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Steinbeck John.
The Moon is Down.
New York.: Viking Press. 1942. First edition later state. Hardcover. Fine copy in good price clipped light edge chipping scuffing. Mylar. Octavo. Very scarce in this condition. . Photograph of OUR copy available upon request. Viking Press. hardcover
Référence libraire : 113476
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
Viking 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First issue printing with large period between "talk" and "this" p.112:11 and without printer's name on copyright page. Name in pencil on front endpaper and light glue show-through on hinge papers and front pastedown else fine and bright in protected dustwrapper with the price intact and light chipping to extremeties. Viking hardcover
Référence libraire : 000730
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
New York: The Viking Press 1942. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth title blind stamped in decorative frame on front board 188 pp. Slightly rubbed scuffed and faded three corners bumped edges slighlty soiled. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 4 oz. 3rd ptg before publication. . VG/No dj. 19 X 12� cm. The Viking Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : LIFI00014
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
New York: Viking 1942. First edition. Blue cloth. Slight lean a very good copy in lightly worn dust jacket. First printing with the large period on p. 112 and with no indication of printer on the copyright page. <br/><br/> Viking hardcover
Référence libraire : 20282
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Steinbeck John
THE MOON IS DOWN
New York: The Viking Press 1942. Steinbeck's thirteenth book written during World War II is set in an unnamed country recently invaded and occupied by a foreign army. The story details the determination and courage of a conquered people to be free. Top edge of text slightly soiled o/w text and boards are clean tight square with some age-tanning; price-clipped dustjacket is worn at edges with a one- inch closed tear at bottom edge of front panel. . First Edition Second State. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. The Viking Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 002913
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STEINBECK JOHN
The Moon Is Down
New York: Viking Press 1942. First Edition First Issue. Fine in a very good lightly used dust jacket with a couple of tiny chips and some light rubbing. Viking Press unknown
Référence libraire : 11443J
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STEINBECK JOHN
The Moon Is Down
New York: Viking 1942. First Edition Second Issue. Fine in a near fine lightly used dust jacket with a couple of tiny chips and some very minor dust soiling to the rear panel. Viking unknown
Référence libraire : 11137E
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STEINBECK JOHN
The Moon Is Down
New York: Viking 1942. First Edition second issue. Near fine copy with a hint of edge wear in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a couple of tiny nicks and tiny shallow chipping and a hint of darkening to the spine and rear panel. Viking unknown
Référence libraire : 13336E
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Steinbeck John
THE MOON IS DOWN
New York: Viking 1942. VG owners' name stamped on front pastedown in VG- dust jacket priceclipped tears and chips. Later state of 1st edition printer's name shows on copyright page. Another of Steinbeck's experiments with a short novel with the time and place constraints of the stage. 188 pages. Hard Cover. Viking Hardcover
Référence libraire : Books001068
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
New York: The Viking Press 1942. First edition second state. Blue cloth no dustjacket. A very clean sound copy. Very good. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Viking Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 001453
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
Viking Press 1942. 1st Slightly smaller book dark blue cloth with embossed design and border for title and author on front silver lettering with silver line design on all of spine bright 188 pages. DJ price-clipped beautiful color-illustration of snowy village on front and spine white back very slightly browned. DJ has very slight surface wear to top front tip micronick at top front right edge microtear at top back middle edge. Very Good DJ/Near Very Fine book. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Viking Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 31407
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
London: Great Pan G188 1958 First Pan Paperback Printing 1958 VG London: Great Pan G188 1958 First Pan Paperback Printing paperback
Référence libraire : 5145
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
New York: Viking 1942. 1st edition 2d state. Hardcover. Very good condition in good d.j./good. 188 p. <br/><br/> Viking hardcover
Référence libraire : 1417
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STEINBECK John
THE MOON IS DOWN
