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1961ref. 559059New York: The Viking Press 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine. First trade edition. The spine sunned with a lightly bumped foot near fine lacking the dust jacket. The Viking Press hardcover books
1936ref. 1370951New York: Covici Friede 1936. Second Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 269 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good plus dust jacket. Brown and blue pictorial spine with black text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has sunning to spine and light chipping to corners and spine edges. Price clipped. Boards have mild edgewear. Textblock has toning to endpapers and pastedowns gray mark on tail edge and wear to dye on head edge. Head edge of textblock dyed black. Correct dust jacket with no mention of publisher and "Author of 'Of Mice and Men'" on front cover. Shelved Case 13. 1370951. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Covici Friede hardcover books
1935ref. 1370959London: William Heinemann 1935. First UK Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 268 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in blue cloth with black text on sunned spine. Lacking issued dust jacket. Boards have sunning to spine bumping and rubbing to corners and bending to spine edges. Text block has owner inscription on front endpaper splitting to gutter of page 268 and slight pencil writing on rear pastedown. "First Published 1935" on copyright page. Shelved Case 13. 1370959. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. William Heinemann hardcover books
1961ref. 1370961New York: The Viking Press 1961. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 281 pages. In Very Good minus condition with poor dust jacket. Blue pictorial spine with black and white text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has front flap missing tearing to spine edges chipping to corners on rear cover and mild edgewear and shelf wear. Boards have mild edgewear. Text block has toning to endpapers and pastedowns foxing on some pages and previous owner's name on front endpaper. "First published by in 1961 by the Viking Press" on copyright page. Head edge of text block dyed blue. Shelved under Display Table #2. 1370961. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Viking Press hardcover books
1942ref. 2331311New York: The Viking Press 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x5x0. First edition second state printer stated on copyright page error on p. 112 corrected. Fore edge lightly foxed jacket price clipped jacket toned. 1942 Hard Cover. 188 pp. 8vo. Original blue cloth silver titles. A military novella clearly intended to mirror World War II and the occupation by the Nazis although in this story the occupying nation remains unnamed. It was written to encourage resistance among the oppressed. The Moon Is Down a novel by John Steinbeck fashioned for adaptation for the theatre and for which Steinbeck received the Norwegian King Haakon VII Freedom Cross was published by Viking Press in March 1942. The story tells of the military occupation of a small town in Northern Europe by the army of an unnamed nation at war with England and Russia much like the occupation of Norway by the Germans during World War II. A French language translation of the book was published illegally in Nazi-occupied France by Les Editions de Minuit a French Resistance publishing house. Furthermore numerous other editions were also secretly published across all of occupied Europe including Norwegian Danish Dutch and Italian versions as well as a Swedish version; it was the best known work of U.S. literature in the Soviet Union during the war. Although the text never names the occupying force as German references to 'The Leader' 'Memories of defeats in Belgium and France 20 years ago' clearly suggest it. Written with a purpose to motivate and enthuse the resistance movements in occupied countries the book has appeared in at least 92 editions across the world. The Viking Press hardcover books
1961ref. 6706New York: Viking 1961. First trade edition. Very Good. About fine protected in mylar. Viking unknown books
1950ref. 6705New York: Viking 1950. First edition. About fine in find dust jacket protected in mylar. Viking unknown books
1939ref. 2333020New York: The Viking Press 1939. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4th printing. Lacks jacket. Spine toned and faintly foxed portion of jacket flap adhered to front endpaper. 1939 Hard Cover. 303 pp. Fourteen short stories by the American writer best known for The Grapes of Wrath Of Mice and Men and Tortilla Flat. Includes: The Chrysanthemums; The White Quail; Flight; The Snake; Breakfast; The Raid; The Harness; The Vigilante; Johnny Bear; The Murder; St. Katy the Virgin; Red Pony: I. The Gift II. The Great Mountains III. The Promise; The Leader of the People. The Viking Press hardcover books
1942ref. 2333432New York: The Viking Press 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 7x5x0. First edition second state no period typo on p. 112 Haddon Craftsmen mentioned on copyright page. Very good in good jacket. Jacket rubbed and toned two tears on top rear jacket edge with crease between jacket price clipped. 1942 Hard Cover. 188 pp. 8vo. Original blue cloth silver titles. A military novella clearly intended to mirror World War II and the occupation by the Nazis although in this story the occupying nation remains unnamed. It was written to encourage resistance among the oppressed. The Moon Is Down a novel by John Steinbeck fashioned for adaptation for the theatre and for which Steinbeck received the Norwegian King Haakon VII Freedom Cross was published by Viking Press in March 1942. The story tells of the military occupation of a small town in Northern Europe by the army of an unnamed nation at war with England and Russia much like the occupation of Norway by the Germans during World War II. A French language translation of the book was published illegally in Nazi-occupied France by Les Editions de Minuit a French Resistance publishing house. Furthermore numerous other editions were also secretly published across all of occupied Europe including Norwegian Danish Dutch and Italian versions as well as a Swedish version; it was the best known work of U.S. literature in the Soviet Union during the war. Although the text never names the occupying force as German references to 'The Leader' 'Memories of defeats in Belgium and France 20 years ago' clearly suggest it. Written with a purpose to motivate and enthuse the resistance movements in occupied countries the book has appeared in at least 92 editions across the world. The Viking Press hardcover books
