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1929ref. 1244328New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1929. First edition. Octavo. Hardcover in original yellow cloth; no dust jacket. Author's first book one of only 1537 printed. Boards soiled; rubbed at extremities; spine sunned; foxing to endpapers; foxing and water damage to first few pages of text; piece missing from page one not affecting text. Scattered foxing throughout. Good copy only. KT Consignment. Shelved in Case 13. 1244328. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Robert M. McBride & Company unknown books
1939ref. 548174New York: The Viking Press 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. About very good with stains and bookstore labels on the pastedowns and endpapers light penciled notes on the rear endpage a few small stains to the edge of the textblock and light soiling to the boards in good or better dust jacket with glue residue from extensive tape reinforcement to the inside toning and moaderate edgewear including nicks tears and a few small chips. Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of an Oklahoma family's migration to California during the Depression. Basis for the John Ford film featuring Henry Fonda as Tom Joad. Ford and supporting actress Jane Darwell won Academy Awards; Fonda was nominated but lost to Robert Donat in Goodbye Mr. Chips! Steinbeck's masterpiece and literature's lasting testament to the Great Depression it was singled-out in his citation for the Nobel Prize decades later. The Viking Press hardcover books
1943ref. 6221First book appearance of Irwin Shaw in Russian. War-time edition. Very rare. This unusual illustrated edition was published specifically for young readers. It includes: 'Strawberry Ice Cream Soda' by Shaw from his first story collection 'Sailor Off the Bremen'; a part of the novella 'The Red Pony' by John Steinbeck; 'Big Two-Hearted River' and 'A Day's Wait' by Ernest Hemingway; excerpts from 'Paul Bunyan' by James Stevens; and two stories by Erskine Caldwell. The illustrations are by Tatiana Mavrina Lebedeva; 1900/1902–1996 a graduate of VKHUTEMAS. She was a member of 'Group 13' an association of graphic artists founded in 1929. Like many Russian avant-garde artists of her generation she turned to children's book illustration in the 1930s as a means of artistic expression that allowed her to avoid political repression during the Stalin era. Despite enduring hunger and hardship during WWII in Moscow her illustrations remained tender vibrant and full of life. Mavrina is the first Russian artist to have received the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. Libman #890. We couldn't trace any copy of this edition via OCLC. Detgiz paperback
1979ref. SBBI-SBL-002654Pan Books 1979. Acceptable. Water damage to book. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Pan Books unknown
1969ref. SBBI-mon0000015827Corgi Childrens 1969. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Corgi Childrens paperback
1995ref. SBBIH-ZDINHXS3DFYGMinerva 1995. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Minerva paperback
1979ref. SBBIH-YQWUCGXR63IQPan Books 1979. paperback. Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Pan Books paperback
1966ref. SBBIH-BK7E36BVP65DPenguin 1966. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Penguin paperback
1994ref. SBBIH-CPT35FN3YLIGMammoth 1994. hardcover. Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Mammoth hardcover
1969ref. SBBIH-KNLDHMGNPCV7Corgi Childrens 1969. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Corgi Childrens paperback
2001ref. SBBIH-OZNWBF4YGCZQLongman 2001. hardcover. Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Longman hardcover
1935ref. 059676New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1935. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 317 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Blue With Blue Topstain. First Edition First Printing 1935 Van Rees Press No Additional Printings Noted Beige Cloth With Blue Topstain As Published. 1/4000 Copies Of The First Printing. Front Cover Immaculate Spine And Rear Cover Also Bright And Clean Except Some Very Faint Age Toning To Spine -Much Less Than Usual- And A Small Area Of Light Discoloration Near Center Of Rear Cover. Lacking The Scarce Dust Jacket. Beginning To Fray Along Lower Edge Of Spine At Two Lower Tips And Top Two Corners Of Spine; 1" Frayed Along Center Of Rear Spine Edge Only. Contents Immaculate No Foxing Or Marks. Small Previous Owner's Name John L. Garner On Front Endpaper. Front Hinge Slightly Loose But Hinge Sound No Cracks Or Damage Book Is Otherwise Square And Tight. Covici Friede Publishers hardcover
1929ref. 018024Robert M. McBride & Company New York 1929. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine Copy Of The Author's First Book1/1000 Copies That Got Remainder That Year.Without Jacket.First Edition Without a Faded Spine.Rare In This Condition.Comes With Gorgeous Clamshell Box With Black Label.Excellent Fresh Copy. Robert M. McBride & Company New York Hardcover
