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1937ref. 140949571New York: Covici Friede 1937. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. First issue of the text with "pendula" on page 9 and a bullet between the two 8's of the page number on page 88. 186 pp. Bound in publisher's beige cloth stamped in orange and black blue topstain. Near Fine with very light sunning to cloth. In a Near Fine dust jacket corners lightly clipped but price of $2.00 intact with sunned spine panel and modest edgewear. A fantastic copy of Steinbeck's Western novella about the struggles of two itinerant farm workers George and Lennie in California during the Great Depression. One of only 2500 copies printed in the first issue. Covici Friede unknown books
1947ref. 140949932New York: The Viking Press 1947. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A superlative copy of the first edition first printing. Bound in publisher's brown cloth decoratively stamped in black with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with faint tape ghosts to front and rear free endpapers. In a Near Fine first issue dust jacket with Steinbeck's portrait facing toward the spine; a vibrant example unclipped with light rubbing at the extremities light soiling to the rear panel and light tanning. A much nicer example than normally encountered. Goldstone & Payne A25a. The Viking Press unknown books
1947ref. 140949953New York: The Viking Press 1947. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's brown cloth decoratively stamped in black with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light lean and light wear to binding. In a Very Good unclipped first issue dust jacket with Steinbeck's portrait facing toward the spine; light rubbing and edge wear toning fading to the spine. A nice copy. Goldstone & Payne A25a. The Viking Press unknown books
ref. 29916N.p. n.d. 25pp. on versos of 25 unruled sheets. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. Bound with a cover Typed Letter Signed 10/30/69 from Shirley McCurry's secretarial service to BURGESS MEREDITH saying: "Dear Mr. Meredith Gwyn Steinbeck asked that we forward the enclosed poems to you. She will send the material to fill in the blanks as soon as she is able to decipher it . . 25pp. on versos of 25 unruled sheets. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. These are Gwyn's own transcriptions of the love poems written to her by Steinbeck sent to their good friend Burgess Meredith. It is not clear whether the manuscripts have survived although Jackson Benson p. 57 states of the little poetry which Steinbeck wrote "there is a series of love poems written to his second wife Gwyn which has also survived. unknown books
1937ref. 193517New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. A very cool copy First edition number 141 of 699 copies signed by the author. The individual parts of Steinbeck's novella were first published in periodicals between 1933 and 1937. This signed limited edition is the first appearance in book form of "The Gift" "The Great Mountains" and "The Promise". This copy includes the booklabel of inventor Arthur Wilmer Lissauer 1888-1973 who pioneered air conditioning and food processing machinery. His library included several Shakespeare folios. Provenance: the collection of Steve Forbes chairman of Forbes Magazine and presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 US elections. Octavo. Original cream cloth square panels ruled in grey spine and front cover lettered in red front cover with decoration of a pony in red top edge trimmed others untrimmed. Original slipcase spine lettered in black and hand-numbered in red ink. Booklabels to front pastedown. Light soiling at top of binding browning and offsetting to endpapers extremities of slipcase worn lacking top: a very good copy in like slipcase. Goldstone and Payne A9a; Gross & Hayman 27; Valentine 78. hardcover
ref. 10565London: William Heinemann. 1935. First UK edition first printing. First UK edition first printing. Original dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine in dustwrapper. A beautiful fine copy the cloth very clean but with a little ghosting to the spine from the dustwrapper the contents clean bright and tight throughout. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper which is ever so lightly rubbed to the extremities. Not price-clipped 7/6net to the front flap and along the edge of the rear flap. An exceptional copy rare in the dustwrapper. The author's third novel but the second to be published in England. Goldstone & Payne A3c. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: William Heinemann. 1935 hardcover
1963ref. 1256111963. fine. 10 lines 4to Moscow n.d. 1963. "We got your cable and a load lifted from our hearts.Oh! We are pleased.This is a frantic job but very interesting." Steinbeck was in the USSR to discuss piracy of copyrighted books. The letter is on his personal letterhead with the address crossed out and rewritten U.S. Embassy Moscow. With the holograph mailing envelope postmarked Helsinki. unknown
