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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] Dinesen, Isak. Winter's Tales. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 802 in this important series, short stories, 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] Barrett, Monte. Sun in Their Eyes. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 807 in this important series, a novel of Texas in 1812. 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] de Kruif, Paul. Men Against Death. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 808 in this important series, "medical discoveries of the present century," 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] Jaffe, Bernard. Men of Science in America. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 809 in this important series, "the role of science in the growth of our country," condensed for wartime reading, 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] 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. | |
| [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. Large price to front, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Kantor, MacKinley. Authorıs Choice. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 813 in this important series, selected short stories, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, abridged, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Poor. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Kantor, MacKinley. Authorıs Choice. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 813 in this important series, selected short stories, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, abridged, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Kantor, MacKinley. Authorıs Choice. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 813 in this important series, selected short stories, abridged, 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 Druten, John. The Voice of theTurtle. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 815 in this important series, a comedy in three acts, 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] Davis, Richard Harding. In The Fog. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 816 in this important series, a "London murder mystery," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Clean, bright, very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] O'Hara, John. Pal Joey. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 817 in this important series, "the saga of a heel," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Solid very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Masefield, John. Selected Poems of John Masefield. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 820 in this important series, a paperback original, with an introduction by Louis Untermeyer, 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] Cather, Willa. O Pioneers. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 823 in this important series, story of the Scandanavian and Bohemian pioneers of the Middle West, 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] Mills, John. Electronics Today And Tomorrow. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 824 in this important series, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, intelligent, but it must now seem like ancient history. Solid very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Faulkner, William. A Rose For Emily And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original for which there was no hardcover, stories selected and with an foreword by Saxe Cummins, No. 825 in this important series, one of the most difficult of the Faulkner ³A² items, Petersen A22, 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] Faulkner, William. A Rose For Emily And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition , wrappers. Softcover. This is the very rare first issue of this paperback original with an aerial view of the ³main floor² of a home on the verso of the title page, this generally unknown issue point is the result of a printerıs error as this aerial room map actually belongs to A. S. E. No. 827 (The Indigo Necklace by Frances Crane), this is No. 825 in this important series, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, the Library of Congress includes only the usual, recorded state, and while Carl Petersen may have had the scarcer first issue, it wasnıt noted in the Serendipity catalogue of Petersenıs personal Faulkner collection, this is one of the most difficult of all Faulkner ³A² items, especially in this generally unrecorded first state. Very good minus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Powers, Tom. Virgin With Butterflies. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 831 in this important series, a humorous novel and one with a title sure to entice GI readers, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Seltzer, Charles Alden. Square Deal Sanderson. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 833 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. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Chandler, Raymond. The Lady in the Lake. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 838 in this important series, a Philip Marlowe mystery, Bruccoli IV-3, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, scarce. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Street, James. The Biscuit Eater And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 840 in this important series, a paperback original, short stories, 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] Marshall, Edison. The Upstart. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 841 in this important series, a historical novel, 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] Irwin, Margaret. Young Bess. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 843 in this important series, a historical novel of Elizbeth, Queen of England, 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] Bromfield, Louis. Pleasant Valley. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 845 in this important series, "the author's experiences as an Ohio farmer," with drawings by Kate Lord, 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] Allen, Hervey. Bedford Village. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), Second A. S. E issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 849 in this important series, it reprints A. S. E. No. L-23, a historical 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 plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Thurber, James. My Life And Hard Times. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), second A. S. E. issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 856 in this important series, it reprints A. S. E. No. L-2, humorous sketches illustrated by the author, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Bright, clean, near fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Zweig, Stefan. The Royal Game. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 860 in this important series, three short novels (The Royal Game, Amok, and Letter From An Unknown Woman), 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] Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Gray Champion And Other Tales. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. 863 in this important series, selected short stories, 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] Perelman, S. J. Crazy Like A Fox. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 872 in this important series, humorous sketches, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Name stamp, very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Iams, Jack. The Countess To Boot. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 876 in this important series, a humorous 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] Iams, Jack. The Countess To Boot. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 876 in this important series, a humorous novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Irish, William. Deadline At Dawn. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 878 in this important series, a mystery by Cornell Woolrich writing at William Irish, 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] Weaver, John D. Wind Before Rain. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 879 in this important series, a novel set in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Weaver, John D. Wind Before Rain. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 879 in this important series, a novel set in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, 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] Thoreau, Henry D. Walden Or Life in the Woods. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 880 in this important series, an American classic, 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] Wilson, Harry Leon. Ruggles of Red Gap. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 884 in this important series, a humorous novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 885 in this important series, a paperback original, 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] Kains, M. G. Five Acres and Independence. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 889 in this important series, "selecting and managing the small farm," illustrated, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Bright, clean, nearly fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Botkin, B. A. (editor). The Skyıs The Limit. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. 892 in this important series, selections from A Treasury Of American Folklore, foreword by Carl Sandburg, 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] Bodmer, Frederick. The Loom of Language. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 893 in this important series, edited by Lancelot Hogben, "condensed for wartime reading," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
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