1936réf. 24064New York:: The Viking Press 1936. These are probably the sheets from the second edition A1c without the McBride logotype at the conclusion of the text. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Small old bookplate on pastedown; circular blind-embossed ownership stamp on rear free endpaper; cloth slightly faded at edges; jacket has the Covici Friede imprint cancelled in black; a few small chips short tears and fading to spine; the front panel bright. 8vo. The Viking Press, hardcover
1936réf. 23047New York:: Covici-Friede 1936. Second edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. A fine copy in a beautiful example of the dust jacket. The jacket has a few small areas of rubbing and one tiny nick. . 8vo. Covici-Friede, hardcover
réf. BRG-31_6_1184Unknown. paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Very Good condition.Crisp pages. Clean cover and pages. Book shows minimal shelf wear. No highlighting/marking. Not Satisfied Contact us to get a refund. Unknown paperback
1940réf. 97Moscow: Gosizdat 1940. 504 pp.: ill. 1 front. ill. 20x135 cm. Illustrations by L. Brodaty. In original publisher's illustrated card boards. Covers slightly rubbed owner's signature on the front endpaper owner's ink book stamp on the title page pp. 17 41 504; a small wormhole on the lower side of a few pages. Otherwise a very good clean copy. First Russian edition. First book by Steinbeck in Russian. Although the book was banned shortly in Ireland and few American towns in schools and libraries it was for obvious reasons never banned in Soviet Union. It was important for Soviet authorities to monitor what was published in the West. Unfortunately for them it was a hard task to find anything suitable for their purposes - a high standard bright foreign fiction with correct ideology. That is why Grapes of Wrath was a definite bombshell not only in America but even more so in Soviet Union. It made Steinbeck famous in a day. Starting in August of 1939 such newspapers as Pradva Ogonyok Literary Newspaper printed short fragments from Grapes of Wrath. Soviet newspapers made it famous even before it was fully published. For example Izvestiya from November 17th 1939 with an article titled "Grapes of Wrath - banned in USA" about a campaign against the book across America: ".because it reflects the hard situation and conditions in which farmers live in California". Soviet anticapitalist interpretation was obvious and announced instantly in many reviews e.g. in one of these reviews was said the author "leads us to a logical way out - a revolution freeing lower classes from exploitation". Soviet periodicals clearly showed ideological and political bias typical for the Soviet assessment and interpretation of the novel as an example of proletarian and anti-capitalist American literature. After the full translation was published in 1940 Steinbeck received many letters from Soviet editors and officials thanking him for writing this novel and telling him about thousands of new fans. In 1948 USSR bought rights for Grapes of Wrath film 1940 to demonstrate the Soviet viewer all "ulcers and vices" of American capitalism but in just a few days of the showing the film was cancelled because people noticed that a broke farmer was able to buy a used truck. In 1963 Steinbeck came to Russia for the second time his first visit he described in his book A Russian Journal published in 1948. At one of the unofficial meetings at Russian poet Evtushenko's apartment he met a Siberian driver Evtushenko's uncle Andrey with whom he spent almost the entire evening in a conversation. Apparently the driver knew Grapes of Wrath very well which maid Steinbeck ecstatic: "You made my day Andrew! I would never thought truck drivers from Siberia would read my books!" WorldCat locates four copies. Gosizdat unknown
1937réf. 005759New York: Covici Friede . Second state. Publisher's tan cloth corner bumped spine moderately sun darkened. No DJ. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1937. Covici Friede hardcover