1963ref. 1256111963. fine. 10 lines 4to Moscow n.d. 1963. "We got your cable and a load lifted from our hearts.Oh! We are pleased.This is a frantic job but very interesting." Steinbeck was in the USSR to discuss piracy of copyrighted books. The letter is on his personal letterhead with the address crossed out and rewritten U.S. Embassy Moscow. With the holograph mailing envelope postmarked Helsinki. unknown books
ref. JD37013NY Viking December 5 1941 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Advance copy an uncorrected proof plain brown wrappers lacking the publisher's information label this is Part I only meaning the log of the trip written mostly by Steinbeck but not Part II which is the scientific appendix by Ricketts and its color plates the book was originally offered at $5 these are unrevised proofs confidential and not to be quoted for publication until verified with the finished book Goldstone & Payne A15a although curiously G&P doesn't refer to the book as a proof that's probably because there was a galley proof in Goldstone's collection that preceded even this advance copy Morrow 139 Harmon 45a Holmes A16a now housed in a custom clamshell case with leather spine with title advance copy authors place and year of publication in gilt with other gilt designs. Some cover spotting bookplate else very good. NY, Viking, December 5, 1941, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
ref. JD29431NY Viking 1962 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Frontispiece photo portrait of Steinbeck one of 3200 copies printed Goldstone & Payne A40a Morrow 269 this copy Inscribed by Steinbeck on the title page "For Lou Robinson/with pleasure/John Steinbeck" very scarce thus. Fine. NY, Viking, 1962, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
ref. JD30425NY Viking 1962 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Frontispiece photo portrait of Steinbeck one of 3200 copies printed Goldstone & Payne A40a Morrow 269 this copy Inscribed by Steinbeck under his frontispiece photo very scarce thus. Fine. NY, Viking, 1962, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
ref. JD26993NY Robert O. Ballou 1933 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. First issue of his third book one of only 598 copies actually bound and sold Goldstone & Payne A3a Morrow 22 endpapers title page vignette and dust jacket illustrated by Mahlon Blaine this book is Steinbeck at his most powerful and his most mystical. Black top edge stain still very black book cloth somewhat mottled jacket with one short tear this is a very pleasing and attractive copy of a very scarce book. NY, Robert O. Ballou, 1933, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover
ref. JD29431NY Viking 1962 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Frontispiece photo portrait of Steinbeck one of 3200 copies printed Goldstone & Payne A40a Morrow 269 this copy Inscribed by Steinbeck on the title page "For Lou Robinson/with pleasure/John Steinbeck" very scarce thus. Fine. NY, Viking, 1962, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback books
ref. JD30425NY Viking 1962 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Frontispiece photo portrait of Steinbeck one of 3200 copies printed Goldstone & Payne A40a Morrow 269 this copy Inscribed by Steinbeck under his frontispiece photo very scarce thus. Fine. NY, Viking, 1962, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback books
ref. JD26993NY Robert O. Ballou 1933 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. First issue of his third book one of only 598 copies actually bound and sold Goldstone & Payne A3a Morrow 22 endpapers title page vignette and dust jacket illustrated by Mahlon Blaine this book is Steinbeck at his most powerful and his most mystical. Black top edge stain still very black book cloth somewhat mottled jacket with one short tear this is a very pleasing and attractive copy of a very scarce book. NY, Robert O. Ballou, 1933, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover books
