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1933Best.-Nr. 49955London: Philip Allan 1933. Very Good. London: Philip Allan 1933. First UK Edition. Octavo; publisher's green cloth boards stamped in black; dark topstain; 302pp. No dust jacket. Light edgewear with some very minor fraying and a couple brief splits; a couple minor stains; fading to spine and along edges; binding sound; ownership inscription to preliminaries else unmarked. A Very Good and sound copy of Steinbeck's second book originally published the year prior in the U.S. An important early work praised upon release in the Los Angeles Times as a "strangely haunting book" in which the valley-villagers "are made to live and breathe and have their being in the little farms shrouded by lovely trees of abundant foliage; oft shut in their homes by depressing brick walls or rudely painted frames that were once stately trees of the valley" and concludes "his particularly fine ability to find beauty and hope in the oft bare lives of these rural Californians is most gratifying." Goldstone & Payne A2d; Gerry Fitzgerald "Carmel Valley Inspires Story." Los Angeles Times: Sunday October 23 1932 page 42. Philip Allan unknown
1933Best.-Nr. 49955London: Philip Allan 1933. Very Good. London: Philip Allan 1933. First UK Edition. Octavo; publisher's green cloth boards stamped in black; dark topstain; 302pp. No dust jacket. Light edgewear with some very minor fraying and a couple brief splits; a couple minor stains; fading to spine and along edges; binding sound; ownership inscription to preliminaries else unmarked. A Very Good and sound copy of Steinbeck's second book originally published the year prior in the U.S. An important early work praised upon release in the Los Angeles Times as a "strangely haunting book" in which the valley-villagers "are made to live and breathe and have their being in the little farms shrouded by lovely trees of abundant foliage; oft shut in their homes by depressing brick walls or rudely painted frames that were once stately trees of the valley" and concludes "his particularly fine ability to find beauty and hope in the oft bare lives of these rural Californians is most gratifying." Goldstone & Payne A2d; Gerry Fitzgerald "Carmel Valley Inspires Story." Los Angeles Times: Sunday October 23 1932 page 42. Philip Allan unknown books
1964Best.-Nr. 13952Aptos Calif: Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs 1964. First Edition one of 150 copies printed at the Grace Hoper Press. 12pp. 1 vols. 4to. Printed wrappers a lttile rumpled and soiled othewise very good. First Edition one of 150 copies printed at the Grace Hoper Press. 12pp. 1 vols. 4to. A letter to Steinbeck's professor of English explaing his "training in versification". Goldstone & Payne A42 Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs unknown
1945Best.-Nr. 338561New York: Viking 1945. hardcover. very good/very good-. Small 8vo yellow cloth with blue lettering blue top-stain d.w. New York: Viking Press 1945. First Edition. Second issue canary yellow binding. The dust wrapper is somewhat darkened & edge-rubbed with a closed tear at a fold but has the $2.00 price. Viking unknown
1945Best.-Nr. 68574E-018: The Viking Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1945. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. The Viking Press New York. 1945. 181 pgs. First Edition/First Printing /Second state in canary yellow cloth boards and in the first issue dust jacket with the original price of $2.00 listed in the upper corner of inside front flap. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities pieces missing from the spine some closed tears present. Canary yellow cloth lightly soiled and worn. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks binding tight and solid boards clean with no wear present. Unburdened by the material necessities of the more fortunate the denizens of Cannery Row discover rewards unknown in more traditional society. Henry the painter sorts through junk lots for pieces of wood to incorporate into the boat he is building while the girls from Dora Floods bordello venture out now and then to enjoy a bit of sunshine. Lee Chong stocks his grocery with almost anything a man could want and Doc a young marine biologist who ministers to sick puppies and unhappy souls unexpectedly finds true love. Cannery Row is just a few blocks long but the story it harbors is suffused with warmth understanding and a great fund of human values. E-158; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . The Viking Press hardcover
