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1947ref. 153160New York: The Viking Press 1947. First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning writer. Octavo bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six 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. 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. An exceptional presentation. Written in the years after his enormous success with The Grapes of Wrath The Wayward Bus brings Steinbeck's vision wonderfully to life in an imaginative and unsentimental chronicle of a bus traveling California's back roads transporting the lost and the lonely the good and the greedy the stupid and the scheming the beautiful and the vicious away from their shattered dreams and possibly toward the promise of the future. It was the basis for the 1957 film starring Jayne Mansfield Joan Collins Dan Dailey and Rick Jason. The Viking Press hardcover
1930ref. 8465EN.p: n.p n.d. c. 1930’s. Both approximately 3” x 5”. One photo is of John and Gwen Steinbeck holding hands striking a campy pose - she glancing dreamily off into the distance wearing a hat with a single extremely tall feather sticking straight up and he staring directly into the camera seemingly suppressing a grin wearing a now old-fashioned leather football helmet. The other is equally amusing with Gwen standing on a stone wall arm held high pointing dramatically into the sky while John has come up beside her and is taking liberties with the hem of her dress lifting it up and staring at her revealed legs. Both are blind stamped ‘JOHN STEINBECK’. Fine. n.p 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 books
1898ref. 003294Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1898. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Famous Person. First Thus. The Cambridge Edition. Book is bound in maroon leather with marbled boards raised spine bands gilt lettering and decorations. 888 pages. Book is signed "Olive B. Steinbeck" in blue ink on the second free endpaper. Added in black ink is: "- Apr-1898 To Mary March 26 1926." Olive B. Steinbeck 1867-1934 was John Steinbeck's mother and Mary 1905-1965 was John Steinbeck's sister. The book was probably given by Olive Steinbeck to Mary as a graduation present. Olive B. Steinbeck's signature is very rare. Provenance: The Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection Bonhams 25 October 2023. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Houghton, Mifflin and Company Hardcover
1945ref. 1742642New York: The Viking Press 1945. Hardcover. Used-Very Good. First edition first state with the buff cloth that was later switched out for a bright yellow. Dj. a little rubbed with slight loss at head and heel of spine; not price-clipped. White areas on rear panel lightly soiled. Prev. owner's signature on f.f.e.p. The Viking Press hardcover
1952ref. 016665The Viking Press 1952. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket.First Edition First Issue Steinbeck's Photo Back Panel Spine of Jacket Lightly Faded As Usual. Excellent Fresh Copy Of This Steinbeck Classic. Great Movie Of The Same With James Dean. The Viking Press Hardcover
1952ref. 016665The Viking Press 1952. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket.First Edition First Issue Steinbeck's Photo Back Panel Spine of Jacket Lightly Faded As Usual. Excellent Fresh Copy Of This Steinbeck Classic. Great Movie Of The Same With James Dean. The Viking Press Hardcover books
1941ref. 000137New York: The Viking Press. DJ in archival tiny cover chips tiny tear. First Edition First Printing with the words "First Published in May 1941" on the copyright page. Slight wear to top edge cloth. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1941. The Viking Press hardcover
1957ref. 005764Viking Press. Dj in archival cover large chip. $3.00 price on the flap 188 pages. Stated first published in 1957. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1957. Viking Press hardcover
1940ref. 2730Hungary 1940. In very good condition little water stains. Designed by Malomvizi. Designed by Malomvizi. 29 x205 cm. Directed by John Ford. This design was used for the printed poster. unknown
1961ref. 3058Budapest: Europa 1961. Early Hungarian editon. In original cloth. Very good condition. Early Hungarian editon. In original cloth. 550 p. Signed. Europa unknown
1952ref. 22364London: Heinemann 1952. A first edition first printing of 'East of Eden' published Heinemann in 1952. A fine book without inscriptions - a superb example. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with some gentle rubbing to the spine tips and corners. Minute chip to the base of the spine. Complete with the scarce wrap-around band stating 'Steinbeck's Classic Story - Read a Great Book - See a Great Film'. A very attractive example indeed and the basis for the James Dean movie. Heinemann unknown
