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1936ref. 140947502New York: Covici-Friede 1936. First Edition Limited Issue. Fine. Limited first edition Printer's Copy B to match the numbered edition of 99 copies. Signed by John Steinbeck on the limitation page at rear. 349 pp. Bound in publisher's beige and black cloth with gilt lettering to spine red topstain. Fine with very slight lean to spine dust-soiling to upper edge of textblock. In a somewhat rubbed original black paper-covered slipcase paper title label to spine. Housed in a custom oatmeal cloth clamshell case with a gilt-lettered black morocco title label to spine. Goldstone-Payne A5.a. A very rare copy of an edition scarce to begin with. Just 99 numbered and signed copies of Steinbeck's famous strike novel were published simultaneously with the first trade edition in 1936; this copy is signed but not numbered and an ink inscription below the signature states: "Printer's Copy B." The number of lettered copies is unknown. Covici-Friede unknown books
1932ref. 140949836New York: Brewer Warren & Putnam 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing; one of 650 copies of the first issue. vi 294 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt black topstain. Near Fine with slight lean to spine light fading to extremities and pulled thread at upper edge of rear board. Light offsetting to endpapers several rear pages roughly cut. In a Very Good first issue unclipped dust jacket 195 mm tall with light dampstaining and rippling to spine panel moderate wear and pencil inscription to front flap. Goldstone & Payne A2a. John Steinbeck's second book was printed in a run of 2500 copies of which 1650 were bound and about 650 sold. The unsold copies bound and unbound were sold to the publisher Robert O. Ballou and rebound for the second third and fourth issues. Steinbeck would not see commercial success until the publication of his fifth book Tortilla Flat but The Pastures of Heaven received good reviews that heralded his future accolades. "Californians should take notice of this novel by one of its native sons" wrote The Los Angeles Times and Californians certainly did. Brewer, Warren & Putnam unknown
1932ref. 140949836New York: Brewer Warren & Putnam 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing; one of 650 copies of the first issue. vi 294 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt black topstain. Near Fine with slight lean to spine light fading to extremities and pulled thread at upper edge of rear board. Light offsetting to endpapers several rear pages roughly cut. In a Very Good first issue unclipped dust jacket 195 mm tall with light dampstaining and rippling to spine panel moderate wear and pencil inscription to front flap. Goldstone & Payne A2a. John Steinbeck's second book was printed in a run of 2500 copies of which 1650 were bound and about 650 sold. The unsold copies bound and unbound were sold to the publisher Robert O. Ballou and rebound for the second third and fourth issues. Steinbeck would not see commercial success until the publication of his fifth book Tortilla Flat but The Pastures of Heaven received good reviews that heralded his future accolades. "Californians should take notice of this novel by one of its native sons" wrote The Los Angeles Times and Californians certainly did. Brewer, Warren & Putnam unknown books
1939ref. 21205711939. New York: Viking. 1939. 8vo. Original tan pictorial cloth with dust wrapper displaying ""$2.75"" and ""First edition"" endpapers with reproduction of the Battle Hymn of the Republic; pp. 619; dust jacket with minimal wear to the corners a little toning to edges a couple of spots of browning generally very good indeed.First edition. Steinbeck's masterpiece and literature's lasting testament to the Great Depression it won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize and was singled-out as a ""great work.an epic chronicle"" in his citation for the Nobel Prize in 1962. This book is one of the great American novels the travails of Tom Joad and his family struggling through the Depression in the Dust Bowl having become legendary. The book has inspired films plays operas and popular music but nothing compares to the stripped back beauty of Steinbeck's prose; ""To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma the last rains came gently and they did not cut the scarred earth"". Copies in this condition are extremely hard to find.The iconic jacket design is by the children's illustrator Elmer Hader. His collaboration was specifically requested by Steinbeck who loved his work in the 1936 book Billy Butter and Hader went on to design later books such as East of Eden. Goldstone & Payne A12a. hardcover
