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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
1945rif. 4091New York: The Viking Press 1945. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 7 3/8" x 4 3/4" First Issue January 1945 ADVANCE REVIEW COPY 208pp. 1pp. list of Steinbeck's other works. Bound in blue paper wraps lettered in black; A very good to fine copy and scarce in nice condition. The Viking Press paperback
1929rif. 013923New York: Robert M. McBride & Co. 1929. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/facsimile dust jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 269 pp. A Life of Henry Morgan Buccaneer with Occasional Reference to History. Yellow/mustard colored cloth bound hard cover book shows only lt. wear. O/W no markings not ex-lib. The d/w is provided by Facsimile Dust Jackets L.L. C. and is in fine cond. The book is in a clamshell cloth bound box. Former owner's ink sig. on f.f.e.p. booksellers paper label on rear attached end paper.Feint trace of scotch tape on f.f.e.p. and rear attached end paper. Steinbeck's first book. Robert M. McBride & Co. hardcover
rif. 06583New York: Covici Friede 1937. Steinbeck on Stage - The Dramatic Form of Of Mice and Men First Edition of the 1937 Play STEINBECK John. Of Mice and Men. A Play in Three Acts. New York: Covici Friede 1937. First edition. Octavo 7 1/2 x 5 inches; 191 x 127 mm. 2 1-10 11-172 pp. Title-page printed in blue and black. Publisher's original gray linen over boards front cover and spine decorated in red and lettered in black. Some light glue staining to paste-downs as usual. In the original dust jacket printed in blue and gray spine somewhat darkened with wear to extremities. A very good copy in a fair dust jacket. With a striking Art Deco pictorial bookplate of William Rankin on the front free endpaper signed "Artemis" in the plate - a finely executed early twentieth-century design featuring stylized allegorical female figures. Issued in the same year as the novel this dramatic adaptation of Of Mice and Men represents Steinbeck's own reworking of his most enduring early work for the stage. The play opened on Broadway in November 1937 and was an immediate success winning the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. As such this edition occupies a unique place in the Steinbeck canon - bridging fiction and theater at the moment of the author's ascent to major literary prominence. Goldstone & Payne A8a. New York: Covici Friede, 1937 unknown
rif. 06576New York: The Viking Press 1958. Steinbeck as War Correspondent Dispatches from the Front - Human Immediate and Unvarnished STEINBECK John. Once There Was a War. New York: The Viking Press 1958. First edition first issue. Octavo 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 213 x 143 mm. xxii 1-2 3-233 1 blank pp. Publisher's quarter yellow linen over brown boards spine lettered in red. Original color pictorial dust jacket with just the slightest rubbing at the foot of the spine. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. A compelling collection of Steinbeck's World War II dispatches originally written for the New York Herald Tribune during his time as a war correspondent in 1943. Eschewing conventional battlefield reportage Steinbeck focuses instead on the daily lives of soldiers - capturing moments of boredom humor fear and quiet endurance with remarkable immediacy and empathy. These pieces drawn from Steinbeck's experiences in England North Africa and Italy reveal a deeply human perspective on war emphasizing the individuality of the common soldier rather than the abstractions of strategy or politics. The result is a work of enduring power - part journalism part literature - standing alongside the finest war writing of the twentieth century. Goldstone & Payne A39a. New York: The Viking Press, 1958 unknown
1951rif. 001735New York: Viking 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. 282 pp. Maroon cloth with gilt titles. Mapped endpapers. "Being the narrative portion of Sea of Cortez the report of the Steinbeck-Ricketts expedition in the Gulf of California." This edition includes the first appearance of "About Ed Ricketts." Light foxing to endpapers top edge a little dusty. Price-clipped jacket has small stains to the flaps and one to the rear panel at the flap fold. In addition there is a strip of discoloration/fading across the word "Log" on the spine due to an old jacket protector. Still better than very good. Ref: Goldstone & Payne. Viking hardcover