ref. 662Binding is in about fine condition top edge stain slightly discolored sheets slightly toned and with occasional light foxing. Some spots of soiling and thumb smudges some corners once folded over closed 1.75 inch tear to the bottom edge of pages 95/96 now strengthened with tissue small paper flaw in the fore-edge margin of pages 167/168. Still with these faults an attractive very good copy. KWH-662. John Steinbeck. Tortilla Flat. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett. New York: Covici Friede 1935. First edition. Octavo. vi vii-viii section title 9-316 pp. Illustrations in the text some full page. Quarter modern dark red crushed morocco over red cloth boards lettered in gilt and ruled in black top edge with original stain endpapers renewed. . unknown
1929ref. 018024Robert M. McBride & Company New York 1929. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine Copy Of The Author's First Book1/1000 Copies That Got Remainder That Year.Without Jacket.First Edition Without a Faded Spine.Rare In This Condition.Comes With Gorgeous Clamshell Box With Black Label.Excellent Fresh Copy. Robert M. McBride & Company New York Hardcover books
ref. 111531First edition of this work inscribed by Chumbhot to Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Quarto original boards illustrated. Presentation copy inscribed opposite the title page "To Mr. and Mrs John Steinbeck with compliments by Pantip Chumbhot Bangkok 27/1/67." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. From the library of John Steinbeck. An account of the history and renovation of the Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad Palace in Bangkok Thailand. Twenty-four pages of text followed by a section of photographs of the mural designs on the panels of the Pavilion. Contents include a biography of His Royal Highness Prince Chumbhot of Nagara Svarga The Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad Palace Catalogue of the Mural Designs in the Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad Notes on a Library Ho Trai of the Ayudha Period and another article about the Lacquer Pavilion. hardcover
1945ref. 014413New York: The Viking Press 1945. First edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine bright copy in first issue buff cloth in lightly worn and aged dust jacket. The Viking Press hardcover
1929ref. 10014New York: Robert M. McBride & Co 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. First issue of the author's first book; yellow cloth printed in black 269 pages "First published August 1929" on copyright page. One of just 1537 copies printed. A very near fine copy internally clean and bright with no markings of any kind. Top edges of text faded to light brown; first issue has top edges stained or not stained no priority. Spine slightly age-toned. Goldstone and Payne A1a. Robert M. McBride & Co unknown
1954ref. 148288New York: The Viking Press 1954. First edition of this sequel to Steinbeck's famous novel Cannery Row. Octavo original pictorial cloth top stain red. Presentation copy inscribed by Lillian Hellman on the front free endpaper "May every year be as nice as this - and all your Christmases be better - love Lillian 12/25/54." Lillian Hellman was an influential American playwright and screenwriter known for her sharp political insight and strong female characters. Her best-known works include The Children’s Hour 1934 and The Little Foxes 1939 which reflect her commitment to social justice and her talent for dramatic tension. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Sweet Thursday 1954 is a lesser-known yet significant novel by John Steinbeck serving as a sequel to his earlier work Cannery Row. Set in post–World War II Monterey the novel revisits familiar characters while introducing new ones exploring themes of personal renewal community and the search for love and belonging. Although it departs from the more somber tone of Steinbeck’s major works Sweet Thursday reflects his continued interest in marginalized individuals and the complexities of human relationships. The Viking Press hardcover
1939ref. 9789New York: Viking Press 1939. A First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in a very good unclipped dust jacket. "First Published in April 1939" on copyright page and the "First Edition" statement present on the bottom corner of the front flap and the price of $2.75 at the top of the front flap. The second front end paper a blank page has been removed and there is slight soiling to the text block else the volume is in very nice condition. The jacket has two one inch tears at the seam of the front panel one at the top and one at the bottom. There is a tiny chip at the top of the front panel difficult to see. Overall rubbing to the jacket folds corners and seams. Supplied with a very nice custom box in fine condition. Viking Press hardcover
