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1936ref. 541005New York: Covici Friede 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 12mo. Quarter cloth titled in red and with decorative paper-covered boards as issued. Slight wear at the extremities of the fragile papercovered boards although considerably less than usually encountered a near fine copy. Copy number 72 of 199 numbered copies Signed by the author. Covici Friede hardcover books
1933ref. 49955London: Philip Allan 1933. Very Good. London: Philip Allan 1933. First UK Edition. Octavo; publisher's green cloth boards stamped in black; dark topstain; 302pp. No dust jacket. Light edgewear with some very minor fraying and a couple brief splits; a couple minor stains; fading to spine and along edges; binding sound; ownership inscription to preliminaries else unmarked. A Very Good and sound copy of Steinbeck's second book originally published the year prior in the U.S. An important early work praised upon release in the Los Angeles Times as a "strangely haunting book" in which the valley-villagers "are made to live and breathe and have their being in the little farms shrouded by lovely trees of abundant foliage; oft shut in their homes by depressing brick walls or rudely painted frames that were once stately trees of the valley" and concludes "his particularly fine ability to find beauty and hope in the oft bare lives of these rural Californians is most gratifying." Goldstone & Payne A2d; Gerry Fitzgerald "Carmel Valley Inspires Story." Los Angeles Times: Sunday October 23 1932 page 42. Philip Allan unknown books
1947ref. TB33980New York: The Viking Press 1947. First Edition. First Printing First Issue Dust Jacket Very near fine in decorated medium brown cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine and a black sketch on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is only slightly rubbed. In a very good price clipped but replaced dust jacket with shallow chipping to the ends of the spine area shallow chips to the fore corners of the front panel over the tips of the boards rubbing to the fold to the front flap and two short 1/4 inch closed tears to the upper edge of the rear panel. Illustrated with drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco. This is the first state dust jacket with Steinbeck looking to his left on the rear panel. The Viking Press hardcover books
1965ref. TB33016Shelton Conn.: The First Edition Library Collection and by The First Edition Library 1965. Facsimile First Edition Library Reprint. Near fine in light tan cloth covered boards with a gilt on blue title block on the spine and a printed color illustration of colt on the front board with all edges of the text block stained blue. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches with illustrated end sheets. Much of the blue background of the title block on the spine has been worn away the book is otherwise in perfect condition as are the contents. Without a dust jacket as issued; however the book is contained within a near fine paper covered slip case with a printed color label duplicating the original illustrated first edition of the title. There is a faint dampness stain across the face of the slipcase which is seen on the printed paper title slip. Laid-in is the First Edition Library slip providing details of the first edition of the book. 131 pages of text. A handsome clean and crisp copy with no prior owner's names dates or book plates. The First Edition Library Collection and by The First Edition Library hardcover books
1980ref. TB32567Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1980. Limited Franklin Library Edition. Fine in full decorated light brown leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations between two raised bands on the spine and with gilt tool work on the front and rear boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and the end papers are silk Sewn into the head of the spine is a silk placement ribbon. 495 pages of text with illustrations by Charles Reid. One of the volumes in The Franklin Library's collection of The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with this title in 1940. A tight clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Franklin Library hardcover books
1975ref. TB32176Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1975. Limited Franklin Library Edition. Fine in full decorated light brown leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations between four raised bands on the spine and with gilt tool work on the front and rear boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and the end papers are silk Sewn into the head of the spine is a silk placement ribbon. 589 pages of text with illustrations by Robert Heindel. Accompanied with the Notes From The Editor of 22 pages. Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with this title in 1940. A tight clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Franklin Library hardcover books
1939ref. TB31733New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Very good in illustrated beige cloth covered boards with brown text on the spine line drawings in brown on the front and rear boards and with illustrated end sheets. The top edge of the text block is stained a pale yellow but is dust stained. The lower 1/4 inch of the edges of the spine and boards are soiled and the fore edge of the text block shows a number of small foxing stains. The dust jacket is the original first edition jacket with both the price $2.75 and "First Edition" slugs in place on the front flap. Overall the jacket is in poor condition with the entire spine area missing and with heavy rubbing to the folds and edges of the panels. Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1940 with this novel of the Depression Era dust bowl immigrants to California from Oklahoma. 619 pages of text. Goldstone & Payne A12 The 1940 movie version of the book was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox it was directed by John Ford and starred Henry Fonda. A true high spot of American literature. The Viking Press hardcover books
