1941réf. 2685New York: Viking Press 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illustrated by 136 photographs from the film by Herbert Kline. Much nicer than usual copy of a relatively common book very prone to wear. Front panel of dust jacket is very bright. Rear panel of DJ with light toning spine ends of jacket rubbed. Viking Press hardcover
1941réf. 53111New York:: The Viking Press 1941. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. A sharp near fine copy in a price-clipped jacket with some minor use at edges and a little soiling to the rear panel. Large 8vo. With 136 Photographs from the Film of the Same Name. The Viking Press, hardcover
1940réf. 15052New York: Garden City Publishing Co 1940. Hardcover. Octavo full red leather spine in six compartments with black and gilt spine labels 619 pp. Early leather edition of this classic. Offsetting to endpapers scuffing to covers wear and some tears/fraying along spine. Garden City Publishing Co hardcover
1942réf. 001407New York: The Viking Press 1942. Steinbeck's wartime novel set in Norway "continues the experiment begun with Of Mice and Men that of writing a short novel having the time and place disciplines of the stage." This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition First Printing in a Second Issue dustjacket clipped flaps. Dark blue cloth binding with silver lettering on the spine. Clean and fresh text. Previous-owner signature on FFEP dated 1942 else Fine. The dustjacket shows moderate wear with rubbing at the flap and spine creases a few small chips and wrinkles at the margins. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. The Viking Press hardcover
1942réf. 11781New York: Viking Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Softcover. Light wear and chipping to DJ. Browning to endpapers; First edition first issue. Dot on page 112 no mention of printer on copyright page 'first published.' notation; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 188 pages . 1942. Viking Press paperback
1942réf. 20282New 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. Viking unknown
1942réf. 11443JNew 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
1942réf. 003319NY: 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. Darkening to endsheets. Otherwise bright. This is the uncommon true first state with the period between "Talk and This" on p. 112. Overall a nice copy of a book that is becoming exceedingly hard to find in this "first state". . First Edition / First Issue. Hard Cover. Very Good /Very Good . Viking Hardcover
1951réf. 16589ENew York: Bantam 1951. First Edition - Thus. Paperbound. Review copy with the publisher’s dated review slip laid in. Very good plus copy with some minor foxing to the inside covers and a faint hint of edge wear in printed wrappers. The front cover is illustrated with a color painting of a lovely woman leaning against a building in a seductive pose as a man approaches from around the corner. Bantam unknown
1947réf. 21268New York: Viking Press 1947. First Edition First Printing. Very Good/Fine Facsimile. Drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. Original terracotta cloth stamped in black with wraparound illustration. A classic allegory of greed and human nature set in a Mexican fishing village based on a legend Steinbeck heard while in La Paz. A Scribner's bookstore label to front pastedown indicates provenance to Mrs. S. I. Newhouse Park Avenue New York. First Edition First Printing. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean with mild toning. Light sunning and faint discoloration along spine and board edges; gilt on spine title moderately dulled. Corners and spine ends show light rubbing. Overall a solid well-preserved example the orange cloth a bit faded from light exposure. Facsimile dust jacket in a Mylar sleeve is flawless. Published December 1947 by Viking The Pearl was first serialized in Woman's Home Companion under the title 'The Pearl of the World'. The story was adapted into a 1947 Mexican film La perla directed by Emilio Fernández and later an American production securing its place among Steinbeck's most widely taught novellas. Orozco's stark illustrations deepen the book's social realism pairing two of the 20th century's most powerful interpreters of human struggle. Genres: Fiction Illustrated Literature American Literature Allegory Subjects: Greed Poverty Human Nature Mexico Morality Film Adaptation Viking Press unknown
1945réf. 044294New York: The Viking Press 1945. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Illustrated Edition. First Illustrations edtion. issued with slipcase and no dust jacket Book is in Near Fine condition. Boards are clean not bumped. Not remaindered.Book plate from the library. glued on front end page. No dust jacket Slipcase is good condition Some separation at seams All-ways well boxed All-ways fast service. Thanks. The Viking Press Hardcover
1945réf. 23124NY: Viking Press 1945. First illustrated edition. Hardcover. A fine copy entirely clean and unworn and with no previous owner marking in very good slipcase. Original gray cloth with pictorial paper inset on front cover octavo 7 x 9.5 inches 131pp. Color illustrations by Wesley Dennis. A superb copy of this classic tale. Viking Press hardcover
