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James M. Dourgarian, Bookman
1595-B Third Avenue
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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] 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. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Roberts, Kenneth. Captain Caution. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. H-228 in this important series, a historical novel that "covers a hitherto unknown phase of American participation in the War of 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] 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] 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. 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 Worldf War II American GI. Stamp to title page, serious wave roll, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Sears, Paul B. Deserts on the March. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. I-247 in this important series, 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] Strachey, Lytton. Queen Victoria. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. I-261 in this important series, a biography, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Two chips to front, else 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, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Rear cover detached, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Saroyan, William. My Name Is Aram. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-272 in this important series, Kherdian No. 124, 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] Smith, Harvey. The Gang's All Here. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-283 in this important series, a novel, the story of a 25th class reunion, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Pencil check mark to front, else nearly fine. | |
| [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. Solid 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. Some creases, very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Tomlinson, H. M. The Sea and the Jungle. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-292 in this important series, ła trip by tramp steamer to South America and the Caribbean," 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] Paden, Irene D. The Wake of the Prairie Schooner. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. J-295 in this important series, "the story of the pioneer trails," 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] 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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