ref. JD29949NY Viking 1939 first edition first printing dust jacket. Hardcover. No book is more identified with John Steinbeck than this masterpiece which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and which was the source for the film version directed by John Ford that starred Henry Fonda as Tom Joad and which won Jane Darwell an Academy Award for her portrayal of Ma Joad the book was also the source for the Tony Award-winning Broadway play one of the true high spots of 20th Century literature jacket designed by Elmer Hader this is an incredibly scarce Review Copy with review slip from Viking this is the only review copy seen by this bookseller in more than 60 years of being involved in all things Steinbeck see Goldstone & Payne A12a see Morrow 107. Fine in a jacket with a couple of small tape ghosts from where the review slip was previously affixed jacket is otherwise clean bright and fine. NY, Viking, 1939, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover
ref. JD29949NY Viking 1939 first edition first printing dust jacket. Hardcover. No book is more identified with John Steinbeck than this masterpiece which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and which was the source for the film version directed by John Ford that starred Henry Fonda as Tom Joad and which won Jane Darwell an Academy Award for her portrayal of Ma Joad the book was also the source for the Tony Award-winning Broadway play one of the true high spots of 20th Century literature jacket designed by Elmer Hader this is an incredibly scarce Review Copy with review slip from Viking this is the only review copy seen by this bookseller in more than 60 years of being involved in all things Steinbeck see Goldstone & Payne A12a see Morrow 107. Fine in a jacket with a couple of small tape ghosts from where the review slip was previously affixed jacket is otherwise clean bright and fine. NY, Viking, 1939, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover books
1937ref. 140946360New York: Covici Friede 1937. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing first issue with "pendula" on page 9 and a bullet between the two 8's of the page number on page 88. Signed by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. 186 pp. Bound in publisher's cloth stamped in orange and black. Near Fine with slight lean to binding contents lightly tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning to spine minor edge wear with several short closed tears. Small strip of offsetting to verso at spine from a previous dust jacket protector. A scarce signed edition of John 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
1937ref. 140946360New York: Covici Friede 1937. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing first issue with "pendula" on page 9 and a bullet between the two 8's of the page number on page 88. Signed by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. 186 pp. Bound in publisher's cloth stamped in orange and black. Near Fine with slight lean to binding contents lightly tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning to spine minor edge wear with several short closed tears. Small strip of offsetting to verso at spine from a previous dust jacket protector. A scarce signed edition of John 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
1929ref. 319434New York: Robert M. McBride 1929. First edition first issue of the author's first book. vi 269 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original yellow cloth titled in black on front cover and spine top edge stained blue; pictorial dust jacket designed by Mahlon Blaine with $2.50 price present; tan cloth slipcase. The cloth in unusually bright condition; the jacket spine panel lightly faded and with wear at ends touching the top of titling a few abrasions to front and back panels. Despite these flaws a bright and entirely original copy of a book infrequently found in collector's condition. First edition first issue of the author's first book. vi 269 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. FIRST EDITION of the future Nobel laureate's elusive first book published when he was 27 years old. One of 1537 copies the publisher printed 2476 copies 939 of which were remaindered as unbound sheets. This was Steinbeck's fourth attempt at a novel and was rewritten six times from an unpublished story titled "A Lady in Infra-Red" which he composed while at Stanford. "Aside from a few reviews the only early recognition . was Berton Braley's 'thanks and acknowledgements' for Steinbeck's permission to use some of the incidents in a doggerel epic 'Morgan Sails the Caribbean' 1934" Peter Lisca 'The Wide World of John Steinbeck' Rutgers UP 1958. Goldstone & Payne A1a Robert M. McBride unknown