1945réf. 404The Viking Press 1945. First Illustrated Edition. Fine. Wesley DENNIS. First Illustrated Edition. 8vo; 131pp followed by a listing of other Steinbeck works; green stamped border on tan linen front cover has color illustrated pony onlay; color illustrated endpapers of running horses; color illustrated title page; verso title page states "This edition is produced in full compliance with all War Production Board Conservation orders."; color illustrations; tan paper slipcase with color illustrated title onlay; fine in very good plus slipcase. All four of the Steinbeck stories about the boy Jody Tiflin and his life on his California ranch in chapters 1-4. Two film versions were produced one in 1949 and a made for television movie in 1973. The Viking Press unknown
1957réf. 17757New York: Viking 1957. First edition / First printing. Gold cloth spine orange cloth boards Near fine in near fine dust jacket. $3.00 price present on front jacket flap. Viking, hardcover
1949réf. 003694Rome: Albatross 1949. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Albatross Printing in yellow wraps. Authorized Edition #576. Very scarce book especially in dustjacket. Yellow dustjacket printing is the same as the book covers. Publisher's postcard laid-in. Cover states: Not to be introduced into the British Empire or the U.SA. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Albatross Paperback
1947réf. 003576NY: Viking Press 1947. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo; 1.5 Pounds. 1st printing; dj w/lite chipping in mylar; lite shelf rubbing; 312 clean unmarked pages Viking Press hardcover
1947réf. 08099New York: Viking 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. First issue bound in terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering spine and front cover blindstamp bus lower front cover. "Published by Viking Press in February 1947" on copyright page. Dust Jacket unclipped with $2.75 price. A very good copy with owner bookplate front pastedown in a very good dust jacket with mild chips and short closed tears. 312 pp. Viking hardcover
1961réf. 048021New York: Viking. 1St Edition No Markings Tight Binding Slightly Cocked. Light Shelf Wear- Small Closed Tear To Back Of Unclipped Jacket. Minimal Soiling And Foxing. Sunning To Spine. In Protective Mylar. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1961. Viking hardcover
1961réf. 018904London Melbourne Toronto: Heinemann 1961. FIRST EDITION first printing. Stated first UK edition. Full purple cloth-patterned hardcover with gilt lettering on the spine endpapers a little foxed moderate wear to the extremities of the jacket. Jacket has been price clipped. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall a VERY GOOD book in a VERY GOOD brodart protected dust jacket. Photos available upon request. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Heinemann Hardcover
1948réf. DEMO008712IPraha: NAKLADATELSTVI ELK 1948. First edition thus. Paperback. Good. 12mo orig. wraps worn small. bit of gutter stain at front. Scarce Afterword by A.J. Stastny the translator NAKLADATELSTVI ELK paperback
1975réf. 003784New York: Viking Compass 1975. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed & Inscribed By Editor. 1st Edition. First Printing. Softcover. Inscribed by the editor Robert Morsberger on the front free endpaper "Viva Tom & Ginger Elliott! Bob Morsberger". An original screenplay by John Steinbeck. It was made into an award winning film by Elia Kazan and starred Marlon Brando and Anthony Quinn. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Viking Compass paperback
1989réf. 000469Viking 1989. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Published in New York by Viking in 1989. First Edition. Book fine in wrappers. Viking unknown
1964réf. 81335San Francisco: Roxburgh & Zamorano Clubs 1964. First edition. 4to. 8 pp. Very near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 150 copies printed as a keepsake for the biennial meeting of the clubs. First appearance in print of this humorous note which Steinbeck wrote to one of his professors the father of the printer Sherwood Grover while attending Stanford University c. 1920. Goldstone & Payne A42. San Francisco: Roxburgh & Zamorano Clubs, unknown books
1941réf. 6695NY VIKING 1941 1941. DUST JACKET; 1/2 FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. NY, VIKING, 1941 hardcover books
1942réf. 2290748New York: P.F. Collier & Son Corporation 1942. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Reissue. Minor wear to corners light blemishes to fore edges. Bindings tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1942 Hard Cover. Six hardcover volumes. Original brown bindings gilt titles light blue & red accents. A uniform set of works by the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author published during World War II. Includes: Of Mice and Men and Short Stories Saint Katy the Virgin; The Red Pony; The Leader of the People; The Grapes of Wrath; In Dubious Battle; Tortilla Flat; Cup of Gold; The Moon is Down and Short Stories The Long Valley. P.F. Collier & Son Corporation hardcover books
