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1957réf. 198817New York: The Viking Press 1957. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 188 pages. A later book from the author of "The Grapes of Wrath" and "East of Eden." A near fine copy in two tone cloth boards and in a very good dust jacket with a few small edge tears a stain to the spine some minor wear and some small needless tape repairs to the verso. Still a pleasing copy of this lesser known book. The Viking Press unknown books
1947réf. 605812New York: The Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated second printing. Owner name spine and board edges slightly tanned with faint stains very good in an unpriced Book Club about very good dust jacket with a 1" tear on the front panel light tanning and small chips and tears along the edges. The Viking Press hardcover books
1961réf. 559059New York: The Viking Press 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine. First trade edition. The spine sunned with a lightly bumped foot near fine lacking the dust jacket. The Viking Press hardcover books
1993réf. 569453New York: Penguin Books 1993. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Edited and with commentary by Robert E. Morsberger. Includes Steinbeck's screenplay for Viva Zapata! with notes by director Elia Kazan. Illustrated. Fine. Penguin Books unknown books
1993réf. 274913New York: Penguin Books 1993. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Edited and with commentary by Robert E. Morsberger. Includes Steinbeck's screenplay for Viva Zapata! with notes by director Elia Kazan. Illustrated. Light minimal rubbing thus near fine in wrappers. Penguin Books unknown books
1990réf. 50292New York: Paragon House. Very Good. 1990. Paperback. New York: Paragon House 1990. First Paperback Edition. 60 Photographs by John Swope. A Near Fine copy. . Paragon House paperback books
1973réf. 08782STEINBECK COUNTRY American West Publishing Co. 1973 first edition fine in like dust-wrapper. Profusely illustrated with full color photos. American West Publishing Co. unknown books
1993réf. 13069THE GIFT Creative Education 1993 first separate edition as new in like dust-wrapper. Creative Education unknown books
1942réf. 08761THE MOON IS DOWN Viking 1942 first edition 2nd issue near fine in near vg dust-wrapper. Viking Press unknown books
1960réf. 342785Chicago: Esquire Inc 1960. Softcover. Near Fine. Magazine. 12mo. 224pp. Perfect bound wrappers. Slightly rubbed else fine. Features a four-page correspondence between John Steinbeck and Adlai Stevenson titled "Our 'Rigged' Morality. Esquire Inc unknown books
1960réf. 558969New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Nathaniel Benchley. Octavo. xv 304pp. Bottom edge of pages 30-31 roughly opened topedges lightly foxed very good in a very good lightly rubbed dust jacket with short tears on edges spine sunned as is typical. Contains the first book appearance of "On the Sidewalk after Reading at Long Last 'On the Road' by Jack Kerouac" by John Updike Roberts B4; this piece was also printed in 1960 in Parodies. An Anthology from Chaucer to Beerbohm-And After. Compiled. by Dwight MacDonald. Additional contributions by John Steinbeck E.B. White Edmund Wilson James Thurber and more. Lacking the errata slip. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover books
1984réf. 48883Salem: David & Judy Barker Booksellers 1984. First edition. iii 40 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. A checklist with retail prices varied according to condition. Though the limitation is stated to be 200 numbered and signed copies only 60 were actually published. In addition to being numbered and SIGNED by Barker this copy is INSCRIBED by Barker inside the front cover to Wormwood Review editor Marvin Malone. Annotated promotional flyer laid in. Salem: David & Judy Barker, Booksellers unknown books
1960réf. 213818New York: Magnum Photos with Life Magazine 1960. First edition. Small oblong softcover. 28 pages. Features text contributions by John Steinbeck Ernest Hemingway Jozefa Stuart and an excerpt from Capa's "Slightly Out of Focus." Includes 19 black and white images list of awards and books. A clean very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Magnum Photos with Life Magazine unknown books
1939réf. 788New York: Viking Press 1939. Paperback. Fine Condition. Bound in publisher's original printed wrappers. Frontispiece portrait of John Steinbeck by Stjernstrom. Viking Press paperback books
1984réf. 595412Salinas California: The Valley Guild 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 223pp. Illustrated from color photographs. Just a touch of edgewear else fine in a toned and lightly soiled very good dust jacket with moderate rubbing a few bumps and tiny tears. The Valley Guild hardcover books
2002réf. 98252NY:: Library of America. As New. 2002. Hardcover. As new in like slipcase. Tan cloth. No dust jacket as issued. Sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Library of America, hardcover books
1951réf. 98680New York: Dramatists Play Service 1951. Softcover. Fine. Acting edition. A fine copy in stapled wrappers. Dramatists Play Service unknown books
réf. 014778First Edition. Document. About Fine. Two illustrated single-sheet 6" x 9" playbills. OF MICE AND MEN is for the Sam Harris production at Philadelphia's Chestnut St. Opera House starring Claire Luce and Guy Robertson. PIPE DREAM is the Shubert Theatre production starring Helen Traubel and William Johnson. unknown books
