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1940rif. 021966New York: Limited Editions Club 1940. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. No mottling of the rawhide which is typical for this title and it remains supple with the silver lettering clear. Both books are very tight and unread. About Fine in a Good slipcase with the bottom edge split and the top edge partially so. Thomas Hart Benton. Two quarto 7-1/2" x 10-1/4" volumes bound in decorated grass cloth boards with rawhide spines. Designed by George Macy with introductions by Joseph Henry Jackson and Thomas Craven. The First Illustrated Edition of this Pulitzer Prize winner with 67 ORIGINAL TWO-COLOR LITHOGRAPHS black and yellow made on zinc plates by Thomas Hart Benton and printed by George Miller. Copy #35 of only 1146 printed SIGNED by the illustrator. Laid in is a printed note from the publisher about this most unusual binding. One of the most desirable books of the press because of the combination of a smaller than normal printing a popular author and Pulitzer Prize-winning book first published only the year before beautiful lithographs by Benton and an attractive and unusual binding. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1939rif. 1099Please see photographs. There are some slight marks on the DJ. One slight tear bottom right all pieces there. Original DJ. The book is nice and clean Please email for more information. The Viking Press hardcover
1929rif. 140942258New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1929. First Edition. First edition first printing first issue. 269 pp. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with titles stamped in black blue topstain lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with a little toning to spine subtle rubbing to cloth a few faint stains to top edge former owner's name on front free endpaper offsetting to endpapers. A nice copy of the first issue of Steinbeck's first book and one of just 1537 copies. Robert M. McBride & Company unknown
1929rif. 140942258New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1929. First Edition. First edition first printing first issue. 269 pp. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with titles stamped in black blue topstain lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with a little toning to spine subtle rubbing to cloth a few faint stains to top edge former owner's name on front free endpaper offsetting to endpapers. A nice copy of the first issue of Steinbeck's first book and one of just 1537 copies. Robert M. McBride & Company unknown books
rif. BRG-23_3_719Penguin Classics 1952. paperback. Good. 7x5x1. Good condition.No marking/highlighting.Cover and pages may show some wear.Not Satisfied Contact us to get a refund. Penguin Classics paperback
1936rif. 016515Covici-Friede 1936. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.$2.00 On Flap. Maroon Cloth.The Book Know As The Second Edition Of Steinbeck's First Book. The Sheets From The McBride Edition. Beautiful Copy With Publisher Block Out on Spine. Very Scarce In This Condition. Gorgeous Copy. Covici-Friede Hardcover
1936rif. 016515Covici-Friede 1936. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.$2.00 On Flap. Maroon Cloth.The Book Know As The Second Edition Of Steinbeck's First Book. The Sheets From The McBride Edition. Beautiful Copy With Publisher Block Out on Spine. Very Scarce In This Condition. Gorgeous Copy. Covici-Friede Hardcover books
rif. PB 2233COVICI FRIEDE Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. FIirst Edition. A NEAR FINE FIRST IN DJ. INSCRIBED BY LON CHANEY JR. WHO PLAYED LENNY. "ARE YOU A MICE OR A MAN FINISH THE DAMN BOOK.". COVICI FRIEDE Hardcover
1939rif. 786FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING IN NEAR-FINE CONDITION. Book is very straight square and clean with a small bookseller's label inside cover board. Pristine covers are bright wheat with bright brown design and title on cover and spine. No scuffs on edges; corners are straight and unbumped. Spine edges are crisp; bindings and gutters tight and clean . Book shows very little wear or aging no foxing and is in superb condition. Dust Jacket In Brodart is bright and "Very Good". It has been corner-clipped so there is no selling price. Some fading and discoloration along spine and corners; a few small chips on upper spine edge and slight browning along top inside paper edges. VIKING PRESS hardcover
1937rif. 323451New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good price clipped dust jacket. Second issue of first printing after publisher corrected errors. Small owner nameplate on FEP. All four corners of front and rear flaps clipped. Small open tears on panel corners front panel and spine crown and heel. Light ring stain on front panel. Covici Friede Publishers hardcover
1941rif. 160481New York: Viking 1941. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. 2 inch scuff on bottom rear panel edge. Light toning on front/rear inner gutters. Rubbing along panel edges. 1 inch open tear at bottom of rear panel. Viking hardcover