1961ref. 0225581961-1967. Letter. Some folds clean. Near Fine. Includes 6 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED John Steinbeck John or JS 1 TYPED LETTER SIGNED John and a partial AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED John all to Willard Bascom regarding Project Mohole and other matters 11 pages total various sizes and papers from Barbados Singapore and New York 15 February 1961 to 4 March 1967 including autograph transmittal envelope for March 4. Willard Bascom was a scientist and adventurer who in 1961 led the first phase of Project Mohole the worlds first attempt to sample the Mohorovicic discontinuity Moho where the earth's mantle and its crust meet. Bascom invited Steinbeck to join the expedition and Steinbeck wrote about the venture in an April 1961 LIFE MAGAZINE article. These letters reveal the foundations of their relationship as well as Steinbeck's participation and assistance to the projects beginnings exhibiting Steinbeck's relationships to the President and Washington: "It occurs to me to ask whether you will have motion picture cameras for recording purposes. Such a record would be valuable. It might also have some value in prying more money for future experimental work either from the congress or from the president. For my own part I intend to make the President personally aware of the project as soon as I have a proper understanding and basis." He also offers insight into the TIME MAGAZINE relationship: I made them read it back to me on the phone so I was sure that I had written what they printed. The letters show a developing friendship with Bascom and reveal the personal Steinbeck as he moved through his final years. Of a potential trip Steinbeck writes I am not going any places any more without Elaine. Life is too short to be away from her. He continues discussing his work presumably on TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY I have been living a fairly anchoretic life in this tower their NYC apartment. Working like a death watch beetle. Not only am I interested in what I am doing I want to get it finished. These letters reveal the life of Steinbeck in the 1960s both professionally and personally. WITH: A sweatshirt given to Bascom by John Steinbeck on the expedition navy blue knit cotton hooded sweatshirt front pouch pocket without maker's label or size indication unevenly faded soiling stains and some paint flecks. Steinbeck who bunked with Bascom on the Mohole expedition bought the sweatshirt for Bascom fearing that he would be cold as he was working his tail off on board ship. It matches one Steinbeck wore himself on board. See Benson JOHN STEINBECK WRITER New York 1984 pages 894-6. unknown books
1929ref. 319434New York: Robert M. McBride 1929. First edition first issue of the author's first book. vi 269 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original yellow cloth titled in black on front cover and spine top edge stained blue; pictorial dust jacket designed by Mahlon Blaine with $2.50 price present; tan cloth slipcase. The cloth in unusually bright condition; the jacket spine panel lightly faded and with wear at ends touching the top of titling a few abrasions to front and back panels. Despite these flaws a bright and entirely original copy of a book infrequently found in collector's condition. First edition first issue of the author's first book. vi 269 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. FIRST EDITION of the future Nobel laureate's elusive first book published when he was 27 years old. One of 1537 copies the publisher printed 2476 copies 939 of which were remaindered as unbound sheets. This was Steinbeck's fourth attempt at a novel and was rewritten six times from an unpublished story titled "A Lady in Infra-Red" which he composed while at Stanford. "Aside from a few reviews the only early recognition . was Berton Braley's 'thanks and acknowledgements' for Steinbeck's permission to use some of the incidents in a doggerel epic 'Morgan Sails the Caribbean' 1934" Peter Lisca 'The Wide World of John Steinbeck' Rutgers UP 1958. Goldstone & Payne A1a Robert M. McBride unknown books
ref. 69902in the original frames; about 17 x 12 inches to 18 x 16 inches overall. Some nicks and use to the frames; one coin-sized tidemark and some extremely light foxing to the portrait of Ma Joad; portraits otherwise fine. Various sizes. From the estate of Elizabeth Ainsworth the author's sister. These portraits were issued separately in collection with the 1940 release of the Limited Edition Club's edition of the novel illustrated by Benton. They were presented to Steinbeck by the artist at that time and remained in Steinbeck's possession for the rest of his life. unknown
