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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] Shulman, Max. Barefoot Boy With Cheek. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 657 in this important series, a satire about college life, pictures by Will Crawford, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good . JD34901 |  $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. The Charge of the Light Brigade And Other Poems. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 658 in this important series, a paperback original, poems selected and with an introduction by Louis Untermeyer, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD32329 | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Dunninger, Joseph. What's On Your Mind?. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 659 in this important series, "the mystery and technique of thought reading," introduction by Walter B. Gibson, with tests and illustrations, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD31930 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Dunninger, Joseph. What's On Your Mind?. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 659 in this important series, "the mystery and technique of thought reading," introduction by Walter B. Gibson, with tests and illustrations, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. JD35599 | $10.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Peattie, Roderick. Look to the Frontiers. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 661 in this important series, "a geography for the peace table," 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. JD34905 | $10.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hemingway, Ernest. To Have and Have Not. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 667 in this important series, a novel and source of the Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall film, Hanneman A14e, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Cover creases and some wear, else very good. JD33717 | $50.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Hemingway, Ernest. To Have and Have Not. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 667 in this important series, a novel and source of the Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall film, Hanneman A14e, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD33766 | $60.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] de Maupassant, Guy. Mademoiselle Fifi And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. 669 in this important series, a paperback original, short stories, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. JD34911 | $10.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Short, Luke. Gunman's Chance. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 670 in this important series, a Western, 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. JD34912 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] London, Jack. White Fang. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 672 in this important series, it reprints ASE No. G-182 issued earlier in the series in 1944, "a dog story of the North Country," written from the point of view of the dog, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Cover creases, else very good. JD35601 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Smith, H. Allen. Low Man on a Totem Pole. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 673 in this important series, memoirs, with a note from Smith that precedes the book and an introduction by Fred Allen, it reprints ASE No. G-183 issued earlier in the series in 1944, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD34915 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Edmonds, Walter D. Selected Short Stories of Walter D. Edmonds. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition , wrappers. Softcover. No. 677 in this important series, a paperback original, short stories set in upstate New York, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Spine faded, else very good. JD34918 | $10.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Grey, Zane. Western Union. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 678 in this important series, a Western novel by a recognized master, 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 minus. JD34434 | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Forester, C. S. The Captain From Connecticut. NY, Armed Services editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 679 in this important series, a historical novel with Forester's first American hero, Capt. Josiah Peabody, 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. JD32334 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Arnold, Elliott. Tomorrow Will Sing. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 681 in this important series, a novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Clean very good plus. JD32336 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Haycox, Ernest. Bugles in the Afternoon. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 683 in this important series, a historical novel with a Gen. Custer aspect by an author who usually wrote Westerns, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34439 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 691 in this important series, "condensed for wartime reading," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD32339 | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 691 in this important series, classic Dickens, "condensed for wartime reading," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34925 | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Stone, Irving. Immortal Wife. NY, Armed Services editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 693 in this important series, a biographical novel of Jessie Benton Fremont, wife of John Charles Fremont, they were one of the first celebrity couples, condensed for wartime reading, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD34928 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] White, E. B. Quo Vadimus? Or the Case for the Bicycle. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 696 in this important series, American humor, includes some of his best pieces from "The New Yorker," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Clean, bright, very good plus. JD32343 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] White, E. B. Quo Vadimus? Or the Case for the Bicycle. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 696 in this important series, American humor, includes some of his best pieces from "The New Yorker," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD32746 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] White, E. B. Quo Vadimus? Or the Case for the Bicycle. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 696 in this important series, American humor, includes some of his best pieces from "The New Yorker," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34931 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Kober, Arthur. Thunder Over the Bronx. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 697 in this important series, humorous sketches, with a note about the author at the end, introduction by Dorothy Parker, illustrated with cartoons by Hoff, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34932 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Wells, H. G. The Island of Dr. Moreau. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 698 in this important series, a fantasy-thriller, film source, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD34933 | $45.00 |
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