1936rif. 08753CUP OF GOLD Mcbride 1929 first printing of the Covici Friede binding in burgundy cloth edges of spine extremities and edge of front cover lightened else just about fine in vg/near fine first state of Covici Friede dust-wrapper with the publishers name blocked out and then reprinted and spelled correctly on the dust-wrapper spine and WITHOUT mention of OF MICE AND MEN on the front dust-wrapper panel which was duh published a year later in 1937 making any who list this title which has this work printed on the front dust-wrapper panel and then adjudicating it as the correct first state dust-wrapper a most dubious scholar and with a small chip missing from the head of the dust-wrapper spine slight fraying to the base of the dust-wrapper spine and some light dust-soil to the rear dust-wrapper panel. 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 later edition NOT second issue in blue cloth without the McBride colophon on the last page of text . Covici Friede hardcover
1939rif. 08759THE GRAPES OF WRATH Viking 1939 first edition near fine in bright vg dust-wrapper save for some slight wear and tear and some professional restoration to small sections of the dust-wrapper spine extremities and inner front dust-wrapper hinge. A most collectable and desirable copy of this 20th century American classic and PULITZER PRIZE winner. Viking Press unknown
1936rif. 08753CUP OF GOLD Mcbride 1929 first printing of the Covici Friede binding in burgundy cloth edges of spine extremities and edge of front cover lightened else just about fine in vg/near fine first state of Covici Friede dust-wrapper with the publishers name blocked out and then reprinted and spelled correctly on the dust-wrapper spine and WITHOUT mention of OF MICE AND MEN on the front dust-wrapper panel which was duh published a year later in 1937 making any who list this title which has this work printed on the front dust-wrapper panel and then adjudicating it as the correct first state dust-wrapper a most dubious scholar and with a small chip missing from the head of the dust-wrapper spine slight fraying to the base of the dust-wrapper spine and some light dust-soil to the rear dust-wrapper panel. 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 later edition NOT second issue in blue cloth without the McBride colophon on the last page of text . Covici Friede hardcover books
1939rif. 08759THE GRAPES OF WRATH Viking 1939 first edition near fine in bright vg dust-wrapper save for some slight wear and tear and some professional restoration to small sections of the dust-wrapper spine extremities and inner front dust-wrapper hinge. A most collectable and desirable copy of this 20th century American classic and PULITZER PRIZE winner. Viking Press unknown books
rif. JD29790NY Pynson Printers December 1936 first edition. This hardcover with marbled boards and orange cloth spine is the first separate printing of the Junius Maltby story from Steinbeck's second book The Pastures of Heaven Goldstone & Payne A2f see Morrow 16 issued here with a new title and an epilogue written especially for this book by Steinbeck it is one of only 370 copies for presentation by a number of subscribers to be used as a Christmas gift it includes pen and ink drawings by Donald McKay this is a most interesting Association Copy made at the request of Rockwell Kent who has Signed his name on the presentation page where the requester's name was to have been inserted Kent then added the word "himself" in the area where the presentee's name was to have been filled in Kent was the "house" artist for the Pynson Printers the book is also Signed by Elmer Adler F. B. Adams and John Winterich Sally and Rockwell Kent's modest bookplate affixed to the front pastedown now housed in Kent's custom slipcase. Fine. NY, Pynson Printers, December 1936, first edition. hardcover
1937rif. 205064New York: Covici Friede Inc 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped. Rubbing along panel edges. Second issue of first printing after publisher corrected errors. Covici Friede Inc hardcover
1951rif. 530781London: Cowles Magazines Inc. 1951. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. Quarto. 120pp. Heavily illustrated. A bit musty. Cover with a split and a bit of loss at the spine staples somewhat oxidized modest interior toning very good. Signed by John Steinbeck editor Fleur Cowles and contributor William Ward Beecher. The final issue of this very interesting magazine sent by editor Fleur Cowles along with a warm Typed Letter Signed to artist William Ward Beecher to commemorate the collaboration. Fleur has Signed the magazine on the first page. Beecher allowed the use of a black and white reproduction of a Steinbeck-themed trompe l'oeil painting to illustrate the article "Tortilla B Flat: A Serenade to John Steinbeck Composed on the Typewriter" by Eddie Condon also illustrated with a portrait of Steinbeck by Robert Capa. A note in Beecher's hand laid in says: "N.B. this copy autographed by Fleur Cowles is also signed by John and me-" and indeed Steinbeck has Signed above the painting and Beecher beneath it. Also laid in is a Typed Letter Signed from a Flair employee to Beecher asking him to sign an agreement to reproduce the artwork. A 2001 letter from Steinbeck's son Thom written to supply details about sitting for a portrait by Beecher called the artist a family friend and that his father "maintained an abiding fascination for Beecher's work through the years. A half-dozen examples of the artist's best canvases still brighten our house in New York." A nice association. Cowles Magazines, Inc.) unknown
