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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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| [Armed Services Editions] McMeekin, Clark. Black Moon. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1001 in this important series, a novel, ³Clark McMeekin² was the dual pseudonym of Mrs. Dorothy Park Clark and Mrs. Isabel McLennan McMeekin, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Near fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Pinchon, Edgcumb. Dan Sickles. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1003 in this important series, "hero of Gettysburg and Yankee King of Spain," 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] Shaw, George Bernard. Arms And The Man And Two Other Plays. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. 1005 in this important series, also includes Androcles and the Lion as well as Pygmalion, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Near fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Russell, Fred. I'll Try Anything Twice. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1017 in this important series, "a collection of sports humor and anecdotes," with an introduction by Henry McLemore, 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] Thomson, Virgil. The State of Music. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1023 in this important series, Author's First Book, 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] Van Doren, Mark. Liberal Education. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1024 in this important series, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Spine fade, very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Armstrong, Margaret. Trelawny. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1048 in this important series, a biography of this 19th Century Cornish adventurer and friend of both Byron and Shelley, issued by the Councl on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hobart, Alice Tisdale. Oil For The Lamps Of China. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1049 in this important series, a novel, 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] Willison, George. Saints And Strangers. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1052 in this important series, "being the lives of the pilgrim fathers and their families with their friends and foes," 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] Gilligan, Edmund. Hunter's Moon And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. 1055 in this important series, stories of war experiences and fishing in the Catskills, 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] Skinner, Cornelia Otis. Excuse It, Please!. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), second ASE issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1057 in this important series, it reprints ASE No. Q-1, humorous sketches, illustrations by O. Soglow, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Near fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Burman, Ben Lucien. Steamboat Round the Bend. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1096 in this important series, a novel of life on the lower Mississippi, illustrated with sketches by Alice Caddy, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Some spine fade, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Taylor, Deems. The Well-Tempered Listener. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1103 in this important series, on the makers, the givers, and the listeners of music, 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] Dixon, H. Vernor. Come In Like A Yankee And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1117 in this important series, a paperback original, stories of adventure, romance, and humor, 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] Stephens, James. The Crock of Gold. NY, Armed Srvices Editions, n.d. (1946), second A. S. E. issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1121 in this important series, a fantasy, it reprints A. S. E. No. N-5, 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] Benefield, Barry. Valiant Is the Word for Carrie. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition nthus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1127 in this important series, a novel and film source, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Benefield, Barry. Valiant Is the Word for Carrie. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition nthus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1127 in this important series, a novel and film source, 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. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Musselman, M. M. Wheels in His Head. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1153 in this important series, illustrated by Bill Pause, "father and his inventions" (such as super-balloon tires for airplanes and coaster brakes for bicycles), 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] Fisher, Clyde. The Story of the Moon. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1157 in this important series, with line illustrations, 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] Maloney, Russell. It's Still Maloney. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1159 in this important series, humor, subtitled Or Ten Years in the Big City, introduction by J. J. O'Malley, 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] Household, Geoffrey. The Salvation of Pisco Gabar And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1165 in this important series, short stories, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Many cover creases, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Forester, C. S. Lord Hornblower. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1187 in this important series, Forester's fifth Hornblower novel, 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. Very good . | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Campbell, Alice. With Bated Breath. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1188 in this important series, a murder mystery, 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. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Campbell, Alice. With Bated Breath. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1188 in this important series, a murder mystery, 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. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Vestal, Stanley. Jim Bridger Mountain Man. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1199 in this important series, a biography of this fur-trapper/Indian fighter/frontiersman, 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, this is in the very scarce upright format. Contents separating from the glued spine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Tabori, George. Companions of the Left Hand. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1210 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 in the very scarce upright format. Front cover and spine faded, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Freuchen, Peter. White Man. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1947), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1220 in this important series, a novel of Greenland, 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. Very good. | |
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