Steinbeck, JohnABAA
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1962réf. 140941317New York: The Viking Press 1962. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. An advance review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Bound in original coarse off-white cloth stamped in black and brown. Fine with faint foxing to cloth in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning and light staining to spine light shelf wear and a light crease down the front panel. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author takes a road trip around America in 1960 with his traveling companion a standard poodle named Charley. The Viking Press unknown books
1941réf. 140945632New York: The Viking Press 1941. First edition. First edition first printing. x 598 pp. Bound in publisher's teal cloth stamped in silver. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight sunning and dimple to spine panel; two tiny closed tears to bottom of front panel one of which is repaired with tape on verso. An attractive copy. The Viking Press unknown books
réf. JD36677Pacific Grove John Steinbeck December 8 1948 first edition. This is a letter to Ed Ricketts Jr. on Steinbeck's familiar ruled yellow paper carrying his Pacific Grove stamped address a total of 13 lines Steinbeck is looking for the "circulating pump we used to use on the pans of animals" Steinbeck is looking to set up a small aquarium in his house and would like to use the pump rather than buying another as "they are quite expensive" he invites the famed marine biologist's son to visit and says "Not much changes here. I'm trying to get some work done and maybe I'm succeeding. I don't know yet.". Folded else very good. Pacific Grove, John Steinbeck, December 8, 1948, first edition. unknown
1939réf. 2303010Viking Press 1939. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First edition first published in April 1939 stated on copyright page with First Edition stated at bottom of front flap. Book near fine minor fading on spine and some faint spots on spine. Dust jacket very good some wear 2 inch tear at rear hinge bottom. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Viking Press unknown
1939réf. 2303010Viking Press 1939. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First edition first published in April 1939 stated on copyright page with First Edition stated at bottom of front flap. Book near fine minor fading on spine and some faint spots on spine. Dust jacket very good some wear 2 inch tear at rear hinge bottom. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Viking Press unknown books
réf. 123100New York The Viking Press 1939. . First edition first impression; 8vo 20 x 14 cm; very occasional spot or mark to margins otherwise near-fine internal condition; modern full blue morocco one-line gilt-panelled back by Bayntun Riviere gilt dentelles cockerel endpapers all edges gilt very mild age toning otherwise a handsome finely-bound first edition; vi 619pp 3pp. Set during the Great Depression the novel focuses on the Joads a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their home by drought economic hardship and changes in financial and agricultural industries. Due to their nearly hopeless situation and in part because they were trapped in the Dust Bowl the Joads set out for California. Along with thousands of other 'Okie' they sought jobs land dignity and a future. Steinbeck was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1940 for this novel. New York, The Viking Press, 1939. unknown
1939réf. 250613001New York: Viking 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. OVERALL CONDITION: NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD BOOK INFO Published in 1939 by Viking Press in New York. First edition first printing as indicated by "First Published in April 1939" statement on copyright page with no other printings listed and Battle Hymn of the Republic endpapers. In original oatmeal cloth covered boards and a first state first edition jacket with the "first edition" slug on bottom of front flap and correct $2.75 price on top of front flap. CONDITION: NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD The book is in NEAR FINE vintage condition. Minimal rubbing to extremities. Coffee stain on top edge which has dripped to rear endpapers and a little foxing and waviness to first few pages else FINE. The exceptional qualities: 1. Front endpapers with no darkening very scarce and very little darkening of rear endpaper gutters. 2. No writing no stamps no ex libris marks no dog-eared pages. 3. Very few signs of handling. 4. Very clean colorful and unfaded cloth. 5. Clean and bright pages. The original unrestored first state dust jacket is in VERY GOOD condition. Clipped panels via publisher as are all copies. Sun-darkened spine per usual. Front panel creases. Rubbing to folds. Edge wear chipping small tears and creases. Three larger chips along front fold head of rear fold and head of spine. Viking hardcover