London actually Melbourne Australia:: William Heinemann 1942. Small octavo hardcover light brown cloth spine lettered in white. pp 4 123 1 Melbourne printer's imprint. 1943 ink name to front pastedown hidden by jacket flap; light endpaper tanning light toning to the text paper; tiny chip to fore edge of last leaf; tiny bruise to lower outer corner of front cover; else a near fine copy no flaking to the delicate spine lettering. Dust jacket has nicks and mild rubbing to spine tips; short creased corner tears to upper front panel; corner creases to front flap; VG otherwise colours bright flap price 6s9d intact. An attractive copy of a scarce edition. Not noted by G&P A16. Verso of title leaf states "First Published 1942 / First Australian Edition / October 1942". The type was wholly reset for this edition. The dust jacket art follows that of the US edition but is a little different. Much scarcer than either the US or UK first printings. First Australian edition. Hardcover. William Heinemann
Référence libraire : 17537
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STEINBECK John
THE MOON IS DOWN
London: Heinemann 1942. Small octavo terra cotta cloth spine lettered in white beige endpapers. A fine bright copy no owner names no flaking to the delicate spine lettering. Orange non-pictorial price-clipped dust jacket has minute rubbing to spine ends; front panel has a 1 cm tear to upper inner corner and a 1.5 cm tear almost invisible to lower edge; else fine with unusually no sunning to the orange spine. G&P A16c. Much scarcer than the 1942 US edition. Nice copy. First UK printing. Hardcover. Heinemann
Référence libraire : 17961
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
The Viking Press 1942. 1st edition 2d ptg. Slightly smaller book blue cloth 188 lightly browned heavy pages bookplate on first front end paper. DJ flaps are glued to inside book covers heavy paper winter scene of village on front and spine white back browned and very slightly soiled. DJ is badly worn at edges with some tears ink dates stamped on reverse of final end paper. Poor DJ/Good book. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Poor. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. The Viking Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 27456
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
Viking 1942. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Viking 1942 VG CLOTH HARDCOVER. No DJ. first edition stated but not the first state.has "by the Haddon Craftsmen" on Pub page and no period between "Talk and "This" on page 112. Viking March 1942 188 pp. Hard Cover. Very Good/. Viking Hardcover
Référence libraire : DL40
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
New York: Viking 1942. First edition first state with "talk.this" on p. 112 and no printing name on copyright page. 188 pp. Boards scuffed and slightly skewed. Endpapers beginning to fox previous owner plate and name inside front cover. Steinbeck's novel on the brutality of the German occupation and courage under duress. Very good condition in new perfect facsimile first edition dustjacket protected with a mylar cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/New. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Viking Hardcover
Référence libraire : 003294
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STEINBECK JOHN
The Moon Is Down
The Viking Press New York: 1942. Hardcover no dustjacket. Reading copy. A tale of resistance during World War II. The scene of the book though is any conquered country in any time. The author has purposely refrained from making it literally true to actual events. The Viking Press, New York: 1942 hardcover
Référence libraire : 7596X2
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Steinbeck John
The Moon Is Down
London: Heinemann 1942. Red cloth with white lettering slight wear to spine ends and spotting on spine otherwise a good copy. First Edition. Heinemann hardcover
Référence libraire : 001699
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STEINBECK John
The Moon is Down
London: William Heinemann 1942 The book is pretty fresh; owners name and addresssome bumping to corners; d/j protected is a little marked and the spine is somewhat faded there several smallish tears; overall a reasonable copy. 1st UK. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. William Heinemann hardcover
Référence libraire : 1100113
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
The Viking Press 1942. Smaller book dark blue cloth with embossed design on front silver very good on spine 188 lightly browned pages. DJ beautifully illustrated snow-covered village on front and spine back badly soiled. DJ has slight wear to all long edges 3/4" tear with two creases at top back tip nicks and spine top and bottom left and right edges Fair DJ/Good book. Cloth. Good/Fair. The Viking Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 19818
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
Viking Press 1942. 3d ptg. DJ has wear to front tips and spine edges very tiny tear along spine edges very slight bluish discolor at bottom back three very tiny nicks at top front edge. Good DJ/Fine book. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. Viking Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 815
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STEINBECK JOHN
THE MOON IS DOWN
WASHINGTON D.C.: PENGUIN-INFANTGRY JOURNAL 1942. Front cover crease. PAPERBACK. VG. PENGUIN-INFANTGRY JOURNAL paperback
