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1945Best.-Nr. 13733NY: Viking Press 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Dennis Wesley. 6.63"x9.5" 131 pps. First illustrated edition. Khaki boards w/paste-down on a red pony on front inside dk green frame. Dk. green title block on spine with gilt letters. Herd of horses running scene in color as paste downs. This edition is produced in full compliance with all war production board conservation orders. The water-color illustrations are reproduced by four-color process offset lithography. Set in monotype Emerson and Bernhard modern types by Westcott & Thomson. Printed in USA by Zeese-Wilkinson Company and bound by H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Company. Spine straight binding tight. Few soil spots to boards. Few marks throughout. Not x-library. No slip-case. Originally published in 1933 by Pascal Covici. Written at a time of profound anxiety caused by the illness of his mother Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck draws on his memories of childhood in these stories about a boy who embodies both the rebellious spirit and the contradictory desire for acceptance of early adolescence. Unlike most coming-of-age stories the cycle does not end with a hero "matured" by circumstances. As John Seelye writes in his introduction reversing common interpretations The Red Pony is imbued with a sense of loss. Jody's encounters with birth and death express a common theme in Steinbeck's fiction: They are parts of the ongoing process of life "resolving" nothing. The Red Pony was central not only to Steinbeck's emergence as a major American novelist but to the shaping of a distinctly.Source: Publisher. Viking Press hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. 25783VIKING PRESS NY 1939. HARDBACK NODustJacket Stated First Published April 1939 1st EditionVG/VG- AS-IS NO JACKET Yellow Publishers dye on top Outer edge of pgs Light small stain Sheet music on endpapers Interior nice tight Clean light wear Fox & some light Creases to Last Few pgs 619 pgs Decorative TanBeige Tweed cloth cover with Brown with line drawings Illustration of Families & Old Cars Looking at Mountains on Front Cvr light wear FOX Stains Cvr Titled on Spine in Brown light wear Tiny Chips Ends Cvr spine. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 in. Approx. First Edition. Hard Cover. VIKING PRESS, NY hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 188928New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1947. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Movie edition promoting the film starring Joan Collins and Jayne Mansfield. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
19618vo., First Edition thus; elegantly bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, gilt from original backstrip mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
1942Best.-Nr. 015715The Viking Press 1942. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In a Facsimile Dust Jacket. The Play 1942 Starring Otto Kruger and Ralph Morgan. 1/200 Copies Bound In Hardcover.Ink Name. Very Scarce. Excellent Fresh Copy. Copyright Reads Second Edition. Sheets from More Common Paper Back Play. The Viking Press Hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 016581William Heinemann Ltd 1948. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.6s on Lower Flap. Very Rare in This Condition. Ink New Year and Xmas Inscription. Gorgeous Fresh Copy. William Heinemann Ltd Hardcover
1942Best.-Nr. 015715The Viking Press 1942. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In a Facsimile Dust Jacket. The Play 1942 Starring Otto Kruger and Ralph Morgan. 1/200 Copies Bound In Hardcover.Ink Name. Very Scarce. Excellent Fresh Copy. Copyright Reads Second Edition. Sheets from More Common Paper Back Play. The Viking Press Hardcover books
1948Best.-Nr. 016581William Heinemann Ltd 1948. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.6s on Lower Flap. Very Rare in This Condition. Ink New Year and Xmas Inscription. Gorgeous Fresh Copy. William Heinemann Ltd Hardcover books
1939Best.-Nr. 002020New York: Viking 1939. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hayder Elmer jacket. Tenth printing November 1939. 8vo. 619 pp. Oatmeal cloth with vignette outlined in brown Battle Hymn of the Republic lyrics and music on the endpapers - near fine. Nicely preserved jacket without toning or fading to the spine. Priced at $2.75 with "360th Thousand" at the bottom of the front flap. Great copy of a 1939 printing. Viking hardcover
1953Best.-Nr. 114936London: Cassell & Company Limited 1953. Early printing of Cassell's French-English English-French Dictionary from the library of American literary master John Steinbeck and his wife Elaine Steinbeck. Octavo original cloth. Signed and dated by Steinbeck’s wife Elaine Steinbeck on the front free endpaper "Elaine Steinbeck Paris 1954." In very good condition. 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. Cassell & Company, Limited hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. LIT-US-1952-1335Publisher's green cloth covered boards with printed label on spine. First printing of the first tarde edition in a first issue DJ all ID boxes checked. Book is near vg minimal sunning to spine foot corners minimally bumped mostly the upper corner of the rear panel. Discrete bookstore stamp to rear pastedown. Page cuts a bit dusty/stained. Jacket is acceptable to good price of $4.50 is present some larger chips missing and generally frayed at margins. Overall a very decent copy with some obvious issues priced accordingly. Viking hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 295947Covici Friede 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. Second state: 'loosely' on page 9 no bullet point between the eights on page 88 Saint Katy the Virgin on the 'also by' list no statement of second or subsequent printing all four dustjacket flaps clipped. Binding tight and square virtually no rubbing to the cloth. The spine of the dustjacket is not at all toned very shallow rubbing at the top of the spine a light scrape near the bottom of the front panel a very short closed tear at the bottom of the front panel another at the top of the rear panel. Covici Friede hardcover
Best.-Nr. 000276Dramatists Play Service Inc. 1942 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Fine/Very Fine. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original wraps in yellow erasure on front panel.Dose not effect conditon. Dramatists Play Service Inc. 1942 Paperback
Best.-Nr. 000276Dramatists Play Service Inc. 1942 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Fine/Very Fine. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original wraps in yellow erasure on front panel.Dose not effect conditon. Dramatists Play Service Inc. 1942 Paperback books
1950Best.-Nr. 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
1950Best.-Nr. 4343New York: The Viking Press 1950. First Edition. In Burning Bright Steinbeck attempted to develop a new technique of writing which he termed "play-novelette" - described in the foreword as "a play that is easy to read or a short novel that can be played simply by lifting out the dialogue" Morrow 206. Goldstone & Payne A29.a. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm; taupe cloth with titles stamped in red on spine and front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; 1591pp. A Fine copy with the orange topstain bright and unfaded. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 with some trivial wear and dustiness to joints and extremities; very Near Fine with the spine coloring notably bright and without the usual fading. The Viking Press unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 10887The Viking Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Bright Original teal cloth stamped . in silver with red topstain; Slight bump to spine edges and corners . inside end sheets have slight toning; DJ a sea-green red and white . dustwrapper not price-clipped $5.00 has two small chips on front . cover with several tiny tears rubbing on folds but no fading; No marks . or writing clean tight binding;. 1941. First Edition Stated. Hardcover. Shows Steinbeck's long interest in the origins of life; illustrated indrxed; ; 598 pages . The Viking Press hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. 005766Sun Dial Press. First Edition First Printing thus. Un-price clipped DJ in archival cover small corner chip prior owners name. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1941. Sun Dial Press hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 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
1948Best.-Nr. 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
1950Best.-Nr. 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
1932Best.-Nr. 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
1948Best.-Nr. 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
1939Best.-Nr. 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
1988Best.-Nr. 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
