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1945ref. TB33002New York: The Viking Press 1945. First Illustrated Edition. First Printing Fine in tan cloth covered boards with an illustrated paper label on the front board gilt on blue title block on the spine and end papers illustrated with running horses. The edges of the text block are stained dark blue. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 3/8 inches Issued without a dust jacket however the book is contained within a near fine paper covered slip case with its paper label in place which shows hints of rubbing at the upper and lower edges. There is a very faint dampness stain to the top edge of the slipcase and to the upper side of the rear panel. The contents of the book are fine. 131 pages of text followed by a page of other books by Steinbeck. Illustrated from color paintings by Wesley Dennis. A very handsome very collectable copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Goldstone & Payne A9c The Viking Press hardcover
1943ref. 29209NY: The Viking Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very slight rubbing to the DJ at the spine ends and top of the front panel.; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 568 pages . 1943. The Viking Press hardcover
1947ref. 152676New York: The Viking Press 1947. First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning writer. Octavo original cloth top stain green. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some chips to the spine. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. In his first novel to follow the publication of his enormous success The Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck’s vision comes wonderfully to life in this imaginative and unsentimental chronicle of a bus traveling California’s back roads transporting the lost and the lonely the good and the greedy the stupid and the scheming the beautiful and the vicious away from their shattered dreams and possibly toward the promise of the future. It was the basis for the 1957 film starring Jayne Mansfield Joan Collins Dan Dailey and Rick Jason. The Viking Press hardcover
1949ref. 003272Rome: 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. Publishers bookmark and 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
1947ref. 97788New York NY: The Viking Press 1947. 1947. Very good. - Octavo 8-1/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in brick red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover and spine with an image of a bus in blind on the front cover in a pictorial dust wrapper designed by Robert Hallock. The top edge is stained green. The head & tail of the dust jacket's spine are rubbed and the edges of the jacket's rear panel and innner flaps are darkened. There is also a tiny hole to the jacket's rear panel with minor dampstaining to that panel's bottom corner. 312 pages. Very good. First edition first printing with "Published by The Viking Press in February 1947" and "Printed.by The Haddon Craftsmen" on the copyright page. New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1947. hardcover
1947ref. 44361New York: The Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. 8vo. Terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering pictorial dust jacket. 312pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear with chip at tail of spine and old mends on jacket verso. Tight clean attractive first edition. Superb jacket front panel graphics. Ownership signature dated March 1947 of John H. Mulliken Jr. 1922-2004 a Dartmouth graduate and WW2 tank commander with literary aspirations a letter with writing advice from legendary editor Max Perkins to young G.I. Mulliken appears in "The Letters of Maxwell E. Perkins" who became a journalist for "Life" and "Time" magazines among others then Deputy Press Secretary for Vice President Nelson Rockefeller in the mid-1970s; above this his future wife Barbara Hanschen from whom he got the book signs and dates it February 1947 the month of its publication. The Viking Press hardcover
1947ref. 12701New York: Viking 1947 First edition. 8vo. Dark reddish orange cloth stamped in gilt. Top page edges stained light blue - very faint. 312 pages. Clean. Bright. tight. Dust jacket price clipped with several small chips at corners and N of Joh missing at top of spine. near Fine/Good condition. Viking hardcover
1947ref. 45893New York:: The Viking Press 1947. First edition first binding. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. One corner slightly bumped; a touch of shelf wear; else a bright copy in a very good jacket with some light use and some tiny tears to the top edge. The rear panel is very slightly toned. . 8vo. The Viking Press, hardcover
1988ref. 57595Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1988. First edition thus. Full leather. Fine. 9 1/4'' X 6 1/2''. 281pp. The Easton Press unknown
1961ref. 24621New York: The Viking Press 1961. First edition first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 8vo. Blue cloth spine blocked in black and silver. Trace of fading to the top edge of the boards pencil gift inscription on the front free endpaper else a very good copy. The dustwrapper is price-clipped. It has light rubbing at the edges and fold and some creasing at the very tip of the spine else very good. . The Viking Press hardcover
1961ref. 1370961New York: The Viking Press 1961. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 281 pages. In Very Good minus condition with poor dust jacket. Blue pictorial spine with black and white text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has front flap missing tearing to spine edges chipping to corners on rear cover and mild edgewear and shelf wear. Boards have mild edgewear. Text block has toning to endpapers and pastedowns foxing on some pages and previous owner's name on front endpaper. "First published by in 1961 by the Viking Press" on copyright page. Head edge of text block dyed blue. Shelved under Display Table #2. 1370961. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Viking Press hardcover
1961ref. 001370New York: Viking 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Previous owner inscription light foxing to endpapers and text block edges and a bit of browning to board edges with some minor soiling to boards. Otherwise square spine and binding tight with solid points.Jacket is not clipped but has browning to flaps and spine with frey and loss at some edges especial 1/4 inch at spine top tips and a fingertip out of front bottom edge. Looks noble in new plastic dj cover. Viking Hardcover
