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1937réf. 4795New York: Covici Friedi Publishers 1937. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. One of 699 signed copies this one unnumbered. A Fine copy of the book in excellent condition externally and internally. Slight bowing to front board but in all bright clean and unmarked. In a Near Fine slipcase with just a hint of shelfwear. Lacking the original glassine. A coming of age tale as only Steinbeck can tell it. Mischievous and a little destructive Jody Tiflin takes his first step into adulthood when his father Carl gives him an important gift: his first horse to raise up a red pony that Jody names Galiban. Bonding and growing together Jody takes the responsibility of the red pony seriously; he cares for him daily ground trains him gets him into bridle and saddle and excitedly anticipates the day when he'll finally be able to ride Galiban. But before that can happen tragedy strikes. In an accident no one could have predicted Jody loses Galiban learns about the pain of loss and realizes the fallibility of the men who have trained him. An unforgettable story. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Covici Friedi Publishers unknown
1947réf. 005754Viking Press. Unclipped bright DJ in archival cover $2.00 price corner chips. 312 pages Stated Published by the Viking Press in February 1947. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1947. Viking Press hardcover
réf. JD37122NY Covici Friede 1935 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Advance copy of his breakthrough book of the initial print run of 4000 copies 500 were issued in wrappers presumably for review the original dust jacket illustrated by Ruth Gannett is wrapped around the book and glued at the spine this was Alice B. Toklas's copy Inscribed by her "From Alice B. Toklas/Paris March 1945" Toklas of course was Gertrude Stein's significant other and author of a notorious brownie recipe Goldstone & Payne A4a Morrow 28. Spine area a bit toned and faded very good. NY, Covici Friede, 1935, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
1938réf. 12535THE LONG VALLEY Viking 1938 first edition very fine in like dust-wrapper. An exceptional copy. Scary nice !!! 1/8000 copies. Viking unknown
réf. JD29398NY Viking 1938 first edition first printing dust jacket. Hardcover. Steinbeck's first book published by Viking a short story collection of all-star stories that includes Flight which appears for the first time as well as such Steinbeck classics as The Chrysanthemums The Snake Breakfast The Harness Johnny Bear and all portions of The Red Pony Goldstone & Payne A11a Morrow 90 this is one of 8000 copies as opposed to 50000 copies for The Grapes of Wrath and more than 100000 copies for East of Eden the dust jacket is illustrated by Elmer Hader who also illustrated dust jackets for Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and The Winter of Our Discontent. While this copy has some of the inevitable age-darkening to the book spine it is far less than usual and the book itself is quite tight minor soiling to jacket fine. NY, Viking, 1938, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover
1945réf. 201162New York: Viking 1945. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner name on FEP. The original First Issue jacket vibrant colors with the publisher's $2.00 printed price is present on the front flap. Viking hardcover
1937réf. 1407505Covici-Friede 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed Limited. One of 699 signed and numbered copies this is number 249. Signed by Steinbeck on the colophon page. Octavo original pictorial beige cloth uncut original numbered cardboard slipcase. Cloth with slightest toning spine more so; small tear at top of spine. Original slipcase lightly worn with a small piece of the top edge of the case loose and a small piece missing. Comes in custom-made slipcase. Covici-Friede hardcover
1937réf. 015862William Heinemann Ltd 1937. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like JacketWithout Wear. First English Edition. Rare Wrap Around Band 137000 Copies Sold In America. Very Scarce in This Condition.6s on Lower Flap. Beautiful Fresh Copy. Steinbeck's Great Classic. William Heinemann Ltd Hardcover
1937réf. 107258Covici Friede 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. The first edition first state with "pendula" on page 9 in a first issue dust jacket with the $2.00 price and no mention of later printings on the bottom of the front flap. Jackets without the $2 price present are probably from a later or book club printing. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Book is in near fine condition in a good dust jacket tanned on the spine and separated at edge of spine. Covici Friede hardcover
1939réf. 22546New York: Viking Press 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated beige cloth. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. 619 pages. 21 x14 cm. With dust wrapper noting "First Edition" and noting the $2.75 price at publication. Dust wrapper designed by Elmer Hader. Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Perhaps the most influential and best remembered book to come out of the Great Depression. Goldstone and Payne A12a. Decorated endpapers a musical score of the "Battle Hymn of The Republic." Nicks to backstrip head of dust wrapper with slight loss front cover of dust wrapper at lower foot slightly rubbed interior contents fresh and clean. Viking Press hardcover