1941réf. TO-2026-019Viking 1941. Second printing before publication signed. Buckram. STEINBECK John. The Forgotten Village: Life in a Mexican Village. FIRST EDITION SECOND PRINTING BEFORE PUBLICATION — SIGNED BY STEINBECK. New York: The Viking Press 1941. Large octavo. 143 pp. Signed by John Steinbeck on the title page. Illustrated with 136 black-and-white photographs by Rosa Harvan Kline and Alexander Hackenschmied from Herbert Kline's film of the same name. Original cream buckram stamped and decorated in green top edges stained green; in the original color pictorial dust jacket with the $2.50 price intact and unclipped to the front flap. Goldstone & Payne A14a. "Second Printing Before Publication" stated on the copyright page — the state most copies bear printed before the official publication date and bibliographically equivalent to the first for collecting purposes; the work was published on the same day in Canada by Macmillan. Very good in a very good unclipped dust jacket: light foxing to the covers and offsetting to the inner covers; the jacket complete with wear and small chips to the spine ends and some darkening to the rear panel. Steinbeck wrote The Forgotten Village as the screenplay for Herbert Kline's 1941 docufiction film — a project he pursued specifically to make a picture outside the Hollywood studio system drawing on his deep engagement with Mexico. The film follows Juan Diego a boy in a remote mountain village as modern medicine arrives in conflict with traditional practice. Signed copies of The Forgotten Village are uncommon; the title-page signature here is clean and unobtrusive. SKU TO-2026-019 Viking hardcover
1939réf. 014410New York: Viking Press 1939. First edition. . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. First edition a lovely copy. Some inevitable natural darkening to pastedown endpapers else about fine. None of the usual tanning to spine hinges tight no bookmarks no signatures. Viking Press hardcover
1939réf. 005286New York: The Viking Press 1939 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition book with 3rd printing dust jacket. "First Published In April 1939" stated on copyright page. Book very good with a some foxing on covers paste-downs and end papers; some foxing and soiling also at page ends. DJ is from third printing and in good condition significant tear and crease near front hinge with pieces missing; also creased on spine and on back with two small pieces missing. DJ price reads "$2.75" on front flap. New York: The Viking Press, 1939 hardcover
1938réf. 55960New York: The Viking Press 1938. First printing. Very good plus in a very good jacket. First edition of this collection of short stories in and about California's Salinas Valley where Steinbeck was born. Published on the heels of the success of OF MICE AND MEN this selection of short fiction by John Steinbeck is a bittersweet tour through his beloved Salinas Valley. Vignettes of farm life in the western US at times tragic at times beautiful are woven with themes such as loss of innocence racism and keeping up appearances. Stories in this collection include "The Chrysanthemums" originally published in HARPERS MAGAZINE and "The Red Pony" novella first serialized in THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. Also included is "Flight" published for the first time in this title making Steinbeck "one of the first American writers to portray sympathetic Hispanic characters" Laws. 8'' x 5''. Original beige buckram-backed cloth boards with red lettering to spine. Original unclipped $2.50 color pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Elmer Hader. Brown topstain. Title page printed in red and black. 304 pages. Two small chips to lower edge of front jacket panel. Minor sunning to spine. Touches of edgewear. Previous owner name penned to front endpaper. Some darkening to front gutter and joint. Faint shelf soil to fore-edge. Overall sound. The Viking Press unknown
1997réf. 066362Norwalk Conn.: The Easton Press 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 6 Volume Set. Publication dates range from 1968 to 1997. All 6 volumes are uniformly bound in full dark blue leather boards gilt lettering with gilt and red design along spines gilt and red designs on front and rear covers gilt "JS" on front covers. Full gilt page edges silk moire inside covers and endpapers bound silk ribbon bookmarks. Minor shelfwear. East of Eden's gilt top page edge is scuffed with a white line running down the middle. All volumes are tightly bound no marks. Set is in Near Fine-minus condition. The Easton Press Hardcover
1939réf. 005286New York: The Viking Press 1939 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition book with 3rd printing dust jacket. "First Published In April 1939" stated on copyright page. Book very good with a some foxing on covers paste-downs and end papers; some foxing and soiling also at page ends. DJ is from third printing and in good condition significant tear and crease near front hinge with pieces missing; also creased on spine and on back with two small pieces missing. DJ price reads "$2.75" on front flap. New York: The Viking Press, 1939 hardcover books