1952réf. 140275New York: The Viking Press 1952. First edition first issue of Steinbeck's epic and moving story of a modern Cain and Abel. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptionally fresh example. "A novel planned on the grandest possible scale.One of those occasions when a writer has aimed high and then summoned every ounce of energy talent seriousness and passion of which he was capable.It is an entirely interesting and impressive book" The New York Herald Tribune. The Viking Press hardcover
réf. JD29453Bronxville privately printed 1952 first edition wrappers. Softcover. First separate printing of this chapter from Steinbeck's big rambling flawed masterpiece Steinbeck writes beautifully how there is only one story -- the struggle between good and evil one of 125 copies printed on the hand-press by Valenti Angelo bound in limp buff wrappers this is variant 2 with the title page containing a red and black rectangular design of leafy and bare branches between the title and "PRIVATELY PRINTED 1952" with the limitation notice on page 10 although the pages are unnumbered the variants are believed to be trial copies no priority has been determined Goldstone & Payne A32d not recorded by Morrow this was John DePol's copy with his spare bookplate DePol 1913-2004 was an artist and one of America's foremost printmakers and wood engravers his prints can be found in the permanent collections of many libraries and museums he contributed to publications by the Allen Press Red Ozier Press Stone House Press and others The Book Club of California recently produced a major work on him John DePol A Catalogue Raisonne of His Graphic Work 1935-1998. The usual age-toning else fine. Bronxville, privately printed, 1952, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
1946réf. 020854Prague: Sfinx 1946. Second Czech Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Dustwrapper designed by Jaroslav váb. Uncommon edition of this winner of the Pulitzer Prize. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Steinbeck on the last page of text located at the foot of the translator's notes in which the translator Vladimír Procházka includes an excerpt from a positive review of the translation: ".in reading this translation we forget that it's a translation. How many translations can we say that about" The inscription is under Procházka's printed name and is to him: "For Vladimir Prochazka/Thank you/John Steinbeck." Procházka a lawyer and communist was forced to withdraw from his political activities during the Nazi occupation and translated THE GRAPES OF WRATH along with works by James Joyce and Bernard Shaw. In 1946 he was elected to parliament as a communist and helped draft the new Czechoslovak constitution. Steinbeck most likely inscribed this on one of his two trips to communist Czechoslovakia or possibly in the U. S. when Procházka was serving as the Czechoslovak ambassador to the United States. Sfinx hardcover
1941réf. 181868New York: The Viking Press 1941. Men really need sea-monsters in their personal oceans First edition. Steinbeck and Ricketts's account of their six-week marine collecting expedition of 1940 contains "more of the whole man John Steinbeck than any of his novels" Lewis Gannett. Steinbeck was greatly influenced by the marine biologist Ricketts 1897-1948 whose "acceptance of people as they were and of life as he found it was remarkable articulated by what he called nonteleological or 'is' thinking. Steinbeck adapted the term and the stance. His fiction examines 'what is'" ANB. The narrative section by Steinbeck includes their "philosophical musings as well as keen observations on Mexican peasantry hermit crabs and 'dryball' scientists" ANB. It is appended by Ricketts's scientific catalogue which was dropped when Steinbeck's narrative was republished as The Log From the Sea of Cortez 1951. Octavo. With 40 photographic plates of specimens of which 8 in colour. Original green cloth spine and front cover lettered in silver map endpapers top edge orange. With dust jacket. Negligible rubbing to cloth; jacket bright soiling to upper left section of rear panel rubbing to edges unclipped: a near-fine copy in very good jacket. Goldstone & Payne A15b. hardcover
1938réf. 174087New York: Viking Press 1938. First edition of the author's collection of 12 stories set in Salinas Valley California his birthplace. It features the first appearance of "Flight" as well as others which had previously appeared in magazines including "The Red Pony" "Chrysanthemum" and "The Murder". Octavo. Title page printed in red and black. Original quarter buckram spine lettered in brown orange cloth sides top edge orange. With dust jacket. Bookplate of Altess and Sanford Berenson to front pastedown. Small mark to fore edge; jacket bright and unclipped spine slightly toned extremities lightly rubbed with a couple of short closed tears: a near-fine copy in near-fine dust jacket. Goldstone and Payne A11a. hardcover