1945réf. 150085New York: The Viking Press 1945. Signed limited first edition of Steinbeck's classic novel one of 699 copies. Octavo original cloth pictorial endpapers with illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Fine in the rare original slipcase. An exceptional example. The three interconnected stories in this volume a fourth was added in the 1945 edition won praise on publication as "pure gold… all three of these stories have more depth intensity and variety than one could possibly anticipate" New York Times Book Review. To biographer Jackson Benson they "act as a moral fulcrum… These stories with their child observer examine the nature of life and of death and the relationship of the individual to the whole" True Adventures 288. The Viking Press hardcover
1945réf. 140947526New York: The Viking Press 1945. First Illustrated Edition. Very Good. First illustrated edition. Association copy signed by John Steinbeck on the half-title page and inscribed "with many thanks" to Peter Kriendler owner of the 21 Club in New York. Bookplate of Jeanette and Peter Kriendler to front pastedown. 131 1 pp. Bound in publisher's gray-brown cloth boards stamped in slate blue gilt lettering to spine color pictorial onlay to front board. All edges stained blue color pictorial endpapers ivory laid paper. Very Good with light rubbing and toning to covers split to upper front hinge light toning and soft ripple throughout. In the original slipcase plain gray paper with color pictorial onlay lightly soiled and toned and split at upper edge. Goldstone-Payne A9.c unlisted third variant printed by Kipe Offset Process Company and bound by H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Company. The 21 Club opened in Manhattan in 1930 as a speakeasy. Patrick Kriendler the brother of one of the two founders became a partner in 1938 after working at the club for most of the previous decade. Steinbeck had a favorite table there and enjoyed Kriendler's legendary customer service. One recent record of the club states that it 'featured sliding doors chutes collapsing shelves and hidden storage areas designed to hide alcohol from law-enforcement officials. Over the years the 21 Club began to attract an elite clientele from the worlds of business entertainment the arts sports and politics. The restaurant was known for its strict code of discipline no staff member was allowed to call a customer by his first name as well as its extravagant expensive menu grouse was served for lunch the day after the shooting season opened in Scotland. The Viking Press unknown
1945réf. 000356New YorkNew York: Viking Press 1945 Fine. First. edition. Beige cloth. Excellent. Color illustrations. Tall 8vo. Presentation copy inscribed and signed in full by Steinbeck. First illustrated and First Seperate Trade Edition. In pristine condition in the primary binding. Viking Press hardcover
1939réf. 143492London: William Heinemann 1939. First English edition of the author's classic work. Octavo original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. "The Grapes of Wrath is the kind of art that’s poured out of a crucible in which are mingled pity and indignation Its power and importance do not lie in its political insight but in its intense humanity It is the American novel of the season probably the year possibly the decade" Clifton Fadiman. It is the basis for the 1940 John Ford directed film bearing the same name starring Henry Fonda. It is widely considered as one of the greatest American films of all time. In 1989 this film was one of the first 25 films to be selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally historically or aesthetically significant." Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the twentieth century. William Heinemann hardcover
1939réf. 017883New York: The Viking Press 1939. Nice copy of this classic in its first printing. Unmarked tight and square. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Oatmeal cloth with purpleish lettering and stamping to boards is clean with sharp tips. Price intact jacket with First Edition stated on bottom of front flap has the iconic illustration by Elmer Hader. Color rich on front panel but tanned an spine with color returning on back panel. Shallow chip at bottom of rear panel. Moderate wear at front fold. Basis for the outstanding film directed by John Ford that starred Henry Fonda in his greatest role. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Viking Press Hardcover
1937réf. consign82New York: Covici Friede 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean pages tight binding clot/Illustrated dust jacket. First edition with single 1937 copyright date and both first state errors to page 9 and 88. Original dust jacket with $2.00 price.Clean pages tight binding cloth boards bright and crisp two small tears to dust jacket one at top front and the other to the lower spine sun toning to spine Covici Friede hardcover
1957réf. 7504London: William Heinemann LTD 1957. First Edition Third Printing Signed. Very Good/Very Good. Signed and inscribed by the author John Steinbeck on the front endpaper: "For Betty and Gerald Wellesley / with many thanks / this pot pourri some say de . is affectionately inscribed / John Steinbeck / 1958". Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5" with 568 numbered pages. The book is in very good condition. Boards are bumped and worn at the edges. Textblock edges have minor scratching and staining. Interior pages are clean and well preserved. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #Q8-7. William Heinemann LTD unknown