1938réf. 55960New York: The Viking Press 1938. First printing. Very good plus in a very good jacket. First edition of this collection of short stories in and about California's Salinas Valley where Steinbeck was born. Published on the heels of the success of OF MICE AND MEN this selection of short fiction by John Steinbeck is a bittersweet tour through his beloved Salinas Valley. Vignettes of farm life in the western US at times tragic at times beautiful are woven with themes such as loss of innocence racism and keeping up appearances. Stories in this collection include "The Chrysanthemums" originally published in HARPERS MAGAZINE and "The Red Pony" novella first serialized in THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. Also included is "Flight" published for the first time in this title making Steinbeck "one of the first American writers to portray sympathetic Hispanic characters" Laws. 8'' x 5''. Original beige buckram-backed cloth boards with red lettering to spine. Original unclipped $2.50 color pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Elmer Hader. Brown topstain. Title page printed in red and black. 304 pages. Two small chips to lower edge of front jacket panel. Minor sunning to spine. Touches of edgewear. Previous owner name penned to front endpaper. Some darkening to front gutter and joint. Faint shelf soil to fore-edge. Overall sound. The Viking Press unknown books
réf. JD39182n.p. Hollywood 20th Century-Fox n.d. 1940 first edition. This is a jumbo lobby card poster measuring 14X17 inches for the original release of this film adapted from Steinbeck's masterpiece "normal" lobby card posters measure 11X14 inches and come in sets of eight posters this dramatic color image features the Joad family including Jane Darwell as Ma Joad and Henry Fonda as Tom Joad printed on a high quality paper than "normal" lobby cards the film was directed by John Ford it was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the U. S. National Film Registry for being "culturally historically or aesthetically significant" extremely scarce not recorded by Goldstone & Payne Morrow or Holmes. Nearly fine with light wear. n.p. (Hollywood), 20th Century-Fox, n.d. (1940), first edition. unknown
1939réf. 12536THE GRAPES OF WRATH Heinemann 1939 first English edition near fine in a vg/near fine dust-wrapper with some light tanning to the dust-wrapper spine and rear dust-wrapper panel. Pulitzer Prize winner. Heinemann unknown
1939réf. 12536THE GRAPES OF WRATH Heinemann 1939 first English edition near fine in a vg/near fine dust-wrapper with some light tanning to the dust-wrapper spine and rear dust-wrapper panel. Pulitzer Prize winner. Heinemann unknown books
1968réf. 015313None 1968. Book. Fine. No Binding. Signed by Authors. Postcard ANS by John Steinbeck. "Dear Friend: It Was so kind of you to take the time to write to me. Thank You for the letter but even more for the impulse to write it Yours John Steinbeck" Comes with 8X10 Letter TLS to Steinbeck Liking The Travels With Charley Great Content. None unknown
1968réf. 015313None 1968. Book. Fine. No Binding. Signed by Authors. Postcard ANS by John Steinbeck. "Dear Friend: It Was so kind of you to take the time to write to me. Thank You for the letter but even more for the impulse to write it Yours John Steinbeck" Comes with 8X10 Letter TLS to Steinbeck Liking The Travels With Charley Great Content. None unknown books
réf. SONG0783813589Brand: G K Hall n Co 0000-00-00. Book Club BCE/BOMC. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.00x0.75x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: G K Hall n Co hardcover
1932réf. 180122011New York: Robert O. Ballou 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition third issue with Robert Ballou imprint on spine and title page which is a cancel. Very Good with spine heavily faded and covers faded along edges gilt stamping is oxidized. Pages toned. A solid copy lacking the scarce dust jacket. Robert O. Ballou hardcover
1932réf. 180122011New York: Robert O. Ballou 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition third issue with Robert Ballou imprint on spine and title page which is a cancel. Very Good with spine heavily faded and covers faded along edges gilt stamping is oxidized. Pages toned. A solid copy lacking the scarce dust jacket. Robert O. Ballou hardcover books
1952réf. 833901952. Fine. s. d. 1952 20.80 x 25.50 cm une photographie Original silver print portrait of the American writer John Steinbeck in front of a library. This beautiful photograph was taken on the set of O. Henry's Full House in 1952 an anthology film narrated by Steinbeck who introduces a quintet of five of O. Henry's most celebrated stories. The author of The Grapes of Wrath made his only on-camera appearance in this role of narrator. Some very slight marginal traces of folding. Handwritten annotations in pencil on the back. Rare. unknown
