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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] Housman, A. E. Selected Poems of A. E. Housman. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First issue, No. M-1 in this important series, a paperback original, includes A Shropshire Lad and other poems, 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] Munro, H. H. Selected Short Stories of Saki. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. M-3 in this important series, stories selected especially for this book by Christopher Morley, 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] Benchley, Robert. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Or David Copperfield. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-4 in this important series, humor, with a note about the author at the end, illustrated by Gluyas Williams, 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] Repplier, Agnes. Pere Marquette. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-5 in this important series, a biography, 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] Ratcliff, John D. (editor). Science Yearbook of 1944. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-9 in this important series, "new victories in the world of science," condensed, it covers medical research, physics and chemistry, agriculture and nutrition, and aviation and other sciences, 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] Wylie, Philip. The Big Ones Get Away. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-11 in this important series, fishing stories of Desperate and Crunch, preface by Wylie, 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] McDonald, Angus. Old McDonald Had A Farm. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-12 in this important series, farm reminiscences, 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] Coolidge, Dane. Fighting Men of the West. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-15 in this important series, biographical sketches of John Chisum, Tom Horn, and 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] Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Tarzan of the Apes. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-16 in this important series, a classic fantasy, Author's First Book, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Casey, Robert J. Such Interesting People. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-18 in this important series, an account by a newspaperman, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. United Seaman's Services stamps, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Casey, Robert J. Such Interesting People. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-18 in this important series, an account by a newspaperman, 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] Beverly-Giddings, A. R. Larrish Hundred. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-20 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] De Jong, David Cornel. With A Dutch Accent. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-22 in this important series, "how a Hollander became an American," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Half a thumb-sized chip from front cover, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Weston, Christine. Indigo. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-25 in this important series, a novel set in India, 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. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Werner, M. R. Barnum. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-26 in this important series, a biography of the great showman, P. T. Barnum, who brought us Tom Thumb, Jumbo, and Jenny Lind, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Werner, M. R. Barnum. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-26 in this important series, a biography of the great showman, P. T. Barnum, who brought us Tom Thumb, Jumbo, and Jenny Lind, with a 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] McMeekin, Clark. Show Me A Land. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-27 in this important series, a historical novel set in the great plantations of Virginia and Kentucky from 1816 to 1875, 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] Grayson, Capt. Charles. New Stories for Men. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-28 in this important series, condensed for wartime reading, some original material eliminated, includes John Huston, John Fante, Nunnally Johnson, Sinclair Lewis, John O¹Hara, Jesse Stuart, 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] Collins, Wilkie. The Moonstone. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-29 in this important series, a mystery, condensed for wartime reading, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Tape reinforcement to perimeter of covers. | |
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