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1982Best.-Nr. 546057United States: MGM / United Artists 1982. Unbound. Fine. Poster. Measuring approximately 14" x 36". Gently rolled a couple faint creases at the edge else about fine. Advertising poster for the 1982 American film directed by David S. Ward in his directorial debut starring Nick Nolte and Debra Winger. Adapted from John Steinbeck's novels Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday. MGM / United Artists unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 546013United States: Twentieth Century Fox 1957. Unbound. Very Good. Poster. Measuring approximately 30" x 41". Gently rolled with an old fold crease faint creases with short tears at the edges small dampstains on top half writing and tape remnants on verso very good. Advertising poster for the 1957 American film directed by Victor Vicas and starring Joan Collins Jayne Mansfield Dan Dailey and Rick Jason. Based on Steinbeck's novel of the same name. Twentieth Century Fox unknown books
1941Best.-Nr. 431601New York: The Viking Press 1941. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. Original natural linen with green pictorial stamping on front board and letters on spine. Illustrated with 136 black and white photographs from the film. A trifle cocked else fine in very slightly age-toned and rubbed dustwrapper with the lettering a little out of register. A nicer than usual copy. The Viking Press hardcover books
1939Best.-Nr. 149654Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd. 1939. First Canadian edition with "First Edition" on front flap and "First published in April 1939" on copyright page. Identical to the American Viking first edition except for the publisher. . Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 619 p. 21 cm. Publisher's beige cloth with brown impressing. In mylar-covered dustjacket illustrated by Elmer Hader. Top edge yellow. Music and lyrics for The Battle Hymn of the Republic on endpapers. Small tear to top of front panel. Faint mark on spine cloth. A bit of staining to gutters on endpapers. Some very light marks to text block edges. The story of the trials and tribulations of the Joad family forced to migrate from the Depression-era "dust bowl" of Oklahoma to California looking for work. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1940 and is considered one of the greatest American novels. The Battle Hymn of the Republic is appropriate for the endpapers since the phrase "the grapes of wrath" is part of the lyrics. John Steinbeck was so impressed by the work of illustrator Elmer Hader 1889-1973 that he requested Hader to create the cover. Hader eventually did covers for two other Steinbeck works East of Eden 1952 and The Winter of Our Discontent 1961. Goldstone & Payne A12a. HBS 68515. The Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0553079697.Gmass_market. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1989Best.-Nr. D11-304yz5Москва издательство "Правда 1989-01-01. hardcover. New. 0x0x0. Москва, издаÑ& hardcover
1984Best.-Nr. 14Fifth impression reprinted 1984. Padded blue leather cover with gold lettering. Gold edging on pages. Some aging around edges and a smudge on the copyright page. An apparently unread copy in very good condition. Would be beautiful on a bookshelf. Octopus/Heinemann
1941Best.-Nr. 110356Sun Dial Press 1941. Hardcover. Very good/Good. This is the second iteration of a Sun Dial edition. The original version was published in 1939 as a "De Luxe Library Edition." It has plain covers and gold embossing on the spine. This 1941 edition mimics the original 1937 Viking edition but with brown covers instead of beige. It also has a mistake on the copyright page stating that it was 1939 by John Steinbeck not 1937. 1939 was the initial Sun Dial edition. Brown boards edgeworn. Dust jacket worn with portion missing from the top third of the spine. Sun Dial Press hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 3862New York: Covici Friede 1937. First Book Club Edition. First Book Club Edition with Haddon Craftsmen listed as the printers on the copyright page. This book measures approximately 7.5" x 4.75" with 186 numbered pages. Comes with a brand new facsimile reproduction dust jacket for protection and display. This book is in good condition. Minor to no bumping on head and tail ends of spine. Moderate staining and water damage to front board. Moderate staining to rear board on upper left corner. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown. Light foxing to front and rear pastedowns and endpages. "Of Mice and Men" written by John Steinbeck narrates the experiences of two displaced migrant ranch workers who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression. 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 #M3-19. Covici Friede unknown
1936Best.-Nr. 1476183138419Second edition Covici Friede 1936. The author's first book which was originally published in 1929 and sold 1533 copies in its initial print run. Some fading to spine lettering; a little faint marking to boards; bottom corners very slightly bumped; some compression to spine ends; faint soiling to paste-downs. No dust jacket. Very good overall. Covici Friede hardcover
Best.-Nr. 9416NY. Good in Fair dust jacket; Cloth; Grosset & Dunlap; 1935. Steinbeck John. Tortilla Flat. NY: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers 316 pages reprint. Illustrated dust wrapper missing spine and rear panel of wrapper. Red cloth boards with black titles to the spine. Good moderate wear to spine and board edges. Front free endpaper has been torn. Previous owner name Benchley Peter inside front free endpaper. Includes several full page black and white illustrations by Ruth Gannett. Association Copy - Peter Benchley; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . hardcover
1936Best.-Nr. 291805New York.: Blue Ribbon Books. 1936. 1936 reprint edition. Orange cloth gilt spine title top edge stained orange. Very good slightly cocked bump to top edge of cover ink name to ffep. 20.5x14x3.5 cm. An early reprint of Steinbeck’s powerful novel based a strike by agricultural laborers in a California valley. weight: 1.3 lb. Blue Ribbon Books. hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. 0817427London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1935. F First U. K. Edition. H Hardcover. Very Good-. In blue cloth with gilt spine titling 8vo 213pp. Minor light fading and shelfwear to spine and extremities hints of foxing to edges. William Heinemann Ltd. hardcover
