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1954ref. 11831Melbourne; London: William Heinemann Ltd 1954. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First UK edition. Hardcover. Autograph by Oliver Sacks on ffep. Formerly owned by Oliver Sacks. The sequel to 'Cannery Row' and set in the years after the end of World War II. According to Steinbeck "Sweet Thursday" is the day between Lousy Wednesday and Waiting Friday. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Moderate shelfwear to dj/slight loss to upp.er chipp.ing creasing and toning unclipp.ed front and rear else tight bright and unmarred. Rubbing/toning upp.er to boards evenly toned block. viii 8vo. 264pp. Red cloth. Former owner autograph on ffep. William Heinemann Ltd hardcover books
1942ref. 541006New York: The Viking Press 1942. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first issue with no mention of the printer on the copyright page and a large period "talk" and "this" on p.112 line 11. Fine in modestly spine-toned near fine price-clipped dust jacket. The first issue is increasingly uncommon. The Viking Press hardcover books
1961ref. TB30864New York: The Viking Press 1961. First Edition. Limited Edition Fine in dark blue cloth over beveled boards with gilt text on the spine as well as a black title label with gilt text and with the author's facsimile signature on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and with several closed tears to the top edge of the front panel. The jacket is also covered with the original clear acetate wrap-around onlay on which is printed "Limited Edition". One of only 500 limited edition "copies specially printed and bound for friends of the author and the publisher." 311 pages of text. Goldstone & Payne A38b The Viking Press hardcover books
ref. 06588New York: The Viking Press 1961. Steinbeck's Final Novel - A Dark Meditation on Conscience and Corruption The Winter of Our Discontent - First US Edition STEINBECK John. The Winter of Our Discontent. New York: The Viking Press 1961. First US edition. Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm. viii 1-5 6-311 1 blank pp. Publisher's blue cloth front cover stamped in blind spine blocked in black and lettered in silver top edge stained pale blue. In the original color pictorial dust jacket price-clipped with very light chipping to spine extremities. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Steinbeck's last novel The Winter of Our Discontent is a searching and often somber exploration of morality in modern America. Set in a declining New England town the novel follows Ethan Allen Hawley a man of integrity increasingly tempted - and ultimately compromised - by the corrosive pressures of ambition social expectation and material success. Darker in tone than much of Steinbeck's earlier work it stands as a late-career reckoning with questions of ethics identity and the cost of prosperity. The present example despite the price-clipping and slight wear remains a notably fresh and appealing copy of Steinbeck's final major work. Goldstone & Payne A38a. New York: The Viking Press, 1961 unknown books
ref. 06570London: Heinemann 1961. Steinbeck's Final Novel - A Moral Reckoning in Cold War America The First U.K. Edition in Exceptionally Fresh Condition STEINBECK John. The Winter of Our Discontent. London: Heinemann 1961. First U.K. edition. Octavo 7 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 194 x 130 mm. 1-10 11-365 366 pp. Publisher's red paper boards spine lettered in gilt. Original price-clipped dust jacket light wear to spine extremities. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. A superb example of The Winter of Our Discontent the final novel by John Steinbeck published at a moment of profound cultural unease in postwar America. The work marks a notable departure from Steinbeck's earlier more overtly social narratives presenting instead a deeply introspective examination of personal integrity ambition and moral compromise. Set in a declining New England town the novel follows Ethan Allen Hawley a descendant of a once-prominent family now reduced to modest circumstances. Through a series of increasingly fraught decisions Ethan confronts the ethical tensions between success and self-respect-a theme that resonated strongly in the shifting moral landscape of the early 1960s. Though initially met with mixed critical reception the novel has since come to be regarded as an important late statement in Steinbeck's career anticipating many of the concerns that would define American literature in the decades that followed. It was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature the following year in 1962 when Steinbeck's lifetime achievement - including this final work - was formally recognized. The U.K. edition was issued by Heinemann in the same year as the American publication. A clean elegant copy of Steinbeck's final novel - an increasingly appreciated work that offers a quietly powerful meditation on the cost of success. London: Heinemann, 1961 unknown books
