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1936réf. 1804084Covici Friede 1936. 1st Edition Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine signed first limited edition as stated on colophon. Signed by John Steinbeck on colophon. Number 53 of 99 signed copies. Very light shelf wear. Light tanning between boards and endpapers. Slightly spine-cocked. Housed in slipcase. Covici Friede hardcover books
1936réf. 1114024Covici-Friede 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine first edition in a very good dust jacket. Octavo 8" x 5 3/8"; 349pp. Publisher's tangerine-colored cloth the spine ruled in red and titled in black the top edge stained red; in the original completely unrestored pictorial dust jacket priced at $2.50 Goldstone & Payne A5b. The first novel in the author's 'Dust Bowl Trilogy' that also included Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. The central figure of this novel is an activist for "the Party" possibly the American Communist Party or the Industrial Workers of the World although it is never specifically named in the novel who is organizing a major strike by fruit pickers seeking followers for his cause. GP A5B. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Covici-Friede hardcover books
1936réf. 6736New York: Covici Friedi 1936. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. Number 31 of 99 copies of the signed limited edition. This copy Fine and unread in the original glassine jacket and publisher's slipcase. Glassine also Nearly Fine condition with a small tear at the lower rear corner publisher's slipcase Near Fine with a small nick to the lower corner and slight rubbing. Historically overshadowed by Steinbeck's towering works East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath his later novel In Dubious Battle has seen a resurgence of scholarly interest for its depictions of race and class. In developing the novel's central structure "Steinbeck utilized episodes from the Tagus Ranch peach strike of 1933 and a cotton strike throughout the San Joaquin Valley that October"; while he "deviated from the particulars of these labor disputes to clarify the central themes of the novel.In Dubious Battle indicates that the primary responsibility for human suffering rests on the growers since they preside over an economic framework that limits the opportunities available to the working class" predominantly composed of people of color Dawson. Steinbeck's emphasis on laborers unionizing to fight back against their abusers - predominantly powerful white men - are concerns that still resonate today. In Dubious Battle made its appearance on the big screen in 2017 as a film directed by James Franco. Goldstone & Payne A5a. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Covici Friedi unknown books
réf. 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
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
1970réf. 532078Aptos California: Printed at the Grace Hoper Press for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe & Zamorano clubs 1970. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Introduction by James D. Hart. Quarto. 16pp Sewn printed wrappers. Faint toning on front wrap else about fine copy. Limited to 150 copies. (Printed at the Grace Hoper Press for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe & Zamorano clubs unknown books
1970réf. 15473Aptos Calif: Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs 1970. First edition one of 150 copies. Introduction by James D. Hart. 1 vols. 4to. Printed wrappers a little darkened at edges else fine. First edition one of 150 copies. Introduction by James D. Hart. 1 vols. 4to. Steinbeck's translation of a Ukrainian poem into a completely imaginary language. Goldstone & Payne A45a Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs unknown books
réf. 002939Viking Press. F. 1st edition. By Lewis Gannett book critic for The New York Herald Tribune. Fine. Viking Press unknown books
1996réf. 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
réf. 06578New York: The Viking Press 1969. Steinbeck at Work The Private Notebook Behind a Masterpiece STEINBECK John. Journal of a Novel. The East of Eden Letters. New York: The Viking Press 1969. First edition. Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 209 x 143 mm. x 1-2 3-182 pp. Publisher's quarter dark blue linen over blue cloth boards spine lettered in silver decorative endpapers top edge stained light blue. Original color pictorial dust jacket spine faded with minor wear to extremities. A fine copy in an excellent dust jacket. A fascinating and deeply revealing companion to East of Eden comprising Steinbeck's working journal written in the form of letters to his editor and friend Pascal Covici. Composed during the creation of his most ambitious novel these entries provide a rare day-by-day account of the creative process - charting Steinbeck's struggles ambitions and evolving ideas as East of Eden took shape. More than mere ancillary material this volume stands as an intimate self-portrait of the author at work offering insight into his discipline doubts and artistic philosophy. Goldstone & Payne A45a. New York: The Viking Press, 1969 unknown books
1970réf. 08779JOURNAL OF A NOVEL Heinemann 1970 first English edition stains on a couple of pages some soiling to foredes else vg in near fine dust-wrapper. The EAST OF EDEN memoirs. Heinemann unknown books
1969réf. 12803JOURNAL OF A NOVEL Viking 1969 first edition near fine in vg pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. The EAST OF EDEN memoirs. Viking Press unknown books
réf. 001620New York The Viking Press 1969. A fine copy in like dust wrapper. Published posthumously this is Steinbeck's day-by-day account of the writing of East of Eden in the form of letters to his friend and publisher Pat Covici. First edition. New York The Viking Press (1969). unknown books
1969réf. 1264681969. New York: The Viking Press 1969. Narrow 4to 148 pp. Yellow card wrappers lettered in black with folding box. Upper wrappers numbered "11" in top left corner. very light wear to spine of wrappers box spotted else very good. § Unrevised proofs. Steinbeck's day-by-day account of the writing of East of Eden in the form of letters to his friend and publisher Pat Covici. The book was published posthumously in an edition of 600 copies. "John Steinbeck in writing East of Eden warmed up for the daily stint ahead in a "letter" to his editor the late Pascal Covici. It was written in pencil usually on the left-hand pages of a large notebook which Covici had supplied. Then when Steinbeck felt ready he proceeded to the text of the novel on the right-hand pages. The writing covered the period from January 29 to November 1 1951. There was a "letter" for every working day. The letter was primarily a method of flexing the author's mental and physical muscles. Steinbeck sometimes used it to adumbrate the problems and purposes of the passage on which he was about to embark-"a kind of arguing ground for the story" as he said once. At other times it consisted of random thoughts trial flights in wordsmanship nuggets of information and comment about the events of the moment both personal and public. But the letters were also full of serious thinking about this novel his longest and most ambitious as well as about novel-writing in general. Never intended for publication they cast a flood of light on the author's mind and on the nature of the creative process. And in the private glimpses of the Nobel-Prize-winning writer-his concern about his sons his hobbies such as wood- carving and carpentry his passion for invention-they are autobiographical material of the first order. In a sense this is Steinbeck's testament. unknown books
réf. AJ3670BLWDel Duca Broché bon état sous jaquette .Contenu propre . Pages non coupées .Jaquette érodée . 1961. 290 pages . PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE
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1946réf. 130040Paris, Nrf Gallimard, impr. Presse de l’Imprimerie moderne, à Montrouge 1946 In-12 18 x 11 cm. Cartonnage éditeur noir orné sur les plats et le dos d’une composition polychrome d’après une maquette de Mario Prassinos, 274 pp., table. édition originale de la traduction française. Celui-ci, N 433/990 exemplaires sur pur fil Lafuma Navarre.
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1978réf. 13949San Francisco: Book Club of California 1978. First edition. One of 500 copies printed at the Plantin Press. xix 119 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth and boards. Mint copy in dust jacket which is very slightly faded at spine. First edition. One of 500 copies printed at the Plantin Press. xix 119 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Book Club of California unknown books
