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1991rif. 569456New York: Penguin Books 1991. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Illustrated. Trade paperback. Fine. Penguin Books unknown books
1951rif. 582149New York: A.I.G.A. 1951. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 58pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Rubbing at the edges very good. Publisher's complimentary slip laid in. Contains the first book appearance of John Steinbeck's "Some Random and Randy Thoughts on Books" G&P B66 and comments by Pearl S. Buck Erskine Caldwell John Dos Passos John Hersey William Carlos Williams and more. A.I.G.A. unknown books
1950rif. 553613Munchen: Bayerischer Schulbuch 1950. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition thus with this title. 12mo. 70 2pp. Illustrated wrappers. Initials and number inside front cover some modest rubbing else near fine. Text book for German children with a German and English glossary. Bayerischer Schulbuch unknown books
1936rif. 553662Los Angeles: Suttonhouse Ltd 1936. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Quarto. Illustrated by Gigi Shaule Johnson. Thin quarto. Fine in very slightly rubbed still fine dust jacket with fine wraparound band with a blurb from John Steinbeck that starts: "This is a completely charming book!." Text on the front flap compares the sensibility of this book to Tortilla Flat. Suttonhouse Ltd hardcover books
rif. 554943Kobenhaven: Gyldendalske Boghandel 1939. Softcover. Very Good. First Danish edition of Tortilla Flat. Illustrated self-wrappers. Spine toned a couple of tiny spots on front panel front hinge neatly restored very good or a bit better. Gyldendalske Boghandel unknown books
1962rif. 555840Istanbul: Elif Yayinlari 1962. Softcover. Fine. First Turkish edition. Translated by Aksit Gokturk. 12mo. 40pp. Printed wrappers. A trifle toned very near fine. Essays written during the Second World War with an excerpt Bombs Away. Elif Yayinlari unknown books
1943rif. 559993Darmstadt Berlin: Vorwork-Verlag 1943. Hardcover. Very Good. Early reprint of the German edition of The Grapes of Wrath. Thick octavo. Illustrated paper over boards. Cheap paper a little toned small split at the top of the front joint and a bit of rubbing very good. Interesting German wartime publication of Steinbeck's classic novel. Vorwork-Verlag hardcover books
1952rif. 549753New York: Argosy 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. February 1952. Quarto. P. 52-82 only. Illustrated from black and white photographs by Sam Shaw. Wrappers bound in an unusually delicate and light binding with red pebbled paper over cardboard with a cloth spine and blue endpapers. Contemporary owner name on front fly last leaf a bit loose at the foot of the spine boards rubbed and edgeworn about very good. An Argosy special: novelette in words and pictures. Based on the screenplay by John Steinbeck. Argosy hardcover books
1956rif. 540155Paris: Rene Julliard 1956. Softcover. Near Fine. First trade edition with no equivalent American edition. Translated by Jean-Francois Rozan. Octavo. 160pp. Yellow pictorial wrappers. Slight wear at the base of the spine else very near fine. Rene Julliard unknown books
1956rif. 540154Paris: Rene Julliard 1956. Softcover. Near Fine. First trade edition with no equivalent American edition. Translated by Jean-Francois Rozan. Octavo. 160pp. Yellow pictorial wrappers. Very near fine. Rene Julliard unknown books
1942rif. 541006New York: The Viking Press 1942. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first issue with no mention of the printer on the copyright page and a large period "talk" and "this" on p.112 line 11. Fine in modestly spine-toned near fine price-clipped dust jacket. The first issue is increasingly uncommon. The Viking Press hardcover books
1946rif. 547830Amsterdam: Van Holkema & Warendorf N.V. 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Dutch edition. Translated by Fred. Sterneberg. Jacket by I. Spreekmeester. Cloth and papercovered boards. Binding a bit cocked and lightly foxed a bit of interior tanning very good in foxed good only dust jacket with a short creased tear on the cover a toned spine and several small nicks and tears. Van Holkema & Warendorf N.V. hardcover books
1970rif. 532078Aptos California: Printed at the Grace Hoper Press for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe & Zamorano clubs 1970. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Introduction by James D. Hart. Quarto. 16pp Sewn printed wrappers. Faint toning on front wrap else about fine copy. Limited to 150 copies. (Printed at the Grace Hoper Press for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe & Zamorano clubs unknown books