1984Best.-Nr. 15485Covelo: Yolla Bolly Press 1984. First edition thus. hardcover. A near fine copy slightly darkened at spine a wonderful example of a fine press production. Karin Wikstrom. 4to. A short story by John Steinbeck with an afterword by Wallace Stegner. Limited edition being one of only ten lettered presentation copies 'H' signed by Stegner and Karin Wikstrom who illustrated the story with six color woodblocks. Issued as volume number two in the 'California Writers of the Land' series. First published in Steinbecks collection The Long Valley. It appears in the ledger notebook under the title "Man Hunt". The story outlines a young man Pepé who is sent into town by his mother. She says he is not yet a man. While he is gone Pepé kills a man and after his return he is forced to flee. Cloth with slipcase issued sans dust jacket. Yolla Bolly Press unknown
Best.-Nr. 06569New York: The Viking Press 1947. A Powerful Documentary Collaboration Steinbeck's Stark Vision of Rural Mexico - First Edition STEINBECK John. The Forgotten Village. With 136 photographs from the film of the same name by Rosa Harvan Kline and Alexander Hackenschmied. New York: The Viking Press 1941. First edition first issue. Quarto 10 x 6 7/8 inches; 254 x 175 mm. 1-8 9-143 1 blank pp. Illustrated throughout with 136 photographic reproductions. Publisher's tan buckram front cover pictorially decorated in green spine lettered in green top edge stained green. A near fine copy in the original color pictorial dust jacket. A striking and unusual work by John Steinbeck conceived in conjunction with the documentary film of the same name. The Forgotten Village departs from Steinbeck's more familiar fictional narratives presenting instead a quasi-anthropological account of life in a remote Mexican village where traditional beliefs and modern medicine collide with tragic consequences. The text - part narrative part social document - follows the story of a young boy Juan Diego whose village is ravaged by disease. Steinbeck's restrained almost reportorial prose heightens the emotional impact underscoring themes of cultural conflict superstition and the limits of intervention. The work reflects Steinbeck's deep and abiding interest in marginalized communities a concern that runs throughout his major novels. The volume is richly illustrated with 136 photographs by Rosa Harvan Kline and Alexander Hackensmid later known as Alexander Hammid whose cinematic eye lends the book a powerful visual immediacy. The photographs are not merely illustrative but integral to the narrative reinforcing the documentary character of the work and bridging the gap between literature and film. An important and often underappreciated Steinbeck title here preserved in its original form with the dust jacket-an increasingly elusive survival in collectible condition. Goldstone & Payne A15. New York: The Viking Press, 1947 unknown
1939Best.-Nr. 9552Viking. 1939. Hardcover. Very Good- in Fair dust jacket. Book is clean and tight. Says first published in april 1939 on verso. Pages have some foxing and browning. Battle Hymm of the Republic on endpages. Has two names on front flyleaf. There are the remains of dust jacket - the back and the back fold. Buckram cover is worn. Back hinge cracked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 619 pages . Viking hardcover
1943Best.-Nr. 214644Cleveland: The Rowfant Club / Grabhorn Press 1943. Hardcover. Large mildewy moisture stain at the bottom inside corner affecting the covers and all pages up about 5 inches some foxing and shelf wear. Not a pretty copy of this scarce edition. No. 99 of 152 limited edition copies. Size: 8.25"x11.25" The Rowfant Club / Grabhorn Press hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. 557825Praha Prague: Evropský Literární Klub 1941. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Czech edition Translated and with an afterword by Vladimir Procházka. Jacket by Jaroslav Šváb. Octavo. 457 2 pp. Text in Czech. A couple of tiny spots on the foredge still fine in a spine-toned very good dust jacket with a bit of nicking mostly along the topedge. Winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. A very presentable copy; OCLC shows two 1941 editions published in Prague with less than 10 copies between them. Evropský Literární Klub hardcover
1970Best.-Nr. 15473Aptos Calif: Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs 1970. First edition one of 150 copies. Introduction by James D. Hart. 1 vols. 4to. Printed wrappers a little darkened at edges else fine. First edition one of 150 copies. Introduction by James D. Hart. 1 vols. 4to. Steinbeck's translation of a Ukrainian poem into a completely imaginary language. Goldstone & Payne A45a Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs unknown
