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1950rif. 1195New York: Viking Press 1950. First edition. About fine in near fine jacket. First printing of Steinbeck's experimental work an amalgam of play and novel similar to OF MICE AND MEN. Expanding on the idea first developed in OF MICE AND MEN - adapting aspects of the theater into the structure of a novel - Steinbeck wrote this "play in story form" about the birth of a long-awaited child. The book was staged the same year with Rodgers and Hammerstein as producers. Neither the book nor the play did well but Steinbeck didn't seem to mind: "We were kicked around like dogs but I still want to do it. This shows a truly pure quality of stupidity. Just nuts. I'm so fascinated by everything about the theatre I don't really care if the show's a flop" Interview NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 18 September 1952. A lovely copy. 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original full tan cloth front board and spine lettered in red. Original unclipped $2.50 dust jacket in yellow grey and orange. Orange topstain. 159 1 pages. Lightest edgewear to jacket extremities. Tiny spot to fore edge. Overall clear and bright. Viking Press unknown books
1932rif. 1278639New York: Brewer Warren & Putnam 1932. First Edition First Issue. 8vo. 294pp.; G-/no DJ; bound in green cloth spine has faded lettering 'MAY / C.O.' written in white paint on tail of spine covering publishers information; lacking dust jacket; Ex Library bookplate for The May Company on front pastedown cancelled stamp on front pastedown; rear panel on the dust jacket has been pasted onto the ffep; title page and spine both state publisher as 'Brewer Warren & Putnam'; bumping and wear to boards; spine cocked; rear endpaper ripped out small sticker reading 'TheMayCo' on rear pastedown; water stain to upper fore corner of pages 273-end does not impact text; The first edition first issue of The Pastures of Heaven G&P A2a was published in 1932 by Brewer Warren & Putnam. Although the firm printed 2500 sets of sheets only 1650 copies were bound and 650 copies were sold.; KT consignment; shelved Case 13. 1278639. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Brewer, Warren & Putnam unknown books
1948rif. 81304New York: Bantam Books 1948. Unbound. Fine. Color poster for the first Bantam Books paperback edition issued to coincide with the release of the motion picture starring Pedro Armendáriz and María Elena Marqués. Approximately 22" x 28". About fine. Boldly printed the poster reproduces the front wrap of the paperback against a background of images of Armendáriz and Marqués from the film. Very uncommon. Bantam Books unknown books
1939rif. 88646London: Heinemann 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 1939 First edition first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket priced 8s6d. Publisher's coeval wrap-around promotional band. Housed in custom cloth drop-back box. First UK edition of Steinbeck's best-known novel. Driven from their Oklahoma farm by drought debt and the banks the Joad family set out along Route 66 for California and the promise of work only to find exploitation hunger and hostility in the migrant camps. The novel was published in New York by Viking on 14 April 1939 and became the best-selling book of the year with 430000 copies printed by February 1940. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award. It was also denounced as propaganda by agricultural interests and banned and burned in places and the controversy contributed to the American Library Association's adoption of its Library Bill of Rights. The jacket's rear panel prints an extract from Alexander Woollcott's BBC broadcast on the book "An American Voice" in which he calls it "an American Les Misérables" and announces that it will be brought out by Heinemann "in the next month or two". It is accompanied here by the publisher's wrap-around promotional band: "Book Society Fiction Choice. Evening Standard Book of the Month. Did you hear Alexander Woollcott's sensational broadcast" Signature 'John Steinbeck' to half-title assumed not to be genuine; some marking to lower board; jacket clipped to front inside flap below the price spine darkened with wear to head including some loss toning visible to lower panel a few other minor chips to edges/corners; wrap-around darkened and slightly chipped around spine section. Good Heinemann hardcover
1988rif. 335768Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1988. 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 dedication page.; Collector's Edition. Easton Press hardcover
1932rif. 015272New York: Robert O. Ballou 1932. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First edition third issue. Octavo. 294 pp. Good or better in publisher's green cloth with gilt titling. Lacking dustwrapper. Publisher's black topstain to block. One of an estimated 1000 remainders sold by Brewer to Ballou in 1932. Original Brewer sheets with a tipped-in Robert O.Ballou title page which is a cancel. Spine is heavily faded with gilt titling most worn-away though Robert Ba. can be discerned at the foot to the spine and the "R" is higher that the other letters. Good hinges and tight binding though there is a minor forward slant to spine. Previous owner's signature to front pastedown. The text is bright and clean and free of any annotations. Pages 273-276 have been opened somewhat roughly. The upper corner of back free endpaper has a small area of spotting. Steinbeck's scarce second novel is a cornerstone of any collection and this is a good and very presentable copy overall. Securely packaged and shipped in a box. Robert O. Ballou hardcover
