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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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| [Steinbeckiana] Parini, Jay. John Steinbeck A Biography. London, Heinemann, 1994, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Photo illustrated, a dubious biography that pales in comparison to its predecessor, Jackson Benson's The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer, published 10 years earlier. Fine. JD28950 |  $30.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Parker, Dorothy. Selected Short Stories of Dorothy Parker. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. R-4 in this important series, a paperback original, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34856 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Parker, Robert B. Crimson Joy. NY, Delacorte, 1988, first edition. Issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, No. 128 of 250 numbered copies Signed by Robert B. Parker, black cloth, AEG. Fine. JD31170 | $45.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the final revised draft dated October 2, 1985 for this episode titled "Autumn Thieves" as written by Jerry Ziegman, Parker, who created the Spencer character, is credited as a consultant, printed on green paper (rectos only), brad-bound. Fine. JD31214 | $20.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the final draft dated November 11, 1985 for this episode titled "And the Hunter Home From the Hill" as written by Robert Hamilton, Parker, who created the Spencer character, is credited as a consultant, printed on white paper (rectos only), brad-bound. Fine. JD31215 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the final draft dated November 1, 1985 for this episode titled "A Day's Wages" as written by Robert McKee and Bruce Murkhoff, Parker, who created the Spencer character, is credited as a consultant, printed on white paper (rectos only), brad-bound. Fine. JD31216 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the "WORK DRAFT" dated June 21, 1985 for this episode titled "Discord in A Minor" as written by Janet Kapsin, based on the character created by Parker, printed on white paper (rectos only), brad-bound. Fine. JD31217 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the FINAL DRAFT dated July 18, 1985 for the episode titled "No Room at the Inn" written by John Wilder, based on the character created by Parker who is credited as a consultant, pink sheets, printed on rectos only, brad-bound. Fine. JD31218 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the FINAL DRAFT dated September 25, 1985 for the episode titled "Children of a Tempest Storm" written by Robert Hamilton, based on the character created by Parker who is credited as a consultant, light blue sheets, printed on rectos only, brad-bound. Fine. JD31219 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the REVISED FINAL DRAFT dated January 21, 1985 for the episode titled "Angel of Desolation" written by Robert Hamilton, based on the character created by Parker who is credited as a consultant, light blue sheets, printed on rectos only, brad-bound. Fine. JD31220 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1984, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the TV script for the very first Spencer: For Hire episode, this is the FIRST DRAFT dated November 19, 1984, for the episode titled "Promise Land" written by John Wilder, based on the character created by Parker's novel of the same title, white sheets, printed on rectos only, brad-bound. Fine. JD31221 | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the FINAL DRAFT, REVISED dated December 6, 1985 for the episode titled "A Madness Most Discreet" written by Robert Hamilton, based on the character created by Parker who is credited as a consultant, light blue sheets, printed on rectos only, brad-bound. Fine. JD31222 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the REVISED FINAL DRAFT dated November 4, 1985 for the episode titled "Internal Affairs" written by Bruce Murkoff, based on the character created by Parker who is credited as a consultant, light blue sheets, printed on rectos only, brad-bound. Fine. JD31223 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1987, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the FINAL DRAFT dated January 27, 1987 (actually a revised script dated January 28, 1987) for the episode titled "One For My Daughter" written by Parker himself, based on the character he created, the story is credited to Parker wife, Joan Parker, printed on rectos only, brad-bound. Fine. JD31224 | $35.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1987, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the FINAL DRAFT dated June 29, 1987 for the episode titled "Homecoming" written by Parker himself, based on the character he created, printed on light blue sheets, rectos only, brad-bound. Fine. JD31225 | $30.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1986, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the REVISED FINAL DRAFT dated February 18, 1986 for the episode titled "At the River's Edge" written by Robert Hamilton, based on the character created by Parker who is credited as a consultant, light blue sheets, printed on rectos only, brad-bound. Fine. JD31226 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1986, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the FINAL DRAFT dated February 26, 1986 for the episode titled "Rage" written by Bruce Murkoff, based on the character created by Parker who is credited as a consultant, white sheets, printed on rectos only, brad-bound. Fine. JD31227 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1986, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the SECOND REV. FINAL DRAFT dated January 8, 1986 for the episode titled "When Silence Speaks" written by Robert Hamilton, based on the character created by Parker who is credited as a consultant, pink sheets, printed on rectos only, brad-bound. Fine. JD31228 | $25.00 |
