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1941réf. 2054FIRST PRINTING OF NOBELIST STEINBECK'S "LEISURELY JOURNAL OF TRAVEL AND RESEARCH" WITH HIS MARINE BIOLOGIST FRIEND EDWARD RICKETTS. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover green cloth binding gilt title to cover and spine endpaperes with map of Gulf of California inscriptions verso of front free endpaper handstamp of Grace Short Reed to half title page stated verso of title page "First published in December 1941." i-x 598 pp 8 color photographic plates 32 black & white plates 2 charts. Wear to corners and spine ends light browning to page edges very good minus in custom archival mylar cover. JOHN STEINBECK 1902 – 1968 was one of the most widely read authors of the 20th century. Much of Steinbeck's work employs settings in his native central California. In 1930 Steinbeck met the marine biologist EDWARD RICKETTS 1897-1948 who became a close friend and mentor to Steinbeck during the following decade teaching him a great deal about philosophy and biology. Ricketts operated a biological lab on the coast of Monterey selling biological samples of small animals fish rays starfish turtles and other marine forms to schools and colleges. Between 1930 and 1936 Steinbeck and Ricketts became close friends and Steinbeck's wife Carol began working at the lab as secretary-bookkeeper. Steinbeck had already published The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men when he co-authored Sea of Cortez with Ricketts. A narrative of a biological expedition in the Gulf of California the work combines scientific observations with personal reflections drawing parallels between human and marine life. Over 550 species are described that in retrospect reveal that ecological disruptions had already affected the Gulf by 1940. Ricketts who died in 1948 was inspiration for the character of "Doc" in Steinbeck's Cannery Row published in 1945. Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. Viking Press hardcover
1954réf. 27900New York:: Viking Press 1954. First Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine copy with a previous owner name on flyleaf in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with chipping to spine ends. Sweet Thursday is the sequel to Cannery Row and set in the years after the end of World War II. According to the author "Sweet Thursday" is the day between Lousy Wednesday and Waiting Friday. Returning to the scene of Cannery Row—the weedy lots and junk heaps and flophouses of Monterey John Steinbeck once more brings to life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears—from Doc based on Steinbeck’s lifelong friend Ed Ricketts to Fauna new headmistress of the local brothel to Hazel a bum whose mother must have wanted a daughter. Viking Press, unknown
1941réf. 250826New York: Viking 1941. 2nd printing before publication. HC w DJ. Good/Good. Good/Good. Cream buckram green titling & illustration soiling to boards edgewear to tips endpapers toned FO plate to FFEP FO embossed stamp to title page unmarked binding sound. Clipped DJ edgeworn w nicks/chips loss to spine tips & top edge in protector. Life in a Mexican Village: B/W photos from the motion picture directed by Herbert & Rosa Harvan Kline. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012. Viking hardcover
1941réf. 004088New York: The Viking Press 1941. Steinbeck's memoir of the making of the film illustrated with 136 photographs from the film by Rosa Harvan Kline and Alexander Hackensmid. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition "First Published in May 1941". Tan cloth binding with a decorated front cover featuring a Mexican worker cutting a plant. Clean text; 143 pages. Unbumped; mildly cocked; endpapers typically tanned. There is a previous-owner signature on the FFEP. The dustjacket is Very Good Plus not price-clipped; the spine and part of the rear cover are tanned and there is a 1/8" chip at the top of the spine. In an archival plastic protector. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Viking Press Hardcover
1941réf. 5230VIKING. NY 1941. Near Fine. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a Vg. dj. Tips of dj. flaps clipped but not price. Dime-size chip at crest of front cover. Shallow chipping at crest of spine on dj. Short edge tears. Faint remnants of a sticker at base of front pastedown . VIKING. NY 1941 hardcover
1942réf. 047205New York : The Viking Press 1942 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. '"Early in December 1941 Steinbeck began revising the work.and recasting the play as a novel; he sent his revised draft to Pascal Covici his editor at Viking later in December. The Moon Is Down as a novel appeared in book form in March 1942"' Colophon states: "Copyright 1942 by John Steinbeck Set in Bulmer and Caledonia type. Printed in the U.S.A by the Haddon Craftsmen. Printed on the same day in the Dominion of Canada by the Macmillan Company Limited of Canada Limited. First Published in March 1942" 188p. Crisp unmarked copy in original blue cloth cover Spine blind stamped IN silveralmost as new.First printing DJ with slight wearnow in protective sleeve. The Viking Press hardcover
1942réf. 607977New York: The Viking Press 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition first issue with no mention of the printer on the copyright page and a large period between "talk" and "this" on p. 112 line 11. Spine slightly cocked and a few small marks to both endpapers else near fine in a good only dust jacket with spine torn and separated at the rear panel a few small stains and modest wear to the extremities. The first issue is increasingly uncommon. The Viking Press hardcover
1942réf. 427818New York: The Viking Press 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition fourth state containing the dot between the words "An" and "official" on page 30 line 16 in nearly a first issue dust jacket with the perfect "m" in the word "them" it does contain the reviews making this not a true first. Light surface abrasion on page 30 affecting the words "of a soldier" but still very much readable else near fine in a rubbed very good dust jacket with some small nicks at the corners. A nice copy. The Viking Press hardcover
