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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] King, Stephen. Different Seasons. NY, Viking, 1982, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Four seasons = four novellas, with three of them being the source or a film, the most notable probably being The Shawshank Redemption, the others were Stand By Me and Apt Pupil, the book also includes an Afterword by King who also has Inscribed the rear panel of the dust jacket ("For Herb--/Best--/Stephen King"). Fine. JD6448
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| [Stephen King] Beahm, George. Stephen King America's Best-Loved Boogeyman. Kansas City, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1998, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Foreword by Stephen J. Spignesi, photo illustrated. Fine. JD36789 |  $25.00 |
| [Stephen King] Collings, Michael R. Horror Plum'd. Woodstock, Overlook Connection Press, 2002, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Subtitled An International Stephen King Bibliography and Guide 1960-2000, published at $75, this is not a print-on-demand abomination and is not one of the 2003, 2004, etc. reprints. Fine. JD36783 | $125.00 |
| [Stephen King] Collings, Michael R. and Engebretson, David. The Shorter Works of Stephen King. Mercer Island, Starmont House, 1985, first edition, first printing. Hardcover, issued without dust jacket, covers Night Shift, Different Seasons, The Dark Tower, Creepshow, Skeleton Crew, and others, this is No. 9 in the Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism series. Fine. JD36778 | $35.00 |
| [Stephen King] Druse, Eleanor. The Journals of Eleanor Druse. NY, Hyperion, 2004, first edition. Hardcover issued without dust jacket, her journals investigate the Kindom Hospital incident, the book begins with a foreword which is an open letter to Stephen King, Eleanor Druse is the pseudonym of Richard Dooling, the book is based on Kingdom Hospital TV mini-series by King. Fine. JD36787 | $50.00 |
| [Stephen King] Freeman, Brian and Vincent, Bev (editors). The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book. Baltimore, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2005, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne. Fine. JD36791 | $65.00 |
| [Stephen King] Furth, Robin. Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance. Baltimore, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2009, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. With publisher's slipcase, includes a foreword by King, dust jacket art by Alan M. Clark, No. 1496 of 2000 numbered copies Signed by Furth. Fine. JD36760 | $475.00 |
| [Stephen King] Grant, Charles L. (editor). Shadows. Garden City, Doubleday, 1978, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes original stories by the likes of Stephen King who contributes Nona, also includes material by Ramsey Campbell, Robert Bloch, Dennis Etchison, Bill Pronzini, and others. Bottom edge with speckled remainder spray, else fine. JD36784 | $75.00 |
| [Modern Literature] King, General Charles. A Daughter of the Sioux. NY, The Hobart Company, 1903, first edition, first printing. Red cloth, lacking the rare dust jacket, with title, author, illustrators, and publisher in gilt, a tale of the Indian frontier, illustrated by Frederic Remington and Edwin Willard Deming, color insert illustration of a female Sioux. Bookplate to front pastedown, a bright, clean, tight copy with its spine panel just barely dulled, else fine. JD32978 | $75.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen and King, Owen. Sleeping Beauties. Baltimore, Cemetery Dance Publications, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. With publisher's slipcase, written by the master of horror and his son, illustrated by Jana Heidersdorf, apparently one of 1,750 copies. As new, unread, in publisher's shrink-wrap. JD36747 | $225.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen and Straub, Peter. The Talisman. West Kingston, Donald M. Grant, 1984, first edition. Two volumes, issued without dust jackets, but with publisher's slipcase, illustrations by several artists, including Berni Wrightson, Thomas Canty, Ned Dameron, Phil Hale, and others, with an epilogue and a conclusion. Fine. JD36762 | $450.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen and Straub, Peter. The Talisman. West Kingston, Donald M. Grant, 1984, first edition. Two volumes, issued without dust jackets, but with publisher's slipcase, illustrations by several artists, including Berni Wrightson, Thomas Canty, Ned Dameron, Phil Hale, and others, with an epilogue and a conclusion. Fine. JD36766 | $450.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen and Straub, Peter. The Talisman/Black House. Hampton Falls, Donald M. Grant, 2003, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Both books housed in the publisher's slipcase, illustrated by Rick Berry, No. 824 of 3,500 numbered copies signed by Straub and Berry, illustrated in b&w and 22 new full color plates by Berry. Fine, unread, in publisher's shrink-wrap. JD36769 | $450.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen and Vincent, Bev (editors). Flight or Fright. Baltimore, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2018, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes 17 turbulent tales, includes stories by Ambrose Bierce, Michael Lewis, Dan Simmons, John Varley, Joe Hill, Ray Bradbury, James Dickey, Vincent, and King who offers The Turbulence Expert, King also provides the introduction. Fine. JD36817 | $50.00 |