Référence libraire : 007291
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
New York: The Viking Press 1942. Price clipped Dj has closed tear at corneredgewear. Boards are clean with mild edgewear. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. Binding is secure. Second Printing before Publication. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Viking Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 235651
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Steinbeck John
The Moon Is Down
New York: Viking Press 1942. Blue cloth boards chipped on back bottom edge. First Published March 1942 on copyright page. Pages are clean with no markings in text. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Viking Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 054280
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Steinbeck John
THE MOON IS DOWN
New York: Viking Press 1942. Second Printing Before Publication. 5 .5 X 8. 188 pgs. Blue cover with silver lettering on spine. This is a classic tale by John Steinbeck. Book is in good condition with owner's name browned pages faded spine wear and soil. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by None. Viking Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 26780
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Steinbeck John
THE MOON IS DOWN
New York: Viking 1942. A 188 page novel set in a Nazi occupied town in Europe during World War II. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Dust jacket is enclosed in a clear mylar cover. First Edition Second Issue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. World War II Nazis Europe Occupied Towns. Catalogs: Fiction. Viking hardcover
Référence libraire : 13082
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STEINBECK John
The Moon Is Down
NY: Viking 1942. Previous owner's tiny name at top of ffep. Housed in a VG dust jacket that shows typical edgewear and a tiny chip to rear panel. Otherwise bright. This is the uncommon true first state with the period on p. 112. Overall a nice copy of a book that is becoming exceedingly hard to find. First Edition / First Issue. Hard Cover. VG/VG. Viking Hardcover
Référence libraire : 003319
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Steinbeck John
The Moon Is Down
Garden City: Garden City: Sun Dial Press 1943 1943. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Small stain at title page else NrF/NrF lightly rubbed at folds. This edition has pictures fron the 20th Century Fox Movie. An attractive book club edition. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1943 Hardcover
Référence libraire : 003106
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
New York: The Viking Press March 1942. Published on the same day in the Dominion of Canada by MacMillan Company of Canada Limited. The story is about an invasion of a town by a German Enemy. Pages are tanned with age but are all intact no markings and tight to spine. No noticeable lean to spine. Dj shows shelf wear and has many nicks and tears near top of spine and at the edges. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Military/war. Catalogs: Military/War. The Viking Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 000236
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
New York: Viking 1942. First issue: meets all points. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. 188pps. The topstain is faded otherwise Fine: clean tight square and bright. All tips are sharp. The dustjacket first issue textured with light edgewear and with rubbing along the gutters and the flap-folds has been laminated as oppossed to mylar on both sides; this has preserved it nicely if altering its original state. Two small closed tears are at the top of the back panel. The original price 2.00 is intact. ".'The Moon is Down' Steinbeck's comment on the moral and ethical implications of war begins in an unknown town that has just been occupied by a small regiment of enemy soldiers. With no altenrnative the Mayor of the town agrees to meet with the enemy to try to work out a plan for peaceful co-existence before the impending war goes much further." Purchase with confidence: all books gradings and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision photos can be emailed upon request. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Viking Hardcover
Référence libraire : 202-0015
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
New York: Viking 1942. Second issue. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Fully-bound in blue cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. 188pp. This is a 'Haddon Craftsmen' copy with only the first printing March 1942 referenced. A previous owner's signature is on the ffep. The topstain is faded. There is a bit of spine-lean. Otherwise clean tight and bright. All tips are sharp. Pages 31 and 137 are dog-ear-undone. The price-clipped dustjacket glossy in mylar has touches of rubbing and chipping to the spine-ends and tips. There is a 1/2" closed tear and shallow creasing at the top of the back panel. Overall a nice copy in a colorful dustjacket.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> ".<i>'The Moon is Down'</i> Steinbeck's comment on the moral and ethical implications of war begins in an unknown town that has just been occupied by a small regiment of enemy soldiers. With no altenrnative the Mayor of the town agrees to meet with the enemy to try to work out a plan for peaceful co-existence before the impending war goes much further."</b></font><br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books gradings and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. . First Edition. AMERICAN LITERATURE FICTION WORLD WAR II. Catalogs: War Literature & Fiction U.S.A. Viking unknown
