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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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| [Modern Literature] Hailey, Arthur. Airport. Garden City, Doubleday, 1968, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. This copy Inscribed by Hailey to David Belch, head of public relations for the San Francisco Public Library, in the year of publication, additionally, this is a Review Copy with a review slip, source for the Burt Lancaster film. Fine in a very good plus jacket. JD31200 |  $225.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Halleran, E. E. Double Cross Trail. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1206 in this important series, a novel of the early West, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, this is in the very scarce upright/vertical format. Very good. JD35997 | $85.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Hamalian, Leo and Volpe, Edmond L. (editors). Pulitzer Prize Reader. NY, Popular Library, 1964, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. E106, introduction by Leon Edel, includes John Steinbeck's Johnny Bear, brief biography and text pages 170-186, text from The Long Valley, Goldstone & Payne B140, Morrow 361, this copy Inscribed by editor Hamalian, it also includes William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Robert Frost, James Michener, John F. Kennedy, Sinclair Lewis, Willa Cather, and others. Very good plus. JD29633 | $20.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Hamalian, Leo. As Others See Us. NY, Ararat Press, 1980, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. "The Armenian image in literature". Sticker on title page that bleeds through to title page, else fine. JD33774 | $45.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Hamalian, Leo. Burn After Reading. NY, Ararat Press, 1978, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. A collection of essays about Middle Eastern culture, the Palestine question, the role ofd women in Arab life, and a study of the image of Armenians in contemporary fiction, this copy Inscribed by Hamalian. Fine. JD33772 | $60.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Hansen, Harry (editor). O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1934. Garden City, Doubleday, Doran, 1934, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. This is John Steinbeck's second contribution to a book other than his own, it includes his short story, The Murder, plus a brief biography, pages 176-192, text from the April 1934 issue of The North American Review, this vintage anthology also includes William Saroyan, Pearl Buck, Erskine Caldwell, William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, and others, Goldstone & Payne B2, not recorded by Morrow, very scarce in jacket. Very good minus. JD29294 | $100.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Hanson, Robert F. 132 Central Avenue. Bradenton, Opuscula Press, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This miniature includes a color photo of 132 Central Avenue (John Steinbeck's boyhood home) which serves as the frontispiece, one of 500 copies, this is a Publisher Presentation Copy, Inscribed by Hanson. Foxing, else fine. JD28899 | $50.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Hargrave, John. Summer Time Ends. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1935, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Second issue jacket with a lengthy commentary by John Steinbeck which is prominently featured all over the jacket (the first issue jacket is simply illustrated without being plastered with Steinbeck's praise for this experimental novel), Goldstone & Payne G30, not recorded by Morrow. Fine in a near fine jacket. JD29292 | $125.00 |
| [The West] Harlan, Robert D. The Two Hundredth Book. San Francisco, The Book Club of California, Oct. 1993, first edition. Issued without dust jacket, a bibliography of the books published by The Club 1953-1993, it seeks to emulate the Magee bibliography, embellished by original announcement inserts and facsimiles of memorable title pages, prospectus and book reception card laid in. As new. JD1130 | $150.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Harmon, Robert B. Steinbeck Bibliographies: An Annotated Guide. Metuchen, Scarecrow Press, 1987, first edition. Issued without dust jacket, this is another bibliographic guide from one of the hardest working Steinbeck bibliographers in the world, annotates and evaluates a number of Steinbeck bibliographies, this copy Inscribed by the author. Fine. JD28934 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Harmon, Robert B. The First Editions of Gertrude Stein. Los Altos, Hermes Publications, 1978, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Part of a series of pocket guides, other authors covered in the series include John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Robinson Jeffers, this copy is Inscribed by Harmon. Fine. JD30182 | $35.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Harmon, Robert B. The Grapes of Wrath: A Fifty Year Bibliographic Survey. San Jose, Steinbeck Research Center, 1990, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. An excellent and important bibliographic work, with photo illustrations. Fine. JD29043 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Harte, Bret and Twain, Mark. Sketches of the Sixties. San Francisco, John Howell, 1927, second edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. This second (and best) edition includes illustrations and "forgotten material now collected for the first time from The Californian 1864-67," introduction by the publisher, John Howell, title page by Edwin Grabhorn, front and rear pastedowns and endpapers show "Steamer Day in San Francisco, 1866--As Pictured by Edwin Jump. Fine in a very good plus jacket. JD30691 | $60.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Hartzell, James and Zumwinkle, Richard. Kenneth Rexroth A Checklist of His Published Writings. Los Angeles, Friends of the UCLA LIbrary, 1967, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. With a foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell, a complimentary copy with slip laid in loosely. Very good plus. JD31175 | $35.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Hauk, Steve. Steinbeck The Untold Stories. Santa Clara, Steinbeck Now, 2017, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Illustrated by C. Kline, includes Hauk's preface followed by his fictional tales, Signed by him. Fine. JD35608 | $15.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Hayashi, Tetsumaro. A New Steinbeck Bibliography: 1971-1981. Metuchen, Scarecrow Press, 1983, first edition. Issued without dust jacket, includes a flyer about the book laid in loosely, this copy Signed by Hayashi, also Inscribed by Dr. Robert DeMott who contributes the introduction. Fine. JD29016 | $35.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Hayashi, Tetsumaro. Steinbeck's Literary Dimension: A Guide to Comparative Studies. Metuchen, Scarecrow Press, 1973, first edition. This hardcover was issued without dust jacket, with prospectus from the Scarecrow Press laid in loosely, this copy Signed by Hayashi, includes essays by such well-known Steinbeck scholars as Warren French, John Ditsky, Peter Lisca, Richard Astro, and others, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne, Morrow 634. Fine. JD28733 | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Haycox, Ernest. Long Storm. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1947), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 1267 in this important series, a novel set in Portland, OR during the Civil War, 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, this is in the very scarce upright/vertical format. Very good plus. JD36010 | $85.00 |
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