1940réf. 1264671940. New York: The Limited Editions Club 1940. 2 vols 4to. Illustrated with 67 two-colored lithographs. Half rawhide and grasscloth illustration to upper boards and silver lettering to backstrips slipcase. Fine copy. § Illustrated with lithographs by Thomas Hart Benton. Number 191 of 1146 numbered copies signed by Benton. Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the Great Depression first appeared only the year before this Limited Editions Club edition which remains notable for the beautiful lithographs commissioned from Benton the smaller than usual printing and the unusual and fitting rawhide and grasscloth binding. unknown books
1941réf. 334777The Viking Press 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Good//Good. . 6x10x2. 1941 Viking Press Edition. GOOD/GOOD. Blue orange and white illustrated jacket dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Approx. 6 1/2'' x 9 1/2''. Small chips and creases to corners and edges of jacket. Some light creases and light rub wear to jacket especially near spine hinges. Small light brown and grey spots to page edges. Light acid wear to inside front covers and adjacent endpapers. Once Read Books cover scan available - just ask OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS. The Viking Press hardcover
1941réf. 015332New York: The Viking Press 1941. Nice copy in its first printing. Unmarked tight and square. Sea green boards with silver lettering. 1/4" tear at head of spine. Map endpapers show light taning at hinge of front endpaper. Clean supple textblock. Price intact jacket has light edgewear with minimal paper loss at head of spine. A clean handsome copy. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Viking Press Hardcover
réf. DADAX0670641383Brand: Viking Adult 1963-03-20. New. hardcover. New. 20.00x20.00x20.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Viking Adult hardcover
1939réf. 7110825NY: Viking 1939. 1st edition: ""First published in April 1939"" on copyright page. Original dj priced @ $2.75 but no ""1st edition"" slug. Pictorial tan cloth top edges tan Battle Hymn of the Republic endpapers. Light edge foxing endpapers moderately to heavily foxed/stained very sporadic tiny fox stains in text; covers very lightly soiled spine a bit darker than covers but very clear lettering: VG/VG dj lightly rubbed at edges & hinges tiny edge tears. 8vo. Viking hardcover
1937réf. 205046New York: Covici Friede Inc 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Second issue of first printing after publisher corrected errors. Covici Friede Inc hardcover
1929réf. 08751CUP OF GOLD Mcbride 1929 first edition spine and upper 2cm of front panel lightened some off-setting to the front cover else a tight vg or better copy in just about vg second printing dust-wrapper with some wear and tear mostly to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. Actually a very nice copy of this the second issue of the first edition sheets of the authors first book bound in maroon cloth with the McBride colophon on the last page of text and released here in 1936. Not to be confused with the very common 2ND EDITION NOT second issue published by Covici Friede in blue cloth without the McBride colophon on the last page of text. McBride / Covici Friede hardcover
1929réf. 08751CUP OF GOLD Mcbride 1929 first edition spine and upper 2cm of front panel lightened some off-setting to the front cover else a tight vg or better copy in just about vg second printing dust-wrapper with some wear and tear mostly to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. Actually a very nice copy of this the second issue of the first edition sheets of the authors first book bound in maroon cloth with the McBride colophon on the last page of text and released here in 1936. Not to be confused with the very common 2ND EDITION NOT second issue published by Covici Friede in blue cloth without the McBride colophon on the last page of text. McBride / Covici Friede hardcover books
1936réf. TO-2026-090Pynson Printers 1936. First edition thus limited. STEINBECK John. Nothing So Monstrous. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION limited to 370 copies. New York: Pynson Printers December 1936. Octavo. 30 1 pp. Original orange buckram spine over marbled paper boards lettered in black; issued without dust jacket. Pen-and-ink drawings throughout by Donald McKay. Light wear to extremities else a fine copy. Goldstone & Payne A2f; see Morrow 16. One of the 50 copies subscribed by Edwin J. Beinecke. The printed colophon at the rear reads: "This copy of Nothing So Monstrous with pen and ink drawings by Donald McKay was made by the Pynson Printers of New York at the request of Edwin J. Beinecke for presentation to Dr. J. A. Giles December Nineteen Thirty-Six." With an additional presentation inscription by Beinecke to the front free endpaper and Beinecke's own gilt and red leather bookplate to the front pastedown. The story tracks a Salinas Valley intellectual who refuses every form of upward economic mobility raises his son in studied poverty and is shamed into leaving the valley after the school board's clumsy charity toward his ragged child; the 1936 epilogue unique to this printing restores father and son to their idyllic life in the Pastures. Pynson Printers the New York fine-press shop run by Elmer Adler produced the book as a Christmas keepsake for a small group of subscribing collectors who paid for blocks of copies to give as gifts. SKU TO-2026-090 Pynson Printers hardcover
réf. JD29460NY L. M. Birkhead Friends of Democracy 1940 first edition. One printed sheet folded to make four pages it prints a letter from Birkhead to Steinbeck asking his response to allegations that The Grapes of Wrath is Jewish propaganda Steinbeck's letter of reply follows very fragile very scarce Goldstone & Payne A13a Morrow 133 now housed in a custom clamshell case. Fine especially scarce in this condition. NY, L. M. Birkhead (Friends of Democracy), 1940, first edition. unknown
réf. JD29850NY Covici Friede 1937 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. This was Steinbeck's first in his experiments in writing plays and his most successful the play eventually reached Broadway and starred Wallace Ford as George and Broderick Crawford as Lennie the play won Steinbeck the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best play of the 1937-38 season Goldstone & Payne A8a Morrow 73. Aged else fine in an aged but clean dust jacket which is at least very good plus. NY, Covici Friede, 1937, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover
1952réf. 22364London: Heinemann 1952. A first edition first printing of 'East of Eden' published Heinemann in 1952. A fine book without inscriptions - a superb example. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with some gentle rubbing to the spine tips and corners. Minute chip to the base of the spine. Complete with the scarce wrap-around band stating 'Steinbeck's Classic Story - Read a Great Book - See a Great Film'. A very attractive example indeed and the basis for the James Dean movie. Heinemann unknown
1940réf. 2730Hungary 1940. In very good condition little water stains. Designed by Malomvizi. Designed by Malomvizi. 29 x205 cm. Directed by John Ford. This design was used for the printed poster. unknown
1961réf. 3058Budapest: Europa 1961. Early Hungarian editon. In original cloth. Very good condition. Early Hungarian editon. In original cloth. 550 p. Signed. Europa unknown
1941réf. 000137New York: The Viking Press. DJ in archival tiny cover chips tiny tear. First Edition First Printing with the words "First Published in May 1941" on the copyright page. Slight wear to top edge cloth. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1941. The Viking Press hardcover
1957réf. 005764Viking Press. Dj in archival cover large chip. $3.00 price on the flap 188 pages. Stated first published in 1957. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1957. Viking Press hardcover
1952réf. 016665The Viking Press 1952. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket.First Edition First Issue Steinbeck's Photo Back Panel Spine of Jacket Lightly Faded As Usual. Excellent Fresh Copy Of This Steinbeck Classic. Great Movie Of The Same With James Dean. The Viking Press Hardcover
1952réf. 016665The Viking Press 1952. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket.First Edition First Issue Steinbeck's Photo Back Panel Spine of Jacket Lightly Faded As Usual. Excellent Fresh Copy Of This Steinbeck Classic. Great Movie Of The Same With James Dean. The Viking Press Hardcover books
1945réf. 1742642New York: The Viking Press 1945. Hardcover. Used-Very Good. First edition first state with the buff cloth that was later switched out for a bright yellow. Dj. a little rubbed with slight loss at head and heel of spine; not price-clipped. White areas on rear panel lightly soiled. Prev. owner's signature on f.f.e.p. The Viking Press hardcover
1929réf. 018024Robert M. McBride & Company New York 1929. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine Copy Of The Author's First Book1/1000 Copies That Got Remainder That Year.Without Jacket.First Edition Without a Faded Spine.Rare In This Condition.Comes With Gorgeous Clamshell Box With Black Label.Excellent Fresh Copy. Robert M. McBride & Company New York Hardcover
réf. 662Binding is in about fine condition top edge stain slightly discolored sheets slightly toned and with occasional light foxing. Some spots of soiling and thumb smudges some corners once folded over closed 1.75 inch tear to the bottom edge of pages 95/96 now strengthened with tissue small paper flaw in the fore-edge margin of pages 167/168. Still with these faults an attractive very good copy. KWH-662. John Steinbeck. Tortilla Flat. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett. New York: Covici Friede 1935. First edition. Octavo. vi vii-viii section title 9-316 pp. Illustrations in the text some full page. Quarter modern dark red crushed morocco over red cloth boards lettered in gilt and ruled in black top edge with original stain endpapers renewed. . unknown
1929réf. 018024Robert M. McBride & Company New York 1929. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine Copy Of The Author's First Book1/1000 Copies That Got Remainder That Year.Without Jacket.First Edition Without a Faded Spine.Rare In This Condition.Comes With Gorgeous Clamshell Box With Black Label.Excellent Fresh Copy. Robert M. McBride & Company New York Hardcover books
réf. 111531First edition of this work inscribed by Chumbhot to Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Quarto original boards illustrated. Presentation copy inscribed opposite the title page "To Mr. and Mrs John Steinbeck with compliments by Pantip Chumbhot Bangkok 27/1/67." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. From the library of John Steinbeck. An account of the history and renovation of the Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad Palace in Bangkok Thailand. Twenty-four pages of text followed by a section of photographs of the mural designs on the panels of the Pavilion. Contents include a biography of His Royal Highness Prince Chumbhot of Nagara Svarga The Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad Palace Catalogue of the Mural Designs in the Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad Notes on a Library Ho Trai of the Ayudha Period and another article about the Lacquer Pavilion. hardcover
1929réf. 10014New York: Robert M. McBride & Co 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. First issue of the author's first book; yellow cloth printed in black 269 pages "First published August 1929" on copyright page. One of just 1537 copies printed. A very near fine copy internally clean and bright with no markings of any kind. Top edges of text faded to light brown; first issue has top edges stained or not stained no priority. Spine slightly age-toned. Goldstone and Payne A1a. Robert M. McBride & Co unknown
1954réf. 148288New York: The Viking Press 1954. First edition of this sequel to Steinbeck's famous novel Cannery Row. Octavo original pictorial cloth top stain red. Presentation copy inscribed by Lillian Hellman on the front free endpaper "May every year be as nice as this - and all your Christmases be better - love Lillian 12/25/54." Lillian Hellman was an influential American playwright and screenwriter known for her sharp political insight and strong female characters. Her best-known works include The Children’s Hour 1934 and The Little Foxes 1939 which reflect her commitment to social justice and her talent for dramatic tension. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Sweet Thursday 1954 is a lesser-known yet significant novel by John Steinbeck serving as a sequel to his earlier work Cannery Row. Set in post–World War II Monterey the novel revisits familiar characters while introducing new ones exploring themes of personal renewal community and the search for love and belonging. Although it departs from the more somber tone of Steinbeck’s major works Sweet Thursday reflects his continued interest in marginalized individuals and the complexities of human relationships. The Viking Press hardcover
