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1942ref. 566718New York: The Viking Press 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition later issue with mention of the printer on the copyright page etc. Slightly cocked very good in very good price-clipped dust jacket with small nicks on spine ends and corners. The Viking Press hardcover books
1942ref. TB30379New York: Viking Press 1942. First Edition second state. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and blind text stamping and decorations on the front board. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and the front hinge area shows some tanning due to a reaction with the glue used in binding. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with shallow chipping to the ends of the spine area and with nicks or small chips over the tips of the boards. 188 pages of text. This is the second state of the first edition. A novel set in Norway during the occupation of Nazi troops during World War II. Viking Press hardcover books
1942ref. 431580New York: The Viking Press 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition later issue with mention of the printer on the copyright page etc. Slightly cocked very good in very good price-clipped dustwrapper with modest chipping at the spine ends. The Viking Press hardcover books
1943ref. 301197New York Council on Books in Wartime ca. 1943. 1943. Armed Services edition no. 703. Oblong 16mo. Original printed color pictorial wrappers minor rubbing at edges; no creases. Very good. No foxing. 256 pages original wrappers. No signatures or bookplates. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York, Council on Books in Wartime, ca. 1943. paperback books
1957ref. 2330379New York: The Viking Press 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. Du Bois William Pene. First edition. Near fine in very good jacket. Ink gift note on front endpaper jacket price clipped jacket spine faded with a few light spots. 1957 Hard Cover. 188 pp. 8vo. John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippin's wife Queen Marie who 'might have taken her place at the bar of a very good restaurant'; his uncle a man of dubious virtue; his glamour-struck daughter and her beau the son of the so-called 'egg king' of Petaluma California; and a motley crew of courtiers and politicians guards and gardeners. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. February 27 1902 - December 20 1968 was an American writer. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath 1939 and the novella Of Mice and Men 1937. He wrote a total of twenty-seven books including sixteen novels six non-fiction books and five collections of short stories. In 1962 Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Viking Press hardcover books
2002ref. 36010Stamford:: MeadWestvaco. Near Fine. 2002. Hardcover. B002DFBF1I . Limited edition. Fine in an about fine slipcase. . MeadWestvaco, hardcover books
1962ref. 95052NY:: Viking. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. Sixth printing. Previous owner's stamp on front endpage else very good in a good a few small chips age darkened dust jacket with the original $4.95 price on the front flap. . Viking, hardcover books
20048vo., with frontispiece, illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, and pictorial endpapers; blue pictorial cloth blocked in silver and black, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
ref. B9780143106975Paperback / softback. New. Features author's most important and popular works. paperback
1963ref. 103401NRF, Gallimard 1963 Petit-In-4, cartonnage éditeur. 22 cm sur 18.838pp. Gouttière tachée de café. Plats poussiéreux, Sinon bon état d’occasion.
2007ref. __1598530046Library of America 2007. Hardcover. New. 1125 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. Library of America hardcover
ref. mbb005921London: The Reprint Society 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 190x130x25mm. 190x130x25mm312g . . The Reprint Society. London. 1955. . . . Pp254. First Reprint Society Edition 1st Printing. Red cloth hard boards. Gilt lettering to spine. In original dust jacket. Unclipped. Maroon top edge faded. pages foxed. Sequel to Cannery Row but is a stand-alone read too. Jacket small tears to head and foot of spine spine discoloured and water marks to fore-edge. slightly tilted. . . . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$11.60 The Reprint Society hardcover
ref. A9780226418094Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1941ref. 204610Los Angeles: Committee to Aid Agricultural Workers 1941. Evenly toned remnants of stamp and original mailing label; folded; pencil notation to upper corner. Broadsheet mimeograph poster single leaf approx. 8-1/2 X 11 inches printed on one side with mailing info printed on verso. Announcement for a benefit screening of the docu-drama about obstetrics commissioned by FDR's administration in the effort to promote his health policy and combat childbirth deaths and infant mortality. The film was actually written by Paul de Kruif with uncredited assistance from his good friend John Steinbeck. The experience inspired Steinbeck to go on to do his own documentary "The Forgotten Village." The cast included an uncredited cameo appearance by Woody Guthrie. Committee to Aid Agricultural Workers unknown