1957réf. 7504London: William Heinemann LTD 1957. First Edition Third Printing Signed. Very Good/Very Good. Signed and inscribed by the author John Steinbeck on the front endpaper: "For Betty and Gerald Wellesley / with many thanks / this pot pourri some say de . is affectionately inscribed / John Steinbeck / 1958". Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5" with 568 numbered pages. The book is in very good condition. Boards are bumped and worn at the edges. Textblock edges have minor scratching and staining. Interior pages are clean and well preserved. 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 #Q8-7. William Heinemann LTD unknown
1935réf. 32603New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1935. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1935. First Edition one of 500 copies in printed wrappers. Octavo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers illustrated by Ruth Gannett French flaps retaining original price $2.50; viii9-317pp.; illus. throughout. Rubbing to edges with a few minor nicks and creases; spine sunned but still retaining some color; 2" split at base of upper spine edge. Binding sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good well-preserved copy of an important Steinbeck title following Danny and his knights of the round table as they drink sing and brawl their way through the worst years of the Depression around Monterrey California. Adorned with atmospheric illustrations by Ruth Gannett the genius author-illustrator of the children's series My Father's Dragon 1948. Goldstone & Payne A4a. Covici Friede Publishers unknown
1962réf. 7351New York: The Viking Press 1962. First Edition First Printing. Very Good/Very Good. First edition first printing - with "Published in 1962 by The Viking Press Inc." 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 9" x 6" with 246 numbered pages. The book is in near fine condition. Tiny stain visible at the bottom of the front board. Interior pages are clean and very well preserved. The original dust jacket is also in near fine condition. Minor surface wear and staining to the panels. Original $4.95 price is present on the front flap. 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 #P12-9. The Viking Press unknown
1935réf. 32603New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1935. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1935. First Edition one of 500 copies in printed wrappers. Octavo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers illustrated by Ruth Gannett French flaps retaining original price $2.50; viii9-317pp.; illus. throughout. Rubbing to edges with a few minor nicks and creases; spine sunned but still retaining some color; 2" split at base of upper spine edge. Binding sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good well-preserved copy of an important Steinbeck title following Danny and his knights of the round table as they drink sing and brawl their way through the worst years of the Depression around Monterrey California. Adorned with atmospheric illustrations by Ruth Gannett the genius author-illustrator of the children's series My Father's Dragon 1948. Goldstone & Payne A4a. Covici Friede Publishers unknown books
1938réf. 005755The Viking Press. DJ in archival cover corner chips small tear edge ware. $2.50 price on flap. Stated first published in September 1938. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1938. The Viking Press hardcover
1952réf. 151256New York: The Viking Press 1952. First edition first printing of Steinbeck's epic and moving story of a modern Cain and Abel. Octavo original lime green cloth. First issue with the word "bite" present on page 281 line 38. Fine in a near fine first issue price-clipped dust jacket with the portrait of Steinbeck. An exceptional example. "A novel planned on the grandest possible scale.One of those occasions when a writer has aimed high and then summoned every ounce of energy talent seriousness and passion of which he was capable.It is an entirely interesting and impressive book" The New York Herald Tribune. The Viking Press hardcover
1937réf. 69031New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. Full Description: STEINBECK John. The Red Pony. New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. First edition one of 699 copies signed by John Steinbeck this being number 629. Large octavo 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches; 251 x 175 mm. 81 1 limitation page pp. Printed on handmade paper by the Pynson Printers New York under the supervision of Elmer Adler. Vignette of a pony in orange and gray on title-page. Original full beige cloth stamped in gray and orange. Vignette of a pony in ornage repeated from the title-page on front cover with date in orange roman numerals below. Spine lettered in yellow. Bottom and fore-edge uncut. With previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Cloth lightly foxed as usual. Still a near fine copy. Housed in publisher's original cardboard slipcase with printed paper label. Label with matching limitation number 629 om spine. Some minor splitting to bottom of case. Still about fine. This story containing three episodes I. The Gift II. The Great Mountains III. The Promise in the life of farm boy Jody Tiflin of the Salinas valley. The story centers on how Jody matures after the loss of his beloved red pony. Goldstone & Payne A9a. HBS 69031. $3000. Covici Friede Publishers unknown