1980ref. 1264691980. Bradford Morrow 1980. Xeroxed manuscript 8 1/2 x 11 unpaginated. Bound in blue boards with number 8 and roman numeral 2 in white pen on backstrip. Laid in is a 2pp. foreword by John R. Payne on Bradford Morro letterhead stamped in red "Advance Review Copy". Fine with some pencilled corrections to the text. § "Bradford Morrow's catalogue of Harry Valentine's John Steinbeck Collection is an event of signal importance for Steinbeck collectors through the United States and abroad." The catalogue features 700 Steinbeck items including Primary Books and Pamphlets Manuscripts Letters and Photographs; Books with Contributions by Steinbeck; Periodical Appearances; Translations; Stage and Screen Materials; Secondary Materials and books from Steinbeck's personal library. unknown books
1949ref. 51618Paris: Imp. Aussel 1949. Very good. 31 x 22.75" Original color lithograph mounted on linen backing. Striking image in browns and gold. Poster created the for release of the movie in France. The 1939 movie starred Burgess Meredith Betty Field Lon Chaney Jr. and Charles Bickford. Light uniform toning to edges; fold marks visible and also toned. A little bit of soiling toward bottom edge. Imp. Aussel unknown
1975ref. 011408Viking Press 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Presentation By Author. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In like Jacket. Review Copy. Presentation Copy."For Judy with my warm affection and in appreciation for the ties that bind us all in friendship Elaine Christmas 1976." Excellent copy. Viking Press Hardcover
1950ref. 015927The Viking Press 1950. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.First Edition.$2.50 on Flap. Excellent Fresh Copy Of This Play- Novelette. . The Viking Press Hardcover
1945ref. 4529New York: The Viking Press 1945. First Edition First Printing First Issue Buff Cloth. First edition first printing - with "First Published by the Viking Press in January 1945" stated on the copyright page. First issue buff cloth binding. Measuring approximately 7.5" x 5" with 208 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Heavy wear and staining to the boards. Front hinge is cracked. Minor staining to interior pages. Dust jacket is in poor condition. Lacking spine. Heavy chipping to the edges. Original $2.00 price is present on the front flap. Cannery Row has a simple premise: Mack and his friends are to do something nice for their friend Doc who has been good to them without asking for reward. 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 #N6-100. The Viking Press unknown
1945ref. SKU-050232Viking Press 1945. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good - Collectible/Very Good. 1945 Viking first edition second state in yellow cloth book is clean tight and unmarked jacket has closed tears to rear panel and light chip at tail of spine ferg Please email for photos. Viking Press hardcover
ref. 000448Humanitas Verlag Zurich 1940 Book. Very Good. F. Very Good. Advance copy of the first german edition of The Grapes Of Wrath. Humanitas Verlag Zurich, 1940 unknown
1937ref. 7527New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. First Book Club Edition. First book club edition with no price on the dust jacket and the Haddon Craftsmen listed as the printers on the copyright page. Book measures approximately 5" x 7.5" with 186 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Minor wear to the board edges. Small stain on the bottom of the textblock. Interior pages are clean and well preserved no previous ownership marks or bookplates. Dust jacket is in very good minus condition. Moderate chipping and creasing to the extremities. Minor surface wear and staining to the panels. "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 #Q2-19. Covici Friede Publishers unknown
1954ref. 018459The Viking Press 1954. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket.First Issue Jacket. Photo& Signature Back Panel.Great Steinbeck Classic.Sequel To Cannery Row.Beautiful Copy. The Viking Press Hardcover
