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James M. Dourgarian, Bookman
1595-B Third Avenue
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
(925)935-5033
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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| [Stephen King] Underwood, Tim and Miller, Chuck (editors). Fear Itself. San Francisco, Underwood-Miller, 1982, first trade edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Introduction by Peter Straub, foreword by Stephen King, afterword by George A. Ramero, includes pieces on Stephen King and his horror fiction by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Fritz Leiber, Charles L. Grant, Douglas E. Winter, etc., including the first King bibliography which, interestingly, states that King is not Richard Bachman and that King has never used the Bachman name as a pseudonym. Fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Underwood, Tim and Miller, Chuck (editors). Kingdom of Fear. Columbia, Underwood-Miller, 1986, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Advance copy, an uncorrected proof, it includes contributions by King as well as Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch, Whitley Streiber, and others. Fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Undset, Sigrid. The Bridal Wreath. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. R-30 in this important series, a historical novel of life in medieval Norway, translated by Charles Archer and J. S. Scott, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Modern Literature] Unkelbach, Kurt. Albert Payson Terhune The Master of Sunnybank. NY, Charterhouse, 1972, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. With a list of books by Terhune at the end, illustrated endpapers, a Centennial biography, jacket design by Wendell Minor. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Untermeyer, Louis (selector). The Fireside Book of Verse. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-8 in this important series, a paperback original, foreword by Untermeyer, "favorite poems of romance and adventure" by Joaquin Miller, Longfellow, Whittier, Coleridge, Bret Harte, etc., issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Modern Literature] Updike, John. Hoping for a Hoopoe. London, Gollancz, 1959, first British edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book (published in the U. S. as The Carpentered Hen), includes 55 poems. Fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Updike, John. Rabbit At Rest. NY, Knopf, 1990, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Pulitzer Prize winner. Fine. | |
| [Cinema] (Uris, Leon). Exodus. United Artists, 1961, first edition thus, self-wrappers. Softcover. An original-release film pressbook, 12 pages, book tie-ins. Fine. | |
| [Cinema] (Uris, Leon). Exodus. United Artists, 1961, first edition thus, self-wrappers. Softcover. An original-release film pressbook, 12 pages, book tie-ins. Near fine. | |
| [Miscellaneous] Valenti, Angelo. The Sermon on the Mount. Bronxville, The Press of Valenti Angelo, n.d., first edition thus. Issued without dust jacket, one of just 50 copies designed, printed, and illustrated by Valenti Angelo, this copy Signed by Angelo, the sermon is the "fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the Gospel according to St. Matthew in the King James version of the holy Bible," laid in loosely is an extra signature from the book, plus a catalogue entitled "A Collection" which lists original artwork by Angelo, also laid in loosely is a color snapshot photo of Angelo taken one year before he died Apparently taken by legendary bibliophile Albert Sperisen with his notations on the verso. Minor age, fine. | |
| [Steinbeckiana] Valjean, Nelson. John Steinbeck The Errant Knight. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1975, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. "An intimate biography of his California years," with several photographic illustrations, frontispiece photo of Steinbeck by Phillippe Halsman, Morrow 634. Fine in a rubbed (as usual) jacket. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Van de Water, Frederic. A Home in the Country. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 700 in this important series, "an adventure in serenity" and a "classic of country living," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Miscellaneous] Van Der Heuvel, Gerry. Crowns of Thorns and Glory. NY, E. P. Dutton, 1988, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. "Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Howell Davis: The Two First Ladies of the Civil War," with a suite of illustrations. Fine. | |
| [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. 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] Van Doren, Mark. Liberal Education. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1024 in this important series, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Spine fade, very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Van Druten, John. The Voice of theTurtle. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 815 in this important series, a comedy in three acts, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Modern Literature] Van Peebles, Melvin. The True American. Playboy, February 1976, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The issue also include fiction by R. K. Narayan. Fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Varley, John. Demon. NY, Putnam, 1984, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Hugo and Nebula winner. The usual tanned pages, else fine. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] Vestal, Stanley. Jim Bridger Mountain Man. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1199 in this important series, a biography of this fur-trapper/Indian fighter/frontiersman, 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 in the very scarce upright format. Contents separating from the glued spine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Vonnegut, Kurt. Canary in a Cat House. Greenwich, Gold Medal Books, September 1961, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. s1153, a paperback original, there is no equivalent hardcover for this collection of 12 stories, a very scarce book, especially in condition. Very good plus. | |
| [Modern Literature] Vonnegut, Kurt. Hocus Pocus. NY, Putnam, 1990, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Fine. | |
| [Modern Literature] Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. Slapstick or Lonesome No More!. Playboy, September 1976, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The issue also includes an interview with David Bowie. Very good. | |
| [Modern Literature] Vonnegut, Mark. The Eden Express. Playboy, November 1975, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The issue also includes an interview with Muhammad Ali as well as fiction by George Macdonald Fraser and Paul Theroux. Very good plus. | |
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