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1979Best.-Nr. feb1069341979: First Mexican Edition of The Grapes of Wrath Las uvas de la ira Used. For more details please contact me Promexa hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. feb1107931941: First Latvian Edition of The Grapes of Wrath Dusmu augļi Used. For more details please contact me VAPP Daiļliteratūras apg
1944Best.-Nr. feb1160531944: First Finnish Edition of The Grapes of Wrath Vihan hedelmät Used. For more details please contact me Tammi
2004Best.-Nr. feb1110362004: First Colombian Edition of The Grapes of Wrath in 2 Volumes Las uvas de la ira Used. For more details please contact me Casa Editorial El Tiempo hardcover
Best.-Nr. JD30145Aptos Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs 1970 first edition wrappers. Softcover. One of only 150 copies printed at the Grace Hoper Press text is by James D. Hart with a letter from Steinbeck used as frontispiece it also includes Steinbeck's "translation" of a poem from the Ukranian into a language he created Goldstone & Payne A45a Morrow 279 this copy with the creamy white wrappers this is a presentation copy from James D. Hart inscribed in the year of publicatiion "And another little/pamphlet for Jim Shipper/from Jim Hart 10/9/70" very scarce thus. Fine. Aptos, Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs, 1970, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
Best.-Nr. JD656n.p. Republic 1949 first edition. An original-release film poster 27X4l inches for the film that starred Robert Mitchum and Myrna Loy Steinbeck wrote the screenplay this item wasn't in the Adrian H. Goldstone collection but see Goldstone & Payne E16 see Morrow 550. Folded as usual. n.p., Republic, 1949, first edition. unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 213342BNew York: The Viking Press 1941. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 143 pages.Life in a Mexican Village. Illustrated with 136 black and white photographs from the film of the same name. Pages are clean white and tight. White endpapers starting to yellow at center close to the spine very small amount of foxing. Beige cloth with green title on spine and green drawing on upper cover. Edges and corners show very light wear. Green pictorial dust jacket not price clipped. DJ shows light wear on all edges and has one chip on the upper cover near the spine. VG/VG The Viking Press hardcover
1968Best.-Nr. 335765Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton. Very Good Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Page marker detached.; Collector's Edition. Easton Press hardcover
1942Best.-Nr. 336300New York: Viking Press 1942. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Slight lean to spine. Viking Press hardcover
2025Best.-Nr. 049531Suntup Editions 2025. Book. Illus. by James Ransome. New. Hardcover. Signed Copy. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unread unused copy still in original publisher's shrink wrap. The Artist edition is limited to 500 copies with a dust jacket printed on Hahnemühle Bugra by offset lithography and illustrated by James Ransome. It is a smyth-sewn quarter cloth binding with Bugra Archive sides and a foil blocked cover. It is housed in a cloth covered slipcase with ends in a complimentary color. The edition is printed letterpress from metal type on Mohawk Superfine and is signed by the artist. Suntup Editions Hardcover
1945Best.-Nr. 896F39London: William Heinemann 1945 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first UK edition of John Steinbeck's classic American novel set in Monterey during the Great Depression. The first UK edition first impression in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Steinbeck's novel follows the inhabitants of a street in Depression era California that is lines by sardine canneries. The novel follows the local grocer marine biologist and the leader of a group of downtrodden people.This first UK edition was published in three variant bindings with no established priority. This is the second variant bound in orange cloth. In the publisher's original cloth binding with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally exceptionally bright with light fading to back strip tail. Light spotting to fore edge of dust wrapper back strip. Dust wrapper bright. Tape repairs at dust wrapper reverse to back strip head and tail. Small loss of paper to back strip head with two significant closed tears to back strip head and tail. Back strip head and tail lightly age toned. Small loss of paper to head of front wrap with one small closed tear to the tail of the front wrap and another to the rear wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed William Heinemann hardcover
1942Best.-Nr. 2420First Edition; A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. A handsome copy of this book written by Steinbeck after visiting a number of air bases around the country with photographer John Swope 60 of his pics are included in the book; proceeds from the sale of the book went to provide aid to the families of flyers who lost their lives in the line of duty. This copy is in near fine condition with a sound binding bright blue boards with vibrant lettering and designs and clean pages throughout with only some light creasing and a few tiny tears to the last few pages; the book also shows some light fading to the spine a slight lean to the binding a previous owner's signature to the front paste down underneath the front flap and some mild rubbing to the spine ends; housed in a clean and bright very good dust jacket that shows some minor rubbing and chipping to the spine ends edges and corners and some light foxing to the panels and flaps. Overall a sharp and presentable copy of this unique publication from Steinbeck; not remaindered not price clipped $2.50 present and not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship in a sturdy box. Viking Press hardcover books
