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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] 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] Cuppy, Will. The Great Bustard And Other People. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), second issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 907 in this important series, it reprints ASE No. P-7, humorous sketches, illustrated by William Steig and Jacks, 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] 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 and film source, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Ink code, very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Rice, Craig. The Lucky Stiff. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 914 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. Ink code, very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Smith, Thorne. Rain in the Doorway. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 922 in this important series, a humorous novel, with a note about the author at the end, by the author of the "Topper" books, 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] 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. Solid very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Huxley, Aldous. The Gioconda Smile And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. 926 in this important series, stories for this book were selected by Huxley himself, 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] 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] Steinbeck, John. The Bedside Tales. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 933 in this important series, an anthology with an introduction by Peter Arno, includes John Steinbeck's The Murder, 382-395, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, it also includes contributions by Damon Runyon, H. L. Mencken, James Thurber, John O'Hara, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, W. Somerset Maugham, James M.Cain, William Saroyan, Dashiell Hammett, William Faulkner, and others, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, a very scarce ASE as any ASE with a ribald title or even thought to be ribald was quickly devoured by the fighting forces. Very good. | |
| [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. Some pages uncut, 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] 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. Cover creases, very good. | |
| [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] Henry, O. The Ransom of Red Chief and Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 944 in this important series, a paperback original by William Sydney Porter writing as O. Henry, a short story collection, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Ink code, very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Behrman, S. N. The New Yorker Profiles. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. 955 in this important series, these selections from "The New Yorker" include Robert Lewis Taylor, A. J. Liebling, John Lardner, S. N. Behrman, 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] Behrman, S. N. The New Yorker Profiles. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 955 in this important series, a paperback original, these selections from "The New Yorker" include Robert Lewis Taylor, A. J. Liebling, John Lardner, S. N. Behrman, etc., 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] 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] 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. 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] Chesterton, G. K. The Man Who Was Thursday. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 984 in this important series, "a nightmare," 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] Robertson, Archie. Slow Train to Yesterday. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 985, reminiscences of short-line railroads, illustrated by F. Strobel, 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, scarce. Very good minus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Wright, Sewell Peaslee (editor). Chicago Murders. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 992 in this important series, true crime pieces by Craig Rice, Vincent Starrett, and others, preface by Wright, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Ink code to front, 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. Solid very good. | |
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