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1954réf. 23748London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1954. First UK edition first printing. Published by William Heinemann Ltd. in London 1954. This is a very good or better copy. The dust wrapper finely illustrated by Paul Galdone is with mild wear. There are slight creases throughout and very slight toning at the top edges and a smart internal repair to the bottom of the front panel. The corners are slightly worn. It has not been price clipped however showing the original 12s 6d net price. The rear panel with the striking portrait of the author is also slightly dirty. The boards are free from previous owner's ink. The text blocks although bright and generally clean suffer from mild foxing throughout. The internals are free from foxing or spotting and free from previous owner's ink. Overall this is a very good or better copy of a nice title. The sequel to 'Cannery Row' and set in the years after the end of World War II. According to Steinbeck "Sweet Thursday" is the day between Lousy Wednesday and Waiting Friday. William Heinemann Ltd. hardcover
réf. BN211675Russische Reise Russische Reise John Steinbeck unknown
1947réf. 55836New York: Viking Press 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo. 8 312pp. Original auburn cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine blind-stamped landscape on cover gray top edge; in original color-illustrated dustjacket yellow and gray lettering on spine. Epigraph of 15th Century play Everyman as frontispiece. Price $2.75 on front flap. Set in the Salinas Valley this novel describes the life various characters without developing a main or leading character eluding to the meaning of the epigraph the transitory nature of humanity. Though not considered to be one of his best novels it was financially successful and adapted for the screen starring Joan Collins Jayne Mansfield and others. Binding with very light wear along edges dustjacket with light wear as well and some age-toning along edges back cover lightly age-toned with minor staining. Betty Rose inked to half-title. Block lightly age-toned. Viking Press hardcover
1995réf. 208486New York: Penguin 1995. Reprint; Twenty-First Printing. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Penguin unknown
1941réf. 250826New York: Viking 1941. 2nd printing before publication. HC w DJ. Good/Good. Good/Good. Cream buckram green titling & illustration soiling to boards edgewear to tips endpapers toned FO plate to FFEP FO embossed stamp to title page unmarked binding sound. Clipped DJ edgeworn w nicks/chips loss to spine tips & top edge in protector. Life in a Mexican Village: B/W photos from the motion picture directed by Herbert & Rosa Harvan Kline. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012. Viking hardcover
réf. 2169Fine. John Steinbeck. Fletcher Martin illustrator. Of Mice and Men. Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1977. Collector's edition. Quarto. 165pp. Illustrated by Fletcher Martin. Publisher's brown decorative leather spine and boards lettered and decorated in gilt five raised bands all edges gilt silk moire endleaves ribbon bookmark. . unknown
1948réf. 040155London: Heinemann 1948 A very good first edition copy in blue cloth binding tidy boards slight wear to spine unmarked internally. Heinemann hardcover
1939réf. 321514New York: The Viking Press 1939. 10th printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 619p. A beige cloth hardcover book in very good condition lacking the dustjacket. A few light smudges on the covers and endpapers tanned in the gutters. Owner's inscription on front endpaper but otherwise clean and tight. Early printing of Steinbeck's masterwork issued in November 1939 the first printing was in April of the same year. The Viking Press hardcover
1945réf. 34551New York: Viking 1945. First edition in the blue binding. 8vo publisher’s original blue cloth lettered on the upper cover blind and on the spine in gilt in the publisher’s original dustjacket the jacket marked Book Club. With a previous owner's bookplate. 208 pp. A very good copy with just a touch of wear to the extremities the dustjacket with a little chipping to the tips and a little rubbing. Due to the war standards in publishing this book did not usually age well but this copy has come through quite well. FIRST EDITION AND A VERY GOOD COPY. The warm and funny story of the inhabitants of Cannery Row in Monterey California. Steinbeck dedicated the book to his close friend Ed Ricketts upon whom he modeled Doc the central character of the novel. CANNERY ROW is a unique blend of lighthearted humor scientific detachment and tender empathy. Rather than featuring a strict plot it paints a vibrant affectionate portrait of a Depression-era Monterey street and its community of social outcasts. Unlike Steinbeck's darker tragedy-driven epics like The Grapes of Wrath this work is largely episodic written as a series of interconnected vignettes. Viking hardcover
1954réf. 34552New York: The Viking Press 1954. First edition. First state with no reviews. 8vo publisher’s original yelllow-green cloth lettered and decorated in red and blue in the original pictorial dustjacket. x 273 pp. A fine copy very fresh and handsome the jacket pleasing and well preserved with only minimal rubbing at the extremities. FIRST EDITION AND A FINE COPY. As in Tortilla Flat and Cannery Row Steinbeck returns to the lives of the Monterey Paisanos. SWEET THURSDAY is “sheer delight heightened for the reader by the presence of a few gently satirical notes--almost as though Steinbeck was poking occasional fun at his characters and himself. Beneath the theme of boisterous humor.are subtle and poignant patterns which will give.a new awareness of why John Steinbeck is.preeminent.among living novelists. The Viking Press hardcover
