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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] Bodmer, Frederick. The Loom of Language. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 893 in this important series, edited by Lancelot Hogben who also provides the foreword, "condensed for wartime reading," illustrated, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. JD36989 |  $10.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Boswell, Robert. Dancing in the Movies. Iowa City, University of Iowa Press, 1986, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book, winner of the Iowa School of Letters Award for short fiction, one of only 1,500 copies. Very fine. JD5849 | $35.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Bournoutian, George A. A History of the Armenian People. Costa Mesa, Mazda Publishers, 1994, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is Vol. II covering 1500 A.D. to the present, with 25 maps and 16 plates. Fine. JD33777 | $45.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Bowles, Ella Shannon. Handmade Rugs. Boston, Little, Brown, n.d. (1927), first edition. This is the advanced state of the dust jacket only (there is no book), rear dj flap is blank. Some creases, else fine. JD211 | $10.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Boyle, Kay. Avalanche. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. I-241 in this important series, "a novel of love and espionage," with a note about the author at the end, this was required reading for bomber pilots before they flew into action so that they would have some understanding of the political situation in occupied France if they were shot down or forced to bail out, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Bright and beautiful, at least very good plus. JD34214 | $65.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Braithwaite, Bruce. The Films of Marlon Brando. NY, The Confiscian Press/Beaufort Books, 1982, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This concentrates more on his early and late films, but it does include a section on his middle period, including his work in John Steinbeck's Viva Zapata!, page 72. Fine. JD28882 | $10.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Braley, Berton. Morgan Sails the Caribbean. NY, Macmillan, 1934, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Jacket illustrated by Artzybasheff, frontispiece portrait of Henry Morgan, Braley writes of Morgan in ballad, and, in his prefatory comments, thanks John Steinbeck for his conscious and subconscious contributions that resulted from Braley's having read Steinbeck's first book, Cup of Gold, the book also prints a letter from Steinbeck to Braley regarding this subject, this was Steinbeck's first book contribution, Goldstone & Payne B1, Morrow 306, with a b&w photo of Braley laid in loosely. Very good in a clipped jacket with tape reinforcements to verso. JD29295 | $95.00 |
| [Western Americana] Brandt, Fred and Wood, Andrew Y. Fascinating San Francisco. San Francisco, Horne and Livingston, 1924, first edition, first printing, wrappers. Softcover. With illustrations of the Ferry Tower, Lotta's Fountain, the Embarcadero, Portsmouth Square, Powell Street, Chinatown, the Civic Center, and others, produced for the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Good. JD35689 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Brandt, Sgt. Frank (editor). Cartoons for Fighters. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 740 in this important series, "laughs from G. I. publications," more than 350 cartoons and gags, it also includes drawings by Walt Disney and Milt Caniff, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good. JD36502 | $10.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Brautigan, Richard. Willard And His Bowling Trophies. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1975, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Advance copy, truly an "uncorrected proof" with reproduced hand pagination, etc., with the ownership sticker of the Murray Pollinger agency affixed to front, Pollinger's agency was one of the leading agents in London, it used this copy to offer the United Kingdom rights to this "preverse mystery". Some soiling to covers and marks, such as dates, etc., very good. JD88 | $75.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Brebner, J. B. and Nevins, Allan. The Making of Modern Britain. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. A-17, just the 17th title issued in this important series, a short history, with suggestions for further reading at the end, illustrated with maps, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD33986 | $45.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Bronson, Orval. Burning Brightly. Nevada City, Orval Bronson, 2000, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. No. 209 of 1,000 numbered copies printed on acid-free paper, this is a study of plays written by John Steinbeck, includes performance data, cast information, performance and production photos, etc., this copy Signed by Bronson. Very fine. JD29430 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code. NY, Doubleday, 2003, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A thrilling novel and a runaway best seller that is the author's breakthrough book, with all the first issue points, source for the film that starred Tom Hanks, Ian McKellan, and Audry Tautou, directed by Ron Howard. Fine. JD6573 | $200.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] (Brown, Edmund G. "Pat"). Photo. n.p., n.p., n.d. (c.1965), first edition. A c.7X9-inch b&w photo of Brown while governor of California, now housed in a black wood and glass frame, Inscribed by Brown ("To/Sidney E. McGow(?)/With sincere/best wishes/Edmund G. Brown/Governor"). Fine. JD31249 | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Brown, Warren. The Chicago Cubs. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1197 in this important series, the biography of a baseball team by a newspaper sports editor, the end includes a statistical addenda that includes team managers and their records, club batting leaders, home run leaders, leading pitchers, the club's world series record, and their record against the Chicago White Sox, 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/vertical format. Near fine. JD35567 | $125.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Browning, Robert. The Poems of Robert Browning. Norwalk, Easton Press, 1979, first edition thus. Full leather, AEG, gilt designs, hubbed spine, moire endpapers, ribbon place marker, poems selected, edited, and introduced by C. Day Lewis, illustrated with wood engravings by Peter Reddick, including a frontispiece color portrait of the author. Fine. JD33804 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Bryan, George S. Mystery Ship. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. D-103 in this important series, the story of the ship, the Mary Celeste, "in fancy and in fact," with a bibliography 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 important and scarce D-Day ASE issues. Very good minus. JD36309 | $45.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Bryant, William Cullen. The Little People of the Snow. NY, D. Appleton and Company, 1873, first edition, first printing. Illustrated from designs by Alfred Fredericks, engraved by A. Bobbett, AEG, beveled green cloth, ornately decorated in black and gilt, this copy Inscribed by Bryant with lines from page 29 (___"When the power of Frost/Locks up the motions of the living frame/The victim passes to the realm of Death/Through the dim gate of Sleep."___/William Cullen Bryant/January 11th, 1873.___), Bryant has changed the word "porch" in the printed part of this stanza to "gate". Very good. JD31556 | $275.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Buckley, Christopher. Wry Martinis. Washington, D. C., The Legacy Project, 2003, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. This is the fifth book in a new series of Armed Services Editions made possible through the all-volunteer efforts of The Legacy Project headed by Andrew P. Carroll which works to preserve American war correspondence, the original ASEs were issued by the Council in Books in Wartime between 1943 and 1947 for American soldiers here and abroad, condensed from the original edition, this book is done in the same manner as the original ASEs. Fine, unread. JD31711 | $10.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Buelteman, Robert. Watershed. n.p. (Washington, D. C.), n.p., 1996, first edition. A poster that measures c.22X30 inches and which advertises a conference sponsored by poet laureate Robert Hass, The Orion Society, and The Library of Congress in Washington, D. C. April 15-20, 1996 subtitled Writers, Nature and Community, participants listed included Buelteman, whose 1988 b&w photo of Archalarius Ranch adorns the top half of the poster, Barry Lopez, Rick Bass, Wendell Berry, Hass, William Kittredge, Peter Matthiessen, and a host of others, this copy is briefly inscribed by Buelteman. Minor wear, else fine. JD31278 | $50.00 |
| [Wallace Stegner] Bullen, J. S. Reviews. Fort Collins, Western American Literature, Spring 1971, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Includes Bullen's review of Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose, 60-62. Fine. JD27158 | $10.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Bulow, Ernie. Navajo Taboos. Gallup, Buffalo Medicine Books, 1991, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. First trade edition, one of 1,000 copies, this copy Signed by Bulow, also Signed by Tony Hillerman who offers the foreword and Navajo artist Ernest Franklin who illustrates the book, Bulow provides his own introduction, with notes and a bibliography at the end, this copy also with an original color illustration of a magnificent elk, Signed by Franklin. Fine. JD36916 | $275.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Bulow, Ernie. Uncle Ernie's Guide to Old Time Rodeo. Albuquerque, Sidewinder Publishing, 2008, first edition, first printing. Specially bound, issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, this is No. 3 of 50 signed and numbered copies Signed by both Bulow and Navajo artist Ernest Franklin, Bulow provides his own introduction, illustrated in color by Franklin throughout, who also provides a full-color, full-page original illustration of an Indian riding a bucking buffalo, very scarce thus, with a rodeo dictionary at the end. Fine. JD33494 | $350.00 |
| [Photography] Burkett, Christopher. Intimations of Paradise. Vernonia, West Wind Arts, 1999, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes essays by James Reid and Vincent Rossi, introduction by James Alinder, includes 72 color plates followed by a Wendell Berry poem, an essay (World of Wonder) by Burkett, and his Technique and Approach, this copy lacks the original print (as usual), Signed by Christopher Burkett. Fine. JD31103 | $125.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Burnett, W. R. Adobe Walls. NY, Knopf, 1953, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. A novel of the last Apache uprising, jacket painting by William F. Koch, film source. Nearly fine. JD33247 | $45.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Tarzan Lord of the Jungle. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, n.d (1940s), first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover. One of several G&D versions of this title, likely one of the later ones without illustrated plates, although there is an illustration on the title page of Tarzan riding a lion. Large (but brief) pencil inscription to ffep, else very good. JD36830 | $45.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Burrows, Michael. John Steinbeck and His Films. St. Austell, Cornwall, Primestyle, Ltd., 1970, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Third in the Formative Films series, photo-illustrated, Goldstone & Payne F65, Morrow 614. Corner bump, fine. JD28705 | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Burt, Struthers. Powder River Let 'er Buck. NY, Armed Srvices Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. B-53 in this important series, a Rivers of America book, with map of northeastern Wyoming showing the Powder River and its tributaries, 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, scarce. Tape reinforcement to top and bottom of spine, else very good. JD35699 | $40.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Butler, Ellis Parker. "Pigs Is Pigs". NY, McClure, Phillips & Co., 1907, sixth impression. Illustrated by Will Crawford, frontispiece with tissue guard, Author's First book, American humor. Good. JD35684 | $25.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Buzbee, Lewis. Steinbeck's Ghost. NY, Feiwel and Friends, 2008, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. This is not a print-on-demand abomination, cover design by Owen Smith. Label affixed to front free endpaper indicates this is a gift from a Bay Area bookseller, Rakestraw Books, apparently as part of California Shakespeare Theater's 15th annual gala, else fine. JD36931 | $10.00 |
| [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 |
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