1937rif. 7839New York: Covici-Friede 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket unclipped $2.00 generally toned and rubbed a few small chips and closed tears at the edges. Beige cloth toned at the edges and gutters with brown and black ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a blue top stain foxed at the top edge clean internally. The play adaptation of one of the Nobel Prize-winner's best works and a classic of American literature. Covici-Friede hardcover
1941rif. 7849New York: The Viking Press 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket unclipped $5.00 generally rubbed stains throughout chipped at the top edge long tear at the front spine fold. Green buckram a few stains front board splayed slightly rubbed at the bottom edge with silver gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound toned at the endpapers bumped at some of the corners clean otherwise. The account of Steinbeck and Ricketts's six week boating and fishing "expedition" in the Gulf of California. The Viking Press hardcover
1937rif. 7839New York: Covici-Friede 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket unclipped $2.00 generally toned and rubbed a few small chips and closed tears at the edges. Beige cloth toned at the edges and gutters with brown and black ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a blue top stain foxed at the top edge clean internally. The play adaptation of one of the Nobel Prize-winner's best works and a classic of American literature. Covici-Friede hardcover books
1941rif. 7849New York: The Viking Press 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket unclipped $5.00 generally rubbed stains throughout chipped at the top edge long tear at the front spine fold. Green buckram a few stains front board splayed slightly rubbed at the bottom edge with silver gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound toned at the endpapers bumped at some of the corners clean otherwise. The account of Steinbeck and Ricketts's six week boating and fishing "expedition" in the Gulf of California. The Viking Press hardcover books
1940rif. feb1158851940: First Russian Edition of The Grapes of Wrath Ð“Ñ€Ð¾Ð·Ð´ÑŒÑ гнева Used. For more details please contact me State Publishing
rif. 0529P301IXJVery Good. Viking first ed. First printing: "First Published in April 1939"; no mention of later printings on copyright page. Cover lettering reddish brown; yellow topstain as issued. In facsimile Dustjacket. Neat and small prev. o's name 1939 on frontpaper. Binding tight pps. bright. Brief ext. soiling. Battle hymn endpapers. Octavo. Tan cloth. STEINBECK JOHN. The Grapes of Wrath. N.Y.: Viking 1939. First Edition. 8vo original pictorial tan cloth stamped in brown pictorial endpapers with sheet music endpapers for "Battle Hymn of the Republic". Spine and joints slightly darkened covers firm and rather clean with few finger smudges text solid and still bright hint only of binding adhesive stains at hinges early ink ownership and blank bookplate at front free endpaper. hardcover
rif. JD30184NY Farrar Straus & Giroux 1976 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Advance copy an uncorrected proof edited by Chase Horton these tales are Steinbeck's attempt to render Malory "into modern English" the importance to Steinbeck and his literature of the Morte d'Arthur cannot be over-stated as he writes in his introduction "I think my sense of right and wrong.and any thought I may have had against the oppressor and for the oppressed came from this book" this copy is especially important because it was one of two copies sent to novelist John Gardner author of such novels as Grendel and The Resurrection Gardner also wrote The Complete Works of the Gawain Poet The Alliterative Morte Arthure and other "olde English" books this copy was sent to Gardner by the New York Times in order to write a review which the Times published laid in loosely is the slip from the Times asking for an 800-word review this was originally obtained from Susan Thornton who was Gardner's fiance at the time of his death according to Morrow 284 there are a number of textual differences between this proof copy and the published version. Very good. NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
1958rif. 894F29London: Heinemann 1958 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". None. The first UK edition of John Steinbeck's narrative about the marine specimen collecting trip he undertook with his great friend Ed Ricketts in 1940. The first UK edition first impression of John Steinbeck's non fiction account of his voyage on a marine specimen-collecting boat alongside his friend marine biologist Ed Ricketts.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a double sided portrait frontispiece.Steinbeck discusses the six week expedition made at various sites along the Gulf of California.He provides a eulogy to Ricketts at the start of the work. Ricketts shaped and inspired a number of characters in Steinbeck's fiction including Doc from 'Cannery Row'. In the publisher's original cloth binding with price unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to spine tail otherwise externally excellent. Dust wrapper age toned to back strip rear wrap and head of front wrap. Three small closed tears to back strip head. Handling marks to rear wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with only the odd spot. Near Fine Heinemann hardcover
