to Chamberlin, includes linecut drawings, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Standish, Robert. The Small General. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1138 in this important series, a novel of China, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Roark, Garland. Wake of the Red Witch. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1947), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1261 in this important series, "story of a ship with three lives," slightly abridged, 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 format. Good. | |
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