1951rif. 530781London: Cowles Magazines Inc. 1951. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. Quarto. 120pp. Heavily illustrated. A bit musty. Cover with a split and a bit of loss at the spine staples somewhat oxidized modest interior toning very good. Signed by John Steinbeck editor Fleur Cowles and contributor William Ward Beecher. The final issue of this very interesting magazine sent by editor Fleur Cowles along with a warm Typed Letter Signed to artist William Ward Beecher to commemorate the collaboration. Fleur has Signed the magazine on the first page. Beecher allowed the use of a black and white reproduction of a Steinbeck-themed trompe l'oeil painting to illustrate the article "Tortilla B Flat: A Serenade to John Steinbeck Composed on the Typewriter" by Eddie Condon also illustrated with a portrait of Steinbeck by Robert Capa. A note in Beecher's hand laid in says: "N.B. this copy autographed by Fleur Cowles is also signed by John and me-" and indeed Steinbeck has Signed above the painting and Beecher beneath it. Also laid in is a Typed Letter Signed from a Flair employee to Beecher asking him to sign an agreement to reproduce the artwork. A 2001 letter from Steinbeck's son Thom written to supply details about sitting for a portrait by Beecher called the artist a family friend and that his father "maintained an abiding fascination for Beecher's work through the years. A half-dozen examples of the artist's best canvases still brighten our house in New York." A nice association. Cowles Magazines, Inc.) unknown books
1964rif. BL-002101New York: Random House 1964. 8 pp. Approx. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4". Printed orange wrappers with black ink in original mailing envelope which has a slight corner crease both in fine condition. Goldstone & Payne A41Steinbeck's introduction to "The Thinking Dog's Man" by Ted Patrick was issued separately in advance of the book as a promotional item; no copies were for sale. This copy once belonged to veteran Milwaukee bookseller Harry Schwartz the mailing envelope bears his address. A fine fresh copy in the original printed mailing envelope of this very scarce Steinbeck "A" item Random House paperback
1949rif. 018107Los Angeles:Republic Pictures 1949. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Authors. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original Lobby Card for 1949 Film The Red Pony.Signed by Steinbeck.Beautiful Copy Framed. Extra Postage Required. Los Angeles:Republic Pictures Paperback
1949rif. 018107Los Angeles:Republic Pictures 1949. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Authors. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original Lobby Card for 1949 Film The Red Pony.Signed by Steinbeck.Beautiful Copy Framed. Extra Postage Required. Los Angeles:Republic Pictures Paperback books
1959rif. 111852New York: Hastings House Publishers 1959. First edition of this entertaining history of clothing and its impact on the human condition. Octavo original half cloth illustrated. The dedication copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To John Steinbeck-whose interest in the book when half written encouraged me to complete it. And to Elaine Steinbeck with love to you both Lawrence Lagner Nov 5/ 1959." From the library of John Steinbeck. With an introduction by James Laver. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Lawrence Langner was a playwright author and producer who also pursued a career as a patent attorney. He founded the Guild Theatre where he supervised over 200 productions. Elaine Steinbeck was an actress in the theatre and met Langner at that time. They continued to be in similar circles after her marriage to Steinbeck. The Importance of Wearing Clothes is an erudite and entertaining history of clothing and its impact on the human condition. Hastings House Publishers hardcover
1947rif. 29899175 East 78 St. New York City 1947. One page in blue ink on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. Fine. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. One page in blue ink on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. A rapid note on the eve of his trip to Europe to his close friends Burgess Meredith and Paulette Goddard: "Dear Paulette and Buzzy: We're leaving the 20th of June for Paris. We'll be I think at the Hotel Lancaster. If not you can contact us through the Herald Tribune Bureau. Much hurry now and I'm still pretty much crippled. Do you know a dutch painter named Raaul Hynckle sp Since can't pay money now the Dutch publishers want to pay royalties in his work. See you soon John" UNPUBLISHED. unknown
1946rif. 29904175 East 78th St. New York 1946. 1 p. in ink on recto of a single yellow legal-size ruled note sheet. 1 vols. 14 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good. 1 p. in ink on recto of a single yellow legal-size ruled note sheet. 1 vols. 14 x 8-1/2 inches. Colorful unpublished note from Steinbeck to his friend Burgess Meredith: "Dear Buzz: I've tried to call you several times but your line is either busy or you are out. This devotion has been carried on a coin booth which is little better than the back seat of a packard. We have no phone yet but hope to have one tomorrow or the next day. Mother Marie is building a nest for her new offspring and I am hard at work which immobilizes both of us pretty much. I am going to have lunch with Charlie Lytle remember the Pixie of Park Lane tomorrow May 8 at 21. Maybe you could drop in or maybe you'll be there anyway. I have to ask you something . Meanwhile I'll call you if we get a phone. The hell with the coin box business. John" Provenance: from the Estate of Burgess Meredith unknown