1979réf. 569214Logan Iowa: The Perfection Form Company 1979. Softcover. Fine. First separate edition originally published in The Portable Steinbeck. 12mo. 32pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Fine. Published for educational purposes very uncommon. The Perfection Form Company unknown books
1939réf. 2349958New York: The Viking Press 1939. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 144x80x32. 11th printing of trade edition no book club indent on rear corner. Lacks jacket. Spine edges and endpapers soiled ink name and address on front endpaper. Binding tight and square text clean and unmarked. 1939 Hard Cover. 619 pp. 8vo. The Pulitzer Prize winning novel that encapsulated the American experience during the Great Depression. It inspired the equally successful John Ford film starring Henry Fonda Jane Darwell and John Carradine which won two Academy Awards. The Viking Press hardcover books
1942réf. 621715New York: The Viking Press 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition later issue with mention of the printer on the copyright page. Binding cocked else near fine in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with creased tears faint stains on the rear panel and a few interior tape repairs. The Viking Press hardcover books
1942réf. 593030New York: The Viking Press 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition later issue with mention of the printer on the copyright page. Owner stamp on front fly binding slightly cocked tiny nick and tear at the foot of the spine very good in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with small chips and tears tiny abrasions and soiling. The Viking Press hardcover books
1942réf. 54894New York: Viking 1942. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Early reprint. Glue remnants on the front pastedown else fine in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper with light wear to the spinal extremities. Viking hardcover books
1942réf. 2331311New York: The Viking Press 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x5x0. First edition second state printer stated on copyright page error on p. 112 corrected. Fore edge lightly foxed jacket price clipped jacket toned. 1942 Hard Cover. 188 pp. 8vo. Original blue cloth silver titles. A military novella clearly intended to mirror World War II and the occupation by the Nazis although in this story the occupying nation remains unnamed. It was written to encourage resistance among the oppressed. The Moon Is Down a novel by John Steinbeck fashioned for adaptation for the theatre and for which Steinbeck received the Norwegian King Haakon VII Freedom Cross was published by Viking Press in March 1942. The story tells of the military occupation of a small town in Northern Europe by the army of an unnamed nation at war with England and Russia much like the occupation of Norway by the Germans during World War II. A French language translation of the book was published illegally in Nazi-occupied France by Les Editions de Minuit a French Resistance publishing house. Furthermore numerous other editions were also secretly published across all of occupied Europe including Norwegian Danish Dutch and Italian versions as well as a Swedish version; it was the best known work of U.S. literature in the Soviet Union during the war. Although the text never names the occupying force as German references to 'The Leader' 'Memories of defeats in Belgium and France 20 years ago' clearly suggest it. Written with a purpose to motivate and enthuse the resistance movements in occupied countries the book has appeared in at least 92 editions across the world. The Viking Press hardcover books
1942réf. 2333432New York: The Viking Press 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 7x5x0. First edition second state no period typo on p. 112 Haddon Craftsmen mentioned on copyright page. Very good in good jacket. Jacket rubbed and toned two tears on top rear jacket edge with crease between jacket price clipped. 1942 Hard Cover. 188 pp. 8vo. Original blue cloth silver titles. A military novella clearly intended to mirror World War II and the occupation by the Nazis although in this story the occupying nation remains unnamed. It was written to encourage resistance among the oppressed. The Moon Is Down a novel by John Steinbeck fashioned for adaptation for the theatre and for which Steinbeck received the Norwegian King Haakon VII Freedom Cross was published by Viking Press in March 1942. The story tells of the military occupation of a small town in Northern Europe by the army of an unnamed nation at war with England and Russia much like the occupation of Norway by the Germans during World War II. A French language translation of the book was published illegally in Nazi-occupied France by Les Editions de Minuit a French Resistance publishing house. Furthermore numerous other editions were also secretly published across all of occupied Europe including Norwegian Danish Dutch and Italian versions as well as a Swedish version; it was the best known work of U.S. literature in the Soviet Union during the war. Although the text never names the occupying force as German references to 'The Leader' 'Memories of defeats in Belgium and France 20 years ago' clearly suggest it. Written with a purpose to motivate and enthuse the resistance movements in occupied countries the book has appeared in at least 92 editions across the world. The Viking Press hardcover books