1940ref. 13752JLondon: World Books 1940. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the British release of the classic John Ford directed film starring Henry Fonda. Signed by actor Darryl Hickman on the title page with his full name and that of the character he plays in the film “Winfield Joad.” Additionally accompanying the book are two 8” by 11” black & white photographs from the film each signed by Hickman. One shows the entire Joad family and the other is a close-up photograph of Henry Fonda and Hickman in their roles. Bookplate. The book is near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small tears and tiny chipping. The front panel of the dust jacket is a horseshoe-shaped collage of photographs of Fonda and the cast of the film. Scarce. World Books unknown
ref. 993Light toning and wear jacket with professional restoration at spine ends. Very good. KWH-993. Steinbeck John. The Long Valley. New York: The Viking Press 1938. First edition. Publisher's binding dust jacket. . unknown
1942ref. 152281New York: The Viking Press 1942. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. Octavo bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery marbled endpapers all edges gilt illustrated. Founded over a century ago in 1900 the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Harcourt Bindery uses 22 karat genuine gold leaf top grades of Nigerian moroccos and hand marbled papers from craftsmen representing seven countries. In fine condition. In 1941 Steinbeck met “with officials of the Foreign Information Service a newly formed unit of what would soon become the Office of Strategic Services to discuss the future of American counterpropaganda efforts. The Moon Is Down begun later the same month had its origins in Steinbeck’s long-standing desire to contribute to these efforts… Steinbeck submitted a first finished draft of The Moon Is Down originally written as a play called ‘The New Order’ and set in a mid-sized town in the United States to agency officials; they turned it down concerned that the prospect of an occupied America might lower morale. Early in December Steinbeck began revising the work shifting the setting to a generic northern Europe and recasting the play as a novel; he sent his revised draft to Pascal Covici his editor at Viking later in December. The Moon Is Down as a novel appeared in book form in March 1942. A stage version opened on Broadway on April 9 1942 and was published by Dramatists Play Service in New York later in the same year” Library of America. Second issue with the Haddon Craftsmen name on the copyright page and no period between "talk" and "this" on p. 112 line 11 The Viking Press hardcover
1942ref. 151684New York: The Viking Press 1942. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. The first edition has a large period between "talk" and "this" on page 112 line 11. Octavo bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery marbled endpapers all edges gilt frontispiece illustrated. Founded over a century ago in 1900 the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Harcourt Bindery uses 22 karat genuine gold leaf top grades of Nigerian moroccos and hand marbled papers from craftsmen representing seven countries. In fine condition. In 1941 Steinbeck met “with officials of the Foreign Information Service a newly formed unit of what would soon become the Office of Strategic Services to discuss the future of American counterpropaganda efforts. The Moon Is Down begun later the same month had its origins in Steinbeck’s long-standing desire to contribute to these efforts… Steinbeck submitted a first finished draft of The Moon Is Down originally written as a play called ‘The New Order’ and set in a mid-sized town in the United States to agency officials; they turned it down concerned that the prospect of an occupied America might lower morale. Early in December Steinbeck began revising the work shifting the setting to a generic northern Europe and recasting the play as a novel; he sent his revised draft to Pascal Covici his editor at Viking later in December. The Moon Is Down as a novel appeared in book form in March 1942. A stage version opened on Broadway on April 9 1942 and was published by Dramatists Play Service in New York later in the same year” Library of America. Second issue with the Haddon Craftsmen name on the copyright page and no period between "talk" and "this" on p. 112 line 11 The Viking Press hardcover
1945ref. 000134New York: The Viking Press. Original slip case and cloth boards with paste down on front cover in bright condition and in full color in green lined frame cloth bright gilt lettering on a green panel on spine. Illus. in color by Wesley Dennis. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1945. The Viking Press hardcover