ref. JD29396n.p. NY n.p. The Viking Press n.d. 1944 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Advance copy an uncorrected galley proof bound in plain unprinted tannish wrappers printed on rectos only a very scarce advanced state of this minor or not so minor Steinbeck masterpiece whose themes of death and loneliness are masked by its surface layer of humor all the more rare in that this is an Author Presentation Copy Inscribed by Steinbeck to the best man at his second marriage Howard O. Hunter who was the Works Progress Administration WPA commissioner in the early 1940s under the FDR administration Steinbeck and his second wife Gwen Conger were married March 29 1943 just 11 days after receiving his final divorce decree from his first wife Carol Steinbeck has Inscribed the first preliminary as follows "For Howard/who really/belongs in/Cannery Row/John Steinbeck/last night in New York 1944" this galley lacks all the preliminaries found in the 1945 published version such as half titles title page copyright page dedication page etc. although not specifically cited in Goldstone & Payne there is a notation under G&P A22a that "a copy of the unrevised galley proofs is in the Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas" see Morrow 172 that copy with a yellow label on front giving publication date and price that is not on this copy--the Morrow copy was not signed or inscribed now housed in a beautiful custom clamshell case with leather spine laid in loosely is a letter of provenance from Ellen Leonard who was given this proof by Hunter's wife Edna. This was bound for in-house use by Viking and not for sale thus it was never meant to be in great condition even when new spine ends are chipped there is offsetting from printed pages onto the previous verso some pages are becoming dis-bound. n.p. (NY), n.p. (The Viking Press), n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
ref. JD29396n.p. NY n.p. The Viking Press n.d. 1944 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Advance copy an uncorrected galley proof bound in plain unprinted tannish wrappers printed on rectos only a very scarce advanced state of this minor or not so minor Steinbeck masterpiece whose themes of death and loneliness are masked by its surface layer of humor all the more rare in that this is an Author Presentation Copy Inscribed by Steinbeck to the best man at his second marriage Howard O. Hunter who was the Works Progress Administration WPA commissioner in the early 1940s under the FDR administration Steinbeck and his second wife Gwen Conger were married March 29 1943 just 11 days after receiving his final divorce decree from his first wife Carol Steinbeck has Inscribed the first preliminary as follows "For Howard/who really/belongs in/Cannery Row/John Steinbeck/last night in New York 1944" this galley lacks all the preliminaries found in the 1945 published version such as half titles title page copyright page dedication page etc. although not specifically cited in Goldstone & Payne there is a notation under G&P A22a that "a copy of the unrevised galley proofs is in the Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas" see Morrow 172 that copy with a yellow label on front giving publication date and price that is not on this copy--the Morrow copy was not signed or inscribed now housed in a beautiful custom clamshell case with leather spine laid in loosely is a letter of provenance from Ellen Leonard who was given this proof by Hunter's wife Edna. This was bound for in-house use by Viking and not for sale thus it was never meant to be in great condition even when new spine ends are chipped there is offsetting from printed pages onto the previous verso some pages are becoming dis-bound. n.p. (NY), n.p. (The Viking Press), n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback books
1939ref. 1287161939. First Edition. STEINBECK John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Viking 1939. Octavo original pictorial beige cloth illustrated endpapers original dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $28500.First edition first issue of Steinbeck's most important novel his searing masterpiece of moral outrage and ""intense humanity"" winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize.""It is a long novel the longest that Steinbeck has written and yet it reads as if it had been composed in a flash ripped off the typewriter and delivered to the public as an ultimatumÉ Steinbeck has written a novel from the depths of his heart with a sincerity seldom equaled"" Peter Monro Jack. ""The Grapes of Wrath is the kind of art that's poured out of a crucible in which are mingled pity and indignationÉ Its power and importance do not lie in its political insight but in its intense humanityÉ It is the American novel of the season probably the year possibly the decade"" Clifton Fadiman. First issue with ""First Published in April 1939"" on copyright page and first edition notice on front flap of dust jacket. Goldstone & Payne A12a. Salinas Public Library 29. Bruccoli & Clark I:354. Slight discoloration to cloth along spine joints much less than typical; jacket bright and beautiful with only faintest toning along top margin. A stunning copy most rare in this condition. hardcover
