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1937Best.-Nr. 21375London: William Heinemann. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth titled in gilt. First British edition. Very slight spine lean endpages mildly toned tiny tear to front endpage. Corners gently softened. The scarce DJ in mylar is toned at spine slightly chipped at edges small splash dampstain to spine tiny mark to rear panel rubbing at front flap fold. Flap price 7/6 intact. A sound unmarked copy in scarce unclipped DJ all housed in a custom clamshell box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . William Heinemann hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. 016308The Viking Press 1941. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Extremely Rare Uncorrected Proof of The Sea Of Cortez In Brown Wrappers.Yellow Label On Front. Publication December 5 Price $5.00 Unrevised Proofs. Confidential Please Do not Quote For Publication until Verified Book. Contains Introduction and Narrative but Not Illustrations or Scientific Data. Front Wrapper Separated From Text Block Otherwise Fine. One Of a Kind.Includes Hertiage Book Shop Brochure for The Care Of Books. The Viking Press Paperback
1939Best.-Nr. 6472New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition First Printing. First edition first printing with "FIRST PUBLISHED IN APRIL 1939" with no additional printings stated on the copyright page. Signed by the author John Steinbeck on a card which has been professionally affixed to the half title page. Provenance of the signature: Purchased directly by us from PBA Galleries who stated that the card was from the estate of Steinbeck's personal assistant Nancy Pearson. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 5.5" with 619 numbered pages. Comes with a brand new facsimile reproduction dust jacket for protection and display. This book is in very good condition. Minor surface wear to the cloth boards. Minor staining to the edges of the textblock. Old bookstore sticker on the bottom of the front pastedown. Interior pages are clean. Set during the Great Depression the novel focuses on the Joads a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought economic hardship agricultural industry changes and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #O8-69. The Viking Press unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 016308The Viking Press 1941. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Extremely Rare Uncorrected Proof of The Sea Of Cortez In Brown Wrappers.Yellow Label On Front. Publication December 5 Price $5.00 Unrevised Proofs. Confidential Please Do not Quote For Publication until Verified Book. Contains Introduction and Narrative but Not Illustrations or Scientific Data. Front Wrapper Separated From Text Block Otherwise Fine. One Of a Kind.Includes Hertiage Book Shop Brochure for The Care Of Books. The Viking Press Paperback books
1939Best.-Nr. 332642New York: Viking 1939. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Thick 8vo oatmeal cloth pictorially stamped in brown. d.w. New York.: Viking 1939. First edition. Fine copy in a bright first issue dust wrapper with 2 closed tears rubbed edges & a scratch on the back panel; ownership signature. Steinbeck's masterpiece winner of the Pulitzer Prize and basis for a 1940 film. Viking unknown
1939Best.-Nr. 149654Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd. 1939. First Canadian edition with "First Edition" on front flap and "First published in April 1939" on copyright page. Identical to the American Viking first edition except for the publisher. . Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 619 p. 21 cm. Publisher's beige cloth with brown impressing. In mylar-covered dustjacket illustrated by Elmer Hader. Top edge yellow. Music and lyrics for The Battle Hymn of the Republic on endpapers. Small tear to top of front panel. Faint mark on spine cloth. A bit of staining to gutters on endpapers. Some very light marks to text block edges. The story of the trials and tribulations of the Joad family forced to migrate from the Depression-era "dust bowl" of Oklahoma to California looking for work. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1940 and is considered one of the greatest American novels. The Battle Hymn of the Republic is appropriate for the endpapers since the phrase "the grapes of wrath" is part of the lyrics. John Steinbeck was so impressed by the work of illustrator Elmer Hader 1889-1973 that he requested Hader to create the cover. Hader eventually did covers for two other Steinbeck works East of Eden 1952 and The Winter of Our Discontent 1961. Goldstone & Payne A12a. HBS 68515. The Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd. hardcover
1944Best.-Nr. 29593N.p. New York 1944. Typescript 3pp. numbered 1-3 on rectos of 3 leaves of duplicated radioplay typescript struck through approximately 600 words. Typed Letter one page. 1 vols. 10-14/ x 7-1/2 inches. Slightly age-darkened but very good overall. Typescript 3pp. numbered 1-3 on rectos of 3 leaves of duplicated radioplay typescript struck through approximately 600 words. Typed Letter one page. 1 vols. 10-14/ x 7-1/2 inches. Evocative Steinbeck story or "mood piece" imagining a decorated black pilot returning to his hometown cheered by his neighbors and welcomed by his father in the house he grew up in with the remark: "Son - every black man in the world is going to fly with your wings." In his cover letter to his friend Burgess Meredith who served in the Air Force during the war he writes: "DEAR BUZZY: A different version of the following was done for overseas broadcast to the troops by O.W.I. This is a different version. I don't know whether