1936réf. 140942999New York: Covici Friede 1936. First Edition. First edition. Copy #78 of 199 hand-numbered copies signed by John Steinbeck on the rear colophon. Bound in original decorated boards with brown cloth spine lettered in red. About Very Good with rubbing to the fragile boards light foxing to endpapers but spine lettering strong. In a Fair example of the unprinted wrapper chipped and shrunken. Lacking ad slip. One of the most uncommon Steinbeck items offered by his publishers as a Christmas gift. Covici Friede unknown
1939réf. 15687New York: Viking 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very good. Classic novel of the depression era. Statement on copyright page "First published in April 1939" and no additional printings. Book is near fine clean and straight but has a small light blue stain on top board edge. Wrap-around bright pictorial dust jacket has some rubs tiny chips at corners & fold and a four-inch tear at front fold. $2.75 price at top of flap and the statement "First Edition" at bottom of flap. Housed in blue linen-covered two-piece slipcase with red label. Outer case has some rubbing at bottom and corners. Cloth on inner fold-around case has wear. Archival mylar cover over the dust jacket. Not available for international shipping. Viking hardcover
1939réf. 73775New 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 adhesive; else fine in an unchipped dust jacket which is browned at the backstrip. 8vo. The Viking Press, hardcover
1939réf. 71387New York:: The Viking Press 1939. First edition. publisher's illustrated cloth in dust jacket. Small ding to the top of the front board; slightly cocked; with a small ink signature to the upper left corner of the front pastedown. The endsheets have a little discoloration from damp. The dust jacket has the price and "First Edition" intact; the backstrip is a little tanned; and there is some minor edgewear. . 8vo. Laid in is a contemporary promotional pamphlet for this book. The Viking Press, hardcover
1942réf. 152450London: William Heinemann Ltd 1942. First Australian edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. Octavo original orange cloth. Boldly signed by John Steinbeck on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and toning. Bookseller's ticket to the front pastedown and bookseller's stamp to the free endpaper. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from forensic handwriting examiner Frank Garo. In 1941 Steinbeck met “with officials of the Foreign Information Service a newly formed unit of what would soon become the Office of Strategic Services to discuss the future of American counterpropaganda efforts. The Moon Is Down begun later the same month had its origins in Steinbeck’s long-standing desire to contribute to these efforts… Steinbeck submitted a first finished draft of The Moon Is Down originally written as a play called ‘The New Order’ and set in a mid-sized town in the United States to agency officials; they turned it down concerned that the prospect of an occupied America might lower morale. Early in December Steinbeck began revising the work shifting the setting to a generic northern Europe and recasting the play as a novel; he sent his revised draft to Pascal Covici his editor at Viking later in December. The Moon Is Down as a novel appeared in book form in March 1942. A stage version opened on Broadway on April 9 1942 and was published by Dramatists Play Service in New York later in the same year” Library of America. Second issue with the Haddon Craftsmen name on the copyright page and no period between "talk" and "this" on p. 112 line 11 William Heinemann Ltd hardcover
1937réf. 69031New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. Full Description: STEINBECK John. The Red Pony. New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. First edition one of 699 copies signed by John Steinbeck this being number 629. Large octavo 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches; 251 x 175 mm. 81 1 limitation page pp. Printed on handmade paper by the Pynson Printers New York under the supervision of Elmer Adler. Vignette of a pony in orange and gray on title-page. Original full beige cloth stamped in gray and orange. Vignette of a pony in ornage repeated from the title-page on front cover with date in orange roman numerals below. Spine lettered in yellow. Bottom and fore-edge uncut. With previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Cloth lightly foxed as usual. Still a near fine copy. Housed in publisher's original cardboard slipcase with printed paper label. Label with matching limitation number 629 om spine. Some minor splitting to bottom of case. Still about fine. This story containing three episodes I. The Gift II. The Great Mountains III. The Promise in the life of farm boy Jody Tiflin of the Salinas valley. The story centers on how Jody matures after the loss of his beloved red pony. Goldstone & Payne A9a. HBS 69031. $3000. Covici Friede Publishers unknown books