1957ref. 145697New York: The Viking Press 1957. First edition of Steinbeck's only political satire. unrevised proof copy signed presentation inscription from the author "Dear Elsie Clough: This book was ghost written in the truest sense of the world. An imp crept down my arm and played in the ink. Don't turn me in please Yours John Steinbeck." on front inner wrapper 2 autograph corrections to the labels including the publication date corrected from March to April and the price corrected from $2.95 to $3.00 original spiral-bound wrappers some snapped edges toned and creased a little marked tall 8vo 1957. A true unrevised copy the title character's name is spelled "Peppen" on p.1. Elsie Clough ran The Book Shop in Providence Rhode Island from 1922 to 1963 her last day of business was November 22. Steinbeck may have been rewarding Clough and other booksellers for years of supporting his work: another copy of the unrevised proof of Pippen is inscribed to Cleveland booksellers Bob and Anne Levine with a similar message mentioning imps. Included with the lot is an essay by Elsie Clough looking back on her career published in the 1964 issue of Yankee Magazine. Provenance: The Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection. Pippin IV explores the life of Pippin Héristal an amateur astronomer in 1950s France who is suddenly proclaimed the King of France. Unknowingly appointed to give the Communists a monarchy to revolt against Pippin is chosen because he was descended from the famous king Charlemagne. Unhappy with his lack of privacy alteration of family life uncomfortable housings at the Palace of Versailles and his lack of power as a constitutional monarch the protagonist spends a portion of the novel dressing up as a commoner often riding a motorscooter to avoid the constrained life of a king. Pippin eventually receives his wish of dethronement after the people of France enact the rebellion Pippin's kingship was destined to receive. He returns to his home in Paris to find that nothing has really changed. The Viking Press unknown
1937ref. 21375London: William Heinemann. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth titled in gilt. First British edition. Very slight spine lean endpages mildly toned tiny tear to front endpage. Corners gently softened. The scarce DJ in mylar is toned at spine slightly chipped at edges small splash dampstain to spine tiny mark to rear panel rubbing at front flap fold. Flap price 7/6 intact. A sound unmarked copy in scarce unclipped DJ all housed in a custom clamshell box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . William Heinemann hardcover
1939ref. 6472New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition First Printing. First edition first printing with "FIRST PUBLISHED IN APRIL 1939" with no additional printings stated on the copyright page. Signed by the author John Steinbeck on a card which has been professionally affixed to the half title page. Provenance of the signature: Purchased directly by us from PBA Galleries who stated that the card was from the estate of Steinbeck's personal assistant Nancy Pearson. 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. Minor surface wear to the cloth boards. Minor staining to the edges of the textblock. Old bookstore sticker on the bottom of the front pastedown. Interior pages are 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 #O8-69. The Viking Press unknown
1941ref. 016308The Viking Press 1941. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Extremely Rare Uncorrected Proof of The Sea Of Cortez In Brown Wrappers.Yellow Label On Front. Publication December 5 Price $5.00 Unrevised Proofs. Confidential Please Do not Quote For Publication until Verified Book. Contains Introduction and Narrative but Not Illustrations or Scientific Data. Front Wrapper Separated From Text Block Otherwise Fine. One Of a Kind.Includes Hertiage Book Shop Brochure for The Care Of Books. The Viking Press Paperback books
1939ref. 332642New York: Viking 1939. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Thick 8vo oatmeal cloth pictorially stamped in brown. d.w. New York.: Viking 1939. First edition. Fine copy in a bright first issue dust wrapper with 2 closed tears rubbed edges & a scratch on the back panel; ownership signature. Steinbeck's masterpiece winner of the Pulitzer Prize and basis for a 1940 film. Viking unknown
1939ref. 149654Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd. 1939. First Canadian edition with "First Edition" on front flap and "First published in April 1939" on copyright page. Identical to the American Viking first edition except for the publisher. . Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 619 p. 21 cm. Publisher's beige cloth with brown impressing. In mylar-covered dustjacket illustrated by Elmer Hader. Top edge yellow. Music and lyrics for The Battle Hymn of the Republic on endpapers. Small tear to top of front panel. Faint mark on spine cloth. A bit of staining to gutters on endpapers. Some very light marks to text block edges. The story of the trials and tribulations of the Joad family forced to migrate from the Depression-era "dust bowl" of Oklahoma to California looking for work. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1940 and is considered one of the greatest American novels. The Battle Hymn of the Republic is appropriate for the endpapers since the phrase "the grapes of wrath" is part of the lyrics. John Steinbeck was so impressed by the work of illustrator Elmer Hader 1889-1973 that he requested Hader to create the cover. Hader eventually did covers for two other Steinbeck works East of Eden 1952 and The Winter of Our Discontent 1961. Goldstone & Payne A12a. HBS 68515. The Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd. hardcover
