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1942Best.-Nr. 13302New York: The Viking Press 1942. First Edition Second Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition of The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck in first state dust jacket. Octavo 188pp. Blue cloth title stamped in silver on spine title stamped in blind on front cover. Lacking the "First Published" statement on copyright page signifying second printing. Top edge dyed blue. Solid text block dampstain to top edge of text block light wear to corners. In the publisher's first state dust jacket in very good condition $2.00 retail price on front flap light toning to spine and top edge closed tear along front edge of spine. With bright illustrations vibrant colors and untrimmed corners. Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Goldstone & Payne A16. An important work by John Steinbeck this novel tells the story of the military occupation of a Northern European town by an unknown militant government. A timely work first published in 1942 at the height of World War II. The Viking Press unknown
1942Best.-Nr. B4752New York: The Viking Press c. 1942. Very good condition. . Binding: Full contemporary blue publisher’s cloth with tooled title on upper board. Flat spine with silver title. Original dust jacket included. Notes: The Moon is Down is a novel by Steinbeck that tells the story of a military occupation of a small town in Northern Europe by the army of an unnamed nation at war with England and Russia. Widely published and translated it was the best known work of US literature in the Soviet Union for a period of time. Size: 8vo. 187x119mm. Category: Book Modern; Book Literature The Viking Press hardcover
1945Best.-Nr. 008981NY: Viking. First edition first illustrated edition. Variant 2 printed by Rogers-Kellogg-Stillson bound by Kingsport Press Goldstone & Payne. Published without dust jacket. Published NY: Viking 1945 first printing. 8vo. 131pp. with color illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Gray cloth with gilt spine titles set in dark blue block blue cover panels with pictorial inset of pony all edges tinted dark blue illustrated endpapers. Small splash stain on front edge of front cover name in small hand on front fly leaf else fine. A brilliant copy. Lacking the slip case. . Near Fine. Hard. 1st. 1945. Viking unknown
1947Best.-Nr. 12991New York: Viking 1947. Book. Illus. by Peggy Worthington. Very Good . Cloth. First Edition. 7" x 9 1/2". First illustrated edition with colour reproductions of paintings by Peggy Worthington. Some damp spotting to blue top edge of pages spot of soiling to out edge of pages and a slight lean to the copy. Dust jacket price clipped with wear to the extremities including a small chip at top edge of front panel and head of spine spot of soiling to rear panel and a light blue line of ink to front panel. Viking Hardcover
1973Best.-Nr. 217584New York: Viking 1973. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Jose Clemente Orozco. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Facsimile. Viking hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 303995New York: The Viking Press 1947. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Closed tears on front panel top and bottom edges. Open tears on spine crown and heel. Shelfwear on spine. The Viking Press hardcover
1953Best.-Nr. 02038THE WORLD OF LI'L ABNER FSY & Ballantine 1953 first edition fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. Introduction by Steinbeck & Foreword by Chaplin. A most uncommon book. Along with a near fine copy of the wraps issue. Both items for ----Among those titles listed in BALLANTINE BOOKS: THE FIRST DECADE Bailiwick Books 1987. Farrar Straus Young / Ballantine paperback books
1932Best.-Nr. 08752THE PASTURES OF HEAVEN Covici-Friede 1932 first edition 4th issue binding 3 leaves opened roughly resulting in some loss to the fore edge margins never entering the text some soiling to the cloth covers else a near vg copy. The authors uncommon 2nd book. As new facsimile dust-wrapper is available for a modest fee. Please inquire if interested. Thank you. Covici Friede hardcover books
1953Best.-Nr. 12539THE SNAKE & JOHNNY BEAR Columbia Records 1953 first edition fine in paper sleeve. Scarce. This literary recording of two short stories is read by the author. Columbia Records unknown books
2002Best.-Nr. BN427644Laaber Verlag 2002. 2002. Die Symphonie im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert; Teil 2. Stationen der Symphonik seit 1900. Handbuch der musikalischen Gattungen Band 3.2 Die Symphonie im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert; Teil 2. Stationen der Symphonik seit 1900. Handbuch der musikalischen Gattungen Band 3.2 Steinbeck Wolfram und Christoph von Blumröder Laaber Verlag unknown
1943Best.-Nr. feb1111601943: First Slovenian Edition of The Grapes of Wrath in 2 Volumes Sadovi jeze Used. For more details please contact me Plug
1940Best.-Nr. feb1186381940: First Romanian Edition of The Grapes of Wrath Fructele maniei Used. For more details please contact me Socec hardcover
1940Best.-Nr. feb1184981940: First Norwegian Edition of The Grapes of Wrath Vredens druer Used. For more details please contact me Gyldendal Norsk hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. feb1118521941: First Hebrew Edition of The Grapes of Wrath ענבי ×–×¢× Used. For more details please contact me Hatzair
