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1940Best.-Nr. 5824San Francisco Calif: Lane Publishing Co.; Published by Sunset Magazine in Cooperation with Hotel Del Monte 1940. Large octavo 62 pages. Index. Illustrated; printed throughout in black and pale brown. Second Edition originally published under the slightly different title Famous Recipes of Famous People and issued by the Hotel del Monte without Sunset Magazine in 1936. A compilation of celebrity recipes with the recipes attributed to the famous including: Gertrude Stein John Steinbeck Walt Disney J. Edgar Hoover Rube Goldberg and many others. Also includes a section of recipes of well-known chefs of the day with a bias toward California Hotels and the west in general as well as a short section of recipes from the Hotel Del Monte. The playful illustrations by Sinclair Ross alternately reference Hollywood and the frontier West. Endpapers reproduce the autographs of many of the celebrities featured in the book. Publisher's gilt-decorated cream-colored boards near fine. In clean and bright yellow dust jacket printed in blue and orange but with several good-sized chips to the front and rear panels. Dust jacket is good only. Lane Publishing Co.; Published by Sunset Magazine in Cooperation with Hotel Del Monte hardcover books
1938Best.-Nr. 5250Viking 1938. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. A First Edition of this Steinbeck classic in the original dustjacket. With "first published in September 1938" on the copyright page. The book is square and solid with an attractive red topstain on the top edges bound in cream buckram with burn orange cloth covers. With 303 pages the book shows overall darkening on the covers edges and endpapers but the interior is quite clean. The endpapers show the aging of the glue used during publication and a previous owner's name. The dustjacket is complete with the original price $2.50 and a small sales sticker with the same price from the D.W. Robinson Co. in Los Angeles. Overall the dustjacket shows wear and darkening with a split between the spine and back panel held together with what a previous owner claims is acid-free tape. We have added an archival plastic dustjacket which protects the integrity of the fragile but original dustjacket. Overall an important book in the original cloth that shows its age and poor quality of publishing materials but still a special copy. Only 8000 copies of this book were printed. Even from the start of his writing career Steinbeck viewed the Salinas Valley not just as a setting but as a central character in his works. In a 1933 letter to George Albee Steinbeck wrote:“I think that I would like to write the story of this whole valley of all the little towns and all the farms and the ranches in the wilder hills. I can see how I would like to do it so that it would be the valley of the world” Letters p. 73. Steinbeck’s deep attachment to the Monterey County landscape informed the symbolic setting in all the short stories collected in “The Long Valley” 1938. Published between “Of Mice and Men” 1937 and “The Grapes of Wrath” 1939 the collected stories in “The Long Valley” help trace Steinbeck’s developing themes that later became the backdrop for “The Grapes of Wrath” the novel which ultimately won him universal acclaim and transformed Salinas Valley into “Steinbeck Country.” Given their thematic kinship we’ve found that it’s not uncommon for collectors to pair first editions of “The Grapes of Wrath” and “The Long Valley” considering them companion pieces in their libraries. Steinbeck’s letters about his spiritual connection to this region are worth reading. In another 1933 letter this time to his publisher Steinbeck underscores his almost spiritual connection to the region: “My country is different from the rest of the world. It seems to be one of those pregnant places from which come wonders… I was born into it and my father was. Our bodies came from this soil… our bones came from the limestone of our own mountains and our blood is distilled from the juices of this earth. I tell you now that my country a hundred miles long and about fifty wide is unique in the world.” Steinbeck’s reverence for this landscape continues today through the work of the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas which holds regular community events and exhibitions exploring the terrain that shaped his literary imagination. Steinbeck’s letters about the landscape of his childhood are accessible through the Center for Steinbeck Studies which also supports literary scholarship and hosts the International Steinbeck Conference. The Center’s 2026 call for literary and scholarly papers titled Steinbeck in Times of Crisis continues to explore the relevance of his environmental and social vision. Steinbeck’s attention to character depth can be traced back to his formative studies at Stanford where he studied short fiction under Edith Mirrielees. Viking unknown
