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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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| [Stephen King] Quigley, Kevin. Wetware: On the Digital Frontline with Stephen King. Baltimore, Cemetery Dance Publications, 2010, first chapbook edition, wrappers. Softcover. Discusses The Mist, The Dark Half, Riding the Bullet, The Plant, etc., scarce. Near fine. JD36785 |  $30.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Rampling, Anne. Belinda. NY, Arbor House, 1986, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Second book of erotica by Anne Rice using the Anne Rampling pseudonym, this is her favorite book among her own work. Fine, unread. JD33084 | $35.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Rawlins, Ray. The Stein and Day Book of World Autographs. NY, Stein and Day, 1978, first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover. An A-to-Z presentation of autograph samples, including literary figures such as Jack London, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, and many others, as well as autograph samples from other well known figures in all fields, jacket is un-priced. Fore edge foxed, else fine. JD28759 | $25.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Rawls, Walton. The Great Book of Currier & Ives' America. NY, Abbeville Press, 1979, first edition. Full leather, issued without dust jacket, but with publisher's slipcase, No. 487 of 1,500 copies, with the printed and illustrated limitation sheet, profusely illustrated, 300 of which are in full color, many are full-page illustrations, with some being double-spread illustrations, an amazing book. Fine. JD30558 | $100.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Richter, Conrad. The Sea of Grass. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. C-62 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, this is a scarce D-Day ASE issue. Very good. JD34031 | $45.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Richter, Conrad. The Trees. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. D-98 in this important series, a historical novel of early American life, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, a scarce and important D-Day ASE. Very good plus. JD36299 | $45.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Riggs, Susan. Steinbeck at Stanford. Stanford, The Stanford Magazine, Fall/Winter 1976, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. An article about his days at Stanford University by the woman who catalogued Stanford's Steinbeck collection, illustrated with photos with some excerpts from his works, pages 14-21. Very nearly fine. JD33387 | $10.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Roberts, Kenneth. Autograph Postcard Signed. Kennebunkport, Kenneth Roberts, December 2 (n.d.), first edition. The 1-cent postcard is addressed to Malcolm Johnson, his editor at Doubleday, Doran at Rockefeller Center in New York City, the majority of the message side of the card is taken up with a printed scene, along with his full name, showing a tree, a rifle with powder horn, a globe, and a seaside scene showing a ship with full sails showing, under which Roberts has written, "What do you mean, ready/for occupancy? If we/get in March 1st we'll/be lucky! Ken". Postcard with a bit of age, else fine. JD33765 | $75.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Roberts, Kenneth. Harlem in Siberia. n.p., n.p., n.d., first edition. This is a nine-page typescript of this story about an American traveling through Siberia whose trains breaks down, while awaiting repairs, he happens upon a Black woman singing an old Southern song about "a little black baby who wasn't allowed to play with a little white baby, and pined away and died," the woman and her brother, American entertainers, had settled there, along with her elderly husband who owns a nearby vodka factory, they and other characters have dinner together until the man's train is repaired, although the title is given, no author is noted, but other ABAA members have indicated that this story is by Kenneth Roberts, it comes from the estate of his long-time friend and editor at Doubleday, Malcolm Johnson, with a letter of provenance from Johnson's daughter-in-law, the story is typed on rectos only (with the exception of the first page which was started on the verso for two lines until Roberts started over again), there are hand-corrections, strike-throughs, word changes, changes of locations of words, changes in punctuation, etc. on every page, it appears that this story is unpublished. Typed on cheap paper, first leaf with faint paper clip marks. JD31898 | $1,250.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. NY, Doubleday, Doran, 1940, first edition. Two volumes, de luxe binding, TEG, full red leather, two gilt rules around front and back covers, spine with five raised bands with title, author, volume number, and date in gilt along with other gilt rules and decor, marbled endpapers with gilt decor around inside front and rear covers, with Thomas Buell's map of Loyal Long Island 1776-1783 to show Howe's victory over the rebels at Brooklyn Aug. 27, 1776 and the capture of New York Sept. 15, 1776 in Vol. I, color frontispiece portrait of Oliver Wiswell from the painting by Grant Wood, Buell's map of Virginia and the Carolinas showing Boone's wilderness road to Kentucky in Vol. II, No. 182 of 1,050 copies Signed by Roberts, this was Doubleday, Doran publishing executive Malcolm Johnson's copy with a letter of provenance from his daughter-in-law, Johnson is one of several people acknowledged by Roberts just before the beginning of the book, although the standard signed/limited edition of this book (in brown cloth) came with a slipcase, it is unlikely that this de luxe binding was issued to Johnson in that manner. Minor damp staining to bottom spine of Vol. I, both volumes with wear to leather along the spines, else a very solid set. JD31352 | $300.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Robinson, James Harvey. The Mind in the Making. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. C-63 in this important series, a study of how the mind has evolved, subtitled "The relation of intelligence to social reform," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, this is one of the scarce and important D-Day Armed Services Editions issues. Top edge nick, else solid very good. JD33471 | $45.00 |
| [Steinbeckiana] Rodgers, Richard and Hammerstein, Oscar. All At Once You Love Her. NY, Williamson Music, 1955, first edition. Sheet music, one of six songs from Pipe Dream, the Broadway musical adaptation of John Steinbeck's Sweet Thursday, this item wasn't in the Goldstone collection, but see Goldstone & Payne E20. Minor use. JD906 | $35.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Roosevelt, Theodore. American Ideals and Other Essays. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903, early printing. Gray cloth with gilt rules and with author, title, and publisher in gilt, TEG, front edge rough-trimmed, includes a biographical sketch by Gen. Francis Vinton Greene, this copy Inscribed by Roosevelt ("Lyman L. Pierce Esq./with regards of/Theodore Roosevelt"), Pierce was considered to be the originator of the fund-raising campaign and was widely regarded as one of the country's foremost philanthropic fund raisers, he conducted the first ever capital campaign for the YMCA raising more than $60 million in the early 1900s. Minor wear and marks to spine, else fine. JD30939 | $3,750.00 |
| [Miscellaneous] Roosevelt, Theodore. The Strenuous Life. NY, The Century Co., 1903, early edition. Brown cloth with leather label, TEG, includes essays and addresses, with frontispiece photo portrait of Roosevelt, this copy Inscribed by Roosevelt ("Lyman L. Pierce Esq./with regards of/Theodore Roosevelt"), Pierce was considered the originator of the fund-raising campaign, he was widely regarded as one of the country's foremost philanthropic fund raisers, conducting the first ever capital campaign for the YMCA raising more than $60 million in the early 1900s, laid in loosely is one of Pierce's business cards as General Secretary of the Washington, D. C. YMCA. Minor wear, else about fine. JD30940 | $4,500.00 |
| [Modern Literature] Roquelaure A. N. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty. London, Macdonald, 1987, first British edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. First book in this trilogy of erotica by Anne Rice using the A. N. Roquelaure pseudonym. Pages slightly tanned as usual, else fine. JD33115 | $100.00 |
| [Armed Services Editions] Ross, Leonard Q. The Education of Hyman Kaplan. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. A-1, the very first book in this important series, humor by Leo Rosten using the Leonard Q. Ross pseudonym, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, very scarce. As close to a virgin as can be imagined, fine. JD36260 | $200.00 |
| [Photography] Rowell, Galen. Galen Rowell's Vision. San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, 1993, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Subtitled The Art of Adventure Photography, foreword by Steve Werner, publisher of "Outdoor Photography," this copy Signed by Galen Rowell. Fine. JD31091 | $45.00 |
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