1989ref. TB24721New York: Viking Penguin Group 1989. First Edition first printing. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and light brown paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine with a prior owner's name blackened out on the front paste down under the jacket flap. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 180 pages. Edited by Robert DeMott. Viking Penguin Group hardcover books
2014ref. 31215n.p.: Steinbeck Press. Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. charcoal gray cloth with silver-stamped lettering and decoration and paper-label illustration; no dust jacket possibly as issued a lovely as-new copy with no discernible wear. sketches and oil paintings SIGNED by both authors on the title page; hand-numbered 73/200 at lower corner of front endpaper. "On a fateful foggy evening not long ago Thomas Steinbeck told California landscape painter Benjamin Brode about the legendary 'watchers' who roam the wilds of Big Sur. The particulars of the account had been told to Steinbeck as a child and authenticated by such credible sources as his grandmother Olive Hamilton and Billy Post descendant of El Sur Grande ranchers and at that time the resident sage of the Post Ranch Inn. Steinbeck's compelling tale took root in Brode's imagination" and after Brode visited Big Sur bringing along "a basket of food and offerings designed to appeal to Dark Watchers' sensibilities" he returned hom and starting painting. The result was this beautifully-illustrated book. NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy book; if this concerns you please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. As always at ReadInk domestic Media Mail shipping is free. . 2014. Steinbeck Press hardcover books
1961ref. 0225581961-1967. Letter. Some folds clean. Near Fine. Includes 6 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED John Steinbeck John or JS 1 TYPED LETTER SIGNED John and a partial AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED John all to Willard Bascom regarding Project Mohole and other matters 11 pages total various sizes and papers from Barbados Singapore and New York 15 February 1961 to 4 March 1967 including autograph transmittal envelope for March 4. Willard Bascom was a scientist and adventurer who in 1961 led the first phase of Project Mohole the worlds first attempt to sample the Mohorovicic discontinuity Moho where the earth's mantle and its crust meet. Bascom invited Steinbeck to join the expedition and Steinbeck wrote about the venture in an April 1961 LIFE MAGAZINE article. These letters reveal the foundations of their relationship as well as Steinbeck's participation and assistance to the projects beginnings exhibiting Steinbeck's relationships to the President and Washington: "It occurs to me to ask whether you will have motion picture cameras for recording purposes. Such a record would be valuable. It might also have some value in prying more money for future experimental work either from the congress or from the president. For my own part I intend to make the President personally aware of the project as soon as I have a proper understanding and basis." He also offers insight into the TIME MAGAZINE relationship: I made them read it back to me on the phone so I was sure that I had written what they printed. The letters show a developing friendship with Bascom and reveal the personal Steinbeck as he moved through his final years. Of a potential trip Steinbeck writes I am not going any places any more without Elaine. Life is too short to be away from her. He continues discussing his work presumably on TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY I have been living a fairly anchoretic life in this tower their NYC apartment. Working like a death watch beetle. Not only am I interested in what I am doing I want to get it finished. These letters reveal the life of Steinbeck in the 1960s both professionally and personally. WITH: A sweatshirt given to Bascom by John Steinbeck on the expedition navy blue knit cotton hooded sweatshirt front pouch pocket without maker's label or size indication unevenly faded soiling stains and some paint flecks. Steinbeck who bunked with Bascom on the Mohole expedition bought the sweatshirt for Bascom fearing that he would be cold as he was working his tail off on board ship. It matches one Steinbeck wore himself on board. See Benson JOHN STEINBECK WRITER New York 1984 pages 894-6. unknown books
1941ref. 2054FIRST PRINTING OF NOBELIST STEINBECK'S "LEISURELY JOURNAL OF TRAVEL AND RESEARCH" WITH HIS MARINE BIOLOGIST FRIEND EDWARD RICKETTS. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover green cloth binding gilt title to cover and spine endpaperes with map of Gulf of California inscriptions verso of front free endpaper handstamp of Grace Short Reed to half title page stated verso of title page "First published in December 1941." i-x 598 pp 8 color photographic plates 32 black & white plates 2 charts. Wear to corners and spine ends light browning to page edges very good minus in custom archival mylar cover. JOHN STEINBECK 1902 – 1968 was one of the most widely read authors of the 20th century. Much of Steinbeck's work employs settings in his native central California. In 1930 Steinbeck met the marine biologist EDWARD RICKETTS 1897-1948 who became a close friend and mentor to Steinbeck during the following decade teaching him a great deal about philosophy and biology. Ricketts operated a biological lab on the coast of Monterey selling biological samples of small animals fish rays starfish turtles and other marine forms to schools and colleges. Between 1930 and 1936 Steinbeck and Ricketts became close friends and Steinbeck's wife Carol began working at the lab as secretary-bookkeeper. Steinbeck had already published The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men when he co-authored Sea of Cortez with Ricketts. A narrative of a biological expedition in the Gulf of California the work combines scientific observations with personal reflections drawing parallels between human and marine life. Over 550 species are described that in retrospect reveal that ecological disruptions had already affected the Gulf by 1940. Ricketts who died in 1948 was inspiration for the character of "Doc" in Steinbeck's Cannery Row published in 1945. Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. Viking Press hardcover books
