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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] Haggard, H. Rider. King Solomon's Mines. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 795 in this important series, introduction to this African adventure by Allan Quartermain, 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. | |
| [Modern Literature] Haley, Alex. Roots. ³Readerıs Digest², May 1974, wrappers. Softcover. Condensed in this magazine from his then-forthcoming book, 79-84, 227-238, 242-262, also includes a preceding piece, My Search for Roots, also includes a piece on Thorton Wilder by S. N. Behrman. Minor wear, else fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Haley, Alex. Roots: The Mixing of the Blood. Playboy, October 1976, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The issue also includes an interview with Roone Arledge. Touch of age and wear, else fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hall, James Norman. Lost Island. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), second A. S. E. issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 905 in this important series, it reprints A. S. E. No. P-5, a novel set in Polynesia, 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] Hall, James Norman. Lost Island. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. First issue, No. P-5 in this important series, a historical novel set in Polynesia, 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. | |
| [Modern Literature] Hammett, Cpl. Dashiell and Colodny, Cpl. Robert. The Battle of the Aleutians. Adak, U. S. Army, 1944, first edition, blue self-wrappers. Softcover. Very good. | |
| [Modern Literature] Handford, S. A. (translator). Caesar The Conquest of Gaul. Baltimore, Penguin Books, 1958, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. First published in 1951. Owner's blindstamp, else near fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Hardy, Thomas. Far From The Madding Crowd. NY, Henry Holt, 1874, first American edition. Tan cloth with spiderweb and other decor on front and back covers, with the ads dated Nov. 17, 1874, issued as part of the Leisure Hour Series. Slightly cocked with spine somewhat darkened and with the expected light soiling, else a solid copy. | |
| [The West] Harlan, Robert D. The Two Hundredth Book. San Francisco, The Book Club of California, Oct. 1993, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. A bibliography of the books published by The Club 1953-1993, it seeks to emulate the Magee bibliography, embellished by original announcement inserts and facsimiles of memorable title pages, prospectus and book reception card laid in. As new in original shipment box. | |
| [The West] Harmer, Mabel. The Story of the Mormon Pioneers. Salt Lake City, The Deseret News Press, Nov. 1944, second printing. Ink name/address, very good. | |
| [Steinbeckiana] Harmon, Robert B. The Collectible John Steinbeck A Practical Guide. Jefferson, McFarland, 1986, first edition. Hardcover issued without dust jacket, includes apprendices, photo illustrations, bibliography, an index, and countless references, Harmon discusses the dynamics of collecting Steinbeck generally and specifically while offering a valuable bibliographic tool that is second only to the Goldstone & Payne bibliography and the Morrow catalogue, printed on acid-free natural paper, a scarce book that seldom comes on the market. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Harriman, Margaret Case. Take Them Up Tenderly. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. Q-26 in this important series, profiles on the likes of Clare Boothe, Moss Hart, Lillian Hellman, Helen Hayes, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Oscar Hammerstein II, Mary Pickford, etc., issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Solid very good. | |
| [Miscellaneous] Harris, Amanda B. Wild Flowers and Where They Grow. Boston, D. Lothrop and Company, 1882, first edition. With 60 illustrations by Miss L. B. Humphrey, AEG. Hinges starting, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hart, Francis Russell. Admirals of the Caribbean. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 938 in this important series, sketches of famous admirals (including Sir Francis Drake and Sir Henry Morgan), issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [The West] Harte, Bret. Colonel Starbottle's Client And Some Other People. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin, 1893, later edition. Very good. | |
| [The West] Harte, Bret. Her Letter His Answer & Her Last Letter. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1905, first edition. Frontispiece and other illustrations by Arthur I. Keller, TEG. Chip to front cover paste-on, else solid very good. | |
| [The West] Harte, Bret. In the Carquinez Woods. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin, 1884, fourth edition. Owner's stamps, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Harte, Bret. Selected Short Stories by Bret Harte. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition , wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. F-162 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. | |
| [Film Memorabilia] Harte, Bret. The Luck of Roaring Camp. Monogram Pictures, 1937, first edition. A complete set of eight 11X14-inch colored lobby card posters for this film based on a story by Bret Harte, the film starred Owen Davis Jr., Joan Woodbury, and Charles Brokaw, it was directed by I. V. Willat, screenplay by Harvey Gates, complete sets are scarce. Some tape reinforcements to verso, very good. | |
| [The West] Harte, Bret. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1903, later edition. Frontispiece illustration. Solid very good. | |
| [The West] Harte, Bret. The Works of Bret Harte. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin, 1891, first edition thus. Six volumes, TEG, the "Riverside Edition" comprised of condensed novels and stories (1891), frontier stories (1890), Gabriel Conroy (1888), Tales of the Argonauts and Easter sketches (1891), the poetical works, including the drama of "the two men of sandy Bar (1890)," and The Luck of Roaring Camp and other stories, including earlier papers, Spanish and American legends, Tales of the Argonauts, etc. (1888), in uniform quarter-leather bindings with marbled covers and marbled endpapers. Moderate wear, but structurally strong. | |