Best.-Nr. 0613709225.Glibrary. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1940Best.-Nr. 5824San Francisco Calif: Lane Publishing Co.; Published by Sunset Magazine in Cooperation with Hotel Del Monte 1940. Large octavo 62 pages. Index. Illustrated; printed throughout in black and pale brown. Second Edition originally published under the slightly different title Famous Recipes of Famous People and issued by the Hotel del Monte without Sunset Magazine in 1936. A compilation of celebrity recipes with the recipes attributed to the famous including: Gertrude Stein John Steinbeck Walt Disney J. Edgar Hoover Rube Goldberg and many others. Also includes a section of recipes of well-known chefs of the day with a bias toward California Hotels and the west in general as well as a short section of recipes from the Hotel Del Monte. The playful illustrations by Sinclair Ross alternately reference Hollywood and the frontier West. Endpapers reproduce the autographs of many of the celebrities featured in the book. Publisher's gilt-decorated cream-colored boards near fine. In clean and bright yellow dust jacket printed in blue and orange but with several good-sized chips to the front and rear panels. Dust jacket is good only. Lane Publishing Co.; Published by Sunset Magazine in Cooperation with Hotel Del Monte hardcover
1936Best.-Nr. 8001503NY: Covici-Friede 1936. Endpapers have been professionally restored and book tightened. The dustwrapper shows one removal of sticker on spine that left a 1" X 1/2" area where it affected the man's jacket but no text. This is the 1936 issue of Steinbeck's first book printed with remainder sheets of the 1929 first edition and with new front material. This copy in blue cloth and the dustwrapper states that Steinbeck is the author of "Of Mice and Men". An acceptable copy priced accordingly. . Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good /Very Good . Covici-Friede Hardcover
1936Best.-Nr. 010340NY: Covici-Friede 1936. Books has been rebound in full brown leather with raised bands stamped in gold. Endpapers have been professionally restored. Top edge stained dark blue. This is the 1936 issue of Steinbeck's first book printed with remainder sheets of the 1929 first edition and with new front material. A rebound copy priced right. Ref.: Harmon 10.c.; GP-A1c. . Second Printing. Full Leather. Very Good /No Jacket. Covici-Friede Hardcover
1961Best.-Nr. 3058Budapest: Europa 1961. Early Hungarian editon. In original cloth. Very good condition. Early Hungarian editon. In original cloth. 550 p. Signed. Europa unknown
1940Best.-Nr. 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
1947Best.-Nr. 1387Budapest: Uj Idök Irodalmi Intézet Rt. Singer és Wolfner kiadása 1947. Second Hungarian edition. In publisher’s half cloth with illustrated front panel. With the illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket slightly chipped small tears at foldings restored at head of the spine otherwise in very good condition. Pages yellowed due to acidic paper apart from that the book is fine condition. With 18 full page illustrations by Lajos Szalay. With 18 full page illustrations by Lajos Szalay. Second Hungarian edition. In publisher’s half cloth with illustrated front panel. With the illustrated dust jacket. 213 3 p. Illustrated Hungarian edition of John Steinbeck’s 1937 novella Of Mice and Man with the scarce illustrated dust jacket. Uj Idök Irodalmi Intézet Rt. (Singer és Wolfner) kiadása unknown
1946Best.-Nr. 1396Budapest: Uj idök Irodalmi Intézet Rt. Singer és Wolfner kiadása 1946. First Hungarian edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Cover slightly chipped dusted. Pages yellowed due to the acidic paper. Otherwise in very good condition. First Hungarian edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 164 p. First Hungarian edition of John Steinbeck’s 1935 early novel Tortilla Flat. Uj idök Irodalmi Intézet Rt. (Singer és Wolfner) kiadása unknown
1957Best.-Nr. 1356Warsawa: Czytelnik 1957. First Polish edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers with the illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket very slightly chipped and tanned on the spine due to acidic paper. Minor damage to the spine at the head. Overall in fine condition. Cover design and text illustrations by Jan Mlodozeniec. Cover design and text illustrations by Jan Mlodozeniec. First Polish edition. In publisher’s printed wrappers with the illustrated dust jacket. 267 1 p. First Polish edition of John Steinbeck’s 1902–1968 early novel Tortilla Flat. The book includes several full page and half page text illustrations by the Polish graphic designer Jan Mlodozenie 1929–2000 one of the most prominent members of the Polish School of Posters whose works are held in the collection of such museums as the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Czytelnik unknown
1942Best.-Nr. 003319NY: Viking 1942. Previous owner's tiny name at top of ffep. Housed in a VG dust jacket that shows typical edgewear and a tiny chip to rear panel. Darkening to endsheets. Otherwise bright. This is the uncommon true first state with the period between "Talk and This" on p. 112. Overall a nice copy of a book that is becoming exceedingly hard to find in this "first state". . First Edition / First Issue. Hard Cover. Very Good /Very Good . Viking Hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 031962NY: THE VIKING PRESS. 2ND STATE DJ NO AUTHOR'S PHOTO CLOSED TEAR TO THE UNCLIPPED DJ 4.50. CLEAN COPY. . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1952. THE VIKING PRESS hardcover
