ref. JD30456n.p. NY "Monthly Bulletin for Members of the Doubleday One Dollar Book Club" June 1938 first edition wrappers. Softcover. It reviews Cup of Gold from the front cover through Page 3 it also includes a biography of Steinbeck and a photo of him Page 4 plus it prints a section of a very interesting article that quotes Steinbeck talking about his critics and his book Page 5 Goldstone & Payne G&P makes no mention of this Doubleday $1 edition nor does Morrow this periodical is not recorded by G&P or Morrow. Very good plus. n.p. (NY), "Monthly Bulletin for Members of the Doubleday One Dollar Book Club", June 1938, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
ref. JD6423Reader's Digest" September 1949 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Pages 19-21 Goldstone & Payne C75 not recorded by Morrow this is an original story not a reprint that grew out of Steinbeck's experiences as a father of two boys that lived with their mother but not with him this story remained uncollected until 1986. Very good. Reader's Digest", September 1949, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
ref. JD29144Pleasantville Reader's Digest September 1949 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Pages 19-21 this story remained uncollected until 1986 Goldstone & Payne C75 not recorded by Morrow. Near fine. Pleasantville, Reader's Digest, September 1949, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
ref. JD29485NY Viking 1945 first edition. Issued without dust jacket but with publisher's slipcase this first illustrated edition includes the beautiful color illustrations by Wesley Dennis Goldstone & Payne A9c identifies three versions but there is an unrecorded fourth this copy printed by Zeese Wilkinson and bound by H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Company as noted in Goldstone & Payne A9c variant 1 but this copy has the tan publisher's slipcase ala variant 2 see Morrow 81. 1945 gift inscription else fine in a very good plus slipcase. NY, Viking, 1945, first edition. unknown
ref. JD35535n.p. NY Viking 1989 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Advance copy an unrevised and unpublished proof that with a few exceptions is close to the finished hardcover book edited by Robert DeMott then director of the Steinbeck Research Center at San Jose State University DeMott remains one of the best and most readable of all the major Steinbeck scholars includes DeMott's preface and his lengthy and informative introduction in addition to Steinbeck's journals leading up to and right after his writing of The Grapes of Wrath in an attempt "to map the actual working days and hours" of his masterpiece. Some sunning to spine else fine. n.p. (NY), Viking, 1989, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
1957ref. 145794New York: Viking Press 1957. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Viking Press hardcover
1957ref. 147639New York: Viking Press 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Light foxing on side and bottom text block edges. Light toning on spine. Viking Press hardcover
1995ref. 181757New York: Book-Of-The-Month Club 1995. Book-Of-the-Month-Club; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Book-Of-The-Month Club hardcover
1961ref. 124731New York: Viking 1961. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner bookplate on front pastedown. Staining on front panel. Viking hardcover
1995ref. 181758New York: Book-Of-The-Month Club 1995. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Book-Of-The-Month Club hardcover
2012ref. 78450Berkeley: Heyday 2012. USA 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS: " Thanks for supporting PAN/ Ken Light/ Melane Light" no other markings Near Fine in about Fine dust jacket with top edge not quite crisp. Boards 154pp B&W photos of agricultural workers and laborers in the San Joaquin Valley in California. A heavy book. 3.0 JM HOJ 302/a1. Inscribed By Authors. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Heyday Hardcover
1950ref. 017372N.Y.: THE VIKING PRESS. Owner's stamp in the book. . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1950. THE VIKING PRESS hardcover
1946ref. 167981USA.: Bantam Books. 1946. Book. Illus. by Painted Cover by BRAT. FINE Near New. Soft cover. Fourth Edition By Publisher. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Bantam Books #7; May/1946; New York USA; 4th Printing by Publisher; Same classic Painted Cover by BRAT as the First Paperback Editon from 11/1945; 225-Grams; Complete and Unabridged; 568-Pages; The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962; #7 on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century; The Grapes of Wrath is often listed as among the greatest novels in the English language and as a contender for the Great American Novel. It is frequently read in American high school and college literature classes due to its historical context and enduring legacy. Goodreads: The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression a book that galvanized-and sometimes outraged-millions of readers. John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family the Joads-driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision elemental yet plainspoken tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless of one man's fierce reaction to injustice and of one woman's stoical strength the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. At once a naturalistic epic captivity narrative road novel and transcendental gospel Steinbeck's powerful landmark novel is perhaps the most American of American Classics. Source for 1940 MOVIE directed by John Ford starring: Henry Fonda John Carradine Jane Darwell. In July 2013 Steven Spielberg announced his plans to direct a remake of The Grapes of Wrath for DreamWorks. In April 2025 AMC announced plans to adapt The Grapes of Wrath for television as part of its new "Great American Stories" anthology; the adaptation and franchise is being overseen by Rolin Jones; An UN-READ Example Still has almost all the Original GLOSS very Minimal Lamination-Peel very Minimal scuffing perhaps one of the Highest Graded Surviving Examples of this 80-Year-Old classic Masterpiece Paperbacks . Bantam Books. Paperback