1938rif. 08757THE LONG VALLEY Viking 1938 first edition slight wear to the lower front corner tip else a tight vg copy in a bright vg/near fine dust-wrapper with some slight wear. Viking Press unknown
1938rif. 08757THE LONG VALLEY Viking 1938 first edition slight wear to the lower front corner tip else a tight vg copy in a bright vg/near fine dust-wrapper with some slight wear. Viking Press unknown books
1938rif. 45211San Francisco: Simon J. Lublin Society. Near Fine. 1938. Third Printing. Softcover. Original stapled softcover. Third printing June 1938. Slight foxing to covers else tight and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Simon J. Lublin Society paperback
1939rif. 6713New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition First Printing. First edition first printing with "FIRST PUBLISHED IN APRIL 1939" and no additional printings stated on the copyright page. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 5.5" with 619 numbered pages. Comes with a brand new facsimile reproduction dust jacket for protection and display. This book is in very good condition. Moderate foxing to the edges of the textblock. Previous owner's name and date in pen on the front endpaper. Interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. 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 #O12-8. The Viking Press unknown
1945rif. 004625Viking 1945. Book. Very Fine. Cloth in Box. Signed Clipped Signature. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very fine copy in a very good box.Couple of tape repairs to box.Rare clipped signature of Steinbeck tape to title page.The trade edition.Nice copy.Extremely Rare Signed. Viking Hardcover
rif. 000281Covici Friede 1933 Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. Cloth. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy hint of spine fade. No dustjacket.First edition second state. Covici Friede, 1933 Hardcover
1945rif. 004625Viking 1945. Book. Very Fine. Cloth in Box. Signed Clipped Signature. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very fine copy in a very good box.Couple of tape repairs to box.Rare clipped signature of Steinbeck tape to title page.The trade edition.Nice copy.Extremely Rare Signed. Viking Hardcover books
rif. 000281Covici Friede 1933 Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. Cloth. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy hint of spine fade. No dustjacket.First edition second state. Covici Friede, 1933 Hardcover books
1947rif. 114534Boston: D.C. Heath and Company 1947. First edition of Joseph Louis Russo's Present Day Italian from the library of John and Elaine Steinbeck with Elaine's ownership signature and marginal notes throughout. In very good condition. Rare and desirable. One of the first female stage managers on Broadway American actress Mary Elaine Steinbeck studied drama at the University of Texas Austin where she met her first husband Zachary Scott. The couple divorced in 1950 and within a week of their divorce Elaine married John Steinbeck on December 28 1950. A powerful force in John's life Elaine accompanied him on his many international trips and the couple remained married until John's death in December 1968. D.C. Heath and Company unknown
1940rif. 94689Overbrook Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1940. 1st Hardback Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; First book edition originally printed as a throwaway leaflet. Limited 350 copies. Excellent book in original glassine that has just a touch of edge wear at the top edge. Book is super clean and nice. . Overbrook Press hardcover
rif. 06580New York: The Viking Press 1950. Experiment in Form - Play and Novel Intertwined A Dramatic Steinbeck Unusual and Underappreciated STEINBECK John. Burning Bright. A Play in Story Form. New York: The Viking Press 1950. First edition. Octavo 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 187 x 121 mm. 1-8 9-159 1 blank pp. Publisher's gray cloth front cover and spine lettered in red top edge stained red. Original color printed dust jacket spine faded with the lightest rubbing to extremities. A fine copy in an excellent dust jacket. An intriguing hybrid work in which Steinbeck deliberately blurs the boundaries between drama and prose fiction. Conceived for both stage and page Burning Bright presents a symbolic almost mythic narrative centered on themes of masculinity identity and the desire for legacy. Though less commercially successful than his major novels the work represents a bold formal experiment reflecting Steinbeck's continued willingness to challenge conventional narrative structures. Goldstone & Payne A27a. New York: The Viking Press, 1950 unknown