1974ref. 139926Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. First Draft script for an unproduced television movie. Based on John Steinbeck's 1939 novel of the same title and adapted from the screenplay by Nunnally Johnson for the 1940 film. During the Great Depression and dustbowl era a family of tenant farmers living and suffering in Oklahoma and forced to move west abandoning their home. They end up in California with many other "Okies" like them searching for a new future. Peter Knopf is a Emmy-nominated writer best known for his work on "Posse" 1975 "Peter and Paul" 1981 and "Not My Kid" 1985. Set in Oklahoma and California. Green titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated April 12 1974. Title page present dated April 12 1974 noted as First Draft with credits for novelist Steinbeck screenwriter Knopf screenwriter Johnson and producer Stanley Hough. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1947ref. 110305Viking 1947. Hardcover. Very good/Very Good. First printing with second issue jacket with Steinbeck facing away from the spine in the rear cover photo. Unclipped jacket edgeworn and chipped. Viking hardcover
1935ref. 303359Covici Friede 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First printing. 8vo in light brown cloth ruling and title in blue top edge stained blue foredge untrimmed. Binding tight but with an almost imperceptible spine lean both hinges firm three corners pushed but not rubbed one corrner rubbed with a bit of loss rubbing with a bit of loss at the bottom of the spine shallow chipping with loss at the top of the spine. Large p.o. bookplate on the front free endpaper. Covici Friede hardcover
1942ref. 002686New York: Viking 1942. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Dustjacket has light expert color touch-up. There are no marks of any kind to the Dustjacket or book. $2.50 price on the front flap. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Viking hardcover
1950ref. 6705New York: Viking 1950. First edition. About fine in find dust jacket protected in mylar. Viking unknown
1950ref. 57638New York: Viking Press 1950. First Edition. First printing. 12mo 19.5cm. Grey publisher's cloth titled in orange orange topstain; plain endpapers; 159pp. Bookplate of James G. Mead to front pastedown. A straight bright copy pushed at head and tail slight dustiness to top edge: Near Fine. Jacket unclipped priced $2.50 rubbed at edges spine lightly sunned with small chips at head and tail: Very Good. "A Play in Story Form." First edition of Steinbeck's experimental "play in story form." GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A29a. Viking Press unknown
1950ref. 1249New York: Viking 1950. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Printing. Dustjacket spine is lightly faded. Review Copy with fine review slip laid in. Scarce review copy. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Viking hardcover
1936ref. 17901New York: Covici-Friede 1936. Second Edition. Octavo; navy blue cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on spine; blue topstain; dustjacket; 269pp. Offsetting to pastedowns rough erasure to former owners name on front endpaper with the topstain a bit dulled; Near Fine. In the correct dustjacket without mention of the publisher's name and with the addition of Of Mice and Men to front panel; price-clipped evenly browned overall with wear along edges and corners and a few short tears to same and a small tape mend on verso; Very Good. The author's first book. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A1c. Covici-Friede unknown
1984ref. 211362Yolla Bolly 1984. Limited Edition. Full tan patterned buckram paper spine title label publishers brick red slip case. Fine in near fine lightly rubbed publisher's slipcase. Limited to 250 numbered copies of which this is 186. Signed by both Stegner and Wikstrom on the colophon page. Yolla Bolly unknown
1984ref. 35716Yolla Bolly Press. Fine. 1984. Hardcover. Limited edition #221 of 250 signed by Karin Wikstrom illustrator and Wallace Stegner afterword. Binding is fine with clean pages. Color illustrations are laid-in. Cover in fine condition with spine title pastedown. Slipcase has only minor wear but mild discoloration from sun. No dustjacket at issue.; California Writers of the Land; Signed by Illustrator . 0907486711 . Yolla Bolly Press hardcover
1980ref. 1264691980. Bradford Morrow 1980. Xeroxed manuscript 8 1/2 x 11 unpaginated. Bound in blue boards with number 8 and roman numeral 2 in white pen on backstrip. Laid in is a 2pp. foreword by John R. Payne on Bradford Morro letterhead stamped in red "Advance Review Copy". Fine with some pencilled corrections to the text. § "Bradford Morrow's catalogue of Harry Valentine's John Steinbeck Collection is an event of signal importance for Steinbeck collectors through the United States and abroad." The catalogue features 700 Steinbeck items including Primary Books and Pamphlets Manuscripts Letters and Photographs; Books with Contributions by Steinbeck; Periodical Appearances; Translations; Stage and Screen Materials; Secondary Materials and books from Steinbeck's personal library. unknown