1939Best.-Nr. feb1071251979: First Danish Edition of The Grapes of Wrath Vredens druer Used. For more details please contact me Gyldendalske Boghandel hardcover
1940Best.-Nr. feb1121241940: First Brasilian Edition of The Grapes of Wrath As Vinhas da Ira Used. For more details please contact me Do Globo
2017Best.-Nr. feb1180832017: First Armenian Edition of The Grapes of Wrath Ցասման ողկույզները Used. For more details please contact me Bell hardcover
1953Best.-Nr. 02038THE WORLD OF LI'L ABNER FSY & Ballantine 1953 first edition fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. Introduction by Steinbeck & Foreword by Chaplin. A most uncommon book. Along with a near fine copy of the wraps issue. Both items for ----Among those titles listed in BALLANTINE BOOKS: THE FIRST DECADE Bailiwick Books 1987. Farrar Straus Young / Ballantine paperback
1947Best.-Nr. 10346New York: Viking Press 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good . 1st Edition. Hardcover. With drawings by José Clemente Orozco. Not price clipped. Second issue dust jacket with Steinbeck facing right. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down and gift inscription on first free end paper. Toning to paste downs and end papers. Toning to dust jacket spine chips head heal and extremities. Viking Press hardcover
1962Best.-Nr. 14344New York: Viking. Fine. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. A stunning Special Limited edition of 3200 copies/first printing in Very Fine condition; Steinbeck's acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize for Literature on Dec. 10 1962 in Stockholm in which he chastizes Mankind for his assumption of God-like power warns of the responsibilities thereof and praises literature as the mode of communication best suited for peaceful solutions ; 8vo . Viking unknown
1937Best.-Nr. 34156New York: Covici-Friede 1937. 1st Edition. Very Good /Very Good. 1st Edition. First American Edition second state. First book club edition with no price on the dust jacket and the Haddon Craftsmen listed as the printers on the copyright page.Octavo 8vo 186 pp. A very good or better copy in the publisher's original tan cloth stamped in brown and black to the spine and upper board. Light edgewear and toning showing a well read novel. All relevant issue points present including the correction with no dot between the 8's on page 88 and "Loosely" printed on page 9 among others. Previous owner's calligraphic signature to the front free endpaper. Housed in a very good unclipped original dust jacket illustrated by Ross MacDonald with some chipping to the spine ends edges and corners and toning to the margins. "This is not a facsimile dustjacket". A landmark of 20th-century American literature Of Mice and Men established Steinbeck's reputation and paved the way toward his Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes of Wrath and later the Nobel Prize in Literature. The novella's enduring power lies in its portrayal of friendship loneliness and the pursuit of dreams during the Great Depression. Adapted for stage and screen numerous times it remains one of Steinbeck's most widely read works. An appealing and affordable example for the new Steinbeck collector. Covici-Friede unknown
1932Best.-Nr. 08752THE PASTURES OF HEAVEN Covici-Friede 1932 first edition 4th issue binding 3 leaves opened roughly resulting in some loss to the fore edge margins never entering the text some soiling to the cloth covers else a near vg copy. The authors uncommon 2nd book. As new facsimile dust-wrapper is available for a modest fee. Please inquire if interested. Thank you. Covici Friede hardcover
1953Best.-Nr. 12539THE SNAKE & JOHNNY BEAR Columbia Records 1953 first edition fine in paper sleeve. Scarce. This literary recording of two short stories is read by the author. Columbia Records unknown
1961Best.-Nr. 34001New York: The Viking Press 1961. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. First Edition 8vo First Printing published by Viking. In the original publisher's blue boards with silver stamping and black labeling. Solid with no markings in a very good bright price-clipped dustwrapper. A bit of edgedwear and nicks. A reasonably priced example. The Viking Press unknown
1942Best.-Nr. 894F28New York: Viking Press 1942 . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8" by 5.5". None. The book club edition of John Steinbeck's novel about the military occupation of a town in Northern Europe. The Book Club edition. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The best known work of American literature in the Soviet Union during the Second World War this novel details the military occupation of a small town in Northern Europe by the army of a nation at war with England and Russia.With a Book Society bookplate to the front pastedown dated June 1942.The work appears to be reminiscent of the occupation of Norway by the Germans and resulted in Steinbeck being awarded the Norwegian King Haakon VII Freedom Cross. In the publisher's original cloth binding with price unclipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip head and tail otherwise excellent. Dust wrapper lightly age toned to rear wrap with handling marks to wrap centre. Two small losses of paper to the back strip head. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine Viking Press hardcover