| [fine, unread, in publisher's shrink-wrap] King, Stephen. 11/22/63. NY, Scribners, 2011, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. This is the special Signed collector's edition with a different dust jacket than the trade edition, King rides his way-back machine to re-visit JFK's assassination, one of 1,000 copies, with DVD. Stephen King. JD36751 | $2,550.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. Christine. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1983, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Jacket is price-clipped. Near fine. JD36809 | $100.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. Different Seasons. London, Macdonald, 1982, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Comprised of four short "seasonal" novels, most of which were film sources, includes Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Apt Pupil, The Body, and The Breathing Method, includes an Afterword by King. Fine. JD36764 | $225.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. ES. Linkenheim, Edition Phantasia, 1986, first edition. Issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, translated by Alexadra von Reinhardt, limited to 250 copies specially bound in black with all edges bright red, with ribbon place marker, although the numbering of the limitation is difficult to read, it is probably No. 146, this first German edition of It is very scarce, it precedes the American edition making it the true first edition, it has been reported that King was not happy with the book and had it suppressed, making it even more difficult to find and, if true, the number of copies would be less than the original 250. Fine. JD36814 | $2,500.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. Firestarter. London, Macdonald, 1980, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Film source, an early novel for King before his career exploded. Tanned pages, as usual, else fine in a fine jacket with an attached small price sticker from a British seller. JD36758 | $180.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. From a Buick 8. Baltimore, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2002, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. With publisher's slipcase, dust jacket and interior artwork by Bernie Wrightson, with an authors' note at the end, this is the gift edition published at $75, apparently one of 1,750 copies, scarce. Fine, unread. JD36744 | $500.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. If It Bleeds. NY, Scribner, 2020, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. New fiction by the master of horror, includes Mr. Harrigan's Phone, The Life of Chuck, If It Bleeds, and Rat, followed by a note from King. Fine. JD36803 | $75.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. It. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1986, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Source for two film versions. Age to cheap paper pages, else fine. JD36799 | $350.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. Pet Sematary. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1983, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Fine. JD36807 | $150.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. Revival. Mechanicsburg, Letterpress Publications, 2019, first edition. Issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, imitation leather binding, one of 1,500 copies illustrated by Francois Vaillancourt, introduction by Josh Boone, other artwork by Vincent Chong, also includes A Nasty Piece of Work by Bev Vincent a view of King's writing of this novel, with ribbon place marker, Signed by Vaillancourt, Boone, Chong, and Vincent (but not by King). Fine, unread, in publisher's shrink-wrap. JD36765 | $450.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. Riding the Bullet. Baltimore, Lonely Road Books, 2010, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Issued with publisher's slipcase, a novella, cover and interior artwork by Alan M. Clark, bound back-to-back with Riding the Bullet, a screenplay, by Mick Garris, Garris provides his own introduction, the screenplay is followed by an art gallery by Bernie Wrightson, followed by photos from the movie set with captions by Garris, followed by the director's notebook, published at $75. Fine. JD36749 | $225.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. Riding the Bullet. Baltimore, Lonely Road Books, 2010, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Issued with publisher's slipcase, a novella, cover and interior artwork by Alan M. Clark, bound back-to-back with Riding the Bullet, a screenplay, by Mick Garris, Garris provides his own introduction, the screenplay is followed by an art gallery by Bernie Wrightson, followed by photos from the movie set with captions by Garris, followed by the director's notebook, published at $75. Fine. JD36750 | $225.