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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, Photography books, 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] Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Seven Essays. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A paperback original, No. E-122 in this important series, the essays are on history, self-reliance, compensation, love, friendship, heroism, and experience, 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. JD36303 |  $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Damon, Bertha. A Sense of Humus. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. E-126 in this important series, an account of her "battle" with soil in New Hampshire, 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. JD35477 | $30.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Maugham, W. Somerset. The Moon and Sixpence. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. E-128 in this important series, a novel that paralells the life of Gauguin, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD36323 | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Biggers, Earl Derr. Seven Keys to Baldpate. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. E-130 in this important series, "a mystery romance," this was his first mystery and the source for several film versions, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, very scarce. Very good. JD36322 | $60.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Duguid, Julian. Green Hell. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. E-132 in this important series, "adventures in the mysterious jungles of Eastern Bolivia," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, scarce. Very good. JD36320 | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stewart, George R., Jr. Ordeal By Hunger. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. E-134 in this important series, the story of the Donner Party, issued with maps, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, scarce. Very good. JD35479 | $45.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Chase, Mary Ellen. Windswept. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. E-142 in this important series, a novel set in Maine, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD34113 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Pierson, Louise Randall. Roughly Speaking. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. E-143 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. Bright and clean very good. JD36318 | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Marquand, John P. The Late George Apley. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. E-146 in this important series, "a novel in the form of a memoir," a Pulitzer Prize winner, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Solid very good. JD36328 | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Crane, Stephen. Selected Short Stories of Stephen Crane. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition , wrappers. Softcover. No. E-147 in this important series, a paperback original, 14 short stories edited and with an introduction by Carl Van Doren, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD36327 | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Bellamann, Henry. King's Row. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. E-150 in this important series, a novel and source for the film, condensed, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, scarce. Solid very good. JD36325 | $50.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Byrne, Donn. Messer Marco Polo. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. F-151 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. JD36956 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Beebe, William. Jungle Peace. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. F-161 in this important series, "a naturalist in South America," foreword by Theodore Roosevelt, 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. JD36329 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Keith, Agnes Newton. Land Below the Wind. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. F-167 in this important series, a book about her experiences in Borneo, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, extremely scarce. Very good. JD36340 | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Lamb, Charles. The Essays of Charles Lamb. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. F-175 in this important series, a paperback original, essays selected and with an introduction by Saxe Commins, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. JD36991 | $10.00 |
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