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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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| [Miscellaneous] Fairbanks, Douglas. How I Got In. "Motion Picture Magazine", November 1917, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A piece on leading players telling of their beginnings and first ventures on the screen, Fairbanks is just one of the stars included, photo-illustrated, the issue also includes A Day With Charlie Chaplin On Location which is also photo-illustrated. Good or better. | |
| [Modern Literature] Farmer, Philip Jose. The Henry Miller Dawn Patrol. Playboy, December 1977, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Also includes fiction by Bernard Malamud. Some age and a few cover creases, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Fast, Howard. Patrick Henry And The Frigate¹s Keel. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 787 in this important series, short stories "of a young nation," 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] Faulkner, Edward H. Plowman¹s Folly. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. O-6 in this important series, his theory against using a plow in agriculture, 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. | |
| [Modern Literature] Faulkner, John. My Brother Bill. NY, Trident Press, 1963, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. ³an affectionate reminiscence,² Petersen K13a. Very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Faulkner, William. A Rose For Emily And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original for which there was no hardcover, stories selected and with an foreword by Saxe Cummins, No. 825 in this important series, one of the most difficult of the Faulkner ³A² items, Petersen A22, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Modern Literature] Faulkner, William. Big Woods. NY, Random House, 1955, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Petersen A33a, decorations by Edward Shenton, jacket designed by Miriam Woods, 198 numbered pages followed by an epilogue on unnumbered pages, includes four short stories (The Bear, The Old People, A Bear Hunt, and Race at Morning) with brief narrative passages interspersed with the stories, this copy is Signed by William Faulkner, with a letter of provenance from the great-granddaughter of Charles Skidmore who worked for Faulkner from the 1940s until Faulkner's death in 1962, this is one of four signed books that Faulkner gave to Skidmore. Previous owner's ink inscription, else fine in a very good jacket. | |
| [Modern Literature] Faulkner, William. Go Down, Moses And Other Stories. NY, Random House, 1942, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. First issue with black cloth, it includes the title story, The Bear, Delta Autumn, and four other stories that together form this novel, cited as Petersen A21b which indicates that "Faulkner intended this as a novel, though it includes material previously published as individual stories," it also notes that these stories were rewritten for book publication. Top edge still bright red, jacket is price-clipped with wear along the extremities. | |
| [Modern Literature] Faulkner, William. Great Tales of the Deep South. NY, Lion Library, July 1955, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. LL30, introduction by Malcolm Cowley, includes A Courtship by Faulkner, also includes Truman Capote, Eudora Welty, Tennessee Williams, Richard Wright, etc. Very good. | |
| [Film Memorabilia] Faulkner, William. Intruder in the Dust. MGM, 1949, first edition. An original-release color film poster, 14X36 inches, good book and Faulkner presentations, for the film that starred Claude Jarman, Jr. Folded as usual, else quite bright. | |
| [Film Memorabilia] Faulkner, William. Intruder In The Dust. MGM/Loew¹s, 1949, first edition. A complete set of eight 11X14-inch color lobby card posters for the original release of this film that starred Claude Jarman, Jr. and David Brian, includes the very scarce printed housing envelope. Envelope is worn, but all posters are fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Faulkner, William. New Orleans Sketches. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1958, first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover. With an introduction by Carvel Collins, Petersen A32f, this is the first book publication of all 16 sketches which includes "Mirrors of Chartres Street," this copy is Signed by William Faulkner, with a letter of provenance from the great-granddaughter of Charles Skidmore who worked for Faulkner from the 1940s until Faulkner's death in 1962, this is one of four signed books that Faulkner gave to Skidmore. Some age tone to both book and jacket, else nearly fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Faulkner, William. Requiem For A Nun. NY, John Golden Theatre, Feb. 16, 1959, self-wrappers. Softcover. This is ³The Playbill² for this production staged by Tony Richardson and which starred Ruth Ford and Zachary Scott, both are pictured on front cover, article on Faulkner pages 28-29, 31. Very good plus. | |
| [Film Memorabilia] Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. 20th Century-Fox, 1960, first edition thus, self-wrappers. Softcover. An original-release film pressbook, 8 pages, with two advertising supplements laid in, for the film adapted from the William Faulkner novel, the film starred Lee Remick and Yves Montand, it makes good use of Faulkner's name, book tie-ins, offers several ideas on how to promote the film, filled with articles about the stars and the making of the film, shows examples of posters issued, an excellent reference. Fine. | |
| [Film Memorabilia] Faulkner, William. Sanctuary. 20th Century-Fox, 1961, first edition. A lot of 19 b&w glossy stills from this film adaptation of Faulkner's novel, 8X10 inches, the film starred Lee Remick, Yves Montand, and Bradford Dillman, these are Nos. 4, 19, 23, 24, 28, 41, 51, 63, 69, 82, 83, 89, 90, 100, 101, 105, 111, 112, and 115. Essentially fine. | |