you would like to use it or not. It has an odd length. I might be a good idea to use it in some one of your shows. If you want it you are quite welcome to it. It was written against a background of music imagined music I mean. Should you desire to use it I think the story itself will suggest the music. Let me suggest however that the music be soft sustained and all of one piece and that it do not attempt to be directly descriptive of the piece but rather of the spirit of the piece. I would suggest that you yourself read it using the beautiful technique you used in "The Forgotten Village" . the soft reading that seems not to be reading at all. This is pure mood and would have to be delivered like soft music. Anyway there it is and you're welcome to it - if you want it." Office of War Information for which Steinbeck worked during the WW II. UNPUBLISHED until 2014 when the revived Strand Magazine published a version based upon a different typescript from the Steinbeck papers at HRC; a unique draft or variant copy of this moving war-time sketch. From the Estate of BURGESS MEREDITH. unknown
1939Best.-Nr. 332642New York: Viking 1939. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Thick 8vo oatmeal cloth pictorially stamped in brown. d.w. New York.: Viking 1939. First edition. Fine copy in a bright first issue dust wrapper with 2 closed tears rubbed edges & a scratch on the back panel; ownership signature. Steinbeck's masterpiece winner of the Pulitzer Prize and basis for a 1940 film. Viking unknown books
1944Best.-Nr. 29593N.p. New York 1944. Typescript 3pp. numbered 1-3 on rectos of 3 leaves of duplicated radioplay typescript struck through approximately 600 words. Typed Letter one page. 1 vols. 10-14/ x 7-1/2 inches. Slightly age-darkened but very good overall. Typescript 3pp. numbered 1-3 on rectos of 3 leaves of duplicated radioplay typescript struck through approximately 600 words. Typed Letter one page. 1 vols. 10-14/ x 7-1/2 inches. Evocative Steinbeck story or "mood piece" imagining a decorated black pilot returning to his hometown cheered by his neighbors and welcomed by his father in the house he grew up in with the remark: "Son - every black man in the world is going to fly with your wings." In his cover letter to his friend Burgess Meredith who served in the Air Force during the war he writes: "DEAR BUZZY: A different version of the following was done for overseas broadcast to the troops by O.W.I. This is a different version. I don't know whether you would like to use it or not. It has an odd length. I might be a good idea to use it in some one of your shows. If you want it you are quite welcome to it. It was written against a background of music imagined music I mean. Should you desire to use it I think the story itself will suggest the music. Let me suggest however that the music be soft sustained and all of one piece and that it do not attempt to be directly descriptive of the piece but rather of the spirit of the piece. I would suggest that you yourself read it using the beautiful technique you used in "The Forgotten Village" . the soft reading that seems not to be reading at all. This is pure mood and would have to be delivered like soft music. Anyway there it is and you're welcome to it - if you want it." Office of War Information for which Steinbeck worked during the WW II. UNPUBLISHED until 2014 when the revived Strand Magazine published a version based upon a different typescript from the Steinbeck papers at HRC; a unique draft or variant copy of this moving war-time sketch. From the Estate of BURGESS MEREDITH. unknown books
1952Best.-Nr. 12537EAST OF EDEN Viking 1952 first edition as new in like full color pictorial dust-wrapper and custom slipcase. Rare thus. The source book for the film of the same name of course. Viking unknown
1952Best.-Nr. 12537EAST OF EDEN Viking 1952 first edition as new in like full color pictorial dust-wrapper and custom slipcase. Rare thus. The source book for the film of the same name of course. Viking unknown books
1937Best.-Nr. 140946183New York: Covici Friede 1937. First Edition. 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 cloth stamped in orange and black. Near Fine with a slight lean to binding light dampstain to front board with spot of rippling to bottom edge. Top edge faded with trivial scratching and light staining. Evidence of former owner bookplate removal to front pastedown hinge slightly over-opened at half-title page. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning to spine light staining and modest edge wear. A very bright copy. John 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
1937Best.-Nr. 140946183New York: Covici Friede 1937. First Edition. 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 cloth stamped in orange and black. Near Fine with a slight lean to binding light dampstain to front board with spot of rippling to bottom edge. Top edge faded with trivial scratching and light staining. Evidence of former owner bookplate removal to front pastedown hinge slightly over-opened at half-title page. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning to spine light staining and modest edge wear. A very bright copy. John 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
1937Best.-Nr. 015863William Heinemann Ltd 1937. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In a Near Fine Plus Jacket. First Edition 1937. The Very Rare First English Edition Of Steinbeck's First Book. Two Tiny Chips In Crown. Amazing Fresh Copy. Incredibly Scarce. William Heinemann Ltd Hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 015863William Heinemann Ltd 1937. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In a Near Fine Plus Jacket. First Edition 1937. The Very Rare First English Edition Of Steinbeck's First Book. Two Tiny Chips In Crown. Amazing Fresh Copy. Incredibly Scarce. William Heinemann Ltd Hardcover books