1957Best.-Nr. 154848Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet 1957. Vintage photograph of John Steinbeck and his wife Elaine leaning out of a train window in Stockholm in 1957. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet crediting photographer Ake Blomquist. Steinbeck would return to Sweden again five years later in 1962 to accept the Nobel Prize for Literature a controversial decision in the eyes of many including Steinbeck himself. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Svenska Dagbladet unknown books
Best.-Nr. 06582New York: The Viking Press 1962. The Writer's Task Is to Declare and Celebrate Man's Proven Capacity for Greatness" Steinbeck's Nobel Address - A Private Printing STEINBECK John Steinbeck. Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature. Stockholm December 10 1962. New York: The Viking Press 1962. One of 3200 copies printed for friends of the author and the publisher. Octavo 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 226 x 146 mm. 1-6 7-10 11-12 pp. Title-page printed in red and black. Photogravure portrait frontispiece. Publisher's original tan wrappers front cover lettered in red. A fine example. A stirring and eloquent manifesto delivered at the height of Steinbeck's career this Nobel Prize acceptance speech stands among the most concise and powerful statements on the purpose of literature in the twentieth century. Rejecting despair in an age shadowed by nuclear fear Steinbeck instead affirms the writer's duty to illuminate "the dark and dangerous dreams of man" while celebrating his enduring capacity for courage compassion and love. Privately printed in a limitation of just 3200 copies for presentation to friends of the author and publisher this slim pamphlet was never intended for wide distribution and remains one of the more elusive Steinbeck items. Its simplicity of form - plain wrappers restrained typography in red and black - only heightens the gravity of the text within. An uncommon survival in such fresh fine condition and a cornerstone piece for any serious Steinbeck collection - representing not merely the honor bestowed but the philosophy behind it. Goldstone & Payne A40b. New York: The Viking Press, 1962 unknown books
1942Best.-Nr. 2420First Edition; A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. A handsome copy of this book written by Steinbeck after visiting a number of air bases around the country with photographer John Swope 60 of his pics are included in the book; proceeds from the sale of the book went to provide aid to the families of flyers who lost their lives in the line of duty. This copy is in near fine condition with a sound binding bright blue boards with vibrant lettering and designs and clean pages throughout with only some light creasing and a few tiny tears to the last few pages; the book also shows some light fading to the spine a slight lean to the binding a previous owner's signature to the front paste down underneath the front flap and some mild rubbing to the spine ends; housed in a clean and bright very good dust jacket that shows some minor rubbing and chipping to the spine ends edges and corners and some light foxing to the panels and flaps. Overall a sharp and presentable copy of this unique publication from Steinbeck; not remaindered not price clipped $2.50 present and not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship in a sturdy box. Viking Press hardcover
1945Best.-Nr. 35243Viking Press 1945. Hardcover. Collectible: Very Good/Very Good. January 1945 Viking Press hardcover in price intact jacket Tight and unmarked exhibiting light age toning. Jacket show light shelfwear with very light loss at head of spine and closed tears. Please email for photos. Viking Press hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 6296New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. First Book Club Edition. First book club edition. Book measures approximately 5" x 7.5" with 186 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Stray pen mark on front board. Previous owner's signature on the front endpaper. Stain on the top edge of the textblock that bleeds into interior pages. Dust jacket is in good condition. Moderate chipping to both ends to spine and around edges of jacket. Paper loss and open tears to the spine and front panel of the jacket. Rear flap has staining. "Of Mice and Men" narrates the experiences of two displaced migrant ranch workers who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression. 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 #O7-54. Covici Friede Publishers unknown
1957Best.-Nr. 154848Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet 1957. Vintage photograph of John Steinbeck and his wife Elaine leaning out of a train window in Stockholm in 1957. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet crediting photographer Ake Blomquist. Steinbeck would return to Sweden again five years later in 1962 to accept the Nobel Prize for Literature a controversial decision in the eyes of many including Steinbeck himself. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Svenska Dagbladet unknown
1939Best.-Nr. 5555New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition Sixth Printing. First edition sixth printing as stated on the copyright page. With its original dust jacket. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 5.5" with 619 numbered pages. This book is in very good minus condition. Moderate staining to the edges of the textblock. Both hinges are cracked but the binding is still tight. Binding is slightly cocked. Front endpaper has minor paper damage and pencil markings. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Dust jacket is in good plus condition. Moderate paper loss to the top of the spine and top edge of the front panel. Moderate sun fading. Price clipped with "sixth printing" at the bottom of front flap. Set during the Great Depression the novel focuses on the Joads a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought economic hardship agricultural industry changes and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work. 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 #O1-54. The Viking Press unknown