1966ref. 316637New York: Hearst Corporation 1966. Softcover. Very Good. Magazine. Photo of Henry Fonda by Roddy McDowell. Very good with light wear along the spine some browning on the rear wrap. This is the entire issue of Harper's Bazaar. Hearst Corporation unknown
1966ref. 316637New York: Hearst Corporation 1966. Softcover. Very Good. Magazine. Photo of Henry Fonda by Roddy McDowell. Very good with light wear along the spine some browning on the rear wrap. This is the entire issue of Harper's Bazaar. Hearst Corporation unknown books
ref. 63-6985Stockholm Sweden: John Steinbeck 1962. Photocopy. Letter-sized sheet. Written on Hotel Plaza Stockholm letterhead. Very Good.Provenance: Herb Yellin 1935-2014 was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century. Stockholm, Sweden: [John Steinbeck, 1962?]. unknown
1944ref. 42704Cleveland & New York: World Publishing 1944. 8vo. 6 269 1 pp. Red boards yellow lettrng mnr shlfwr mnr bmpng to crnrs lght uniform toning as usual w/d.j. mnr chppng hd of spine mnr edgewear cover art of Morgan the Pirate by Monroe Reisman VG-/VG-. First Tower Books edition. World Publishing, hardcover
1976ref. 1266261976. Boise State University 1976. Small 8vo pamphlet 48 pp. Cream wrappers printed in green staple bound. Near fine. § An essay on the life and achievements of Ed Ricketts by Richard Astro of Oregon State University. unknown
1976ref. 1266261976. Boise State University 1976. Small 8vo pamphlet 48 pp. Cream wrappers printed in green staple bound. Near fine. § An essay on the life and achievements of Ed Ricketts by Richard Astro of Oregon State University. unknown books
1956ref. 18872PHILADELPHIA: CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1956. Good. 1956. First Edition. Softcover. A good only copy in oversize pictorial printed wrappers. Couple tape mends at bottom 2"-inches of spine & base of rear cover. Covers somewhat rubbed. Features Paul Bowles' travel essay: "The Incredible Arab." Also John Steinbeck's " Discovering the people of Paris." . PHILADELPHIA: CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1956 paperback
1934ref. 003452London: Lovat Dickson 1934. Book. Near Fine. Pictorial Wraps. 1st Edition. October 1934 edition. Contains the short story "The Murder" by John Steinbeck. There are nine other stories by various writers including Frank O'Connor and Hugh Forsyth. Approximately 120 pages softcover. Minor rubbing to corners and spine ends. Very scarce. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Lovat Dickson Paperback
1975ref. Alibris.0035640new york NY: viking press 1975. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Signed by previous owner. hardcover in cell wrapped dust jacket-ex-library book. 848 p. hardcover in cell wrapped dust jacket-ex-library book A LIFE IN STEINBECK LETTERS-ELAINE STEINBECK & ROBERT WALLSTEN VINTAGE COPYRIGHT 1975.848 PAGES Nobel Prize-winner John Steinbeck was a prolific correspondent. Opening with letters written during Steinbeck's early years in California and closing with an unfinished 1968 note written in Sag Harbor New York this collection of around 850 letters to friends family his editor and a diverse circle of well-known and influential public figures gives an insight into the raw creative processes of one of the most naturally-gifted and hard-working writing minds of this century. viking press hardcover
1943ref. L1277a188 pages. Small octavo 7 3/4" x 5" bound in original publisher's blue cloth with silver lettering to spine with blind stamped cover in original pictorial jacket. First edition second state. The Moon Is Down is a novel by American writer John Steinbeck. Fashioned for adaptation for the theatre and for which Steinbeck received the Norwegian King Haakon VII Freedom Cross it was published by Viking Press in March 1942. The story tells of the military occupation of a small town in Northern Europe by the army of an unnamed nation at war with England and Russia much like the occupation of Norway by the Germans during World War II. The title of the book comes from Macbeth. Just before Banquo encounters Macbeth on his way to kill Duncan he asks his son Fleance "How goes the night boy" Fleance replies "The moon is down; I have not heard the clock." Act II Scene i. Condition: Spine ends pushed. Jacket price clipped spine ends chipped some closed edge tears age toned hinges rubbed else very good in about very good jacket. Viking Press hardcover
1996ref. 123710Library of America 1996-09-01. First Edition. hardcover. Like New. 5x1x8. As new leather bound edition with gilt top edge and sewn in marker. Marbled end papers. No jacket as issued. first printing. Please email for photos. Library of America hardcover
