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1942Best.-Nr. 33912New York: Viking Press 1942. 1st Edition. Frank Lieberman. Frank Lieberman. 1st Edition. Signed By Steinbeck. Sm. 8vo. 188pp. blue cloth with silver titles. True First Edition inscribed by the author with a blue fountain pen on the front fly leaf: "For Mrs. LewisThanks you very much for your warm letter Sincerely John Steinbeck Los Gatos". A very good copy in the original blue cloth boards with silver stamping with some aging of the first issue showing light use with all relevant issue points present; large period on p.112 line 11; absence of printer's name on copyright page. No marks on the pages. The Frank Lieberman illustrated dustwrapper is early issue with all corners clipped very good condition showing some staining on the back cover and general light use and aging. Preserved in mylar cover. The Dust Jacket Back features that specific wartime "Men in the Services Need Books" advertisement/campaign text which was placed by the publisher Viking Press in March 1942-just a few months after the United States entered World War II. It was published in the first and second state dust jackets. Steinbeck's unique novel on the abject brutality of German occupation and courage under much duress. Goldstone & Payne A16. "For the first time since he wrote his first novel twelve years ago Steinbeck has gone outside of America for his setting. Yet this book more than any other he has written is of our times and of our hearts today. Its people are men and women like ourselves and its hero Mayor Orden will stand with George and Lennie Tom Joad and Jody Tiflin among the immortal characters of fiction."- Publisher. Viking Press unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 1264651941. New York: Viking Press 1941. 8vo 598 pp. Illustrated. Original green cloth lettered in silver map endpapers unclipped dustjacket priced $5.00. Boards marked and scuffed dust jacket worn and a little faded with moderate edgewear but no major chips endpapers toned scattered foxing. Custom cloth slipcase somewhat spotted. A good plus copy with bookplate inscribed by Ed Ricketts on front pastedown. Bookplate lightly abraided but legible. § First edition with the book plate of Jewel and Patricia Stevens which has been inscribed by Ed Ricketts: "For the Stevens May 1 - 1945. I am delighted to sign this over to you good friends I have known perhaps longer than anyone except John. I think Sea of Cortez is a good book and I am glad you like it. Ed Ricketts". According to Katherine Rodger who edited the letters of Ricketts Jewel and Pat Stevens were friends of Ricketts's sister and lived near Chicago. unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 1264651941. New York: Viking Press 1941. 8vo 598 pp. Illustrated. Original green cloth lettered in silver map endpapers unclipped dustjacket priced $5.00. Boards marked and scuffed dust jacket worn and a little faded with moderate edgewear but no major chips endpapers toned scattered foxing. Custom cloth slipcase somewhat spotted. A good plus copy with bookplate inscribed by Ed Ricketts on front pastedown. Bookplate lightly abraided but legible. § First edition with the book plate of Jewel and Patricia Stevens which has been inscribed by Ed Ricketts: "For the Stevens May 1 - 1945. I am delighted to sign this over to you good friends I have known perhaps longer than anyone except John. I think Sea of Cortez is a good book and I am glad you like it. Ed Ricketts". According to Katherine Rodger who edited the letters of Ricketts Jewel and Pat Stevens were friends of Ricketts's sister and lived near Chicago. unknown books
1939Best.-Nr. 022103Los Angeles: The Albertson Press in association with Bunster Creely 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Tipped-in illustration loose but present with resulting adhesive stains to leaf minor rubbing and wear to head and tail of spine. Near Fine. Publisher's red paper-covered boards gilt label printed in black to upper cover 5-3/4" x 8-14"; viii 9 pages with tipped in frontispiece. The first published book about Steinbeck written by a childhood friend. Copy #18 of 1000 copies SIGNED by the author. Additionally SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the subject: This is a god damned lie/John Steinbeck. Bennett's chapbook released after the phenomenal success of THE GRAPES OF WRATH tells the story of meeting a young John Steinbeck years earlier having a brief discussion about the nature of socialism in a capitalist society and attending a church service in which Steinbeck heckled the preacher foreshadowing the contempt for that profession dramatized in his epic novel. From the Mary Dekker Steinbeck Family collection. The Albertson Press in association with Bunster Creely hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. 