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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] Terhune, Albert Payson. Lad: A Dog. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 714 in this important series, a classic dog story, illustrated by Robert L. Dickey, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Spine fade, else very good. JD36854 |  $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Webster, Noah. Webster's New Handy Dictionary. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 717 in this important series, second issue with other ASE titles listed in the rear from Nos. 735 to 774, "based upon Webster's international dictionary," this and the other dictionary, No. 718, are among the scarcest books in the series, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good. JD36485 | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Webster, Noah. Webster's New Handy Dictionary. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 718 in this important series, second issue of this number with the numbering sequence in the rear from No. 735 to 774 (the first issue is numbered from No. 695 to 734), based on Webster's New International Dictionary, a very scarce book, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Front cover rough, else very good. JD33929 | $50.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Webster, Noah. Webster's New Handy Dictionary. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 718 in this important series, second issue with other ASE titles listed in the rear from Nos. 735 to 774, "based upon Webster's international dictionary," this and the other dictionary, No. 717, are among the scarcest books in the series, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. A bit rough and with some ink numbering not affecting the text. JD34955 | $65.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Webster, Noah. Webster's New Handy Dictionary. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 718 in this important series, first issue with other ASE titles listed in the rear from Nos. 696 to 734, "based upon Webster's international dictionary," this and the other dictionary, No. 717, are among the scarcest books in the series, 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. JD36487 | $60.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Wells, H. G. The War of the Worlds. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 745 in this important series, a fantasy classic and film source, reprinted later in the series as No. 1091 in 1946, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD34451 | $100.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Steinbeck, John. Cup of Gold. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 750 in this important series, Author's First Book, "a life of Sir Henry Morgan, buccaneer with occasional references to history," preface by Lewis Gannett, Goldstone & Payne A1j, Morrow 9, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. JD34456 | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 751 in this important series, Author's First Book, film source, to say that this is a mystery is wholly inadequate, Bruccoli check list I-6 (with an incorrect date of publication), issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34457 | $175.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Chamberlain, George Agnew. The Phantom Filly. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 783 in this important series, it reprints ASE No. J-279 published earlier in the series in 1944, a novel of harness racing, 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. JD36549 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Steinbeck, John. The Long Valley. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 794 in this important series, it includes such classic Steinbeck short stories as The Chrysanthemums, The Snake, Johnny Bear, Flight, The Raid, The Harness, The Vigilante, The Murder, and all portions of The Red Pony, with a note about the author at the end, Goldstone & Payne A11c, Morrow 93, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. JD36856 | $35.00 |
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