Best.-Nr. JD29403London Heinemann 1939 first British edition first printing dust jacket. Hardcover. With the very scarce wrap-around band noting this was a Book Society Fiction Choice this copy with a small slip affixed to the title page that is Inscribed by John Steinbeck "For L. Downing/John Steinbeck" Goldstone & Payne A12b Morrow 108. Near fine. London, Heinemann, 1939, first British edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover
Best.-Nr. JD29403London Heinemann 1939 first British edition first printing dust jacket. Hardcover. With the very scarce wrap-around band noting this was a Book Society Fiction Choice this copy with a small slip affixed to the title page that is Inscribed by John Steinbeck "For L. Downing/John Steinbeck" Goldstone & Payne A12b Morrow 108. Near fine. London, Heinemann, 1939, first British edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover books
1961Best.-Nr. 240623001New York: Viking 1961. 1st Edition Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. LIMITED 1ST EDITION/1ST PRINTING OF ONLY 500 COPIES ABOUT THE BOOK This copy is flat-signed on a notecard by Steinbeck that was then attached below the limited edition statement by Viking see second picture. I have seen this a few times over the past 10 years with this limited edition and am unclear if this was then sent out via the publisher to special recipients chosen by Steinbeck or by the publisher A scarce limited edition of one of Steinbeck's best works and his last novel. Quite scarce when found signed particularly in high-grade condition. There are only a handful of known signed examples - a few signed on attached notecards and a few signed on the endpapers. Published in 1962 by Viking Press in New York. Limited first edition first printing as indicated on the special page with limited edition of 500 statement. First Published in 1961 by the Viking Press Inc. statement on copyright page with no other printings listed. In original dark blue cloth covered boards with mustard yellow endpapers. No dust jacket. Protected in hard acetate archival wrap. CONDITION The book is in NEAR FINE vintage condition. Minimal rubbing to extremities. Spine tips are unrubbed. Boards are clean colorful and unfaded. Just some spine lean else FINE. Exceptionally clean interior with no writing stickers ex libris marks foxing or wear. Viking hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. 140942963New York: Covici Friede 1935. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original oatmeal cloth stamped in blue. Near Fine with foxing to the cloth former owner name in pencil to the front free endpaper and toning to the pages. In a price-clipped but correct first printing dust jacket with the author's bio on the rear flap; Very Good with spine-fading toning and light staining chipping to spine ends and along the bottom edge of the rear panel. Covici Friede unknown
1935Best.-Nr. 140942963New York: Covici Friede 1935. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original oatmeal cloth stamped in blue. Near Fine with foxing to the cloth former owner name in pencil to the front free endpaper and toning to the pages. In a price-clipped but correct first printing dust jacket with the author's bio on the rear flap; Very Good with spine-fading toning and light staining chipping to spine ends and along the bottom edge of the rear panel. Covici Friede unknown books
1935Best.-Nr. 41022New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1935. First printing. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. First edition of this oft-comical tale of post-World War I Monterey following the exploits of a wine-loving and vaguely Arthurian group of paisanos a beautiful copy in the scarce original dust jacket. The lighthearted tone of TORTILLA FLAT lifted the spirits of Americans during the Great Depression for whom "reading and the movies were escape. escape from grinding poverty escape from worrying about how to pay the rent escape from worrying about how to find a job" San Jose. Danny and his round table of friends are rarely concerned with any of those issues as they meander through life in Monterey undeniably poor but not experiencing the tragedy of poverty in the same way as many of Steinbeck's later characters. Steinbeck even drew joy from writing the work: "it is light and I think amusing. I don't care whether it amounts to anything. I am enjoying it and I need something to help me over this last ditch" Steinbeck and Wallsten. TORTILLA FLAT did of course amount to something earning the California Commonwealth Club's Gold Medal and a mention in the justification for Steinbeck's 1962 Nobel Prize. It was also made into a 1942 film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr and was one of the top box office grossers of the year. This first edition is a crystallization of the beginning of Steinbeck's career before his works were required reading in classrooms across America. With Ruth Gannett's illustrations nestled throughout the text TORTILLA FLAT is a refreshingly light title in a broad oeuvre. 7.5'' x 5''. Original tan cloth binding with blue spine lettering. Original unclipped $2.50 pictorial dust jacket in blue and black. Blue topstain. Fore-edge machine deckle. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 318 pages. Housed in custom blue leather-backed clamshell box. Jacket with some edgewear mild chipping to spine ends; spine sunned. Binding corners and spine ends lightly bumped topstain a bit faded; tiny creases to lower margins of pages 316-318. A clean sound copy. Covici Friede Publishers unknown
