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James M. Dourgarian, Bookman
1595-B Third Avenue
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Established1980 - Member ABAA
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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] Benet, Stephen Vincent. Western Star. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-215 in this important series, a Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative poem, 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. Bright, clean, very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Benet, Stephen Vincent. Western Star. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-215 in this important series, a Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative poem, 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. Homemade lending library card affixed to inside rear cover, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Jarrett, Cora. Night Over Fitch's Pond. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-220 in this important series, a mystery novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Ink code to front, else clean, bright, very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] London, Jack. The Cruise of the Snark. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-221 in this important series, these are his "adventures in the South Seas," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Ink code to front, else a solid, very good copy. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Adams, Franklin P. (editor). Innocent Merriment. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-231 in this important series, light verse by Lewis Carroll, John Donne, A. A. Milne, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, E. B. White, and many others, 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] Riesenberg, Felix. The Pacific Ocean. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-235 in this important series, illustrated with six maps, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Tape reinforcement to spine, good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Boyle, Kay. Avalanche. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. I-241 in this important series, "a novel of love and espionage," with a note about the author at the end, this was required reading for bomber pilots before they flew into action so that they would have some understanding of the political situation in occupied France if they were shot down or forced to bail out, 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] Johnston, Alexander. Ten...And Out!. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. I-263 in this important series, "the story of the prize ring in America," foreword by Jack Dempsey, 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] Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. I-268 in this important series, a classic of American literature, 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. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Gallico, Paul. Selected Stories of Paul Gallico. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. J-290 in this important series, includes The Snow Goose, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Tear to rear wrapper, YMCA stamp to title page, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hulbert, Archer Butler. Forty-Niners. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-301 in this important series, "Chronicles of the California Trail," preface by the author, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Thumb-sized scrape to front, else very good. | |
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