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1952rif. 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
1952rif. 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
1937rif. 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
1952rif. 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
1952rif. 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
1952rif. 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
1937rif. 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
1939rif. 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
1947rif. 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
1947rif. 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
rif. 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
1937rif. 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
1947rif. 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
1947rif. 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
rif. 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
1937rif. 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
rif. 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
1963rif. 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
1963rif. 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
rif. JD37013NY Viking December 5 1941 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Advance copy an uncorrected proof plain brown wrappers lacking the publisher's information label this is Part I only meaning the log of the trip written mostly by Steinbeck but not Part II which is the scientific appendix by Ricketts and its color plates the book was originally offered at $5 these are unrevised proofs confidential and not to be quoted for publication until verified with the finished book Goldstone & Payne A15a although curiously G&P doesn't refer to the book as a proof that's probably because there was a galley proof in Goldstone's collection that preceded even this advance copy Morrow 139 Harmon 45a Holmes A16a now housed in a custom clamshell case with leather spine with title advance copy authors place and year of publication in gilt with other gilt designs. Some cover spotting bookplate else very good. NY, Viking, December 5, 1941, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
rif. JD29431NY Viking 1962 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Frontispiece photo portrait of Steinbeck one of 3200 copies printed Goldstone & Payne A40a Morrow 269 this copy Inscribed by Steinbeck on the title page "For Lou Robinson/with pleasure/John Steinbeck" very scarce thus. Fine. NY, Viking, 1962, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
rif. JD30425NY Viking 1962 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Frontispiece photo portrait of Steinbeck one of 3200 copies printed Goldstone & Payne A40a Morrow 269 this copy Inscribed by Steinbeck under his frontispiece photo very scarce thus. Fine. NY, Viking, 1962, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
rif. JD26993NY Robert O. Ballou 1933 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. First issue of his third book one of only 598 copies actually bound and sold Goldstone & Payne A3a Morrow 22 endpapers title page vignette and dust jacket illustrated by Mahlon Blaine this book is Steinbeck at his most powerful and his most mystical. Black top edge stain still very black book cloth somewhat mottled jacket with one short tear this is a very pleasing and attractive copy of a very scarce book. NY, Robert O. Ballou, 1933, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover
rif. JD29431NY Viking 1962 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Frontispiece photo portrait of Steinbeck one of 3200 copies printed Goldstone & Payne A40a Morrow 269 this copy Inscribed by Steinbeck on the title page "For Lou Robinson/with pleasure/John Steinbeck" very scarce thus. Fine. NY, Viking, 1962, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback books
rif. JD30425NY Viking 1962 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Frontispiece photo portrait of Steinbeck one of 3200 copies printed Goldstone & Payne A40a Morrow 269 this copy Inscribed by Steinbeck under his frontispiece photo very scarce thus. Fine. NY, Viking, 1962, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback books