1945réf. 000137New York: The Viking Press 1945. Book. Illus. by Dennis Wesley. Fine. Hardcover. Lovely copy in near fine tan paperboard slipcase with pasted plate. Apparently First Illustrated Edition. Illustrated End Papers. 9-3/4" x 6-5/8". 131 pp. Tan cloth with pasted plate on cover. Gold gilt lettering on blue background on spine. Endpapers decorated with beautiful water color painting by Wesley Dennis. Printed by Zeese-Wilkinson Co. According to The Beyer Collection at Princeton University Library this is one of 3 variant copies published in 1945. The Viking Press Hardcover
1947réf. 470279New York: The Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 312pp. Red cloth. About fine in near fine jacket very slightly spine tanned with light rubbing. The Viking Press hardcover
1947réf. 431085New York: Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in dustwrapper with a blue line on the rear panel and flaps from an old jacket protector else near fine otherwise an uncommonly nice copy of a relatively common title. Viking Press hardcover
réf. 24209NY: VIKING. Near Fine. 1947. First Edition. Cloth. 0670752770 . Near fine in a Vg. dj. Top edge lightly faded. A few tiny chips at spine ends & along edges of covers. Couple 1"-inch tears in dj. Hint of rubbing on dj. . VIKING. hardcover
1961réf. BBS-2019777William Heinemann Ltd 1961. Paperback. Good. Softcover uncorrected proof in advance of the hardcover UK first. Bound signatures in wraps; wraps worn soft with light edgewear and corner creasing toning foxing and some light soil to spine and hinges. Spine creased and wrinkled binding sound. Foxed to textblock edges and prelims. Pages else clean lightly toned; text unmarked. William Heinemann Ltd paperback
1961réf. 55249New York: The Viking Press 1961. First edition. His last novel set in New England. The title is a reference to the first two lines of Shakespeare's Richard III. Light foxing to endpapers and board edges slightly sunned otherwise near fine in very good dust jacket a little darkened on spine and edges and with light wear to corners and spine ends. The Viking Press unknown
1961réf. 12709New York: Viking 1961 First Edition with "First Published in 1961" on copyright page. 8vo. Bright blue cloth stamped in black and silver. Top page edges stained blue. Neat erasure on flyleaf. Nice dust jacket toned some on spine. Very good to near Fine/Very good to near Fine condition. Viking hardcover
1944réf. LPB011585JSCleveland and New York: World Publishing Company 1944. Reprint Edition/4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good . A scarce early reprint edition in green boards with silver type. Ding to top front corner previous owner's stamp to front pastedown and name to front flyleaf. Light stain to bottom of front board. Tanning to textblock. Solid interior. Jacket is unclipped with some edgewear/nicks short tear to heel and a handful of longer nicks/very short tears to edges and one corner. A very nice copy considering the age and poor materials used for these early reprints. World Publishing Company hardcover
1956réf. 501731Paris: Rene Julliard 1956. Softcover. Very Good. First trade edition with no equivalent American edition. Translated by Jean-Francois Rozan. Octavo. 160pp. Yellow pictorial wrappers. Small light smudge on front wrap else a very good or better copy. Rene Julliard unknown
réf. 001620New York The Viking Press 1969. A fine copy in like dust wrapper. Published posthumously this is Steinbeck's day-by-day account of the writing of East of Eden in the form of letters to his friend and publisher Pat Covici. First edition. New York The Viking Press (1969). unknown books
1950réf. 469608Munchen: Bayerischer Schulbuch 1950. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition thus with this title. 12mo. 70 2pp. Illustrated wrappers. Owner name and school stamp both on titlepage Lightly rubbed else near fine. Text book for German children with a German and English glossary. Bayerischer Schulbuch unknown books
1942réf. 607977New York: The Viking Press 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition first issue with no mention of the printer on the copyright page and a large period between "talk" and "this" on p. 112 line 11. Spine slightly cocked and a few small marks to both endpapers else near fine in a good only dust jacket with spine torn and separated at the rear panel a few small stains and modest wear to the extremities. The first issue is increasingly uncommon. The Viking Press hardcover books
1942réf. 427818New York: The Viking Press 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition fourth state containing the dot between the words "An" and "official" on page 30 line 16 in nearly a first issue dust jacket with the perfect "m" in the word "them" it does contain the reviews making this not a true first. Light surface abrasion on page 30 affecting the words "of a soldier" but still very much readable else near fine in a rubbed very good dust jacket with some small nicks at the corners. A nice copy. The Viking Press hardcover books
1947réf. 470279New York: The Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 312pp. Red cloth. About fine in near fine jacket very slightly spine tanned with light rubbing. The Viking Press hardcover books
1947réf. 431085New York: Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in dustwrapper with a blue line on the rear panel and flaps from an old jacket protector else near fine otherwise an uncommonly nice copy of a relatively common title. Viking Press hardcover books
1956réf. 501731Paris: Rene Julliard 1956. Softcover. Very Good. First trade edition with no equivalent American edition. Translated by Jean-Francois Rozan. Octavo. 160pp. Yellow pictorial wrappers. Small light smudge on front wrap else a very good or better copy. Rene Julliard unknown books
réf. 06591New 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 minimal fading to spine. A fine copy in a near fine 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
