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1595-B Third Avenue
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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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| [John Steinbeck] Steinbeck, John. Travels With Charley. NY, Viking, 1964, 18th printing. A hardcover re-bound in half blue calf leather and cloth, AEG, spine title, author's name, and decorations in gilt with raised bands, blue marbled endpapers, this copy an Author Presentation Copy, being Inscribed on the half title "For/Jim Gee/from/John & Charley Steinbeck," Gee has also signed the boolk and later presented it to another person, laid in loosely are two affectionate letters from Elaine Steinbeck to Jim Gee, one note dated 1965, and the other letter on Elaine's letterhead dated 1969, shortly after Steinbeck's death (Gee had some masses offered in memory of John). Light wear, else fine. | |
| [Steinbeckiana] Goldstone, Adrian H. and Payne, John R. John Steinbeck A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Adrian H. Goldstone Collection. Austin, University of Texas Press, 1974, first edition. This Bible of Steinbeck bibliographies lacks its original clear plastic dust jacket, it is a very scarce and collectible book in its own right, one of just 1,200 copies, frontispiece photo of Steinbeck, indispensible. Fine. | |
| [Wallace Stegner] Stegner, Wallace. This Is Dinosaur. NY, Knopf, 1955, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes the color double-spread photo of Echo Park by Martin Litton, Stegner edits the book and also contributes both the forward and the first chapter, The Marks of Human Passage, illustrated with both color and b&w photos, Colberg B38 (although it should have been recorded as an "A" item), it also includes the b&w folded insert What Is Your Stake in Dinosaur? laid in loosely, this copy is Signed by Wallace Stegner who didn't sign many copies of this book. Very good. | |
| [Steinbeckiana] Halsman, Philippe. The Jump Book. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1959, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. An intereswting concept book that includes 178 "of today's most important and famous people--jumping," among those that jumped for Halsman were Marilyn Monroe, Richard Nixon, Grace Kelly, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Aldous Huxley, and John Steinbeck, who jumps on page 54, also includes Halman's text, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Very good. | |
| [Miscelleaneous] Schreuders, Piet. The Book of Paperbacks. London, Virgin Books, 1981, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Translated from the Dutch by Josh Pachter, an excellent reference with many color and b&w illustrations. Fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] King, Stephen. The Dark Tower VII. Hampton Falls, Donald M.Grant, 2004, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Two volumes, with publisher's slipcase housing both volumes, No. 798 of 1,500 copies Signed by both King and the illustrator, Michael Whelan, this is the last book in the series. As new in publisher's shrink-wrap and with the original shipment box. | |
| [Modern Literature] Faulkner, William. Go Down, Moses And Other Stories. NY, Random House, 1942, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. First issue with black cloth, it includes the title story, The Bear, Delta Autumn, and four other stories that together form this novel, cited as Petersen A21b which indicates that "Faulkner intended this as a novel, though it includes material previously published as individual stories," it also notes that these stories were rewritten for book publication. Top edge still bright red, jacket is price-clipped with wear along the extremities. | |
| [Steinbeckiana] Hedgpeth, Joel W. (editor). The Outer Shores Part 1, Part 2. Eureka, Mad River Press, 1978, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Two volumes, Part 1 is "Ed Ricketts and John Steinbeck Explore the Pacific Coast" while Part 2 is "Breaking Through," being from the papers of Edward F. Ricketts, introduced and edited by Hedgpeth, these are essential to any Steinbeck/Ricketts collection, to understanding them, their work, their philosophy, photo-illustrated. Minor age-toning, else fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Mailer, Norman. Harlot's Ghost. NY, Random House, 1991, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. A massive novel about spies, the CIAS, Kennedy, Castro, and J. Edgar Hoover. Fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Greene, Graham. The Ministry of Fear. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. A-22, just the 22nd book in this important series, Greene calls it an "entertainment" while others call it literature of terror and suspense, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Modern Literature] Faulkner, William. The Town. NY, Random House, 1957, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. With the error on page 327 where line 10 repeats line 8, this copy bound in beige gray cloth, Petersen A34e (although this copy's upper right corner of the front jacket flap is not clipped), this second novel in the Snopes Trilogy is Signed by William Faulkner, with a letter of provenance from the great-granddaughter of Charles Skidmore who worked for Faulkner from the 1940s until Faulkner's death in 1962, this is one of four signed books that Faulkner gave to Skidmore. Some age, else fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Faulkner, William. New Orleans Sketches. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1958, first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover. With an introduction by Carvel Collins, Petersen A32f, this is the first book publication of all 16 sketches which includes "Mirrors of Chartres Street," this copy is Signed by William Faulkner, with a letter of provenance from the great-granddaughter of Charles Skidmore who worked for Faulkner from the 1940s until Faulkner's death in 1962, this is one of four signed books that Faulkner gave to Skidmore. Some age tone to both book and jacket, else nearly fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Faulkner, William. Big Woods. NY, Random House, 1955, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Petersen A33a, decorations by Edward Shenton, jacket designed by Miriam Woods, 198 numbered pages followed by an epilogue on unnumbered pages, includes four short stories (The Bear, The Old People, A Bear Hunt, and Race at Morning) with brief narrative passages interspersed with the stories, this copy is Signed by William Faulkner, with a letter of provenance from the great-granddaughter of Charles Skidmore who worked for Faulkner from the 1940s until Faulkner's death in 1962, this is one of four signed books that Faulkner gave to Skidmore. Previous owner's ink inscription, else fine in a very good jacket. | |
| [John Steinbeck] Steinbeck, John. America and Americans. NY, Viking, 1966, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. First issue binding with the author and title in gilt running down the spine, this was the last of his books published during his lifetime, Steinbeck's text is illustrated with 136 pages of color and b&w photos by Ansel Adams, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Art Shay, Gordon Parks, and many others, Goldstone & Payne A43a, Morrow 271, this is an Author Presentation Copy, Inscribed "For Edward Aph/from/John Steinbeck," rare when found signed by Steinbeck as this was late in his life, laid in loosely is an 8.5X11-inch b&w photograph of his widow, Elaine, sitting under a portrait of her husband, inscribed "To my dear/old friend/Mr. Edward/Elaine Steinbeck," also laid in loosely is an envelope with the Steinbeck's return address in Elaine's hand to Clayton & Edward Chemists, Inc., a prescription company. Fine in a very good jacket. | |
| [Wallace Stegner] Stegner, Page (editor). The Selected Letters of Wallace Stegner. n.p., Shoemaker Hoard, 2007, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. These letters from 1933 to 1993 essentially comprise a Stegner biography more intimately presented than previous biographies. Fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. C-76 in this important series, this is one of the D-Day ASEs, 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 minus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Seltzer, Charles Alden. The Trail Horde. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 917 in this important series, a Western, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. A little rough, very good minus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Shaw, Lau. Rickshaw Boy. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 968 in this important series, a novel, translated from the Chinese by Evan King, 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] Mulford, Clarence E. The Bar-20 Three. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1141 in this important series, a Western featuring Hopalong Cassidy, Red Connors, and Johnny Nelson, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. | |
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