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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] Tabori, George. Companions of the Left Hand. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1210 in this important series, a 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. Front cover and spine faded, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Tarkington, Booth. Little Orvie. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 844 in this important series, a humorous novel, illustrated by George Brehm, 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] Tarkington, Booth. Penrod. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. C-70 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, this is one of the very scarce D-Day ASEs. Solid very good. | |
| [The West] Taylor, Benj. F. Between the Gates. Chicago, S. C. Griggs and Company, 1878, first edition. With frontispiece illustration of California's Golden Gate and other illustrations. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Taylor, Deems. Of Men And Music. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. R-23 in this important series, with an introduction by the author, it covers yesterday, today, and tomorrow, 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] Taylor, Deems. The Well-Tempered Listener. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1103 in this important series, on the makers, the givers, and the listeners of music, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Wallace Stegner] Taylor, J. Golden (editor). Great Western Short Stories. Palo Alto, American West Publishing, 1967, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Signed by Wallace Stegner who contributes the introduction as well as his Carrion Spring, Colberg B90, also includes John Steinbeck, Jack London, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, William Saroyan, etc. Fine in a very good jacket. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Taylor, Rosemary. Ridin' the Rainbow. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-19 in this important series, "father's life in Tucson," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Front cover with many creases, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Taylor, Ross McLaury. The Saddle and the Plow. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. Q-28 in this important series, first issue, a historical novel of Texas in the 1880s, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Tape reinforcement to spine and price stamp to front, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Teale, Edwin Way. Dune Boy. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. M-7 in this important series, "the early years of a Naturalist," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Steinbeckiana] Tedlock, E. W. Jr. and Wicker, C. V. Steinbeck And His Critics. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1957, first edition , dust jacket. Hardcover. "A record of twenty-five years," this scarce book is both a critical study and an anthology, it includes 29 articles by 17 critics such as Frederic I. Carpenter, Lewis Gannett, Stanley Edgar Hyman, Joseph Wood Krutch, Peter Lisca, Antonia Seixas (Ed Ricketts ex-wife), and others, as well as six "reactions" to criticism by Steinbeck, two of which appear for the first time here, Goldstone & Payne B104, Morrow 352. Very good in a good jacket. | |
| [Miscellaneous] Teiser, Ruth. Lawton Kennedy, Printer. San Francisco, The Book Club of California, 1988, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Foreword by James D. Hart, photogravure frontispiece portrait and 12 color reproductions of his work, printed on acid-free paper, one of 450 copies, prospectus laid in. As new, unread. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. The Charge of the Light Brigade And Other Poems. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 658 in this important series, a paperback original, poems selected and with an introduction by Louis Untermeyer, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Miscellaneous] Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. NY, Barnes & Noble Books, 1994, first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover. Illustrated. Fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Tetlow, Henry. We Farm for a Hobby and Make It Pay. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-11 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-minus. | |
| [Film Memorabilia] Tevis, Walter. The Hustler. 20th Century-Fox, 1961, first edition. An original-release movie promo, similar to posters, these advertisements for upcoming films were sent by the original production companies to theatres in advance of their exhibition, c.9X12 inches, the film starred Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, and Jackie Gleason. Age-toned around the edges, else fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Thackery, William Makepeace. Henry Esmond. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-35 in this important series, a historical novel, condensed for wartime reading, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Two rubber stamps, very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Thackery, William Makepeace. Henry Esmond. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-35 in this important series, a historical novel, 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 minus. | |
| [Modern Literature] Theroux, Paul. Adulterer's Luck. Playboy, July 1977, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Some cover pull at the staples, else very good. | |
| [Modern Literature] Theroux, Paul. The Autumn Dog. Playboy, March 1976, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The issue also includes an interview with Norman Lear. Near fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Theroux, Paul. White Lies. Playboy, May 1979, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The issue also includes a memoir on the private life of Marilyn Monroe by Lena Pepitone and Williasm Stadiem as well as a sports article by Roger Kahn. Cover a touch loose, else fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Thompson, Morton. Joe, the Wounded Tennis Player. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 742 in this important series, introduction to these humorous sketches by Robert Benchley, pictures by Virgil Partch, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. | |
| [The Orient] Thomson, John Stuart. China Revolutionized. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, April 1913, early edition. Illustrated with maps and profuse use of photo illustrations. Title/copyright page 20 per cent dis-bound, else very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Thomson, Virgil. The State of Music. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1023 in this important series, Author's First Book, 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] Thoreau, Henry D. Walden Or Life in the Woods. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 880 in this important series, an American classic, 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] Thurber, James. Let Your Mind Alone. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), second issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 755 in this important series, it reprints A. S. E. No. N-7, humor, illustrated by the author, and 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] Thurber, James. My Life And Hard Times. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), second A. S. E. issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 856 in this important series, it reprints A. S. E. No. L-2, humorous sketches illustrated by the author, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Bright, clean, near fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Thurber, James. My Life And Hard Times. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. First issue, No. L-2 in this important series, illustrated by the author, humorous sketches, 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] Thurber, James. My World--And Welcome to It. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), second A. S. E. issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-5 in this important series, it reprints A. S. E. No. A-11, 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] Thurber, James. The Middle-Aged Man On The Flying Trapeze. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), second A. S. E. issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 705 in this important series, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, it reprints A. S. E. No. I-253, note about Thurber follows these stories, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Front cover crease, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] Titus, Warren I. (editor). Two Unpublished Letters of Jack London. "California Historical Society Quarterly", December 1960, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The letters are to the American novelist Winston Churchill, 308-310, Woodbridge 918. 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] Train, Arthur. Mr. Tutt Finds A Way. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 796 in this important series, 13 "Tutt" stories, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Creasing and somewhat dusty, very good minus. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Train, Arthur. Mr. Tutt Finds A Way. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 796 in this important series, 13 "Tutt" stories, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. | |
| [Steinbeckiana] Trent, Ken. John Steinbeck And His Books. "The Book-Mart", January 1981, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The article includes front cover photo of Steinbeck, 203, 206-207, this was a monthly journal for book buyers, sellers, and collectors. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Truax, Rhoda. Joseph Lister. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 762 in this important series, a biography of the father of modern surgery, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good-minus. | |
| [Cinema] (Tryon, Thomas). The Other. 20th Century-Fox, 1972, first edition thus, self-wrappers. Softcover. An original-release film pressbook, 16 pages, with an advertising supplement laid in, good book/author tie-ins. Fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Tutt, Ephraim. Yankee Lawyer. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. K-25 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. Very good plus. | |
| [Modern Literature] Twain, Mark. A Tramp Abroad. NY, Harper & Row, 1977, first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover. Edited and with an introduction by Charles Neider, abridged. Fine in jacket with some wear at extremities. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. C-76 in this important series, this is one of the D-Day ASEs, 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 minus. | |
| [Modern Literature] Twain, Mark. The Grangerford-Shepherdson Feud. Berkeley, The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 33 in a series of keepsakes issued for members of The Friends of the Bancroft Library (at the University of California, Berkeley), "facsimile of that episode's first publication prior to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, with an account of Mark Twain's literary use of the bloody encounters at Compromise, Kentucky" by Edgar Marquess Branch and Robert H. Hirst, illustrated. Fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Tyler, Anne. Earthly Possessions. NY, Knopf, 1977, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Fine, tight copy in a jacket with front flap crease, fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Tyler, Anne. Morgan's Passing. NY, Knopf, 1980, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Fine. | |
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