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. Riding the Bullet. Baltimore, Lonely Road Books, 2010, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. With publisher's tray case, bound back-to-back with the screenplay of this King novella by Mick Garris, his screenplay is followed by an art gallery by Bernie Wrightson, photos from the movie set with captions by Garris, and the director's notebook with captions by Garris, includes the loosely laid in sheet noting that this special edition has been signed on a "two-sided signature sheet" tipped into the book after page 48, No. 251 of 500 copies Signed by Garris and Alan M. Clark, the illustrator. Fine. JD36770 | $450.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. Rose Madder. NY, Viking, 1995, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Advance copy, an uncorrected proof. Fading to spine panel that extended some to front and back covers, very good plus. JD36790 | $150.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. The Bachman Books. NY, New American Library, 1985, first ediiton, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes four early novels by King writing as Richard Bachman (Rage, The Long Walk, Roadwork, and The Running Man), includes an introduction by King titled "Why I Was Bachman," includes b&w illustrations of each of the paperback originals. Slight age to pages, near fine. JD36753 | $999.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. The Dark Tower IV Wizard and Glass. NY, Penguin, 1996, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. An excerpt for the then-upcoming next-in-the-series, front cover notes that this is a gift from King. Aged pages, else nearly fine. JD36793 | $35.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger. NY, Plume, 1988, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This first paperbound edition is illustrated by Michael Whelan, King also provides the Afterword. Pages just beginning to tan a bit, else fine. JD36818 | $45.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. The Eyes of the Dragon. NY, Viking, 1987, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Illustrated by David Palladini. Fine. JD36812 | $150.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. The Green Mile. Burton, Subterranean Press, 2006, first edition. Issued without dust jackets, but with publisher's slipcase, these six volumes are the first separate hardcover edition, introduction by Ralph Vicinanza, ,illustrated by Mark Geyer, Foreword: A Letter by King precedes Part One, The Two Dead Girls, the remaining volumes are The Mouse on the Mile, Coffey's Hands, The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix, Night Journey, and Coffey on the Mile, these books were originally published separately as paperback originals, Vol. 6 ends with King's Afterword and a list of those who walked The Green Mile, including King, this is apparently one of 2,000 copies. Fine. JD36771 | $750.00 |
| [Stephen King] King, Stephen. The Green Mile. NY, Plume, 1997, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. This is the complete serial novel that was originally issued in six parts, illustrated by Mark Geyer, introduction by King. Fine. JD36786 | $25.00 |
| [Stephen King] (King, Stephen). Black Magic & Music. n.p. (Bangor), Bangor Historical Society, 1983, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This was later issued in a truncated format, but this is the true first edition with 40 extra pages of text and advertisements, the book was issued as a benefit for the Society featuring King and jazzman Brad Terry, the book includes the president's message plus a one-page piece on King, along with a very youthful photo of him, interestingly this brief biography says he is awaiting his latest book, Derry, later in the book is a photo of King in front of his Bangor home titled Come Into My Parlor followed by his four-page A Novelist's Perspective on Bangor, this full-length book is scarce. Fine. JD36741 | $750.00 |
| [Stephen King] (King, Stephen). Stephen King's Year of Fear 1986 Calendar. NY, Plume, 1985, first edition. Cover photo of King in front of his Bangor, ME home, illustrated, the calendar notes the birthdays of writers and artists who both scared and entertained him. A bit rumpled. JD36796 | $35.00 |
| [Stephen King] (King, Stephen). The Return of Stephen King. Beverly Hills, Playboy, December 2007, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Kim Kardashian is featured on the cover and internally, the King piece is one of several articles, interviews, pictorials. As new in a sealed plastic bag, as issued. JD36797 | $25.00 |
| [Stephen King] McCauley, Kirby (editor). Dark Forces. NY, Viking, 1980, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. "new stories of suspense and supernatural horror," 22 short stories by the likes of I. B. Singer, Davis Grubb, Ray Bradbury, Edward Gorey, Robert Bloch, etc., including the first appearance of Stephen King's The Mist, a short novel. Fine in a near fine jacket. JD36763 | $100.00 |