1944ref. 29593N.p. New York 1944. Typescript 3pp. numbered 1-3 on rectos of 3 leaves of duplicated radioplay typescript struck through approximately 600 words. Typed Letter one page. 1 vols. 10-14/ x 7-1/2 inches. Slightly age-darkened but very good overall. Typescript 3pp. numbered 1-3 on rectos of 3 leaves of duplicated radioplay typescript struck through approximately 600 words. Typed Letter one page. 1 vols. 10-14/ x 7-1/2 inches. Evocative Steinbeck story or "mood piece" imagining a decorated black pilot returning to his hometown cheered by his neighbors and welcomed by his father in the house he grew up in with the remark: "Son - every black man in the world is going to fly with your wings." In his cover letter to his friend Burgess Meredith who served in the Air Force during the war he writes: "DEAR BUZZY: A different version of the following was done for overseas broadcast to the troops by O.W.I. This is a different version. I don't know whether you would like to use it or not. It has an odd length. I might be a good idea to use it in some one of your shows. If you want it you are quite welcome to it. It was written against a background of music imagined music I mean. Should you desire to use it I think the story itself will suggest the music. Let me suggest however that the music be soft sustained and all of one piece and that it do not attempt to be directly descriptive of the piece but rather of the spirit of the piece. I would suggest that you yourself read it using the beautiful technique you used in "The Forgotten Village" . the soft reading that seems not to be reading at all. This is pure mood and would have to be delivered like soft music. Anyway there it is and you're welcome to it - if you want it." Office of War Information for which Steinbeck worked during the WW II. UNPUBLISHED until 2014 when the revived Strand Magazine published a version based upon a different typescript from the Steinbeck papers at HRC; a unique draft or variant copy of this moving war-time sketch. From the Estate of BURGESS MEREDITH. unknown
1939ref. 332642New York: Viking 1939. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Thick 8vo oatmeal cloth pictorially stamped in brown. d.w. New York.: Viking 1939. First edition. Fine copy in a bright first issue dust wrapper with 2 closed tears rubbed edges & a scratch on the back panel; ownership signature. Steinbeck's masterpiece winner of the Pulitzer Prize and basis for a 1940 film. Viking unknown books
1944ref. 29593N.p. New York 1944. Typescript 3pp. numbered 1-3 on rectos of 3 leaves of duplicated radioplay typescript struck through approximately 600 words. Typed Letter one page. 1 vols. 10-14/ x 7-1/2 inches. Slightly age-darkened but very good overall. Typescript 3pp. numbered 1-3 on rectos of 3 leaves of duplicated radioplay typescript struck through approximately 600 words. Typed Letter one page. 1 vols. 10-14/ x 7-1/2 inches. Evocative Steinbeck story or "mood piece" imagining a decorated black pilot returning to his hometown cheered by his neighbors and welcomed by his father in the house he grew up in with the remark: "Son - every black man in the world is going to fly with your wings." In his cover letter to his friend Burgess Meredith who served in the Air Force during the war he writes: "DEAR BUZZY: A different version of the following was done for overseas broadcast to the troops by O.W.I. This is a different version. I don't know whether you would like to use it or not. It has an odd length. I might be a good idea to use it in some one of your shows. If you want it you are quite welcome to it. It was written against a background of music imagined music I mean. Should you desire to use it I think the story itself will suggest the music. Let me suggest however that the music be soft sustained and all of one piece and that it do not attempt to be directly descriptive of the piece but rather of the spirit of the piece. I would suggest that you yourself read it using the beautiful technique you used in "The Forgotten Village" . the soft reading that seems not to be reading at all. This is pure mood and would have to be delivered like soft music. Anyway there it is and you're welcome to it - if you want it." Office of War Information for which Steinbeck worked during the WW II. UNPUBLISHED until 2014 when the revived Strand Magazine published a version based upon a different typescript from the Steinbeck papers at HRC; a unique draft or variant copy of this moving war-time sketch. From the Estate of BURGESS MEREDITH. unknown books
1952ref. 12537EAST OF EDEN Viking 1952 first edition as new in like full color pictorial dust-wrapper and custom slipcase. Rare thus. The source book for the film of the same name of course. Viking unknown