1954Best.-Nr. 0818127Paris: Del Duca 1954. First French Edition. Paperback. Very good-/Very good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In red jacket with black and white titling over ivory wraps with black titling and yellow upper cover border 8vo 748pp. Signed and Inscribed By Author on blank preliminary page in blue ink: "For Jim A. Afrassemoff - With Pleasure - John Steinbeck". A wonderful presentation copy of Bonnardot's french translation of Steinbeck's classic East of Eden which became the basis of the 1955 Warner Bros. film directed by Elia Kazan and starring James Dean Raymond Massey and Jo Van Fleet. light shelfwear and rubbing to outer extremities page edges and margins uniformly toned from age light creasing to inner hinges. Del Duca paperback
1947Best.-Nr. 0816974New York: Viking. 1947. F First Edition. H Hardcover. Very Good. In brown and blue jacket over brown cloth 8vo. 4 122 1 pages. First book edition of the short novel originally published in The Woman's Home Companion December 1945 under title "The Pearl of the World". Notable for the full-page reproductions of Orozco's drawings. Goldstone & Payne A25a. First state jacket with photo of Steinbeck facing toward spine left. shelfwear rubbing nicking and creasing to jacket extremities tips and corners jacket clipped upper jacket tip with 1 1/2 inch loss Viking hardcover
Best.-Nr. FORT922705The Viking Press. Used - Acceptable. First Edition First Printing First State with "bite' on page 281 line 38 which was corrected in the second state. In Fair mylar wrapped dust jacket with original price of $4.50 not price clipped. Photo of Steinbeck on rear of jacket with facsimile signature below and no photographer credit. Light green cloth covered boards with dark text on front and spine; Red rectangle to spine. "First published by The Viking Press in September 1952' on copyright page with no later printings mentioned. The Viking Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. FORT922703The Viking Press. Used - Good. First Edition First Printing. In Fair condition dust jacket not price clipped with price of $3.50. Pale green-yellow cloth covered boards with red text and blue birds. Top edge of textblock is tinted reddish. With red lines on title page. The Viking Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. FORT922704The Viking Press. Used - Good. First Edition First Printing. "First published in 1961 by The Viking Press Inc." on copyright page with no subsequent printings listed. In good condition dust jacket with original price of $4.50 not price clipped. Blue cloth covered boards with silver lettering and black rectangle to spine. Top edge of textblock is tinted light blue. The Viking Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. FORT922692The Viking Press. Used - Acceptable. First Edition Third Printing Stated. In Fair mylar-wrapped dust jacket price clipped. The Viking Press unknown
Best.-Nr. FORT157080The Viking Press. Used - Very Good. First Edition First Printing. In Good condition dust jacket not price clipped with price of $3.50. Pale green-yellow cloth covered boards with red text and blue birds. Top edge of textblock is tinted reddish. With red lines on title page. The Viking Press hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. 2512170009Viking 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Twelfth Printing March 1940. Hardcover and dust jacket. Small tears to jacket edge. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Pages unmarked. 619 p. 21 cm. "The Grapes of Wrath the best-known novel by John Steinbeck was published in 1939. It evokes the harshness of the Great Depression and arouses sympathy for the struggles of migrant farmworkers. The book came to be regarded as an American classic. The narrative which traces the migration of an Oklahoma Dust Bowl family to California and their subsequent hardships is interspersed with prose-poem interludes that explain the wider circumstances of the world with which the protagonists contend. Viking hardcover
1962Best.-Nr. 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
1937Best.-Nr. 6746New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. First Edition First Printing. First edition first printing with "hands were pendula" on page 9 and the dot present between the 8s of page 88 8.8. Book measures approximately 5" x 7.5" with 186 numbered pages. Signed by John Steinbeck on a card which has been professionally affixed to the front endpaper. 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. Custom made quarter leather slipcase and folding chemise. This book is in very good condition. Moderate surface wear to the original cloth boards. Interior pages are clean and well preserved. Original first issue dust jacket with the $2.00 price present on the front flap. The jacket is in fair condition. Heavy chipping and paper loss to the spine. Heavy sunning to the spine. Custom made quarter leather slipcase and folding chemise. "Of Mice and Men" narrates the experiences of two displaced migrant ranch workers who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression. 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 #O11-12. Covici Friede Publishers unknown
1939Best.-Nr. 6472New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition First Printing. First edition first printing with "FIRST PUBLISHED IN APRIL 1939" with no additional printings 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 8.25" x 5.5" with 619 numbered pages. Comes with a brand new facsimile reproduction dust jacket for protection and display. This book is in very good condition. Minor surface wear to the cloth boards. Minor staining to the edges of the textblock. Old bookstore sticker on the bottom of the front pastedown. Interior pages are clean. Set during the Great Depression the novel focuses on the Joads a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought economic hardship agricultural industry changes and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work. 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 #O8-69. The Viking Press unknown
1975Best.-Nr. GD013294BC1S4The Viking Press 1975. The Viking Press 1975 First Edition 8vo. 906 pages. Includes an enclosed letter from Elaine Steinbeck with her name printed at top to Larry & Rose Hughes signed Elaine. Also on first title page an inscription to Rose and Larry and signed Elaine Steinbeck 1976. This book is part of a larger collection of books all signed by the authors and inscribed to Larry Hughes and in this case to his wife. Although this author just uses Larry Hughes first name. Larry Hughes was Chairman of the Board of the Hearst Trade Group and also President & CEO of William Morrow a very influential figure in book publishing. Book and jacket in very good condition. Inscription reads; "For Rose and Larry with great affection.". Signed by Editior. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. The Viking Press Hardcover