| [Stephen King] Potter, J. K. The Art of Skeleton Crew. Santa Cruz, Scream Press, 1985, first editio, wrappers. Softcover. One of 500 copies Signed by Potter, a Scream/Press portfolio with 20 illustrations used in its signed/limited edition of Skeleton Crew by Stephen King, also includes two c.11X122-inch folded color posters laid in loosely. Bump to bottom left corner. JD36767 | $450.00 |
| [Stephen King] Quigley, Kevin. Wetware: On the Digital Frontline with Stephen King. Baltimore, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2010, first chapbook edition, wrappers. Softcover. Discusses The Mist, The Dark Half, Riding the Bullet, The Plant, etc., scarce. Near fine. JD36785 | $30.00 |
| [Stephen King] Schweitzer, Darrell (editor). Discovering Stephen King. Mercer Island, Starmont House, 1985, first edition. Hardcover, issued without dust jacket, this is No. 8 in the Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism, includes pieces by Don Herron, Chet Williamson, Michael R. Collings, and others. Fine. JD36780 | $35.00 |
| [Stephen King] Underwood, Tim and Miller, Chuck (editors). Bare Bones. Los Angeles, Underwood -Miller, 1988, first edition. Issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, front cover with a hologram of a skull, No. 794 of 1,000 numbered copies, conversations on horror with a master of that craft. Fine. JD36759 | $150.00 |
| [Stephen King] Underwood, Tim and Miller, Chuck (editors). Feast of Fear. San Rafael, Underwood-Miller, 1989, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. With publisher's slipcase, No. 165 of 550 numbered copies, the book is subtitled Conversations With Stephen King, with ribbon place marker. Fine. JD36806 | $75.00 |
| [Stephen King] Underwood, Tim and Miller, Chuck (editors). Kingdom of Fear. San Francisco, Underwood-Miller, 1986, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. First trade edition, subtitled The World of Stephen King, King provides the foreword (The Horror Writer and the Ten Bears), introductions by Robert Bloch and others, also includes material by Ramsey Campbell, Clive Barker, Harland Ellison, Don Herron, the two editors, and others. Fine. JD36804 | $50.00 |
| [Stephen King] Underwood, Tim and Miller, Chuck (editors). Kingdom of Fear. San Francisco, Underwood-Miller, 1986, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Subtitled The World of Stephen King, King provides the foreword (The Horror Writer and the Ten Bears), introductions by Robert Bloch and others, also includes material by Ramsey Campbell, Clive Barker, Harland Ellison, Don Herron, the two editors, and others, although King himself did not sign, this is No. 84 of 500 copies Signed by 15 of the contributors. Fine. JD36805 | $100.00 |
| [Stephen King] Van Hise, James (editor). Enterprise Incidents Presents Stephen King. Tampa, New Media Publishing, 1984, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Illustrated, including photos, reviews King's work. Fine. JD36795 | $35.00 |
| [Stephen King] Wiater, Stanley, Golden, Christopher, and Wagner, Hank. The Stephen King Universe. Baltimore, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2001, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. With publisher's slipcase, this is No. 517 of 1,000 numbered copies Signed by all three authors, map endpapers by Claudia Carlson, dust jacket art and design by Bill Walker, published at $75. Fine. JD36756 | $375.00 |
| [Stephen King] Winter, Douglas E. Stephen King: The Art of Darkness. NY, New American Library, 1984, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Forward by Winter, includes a chronology as well as material on Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining, etc. through The Talisman, also includes a King bibliography. Fine. JD36801 | $50.00 |
| [Stephen King] Winter, Douglas E. Stephen King. Mercer Island, Starmont House, 1982, first edition. Hardcover, issued without dust jacket. this is No. 16 in the Starmont Reader's Guide series, the book covers Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining, The Stand, The Dark Tower, The Dead Zone, Firestarter, The Mist, and others. Fine. JD36779 | $35.00 |
| [Stephen King] Winter, Douglas E. Stephen King. Mercer Island, Starmont House, 1982, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is No. 16 in the Starmont Reader's Guide series, the book covers Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining, The Stand, The Dark Tower, The Dead Zone, Firestarter, The Mist, and others. Fine. JD36781 | $20.00 |
| [Stephen King] Winter, Douglas E. (editor). Prime Evil. West Kingston, Donald M. Grant, 1988, first edition. Issued without jacket, but with publisher's tray case, book design and illustrations by Thomas Canty, introduction by Winter, includes "evil" stories by the likes of Stephen King (The Night Flier), Clive Barker, Peter Straub, and others, this is No. 377 of 1,000 copies Signed by all the contributors. Fine. JD36761 | $999.00 |
| [Stephen King] Wood, Rocky and Brooks, Justin. Stephen King: The Non-Fiction. Baltimore, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2008, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. With publisher's slipcase, this is No. 538 of 200 copies signed by both authors, published at $75. Fine, unread. JD36746 | $125.00 |
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