1939ref. 1287161939. First Edition. STEINBECK John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Viking 1939. Octavo original pictorial beige cloth illustrated endpapers original dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $28500.First edition first issue of Steinbeck's most important novel his searing masterpiece of moral outrage and ""intense humanity"" winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize.""It is a long novel the longest that Steinbeck has written and yet it reads as if it had been composed in a flash ripped off the typewriter and delivered to the public as an ultimatumÉ Steinbeck has written a novel from the depths of his heart with a sincerity seldom equaled"" Peter Monro Jack. ""The Grapes of Wrath is the kind of art that's poured out of a crucible in which are mingled pity and indignationÉ Its power and importance do not lie in its political insight but in its intense humanityÉ It is the American novel of the season probably the year possibly the decade"" Clifton Fadiman. First issue with ""First Published in April 1939"" on copyright page and first edition notice on front flap of dust jacket. Goldstone & Payne A12a. Salinas Public Library 29. Bruccoli & Clark I:354. Slight discoloration to cloth along spine joints much less than typical; jacket bright and beautiful with only faintest toning along top margin. A stunning copy most rare in this condition. hardcover books
1961ref. 0225581961-1967. Letter. Some folds clean. Near Fine. Includes 6 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED John Steinbeck John or JS 1 TYPED LETTER SIGNED John and a partial AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED John all to Willard Bascom regarding Project Mohole and other matters 11 pages total various sizes and papers from Barbados Singapore and New York 15 February 1961 to 4 March 1967 including autograph transmittal envelope for March 4. Willard Bascom was a scientist and adventurer who in 1961 led the first phase of Project Mohole the worlds first attempt to sample the Mohorovicic discontinuity Moho where the earth's mantle and its crust meet. Bascom invited Steinbeck to join the expedition and Steinbeck wrote about the venture in an April 1961 LIFE MAGAZINE article. These letters reveal the foundations of their relationship as well as Steinbeck's participation and assistance to the projects beginnings exhibiting Steinbeck's relationships to the President and Washington: "It occurs to me to ask whether you will have motion picture cameras for recording purposes. Such a record would be valuable. It might also have some value in prying more money for future experimental work either from the congress or from the president. For my own part I intend to make the President personally aware of the project as soon as I have a proper understanding and basis." He also offers insight into the TIME MAGAZINE relationship: I made them read it back to me on the phone so I was sure that I had written what they printed. The letters show a developing friendship with Bascom and reveal the personal Steinbeck as he moved through his final years. Of a potential trip Steinbeck writes I am not going any places any more without Elaine. Life is too short to be away from her. He continues discussing his work presumably on TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY I have been living a fairly anchoretic life in this tower their NYC apartment. Working like a death watch beetle. Not only am I interested in what I am doing I want to get it finished. These letters reveal the life of Steinbeck in the 1960s both professionally and personally. WITH: A sweatshirt given to Bascom by John Steinbeck on the expedition navy blue knit cotton hooded sweatshirt front pouch pocket without maker's label or size indication unevenly faded soiling stains and some paint flecks. Steinbeck who bunked with Bascom on the Mohole expedition bought the sweatshirt for Bascom fearing that he would be cold as he was working his tail off on board ship. It matches one Steinbeck wore himself on board. See Benson JOHN STEINBECK WRITER New York 1984 pages 894-6. unknown
1939ref. 79419New York:: The Viking Press 1939. First edition. publisher's illustrated cloth in the correct dust jacket with "First Edition" at the bottom of the front flap. Preserved in a custom quarter leather folding clamshell box. A very fine copy in a very fine jacket. 8vo. This is one of perhaps twelve to fifteen copies that were uncovered in a warehouse in the early to mid-1970s or 80s. They were in two cartons from The Viking Press which had never been opened. The Viking Press, hardcover