| [Modern Literature] (Parker, Robert B.). Spencer: For Hire. Burbank, Warner Bros. Television, 1986, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is the REVISED FINAL DRAFT dated March 6, 1986 for the episode titled "Hell Hath No Fury" written by Daniel Freudenberger, based on the character created by Parker who is credited as a consultant, light sheets, printed on rectos only, brad-bound. Fine. JD31229 | $25.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Patrick, Ted. The Thinking Dog's Man. NY, Random House, 1964, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. "The mystique of the relationship between man and his dog," illustrated by Roy McKie, includes a letter from John Steinbeck explaining why he could not write an introduction for this book, Goldstone & Payne B145, Morrow 363. Fine. JD29435 | $50.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Patrick, Ted. The Thinking Dog's Man. NY, Random House, 1964, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. "The mystique of the relationship between man and his dog," illustrated by Roy McKie, includes a letter from John Steinbeck explaining why he could not write an introduction for this book, Goldstone & Payne B145, Morrow 363. Ink inscription, else fine in a near fine jacket. JD30923 | $35.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Paul, Elliot. The Last Time I Saw Paris. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1946), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 927 in this important series, Paris from the post-war '20s through the pre-war '30s to "the death of a nation," with one map illustration, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Covers a bit rough, very good minus. JD34674 | $12.50 |
| [John Steinbeck] Pearsall, Robert and Erickson, Ursula Spier (editors). The Californians. San Francisco, Hesperian House, 1961, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Two volumes, map endpapers, it mentions Steinbeck and his The Grapes of Wrath, page 6, includes a brief Steinbeck biography and his short story, Johnny Bear, pages 163-183, Goldstone & Payne B118, not recorded by Morrow, also includes Jack London, George Sterling, Ina Coolbrith, Frank Norris, Mary Austin, James M. Cain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Fante, Robinson Jeffers, William Saroyan, Jack Kerouac, and others. Near fine. JD29635 | $60.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Peattie, Donald Culross. An Almanac For Moderns. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-27 in this important series, winner of a Gold Medal from the Limited Editions Club, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD32677 | $10.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Peattie, Donald Culross. An Almanac For Moderns. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-27 in this important series, winner of a Gold Medal from the Limited Editions Club, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good plus. JD34886 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Peattie, Roderick. Geography in Human Destiny. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. R-12 in this important series, with original maps and charts drawn by Arthur H. Robinson, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD34363 | $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] Pennell, Joseph Stanley. The History of Rome Hanks. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-36 in this important series, a historical novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD33898 | $10.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Pennell, Joseph Stanley. The History of Rome Hanks. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. No. S-36 in this important series, a historical novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Burns to rear cover, good. JD34895 | $10.00 |
| [John Steinbeck] Perry, George Sessions (editor). Roundup Time. NY, Whittlesey House, 1943, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Map endpapers, a collection of Southwestern Writing, includes a selection from John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, brief introduction and text pages 149-171, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes Katherine Anne Porter, Paul Horgan, O. Henry, J. Frank Dobie, Ross Santee, and others. Fine in a near fine jacket. JD29391 | $45.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Petersen, Carl. Each In Its Ordered Place: A Faulkner Collector's Notebook. Ann Arbor, Ardis Publishers, 1975, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. This bibliography is essential for any Faulkner collector, one of 1,000 copies. Fine. JD30611 | $150.00 |
