Steinbeck, JohnABAA
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1937réf. 24508New York: Covici-Friede 1937. First edition second printing. Hardcover. Orig. tan cloth backstrip and front cover decorated and lettered. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 186. 19 x 12.5 cm. A riveting tale of friendship dreams and the struggles faced by people during the Great Depression. Their journey underscores the challenges of the era and explores themes of loyalty ambition and the human yearning for a place to call home. This work was one of the most commonly censored and prohibited books because of the references to racism and offensive language. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A7b. Covici-Friede hardcover books
1984réf. 66616Covelo CA: Yolla Bolly Press 1984. Paperback. Near Fine. Karin Wikström. 14pp. Slim quarto 31.5cm. Beige printed wraps. Mild soiling particularly to rear wrap. In 1984 the Yolla Bolly Press published a limited edition of John Steinbeck's powerful short story "Flight" and Wallace Stegner's afterword complete with six color woodcuts by Karin Wilkström. This abridged presentation edition has isolated the afterword and features one color woodcut. Yolla Bolly Press paperback books
1929réf. 1244328New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1929. First edition. Octavo. Hardcover in original yellow cloth; no dust jacket. Author's first book one of only 1537 printed. Boards soiled; rubbed at extremities; spine sunned; foxing to endpapers; foxing and water damage to first few pages of text; piece missing from page one not affecting text. Scattered foxing throughout. Good copy only. KT Consignment. Shelved in Case 13. 1244328. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Robert M. McBride & Company unknown books
1947réf. 002560Praha Prague: Jaroslav Podrouzek 1947. First Edition. Very good. First edition 1 of 5000 copies; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. 2; 5-225 5; plain brown wraps; pictorial DJ; light wear to tips of spine and corners; signatures loose as issued tucked into each other; hinges a bit weak; very good condition. Jacket design and typography by B. Forman; small nicks to edges; in good to very good condition. First Czech edition of Steinbeck's arguably first commercial and critical success it was released 2 years after the original edition was published in the United States. OCLC lists 3 copies at institutions; none other in the American trade as of December 2019. Jaroslav Podrouzek paperback books
1951réf. 602948New York: A.I.G.A. 1951. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 58pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Rubbing at the edges very good. 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
1966réf. 198409New York: Bantam Books Inc / Bantam Pathfinder Editions 1966. Softcover. Good. Later printing. Mass market paperback. Pages and wrappers age-toned chip on bottom corner on page 61 not affecting text small sticker on rear wrapper good only. Bantam Books Inc / Bantam Pathfinder Editions unknown books
1947réf. 249591New York: Viking 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Book club. Very good Hardcover in Good Dustwrapper Book Club cloth shows rubbing with light soiling former owners name on end paper light browning of page edges dust jacket browned with closed tears in bottom of front cover taped from inside a few tears and chips on edges. Viking hardcover books
1942réf. 160583New York: Viking 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. About Very good in good dust jacket. A later state. Book covers are faded slightly soiled. Dustwrapper has rubs/chips/tears along edges. Viking hardcover books
1995réf. 268228New York: Book of the Month Club 1995. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good plus hardcover with similar dust jacket. Book club edition. Pages cover and dust jacket are clean. Book of the Month Club hardcover books
1947réf. 1331124New York: The Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. Octavo; G/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine brown illustrated yellow and grey print; DJ in mylar small tears at spine ends and flap corners wear to hinges and edges small blemishes on rear small label on spine; Boards in brown cloth with gold print mild wear to corners and spine caps else clean and strong; Text block has lightly shaken binding mild age-toning to paper clean text; 312 pages. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column R ND-R. 1331124. FP New Rockville Stock. The Viking Press hardcover books
2002réf. 709877NY: Ballantine Books. 2002. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Ballantine Books paperback books
1932réf. 1278639New York: Brewer Warren & Putnam 1932. First Edition First Issue. 8vo. 294pp.; G-/no DJ; bound in green cloth spine has faded lettering 'MAY / C.O.' written in white paint on tail of spine covering publishers information; lacking dust jacket; Ex Library bookplate for The May Company on front pastedown cancelled stamp on front pastedown; rear panel on the dust jacket has been pasted onto the ffep; title page and spine both state publisher as 'Brewer Warren & Putnam'; bumping and wear to boards; spine cocked; rear endpaper ripped out small sticker reading 'TheMayCo' on rear pastedown; water stain to upper fore corner of pages 273-end does not impact text; The first edition first issue of The Pastures of Heaven G&P A2a was published in 1932 by Brewer Warren & Putnam. Although the firm printed 2500 sets of sheets only 1650 copies were bound and 650 copies were sold.; KT consignment; shelved Case 13. 1278639. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Brewer, Warren & Putnam unknown books