1996Best.-Nr. 597838New York: The Library of America 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Notes by Robert DeMott. Special consultant for this volume Elaine A. Steinbeck. Octavo. 1067pp. Tan cloth. Corners lightly bumped else fine in fine dust jacket. The Library of America hardcover books
1976Best.-Nr. 574555Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company 1976. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Compiled by the editors of Esquire. Slim tall octavo. Printed blue wrappers. Wraps and spine toned glue residue on front cover about very good. Contributions by: Art Buchwald Max Apple Russell Baker Harry Crews Julia Child Joan Didion Nora Ephron Grace Paley Walker Percy John Steinbeck Gore Vidal Andy Warhol Tom Wolfe and more. Doubleday & Company unknown books
1947Best.-Nr. 321506Viking Press 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. As sated on the cr page 'Published by The Viking Press in February 1947' with no additional printings cited. 8vo in burnt orange cloth titles in gilt. Binding tight and square very modest rubbing gilt faded. The dustjacket is price-clipped small stain on the front panel beneath the title shallow chipping at the spine ends very short closed tears at the top of the front panel small chip in the 'S' in Steinbeck on the spine. Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. BOOKS007894312 pages. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5 3/4" issued in reddish-orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover and embossed pictorial to cover. Goldstone & Payne: A23a First edition. This is about a group of strangers who are stranded on a bus. In the beginning of the book Steinbeck's writing is so clear so realistic you would swear you were inside the bus stop's coffee shop. Unfortunately the reader can become lost in the last part of the book when Steinbeck's writing becomes too allegorical. Although critically it is an undervalued book Viking printed 100000 copies of The Wayward Bus. Firsts:17:1 Condition: Light shelf wear. Jacket restored some light stains to back wrapper else a very good copy in a very good to fine jacket. Viking Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. JD30875NY Robert M. McBride 1929 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book first issue with top edge stained and with the final black leaf present with the rare colorful pirate dust jacket illustrated by Mahlon Blaine one of only 1537 copies published when Steinbeck was 27 years old and just two weeks before the 1929 stock market crash a historical novel about the pirate Henry Morgan rendered in a purple prose manner quite unlike his realistic descriptive storytelling that followed Goldstone & Payne A1a Morrow 1. Very good book in a jacket with the usual spine color fade with chipping to top and bottom of spine jacket with internal tape reinforcement. NY, Robert M. McBride, 1929, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. JD30882NY Covici Friede 1936 first edition. With publisher's black paper-covered slipcase with orange spine label this is No. 23 of just 99 copies Signed by Steinbeck this is also the best strike novel of the 20th Century Steinbeck's best friend and philosophical mentor Ed Ricketts makes his first of many appearances in a Steinbeck novel he appears as Doc Burton Steinbeck would use Ricketts and their shared philosophy in many other novels this was also Steinbeck's first foray into agricultural politics through his literature which ultimately led to his writing The Grapes of Wrath the use of another character in In Dubious Battle a communist would lead to the untrue allegation that Steinbeck was a communist that allegation would have negative effects on Steinbeck's life from then to the end of his life in 1968 Goldstone & Payne A5a Morrow 43. Bookplate else as fine as the day this book was made in a as usual very good original slipcase. NY, Covici Friede, 1936, first edition. unknown books
Best.-Nr. JD30040NY Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn 1947 first edition wrappers. Softcover. First and only edition No. 7 of only 60 copies printed by Ward Ritchie with its original white paper envelope which is also No. 7 the first 10 copies went to Steinbeck with the remainder going to the Cohns House of Books for Christmas gift presentation this elusive "A" item is a letter from Steinbeck to Arnold Gingrich editor of "Esquire" thanking him for sending a watch as a gift the letter is full of Steinbeck's typical humor noting that he had expected a watch when he graduated from high school but none was forthcoming and since he didn't actually graduate from Stanford University he likewise hadn't received a watch as a gift Goldstone & Payne A26a Morrow 199 and 200. Fine. NY, Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn, 1947, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback books