| [Film Memorabilia] Faulkner, William. The Reivers. NY, Cinema Center Films, 1969, first edition, self-wrappers. Softcover. An original-release film pressbook, 48 pages, for the film that starred Steve McQueen, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by William Faulkner, it includes articles about the stars and the making of the film, including one on Faulkner, pages are printed on rectos and are perforated for easy removal, examples of posters are shown, an excellent reference. One advertising sheet removed, else fine. | |
| [Film Memorabilia] Faulkner, William. The Sound and the Fury. 20th Century-Fox, 1959, first edition thus, self-wrappers. Softcover. An original-release film pressbook, one sheet folded to make eight pages, c.13X16.5 inches, for the film that starred Yul Brynner (with hair!) and Joanne Woodward, it offers exploitation tips for hyping publicity, shows examples of all posters issued, an excellent reference. Previously folded over as usual. | |
| [Modern Literature] Faulkner, William. The Town. NY, Random House, 1957, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. With the error on page 327 where line 10 repeats line 8, this copy bound in beige gray cloth, Petersen A34e (although this copy's upper right corner of the front jacket flap is not clipped), this second novel in the Snopes Trilogy is Signed by William Faulkner, with a letter of provenance from the great-granddaughter of Charles Skidmore who worked for Faulkner from the 1940s until Faulkner's death in 1962, this is one of four signed books that Faulkner gave to Skidmore. Some age, else fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Ferber, Edna. Great Son. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 959 in this important series, a novel of four generations set in Seattle, 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. | |
| [Miscellaneous] Field, Eugene. Hoosier Lyrics. Chicago, M. A. Donohue, 1905, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Part of a series or set issued in uniform bindings, frontispiece portrait of Field with facsimile signature, introduction by Charles Walter Brown. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Field, Rachel. Time Out of Mind. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. Q-37 in this important series, a romance of the Maine Coast, 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] Fisher, Clyde. The Story of the Moon. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1157 in this important series, with line illustrations, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Modern Literature] Fisher, Vardis. Suicide or Murder? The Strange Death of Governor Meriwether Lewis. Denver, Alan Swallow, 1962, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. With several illustrations. Near fine in a very good jacket. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Fisher, Vardis. The Golden Rooms. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 713 in this important series, a historical novel of imaginative literature, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Modern Literature] Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Financing Finnegan. ³Esquire², January 1938, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. This fiction piece by Fitzgerald in the classic magazine is on pages 41, 180, 182, 184. Light wear, bright. | |
| [Modern Literature] Fitzgerald, F. Scott. In The Holidays. ³Esquire², December 1937, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. This fiction piece by Fitzgerald in thiss classic magazine is on pages 82, 184, 186. Very good plus. | |
| [Film Memorabilia] Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender Is the Night. 20th Century-Fox, 1962, first edition. An original-release film pressbook, one sheet folded to make eight pages, with a double-sided advertising supplement sheet laid in, the film starred Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards Jr., and Joan Fontaine, it offers a synopsis of the film, articles about the stars and the making of the film, and shows examples of posters then available, it offers ideas on how to promote the film, an excellent reference. Never folded over, very scarce thus, fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Guest In Room Nineteen. ³Esquire², October 1937, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. This fiction piece by Fitzgerald in this classic magazine is on pages 56, 209. Light wear, bright. | |
| [Cinema] Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Last Tycoon. Paramount, 1976, first edition, self-wrappers. Softcover. An original-release film pressbook, 30 pages, for the film that starred Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Jack Nicholson, and Robert Mitchum, includes two b&w stills from the film laid in. Fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Fleming, Ian. On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Playboy, April 1963, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The issue also includes an editorial by Hugh Hefner, an article by J. Paul Getty, and satire by Shel Silverstein. Very good plus. | |
| [Modern Literature] Fleming, Ian. The Man With The Golden Gun. Playboy, June 1965, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The issue also includes an interview with famed attorney Melvin Belli, fiction by Robert Ruark, and satire by Shel Silverstein. Very good plus. | |
| [Modern Literature] Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. Playboy, May 1964, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The issue also includes fiction by Ken Purdy, an article by Kenneth Tynan, and fiction by Arthur C. Clarke. Very good. | |