ref. JD29460NY L. M. Birkhead Friends of Democracy 1940 first edition. One printed sheet folded to make four pages it prints a letter from Birkhead to Steinbeck asking his response to allegations that The Grapes of Wrath is Jewish propaganda Steinbeck's letter of reply follows very fragile very scarce Goldstone & Payne A13a Morrow 133 now housed in a custom clamshell case. Fine especially scarce in this condition. NY, L. M. Birkhead (Friends of Democracy), 1940, first edition. unknown
ref. JD29850NY Covici Friede 1937 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. This was Steinbeck's first in his experiments in writing plays and his most successful the play eventually reached Broadway and starred Wallace Ford as George and Broderick Crawford as Lennie the play won Steinbeck the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best play of the 1937-38 season Goldstone & Payne A8a Morrow 73. Aged else fine in an aged but clean dust jacket which is at least very good plus. NY, Covici Friede, 1937, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover
1936ref. TO-2026-090Pynson Printers 1936. First edition thus limited. STEINBECK John. Nothing So Monstrous. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION limited to 370 copies. New York: Pynson Printers December 1936. Octavo. 30 1 pp. Original orange buckram spine over marbled paper boards lettered in black; issued without dust jacket. Pen-and-ink drawings throughout by Donald McKay. Light wear to extremities else a fine copy. Goldstone & Payne A2f; see Morrow 16. One of the 50 copies subscribed by Edwin J. Beinecke. The printed colophon at the rear reads: "This copy of Nothing So Monstrous with pen and ink drawings by Donald McKay was made by the Pynson Printers of New York at the request of Edwin J. Beinecke for presentation to Dr. J. A. Giles December Nineteen Thirty-Six." With an additional presentation inscription by Beinecke to the front free endpaper and Beinecke's own gilt and red leather bookplate to the front pastedown. The story tracks a Salinas Valley intellectual who refuses every form of upward economic mobility raises his son in studied poverty and is shamed into leaving the valley after the school board's clumsy charity toward his ragged child; the 1936 epilogue unique to this printing restores father and son to their idyllic life in the Pastures. Pynson Printers the New York fine-press shop run by Elmer Adler produced the book as a Christmas keepsake for a small group of subscribing collectors who paid for blocks of copies to give as gifts. SKU TO-2026-090 Pynson Printers hardcover
1929ref. 08751CUP OF GOLD Mcbride 1929 first edition spine and upper 2cm of front panel lightened some off-setting to the front cover else a tight vg or better copy in just about vg second printing dust-wrapper with some wear and tear mostly to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. Actually a very nice copy of this the second issue of the first edition sheets of the authors first book bound in maroon cloth with the McBride colophon on the last page of text and released here in 1936. Not to be confused with the very common 2ND EDITION NOT second issue published by Covici Friede in blue cloth without the McBride colophon on the last page of text. McBride / Covici Friede hardcover
1929ref. 08751CUP OF GOLD Mcbride 1929 first edition spine and upper 2cm of front panel lightened some off-setting to the front cover else a tight vg or better copy in just about vg second printing dust-wrapper with some wear and tear mostly to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. Actually a very nice copy of this the second issue of the first edition sheets of the authors first book bound in maroon cloth with the McBride colophon on the last page of text and released here in 1936. Not to be confused with the very common 2ND EDITION NOT second issue published by Covici Friede in blue cloth without the McBride colophon on the last page of text. McBride / Covici Friede hardcover books
1937ref. 205046New York: Covici Friede Inc 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Second issue of first printing after publisher corrected errors. Covici Friede Inc hardcover
1939ref. 7110825NY: Viking 1939. 1st edition: ""First published in April 1939"" on copyright page. Original dj priced @ $2.75 but no ""1st edition"" slug. Pictorial tan cloth top edges tan Battle Hymn of the Republic endpapers. Light edge foxing endpapers moderately to heavily foxed/stained very sporadic tiny fox stains in text; covers very lightly soiled spine a bit darker than covers but very clear lettering: VG/VG dj lightly rubbed at edges & hinges tiny edge tears. 8vo. Viking hardcover