ref. 10264New York: Heinemann 1961. 1st U.K. Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good- dust jacket. Edgewear to jacket inlcuding some tearing. A few smudges and weak stains to jacket. Some foxing to volume mostly to page edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Text is unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Heinemann hardcover
1947ref. 58576NY: Viking Press 1947. First Edition. Goldstein A4b. One of 4000 copies printed. Tall 8vo. gray cloth. stamped in black with paper illustration tipped to front cover; 213 pages. With 17 Paintings By Peggy Worthington. Very Good contents & text clean & tight; two very tiny smudges front cover small bookplate on front pastedown; few short tears little chipping head of spine; $6.00 price on front flap d/j. Viking Press unknown
1947ref. 8980Viking Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1947. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Variant binding of black cloth backed green boards with gilt title to spine. Light toning along upper/lower edges; slightly bumped spine ends and corners; trace soil. Green topstain. Jacket in archival protector is moderately toned and scuffed; small chips/tears with minor related creasing; light soil; a bit of pen writing to front flap; flaps not clipped. Binding sound text unmarked. Unobtrusive previous owner name and brief inscription to ffep. Interior lightly toned. 17 color plates reproduced from paintings by Peggy Worthington. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 213 pages . Viking Press hardcover
1977ref. 13840Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library 1977. First Edition in this Format; Limited Edition. Hardcover. Book condition is Near Fine bound in full leather with gilt decorations gilt page edges and a hubbed spine; high-quality smyth sewn binding the interior vaunts moire end papers acid-neutral paper won't yellow or become brittle over time and a silk ribbon page marker. Text is clean and unmarked. Limited Edition of The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Franklin Library hardcover
1948ref. 58623NY: Viking Press 1948. First Edition. Goldstone-Payne A27a. Tall 8vo. light-blue cloth with light-gray spine in dust jacket; 230 pages. Pictures By Robert Capa. Very Good covers nice contents clean & tight; few short tears two interior repairs with brown paper tape; small chip base of spine d/j Overall a nice copy. Viking Press unknown books
1948ref. 442040New York: Viking Press 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Pictures by Robert Capa. Page 73 roughly cut near bottom corner edges rubbed spine cocked very good lacking the dustwrapper. Viking Press hardcover books
1966ref. 58687NY: The Viking Press 1966. First Edition first printing. Goldstone-Payne A43a. Quarto: two-toned cloth in dust jacket; 205 pages. Illustrated With 165 Photographs. Very near fine copy covers nice; contents clean & tight very minor soil two very tiny tears head of spine d/j. A nice copy! The Viking Press unknown books
1970ref. 315162Aptos California: Roxburghe & Zamorano Club 1970. Softcover. Fine. First edition. An Introduction by James D. Hart. Quarto. Facsimile frontispiece. Original buff wrappers. Paper flaw on front wrap looks a little wrinkled else fine. One of 150 copies printed at the Grace Hoper Press. Goldstone & Payne A45a. (Roxburghe & Zamorano Club) unknown books
1970ref. 532078Aptos California: Printed at the Grace Hoper Press for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe & Zamorano clubs 1970. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Introduction by James D. Hart. Quarto. 16pp Sewn printed wrappers. Faint toning on front wrap else about fine copy. Limited to 150 copies. (Printed at the Grace Hoper Press for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe & Zamorano clubs unknown books
ref. 06578New York: The Viking Press 1969. Steinbeck at Work The Private Notebook Behind a Masterpiece STEINBECK John. Journal of a Novel. The East of Eden Letters. New York: The Viking Press 1969. First edition. Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 209 x 143 mm. x 1-2 3-182 pp. Publisher's quarter dark blue linen over blue cloth boards spine lettered in silver decorative endpapers top edge stained light blue. Original color pictorial dust jacket spine faded with minor wear to extremities. A fine copy in an excellent dust jacket. A fascinating and deeply revealing companion to East of Eden comprising Steinbeck's working journal written in the form of letters to his editor and friend Pascal Covici. Composed during the creation of his most ambitious novel these entries provide a rare day-by-day account of the creative process - charting Steinbeck's struggles ambitions and evolving ideas as East of Eden took shape. More than mere ancillary material this volume stands as an intimate self-portrait of the author at work offering insight into his discipline doubts and artistic philosophy. Goldstone & Payne A45a. New York: The Viking Press, 1969 unknown books
1937ref. 19644New York: Covici Friede 1937. Book Club Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. The Book Club Edition of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Octavo 186pp 1. Publisher's original tan cloth title printed on spine and cover. The first Book Club edition with "Printed and bound by the Haddon Craftsmen" on the copyright page. With the corrected text on page 9 ending "hung loosely" and no bullet between the eights on page 88. In the publisher's pictorial dust jacket without price on the front flap loss along the heel of the spine several short closed tears. Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club before publication. ref. Goldstone & Payne Aa. Covici Friede unknown books
1958ref. 58682NY: The Viking Press 1958. First Edition first printing. Goldstone-Payne A37a. 8vo. boards & cloth in dust jacket; 233 pages. Near fine covers nice; contents clean & tight; minor wear & few short tears $3.95 price is present on the front flap d/j. There is a very shallow chip at the top of the spine and a former owner hand-painted the background colors to match those on the dust jacket and this is tipped to the inside of the head of the spine. Not a big deal but it does make the d/j look nicer. The Viking Press unknown books
1961ref. 590116Taiwan: no publisher 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Pirated edition. Small octavo. Olive cloth with spine stamped in silver ribbon marker and printed on very thin paper book is about 5/8" thick. Near fine in a very good or better dust jacket also printed on thinner stock printed in red only that has a couple of nicks and tiny tears and a slightly longer tear on the front panel. Prints a copyright date but neither spurious publicaiton information nor the Chinese-language text that is usually found. no publisher] hardcover books