240624001New York: Viking 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research by John Steinbeck and Edward F. Ricketts An uncommon travelogue by Steinbeck and exceedingly scarce to find in such beautiful condition. OVERALL CONDITION: FINE/NEAR FINE BOOK INFO Published in 1941 by Viking Press in New York. First edition first printing as indicated by "First Published in December 1941" statement on the copyright page with no other printings listed. In original teal cloth covered boards with pictorial map of the Sea of Cortez endpapers. First state dust jacket with $5.00 price on front flap. Well-protected in archival mylar wrap. Illustrated with color and black and white photos of sea creatures from the Sea of Cortez. Large octavo. CONDITION The book is in FINE vintage condition. Tight sound binding. Minimal rubbing to extremities. Boards are strikingly fresh colorful and unfaded. Just a few spots on the cloth. Publisher top-stain in excellent shape usually quite faded. Exceptionally clean interior with bright pages and no writing stickers ex libris marks or foxing. Not even the usual darkening to the endpaper gutters. A gorgeous copy! The unclipped dust jacket is NEAR FINE - beautifully colorful and bright usually found quite darkened and toned with large chips and tears. Some light edge wear - light creasing tiny tears and chips. Viking hardcover
Best.-Nr. JD36678n.p. John Steinbeck December 13 1950 first edition. The letter is to Ed Ricketts Jr. the son of his best friend famed marine biologist Ed Ricketts who died in a car crash two years previously Steinbeck writes "I think you recently received a letter from my publisher. It is very important that you answer it as soon as possible. I think your father would like to have you do this. You will remember that I did what I could while I could. Please do hurry along a reply. I shall be greatly inconvenienced if you do not. Sincerely John. P. S. I had a long letter from Toni the former wife of the elder Ricketts recently. She sent a picture of her baby. Have you any yet J." it is likely that the letter from Steinbeck's publisher had to do with the planned Log From the Sea of Cortez that Viking published in 1951. Folded else very good. n.p., John Steinbeck, December 13, 1950, first edition. unknown
1952Best.-Nr. 336561New York: Viking Press 1952. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Very small open tears on panel corners and spine crown and heel. Small closed tears on front and rear panel top edges. First state book and jacket with the word "bite" present on page 281 line 38 with the photo of Steinbeck on rear panel with no photo credit mentioned. 4.50 price intact on the front flap. Viking Press hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 336751New York: Viking Press 1952. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner nameplate on front pastedown. Open tearing on spine crown and heel top rear panel and panel top corners. First state book and jacket with the word "bite" present on page 281 line 38 with the photo of Steinbeck on rear panel with no photo credit mentioned. 4.50 price intact on the front flap. Viking Press hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 798SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR: "SINCERELY JOHN STEINBECK" ON THE TITLE PAGE COVICI-FRIEDE PUBLISHERS First Book-Club Edition with unpriced DJ and 'Haddon Craftsmen' listed as printers on the copyright page. Pages are in near-fine condition. Book is tight straight and interior is clean. No scuffing on edges; corners and spine ends are not bumped or scuffed. Fully bound beige cloth with orange and black details and letters front and spine. Binding is tight; superficial cracking is beginning to show on the rear inside spine not affecting the hinge function still tight and there is some mild foxing or staining on the back cover. Some sunning to spine. Endpapers are plain. Original BOMC dust-jacket is very good. There is slight wear on the edges and folding and wrinkling on the spine-ends and corner tips but almost no loss from chipping. 186 pages; measures about 5x 7.5 ". COVICI-FRIEDE hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 022511New York: Viking Press 1952 First printing of the first edition first state. Original green cloth boards front cover printed in dark green spine printed in black on brown background pictorial jacket. 