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James M. Dourgarian, Bookman
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2341 Hickory Drive
Concord, CA 94520
925-349-4400
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, 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.
| [Modern Literature] Benet, Stephen Vincent. Autographed Letter Signed. NY, n.p., n.d. (c.1935), first edition. A single sheet written on both sides of Benet's printed letterhead showing his 220 East 69 Street, New York City address, to Malcolm Johnson who was a publishing executive with Doubleday, Doran and D. Van Nostrand, "Dear Malcolm:--/Thank you/very much indeed for the/"Two Forewords" which I shall/treasure. It's beautifully done./It's interesting./I've now had letters about/Kipling from Maine to Texas--/and every one of them extraordinarily/personal. I've had letters before,on/pieces, but these are different./They don't talk about him as/you normally talk about a writer./They talk about something that/is an essential part of their/lives./As ever/SVB," the book to which Benet refers is Two Forewords which Doubleday, Doran published in an edition of 950 copies as its Christmas greeting. Folded once for mailing with some minor toning to recto which is more substantial on the verso. JD 31356 |  $150.00 |
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