1945ref. 339283New York: Viking 1945. hardcover. fine. Wesley Dennis. Illustrations by Wesley Dennis. 131 pages thin 8vo cloth with mounted front cover plate board slipcase; New York: Viking 1945. First Illustrated Edition. Fine in an edge- worn but sound slipcase. Ghost of a former bookplate on half-title. Viking unknown books
1952ref. 18857New York: New York Times Magazine 1952. Handwritten Manuscript. Paper. Near fine. Handwritten by John Steinbeck parts two and three of his three-part article for The New York Times Magazine titled "Autobiography: Making of a New Yorker." Together with three autograph letters signed by Steinbeck to NYTM editor Seymour Peck and o. In total this collection includes 12 legal page leaves written in pencil by Steinbeck on rectos only and one typed letter from his editor. All in near fine condition with faint toning to edges and small paperclip indentations. Goldstone & Payne C90 article With an 11-page typed transcription of the drafts and letters bound in chronological order of appearance. Housed in a custom brown cloth clamshell case title printed on paper label affixed to spine. Provenance: Christie's 1986; Christie's 1999 John Steinbeck's article "Autobiography: Making of a New Yorker" begins in Part One not included here with his first unhappy and short-lived experience in New York City in 1925 at the age of 23. Part Two handwritten here details his second "assault on New York" in the fall of 1935 in which he begrudgingly transforms from a "Country Boy" into a true "New Yorker." At first Steinbeck writes: "It is so strange to look back. I was going to live in New York but I was going to avoid it." Near the end of the installment his anecdotes change. He writes: "Everything fell into place. I saw every face I passed. It was beautiful - but most important - I was part of it I was no longer a stranger." In the final section handwritten here Steinbeck describes the broad dichotomy of the city and romanticizes city life. He writes: "New York is an ugly city a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal its politics are used to frighten children its traffic is madness its competition is murderous. But. once you have lived in New York and it has become your home - no place else is good enough. All of everything is concentrated here population theatre art painting publishing importing business murder mugging luxury poverty. It is all of everything." The correspondence between Steinbeck and NYTM editor Seymour Peck primarily discusses deadlines for the article drafts. In the first letter Steinbeck tells Peck of his plans for the three-part article. Peck responds on November 26 1952 asking for all writing to be completed by December 24 1952. The second letter is inserted at the end of Part Two informing Peck that Part Three will be along shortly. The third letter dated December 17 1952 accompanies Part Three in which Steinbeck says the article "isn't very good but it is heart-felt." A truly exceptional collection of autobiographical writings from a classic American author. Despite his reputation as a Californian John Steinbeck spent nearly half his life living in New York City. In 1925 he left Stanford University without a degree and moved to the city for roughly one year. He returned to New York with his then-girlfriend Gwen living for a while in Sneden's Landing. They stayed in New York until the birth of his first son Thom and the publication of Cannery Row 1945. He later returned to the East Coast with his third wife Elaine and bought a home in Sag Harbor in 1955. Steinbeck remained in New York City until his death in 1968. [New York Times Magazine] books
1944ref. 575539Durham North Carolina: Duke University Press 1944. Softcover. Near Fine. Offprint. Small quarto. 1 352-362pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Tiny number inked on front cover very light wear and staple a bit oxidized near fine. Briefly Inscribed by the author to psychologist L. B. Hoisington on the front cover and signed "MSS.". First published in American Literature Volume 15 No. 4 January 1944. The Grapes of Wrath won both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize and this essay was collected in at least two collections of critical studies of the book. OCLC locates a single copy at the University of Tulsa. Duke University Press unknown books
1939ref. 605800New York: The Viking Press 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Pastedown with minor toning from binder's glue spine lightly tanned and front board with a small stain very good or better lacking the dust jacket. A decent copy of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of an Oklahoma family's migration to California during the Depression. Basis for the John Ford film featuring Henry Fonda as Tom Joad. Ford and supporting actress Jane Darwell won Academy Awards; Fonda was nominated but lost to Robert Donat in Goodbye Mr. Chips! Steinbeck's masterpiece and literature's lasting testament to the Great Depression it was singled-out in his citation for the Nobel Prize decades later. The Viking Press hardcover books
2007ref. 581453New York: Penguin Books 2007. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition thus with introduction by Robert Morsberger and Katharine Morsberger. Wrappers lightly rubbed near fine. Penguin Books unknown books
