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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] Beauchamp, D. D. The Full Life And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition , wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. 900 in this important series, short stories by this Montana author, 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] Weaver, John. My Bitter Half And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. 902 in this important series, humorous short stories, 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] Sokoloff, Boris, M. D. The Story of Penicillin. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 904 in this important series, a biography of a drug, 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] Hall, James Norman. Lost Island. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), second A. S. E. issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 905 in this important series, it reprints A. S. E. No. P-5, a novel set in Polynesia, 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] Shelley, Mary W. Frankenstein (Or, the Modern Prometheus). NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 909 in this important series, a classic in horror literature, 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] Fontaine, Robert. The Happy Time. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 910 in this important series, a humorous novel illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, 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] Marsh, Irwin T. and Ehre, Edward (editors). Best Sports Stories of 1944. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 913 in this important series, includes newspaper stories by Red Smith, John Lardner, Jack Smith, Dick Young, etc., 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] 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] Hecht, Ben. Concerning a Woman of Sin And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 921 in this important series, a paperback original, selected short stories, includes a preface by Hecht, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Reading creases near spine, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Shaw, T. E. . The Odyssey of Homer. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 925 in this important series, newly translated into English prose by Shaw, Shaw was the adopted name of T. E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, 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] Paul, Elliot. The Last Time I Saw Paris. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 927 in this important series, Paris from the post-war '20s through the pre-war '30s to "the death of a nation," with one map illustration, 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] Walpole, Hugh. Fortitude. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 928 in this important series, "the education of an adventurer," 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] Stewart, George R. Names on the Land. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 929 in this important series, "a historical account of place-naming in the United States," with a note about the author at the end, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a Woirld War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Adams, Samuel Hopkins. A. Woollcott His Life And His World. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 931 in this important series, a biography, 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. Title page intact, but dis-bound, else very good-minus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Adams, Samuel Hopkins. A. Woollcott His Life And His World. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 931 in this important series, a biography, 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] MacLennan, Hugh. Two Solitudes. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 932 in this important series, "A novel of Canada," 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] Krasna, Norman. Dear Ruth. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 935 in this important series, a Broadway comedy play, 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] Hart, Francis Russell. Admirals of the Caribbean. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 938 in this important series, sketches of famous admirals (including Sir Francis Drake and Sir Henry Morgan), 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] Browning, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett. Love Poems. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 939 in this important series, a paperback original, poems selected and with an introduction by Louis Untermeyer, includes Sonnets From The Portuguese, 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] Machen, Arthur. The Great God Pan And Other Weird Tales. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition , wrappers. Softcover. No. 940 in this important series, a paperback original, short stories, scarce and desirable, 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] Machen, Arthur. The Great God Pan And Other Weird Tales. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition , wrappers. Softcover. No. 940 in this important series, a paperback original, short stories, scarce and desirable, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Bright, clean, beautiful copy. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Brown, Harry. Artie Greengroin Pfc. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 941 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. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Marshall, Bruce. The World, the Flesh, and Father Smith. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 942 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] Dunsany, Lord. Guerrilla. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), second ASE issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 954 in this important series, it reprints ASE No. Q-14, a novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Rear wrapper heavily rubbed, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Kirkbride, Ronald. Winds, Blow Gently. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 957 in this important series, a novel of a Quaker family, 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] Ferber, Edna. Great Son. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 959 in this important series, a novel of four generations set in Seattle, 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] Zim, Herbert S. Rockets and Jets. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 960 in this important series, illustrated by James MacDonald, 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] Zim, Herbert S. Rockets and Jets. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 960 in this important series, illustrated by James MacDonald, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Water marks, very good minus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stong, Phil. Marta of Muscovy. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 961 in this important series, "the fabulous life of Russia's first empress," 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] Stong, Phil. Marta of Muscovy. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 961 in this important series, "the fabulous life of Russia's first empress," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. First 32 pages of text oddly cut so that some top-line text has been excised, else very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Ripley, Dillon. Trail of the Money Bird. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 964 in this important series, "30,000 miles of adventure with a naturalist," 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] Hilton, James. So Well Remembered. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 966 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. About very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hilton, James. So Well Remembered. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 966 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. Water marked, good. | |
| [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] 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] Lewis, Sinclair. Cass Timberlane. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 969 in this important series, one of three Lewis ASEs, a novel of husbands and wives, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Clothe, Stuart. Against These Three. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 973 in this important series, biography of Paul Kruger, Cecil Rhodes, and Lobengula, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Cloete, Stuart. Against These Three. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 973 in this important series, a biography of Paul Kruger, Cecil Rhodes, and Lobengula, maps by Roland Cosimini, 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] Clark, Walter Van Tilburg. The City of Trembling Leaves. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 974 in this important series, a novel set in Reno, NV, condensed for wartime reading, 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] Lewis, Herbert Clyde. Gentleman Overboard. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 975 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. Near fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Leacock, Stephen. My Remarkable Uncle And Other Sketches. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 976 in this important series, selected sketches, 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] Nash, Ogden. I'm A Stranger Here Myself. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 981 in this important series, humorous verse, 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] Powell, Richard. Lay That Pistol Down. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 988 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. Very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Erskine, John. The Private Life of Helen of Troy. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 994 in this important series, adapted from the Greek legend, with a note by the author at the end written especially for this edition, 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] Burman, Ben Lucien. Rooster Crows For Day. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 999 in this important series, a novel set in equatorical Africa, 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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