1961réf. 23956New York: Viking Press 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth with beveled edges lettered in gilt. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 311 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition one of 500 copies bound for the friends of the author and the publishers. Original acetate dust wrappers which bears "Limited Edition" in red. Latter is chipped at bottom with slight loss. This title is often regarded as one of his most powerful works and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. The story follows Ethan Allen Hawley a former member of a wealthy family who is now struggling financially and morally. He begins to consider dishonest actions to restore his wealth and status but ultimately faces a crisis of conscience. The novel explores themes of morality corruption and the American Dream. Interior crisp and clean almost as new. Viking Press hardcover books
1939réf. 22546New York: Viking Press 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated beige cloth. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. 619 pages. 21 x14 cm. With dust wrapper noting "First Edition" and noting the $2.75 price at publication. Dust wrapper designed by Elmer Hader. Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Perhaps the most influential and best remembered book to come out of the Great Depression. Goldstone and Payne A12a. Decorated endpapers a musical score of the "Battle Hymn of The Republic." Nicks to backstrip head of dust wrapper with slight loss front cover of dust wrapper at lower foot slightly rubbed interior contents fresh and clean. Viking Press hardcover books
1937réf. 21167New York: Covici Friede 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pictorial cream cloth. Near fine in original publisher's slipcase. 81 pages. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. Limited edition copy 343 of 699 signed by John Steinbeck set in monotype Italian Oldstyle printed on hand-made La Garde paper and printed by the Pynson Printers under the supervision of Elmer Adler. Steinbeck's novella in which the first three chapters were published in magazines 1933-1936 -- stories of a boy's life on a California ranch. Small bump front cover lower corner. Covici Friede hardcover books
1971réf. 326551New York: Belwin-Mills Pub 1971. iv 35p. 7x10.5 inches cast of characters instrumentation libretto covers toned good libretto in stapled tan wraps. SB 891. Based upon Steinbeck's novel and play. First performed by the Seattle Opera Association January 22 1970. Belwin-Mills Pub unknown books
1987réf. 292152Muncie: Ball State University Dept. of English 1987. Magazine. pp67-126 5.5x8.5 inches essays critiques reviews news in brief ads awards very good literary journs a booklet in stapled yellow wraps. Essays from many Japanese professors as well as professors from Indiana and the UK. Ball State University Dept. of English unknown books
1971réf. 292841New York: Belwin-Mills Pub 1971. Pamphlet. iv 35p. 7x10.5 inches production history characters instrumentation very good libretto in stapled glossy pictorial wraps. Belwin-Mills Pub unknown books
1943réf. 249514Firenze: Valentino Bompiani 1943. Paperback. 239p. wartime printing the Milano issue a year earlier softbound in 8x4.5 decorated wraps and a color-decorated dust jacket. Not a bad copy but quite acidic and toned with outermost leaves fragile find tiny marginal tears to early and terminal pages. Cover of book itself is also very toned and a tad fragile. The dj was printed on better paperstock there's a little foxing along joint-folds serious top-edge wear with small chips to the head recto dust-soil but colors are fast and no damage to flap-texts. All things considered like WW Two a good copy. One wonders did Vittorini do the translation while in prison he'd published an anti-fascist novel in 1941 that put him behind bars. Valentino Bompiani paperback books
1941réf. 2685New York: Viking Press 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illustrated by 136 photographs from the film by Herbert Kline. Much nicer than usual copy of a relatively common book very prone to wear. Front panel of dust jacket is very bright. Rear panel of DJ with light toning spine ends of jacket rubbed. Viking Press hardcover books
1943réf. 56973Garden City: Sun Dial Press 1943. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Previous owner's ink name on front pastedown prelims darkened else a very good hardback in a rubbed and lightly edgeworn jacket that has a small chip to the top fo the spine at the front joint and a dampstain along the top of the rear flap. Illustrated with three stills from the film. Sun Dial Press hardcover books
1954réf. 09665New York: The Viking Press 1954. First Edition. Fine/Very Good. first issue with red lines on title page and top edges stained red. Publisher's tan cloth very good first issue pictorial dust jacket with no blurbs on rear panel under Steinbeck's portrait price clipped and with very light wear at spine ends. Internally clean and bright with no markings of any kind. The Viking Press hardcover books
1954réf. 78212New York: Viking Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition bound in tan cloth with red and blue stamping on the upper cover and spine this 1st printing in a nice dust jacket with light toning and light edge-wear. The covers show light bumping to the corners. The binding is solid and contents are bright and clean. . Viking Press hardcover books
1965réf. 51736NY:: Viking Press Compass Books . Near Fine. 1965. Paperback. C134 in the Compass Books series. Cover design by Arthur Hawkins. Third printing thus paperback. Near fine in illustrated wraps. An attractive well preserved copy. . Viking Press (Compass Books) , paperback books
1968réf. 40792NY:: Viking. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. Fourth printing of the Viking Compass edition. Remainder star on front paste-down else very good in a good chipped around the crown of the spine several long edge tears - tape repaired on the verso dust jacket. . Viking, hardcover books