1952ref. 18857New York: New York Times Magazine 1952. Handwritten Manuscript. Paper. Near fine. Handwritten by John Steinbeck parts two and three of his three-part article for The New York Times Magazine titled "Autobiography: Making of a New Yorker." Together with three autograph letters signed by Steinbeck to NYTM editor Seymour Peck and o. In total this collection includes 12 legal page leaves written in pencil by Steinbeck on rectos only and one typed letter from his editor. All in near fine condition with faint toning to edges and small paperclip indentations. Goldstone & Payne C90 article With an 11-page typed transcription of the drafts and letters bound in chronological order of appearance. Housed in a custom brown cloth clamshell case title printed on paper label affixed to spine. Provenance: Christie's 1986; Christie's 1999 John Steinbeck's article "Autobiography: Making of a New Yorker" begins in Part One not included here with his first unhappy and short-lived experience in New York City in 1925 at the age of 23. Part Two handwritten here details his second "assault on New York" in the fall of 1935 in which he begrudgingly transforms from a "Country Boy" into a true "New Yorker." At first Steinbeck writes: "It is so strange to look back. I was going to live in New York but I was going to avoid it." Near the end of the installment his anecdotes change. He writes: "Everything fell into place. I saw every face I passed. It was beautiful - but most important - I was part of it I was no longer a stranger." In the final section handwritten here Steinbeck describes the broad dichotomy of the city and romanticizes city life. He writes: "New York is an ugly city a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal its politics are used to frighten children its traffic is madness its competition is murderous. But. once you have lived in New York and it has become your home - no place else is good enough. All of everything is concentrated here population theatre art painting publishing importing business murder mugging luxury poverty. It is all of everything." The correspondence between Steinbeck and NYTM editor Seymour Peck primarily discusses deadlines for the article drafts. In the first letter Steinbeck tells Peck of his plans for the three-part article. Peck responds on November 26 1952 asking for all writing to be completed by December 24 1952. The second letter is inserted at the end of Part Two informing Peck that Part Three will be along shortly. The third letter dated December 17 1952 accompanies Part Three in which Steinbeck says the article "isn't very good but it is heart-felt." A truly exceptional collection of autobiographical writings from a classic American author. Despite his reputation as a Californian John Steinbeck spent nearly half his life living in New York City. In 1925 he left Stanford University without a degree and moved to the city for roughly one year. He returned to New York with his then-girlfriend Gwen living for a while in Sneden's Landing. They stayed in New York until the birth of his first son Thom and the publication of Cannery Row 1945. He later returned to the East Coast with his third wife Elaine and bought a home in Sag Harbor in 1955. Steinbeck remained in New York City until his death in 1968. [New York Times Magazine]
1952ref. 18857New York: New York Times Magazine 1952. Handwritten Manuscript. Paper. Near fine. Handwritten by John Steinbeck parts two and three of his three-part article for The New York Times Magazine titled "Autobiography: Making of a New Yorker." Together with three autograph letters signed by Steinbeck to NYTM editor Seymour Peck and o. In total this collection includes 12 legal page leaves written in pencil by Steinbeck on rectos only and one typed letter from his editor. All in near fine condition with faint toning to edges and small paperclip indentations. Goldstone & Payne C90 article With an 11-page typed transcription of the drafts and letters bound in chronological order of appearance. Housed in a custom brown cloth clamshell case title printed on paper label affixed to spine. Provenance: Christie's 1986; Christie's 1999 John Steinbeck's article "Autobiography: Making of a New Yorker" begins in Part One not included here with his first unhappy and short-lived experience in New York City in 1925 at the age of 23. Part Two handwritten here details his second "assault on New York" in the fall of 1935 in which he begrudgingly transforms from a "Country Boy" into a true "New Yorker." At first Steinbeck writes: "It is so strange to look back. I was going to live in New York but I was going to avoid it." Near the end of the installment his anecdotes change. He writes: "Everything fell into place. I saw every face I passed. It was beautiful - but most important - I was part of it I was no longer a stranger." In the final section handwritten here Steinbeck describes the broad dichotomy of the city and romanticizes city life. He writes: "New York is an ugly city a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal its politics are used to frighten children its traffic is madness its competition is murderous. But. once you have lived in New York and it has