Référence libraire : 202-0016
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STEINBECK JOHN
THE MOON IS DOWN
NEW YORK NY: SUN DIAL PRESS. F/VG. PUB 1942. PHOTOPLAY ED. HARDCOVER. ISBN: 1943 PHOTOPLAY EDITION / D.J. AND INSERTED PLATES DEPICT MOVIE STILLS. D.J. IS WORN AT THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS WITH A COUPLE OF TEARS ATTHE TOP OF THE REAR PANEL AND SOME LIGHT CHIPPING AT THE TOP OF THESPINE. Keywords: NOVEL PHOTOPLAY INVISIBLE ABCDEF. SUN DIAL PRESS hardcover
Référence libraire : COLLECTI002318I
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STEINBECK JOHN
THE MOON IS DOWN
NEW YORK NY: VIKING PRESS THE. VG/VG. PUB MARCH 1942. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: FIRST ISSUE. BOOK HAS A SMALL ABRASION AT THE TOP EDGE OF THE REAR COVER AND A BOOKPLATE ON THE FRONT PASTE-DOWN ENDPAPER. D.J. HAS A BIT OF WEAR AT THECORNERS WITH A SMALL ABRASION ON THE FRONT PANEL A SHORT TEAR AT THE TOPOF A LIGHTLY SOILED REAR PANEL SOME LIGHT RUB TO THE FRONT FORE-EDGEAND A SMALL SURFACE ABRASION ON THE REAR SPINE EDGE. A VERY NICE COPY. Keywords: NOVEL INVISIBLE ABCDEF. VIKING PRESS (THE) hardcover
Référence libraire : COLLECTI003879I
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
New York: The Viking Press 1942. 1942. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. First Edition Second Printing Used. H Hard Cover. Good. Blue cloth some fading spotting and wear. 188pp The Viking Press [1942] hardcover
Référence libraire : 0705605
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
New York: The Sun Dial Press. 1942. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. First Thus Used. H Hard Cover. Very Good. Minor wear to cloth; corners lightly bumped. The Sun Dial Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 0705076
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
New York NY: Viking Press 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Size=5"x7.5". full book description Viking Press New York NY 1942. 1st Edition 2nd State VG- Hard Cover No Dust Jacket. Size=5"x7.5" 188pgs. Cloth & endpapers are dull o.w. clean & tight. NO ink names bookplates etc. First Editions; Novel SELLING WORLDWIDE SINCE 1987. WE ALWAYS PACK WITH GREAT CARE! 2nd Printing Viking Press hardcover
Référence libraire : CONROY089458I
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down
Garden City. Garden City: Sun Dial Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1943. PhotoPlay Edition. Hardcover. Includes frontispiece and 8 additional stills from the Twentieth Century Fox movie starring Sir Cedric Hardwicke Henry Travers Lee J. Cobb Dorris Bowdon and Margaret Wycherly. Blue cloth cover is rubbed at extremities sunned at top edge. Tight square pages bright and clean. Jacket is slightly clipped on all four corners. Wrappers include scenes from movie. Jacket has creases two 2-inch tears to back panel a few chips rubbing to extremities. . Concerns the occupation of a European country by an unnamed invader much like the occupation of Norway by the Germans during World War Two. First published in 1942 right in the middle of the War. Still quite attractive protected with fresh mylar cover. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. H4 . Sun Dial Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 14286
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Steinbeck John
The Moon is Down A Novel
New York NY: Viking Press 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Size=5"x7.5". full book description Viking Press New York NY 1942. 1st Edition Second State VG/VG Hard Cover Dust Jacket. Size=5"x7.5" 188pgs. Does not have large period on page 112. DJ nicked at head & foot of spine & fore-edge corners small owner address sticker on front free endpaper o.w. clean bright & tight. Price unclipped. Fiction; First Editions SELLING WORLDWIDE SINCE 1987. WE ALWAYS PACK WITH GREAT CARE! 2nd Printing Viking Press hardcover
Référence libraire : CONROY128333I
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Steinbeck John
The Murder
first edition. NY Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine August 1946 first edition wrappers. Softcover. <br/><br/> This short story by an acknowledged master of that form also includes a quite positive introduction by Queen see pages 42-52 not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Very good. paperback
Référence libraire : JD29134
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Steinbeck John
The Murder
first edition. NY Redbook Magazine May 1938 first edition wrappers. Softcover. <br/><br/> Pages 36-39 78-80 text from The North American Review Goldstone & Payne C28 not recorded by Morrow. Near fine. paperback
Référence libraire : JD29101
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Steinbeck John; Long Tania; Lawrence WH.; Gruening Ernest; Landis Millay Edna; al Et W. H.
