Steinbeck John

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A Russian Journal With Pictures by Robert Capa

1948réf. 2521New York: The Viking Press 1948. First Edition First Printing. Small Quarto 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches; 247 x 167 mm 220 pages in green and tan cloth in an unclipped illustrated dust jacket hard cover accompanied by four photographic prints. An account of a trip to the Soviet Union in 1947 by author John Steinbeck and photographer Robert Capa who visited while the country was attempting to recover from the devastation of World War II. They traveled to Moscow Stalingrad and other cities as well as to Ukraine and Georgia meeting numerous ordinary people while accompanied by a minder from the government. The New York Herald Tribune financed the trip and along with some other newspapers published articles by Steinbeck and photos by Capa. Indeed included here are three photographs that were used by one of the newspapers as indicated by layout instructions on the versos of the photos. There's also a later publicity photo of Steinbeck. One of the photos from the trip showing a Georgian restaurant in Moscow appears on page 47 of the book. Two of the trip photos are stamped on the versos with the notice that their reproduction could be used only with the "1948 Steinbeck-Capa articles on Russia" along with "Copyright 1948 by John Steinbeck." Our copy is a first printing of the first edition with "Printed by the Viking Press in April 1948" on the copyright page. The dust jacket carries a price of $3.75. A fascinating look at ordinary people in the Soviet Union as the country tried to rebuild following World War II accompanied by three photographs of scenes from the country and a publicity photo of Steinbeck. CONDITION: Book slightly cocked rear hinge loose corners rubbed spine ends bumped end papers slightly toned a couple of pages with vertical creases possibly a production error. Nearly Very Good in a Good dust jacket that has some loss to both spine ends as well as a few tears nicks toning foxing and stains. The four photographs have some nicks creases and soiling to the edges. The versos contain notes stamped instructions and captions pasted on the photo of Steinbeck has an article pasted to the verso. Some discoloration to two photos resulting from pasting of newspaper captions to the versos. The Viking Press hardcover

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FIRST RUSSIAN STEINBECK Grozdiya gneva / Perevod s angl. N. Volzhinoi i.e. The Grapes of Wrath / Translated from English by N. Volzhina

1940réf. 97Moscow: Gosizdat 1940. 504 pp.: ill. 1 front. ill. 20x135 cm. Illustrations by L. Brodaty. In original publisher's illustrated card boards. Covers slightly rubbed owner's signature on the front endpaper owner's ink book stamp on the title page pp. 17 41 504; a small wormhole on the lower side of a few pages. Otherwise a very good clean copy. First Russian edition. First book by Steinbeck in Russian. Although the book was banned shortly in Ireland and few American towns in schools and libraries it was for obvious reasons never banned in Soviet Union. It was important for Soviet authorities to monitor what was published in the West. Unfortunately for them it was a hard task to find anything suitable for their purposes - a high standard bright foreign fiction with correct ideology. That is why Grapes of Wrath was a definite bombshell not only in America but even more so in Soviet Union. It made Steinbeck famous in a day. Starting in August of 1939 such newspapers as Pradva Ogonyok Literary Newspaper printed short fragments from Grapes of Wrath. Soviet newspapers made it famous even before it was fully published. For example Izvestiya from November 17th 1939 with an article titled "Grapes of Wrath - banned in USA" about a campaign against the book across America: ".because it reflects the hard situation and conditions in which farmers live in California". Soviet anticapitalist interpretation was obvious and announced instantly in many reviews e.g. in one of these reviews was said the author "leads us to a logical way out - a revolution freeing lower classes from exploitation". Soviet periodicals clearly showed ideological and political bias typical for the Soviet assessment and interpretation of the novel as an example of proletarian and anti-capitalist American literature. After the full translation was published in 1940 Steinbeck received many letters from Soviet editors and officials thanking him for writing this novel and telling him about thousands of new fans. In 1948 USSR bought rights for Grapes of Wrath film 1940 to demonstrate the Soviet viewer all "ulcers and vices" of American capitalism but in just a few days of the showing the film was cancelled because people noticed that a broke farmer was able to buy a used truck. In 1963 Steinbeck came to Russia for the second time his first visit he described in his book A Russian Journal published in 1948. At one of the unofficial meetings at Russian poet Evtushenko's apartment he met a Siberian driver Evtushenko's uncle Andrey with whom he spent almost the entire evening in a conversation. Apparently the driver knew Grapes of Wrath very well which maid Steinbeck ecstatic: "You made my day Andrew! I would never thought truck drivers from Siberia would read my books!" WorldCat locates four copies. Gosizdat unknown

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