1941ref. 015332New York: The Viking Press 1941. Nice copy in its first printing. Unmarked tight and square. Sea green boards with silver lettering. 1/4" tear at head of spine. Map endpapers show light taning at hinge of front endpaper. Clean supple textblock. Price intact jacket has light edgewear with minimal paper loss at head of spine. A clean handsome copy. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Viking Press Hardcover
1941ref. 334777The Viking Press 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Good//Good. . 6x10x2. 1941 Viking Press Edition. GOOD/GOOD. Blue orange and white illustrated jacket dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Approx. 6 1/2'' x 9 1/2''. Small chips and creases to corners and edges of jacket. Some light creases and light rub wear to jacket especially near spine hinges. Small light brown and grey spots to page edges. Light acid wear to inside front covers and adjacent endpapers. Once Read Books cover scan available - just ask OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS. The Viking Press hardcover
ref. DADAX0670641383Brand: Viking Adult 1963-03-20. New. hardcover. New. 20.00x20.00x20.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Viking Adult hardcover
1960ref. 28275N.p. n.d. but circa 1960 1960. Hinged on the verso of a board and matted which should probably be replaced. Original wooden frame preserved but chipped and worn. 27 x 20 cm signed on the verso in pencil by the photographer William Ward Beecher. A photographic portrait of John Steinbeck taken by artist William Ward Beecher 1921-2006 a descendant of the famous New England Beechers. How many portraits were produced from this one sitting is not recorded but there were at least two: this one and a similar one that was used in 1961 on the rear panel of the dust jacket of Winter of Our Discontent. This one which apparently was not published was the personal property of John and Elaine Steinbeck and was sold as part of the remains of their estate in February 2020. Betty and William Ward Beecher and the Steinbecks were apparently friends. The Beechers had books inscribed to them by John Steinbeck and the Steinbecks owned a few of Beecher's lithographs and paintings. N.p., n.d. [but circa 1960] unknown
ref. 16-5572New York: Martin Beck Theatre1942. Gouache in 4 colors on board.66 x 48 cm. Witold Gordon was a Polish-born American Art Deco painter best known for his murals in Radio City Music Hall completed in 1932. He painted a 6000 square foot mural for the 1939 New York World's Fair and a series of New Yorker covers depicting the city in its recent past. He also designed the poster for the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! .Gordon was born in Warsaw Poland in 1885 and studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After he finished his studies he moved to New York. He worked with Donald Deskey in the design of Radio City Music Hall where two of his murals are exhibited. He illustrated books and designed the poster for the Olympic Games in Lake Placid NY in 1933. In 1939 he created a painting for the New York Worlds' Fair. He traveled throughout the South and produced a series of paintings with the name "American Scene" which was exhibited in 1941 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. During his travels he painted in Gouache storefronts and housefronts that he felt showed the true face of America. In 1934 he was commissioned by Conde Nast to paint a series of "New York Shops" New York Shops you Never See which were published in Vanity Fair Magazine in July of 1934. In 1932 when Georgia O'Keefe accepted the commission to paint a mural in the Ladies' Room in Radio City Music Hall and abandoned it at the advice of her husband Alfred Steiglitz who said "Ms. O'Keefe does NOT do bathrooms!" Witold Gordon was given the commission and painted two murals for Deskey's masterpiece.Witold Gordon died in 1968.1943."Free men cannot start a war but once it is started they can fight on in defeat. Herd men followers of a leader cannot do that and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.”― John Steinbeck The Moon Is Down.The Moon is Down was John Steinbeck's second attempt at writing a novel in play form Of Mice and Men was his first. It was composed while on assignment from the Foreign Information Service a division of the Office of Strategic Services charged with combating Nazi propaganda. His original story depicting a small American town invaded by enemy troops was rejected by the FIS who feared that it might demoralize the civilian public. In his revised manuscript published by Viking in 1942 Steinbeck kept the same plot but set it in an unnamed Scandinavian town rather than the United States. Despite mixed critical reception the book was a remarkable public success outselling The Grapes of Wrath two-to-one in pre-publication; it would eventually pass through 76 editions. Shortly after publication the producer Oscar Serlin purchased the dramatic rights to The Moon is Down Herman Shumlin