1950rif. 469608Munchen: Bayerischer Schulbuch 1950. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition thus with this title. 12mo. 70 2pp. Illustrated wrappers. Owner name and school stamp both on titlepage Lightly rubbed else near fine. Text book for German children with a German and English glossary. Bayerischer Schulbuch unknown books
1956rif. 439783New York: Viking Press 1956. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in attractive very good dustwrapper with some modest tears at the extremities. Musical play based on John Steinbeck's novel Sweet Thursday. Viking Press hardcover books
1951rif. 503341New York: A.I.G.A. 1951. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 58pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Modest edgewear a bit musty very good or better. Contains the first book appearance of John Steinbeck's "Some Random and Randy Thoughts on Books" G&P B66 and comments by Pearl S. Buck Erskine Caldwell John Dos Passos John Hersey William Carlos Williams and more. A.I.G.A. unknown books
1960rif. 527996New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Nathaniel Benchley. Errata slip affixed on the title page correcting Mel Brooks as the author of "Death to a Salesman." Octavo. xv 304pp. A near fine copy with lightly bumped corners in very good dust jacket with moderately rubbed front panel spine is faded as usual due to color of printing on spine. Contains the first book appearance of "On the Sidewalk after Reading at Long Last 'On the Road' by Jack Kerouac" by John Updike Roberts B4; this piece was also printed in 1960 in Parodies. An Anthology from Chaucer to Beerbohm-And After. Compiled. by Dwight MacDonald. Additional contributions by John Steinbeck E.B. White Edmund Wilson James Thurber and more. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover books
1956rif. 501732Paris: Rene Julliard 1956. Softcover. Near Fine. First trade edition with no equivalent American edition. Translated by Jean-Francois Rozan. Octavo. 160pp. Yellow pictorial wrappers. Slightly spine cocked else near fine. Rene Julliard unknown books
1956rif. 501731Paris: Rene Julliard 1956. Softcover. Very Good. First trade edition with no equivalent American edition. Translated by Jean-Francois Rozan. Octavo. 160pp. Yellow pictorial wrappers. Small light smudge on front wrap else a very good or better copy. Rene Julliard unknown books
1960rif. 342785Chicago: Esquire Inc 1960. Softcover. Near Fine. Magazine. 12mo. 224pp. Perfect bound wrappers. Slightly rubbed else fine. Features a four-page correspondence between John Steinbeck and Adlai Stevenson titled "Our 'Rigged' Morality. Esquire Inc unknown books
1970rif. 315162Aptos California: Roxburghe & Zamorano Club 1970. Softcover. Fine. First edition. An Introduction by James D. Hart. Quarto. Facsimile frontispiece. Original buff wrappers. Paper flaw on front wrap looks a little wrinkled else fine. One of 150 copies printed at the Grace Hoper Press. Goldstone & Payne A45a. (Roxburghe & Zamorano Club) unknown books
1942rif. 2511130001The Viking Press 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. First Edition First Issue. "First Published in March 1942" on the copyright page. Large period between talk and this on p.112. Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. 188 p. 19 cm. "The Moon is Down is a novel by John Steinbeck set during an unnamed war reflecting themes of occupation resistance and the human spirit. The story unfolds in a small town that has been invaded with minimal casualties led by Colonel Lanser who aims to exploit the town's coal resources. The local mayor Orden grapples with the reality of the occupation and the potential responses of the townspeople who are initially uncertain about cooperating with their occupiers. As tensions rise the narrative explores the consequences of resistance including a trial and the execution of a local miner Alexander Morden which serves to galvanize the community against the invaders. The Viking Press hardcover
rif. 65707Verlag von Julius Springer Berlin 1895 In-8 24 cm 268pp. illustr. figures planches depliantes et echantillons de soie teintee sur 10 planches cart. in-fine reliure pleine toile de l'editeur bon etat Ats3 unknown
1947rif. 34553New York: The Viking Press 1947. First Edition. 8vo publisher's original orange-red cloth lettered in gilt with a blindstamped bus on the upper cover. 312. A very nice copy with only minor evidence of age the jacket with just a touch of rubbing at the extremities. FIRST EDITION. Steinbeck's fiction combines realism and romance but not always harmoniously. This novel presents a microcosm of frustrations in contemporary America through the stresses on a group of people stranded on a bus in rural California. The Viking Press hardcover
rif. FORT884011The Viking Press. Used - Acceptable. Book Club Edition in Good mylar-wrapped dust jacket. The Viking Press unknown