réf. 240722069unknown_binding. Like New. 0x0x0. 5 books East of Eden The Grapes of Wrath The Winter of our Discontent Tortilla Flat/Of Mice and Men and The Long Valley.Like New Inside and Out! Email for pictures! unknown
1940réf. 46676New York: L.M. Birkhead Friends of Democracy 1940. First Edition. 12mo bifolium 19.5cm.; faint uneven toning to upper panel else Near Fine. Small leaflet reproducing the correspondence between Birkhead Director of the Friends of Democracy and John Steinbeck in regards to the latter's 1939 novel "The Grapes of Wrath." The first letter from Birkhead is originally dated May 2 1940 and opens "I hope that you will not think I am impertinent but our organization has had put up to it the problem of your nationality. You may consider that it is none of our business nor the business of anyone else in the country. However there is a very widespread propaganda particularly among the extreme reactionary religionists of the country that you are Jewish and that 'Grapes of Wrath' is Jewish propaganda." Steinbeck's response is dated Los Gatos California May 7 1940 and begins "I am answering your letter with a good deal of sadness." Steinbeck goes on to describe in detail his heritage noting that his paternal grandfather was a German farmer many of whose relations still reside "on a fairly large farm near Dusseldorf." On his mother's side "my blood is all north Irish my grandfather whose name was Hamilton having come from Mulkeraugh near Londonderry." Steinbeck concludes "I can prove these things of course--but when I shall have to--the American democracy will have disappeared." In a postscript Steinbeck remarks "On both sides and for many generations we are blond and blue eyed to a degree to arouse the admiration and perhaps envy of the dark complexioned Hitler." The correspondence was reprinted later that year under the title "A Letter in Reply to a Request for a Statement" in a limited edition of 350 copies by the Overbrook Press in Stamford Connecticut. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A13a. L.M. Birkhead, Friends of Democracy unknown
1940réf. 46676New York: L.M. Birkhead Friends of Democracy 1940. First Edition. 12mo bifolium 19.5cm.; faint uneven toning to upper panel else Near Fine. Small leaflet reproducing the correspondence between Birkhead Director of the Friends of Democracy and John Steinbeck in regards to the latter's 1939 novel "The Grapes of Wrath." The first letter from Birkhead is originally dated May 2 1940 and opens "I hope that you will not think I am impertinent but our organization has had put up to it the problem of your nationality. You may consider that it is none of our business nor the business of anyone else in the country. However there is a very widespread propaganda particularly among the extreme reactionary religionists of the country that you are Jewish and that 'Grapes of Wrath' is Jewish propaganda." Steinbeck's response is dated Los Gatos California May 7 1940 and begins "I am answering your letter with a good deal of sadness." Steinbeck goes on to describe in detail his heritage noting that his paternal grandfather was a German farmer many of whose relations still reside "on a fairly large farm near Dusseldorf." On his mother's side "my blood is all north Irish my grandfather whose name was Hamilton having come from Mulkeraugh near Londonderry." Steinbeck concludes "I can prove these things of course--but when I shall have to--the American democracy will have disappeared." In a postscript Steinbeck remarks "On both sides and for many generations we are blond and blue eyed to a degree to arouse the admiration and perhaps envy of the dark complexioned Hitler." The correspondence was reprinted later that year under the title "A Letter in Reply to a Request for a Statement" in a limited edition of 350 copies by the Overbrook Press in Stamford Connecticut. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A13a. L.M. Birkhead, Friends of Democracy unknown books
1960réf. 117588Moscow: Various c. 1960. Two volumes in Russian from the library of American literary master John Steinbeck. Quarto two volumes including a book of early Russian Orthodox paintings with many in color and a folio of loose plates featuring artwork from the Hermitage Museum. From the library of John Steinbeck. In very good condition. Steinbeck made his first of many trips to the Soviet Union in 1947 with photographer Robert Capa. They visited Moscow Kiev Tbilisi Batumi and Stalingrad and were some of the first Americans to visit many parts of the USSR since the communist revolution. Steinbeck's 1948 book about their experiences A Russian Journal was illustrated with Capa's photos. In 1948 the year the book was published Steinbeck was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Various unknown