become your home - no place else is good enough. All of everything is concentrated here population theatre art painting publishing importing business murder mugging luxury poverty. It is all of everything." The correspondence between Steinbeck and NYTM editor Seymour Peck primarily discusses deadlines for the article drafts. In the first letter Steinbeck tells Peck of his plans for the three-part article. Peck responds on November 26 1952 asking for all writing to be completed by December 24 1952. The second letter is inserted at the end of Part Two informing Peck that Part Three will be along shortly. The third letter dated December 17 1952 accompanies Part Three in which Steinbeck says the article "isn't very good but it is heart-felt." A truly exceptional collection of autobiographical writings from a classic American author. Despite his reputation as a Californian John Steinbeck spent nearly half his life living in New York City. In 1925 he left Stanford University without a degree and moved to the city for roughly one year. He returned to New York with his then-girlfriend Gwen living for a while in Sneden's Landing. They stayed in New York until the birth of his first son Thom and the publication of Cannery Row 1945. He later returned to the East Coast with his third wife Elaine and bought a home in Sag Harbor in 1955. Steinbeck remained in New York City until his death in 1968. [New York Times Magazine] books
1929ref. 140947494New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1929. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing first issue. Association copy signed by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper. From the collection of the author's sister Olive Esther Steinbeck Rodgers with Steinbeck Family bookplate to front pastedown. vi 269 pp. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth lettered in black blue topstain. Near Fine with slight lean to spine and light edgewear light toning to contents. Offsetting to front free endpaper from contemporary newspaper clipping advertising novel laid in. Additional gift inscription and owner bookplate to front endpapers. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with with light edgewear and rubbing fading to spine panel and several surface scratches to rear panel. An association copy of Steinbeck's scarce first novel. The book was published in a print run of just 2476 copies of which 939 were remaindered and reissued in 1936; this copy came from the collection of Steinbeck's older sister. Goldstone-Payne A1.a. Robert M. McBride & Company unknown
1939ref. 140947496New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Signed by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper and inscribed "affectionately" to Edna Goss. Goldstone-Payne A12. vi 619 pp. Bound in publisher's oatmeal cloth with pictorial brown stamping yellow topstain. "Battle Hymn of the Republic" printed endpapers. Near Fine with light rubbing to cloth very light soiling to textblock edges bookseller ticket to back pastedown. In a Very Good dust jacket price-clipped but with "First Edition" statement on front flap; with light rubbing and edgewear 2 tears along flap folds and light staining. Housed in a custom leather clamshell case printed with the dust jacket painting by Elmer Hader signed by Papuchian H&H Bindery. A scarce signed first printing of Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the Great Depression. The Viking Press unknown
1929ref. 140947494New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1929. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing first issue. Association copy signed by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper. From the collection of the author's sister Olive Esther Steinbeck Rodgers with Steinbeck Family bookplate to front pastedown. vi 269 pp. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth lettered in black blue topstain. Near Fine with slight lean to spine and light edgewear light toning to contents. Offsetting to front free endpaper from contemporary newspaper clipping advertising novel laid in. Additional gift inscription and owner bookplate to front endpapers. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with with light edgewear and rubbing fading to spine panel and several surface scratches to rear panel. An association copy of Steinbeck's scarce first novel. The book was published in a print run of just 2476 copies of which 939 were remaindered and reissued in 1936; this copy came from the collection of Steinbeck's older sister. Goldstone-Payne A1.a. Robert M. McBride & Company unknown books