602pp. with the word "bite" present on page 281 line 38. First issue jacket with photo of Steinbeck on rear panel with no photo credit mentioned. Steinbeck's epic novel about two families who settle in the rich farmlands of California Goldstone-Payne A32.b. Book with light toning to edge of boards and two small faint blemishes to top page edge else in fine condition; dust jacket with a couple tiny rubbed spots edges lightly toned and light wear to extremities else fine. A lovely copy seldom seen in this condition. Basis for the 1955 film starring James Dean. Viking Press hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 005760New York: The Viking Press. First Edition First Printing. $4.50 printed price present on the front flap. First issue with bite for bight on page 281 line 38. Internally bright with no foxing marks or bookplates. Not ex libris. Brightly colored unclipped DJ in archival cover spine sunned edge wear large chips small tear. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1952. The Viking Press hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 000131New York: The Viking Press. DJ in archival cover chips small tears toning front hinge starting. First Edition First Printing First State with "First Published by the Viking Press September 1952". Bite instead of bight present page 281 line 38. Clean and bright internally with no marks foxing nor bookplates. Not ex libris. Brightly colored unclipped first state DJ with picture of Steinbeck on the back and $4.50 on front flap in archival cover sunned. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1952. The Viking Press hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 140949571New York: Covici Friede 1937. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. First issue of the text with "pendula" on page 9 and a bullet between the two 8's of the page number on page 88. 186 pp. Bound in publisher's beige cloth stamped in orange and black blue topstain. Near Fine with very light sunning to cloth. In a Near Fine dust jacket corners lightly clipped but price of $2.00 intact with sunned spine panel and modest edgewear. A fantastic copy of 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
1939Best.-Nr. 73776New 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. . Usual browning to the inner hinges from binder's glue; light foxing to fore-edge and endsheets; else a very good copy in a nice jacket with some browning to the backstrip and some use to its extremities. . 8vo. Vincent Starrett's copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown. The Viking Press, hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 140949932New York: The Viking Press 1947. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A superlative copy of the first edition first printing. Bound in publisher's brown cloth decoratively stamped in black with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with faint tape ghosts to front and rear free endpapers. In a Near Fine first issue dust jacket with Steinbeck's portrait facing toward the spine; a vibrant example unclipped with light rubbing at the extremities light soiling to the rear panel and light tanning. A much nicer example than normally encountered. Goldstone & Payne A25a. The Viking Press unknown
1947Best.-Nr. 140949953New York: The Viking Press 1947. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's brown cloth decoratively stamped in black with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light lean and light wear to binding. In a Very Good unclipped first issue dust jacket with Steinbeck's portrait facing toward the spine; light rubbing and edge wear toning fading to the spine. A nice copy. Goldstone & Payne A25a. The Viking Press unknown
Best.-Nr. 29916N.p. n.d. 25pp. on versos of 25 unruled sheets. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. Bound with a cover Typed Letter Signed 10/30/69 from Shirley McCurry's secretarial service to BURGESS MEREDITH saying: "Dear Mr. Meredith Gwyn Steinbeck asked that we forward the enclosed poems to you. She will send the material to fill in the blanks as soon as she is able to decipher it . . 25pp. on versos of 25 unruled sheets. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. These are Gwyn's own transcriptions of the love poems written to her by Steinbeck sent to their good friend Burgess Meredith. It is not clear whether the manuscripts have survived although Jackson Benson p. 57 states of the little poetry which Steinbeck wrote "there is a series of love poems written to his second wife Gwyn which has also survived. unknown
1937Best.-Nr. 140949571New York: Covici Friede 1937. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. First issue of the text with "pendula" on page 9 and a bullet between the two 8's of the page number on page 88. 186 pp. Bound in publisher's beige cloth stamped in orange and black blue topstain. Near Fine with very light sunning to cloth. In a Near Fine dust jacket corners lightly clipped but price of $2.00 intact with sunned spine panel and modest edgewear. A fantastic copy of 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
