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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.
| [John Steinbeck] Steinbeck, John. Autograph Letter Signed. Pacific Grove, John Steinbeck, n.d. (December 1948), first edition. Steinbeck writes 19 lines on his usual long, ruled yellow paper stamped at the top with his 11th Street Pacific Grove house address to long-time friend and key figure in his literary career, Alice Cohee, in 1933 she urged him to try one more time to place Tortilla Flat, previous attempts fell flat, at that time he had three books published, none of which were successful, he did try again after following her advice, Covici Freide took the book which then launched his Nobel Prize-winning career, he then gifted her a specially bound copy of Tortilla Flat, one of only two copies, he writes mostly bad news, "This end of a bad year hasn't been conducive to any one," his best friend, the famed marine biologist Ed Ricketts died earlier that year, he continues, "My affairs financial are in a mess as you know (probably because of his divorce from second wife Gywn), "Hope some how to get them in shape next year, but how I don't know. Besides Christmas is a bad one this year for me - I will be very glad when it is over," he reports hat he's staying at home working, but not with success, "Duke Sheffield was down a few weeks ago. He has not changed much. I think he lives a very good life. He has a (cummunal?) farm near Los Altos and he does what he likes," he reports that her iris's are growing rapidly in his garden, calling them "fine swords of leaves," he wishes her a Merry Christmas, signed as John, housed in its original mailing envelope addressed by Steinbeck, this letter was not recorded by Steinbeck: A Life in Letters. Folded for mailing, envelope is torn open, else very good. JD 36973 |  $3,000.00 |
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