1969Best.-Nr. 52356New York: Viking Press 1969. First edition. One of 600 copies. Published the year following Steinbeck's death. Text comprised of letters written to Pascal Covici his old friend and editor while working on EAST OF EDEN. 4to silver-stamped half blue cloth and blue paper boards; 182 pages. Illustrated with seven folding-plate facsimiles of pages from the original manuscript and a frontispiece photo of the box Steinbeck carved to house the original manuscript of EAST OF EDEN that he presented to Covici. Small light stain on title page otherwise fine in original glassine dust jacket which is a little darkened at spine; housed in a fine example of the publisher's slipcase. Viking Press unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 24782New York:: The Viking Press 1941. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Bookplate tipped in; some browning to hinges; else a fresh near fine copy in a bright unchipped jacket with some light browning to the top edge of the back panel. Large 8vo. The Viking Press, hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. 035441New York: Viking Press 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo 5"x7". 619pp.oatmeal grain pictorial cloth boards.States "First Published in April 1939" on the copyright page with no additional printing history indicating a true First Edition First printing. There is foxing to the endpapers and a few specks on the fore-edge otherwise a an exceptionally near fine copy. "Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family the Joads-driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision elemental yet plainspoken tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless of one man's fierce reaction to injustice and of one woman's stoical strength the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America." . Viking Press Hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. SKU1043116The Viking Press 1939. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. The Viking Press; New York 1939. Hardcover. First Edition Fourth Printing. A Very Good grey cloth binding with brown illustration on boards and brown lettering on spine binding sturdy and intact top text block edge stained grey with some fading some age toning to pages small ink scribble bottom text block edge spine buckram starting to separate from backing material in a Very Good beautiful and original some handling/scuff marks to panels bit of edge/corner wear some rubbing along front panel at spine and front/back turns all four flap corners neatly clipped2.75 price intact to top 4th printing intact to bottom Dust wrapper. A nice clean and unmarked copy. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. 619pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. The Viking Press hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. LPB008140JSNew York: The Viking Press 1939. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/N/A. First Printing with "" First Published in April 1939' and no other statements. In tan buckram cloth boards with iconic wraparound illustration in brown. Some dark spots to front board and a few marks/spots to rear board as well. Top page ends tinted brown which has faded. Small spots rubbed through to top corners. Gift inscription in pencil to ffep previous owner's name and address to title page note in pencil to rfep and price in pencil to rear pastedown which also has a few lines of notes in ink at top. In brand new high quality facsimile jacket. The Viking Press hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. 09613New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. First printing. 619pp. Bound in original pictorial oatmeal cloth stamped in brown top edges stained yellow. Light soiling and small scuff to ffep. Internally quite clean with no markings of any kind. A very good copy. The Viking Press hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 140938149New York: The Viking Press 1938. First Edition. First edition. 303 pp. Original cloth. Small dampstain to top of back board else Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with tears along folds at top of front panel edge-rubbing small closed tear to bottom of back panel spine slightly darkened a few pieces of tape to verso dampstain to verso of back panel. A collection of twelve stories by the chronicler of the rough-and-tumble American West. The Viking Press unknown
1942Best.-Nr. 005753Viking Press. DJ in archival cover chips spine sunned edge ware price clipped. Stated first published in March 1942. First edition Second state. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1942. Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 152452New York: The Viking Press 1947. First edition of this classic story of simplicity based on a Mexican folk tale. Octavo original brown cloth stamped in black and gilt top stain green. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with Steinbeck looking to the right on the rear panel. Drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco. The Pearl 1947 is a novella by John Steinbeck the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. A story of classic simplicity based on a Mexican folk tale The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature the darkest depths of evil and the luminous possibilities of love. Steinbeck first encountered the Mexican folk tale on which it is based during a marine biology expedition to the Sea of Cortez in 1940. He originally conceived it as a film script before expanding it into a short story published in Woman's Home Companion in 1945 as "The Pearl of the World." The novella follows Kino a poor pearl diver in La Paz Mexico whose discovery of an enormous pearl promises escape from poverty but ultimately destroys everything he loves. The story functions as a parable about greed materialism and the corrupting influence of wealth. The Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 152794New York: The Viking Press 1947. First edition of this classic story of simplicity based on a Mexican folk tale. Octavo original brown cloth stamped in black and gilt top stain faded green. Near fine in a good dust jacket with a closed tear to the front panel and Steinbeck looking to the left on the rear panel. Drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco. The Pearl 1947 is a novella by John Steinbeck the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. A story of classic simplicity based on a Mexican folk tale The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature the darkest depths of evil and the luminous possibilities of love. Steinbeck first encountered the Mexican folk tale on which it is based during a marine biology expedition to the Sea of Cortez in 1940. He originally conceived it as a film script before expanding it into a short story published in Woman's Home Companion in 1945 as "The Pearl of the World." The novella follows Kino a poor pearl diver in La Paz Mexico whose discovery of an enormous pearl promises escape from poverty but ultimately destroys everything he loves. The story functions as a parable about greed materialism and the corrupting influence of wealth. The Viking Press hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 567789San Francisco: Simon J. Lublin Society of California 1938. Softcover. Good. Fourth printing. Octavo. 33 3pp. Stapled photographically illustrated wrappers. Both wraps detached one tiny corner creased light overall wear good or better. Simon J. Lublin Society of California unknown
1943Best.-Nr. 51026Tower Books World Publishing Co. 1943. First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. very good green cloth top edge soiled pages show some moderate browning. 247pp. in a good dust jacket with a closed tear and chips and tears to the extrems. . Tower Books, World Publishing Co., hardcover
Best.-Nr. 06568New York: The Viking Press 1947. A Landmark American Novel in Its First Illustrated Dress With Seventeen Evocative Paintings by Peggy Worthington STEINBECK John. Tortilla Flat. With seventeen paintings by Peggy Worthington. New York: The Viking Press 1947. First illustrated edition. Large octavo 9 3/16 x 6 5/8 inches; 234 x 168 mm. 1-10 11-213 3 blank pp. Seventeen fine color illustrations including nine full-page plates. Publisher's tan linen over boards front cover with a mounted color illustration spine lettered in dark green pictorial color endpapers top edge stained dark green. A fine copy in the original color pictorial dust jacket. A beautifully produced illustrated edition of Tortilla Flat one of John Steinbeck's earliest and most enduring works. First published in 1935 Tortilla Flat marked Steinbeck's breakthrough introducing the loosely connected adventures of Danny and his companions - paisanos living on the margins of society in Monterey California. Blending humor pathos and a gently ironic narrative voice the work established many of the thematic concerns - friendship poverty and moral ambiguity - that would define Steinbeck's later masterpieces. Peggy Worthington's illustrations created specifically for this edition bring a warm painterly interpretation to Steinbeck's world capturing both the rustic charm and underlying poignancy of the paisanos' lives. Her use of color and composition lends the volume a distinctive visual identity making this edition one of the most appealing mid-century illustrated Steinbeck publications. Issued in an attractive format with mounted cover illustration and pictorial endpapers this 1947 edition represents the first fully illustrated presentation of the text and remains highly sought after in fine condition with the dust jacket intact. A particularly fresh and desirable copy of an American classic - uniting Steinbeck's breakthrough novel with a sympathetic and accomplished illustrative program. Goldstone & Payne A4a. New York: The Viking Press, 1947 unknown
1935Best.-Nr. 50859New York: Covici Friede 1935. First Printing. Hardcover missing Dust Jacket. Very Good- with small chips to the head of the spine. Spine sunned. Blue Topstain. First printing with no subsequent printings mentioned on the copyright page. Pages are bright and unmarked the binding is sound. Illus Ruth Garnet With a facsimile dust jacket loc GC2. Covici Friede, hardcover