1947Best.-Nr. 140949932New York: The Viking Press 1947. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A superlative copy of the first edition first printing. Bound in publisher's brown cloth decoratively stamped in black with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with faint tape ghosts to front and rear free endpapers. In a Near Fine first issue dust jacket with Steinbeck's portrait facing toward the spine; a vibrant example unclipped with light rubbing at the extremities light soiling to the rear panel and light tanning. A much nicer example than normally encountered. Goldstone & Payne A25a. The Viking Press unknown books
1947Best.-Nr. 140949953New York: The Viking Press 1947. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's brown cloth decoratively stamped in black with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light lean and light wear to binding. In a Very Good unclipped first issue dust jacket with Steinbeck's portrait facing toward the spine; light rubbing and edge wear toning fading to the spine. A nice copy. Goldstone & Payne A25a. The Viking Press unknown books
Best.-Nr. 29916N.p. n.d. 25pp. on versos of 25 unruled sheets. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. Bound with a cover Typed Letter Signed 10/30/69 from Shirley McCurry's secretarial service to BURGESS MEREDITH saying: "Dear Mr. Meredith Gwyn Steinbeck asked that we forward the enclosed poems to you. She will send the material to fill in the blanks as soon as she is able to decipher it . . 25pp. on versos of 25 unruled sheets. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. These are Gwyn's own transcriptions of the love poems written to her by Steinbeck sent to their good friend Burgess Meredith. It is not clear whether the manuscripts have survived although Jackson Benson p. 57 states of the little poetry which Steinbeck wrote "there is a series of love poems written to his second wife Gwyn which has also survived. unknown books
1937Best.-Nr. 193517New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. A very cool copy First edition number 141 of 699 copies signed by the author. The individual parts of Steinbeck's novella were first published in periodicals between 1933 and 1937. This signed limited edition is the first appearance in book form of "The Gift" "The Great Mountains" and "The Promise". This copy includes the booklabel of inventor Arthur Wilmer Lissauer 1888-1973 who pioneered air conditioning and food processing machinery. His library included several Shakespeare folios. Provenance: the collection of Steve Forbes chairman of Forbes Magazine and presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 US elections. Octavo. Original cream cloth square panels ruled in grey spine and front cover lettered in red front cover with decoration of a pony in red top edge trimmed others untrimmed. Original slipcase spine lettered in black and hand-numbered in red ink. Booklabels to front pastedown. Light soiling at top of binding browning and offsetting to endpapers extremities of slipcase worn lacking top: a very good copy in like slipcase. Goldstone and Payne A9a; Gross & Hayman 27; Valentine 78. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 10565London: William Heinemann. 1935. First UK edition first printing. First UK edition first printing. Original dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine in dustwrapper. A beautiful fine copy the cloth very clean but with a little ghosting to the spine from the dustwrapper the contents clean bright and tight throughout. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper which is ever so lightly rubbed to the extremities. Not price-clipped 7/6net to the front flap and along the edge of the rear flap. An exceptional copy rare in the dustwrapper. The author's third novel but the second to be published in England. Goldstone & Payne A3c. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: William Heinemann. 1935 hardcover
1963Best.-Nr. 1256111963. fine. 10 lines 4to Moscow n.d. 1963. "We got your cable and a load lifted from our hearts.Oh! We are pleased.This is a frantic job but very interesting." Steinbeck was in the USSR to discuss piracy of copyrighted books. The letter is on his personal letterhead with the address crossed out and rewritten U.S. Embassy Moscow. With the holograph mailing envelope postmarked Helsinki. unknown
1963Best.-Nr. 1256111963. fine. 10 lines 4to Moscow n.d. 1963. "We got your cable and a load lifted from our hearts.Oh! We are pleased.This is a frantic job but very interesting." Steinbeck was in the USSR to discuss piracy of copyrighted books. The letter is on his personal letterhead with the address crossed out and rewritten U.S. Embassy Moscow. With the holograph mailing envelope postmarked Helsinki. unknown books