1935Best.-Nr. 41022New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1935. First printing. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. First edition of this oft-comical tale of post-World War I Monterey following the exploits of a wine-loving and vaguely Arthurian group of paisanos a beautiful copy in the scarce original dust jacket. The lighthearted tone of TORTILLA FLAT lifted the spirits of Americans during the Great Depression for whom "reading and the movies were escape. escape from grinding poverty escape from worrying about how to pay the rent escape from worrying about how to find a job" San Jose. Danny and his round table of friends are rarely concerned with any of those issues as they meander through life in Monterey undeniably poor but not experiencing the tragedy of poverty in the same way as many of Steinbeck's later characters. Steinbeck even drew joy from writing the work: "it is light and I think amusing. I don't care whether it amounts to anything. I am enjoying it and I need something to help me over this last ditch" Steinbeck and Wallsten. TORTILLA FLAT did of course amount to something earning the California Commonwealth Club's Gold Medal and a mention in the justification for Steinbeck's 1962 Nobel Prize. It was also made into a 1942 film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr and was one of the top box office grossers of the year. This first edition is a crystallization of the beginning of Steinbeck's career before his works were required reading in classrooms across America. With Ruth Gannett's illustrations nestled throughout the text TORTILLA FLAT is a refreshingly light title in a broad oeuvre. 7.5'' x 5''. Original tan cloth binding with blue spine lettering. Original unclipped $2.50 pictorial dust jacket in blue and black. Blue topstain. Fore-edge machine deckle. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 318 pages. Housed in custom blue leather-backed clamshell box. Jacket with some edgewear mild chipping to spine ends; spine sunned. Binding corners and spine ends lightly bumped topstain a bit faded; tiny creases to lower margins of pages 316-318. A clean sound copy. Covici Friede Publishers unknown books
1936Best.-Nr. 2240First Covici Friede Edition in First state dust jacket with no mention of "Of Mice and Men" with the original Covici Friede title blacked out and the $2.50 price intact on the front flap. A Near Fine book in a Very Good or better dust jacket. Also called the 2nd Edition of the book having originally been published by McBride in 1929; however this edition reportedly includes sheets from that first edition so some call this 1st Edition 2nd State; this is the author's first published novel. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the title page to a previous owner who also put his name and address discreetly underneath the front flap. This copy is in near fine condition with a square tight binding gold lettering over clean maroon boards and clean white pages with only a hint of foxing throughout; the book does show some light rubbing and sunning to the top board edges and a mild gutter exposure to the first few pages else fine. Housed in a clean and bright very good or better dust jacket that shows some moderate sunning to the spine mild rubbing and chipping to the spine ends edges and corners and a couple of short closed tears to the top of the front and back panels. Overall a very handsome and presentable copy of the book with a very clean and legible signature from Steinbeck with the added provenance of the original signee's name written in. An important addition to the Steinbeck library or the 20th century literature collection. Not remaindered not price clipped not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box. Covici Friede hardcover
1936Best.-Nr. 000105New York: Covici Friede Publishers. DJ in archival cover. Preface by Lewis Gannett. First Covici Friede edition. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1936. Covici Friede Publishers hardcover
1936Best.-Nr. 2240First Covici Friede Edition in First state dust jacket with no mention of "Of Mice and Men" with the original Covici Friede title blacked out and the $2.50 price intact on the front flap. A Near Fine book in a Very Good or better dust jacket. Also called the 2nd Edition of the book having originally been published by McBride in 1929; however this edition reportedly includes sheets from that first edition so some call this 1st Edition 2nd State; this is the author's first published novel. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the title page to a previous owner who also put his name and address discreetly underneath the front flap. This copy is in near fine condition with a square tight binding gold lettering over clean maroon boards and clean white pages with only a hint of foxing throughout; the book does show some light rubbing and sunning to the top board edges and a mild gutter exposure to the first few pages else fine. Housed in a clean and bright very good or better dust jacket that shows some moderate sunning to the spine mild rubbing and chipping to the spine ends edges and corners and a couple of short closed tears to the top of the front and back panels. Overall a very handsome and presentable copy of the book with a very clean and legible signature from Steinbeck with the added provenance of the original signee's name written in. An important addition to the Steinbeck library or the 20th century literature collection. Not remaindered not price clipped not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box. Covici Friede hardcover books