1951Best.-Nr. 009181New York: Viking 1951. 1st Edition . Burgundy Cloth. Very Good/Good. Small inscription front pastedown label residue on flyleaf otherwise a superb copy. Jacket shows edgewear w/small tears spine faded not price clipped. "Being the narrative portion of Sea of Cortez the report of the Steinbeck - Ricketts expedition" with a new prefatory section "About Ed Ricketts". Viking hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. E13700New York: Viking Press 1939. Later printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Hardcover in tan buckram cloth titled and with design of "Oakies" in their jalopies looking out over California valleys. 619 pp. A tight fine example the 13th printing stated. In the original dust jacket with color illustration by Elmer Hader; unclipped front flap priced at two dollars seventy five cents and with statement "This edition manufactured exclusively for members of the Book League of America". Shallow loss along the head of the spine and wome minor wear at the folds and a couple small scuffs rear panel. Steinbeck's masterwork a novel of the Joad family's Great Depression exodus from Dust Bowl Oklahoma across the country in search of work in California. In adition to being considered by many to be one of the two or three greatest American 20th century novels it was the basis of the award winning movie starring Henry Fonda as Tom Joad and Jane Darwell as Ma Joad a role for which she won an Oscar. Viking Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. 06582New York: The Viking Press 1962. The Writer's Task Is to Declare and Celebrate Man's Proven Capacity for Greatness" Steinbeck's Nobel Address - A Private Printing STEINBECK John Steinbeck. Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature. Stockholm December 10 1962. New York: The Viking Press 1962. One of 3200 copies printed for friends of the author and the publisher. Octavo 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 226 x 146 mm. 1-6 7-10 11-12 pp. Title-page printed in red and black. Photogravure portrait frontispiece. Publisher's original tan wrappers front cover lettered in red. A fine example. A stirring and eloquent manifesto delivered at the height of Steinbeck's career this Nobel Prize acceptance speech stands among the most concise and powerful statements on the purpose of literature in the twentieth century. Rejecting despair in an age shadowed by nuclear fear Steinbeck instead affirms the writer's duty to illuminate "the dark and dangerous dreams of man" while celebrating his enduring capacity for courage compassion and love. Privately printed in a limitation of just 3200 copies for presentation to friends of the author and publisher this slim pamphlet was never intended for wide distribution and remains one of the more elusive Steinbeck items. Its simplicity of form - plain wrappers restrained typography in red and black - only heightens the gravity of the text within. An uncommon survival in such fresh fine condition and a cornerstone piece for any serious Steinbeck collection - representing not merely the honor bestowed but the philosophy behind it. Goldstone & Payne A40b. New York: The Viking Press, 1962 unknown
1952Best.-Nr. 018717New York: The Viking Press 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 619pp Solid First Edition with "First Published in April 1939" on the copyright page. Probably Steinbeck's most enduring novel. Bound in illustrated tan cloth with lettering in brown on the spine. Some foxing and off-setting to end-papers and an errant spot scattered on the pages. Board edges and spine panel moderately toned. with some fading to lettering. Lacking dust-jacket. Not perfect but a presentable copy of a high-spot in American Literature. The Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 009035NY: THE VIKING PRESS 1947 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. TITLE: THE WAYWARD BUS By JOHN STEINBECK 1947 First Edition AUTHOR: JOHN STEINBECK PUBLISHER - LOCATION / COPYRIGHT: THE VIKING PRESS NY 1947 on title and copyright pages EDITION: First Edition with 'Published by the Viking Press in February 1947' on the copyright page ISBN: None CATEGORY: Literature Other BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: Rust Color SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ approximately PAGES: 312 pages. CONDITION: The dust jacket is inside a protective cover; the front flap has the original price of $2.75 at the top edge; there are minor rubs to the top and bottom edges of the spine. Book is without marks or writings pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good/Good dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: Steinbeck's versatility should no longer cause astonishment he is considered by many to be one of the best authors from the mid 1900s. The book is the basis of the 1957 film starring Joan Collins and Jayne Mansfield COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid books will ship immediately to customer it's on the way you are welcome to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books prints and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received. InvCodePrc E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: 009035. THE VIKING PRESS hardcover
1997Best.-Nr. 335769Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Owner personalization pressed into half title page.; Collector's Edition. Easton Press hardcover