initially bought them but passed them on saying he “did not care for The Moon is Down’s politics.” Serlin known for his production of “Life with Father” accepted the challenge believing Steinbeck’s play would attract a large audience. “The Moon is Down” premiered on Broadway in April 1942 starring Otto Kruger as Colonel Lanser and Ralph Morgan as Mayor Orden. Like the novel before it the play was publicly adored but critically lambasted. Life magazine reported that it was “trumpeted louder than any literary event of the season” while the critical consensus was that “Steinbeck was too easy on the Germans too optimistic about the ultimate victory of the Allies and ultimately too moralistic." Despite its initial Broadway run lasting only nine weeks the play was immensely successful on the road and abroad especially in London and Stockholm. Rather surprisingly it was nominated for Best Play by the New York Drama Critics’ Circle and placed second.Provenance: From the estate of producer Oscar Serlin. New York: Martin Beck Theatre,1942 unknown
ref. 16-5573New York: Martin Beck Theatre1942. Gouache in 7 colors on board. 70 x 51 cm. Witold Gordon was a Polish-born American Art Deco painter best known for his murals in Radio City Music Hall completed in 1932. He painted a 6000 square foot mural for the 1939 New York World's Fair and a series of New Yorker covers depicting the city in its recent past. He also designed the poster for the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! .Gordon was born in Warsaw Poland in 1885 and studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After he finished his studies he moved to New York. He worked with Donald Deskey in the design of Radio City Music Hall where two of his murals are exhibited. He illustrated books and designed the poster for the Olympic Games in Lake Placid NY in 1933. In 1939 he created a painting for the New York Worlds' Fair. He traveled throughout the South and produced a series of paintings with the name "American Scene" which was exhibited in 1941 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. During his travels he painted in Gouache storefronts and housefronts that he felt showed the true face of America. In 1934 he was commissioned by Conde Nast to paint a series of "New York Shops" New York Shops you Never See which were published in Vanity Fair Magazine in July of 1934. In 1932 when Georgia O'Keefe accepted the commission to paint a mural in the Ladies' Room in Radio City Music Hall and abandoned it at the advice of her husband Alfred Steiglitz who said "Ms. O'Keefe does NOT do bathrooms!" Witold Gordon was given the commission and painted two murals for Deskey's masterpiece.Witold Gordon died in 1968.1943."Free men cannot start a war but once it is started they can fight on in defeat. Herd men followers of a leader cannot do that and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.”― John Steinbeck The Moon Is Down.The Moon is Down was John Steinbeck's second attempt at writing a novel in play form Of Mice and Men was his first. It was composed while on assignment from the Foreign Information Service a division of the Office of Strategic Services charged with combating Nazi propaganda. His original story depicting a small American town invaded by enemy troops was rejected by the FIS who feared that it might demoralize the civilian public. In his revised manuscript published by Viking in 1942 Steinbeck kept the same plot but set it in an unnamed Scandinavian town rather than the United States. Despite mixed critical reception the book was a remarkable public success outselling The Grapes of Wrath two-to-one in pre-publication; it would eventually pass through 76 editions. Shortly after publication the producer Oscar Serlin purchased the dramatic rights to The Moon is Down Herman Shumlin initially bought them but passed them on saying he “did not care for The Moon is Down’s politics.” Serlin known for his production of “Life with Father” accepted the challenge believing Steinbeck’s play would attract a large audience. “The Moon is Down” premiered on Broadway in April 1942 starring Otto Kruger as Colonel Lanser and Ralph Morgan as Mayor Orden. Like the novel before it the play was publicly adored but critically lambasted. Life magazine reported that it was “trumpeted louder than any literary event of the season” while the critical consensus was that “Steinbeck was too easy on the Germans too optimistic about the ultimate victory of the Allies and ultimately too moralistic." Despite its initial Broadway run lasting only nine weeks the play was immensely successful on the road and abroad especially in London and Stockholm. Rather surprisingly it was nominated for Best Play by the New York Drama Critics’ Circle and placed second.Provenance: From the estate of producer Oscar Serlin. New York: Martin Beck Theatre,1942 unknown