1945réf. redponyNew York: Viking Press 1945. Stated "Illustrated Edition First Published 1945" on the copyright verso. Classic mid-century illustrated edition of Steinbeck's beloved cycle of stories about young Jody Tiflin his family and life on a California ranch here presented with full-page illustrations and issued in a publisher's slipcase. The book itself is in Good condition: cloth shows moderate rubbing and handling but the binding remains sound and the pages are clean and legible with no major markings or defects noted. The original slipcase is present and structurally intact but only Fair: staining rubbing and general wear to panels and edges typical of a slipcase that has done its job over many decades. Still protects the book and displays reasonably on the shelf. A solid presentable copy of the Viking illustrated edition of The Red Pony increasingly scarce with the original slipcase still present. Viking Press hardcover
1957réf. mon0000991633Heinemann 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. F1st edition 1st printing. Pages clean no markings light wear to edges. Dust jacket unclipped with light edgewear small loss to bottom of spine. Heinemann hardcover
1945réf. 003689New York: Viking 1945. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Bound in yellow cloth with blue lettering and dark blue top stain. 209 pages $2.00 price. The dustjacket presents as fine with expert recoloring to the front flap fold and the spine ends. The book is tight and square with bright unmarked pages. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Viking Hardcover
1956réf. 111019Paris: Julliard 1956. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. Good. wraps 154 pp text in French spine creased light stains to the covers. Julliard paperback
1961réf. 22615London: Heinemann Ltd 1961. A first edition first printing of 'The Winter of our Discontent' by John Steinbeck published by Heinemann Ltd in 1961. A very good copy in burgundy bound cloth boards with gilt title to the spine blind stamped with Heinemann logo to rear panel free from internal inscriptions with slight pushing to the head and foot of the spine and to upper edge of front board and rear panel mild browning to the text block and spotting to the top edge with horizontal staining to fore-edge. A very good clipped wrapper with very slight wear and chipping to the spine tips pushing to the upper edge of front panel and pushing to the knuckles of the front and rear flap folds some fading to the spine and mild handling wear to rear panel. The Winter of our discontent is Steinbeck's last novel and centres around the theme of the effects of societal pressure. Regarded as a classic the novel led to Steinbeck being award the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. A television movie was made in 1983 staring Donald Sutherland in the title role. Heinemann Ltd hardcover
1939réf. 10539The Viking Press New York 1939. First edition seventh printing June 1939 originally first publised April 1939. HC Good. Oatmeal colored cloth with brown decorative cover. Some soiling on cover previous owner's name on flyleaf and some foxing on inside cover. The Viking Press hardcover
1961réf. 24621New York: The Viking Press 1961. First edition first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 8vo. Blue cloth spine blocked in black and silver. Trace of fading to the top edge of the boards pencil gift inscription on the front free endpaper else a very good copy. The dustwrapper is price-clipped. It has light rubbing at the edges and fold and some creasing at the very tip of the spine else very good. . The Viking Press hardcover
1950réf. 115530Viking Press 1950. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First printing. Jacket edgeworn with mild chipping. Viking Press hardcover
réf. 29544London: William Heinemann. 1939. First UK edition first printing. First UK edition first printing. Publisher's original turquoise cloth with gilt titles to the spine in dustwrapper. A near fine copy the binding square and firm the spine tips and board corners lightly rubbed the cloth and gilt fresh. There are three small spots to the bottom edge of the closed text-block and one to the top the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that remains bright and without loss or tears. Not price clipped 8s 6d on the front flap. A very attractive example. An enduring modern classic Steinbeck's Great American Novel 'The Grapes of Wrath' follows a struggling farming family as they flee the Dust Bowl for California during the Great Depression. It won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and was cited by the Nobel committee as one of the factors in their deciding to award Steinbeck with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. The novel was adapted into the 1940 Academy Award winning film of the same name directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: William Heinemann. 1939 hardcover
réf. 45083611like new. unknown
1962réf. 2191246pp; wheat boards with rust illustration on cover rust/black lettering on spine. Fine/Near Fine unclipped dj in clear protective cover. First Edition/First Printing. Steinbeck with his poodle travel through forty states in 1960. Scarce in this condition. The Viking Press hardcover
1957réf. mon0000996806Heinemann 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Dust Jacket has been price clipped. Heinemann hardcover
1961réf. mon0000996847William Heinemann 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Dust Jacket unclipped. William Heinemann hardcover
1977réf. 6502Norwalk CT: Easton Press. Fine. 1977. Full-Leather. Book is in FINE condition - bright boards & sound binding. KAS 26; 4to 9" - 12" tall . Easton Press hardcover
1937réf. 47724New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. First Edition Second State printed by the Haddon Craftsmen with pp. 9 and 88 corrected; married by a previous owner with a Book Club jacket. Small octavo 19cm.; publisher's beige cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 186pp. Dust jacket chipped along edges with adjacent tape-mending; splits along heavily toned spine. Boards rubbed; toning to spine; binding sound; heavy foxing to endpapers; pages unmarked; still an about Very Good copy from the same year as publication. Goldstone & Payne A7. Covici Friede Publishers unknown
