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1954rif. 277580Viking 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Mustard boards top edge stained red. The dustjacket is not price-clipped and has no blurbs on the rear panel. virtually no shelf wear to the cloth. The verso of the dustjacket is soiled along the spine only not affecting the cloth. Very shallow crinkling and chipping at the spine ends. Viking hardcover
1942rif. mon0003576177The Vikings Press Inc. 1942-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.1102 9.1299 6.5709. First edition first state. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic Brodart protector shows minor wear and tear rubbing. Bookplate of former owner on the front free endpaper. First edition with page 112 line 11 with large period between ""talk"" and ""this."" First edition dust jacket with $2.00 on the front flap. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. The Vikings Press, Inc. hardcover
1947rif. 006186New York: Viking 1947. Brown Cloth. Good/Fair. Jose Clemente Orozco. Minor wear at corners and spine ends name/address on front pastedown and flyleaf; nice sound copy. Jacket quite worn at edges spine a bit faded 1" chip at base of spine. Second printing before publication; author looks to his left on jacket photo. Viking hardcover
1947rif. 009115Heinemann 1947. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in a near fine jacket . First Edition. First English Edition. Excellent copy. Heinemann Hardcover
1961rif. 10391Viking 1961 hardcover first edition with dust jacket showing $4.40 price on front flap. Cover binding and pages excellent. Dust jacket shows some faint fading edgewear and small scratches. Viking hardcover
1946rif. 12791Penguin 1946. Book. Acceptable. Mass Market Paperback. Publisher: Penguin 599 / Year: First Penguin Books Edition June 1946/ Description: Mass Market Paperback Acceptable condition / Condition: small cover creases cover delamination page tanning / Pages: 180 pages . Penguin Paperback
1947rif. 009115Heinemann 1947. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in a near fine jacket . First Edition. First English Edition. Excellent copy. Heinemann Hardcover books
1948rif. 053874The Viking Press 1948. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Light gray 1/4 cloth slate blue cloth-effect boards lettered in black blue topstain. Light scratch to back cover with slight surface loss partially toned front endpapers from news clipping now removed otherwise as issued. 220 pp. 1st ed. Color pictorial dust jacket chipped at corners with loss to spine extremities and upper rear panel affecting wording several short 1/4" or less closed edge tears now in mylar. 1st ed. The Viking Press Hardcover
1945rif. 003772New York: Viking 1945. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Bound in yellow cloth with blue lettering and dark blue top stain. 209 pages. The book is tight and square with bright unmarked pages. The book's boards are lightly soiled and the spine is moderately sun darkened. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Viking hardcover
1945rif. 26JS0F1945STEINBECK John 1902–1968. Cannery Row. New York: The Viking Press 1945. 1945 Wartime Edition. With "First Published by The Viking Press in January 1945" on the copyright page and no subsequent printing statement. Octavo 8vo. Original royal-blue cloth blindstamped to the front board with gilt lettering to the spine. Publisher's yellow topstain and deckled fore edge. Copyright page notes wartime production restrictions and simultaneous Canadian publication by The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited. One of Steinbeck's most enduring California novels Cannery Row offers a compassionate portrait of life in Monterey during the Depression blending humor humanity and social observation through its memorable cast of characters. Published at the close of World War II it remains one of the author's most beloved works and an important title in twentieth-century American literature. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding remains sound and square. An attractive copy with light expected wear from age. No dust jacket. Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover The Viking Press hardcover
1945rif. 053866London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Light orange cloth lettered in black. Slight bump to bottom front edge 1/2" discoloration at head of spine panel vintage bookseller's tag mounted inside front cover. iv136 pp. 1st British ed. Dust jacket shows minor loss to corners and heel of spine price-clipped front flap V-shaped loss at head of spine extending 1" deep along upper rear joint foxing to rear panel now in mylar. William Heinemann Ltd. Hardcover
2002rif. 23067New York:: Viking 2002. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. No remainder mark as is common with this title. This collection brings together for the first time over fifty of Steinbeck's finest essays and journalistic pieces on Salinas Sag Harbor Arthur Miller Woody Guthrie the Vietnam War and more that otherwise have remained out of print and have not previously appeared in a single volume. Viking, unknown