| [The Orient] Hartshorne, Anna C. Japan And Her People. Philadelphia, John C. Winston Co., 1902, first edition thus. Two volumes, both bound in red cloth with beautiful gilt cover designs, TEG, both volumes with frontispieces with tissue guards plus 24 other illustrations, both volumes with detached, but intact ribbon markers, fold-out color map at the end of Vol. II. Each volume with ink initials, rear hinge starting in Vol II, else a very good plus set. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Haskell, Francis. Henry the Eighth. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-37 in this important series, a biography, condensed for wartime reading, 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] Hatcher, Harlan. The Great Lakes. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-30 in this important series, includes two maps, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Heavily soiled and with edge stamps. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hatcher, Harlan. The Great Lakes. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-30 in this important series, includes two maps, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| Hawkins, John and Ward. Devil on His Trail. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. First issue, No. Q-20 in this important series, a novel that begins and ends on a lifeboat in the South Pacific, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [The West] Hawthorne, Hildegarde. Romantic Cities of California. NY, D. Appleton-Century, 1939, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Illustrated by E. H. Suydam including a frontispiece illustration, the "romantic" cities include San Diego, Laguna and Long Beach, Los Angeles and Hollywood, Pasadena, Santa Barbara, Monterey, San Francisco, Carmel, and others, profusely filled with illustrations. Very nearly fine in a very good jacket. | |
| [Western Americana] Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Golden Touch. n.p. (San Francisco), The Grabhorn Press, 1927, first edition thus. Hardcover with patterned boards housed in publisher's slipcase, one of 240 copies printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn April 1927 with drawings by Valenti Angelo, mostly uncut. Fine in a very good slipcase. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Gray Champion And Other Tales. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. 863 in this important series, selected short stories, 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] Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Gray Champion And Other Tales. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. 863 in this important series, selected short stories, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Wallace Stegner] Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Twice-Told Tales. Norwalk, The Heritage Press, 1966, first edition thus. Issued without jacket, but with publisherıs slipcase, 24 stories, illustrated by Valenti Angelo, stories selected by Wallace Stegner who also contributes an introduction, this copy Signed by Stegner, includes the ³Sandglass² newsletter about this book and those who participated in it, see Colberg B89. Book spine slightly dulled, else fine. | |
| [Wallace Stegner] Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Twice-Told Tales. NY, Limited Editions Club, 1966, first edition. Issued without jacket, but with publisherıs slipcase, No. 1367 of 1500 copies Signed by the illustrator, Valenti Angelo, these tales selected and introduced by Wallace Stegner, although not called for, this copy is Signed by Wallace Stegner, Colberg B89. As new in a very good plus slipcase. | |
| [Steinbeckiana] Hayashi, Tetsumaro. A New Steinbeck Bibliography: 1971-1981. Metuchen, Scarecrow Press, 1983, first edition. A hardcover issued without dust jacket, No. 64 in the Scarecrow Auhor Bibliography series, introduction by Robert DeMott, this was Hayashi's personal copy, Signed by him and dated in the year of publication, laid in loosely is a letter from provenance from the Midwest bnookseller to whom Hayashi sold off some of his personal library. Fine. | |
| [Steinbeckiana] Hayashi, Tetsumaro (editor). "Steinbeck Quarterly", Summer-Fall 1984, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The issue was dedicated to Jackson J. Benson who had just published his massive biography of Steinbeck, The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer, as usual this university publication was devoted to articles about Steinbeck, including several reviews of Benson's biography, plus an article by Steinbeck scholar Dr. Robert DeMott on Steinbeck's reading which is briefly Inscribed by DeMott. Fine. | |
| [Steinbeckiana] Hayashi, Tetsumaro (editor). Steinbeck's Literary Dimension: A Guide to Comparative Studies. Metuchen, Scarecrow Press, 1973, first edition. A hardcover issued without dust jacket, it includes comparative essays by such noted scholars as John Ditsky, Peter Lisca, Richard Astro, and Warren French, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne, Morrow 634, this was Hayashi's personal copy being Signed by him and with his Ball State University English Department stamp, laid in loosely is a letter of provenance from the Midwest bookseller to whom Hayashi sold off some of his personal library. Fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Haycox, Ernest. Canyon Passage. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 916 in this important series, a Western, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Some spine reading creases, very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Haycox, Ernest. Deep West. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), second A. S. E. issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 706 in this important seris, a Western, it reprints A. S. E. No. I-254, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Clean very good plus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Haycox, Ernest. Rim of the Desert. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. First issue, No. N-9 in this important series, a Western, 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] Haynes, Williams. This Chemical Age. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. G-203 in this important series, "the miracle of man-made materials," 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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