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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. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Peattie, Donald Culross. Forward The Nation. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-218 in this important series, 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] Holbrook, Stewart H. Burning An Empire. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-224 in this important series, "story of American forest fires," 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] Dempewolff, Richard. Animal Reveille. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-225 in this important series, dog heroes and other animals in wartime, 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, very good. | |
| [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. Spine fade, else very good. | |
| [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] Gilligan, Edmund. The Ringed Horizon. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-237 in this important series, a story of the sea, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, scarce. Very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Edmonds, Walter D. Chad Hanna. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-240 in this important series, a historical novel of the Erie Canal country, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a Worldf War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Edmonds, Walter D. Chad Hanna. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-240 in this important series, a historical novel of the Erie Canal country, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Baarslag, Karl. Coast Guard To The Rescue. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. I-258 in this important series, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Bit of a wave roll, very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Bromfield, Louis. Mrs. Parkington. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. I-265 in this important series, first issue, 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, H. L. Honey in the Horn. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. I-267 in this important series, a historical novel set in Oregon and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 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] Conrad, Joseph. The Shadow Line. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-273 in this important series, "the shadow line is that dim boundary that divides youth from maturity," this sea-faring novel is preceded by an author's note and followed by a note about the author, 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] Davis, Bob. Tree Toad. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-274 in this important series, family humor, "adventures of the kid brother," 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] Finney, Charles. Past the End of the Pavement. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-276 in this important series, "the story of Tom and Willie Farrier," two boys and their pets, 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] Cozzens, James Gould. The Last Adam. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-285 in this important series, a novel set in a Connecticut town, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. United Seaman's Service stamp to edge, very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Lofts, Nora. The Golden Fleece. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-288 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. Owner's ink name to front, a bit rumpled, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Weaver, Ward. End of Track. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-289 in this important series, historical 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] 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. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Lincoln, Victoria. February Hill. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-291 in this important series, a novel set in Massachusetts, 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. Covers chipped and worn, good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Edmonds, Walter. Young Ames. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-298 in this important series, a historical novel, with a note about the author at the end, first issue, later reprinted within the series as ASE No. 768, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus with cover creases. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Fowler, Gene. Good Night, Sweet Prince. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-300 in this important series, "the life and times of John Barrymore," 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] 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. | |
| [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. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Foreman, Carolyn Thomas. Indians Abroad . NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-302 in this important series, depicts American Indians as world travelers from 1493 to 1938, 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. Lovely, very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Foreman, Carolyn Thomas. Indians Abroad . NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-302 in this important series, depicts American Indians as world travelers from 1493 to 1938, 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. Wave roll, else very good. | |
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