1952ref. 313963New York: Random House 1952. Paperback. 128p. no illustrations save the cover portrait oversize softbound in 11.5x8 inch decorated wraps covers a bit edgeworn terminal leaf with printed text and inside face of rear cover are quite toned as if newsprint had been stored there item is sound otherwise clean and free of markings. The Steinbeck intro runs 3 and 1/2 pages; he was an Ike fan until he began to hear Adlai's talks. Random House paperback books
1939ref. 09613New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. First printing. 619pp. Bound in original pictorial oatmeal cloth stamped in brown top edges stained yellow. Light soiling and small scuff to ffep. Internally quite clean with no markings of any kind. A very good copy. The Viking Press hardcover books
1942ref. 2420First Edition; A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. A handsome copy of this book written by Steinbeck after visiting a number of air bases around the country with photographer John Swope 60 of his pics are included in the book; proceeds from the sale of the book went to provide aid to the families of flyers who lost their lives in the line of duty. This copy is in near fine condition with a sound binding bright blue boards with vibrant lettering and designs and clean pages throughout with only some light creasing and a few tiny tears to the last few pages; the book also shows some light fading to the spine a slight lean to the binding a previous owner's signature to the front paste down underneath the front flap and some mild rubbing to the spine ends; housed in a clean and bright very good dust jacket that shows some minor rubbing and chipping to the spine ends edges and corners and some light foxing to the panels and flaps. Overall a sharp and presentable copy of this unique publication from Steinbeck; not remaindered not price clipped $2.50 present and not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship in a sturdy box. Viking Press hardcover books
1938ref. 140938149New York: The Viking Press 1938. First Edition. First edition. 303 pp. Original cloth. Small dampstain to top of back board else Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with tears along folds at top of front panel edge-rubbing small closed tear to bottom of back panel spine slightly darkened a few pieces of tape to verso dampstain to verso of back panel. A collection of twelve stories by the chronicler of the rough-and-tumble American West. The Viking Press unknown books
1946ref. 020854Prague: Sfinx 1946. Second Czech Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Dustwrapper designed by Jaroslav váb. Uncommon edition of this winner of the Pulitzer Prize. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Steinbeck on the last page of text located at the foot of the translator's notes in which the translator Vladimír Procházka includes an excerpt from a positive review of the translation: ".in reading this translation we forget that it's a translation. How many translations can we say that about" The inscription is under Procházka's printed name and is to him: "For Vladimir Prochazka/Thank you/John Steinbeck." Procházka a lawyer and communist was forced to withdraw from his political activities during the Nazi occupation and translated THE GRAPES OF WRATH along with works by James Joyce and Bernard Shaw. In 1946 he was elected to parliament as a communist and helped draft the new Czechoslovak constitution. Steinbeck most likely inscribed this on one of his two trips to communist Czechoslovakia or possibly in the U. S. when Procházka was serving as the Czechoslovak ambassador to the United States. Sfinx hardcover books
1942ref. 1278626New York: The Viking Press 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 184pp.; VG/G; spine blue and yellow with yellow lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut '$4.50'; dust jacket has numerous chips including to the top of the front cover top of the rear cover head and tail of spine corners; age-toning to spine rear cover; first printing dust jacket with no printing information on lower rear cover; publishing profits fund is perpetual go to the Air Forces Aid Society; KT Consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #4 . 1278626. FP New Rockville Stock. The Viking Press hardcover books
1992ref. 61733New York: Peng/Rand 1992. Reprint. Paperback. New. 90pp. Duodecimo. 19cm. Illustrated wraps. From the publisher: Like his father and grandfather before him Kino is a poor diver gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino Juana and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then on a day like any other Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope the promise of comfort and of security. Peng/Rand paperback books
1939ref. 018367The Viking Press 1939. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine copy In Like Jacket. Fourth Edition Stated Jacket Also Fine Stated Fourth Printing.Very Rare condition For The Author's Masterpeice. Book Plate Under front Flap.Gorgeous Fresh Condition. The Viking Press Hardcover books
1941ref. 18886New York: The Viking Press 1941. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Fine/near fine. First edition first printing of Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck and Edward F. Ricketts an attractive copy. Octavo 6 vii-x 598pp. Green cloth title stamped in silver on spine and front panel. The first printing with "First Published in December 1941." Top edge dyed pink. Illustrated endpapers with maps of Baja California. Complete with 40 photographic plates 8 in color. In the publisher's first state dust jacket $5.00 on front flap short closed tear along bottom edge of front panel bright illustrations a near fine example. Goldstone & Payne A15b. The Viking Press unknown books