1939ref. 140947496New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Signed by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper and inscribed "affectionately" to Edna Goss. Goldstone-Payne A12. vi 619 pp. Bound in publisher's oatmeal cloth with pictorial brown stamping yellow topstain. "Battle Hymn of the Republic" printed endpapers. Near Fine with light rubbing to cloth very light soiling to textblock edges bookseller ticket to back pastedown. In a Very Good dust jacket price-clipped but with "First Edition" statement on front flap; with light rubbing and edgewear 2 tears along flap folds and light staining. Housed in a custom leather clamshell case printed with the dust jacket painting by Elmer Hader signed by Papuchian H&H Bindery. A scarce signed first printing of Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the Great Depression. The Viking Press unknown books
1939ref. 1665624/04/1939. “The undersigned Viking Press Inc. and John Steinbeck hereby sells grants conveys and assigns to the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation…talking motion picture rights…that he may have in and to the original composition entitled “The Grapes of Wrath”…” A unique and compelling piece of American cinematic history <iframe src=""https://player.vimeo.com/video/258864368"" width=""640"" height=""360"" frameborder=""0"" allowfullscreen=""allowfullscreen""></iframe> “The Grapes of Wrath” won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for fiction in 1940 and helped John Steinbeck earn the Nobel Prize awarded him in 1962 which turned on the “keen social perception” in this book. At the time of the Dust Bowl when hundreds of thousands of Americans migrated to the West Coast mainly California in search of a better life Steinbeck was writing a series of seven articles about migrant worker communities for the San Francisco Chronicle. He spent a lot of time getting to know families who lived in various migrant worker camps in towns like Bakersfield and Visalia and was angered and disgusted by the amount of heartbreak and suffering that he witnessed. He channeled those emotions as he wrote his classic - “The Grapes of Wrath”. Published in 1939 by Viking Press “The Grapes of Wrath” vividly portrays life during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl in America as it follows a family of Oklahoma tenant farmers driven from their home by drought economic hardship agricultural industry changes and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work. The family traveled westward to California seeking jobs land dignity and a future. It explores the strength and goodness of the human spirit in the face of gruesome truly dismal circumstances. This novel had a profound impact in America. Many people applauded Steinbeck for capturing so honestly the lives of migrant farm workers during the Depression and starkly pointing out conditions they faced. There were calls for social action in response. Eleanor Roosevelt took interest and as a result she called for congressional hearings on migrant worker camp conditions. Labor laws were changed. Others accused Steinbeck of being a socialist and of championing leftist beliefs. Confident that the book would be a smash hit Hollywood rushed to make a film on the book even as it first hit the book shops. The film they made “The Grapes of Wrath” is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time. It was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for Twentieth Century Fox directed by John Ford and starred Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards including for Best Picture Actor Fonda Film Editing Sound and Writing. Ford won the Best Director Oscar and actress Darwell won Best Actress for her portrayal of Ma Joad. In 1989 “The Grapes of Wrath” was one of the first 25 films to be selected for preservation by the Library of Congress for its U.S. National Film Registry as being ""culturally historically or aesthetically significant.” This is the original contract in which Twentieth Century Fox obtained the rights from John Steinbeck and Viking Press to make the film “The Grapes of Wrath”. It is one of the most important if not the most important piece of American film history to ever reach the market. Document signed on Twentieth Century Fox’s own stationery one sheet with text on both sides New York April 24 1939 just days after the novel's initial release. It provides: “…the undersigned Viking Press Inc. and John Steinbeck hereby sells grants conveys and assigns to the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation…the right title and interest of the undersigned throughout the world in and to the silent sound and dialogue and talking motion picture rights…that he may have in and to the original composition entitled “The Grapes of Wrath”…” It identifies the author as John Steinbeck the publisher as Viking Press and gives the copyright date as April 16 1939. Steinbeck and the president of Viking Press Harold Guinzberg have signed at the conclusion on the verso and the contract has been notarized there the notary stating that Steinbeck had personally appeared before her. unknown
