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1957Best.-Nr. 546013United States: Twentieth Century Fox 1957. Unbound. Very Good. Poster. Measuring approximately 30" x 41". Gently rolled with an old fold crease faint creases with short tears at the edges small dampstains on top half writing and tape remnants on verso very good. Advertising poster for the 1957 American film directed by Victor Vicas and starring Joan Collins Jayne Mansfield Dan Dailey and Rick Jason. Based on Steinbeck's novel of the same name. Twentieth Century Fox unknown books
1941Best.-Nr. 431601New York: The Viking Press 1941. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. Original natural linen with green pictorial stamping on front board and letters on spine. Illustrated with 136 black and white photographs from the film. A trifle cocked else fine in very slightly age-toned and rubbed dustwrapper with the lettering a little out of register. A nicer than usual copy. The Viking Press hardcover books
1954Best.-Nr. 30293New York: Viking 1954. First edition. Yellow cloth fine copy in lightly used price-clipped dust jacket. Viking unknown books
1940Best.-Nr. 20299New York: The Limited Editions Club 1940. First edition. Wrappers nice. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
1942Best.-Nr. 20282New York: Viking 1942. First edition. Blue cloth. Slight lean a very good copy in lightly worn dust jacket. First printing with the large period on p. 112 and with no indication of printer on the copyright page. Viking unknown books
Best.-Nr. JD29403London Heinemann 1939 first British edition first printing dust jacket. Hardcover. With the very scarce wrap-around band noting this was a Book Society Fiction Choice this copy with a small slip affixed to the title page that is Inscribed by John Steinbeck "For L. Downing/John Steinbeck" Goldstone & Payne A12b Morrow 108. Near fine. London, Heinemann, 1939, first British edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. JD29431NY Viking 1962 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Frontispiece photo portrait of Steinbeck one of 3200 copies printed Goldstone & Payne A40a Morrow 269 this copy Inscribed by Steinbeck on the title page "For Lou Robinson/with pleasure/John Steinbeck" very scarce thus. Fine. NY, Viking, 1962, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback books
Best.-Nr. JD26993NY Robert O. Ballou 1933 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. First issue of his third book one of only 598 copies actually bound and sold Goldstone & Payne A3a Morrow 22 endpapers title page vignette and dust jacket illustrated by Mahlon Blaine this book is Steinbeck at his most powerful and his most mystical. Black top edge stain still very black book cloth somewhat mottled jacket with one short tear this is a very pleasing and attractive copy of a very scarce book. NY, Robert O. Ballou, 1933, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover books
1939Best.-Nr. 19471New York: Viking Press 1939. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE. Original brown publisher’s pictorial cloth with illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped with “First Edition” on lower corner of front flap. Copyright page states “First Published in April 1939.” Includes like new folded advertisement booklet entitled “What America thinks of The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck” by Newbegin’s Book Shop San Francisco. Dust jacket a bit ragged on top edges with minor rubbing on joints but otherwise very good; book in fine condition. First edition first issue; a fine copy of Steinbeck’s most iconic novel. One of the most important pieces of twentieth-century American literature Steinbeck’s colorful dialogue and haunting prose brought global attention to the plight of the farmers and migrant workers of the Dust Bowl. Almost one hundred years later the novel’s central themes of economic disparity labor rights climate change and religious conflict will still resonate with modern readers. This is an extremely crisp near pristine first edition copy. As a young man Steinbeck 1902-1968 worked with migrant laborers on the farms of his native central California coast an experience which became a rich source of inspiration for several of his novels and short stories. Goldstone A12. Viking Press unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 107282Franklin Center:: Franklin Library. Near Fine. 1975. Hardcover. 1940 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction. Limited edition. Octavo fully bound in red leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Near fine.; 589 pages . Franklin Library, hardcover books
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
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
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
1933Best.-Nr. 1278555New York: Covici Friede 1933. First Edition Second Issue. Hardcover. 8vo. 325pp.; VG/VG; spine green and tan with green lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut '$2.50'; dust jacket has slight sunning to spine small chipping to head and tail of spine corners; small rip to middle of upper front edge lower front fore corner; pages slightly age-toned; top edge of text block stained green faded; Steinbeck's third novel; KT consignment. Shelved in Case 13. 1278555. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Covici Friede hardcover books
1957Best.-Nr. 1401841New York: The Viking Press 1957. Hardcover. Octavo 188 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is white with blue and red print. Dust jacket in mylar; light edge wear toning to spine peripheral toning remainder of label on front panel of mylar. Price unclipped: “$3.00”. Boards quarter bound with yellow cloth to spine and pink cloth to boards; light wear to spine caps soiling to cloth. Text block has tan tinted top edge; name in ink on front flyleaf tanning to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w drawings. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1401841. FP New Rockville Stock. The Viking Press hardcover books
1976Best.-Nr. 1401842New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1976. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo xiii 363 pages. In Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is yellow with black ad red print. Dust jacket in mylar; light edge wear and peripheral toning. Price unclipped: “$10.00”. Boards in purple cloth; light wear to spine caps. Text block has yellow tinted top edge; light spotting to edges. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1401842. FP New Rockville Stock. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1942Best.-Nr. 1401844New York: The Viking Press 1942. Hardcover. Octavo 188 pages. In Fair plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is blue with white print. Dust jacket in mylar; light edge wear. Price unclipped: “$2.00. Boards in blue cloth; light wear to bottom edge. Text block has tanning to endpapers cracked front hinge. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1401844. FP New Rockville Stock. The Viking Press hardcover books
1961Best.-Nr. 1401845London: Heinemann 1961. Hardcover. Octavo 365 pages. In Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine is brown with orange and white print. Dust jacket in mylar b&w portrait of author on rear panel; light edge wear. Price unclipped: “18s net”. Boards in purple cloth; slight wear to spine caps. Text block has spotting to top edge. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1401845. FP New Rockville Stock. Heinemann hardcover books
1954Best.-Nr. 1401846New York: The Viking Press 1954. Hardcover. Octavo x 273 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is blue with black and white print. Dust jacket in mylar b&w portrait of author on rear panel; light edge wear. Price unclipped: “$3.50”. Boards in tan cloth red print; slight wear to spine caps toning to spine cocked spine. Text block has pink tinted top edge; name in ink on front flyleaf tanning to endpapers. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1401846. FP New Rockville Stock. The Viking Press hardcover books
1945Best.-Nr. 1401154New York: The Viking Press 1945. First Thus Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo 131 pages. In Very Good condition. Tan slipcase has moderate wear including slight age toning and chipping to the edges. Bound in the publisher's beige cloth bearing gilt lettering to the green spine. Boards have very slight wear including minor edge wear. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning to the interior. Edges colored green. Pictorial end papers. Illustrated. First illustrated edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L ND-L. 1401154. FP New Rockville Stock. The Viking Press hardcover books
1984Best.-Nr. 595412Salinas California: The Valley Guild 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 223pp. Illustrated from color photographs. Just a touch of edgewear else fine in a toned and lightly soiled very good dust jacket with moderate rubbing a few bumps and tiny tears. The Valley Guild hardcover books
1990Best.-Nr. 593051New York: Mallard Press 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Pages lightly toned else fine in a near fine dust jacket with a faint crease on the front panel. A collection of 24 crime stories by: Margery Allingham Agatha Christie Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Dashiell Hammett P.D. James John D. MacDonald John Steinbeck Aldous Huxley W. Somerset Maugham Dorothy L. Sayers Avram Davidson Edgar Allan Poe G. K. Chesterton and more. Mallard Press hardcover books