1970rif. 26107London:: Heinemann 1970. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Near Fine copy with a slight bump to the spine ends in a Near Fine dust jacket with some light wrinkling to head and heel of the spine. From January to November 1951 Steinbeck began his writing day while working on East of Eden by jotting down his ideas for the novel as well as personal letters to his editor Pascal Covici. These letters were never intended for publication and reflect his ongoing battle with the project and his observations on the events of the day. What these letters show is the flow of Steinbeck's mind and the nature of his creative process. Heinemann, unknown
1978rif. 000246San Francisco: Book Club of California 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. San Francisco: Book Club Of California. First Edition 1978. Edited by Florian J. Shasky and Susan F. Riggs With an Introduction by Carlton A. Sheffield. 1/500 copies printed at the Plantin Press in Los Angeles. Orange paper boards tan cloth spine spine label in tan dustwrapper. Fine/Fine. 119pp. A nice copy. Size: Octavo Book Club of California hardcover
1954rif. dn1246New York: Viking 1954. First Edition . Hard Bound. Very Good/Good. Very good light bumping to board extremities in good mylar-covered dust jacket with two short closed tears to bottom edge of back short closed tear to upper edge at front and chip and light wrinkling to top of spine. Price still present. No markings. Stated first edition. Viking unknown
rif. 29071New York: Viking Press. 1954. First edition. First printing. Dust jacket illustration by Paul Galdone. list ned Pages 273 pp.8vo. Clothbound. First edition. First printing. Goldstone & Payne A33b. Hayashi 14. Sequel to CANNERY ROW. In good condition in dust jacket with some minor wear. Top edge spotted. New York: Viking Press. 1954. hardcover
1988rif. 230377Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1988. Award-Winning American Classic Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Oblong octavo 424 pages pictorial brown cloth gilt aeg Frontispiece drawing by Douglas Frampton. With a center portfolio of "Drought and Depression" photographs. Downs FAMOUS AMERICAN BOOKS 43; See also 2012 exhibition at the Library of Congress: "Books That Shaped America". The Franklin Library hardcover
1939rif. 160314-ER21The Modern Library 1939. Good older hardcover no dustjacket Previous owner's bookplate. Early Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Cover. The Modern Library Hardcover
1942rif. 018753New York: The Viking Press 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good/Very Good. 8vo. 188pp. Sharp First edition though likely 2nd issue as pg 112 is corrected and printer is mentioned on copyright page. Bound in blue cloth with titles in silver on spine and blind-stamped on front board. Square tight and clean throughout with just a touch of page toning. Mild edge-wear. Attractive unclipped dust-jacket $2.00 has a chip to the crown and top ti. Tiny nicks creases and closed edge-tears. Rear panel toning. Rubbing to hinges and folds. Not perfect but solid complete and quite presentable. A pretty overall collectable copy at a great price. The Viking Press hardcover
1942rif. 202-0015New 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
1942rif. COLLECTI003879INEW 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
1947rif. 55836New York: Viking Press 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo. 8 312pp. Original auburn cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine blind-stamped landscape on cover gray top edge; in original color-illustrated dustjacket yellow and gray lettering on spine. Epigraph of 15th Century play Everyman as frontispiece. Price $2.75 on front flap. Set in the Salinas Valley this novel describes the life various characters without developing a main or leading character eluding to the meaning of the epigraph the transitory nature of humanity. Though not considered to be one of his best novels it was financially successful and adapted for the screen starring Joan Collins Jayne Mansfield and others. Binding with very light wear along edges dustjacket with light wear as well and some age-toning along edges back cover lightly age-toned with minor staining. Betty Rose inked to half-title. Block lightly age-toned. Viking Press hardcover
rif. FORT884011The Viking Press. Used - Acceptable. Book Club Edition in Good mylar-wrapped dust jacket. The Viking Press unknown
rif. FORT288614The Viking Press. Used - Acceptable. In facsimile dust jacket. Book Club Edition. The Viking Press unknown
1947rif. 005345NY: Viking Press 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first issue near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Slight crack of the front hinge after the half title page. The green topstain is slightly faded. The jacket spine is a little darkened as is the rear panel and edges of the flaps. Front panel of the jacket is bright; $2.75 price on front flap. "Haddon Craftsmen" at bottom of copyright page embossed drawing of bus on front board in a lighter color than the cloth. A nicer than typical copy with no chips or tears in the jacket just a touch of rubbing. Viking Press hardcover