The New York Times Magazine November 22 1942 - The Pacific Sailor
USA: The New York Times & Arno Press. Single Issue Magazine. 40 pages. Features: Cover photo of naval gunners in action; Military photo-illustrated poem entitled Thanksgiving 1942 by Edna St. Vincent Millay; Intimate Portrait of the Pacific Sailor - The Cock of the Walk; Fiery Frenchman General Henri Honore Giraud says "Always Attempt the Impossible!"; Franklin Delano Roosevelt FDR and his mastery of the art of surprise has been vividlly shown in recent military events; Governor Ernest Gruening tells the story of the building of the great Alaska Highway; Great one-page color Navy recruiting ad with title "You Can Fight Best Where You Fit Best" offers free training in 49 trades; The CD Civil Defense Army swings into full action; The Nightmares That Haunt Germany; - appearance of an American army in Africa is one; "Our Best" - Our Fliers - John Steinbeck writes of a very special kind of man on that can be welded firmly into bomber teams; Beau Catchers - great fashion photos of ladies' hats; Article on Canada's Air Fighters with photo of Wing Comdr. Douglas Bader; Soiling to covers. Unmarked. Average wear. Moderate age-toning to contents. A sound copy of this vintage WWII issue. . Good. 1942. First Edition. The New York Times & Arno Press unknown
Référence libraire : 201H0788
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STEINBECK John MOORE Harry Thornton
The Novels of John Steinbeck: A First Critical Study
Port Washington New York: Kennikat Press 1968. Hardcover. Good. Reprint of the second edition. Small octavo. 106pp. Ex-library with the usual markings front hinge cracked cloth soiled good only. Kennikat Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 424891
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Steinbeck John John Ernst Steinbeck Jr Levant Howard
The Novels of John Steinbeck: A Critical Study
Columbia MO: University of Missouri Press 1988. 304 clean unmarked pages/index; 2nd printing. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo. University of Missouri Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 109050 ISBN : 0826204244 9780826204240
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Steinbeck John Moore Harry Thornton
The Novels of John Steinbeck: A First Critical Study
Chicago: Normandie House 1939. The first full-length book to concentrate on Steinbecks oeuvre written after The Grapes of Wrath. Out of print and uncommon. First Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Frontispiece Map of Steinbeck Country. Octavo. Normandie House Hardcover
Référence libraire : 1224763
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STEINBECK John. MOORE Harry Thornton
THE NOVELS OF JOHN STEINBECK.
