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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] Skinner, Cornelia Otis. Dithers and Jitters. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-1 in this important series, humorous sketches, with drawings, 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. Solid very good. JD32308 |  $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Skinner, Cornelia Otis. Dithers and Jitters. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-1 in this important series, humorous sketches, with drawings, 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 plus. JD34392 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Wells, H. G. The Time Machine. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-2 in this important series, a classic fantasy and source for several films, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34393 | $75.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Ewen, David. Men of Popular Music. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-4 in this important series, first issue, reprinted later in the series as No. 1150 in 1946, material on Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Louis Armstrong, W. C. Handy, Duke Ellington, etc., issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD34395 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Levant, Oscar. A Smattering of Ignorance. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-7 in this important series, "impudent, wit-filled stories about music, musicians, and himself," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Bright and clean, very good plus. JD34398 | $25.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Levant, Oscar. A Smattering of Ignorance. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-7 in this important series, "impudent, wit-filled stories about music, musicians, and himself," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good minus. JD35379 | $17.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Untermeyer, Louis (selector). The Fireside Book of Verse. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-8 in this important series, a paperback original, foreword by Untermeyer, "favorite poems of romance and adventure" by Joaquin Miller, Longfellow, Whittier, Coleridge, Bret Harte, etc., issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34399 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Tetlow, Henry. We Farm for a Hobby and Make It Pay. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-11 in this important series, story of how a businessman became a farmer, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34402 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Kantor, MacKinlay. Gentle Annie. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), second issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-14 in this important series, first issue, it reprints ASE B-38 issued in 1943, a frontier novel, 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. JD34405 | $10.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Coates, Robert M. The Outlaw Years. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-15 in this important series, a history of land pirates of the Natchez Trace, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD32684 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Coates, Robert M. The Outlaw Years. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-15 in this important series, a history of land pirates of the Natchez Trace, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34406 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Quentin, Patrick. Puzzle for Puppets. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-17 in this important series, a murder mystery set in San Francisco, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34408 | $20.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] James, Henry. Daisy Miller And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-18 in this important series, a paperback original, selected stories, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD32316 | $17.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] James, Henry. Daisy Miller And Other Stories. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-18 in this important series, a paperback original, selected stories, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34409 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Taylor, Rosemary. Ridin' the Rainbow. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-19 in this important series, "father's life in Tucson," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD34410 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Brand, Max. Riders of the Plains. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-21 in this important series, a Western novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34412 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Sloane, William. The Edge of Running Water. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-23 in this important series, first issue, reprinted later in the series as No. 1169 in 1946, a fantasy, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34414 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Mantle, Burns (editor). The Best Plays of 1943-1944. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-25 in this important series, a paperback original, includes Winged Victory by Moss Hart, The Searching Wind by Lillian Hellman, The Voice of the Turtle by John Van Druten, Over 21 by Ruth Gordon, Jacobowsky and the Colonel by S. N. Behrman based on a play by Franz Werfel, and The Innocent Voyage by Paul Osborn, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD32703 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Mantle, Burns (editor). The Best Plays of 1943-1944. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-25 in this important series, a paperback original, includes Winged Victory by Moss Hart, The Searching Wind by Lillian Hellman, The Voice of the Turtle by John Van Druten, Over 21 by Ruth Gordon, Jacobowsky and the Colonel by S. N. Behrman based on a play by Franz Werfel, and The Innocent Voyage by Paul Osborn, with a note about the authors 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. JD34416 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Fast, Howard. Freedom Road. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-26 in this important series, a historical novel of the Reconstruction period in the South, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34417 | $10.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Karig, Commander Walter and Kelley, Lt. Wellbourn. Battle Report. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-31 in this important series, Pearl Harbor to Coral Sea, with 13 maps, a narrative of the American Navy, prepared from official sources, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD34422 | $15.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Bromfield, Louis. The World We Live In. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. T-32 in this important series, short stories, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD34423 | $12.50 |
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