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1951réf. 3-21-25 -1 box 3Unclipped jacket price of $4.00. Jacket shows wear spine faded and some chips. Viking hardcover
1937réf. 036295Covici Friede 1937. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. octavo. 186pp.Beige cloth orange front and spine labels. Stated third printing. Prev.owner inscription on the front free endpaper. Foxing to the endpapers light toning to the extremities of the panels otherwise very clean unmarked text. Unclipped pictorial jacket has the original $3.00 price and "third printing" on the front flap.There is a 2" triangular chip on the upper corner of the front panel lesser chips on the extremities. in mylar sleeve. "The story of two migrant ranch workers navigating challenges during the Great Depression. George Milton and Lennie Small". Covici Friede Hardcover
1937réf. 2327447New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 7x5x1. First book club edition matching points of second state correction to 'loosely' on page 9 no bullet on page 88 Saint Katy the Virgin appears in list of author's works opposite title page with original jacket lacking price and printing number on flap. Very good in good jacket. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss from corners jacket toned jacket flap corners trimmed. Binding tight and square pages clean and unmarked. 1937 Hard Cover. 186 pp. One of Steinbeck's most famous novels written three years before he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Grapes of Wrath. "They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie a man of tremendous size has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family" clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields they hustle work when they can living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George taught him. Covici Friede Publishers hardcover
1937réf. mm000870New York New York U.S.A.: Covici-Friede. Tan cloth hardcover with orange and black blocks on face and spine. Top page edges are a faded green. A small stain to the side page edges. Dust jacket has some discoloration to the spine. The front edge has a tear and some staining at edge. Second issue. No writing or marks on text. Also includes a flier from the book of the month club with a detailed description of the story. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1937. Covici-Friede hardcover
1958réf. 859201958. STEINBECK John. Once there was War. Orig. cloth priceclipped dust jacket. New York: The Viking Press 1958. Goldstone & Payne A37-a. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. unknown
1958réf. 08642New York: The Viking Press 1958. First Edition. Fine/About Fine. 233 pages top edges stained red; price of $3.95 on front flap. Minor wear at jacket extremities short closed tear top of front panel a trace of fading at jacket spine. Goldstone & Payne A37. The Viking Press unknown
1962réf. 278063New York: The Viking Press 1962. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in wrappers and near fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny stains. One of 3200 copies. A lovely copy. The Viking Press unknown
1954réf. 1416776New York: The Viking Press 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo x 273 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Bound in light green cloth with red titling and embossed blue seagulls to spine and front board. Dust jacket has light shelfwear to edges a small tear to upper spine corner and light scuffing and age-toning throughout; price unclipped: "$3.50." Spine has light toning and light rubbing. Boards have bumping to fore corners light shelfwear to edges and light toning around edges. Text block has inked top edge; has light scuffing to edges and dust soiling to top edge; endpapers have adhesive toning. Shelved in Room A octavo overflow. 1416776. Special Collections - Upstairs. The Viking Press hardcover
1954réf. 009962New York: Viking Press 1954. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition First Printing. Very Good cloth at spine with faint crease prior owner name in ink front end page in a Very Good Plus dust jacket small chips and light wear at spine ends. Bound in light gray cloth boards with red lettering and blue bird motifs to the spine and upper board. Top edge stained red. In the correct first issue dust jacket un-clipped and priced $3.50 and with author's portrait photo by Philippe Halsman and no blurbs on the rear panel. Viking Press Hardcover
1941réf. 56008New York: Viking Press 1941. First edition. Photographs of "Life in a Mexican Village" with text by Steinbeck who wrote the accompanying story and the script for the movie directed by Herbert Kline. Near fine in pictorial cloth boards with very minor offsets to pastedowns; in dust jacket with shallow chipping to spine ends spine lettering a little toned few tiny stains on rear panel and darkening to flap folds. Viking Press unknown
1941réf. 18157New York: Viking Press 1941. First edition. With 136 photographs from the film of the same name by Rosa harvan Kline and Alexander Hackensmid. 143 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket price clipped and slightly chipped at head and foot of spine else a fine copy. First edition. With 136 photographs from the film of the same name by Rosa harvan Kline and Alexander Hackensmid. 143 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Viking Press unknown
1941réf. 1595VIKING. NY 1941. Fine. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Nf. priceclipped dj. Dj. flap corners are clipped. Mild shelfwear at spine ends. . VIKING. NY 1941 hardcover