1942ref. 005087New York: The Viking Press 1942. Attractive blue cloth silver lettering and ruler lines on spine. Tight and square. Price clipped jacket has rubbing along spine center about 3" long but does not affect any lettering or design. Light edgewear mostly to spine ends. No chips or tears. In mylar. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Viking Press Hardcover
ref. 9780141185101PENGUIN CLASSICS. new. Drifters in search of work George and his simple-minded friend Lennie have nothing in the world except each other - and a dream. A dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch but their hopes are doomed as Lennie - struggling against extreme cruelty misunderstanding and jealousy - becomes a victim of his own strength. Tackling universal themes friendship and a shared vision and giving a voice to America's lonely and dispossesed OF MICE AND MEN remains Steinbeck's most popular work. PENGUIN CLASSICS unknown
ref. 9780141185125PENGUIN CLASSICS. new. THE PEARL is Steinbeck's flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino an Indian pearl-diver finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams Kino is blind to the greed fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Written with haunting simplicty and lyrical simplicity THE PEARL sets the values of the civilized world against those of the primitive and finds them tragically inadequate. PENGUIN CLASSICS unknown
2001ref. G8917160921I4N00Sisa English Corp 2001. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Sisa English Corp paperback
ref. 0606209948.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1980ref. X11100xPenguin Books 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover. In Good Shape 246 Pages With The Index. Price Clipped. Creased Dust Jacket With Small Tears. Name Inscription Dated 1962 At The Half Title Page. Pages Are Yellow From The Age Not The Book Club Edition.- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. Penguin Books hardcover
1995ref. 240722066Chelsea House Publications 1995. hardcover. Like New. 6x0x9. Like New Inside and Out! Email for pictures! Chelsea House Publications hardcover
1950ref. 41450New York: Viking Press 1950. First edition. Very good in very good jacket. First printing of Steinbeck's experimental work an amalgam of play and novel similar to OF MICE AND MEN. Expanding on the idea first developed in OF MICE AND MEN - adapting aspects of the theater into the structure of a novel - Steinbeck wrote this "play in story form" about the birth of a long-awaited child. The book was staged the same year with Rodgers and Hammerstein as producers. Neither the book nor the play did well but Steinbeck didn't seem to mind: "We were kicked around like dogs but I still want to do it. This shows a truly pure quality of stupidity. Just nuts. I'm so fascinated by everything about the theatre I don't really care if the show's a flop" Interview NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 18 September 1952. 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original full tan cloth front board and spine lettered in red. Original unclipped $2.50 dust jacket in yellow grey and orange. Orange topstain. 159 1 pages. Ink owner inscription to front fly leaf. Jacket moderately edge worn with areas of paper loss to upper front corner and at spine ends. Lines of creasing at spine. Cloth lightly worn rounded at corners. Offsetting to endpaper gutters. Viking Press unknown books
1942ref. 64701New York: Viking 1942. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition first issue with no mention of the printer on the copyright page and a large period "talk" and "this" on p.112 line 11. Fine in about very good price-clipped dustwrapper with some overall rubbing rubbing and some nicking at the spinal extremities. Viking hardcover books
1965ref. TB33016Shelton Conn.: The First Edition Library Collection and by The First Edition Library 1965. Facsimile First Edition Library Reprint. Near fine in light tan cloth covered boards with a gilt on blue title block on the spine and a printed color illustration of colt on the front board with all edges of the text block stained blue. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches with illustrated end sheets. Much of the blue background of the title block on the spine has been worn away the book is otherwise in perfect condition as are the contents. Without a dust jacket as issued; however the book is contained within a near fine paper covered slip case with a printed color label duplicating the original illustrated first edition of the title. There is a faint dampness stain across the face of the slipcase which is seen on the printed paper title slip. Laid-in is the First Edition Library slip providing details of the first edition of the book. 131 pages of text. A handsome clean and crisp copy with no prior owner's names dates or book plates. The First Edition Library Collection and by The First Edition Library hardcover books
1997ref. 1418566Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1997. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo vi 174 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's decorated navy blue leather with red and gilt stamping to spine. Rubbing to bottom edges of boards. Scuffing to front board. Edges of textblock gilt. With silk endpapers and a silk ribbon bookmark. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Easton Press. 1418566. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Easton Press hardcover books
ref. #[37919]New York Grosset & Dunlap 1935. Original cloth with dust-jacket sl. damaged. With illustrations by Ruth Gannett. 317 pp. First edition published the same year. - Tortilla Flat is an early John Steinbeck novel set in Monterey California. The novel was the authors first clear critical and commercial success. hardcover