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1957ref. 178115New York: Viking 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by William Pene du Bois. Very good. Book has writing throughout it light brown stains inside front and back cover cover is rubbed and worn around edges. Viking hardcover books
1942ref. 252623New York: Viking 1942. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good hardcover with similar dust jacket. First edition. 2nd state. Text clean. Lacks the period on page 112. Former owner's name taped inside front cover. Clean blue cloth cover. Dustwrapper price clipped. Dustwrapper spine brown. A couple small tears on edges of dust jacket. Viking hardcover books
1957ref. 166228New York: Viking 1957. Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by William Pene du Bois. Very good. Top corners slightly bent. Edges of spine slightly bumped. Spine slightly brown. Viking unknown books
1957ref. 173542New York: Viking 1957. Very Good. First edition. Very good. Corners slightly rubbed. Edges of spine slightly bumped. Spine brown. Viking unknown books
1947ref. 181985New York: Viking 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good minus Clean text with lightly discolored edges and end pages cloth covers are fading gold stamped mild soil on spine cloth light wear on cloth corners. Viking hardcover books
1942ref. 174429New York: Viking 1942. Very Good. First/2nd state. Very good minus. Silver stamped lettering on cloth spine cloth corners rubbed slightly text clean end pages browned. Viking unknown books
1942ref. 236178New York: Viking 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in an about Very good dust jacket. Pages very light brown from age. Corners slightly bent. Edges of spine slightly bumped. Edges of dust jacket worn and torn. 2 inche piece missing from top edge of front dust jacket. Dustwrapper brown and shelf rubbed. Viking hardcover books
1947ref. 182298New York: Viking 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. Book club. Very good. Pages slightly brown. Corners rubbed and bent. Edges of cover spine slightly bumped. Stain on back cover. Viking hardcover books
1963ref. 197701New York: Bantam 1963. Very Good. Later. Very good. Browning cover lightly rubbed. Bantam unknown books
1942ref. 172240New York: Viking 1942. Very Good. Second edition. Very good minus. The spine is faded and the corners show very slight wear. Viking unknown books
1996ref. 101956NY:: Library of America. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 1883011159 . Library of America number 86. Stated first printing. About fine in like dust jacket. Sewn-in ribbon bookmark. ; 1034 pages . Library of America, hardcover books
1984ref. 15485Covelo: Yolla Bolly Press 1984. First edition thus. hardcover. A near fine copy slightly darkened at spine a wonderful example of a fine press production. Karin Wikstrom. 4to. A short story by John Steinbeck with an afterword by Wallace Stegner. Limited edition being one of only ten lettered presentation copies 'H' signed by Stegner and Karin Wikstrom who illustrated the story with six color woodblocks. Issued as volume number two in the 'California Writers of the Land' series. First published in Steinbecks collection The Long Valley. It appears in the ledger notebook under the title "Man Hunt". The story outlines a young man Pepé who is sent into town by his mother. She says he is not yet a man. While he is gone Pepé kills a man and after his return he is forced to flee. Cloth with slipcase issued sans dust jacket. Yolla Bolly Press unknown books
1944ref. 56010NY: Avon Publishing Company 1944. Contains Hemingway's "The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber" and John Steinbeck's "Nothing So Monstrous. 8vo. printed wraps; 162 pages. Very Good covers nice; contents clean & tight. Avon Publishing Company unknown books
1939ref. ST18154New York: The Viking Press 1939. FIRST EDITION First Printing with the words "First Published in April 1939" printed on the copyright page. 210 x 135 mm. 8 1/4 x 5 3/8". 3 p.l. 619 pp. Publisher's pictorial linen endpapers printed with the sheet music for "Battle Hymn of the Republic." In the original unclipped dust jacket displaying the $2.75 price and "First Edition." In a fine modern blue calf clamshell box. Goldstone-Payne A12.a. A PRISTINE COPY. Published when America was still deep in the Great Depression "The Grapes of Wrath" is a novel detailing the heartbreak of rural dispossession and a work that in the words of ANB "captured the decade's angst as well as the nation's legacy of fierce individualism visionary prosperity and determined westward movement." In citing it as one of the "Books that Shaped America" the Library of Congress noted "Few novels can claim that their message led to actual legislation but 'The Grapes of Wrath' did just that. Its story of the travails of Oklahoma migrants . . . ignited a movement in Congress to pass laws benefiting farmworkers. When Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize in 1962 the committee specifically cited this novel as one of the main reasons for the award." The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and was printed in a large press run making it readily available at the time and ever since. But the present unsurpassably fine copy of Steinbeck's greatest work is almost literally from a time capsule: it is one of a dozen or so copies discovered in a warehouse in the 1980s still in their unopened boxes from Viking Press. While the copies at the bottom of the box had suffered some water damage those in the upper layers like the present one look unchanged from the day they were packed by the publisher. While there are numerous copies of this book currently on the market the condition here sets it far above the competition. It is certainly the finest copy of any important modern first edition we have ever offered for sale. The Viking Press unknown books