1935réf. 32603New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1935. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1935. First Edition one of 500 copies in printed wrappers. Octavo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers illustrated by Ruth Gannett French flaps retaining original price $2.50; viii9-317pp.; illus. throughout. Rubbing to edges with a few minor nicks and creases; spine sunned but still retaining some color; 2" split at base of upper spine edge. Binding sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good well-preserved copy of an important Steinbeck title following Danny and his knights of the round table as they drink sing and brawl their way through the worst years of the Depression around Monterrey California. Adorned with atmospheric illustrations by Ruth Gannett the genius author-illustrator of the children's series My Father's Dragon 1948. Goldstone & Payne A4a. Covici Friede Publishers unknown
1962réf. 7351New York: The Viking Press 1962. First Edition First Printing. Very Good/Very Good. First edition first printing - with "Published in 1962 by The Viking Press Inc." stated on the copyright page. Signed by the author John Steinbeck on a card which has been professionally affixed to the half-title page. Provenance of the signature: Purchased directly by us from PBA Galleries who stated that the card was from the estate of Steinbeck's personal assistant Nancy Pearson. Measuring approximately 9" x 6" with 246 numbered pages. The book is in near fine condition. Tiny stain visible at the bottom of the front board. Interior pages are clean and very well preserved. The original dust jacket is also in near fine condition. Minor surface wear and staining to the panels. Original $4.95 price is present on the front flap. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #P12-9. The Viking Press unknown
1938réf. 005755The Viking Press. DJ in archival cover corner chips small tear edge ware. $2.50 price on flap. Stated first published in September 1938. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1938. The Viking Press hardcover
1952réf. 151256New York: The Viking Press 1952. First edition first printing of Steinbeck's epic and moving story of a modern Cain and Abel. Octavo original lime green cloth. First issue with the word "bite" present on page 281 line 38. Fine in a near fine first issue price-clipped dust jacket with the portrait of Steinbeck. An exceptional example. "A novel planned on the grandest possible scale.One of those occasions when a writer has aimed high and then summoned every ounce of energy talent seriousness and passion of which he was capable.It is an entirely interesting and impressive book" The New York Herald Tribune. The Viking Press hardcover
1937réf. 69031New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. Full Description: STEINBECK John. The Red Pony. New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. First edition one of 699 copies signed by John Steinbeck this being number 629. Large octavo 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches; 251 x 175 mm. 81 1 limitation page pp. Printed on handmade paper by the Pynson Printers New York under the supervision of Elmer Adler. Vignette of a pony in orange and gray on title-page. Original full beige cloth stamped in gray and orange. Vignette of a pony in ornage repeated from the title-page on front cover with date in orange roman numerals below. Spine lettered in yellow. Bottom and fore-edge uncut. With previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Cloth lightly foxed as usual. Still a near fine copy. Housed in publisher's original cardboard slipcase with printed paper label. Label with matching limitation number 629 om spine. Some minor splitting to bottom of case. Still about fine. This story containing three episodes I. The Gift II. The Great Mountains III. The Promise in the life of farm boy Jody Tiflin of the Salinas valley. The story centers on how Jody matures after the loss of his beloved red pony. Goldstone & Payne A9a. HBS 69031. $3000. Covici Friede Publishers unknown
1936réf. 140942999New York: Covici Friede 1936. First Edition. First edition. Copy #78 of 199 hand-numbered copies signed by John Steinbeck on the rear colophon. Bound in original decorated boards with brown cloth spine lettered in red. About Very Good with rubbing to the fragile boards light foxing to endpapers but spine lettering strong. In a Fair example of the unprinted wrapper chipped and shrunken. Lacking ad slip. One of the most uncommon Steinbeck items offered by his publishers as a Christmas gift. Covici Friede unknown
1939réf. 15687New York: Viking 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very good. Classic novel of the depression era. Statement on copyright page "First published in April 1939" and no additional printings. Book is near fine clean and straight but has a small light blue stain on top board edge. Wrap-around bright pictorial dust jacket has some rubs tiny chips at corners & fold and a four-inch tear at front fold. $2.75 price at top of flap and the statement "First Edition" at bottom of flap. Housed in blue linen-covered two-piece slipcase with red label. Outer case has some rubbing at bottom and corners. Cloth on inner fold-around case has wear. Archival mylar cover over the dust jacket. Not available for international shipping. Viking hardcover
1939réf. 73775New York:: The Viking Press 1939. First edition. publisher's illustrated cloth in the correct dust jacket with "First Edition" at the bottom of the front flap. . Usual browning to the inner hinges from binder's adhesive; else fine in an unchipped dust jacket which is browned at the backstrip. 8vo. The Viking Press, hardcover