1938réf. 33788New York: Viking 1938. First Edition. First Edition. Not a Book. Elegantly HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team the First Edition box is gilt-lettered on the spine & features an embossed sculpted cover graphically designed after the famous dustwrapper The case is finished inside & out in overall Rich black Nuba a fine supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather with brown cloth sides. The box is perfectly sized to accommodate the true first edition A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. Custom Craft available upon request as well. "Book definitely NOT included" When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests. Viking unknown
1938réf. 161130-MG5New York: The Viking Press 1938. very good hardcover with dust jacket. 1938. 2nd printing. Some general wear. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The Viking Press Hardcover
1942réf. 243660New York: Viking Press 1942. First edition first issue. Blue cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket. Slight lean moderately toned extremities still near fine in very good price-clipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing and touch of wear extremities in mylar cover. pp 188. 7.5" x 5" STEINBECK'S ALLIED PROPAGANDA Serving as a war correspondent throughout WWII Steinbeck drew on his personal experiences to craft The Moon Is Down drawing readers into an unnamed occupied Northern European country. Dubbed a revelation by some and Allied propaganda by others the novel was secretly printed or smuggled into occupied countries and inspired rebellion throughout Europe as Mayor Orden sparked resistance among the townsfolk. Presented here is a first edition first issue with the larger period on p. 112. Goldstone/Payne A16b. Viking Press unknown
1942réf. 62981New York: Viking Press 1942. First Edition. Later state with period to p.112 and no mention of a printer to the copyright statement but without the majority of the printing errors found in the first state. 8vo. 19.5cm x 13cm. Publisher's blue cloth boards. Dustjacket. Titled in silver and blind to spine and front board very light scuffing and edgewear in a gloriously bright example of the priceclipped pictorial dustjacket extremely clean and sharp. A very good bright copy indeed of Steinbeck's novel evoking occupied Northern Europe during the early days of American involvement in WW2. Viking Press unknown
1942réf. 11137ENew York: Viking 1942. First Edition Second Issue. Fine in a near fine lightly used dust jacket with a couple of tiny chips and some very minor dust soiling to the rear panel. Viking unknown
1933réf. 014401London: Philip Allan 1933. First edition. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Scarce 1st UK edition. Former owner name on endpaper name on endpaper pages naturally tanned internally very good. Spine has had expertly repaired with original spine laid on. Tanning and light stains to spine This was the first of Steinbeck's books to be published in the UK and the best of his early book. It received critical acclaim in the U.S. but did not sell well until after his later success. Philip Allan hardcover
1952réf. 003441Amsterdam: J.M. Meulenhoff 1952. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Book has J.M. Meulenhoff as the publisher with 1952 as the published date. There is a small stain to the front cover and light browning to the spine and book edges. The pages are bright and clean. Although this 96 page book was printed in Amsterdam it is in English. There is a 16 page pamphlet laid-in which is a vocabulary translating various words and phrases from English to Dutch. A very unusual item that appears to be extremely scarce. There is no mention of this printing in the Goldstone & Payne Steinbeck bibliography nor is there any copy listed on line. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. . J.M. Meulenhoff Hardcover
1957réf. 396612London: Heinemann 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First English edition. A touch cocked else fine in very good dustwrapper that is a bit toned and with several green spots on the front. Distinctive ownership Signature of Elsa Schiaparelli on front free endpaper. Schiaparelli was one of the world’s premiere designers during the 1930s who pioneered numerous now-iconic fashions elements such as the divided skirt trompe-l'oeil detailing synthetic materials and exposed fasteners and as well as incorporated surrealist designed into her work through her collaboration with Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dali. Heinemann hardcover
1961réf. 6706New York: Viking 1961. First trade edition. Very Good. About fine protected in mylar. Viking unknown
1935réf. LPB011905JSNew York: Covici Friede 1935. First US Edition/5th Printing. Hardcover. Good/N/A. A nice early printing in beige cloth with blue type and linework. Top page ends tinted. Softening to bottom corners with a few tiny spots worn through to corners. Pale soiling/discoloration to cloth and darkening to spine. Previous owner's name and date to ffep. Small store sticker to rear pastedown. Clean and bright interior and solid binding. In high quality facsimile jacket. Covici Friede hardcover
1962réf. 297879Osaka Kyoiku Tosho 1962. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 110 pages. 5 by 7-1/4 inches. English language textbook with Japanese annotations. Chapters I II VII VIII XIII. Illustrated. Introduction in Japanese. First edition thus. Very good in soiled wrappers paperback. Scarce. Osaka Kyoiku Tosho paperback
1956réf. 501732Paris: Rene Julliard 1956. Softcover. Near Fine. First trade edition with no equivalent American edition. Translated by Jean-Francois Rozan. Octavo. 160pp. Yellow pictorial wrappers. Slightly spine cocked else near fine. Rene Julliard unknown
1993réf. 308193NY: PENGUIN. Near Fine. 1993. First Edition. 0140173226 . UNCORRECTED PROOF. Near fine in plain mustard-colored printed wrappers. Silver dollar-size faint dampspot at edge of spine on front cover. Not messy Features the Steinbeck screenplay with heavy notations by the film's director Elia Kazan as well as the written narative which preceded the screenplay taken from Steinbeck's original manuscript which was unearthed in the UCLA research library. An uncommon advance. . PENGUIN. unknown