1950ref. 09522New York: The Viking Press 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. Bound in gray cloth stamped in red spine lettering red; a Near Fine copy in Very Good unclipped dust jacket. Fading bottom of spine of Dust Jacket. Offsetting lower edge of endpapers. 159 pp. The Viking Press unknown books
1954ref. 542733New York: Bantam Books 1954. Softcover. Near Fine. Later printing. Mass market paperback. Margins lightly toned else near fine. Bantam Books Number 1266. Bantam Books unknown books
1957ref. 13309London: Heinemann 1957. First English Edition First Issue. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First English edition of The Short Reign of Pippin IV A Fabrication by John Steinbeck. Small octavo vi 164pp 1. Blue cloth title in silver on spine. Stated "First published 1957" on copyright page. Slight lean to text block a near fine example. Previous ownership inscription in pencil on front free endpaper. In the publisher's first issue dust jacket 12s 6d price on front flap. Sunning to spine and edges of front panel a near fine example. Jacket design by Osbert Lancaster. Goldstone Payne A36b Issued in both blue and red cloth no priority established. The first edition of The Short Reign of Pippin IV was published by The Viking Press in New York in April of 1957. Heinemann unknown books
1942ref. 13302New York: The Viking Press 1942. First Edition Second Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition of The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck in first state dust jacket. Octavo 188pp. Blue cloth title stamped in silver on spine title stamped in blind on front cover. Lacking the "First Published" statement on copyright page signifying second printing. Top edge dyed blue. Solid text block dampstain to top edge of text block light wear to corners. In the publisher's first state dust jacket in very good condition $2.00 retail price on front flap light toning to spine and top edge closed tear along front edge of spine. With bright illustrations vibrant colors and untrimmed corners. Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Goldstone & Payne A16. An important work by John Steinbeck this novel tells the story of the military occupation of a Northern European town by an unknown militant government. A timely work first published in 1942 at the height of World War II. The Viking Press unknown books
1957ref. 2330379New York: The Viking Press 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. Du Bois William Pene. First edition. Near fine in very good jacket. Ink gift note on front endpaper jacket price clipped jacket spine faded with a few light spots. 1957 Hard Cover. 188 pp. 8vo. John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippin's wife Queen Marie who 'might have taken her place at the bar of a very good restaurant'; his uncle a man of dubious virtue; his glamour-struck daughter and her beau the son of the so-called 'egg king' of Petaluma California; and a motley crew of courtiers and politicians guards and gardeners. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. February 27 1902 - December 20 1968 was an American writer. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath 1939 and the novella Of Mice and Men 1937. He wrote a total of twenty-seven books including sixteen novels six non-fiction books and five collections of short stories. In 1962 Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Viking Press hardcover books
1947ref. 470279New York: The Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 312pp. Red cloth. About fine in near fine jacket very slightly spine tanned with light rubbing. The Viking Press hardcover books
1947ref. 470280New York: The Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 312pp. Red cloth. Bookplate and small bookstore label on front fly else near fine in very good dust jacket with some toning and a short tear. The Viking Press hardcover books
1941ref. 499428New York: The Viking Press 1941. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. Linen over boards with green pictorial stamping on front board and spine titling. Illustrated with 136 black and white photographs from the film directed by Herbert Kline. Fine in a toned and modestly soiled very good dust jacket with a couple of nicks and tiny chips and a vertical crease on the upper flap fold. The Viking Press hardcover books
1957ref. 440044New York: The Viking Press 1957. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First edition. Drawings by William Pène Du Bois. Front fly lacking thus good in very good or better dustwrapper. The Viking Press hardcover books
1942ref. 502338New York: The Viking Press 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Slight fading at extremities of the binding narrow strip of tanning to endpapers from acidic binder's glue very good in worn good dust jacket with scrapes and rubbing and a few words faintly underlined in ink on the rear panel. The Viking Press hardcover books
2006ref. WELLER9780143039631Penguin Classics 2006. New. New book. Penguin Classics unknown books
1947ref. 447673New York: Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Neat owner's name and address on front fly rubbed at the bottom of the boards else near fine very good dustwrapper with modest chips and tears mostly at the spine ends. Viking Press hardcover books
1948ref. 442040New York: Viking Press 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Pictures by Robert Capa. Page 73 roughly cut near bottom corner edges rubbed spine cocked very good lacking the dustwrapper. Viking Press hardcover books
1961ref. TB30864New York: The Viking Press 1961. First Edition. Limited Edition Fine in dark blue cloth over beveled boards with gilt text on the spine as well as a black title label with gilt text and with the author's facsimile signature on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and with several closed tears to the top edge of the front panel. The jacket is also covered with the original clear acetate wrap-around onlay on which is printed "Limited Edition". One of only 500 limited edition "copies specially printed and bound for friends of the author and the publisher." 311 pages of text. Goldstone & Payne A38b The Viking Press hardcover books
1942ref. 59146NY: Viking 1942. First Edition second issue Haddon Craftman. 8vo pp. 188. Blue cloth. Edges slightly rubbed o/w a VG tight copy in price-clipped dj. Viking unknown books
1962ref. 28023New York: Viking. Fine. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. A very attractive Special Limited edition of 3200 copies/first printing in Fine condition; Steinbeck's acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize for Literature on Dec. 10 1962 in Stockholm in which he chastizes Mankind for his assumption of God-like power warns of the responsibilities thereof and praises literature as the mode of communication best suited for peaceful solutions ; 8vo . Viking unknown books