| [Wallace Stegner] Peterson, Diane. Catalogue Twelve Wallace Stegner. Atherton, Diane Peterson Book Lady, Feb. 1992, first edition, self-wrappers. Softcover. Includes 210 items from the collection of Maurice Dunbar, with color photo of Stegner and Dunbar affixed to first preliminary, front cover illustration from Stegner's Beyond The Hundredth Meridian, one of only 150 copies of this Catalogue 12, an excellent reference, this copy Signed by Wallace Stegner. Fine. JD3490 | $75.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Pinchon, Edgcumb. Zapata the Unconquerable. NY, Doubleday, Doran, 1941, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Frontispiece portrait of Emiliano Zapata, a "biography of a great leader in the Mexican revolution of 1910," this was undoubtedly a source book for John Steinbeck in his writing the screenplay for Viva Zapata!, map endpapers, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne nor Morrow. Very good . JD28291 | $75.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Place, J. A. The Non-Western Films of John Ford. Secaucus, Citadel Press, 1979, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated with photos, includes text about and photos from the film version of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, pages 59-70, not recorded by Morrow. Fine. JD28789 | $45.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Potter, Beatrix. Ginger & Pickles. London, Frederick Warne and Co., 1909, first edition, first printing. Color frontispiece with several other illustrations, most of them in color, with the 1909 publication date on the title page, Ginger was a tom-cat and Pickles was a terrier, they gave unlimited credit to their customers, Peter Rabbit among them, and thus went broke. Nearly all the paper along the spine has chipped away, else a solid copy. JD31638 | $300.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Powell, Lawrence Clark. The Double Marriage of Robinson Jeffers. Dallas, Southern Methodist University Press, n.d. (c.1956), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. A reprint of this article that first appeared in "Southwest Review" in the summer of 1956, the "marriage" refers both to the legal kind and Jeffers's marriage to the Monterey coast. Previously folded, very good. JD30528 | $30.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Powell, Lawrence Clark. To the Editor of the Crow's Nest. NY, The Colophon: New Graphic Series, September 1939, first edition. Printed and illustrated boards, printed by the Pynson Printers, includes a letter from Powell of some interest about Steinbeck, pages 88-89, Goldstone & Payne G8, Morrow 563. Aged toned, else fine. JD28473 | $50.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Powell, Lawrence Clark. Toward A Bibliography of John Steinbeck. NY, The Colophon: New Series, Autumn 1938, first edition. Illustrated cloth over boards, rather interesting that anyone would be working on a bibliography of a writer who had been published for only nine years at that point, pages 558-568, Goldstone & Payne G5, Morrow 560. Very good. JD28477 | $65.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Powers, Tim. The Stress of Her Regard. Lynbrook, Charnel House, 1989, first edition. Issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, bound in stone-washed denim (both book and slipcase), illustrated by Powers including the endpapers front and rear, introduction by Dean R. Koontz, afterword by James P. Blaylock, this is No. 188 of 500 numbered copies Signed by Powers, Koontz, and Blaylock. Fine, unread. JD33257 | $200.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Powers, Tom. Virgin With Butterflies. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 831 in this important series, a humorous novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Solid very good. JD33294 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Powers, Tom. Virgin With Butterflies. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 831 in this important series, a humorous novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Solid very good. JD34539 | $15.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Priestley, J. B. The Good Companions. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1929, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Source for two films, a TV presentation, stage presentations and musicals, second issue with the word "ordinary" present on line 17, page 66, scarce in jacket. Very good plus. JD33210 | $100.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Prokosch, Frederic. The Asiatics. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 764 in this important series, his first novel, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. JD33346 | $12.50 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Prokosch, Frederic. The Asiatics. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. 764 in this important series, his first 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. JD34470 | $12.50 |
| [Modern Literature] Pronzini, Bill. Panic!. NY, Random House, 1972, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. His third book. Very good plus in a fine jacket. JD31140 | $50.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Pronzini, Bill. The Stalker. NY, Random House, 1971, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book, a Review Copy with Review slip, laid in loosely is a typed letter signed from Lee Wright of Random House presenting the book to David Belch, head of public relations for the San Francisco Public Library. Very good plus in a near fine jacket. JD31138 | $100.00 |
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