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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] Day, Clarence. This Simian World. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-1 in this important series, Author's First Book, with 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] Brand, Max. The Secret of Dr. Kildare. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-5 in this important series, story of a young surgeon, with a note about the author (Frederick Faust, using his Max Brand pseudonym) 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] Kantor, MacKinlay. The Noise of Their Wings. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-6 in this important series, a novel set in Florida, 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. Solid very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Wilder, Walter Beebe. Bounty of the Wayside. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-7 in this important series, 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. Soldier's ink name to front, else very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hemingway, Ernest. Selected Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-9 in this important series, a paperback original, with a note about the author at the end, an elusive Hemingway "A" item, Hanneman 20A, includes The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, My Old Man, and nine others, 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] Hemingway, Ernest. Selected Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-9 in this important series, a paperback original, with a note about the author at the end, an elusive Hemingway "A" item, Hanneman 20A, includes The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, My Old Man, and nine others, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Worn, good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Bright, Robert. The Life and Death of Little Jo. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-10 in this important series, author's first novel, set in New Mexico, 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] Holbrook, Stewart H. Ethan Allen. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-13 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] Holbrook, Stewart H. Ethan Allen. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-13 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. Homemade lending library card affixed to inside rear cover, else very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Henry, O. Selected Short Stories of O. Henry. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. K-16 in this important series, includes The Gift of the Magi and 20 other 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] Blanco, Antonio de Fierro. The Journey of the Flame. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-19 in this important series, an account of one year in the life of Don Juan Obrigon, known as The Flame, feudal lord of Old Mexico, 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] Ybarra, T. R. Young Man of the World. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-20 in this important series, an autobiography, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Bright, near fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Walker, Mildred. Winter Wheat. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-21 in this important series, a novel that is a "picture of life on a Montana wheat ranch," 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. Some creasing, very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Canby, Henry Seidel. Walt Whitman An American . NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-22 in this important series, a study in biography, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Top and bottom of spine corrupted, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Canby, Henry Seidel. Walt Whitman An American . NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-22 in this important series, a study in 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] James, Marquis. Andrew Jackson The Border Captain. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-23 in this important series, a Pulitzer Prize winner, 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] Van Doren, Carl. Benjamin Franklin. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-30 in this important series, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, condensed, abridged by the author especially for this series, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Spine tape-reinforced. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Spalding, Albert. Rise to Follow. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-32 in this important series, an autobiography, 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 . | |
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