| [The West] Fleming, Thomas. Around the "Pan" With Uncle Hank. NY, The Nut Shell Pub. Co., 1901, first edition. "His trip through the Pan-American Exposition," profusely illustrated with drawings and photos. Frontispiece is dis-bound, but intact, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] Foner, Philip S. (editor). Jack London American Rebel. NY, Citadel Press, 1947, first edition. "A collection of his social writings together with an extensive study of the man and his times". Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Fontaine, Robert. The Happy Time. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 910 in this important series, a humorous novel illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, 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] Forester, C. S. Commodore Hornblower. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 804 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. Clean, bright, especially scarce in this condition. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Forester, C. S. Lord Hornblower. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1187 in this important series, Forester's fifth Hornblower novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, this is in the very scarce upright format. Very good . | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Forester, C. S. Payment Deferred. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), second A. S. E. issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 829 in this important series, it reprints A. S. E. No. H-213, "a murder story with no mystery," 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, nearly fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Forester, C. S. Plain Murder. NY, Dell , 1954, first American edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 30, a paperback original, the book was first published in London in 1930. Spine wear, else fine. | |
| [Cinema] (Forester, C. S). The African Queen. Trans-Lux, c.1960, first edition thus, self-wrappers. Softcover. A re-release film pressbook, 4 pages. Previously folded as usual. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Forester, C. S. The Captain From Connecticut. NY, Armed Services editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 679 in this important series, a historical novel with Forester's first American hero, Capt. Josiah Peabody, 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] Forester, C. S. To The Indies. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 709 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. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Fowler, Gene. Timber Line. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 773 in this important series, a biography of F. G. Bonfils and H. H. Tammen, the militant owners of the Denver "Post," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Bookplate, cover a bit rough, very good minus. | |
| [Miscellaneous] France, Hector. Musk Hashish And Blood. n.p., privately printed, n.d., first edition thus. A one-volume hardcover printed for subscribers only by the Falstaff Press, this is No. A-229 of 500 copies with hand-colored frontispiece and title page vignette, limitation notice affixed to front pastedown, meant for ³adult collectors of anthropology². Front hinge starting, else very good. | |
| [Modern Literature] Francis, Dick. Risk. NY, Harper & Row, 1977, first U. S. edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. A mystery thriller involving an amateur steeplechase jockey. Fine. | |
| [Stephen King] Frane, Jeff and Rems, Jack (editors). A Fantasy Reader. Berkeley, The Seventh World Fantasy Convention, 1981, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. One of 1,000 copies, of which this is a sample copy, includes Stephen King's The Bird and the Album, an excerpt from It, in advance of its entire publication, also includes material by and about Peter S. Beagle, illustrations by Brian Froud, stories by Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Fritz Leiber, Peter Straub, etc., this copy Signed by Ray Bradbury at his contribution. Fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Franken, Rose. Another Claudia. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 701 in this important series, a novel in which Claudia comes of age, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Some creases, else very good. | |
| [Modern Literature] Fraser, George Macdonald. Flashman at the Charge. Playboy, May 1973, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The issue also includes an interview with Huey Newton, fiction by Frederick Forsyth, and an article by Calvin Trillin. Very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Freuchen, Peter. White Man. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1947), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1220 in this important series, a novel of Greenland, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, this is in the very scarce upright format. Very good. | |
| [Miscellaneous] Freud, Anna. The Psycho-Analytical Treatment of Children. London, Imago Publishing, 1946, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Subtitled Technical Lectures and Essays, translated from the German by Nancy Proctor-Gregg. Age to pages, else fine in a very good jacket. | |
| [The Orient] Fujioka, Ryoichi. Shino and Oribe Ceramics. NY, Kodansha International, 1977, first American edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Translated and adapted by Samuel Crowell Norse, issued as part of the Japanese Arts Library, profusely illustrated in both color and b&w. Fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Fuller, Iola. The Loon Feather. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-35 in this important series, a historical novel, the story of Oneta, daughter of Tecumseh of the Ojibways, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Fuller, Iola. The Loon Feather. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-35 in this important series, a historical novel, the story of Oneta, daughter of Tecumseh of the Ojibways, 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] Fuller, Timothy. Harvard Has A Homicide. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 744 in this important series, a mystery, 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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