Best.-Nr. JD35566n.p. J. Wilson McKenney 1959 first edition. A broadside that excerpts an article on teachers originally written for and published by the "CTA Journal" in November 1955 this is one of the great Steinbeck rarities so rare that it is virtually unknown it is one of only 12 copies hand-set and printed by McKenney so stated McKenney was the printer for the "CTA California Teachers Association Journal" as well as the magazine's editor he had also been a book publisher via his Wilmac Press he was able to gain approval of his printing this broadside only after agreement between himself Steinbeck and his agents that the print-run would be small enough so as to be not commercially viable the broadside measures c.10X14 inches the text is about the three teachers who were most important in Steinbeck's life he specifically mentions Ed Ricketts by number this would be the second rarest Steinbeck collectible it is so rare that no Steinbeck collection public or private is known to have a copy not recorded by Goldstone & Payne Morrow or Holmes THIS WAS THE PRINTER'S OWN PERSONAL COPY the verso is inscribed by his widow thusly "My husband was J. Wilson McKenney. One of his greatest accomplishments was this Steinbeck broadside. This was his own personal copy which I now inscribe to Jim Dourgarian and his daughter Tracy. Mariam McKenney. 6/6/89" now housed in a wood and glass frame this is one of those items that can actually be called rare. Aged but framed to visually eliminate that age presents as fine. n.p., J. Wilson McKenney, 1959, first edition. unknown
Best.-Nr. JD35529NY Brewer Warren & Putnam 1932 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. With a first issue dust jacket his second book Goldstone & Payne A2a Morrow 14 this first edition is one of only 1650 copies actually bound from a print-run of 2500 sets of sheets only a paltry 650 copies were actually sold this was his first book with what could be called the Steinbeck "sound" the book is comprised of inter-related stories set in a valley that came to represent Steinbeck Country in these stories something is not quite right with the inhabitants of this otherwise peaceful valley according to Harry Thornton Moore in his first critical study of Steinbeck's works The Pastures of Heaven "is the most popular of Steinbeck's three early books. It points the way to most of his subsequent writing" this example of a short story cycle may well be Steinbeck's finest work scarce when found with the correct dust jacket those jackets that are noted as 2 mm shorter than the book are second issue jackets. Very good copy in a restored jacket. NY, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover
Best.-Nr. JD30875NY Robert M. McBride 1929 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book first issue with top edge stained and with the final black leaf present with the rare colorful pirate dust jacket illustrated by Mahlon Blaine one of only 1537 copies published when Steinbeck was 27 years old and just two weeks before the 1929 stock market crash a historical novel about the pirate Henry Morgan rendered in a purple prose manner quite unlike his realistic descriptive storytelling that followed Goldstone & Payne A1a Morrow 1. Very good book in a jacket with the usual spine color fade with chipping to top and bottom of spine jacket with internal tape reinforcement. NY, Robert M. McBride, 1929, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover
Best.-Nr. JD30882NY Covici Friede 1936 first edition. With publisher's black paper-covered slipcase with orange spine label this is No. 23 of just 99 copies Signed by Steinbeck this is also the best strike novel of the 20th Century Steinbeck's best friend and philosophical mentor Ed Ricketts makes his first of many appearances in a Steinbeck novel he appears as Doc Burton Steinbeck would use Ricketts and their shared philosophy in many other novels this was also Steinbeck's first foray into agricultural politics through his literature which ultimately led to his writing The Grapes of Wrath the use of another character in In Dubious Battle a communist would lead to the untrue allegation that Steinbeck was a communist that allegation would have negative effects on Steinbeck's life from then to the end of his life in 1968 Goldstone & Payne A5a Morrow 43. Bookplate else as fine as the day this book was made in a as usual very good original slipcase. NY, Covici Friede, 1936, first edition. unknown
Best.-Nr. JD30040NY Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn 1947 first edition wrappers. Softcover. First and only edition No. 7 of only 60 copies printed by Ward Ritchie with its original white paper envelope which is also No. 7 the first 10 copies went to Steinbeck with the remainder going to the Cohns House of Books for Christmas gift presentation this elusive "A" item is a letter from Steinbeck to Arnold Gingrich editor of "Esquire" thanking him for sending a watch as a gift the letter is full of Steinbeck's typical humor noting that he had expected a watch when he graduated from high school but none was forthcoming and since he didn't actually graduate from Stanford University he likewise hadn't received a watch as a gift Goldstone & Payne A26a Morrow 199 and 200. Fine. NY, Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn, 1947, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