1935ref. 32603New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1935. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1935. First Edition one of 500 copies in printed wrappers. Octavo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers illustrated by Ruth Gannett French flaps retaining original price $2.50; viii9-317pp.; illus. throughout. Rubbing to edges with a few minor nicks and creases; spine sunned but still retaining some color; 2" split at base of upper spine edge. Binding sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good well-preserved copy of an important Steinbeck title following Danny and his knights of the round table as they drink sing and brawl their way through the worst years of the Depression around Monterrey California. Adorned with atmospheric illustrations by Ruth Gannett the genius author-illustrator of the children's series My Father's Dragon 1948. Goldstone & Payne A4a. Covici Friede Publishers unknown books
1939ref. 005286New York: The Viking Press 1939 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition book with 3rd printing dust jacket. "First Published In April 1939" stated on copyright page. Book very good with a some foxing on covers paste-downs and end papers; some foxing and soiling also at page ends. DJ is from third printing and in good condition significant tear and crease near front hinge with pieces missing; also creased on spine and on back with two small pieces missing. DJ price reads "$2.75" on front flap. New York: The Viking Press, 1939 hardcover books
1935ref. 620622New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1935. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photoplay edition. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett. Slight wear on the corners and some fading on the topstain else near fine in a very good dust jacket with shallow chips creasing and some fading. Movie tie-in for the 1942 film starring Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr John Garfield Frank Morgan Akim Tamiroff and Sheldon Leonard. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1942ref. 200507New York: The Viking Press 1942. First Edition First Printing Second State with no period on page 112. Hardcover. Good DJ is price-clipped edgeworn/scuffed/smudged/toned; textblock edges are lightly smudged/foxed; name of former owner on ffep; interior is clean; binding is solid. Blue and white color-illustrated DJ with black and white lettering; blue cloth with silver lettering over boards; 188 pp. Nice copy of this first-edition Steinbeck novel. The Viking Press hardcover books
1949ref. 018107Los Angeles:Republic Pictures 1949. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Authors. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original Lobby Card for 1949 Film The Red Pony.Signed by Steinbeck.Beautiful Copy Framed. Extra Postage Required. Los Angeles:Republic Pictures Paperback books
1951ref. 530781London: Cowles Magazines Inc. 1951. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. Quarto. 120pp. Heavily illustrated. A bit musty. Cover with a split and a bit of loss at the spine staples somewhat oxidized modest interior toning very good. Signed by John Steinbeck editor Fleur Cowles and contributor William Ward Beecher. The final issue of this very interesting magazine sent by editor Fleur Cowles along with a warm Typed Letter Signed to artist William Ward Beecher to commemorate the collaboration. Fleur has Signed the magazine on the first page. Beecher allowed the use of a black and white reproduction of a Steinbeck-themed trompe l'oeil painting to illustrate the article "Tortilla B Flat: A Serenade to John Steinbeck Composed on the Typewriter" by Eddie Condon also illustrated with a portrait of Steinbeck by Robert Capa. A note in Beecher's hand laid in says: "N.B. this copy autographed by Fleur Cowles is also signed by John and me-" and indeed Steinbeck has Signed above the painting and Beecher beneath it. Also laid in is a Typed Letter Signed from a Flair employee to Beecher asking him to sign an agreement to reproduce the artwork. A 2001 letter from Steinbeck's son Thom written to supply details about sitting for a portrait by Beecher called the artist a family friend and that his father "maintained an abiding fascination for Beecher's work through the years. A half-dozen examples of the artist's best canvases still brighten our house in New York." A nice association. Cowles Magazines, Inc.) unknown books
1941ref. 017903The Viking Press 1941. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket.Very Rare In This Condition.Voyage With His Best Friend Ed Ricketts.Beautiful Fresh Copy Of This Steinbeck Classic. The Viking Press Hardcover books
1929ref. 018024Robert M. McBride & Company New York 1929. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine Copy Of The Author's First Book1/1000 Copies That Got Remainder That Year.Without Jacket.First Edition Without a Faded Spine.Rare In This Condition.Comes With Gorgeous Clamshell Box With Black Label.Excellent Fresh Copy. Robert M. McBride & Company New York Hardcover books
1953ref. 017664The Viking Press 1953. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket. First Edition.$2.95 On Flap. Elusive First Edition. Many Book Clubs. Rare As A Trade And With Priced Jacket. Beautiful Copy. The Viking Press Hardcover books
1942ref. 017356The Viking Press 1942. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Limited Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1/700 Copies In Wraps Limited Edition Very Good Copy Of This Steinbeck Classic. The Viking Press Paperback books
1962ref. 017353Heinemann 1962. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket. First Edition.21s on Lower Flap. Gorgeous Fresh Copy In The Orange Jacket Without Fading. Rare In This Condition. Beautiful Copy Of This Great Classic. Heinemann Hardcover books