STEINBECK John. THE NOVELS OF JOHN STEINBECK. A First Critical Study by Harry Thornton Moore. Chicago:: Normandie House 1939. First edition limited to 1000 copies . Gilt lettering on spine and front cover is a bit dull front cover is lightly foxed else a very good copy with the text fresh and clean. . Inscribed by Harry Thornton Moore to poet Samuel French Morse on the front flyleaf in year of publication: "To Samuel French Morse with all good wishes from Harry Thornton Moore. Alencoe Illinois 17.IV.39. "printed at the Black Cat Press". Octavo green cloth stamped in gilt 102 pages illustrated with a frontispiece map. Normandie House, hardcover
Référence libraire : 58544
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Steinbeck John
The Original Contract for the Film Rights to “The Grapes of Wrath†One of the Greatest Films Ever Made Signed by the Book’s Author John Steinbeck
This film was one of the Library of Congress’s Top 25 American Films when the U.S. National Film Registry was established “The undersigned Viking Press Inc. and John Steinbeck hereby sells grants conveys and assigns to the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation…talking motion picture rights…that he may have in and to the original composition entitled “The Grapes of Wrathâ€â€¦â€ A unique and compelling piece of American social history and clearly the best piece in that category we have ever carried “The Grapes of Wrath†pretty much has a V.I.P. pass to every "Top 100 Books of All Time" list. It won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for fiction in 1940 and helped John Steinbeck earn the Nobel Prize awarded him in 1962 which turned on the “keen social perception†in this book. At the time of the Dust Bowl when hundreds of thousands of Americans migrated to the West Coast mainly California in search of a better life Steinbeck was writing a series of seven articles about migrant worker communities for the San Francisco Chronicle. He spent a lot of time getting to know families who lived in various migrant worker camps in towns like Bakersfield and Visalia and was angered and disgusted by the amount of heartbreak and suffering that he witnessed. He channeled those emotions as he wrote his classic - “The Grapes of Wrathâ€. Published in 1939 by Viking Press “The Grapes of Wrath†vividly portrays life during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl in America as it follows a family of Oklahoma tenant farmers driven from their home by drought economic hardship agricultural industry changes and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work. The family traveled westward to California seeking jobs land dignity and a future. It explores the strength and goodness of the human spirit in the face of gruesome truly dismal circumstances. This novel had a profound impact in America. Many people applauded Steinbeck for capturing so honestly the lives of migrant farm workers during the Depression and starkly pointing out conditions they faced. There were calls for social action in response. Eleanor Roosevelt took interest and as a result she called for congressional hearings on migrant worker camp conditions. Labor laws were changed. Others accused Steinbeck of being a socialist and of championing leftist beliefs. Confident that the book would be a smash hit Hollywood rushed to make a film on the book even as it first hit the book shops. The film they made “The Grapes of Wrath†is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time. It was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for Twentieth Century Fox directed by John Ford and starred Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards including for Best Picture Actor Fonda Film Editing Sound and Writing. Ford won the Best Director Oscar and actress Darwell won Best Actress for her portrayal of Ma Joad. In 1989 “The Grapes of Wrath†was one of the first 25 films to be selected for preservation by the Library of Congress for its U.S. National Film Registry as being "culturally historically or aesthetically significant.†This is the original contract in which Twentieth Century Fox obtained the rights from John Steinbeck and Viking Press to make the film “The Grapes of Wrathâ€. It is one of the most important if not the most important piece of American film history to ever reach the market. Document signed on Twentieth Century Fox’s own stationery one sheet with text on both sides New York April 24 1939 just days after the novel's initial release. It provides: “…the undersigned Viking Press Inc. and John Steinbeck hereby sells grants conveys and assigns to the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation…the right title and interest of the undersigned throughout the world in and to the silent sound and dialogue and talking motion picture rights…that he may have in and to the original composition entitled “The Grapes of Wrathâ€â€¦â€ It identifies the author as John Steinbeck the publisher as Viking Press and gives the copyright date as April 16 1939. Steinbeck and the president of Viking Press Harold Guinzberg have signed at the conclusion on the verso and the contract has been notarized there the notary stating that Steinbeck had personally appeared before her. This is a unique and compelling piece of American social history and clearly the best piece in that category we have ever carried unknown
Référence libraire : 11931
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Steinbeck John
The Origins of Tularecito
first edition. NY The Avon Annual 1946 first edition wrappers. Softcover. <br/><br/> Pages 11-20 text from The Pastures of Heaven Goldstone & Payne C64 not recorded by Morrow. Very nearly fine. paperback
Référence libraire : JD29136
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Steinbeck John IV and Nancy Steinbeck
The Other Side of Eden. Life With John Steinbeck
Amherst New York: Prometheus Books 2001. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 360 pages with photographs. Foreword by Andrew Harvey. This fierce poignant and stunningly clear expose of parental and guru abuse should prove shattering to the illusion that those who are in power are sane. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box. Prometheus Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 1301 ISBN : 1573928585 9781573928588
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