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1946rif. 29904175 East 78th St. New York 1946. 1 p. in ink on recto of a single yellow legal-size ruled note sheet. 1 vols. 14 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good. 1 p. in ink on recto of a single yellow legal-size ruled note sheet. 1 vols. 14 x 8-1/2 inches. Colorful unpublished note from Steinbeck to his friend Burgess Meredith: "Dear Buzz: I've tried to call you several times but your line is either busy or you are out. This devotion has been carried on a coin booth which is little better than the back seat of a packard. We have no phone yet but hope to have one tomorrow or the next day. Mother Marie is building a nest for her new offspring and I am hard at work which immobilizes both of us pretty much. I am going to have lunch with Charlie Lytle remember the Pixie of Park Lane tomorrow May 8 at 21. Maybe you could drop in or maybe you'll be there anyway. I have to ask you something . Meanwhile I'll call you if we get a phone. The hell with the coin box business. John" Provenance: from the Estate of Burgess Meredith unknown books
1947rif. 29900175 East 78 St. New York City 1947. One page in red ink on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. Slightly faded. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. One page in red ink on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. Fine quick personal note from Steinbeck to his close friends Meredith and Goddard. Just after his release from the hospital after falling out of his window and on the eve of his departure for a European tour he writes: " . I got sprung from the hospital the day before yesterday a little wan and weak. I'll have to walk with a stick for some time but otherwise allright. We kind of plan to go to France about the 15 - 20 of June. We'll be at Hotel Lancaster wherever that it - that is if we make it. So much can happen. Everything else seems to be going pretty well. We're going to have our troubles but I'11 tell you about that when I see you. Love to you both . John" UNPUBLISHED. unknown books
1952rif. 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
1990rif. 50292New York: Paragon House. Very Good. 1990. Paperback. New York: Paragon House 1990. First Paperback Edition. 60 Photographs by John Swope. A Near Fine copy. . Paragon House paperback books
1942rif. 1408045New York: The Viking Press 1942. First Thus Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 184 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine pictorial yellow and blue with yellow and blue lettering. Exterior has moderate plus wear including mild age toning some scratches open chip to rear tail edge and several other instances of small chips to the head/tail edges. Slight age toning to jacket interior. Boards have slight wear including mild sunning and some rubbing to the head/tail edges. Text block has slight plus wear including modest age toning to the fore/tail edges with head edge gray and slight offsetting to the end papers. Mild interior wear. Illustrated. First thus edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Column Y. 1408045. FP New Rockville Stock. The Viking Press hardcover books
1990rif. 415992New York: Paragon House 1990. Softcover. Fine. Second printing. 185pp. Pictorial glossy wrappers. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Fine. Paragon House unknown books
1950rif. 1393570New York NY: The Viking Press 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 159 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Faded yellow orange and grey spine with black lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$2.50" has mild shelving wear and moderate age-toning along the spine. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges. Textblock has small stains on the end-pages mild wear along the edges stains on the fore edges mild age-toning along the edges and light foxing along the head edge. Shelved in Room Z. 1393570. Special Collections - Upstairs. The Viking Press hardcover books
rif. 06580New York: The Viking Press 1950. Experiment in Form - Play and Novel Intertwined A Dramatic Steinbeck Unusual and Underappreciated STEINBECK John. Burning Bright. A Play in Story Form. New York: The Viking Press 1950. First edition. Octavo 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 187 x 121 mm. 1-8 9-159 1 blank pp. Publisher's gray cloth front cover and spine lettered in red top edge stained red. Original color printed dust jacket spine faded with the lightest rubbing to extremities. A fine copy in an excellent dust jacket. An intriguing hybrid work in which Steinbeck deliberately blurs the boundaries between drama and prose fiction. Conceived for both stage and page Burning Bright presents a symbolic almost mythic narrative centered on themes of masculinity identity and the desire for legacy. Though less commercially successful than his major novels the work represents a bold formal experiment reflecting Steinbeck's continued willingness to challenge conventional narrative structures. Goldstone & Payne A27a. New York: The Viking Press, 1950 unknown books
1950rif. 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
1950rif. 57638New York: Viking Press 1950. First Edition. First printing. 12mo 19.5cm. Grey publisher's cloth titled in orange orange topstain; plain endpapers; 159pp. Bookplate of James G. Mead to front pastedown. A straight bright copy pushed at head and tail slight dustiness to top edge: Near Fine. Jacket unclipped priced $2.50 rubbed at edges spine lightly sunned with small chips at head and tail: Very Good. "A Play in Story Form." First edition of Steinbeck's experimental "play in story form." GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A29a. Viking Press unknown books
1950rif. 1195New York: Viking Press 1950. First edition. About fine in near fine jacket. First printing of Steinbeck's experimental work an amalgam of play and novel similar to OF MICE AND MEN. Expanding on the idea first developed in OF MICE AND MEN - adapting aspects of the theater into the structure of a novel - Steinbeck wrote this "play in story form" about the birth of a long-awaited child. The book was staged the same year with Rodgers and Hammerstein as producers. Neither the book nor the play did well but Steinbeck didn't seem to mind: "We were kicked around like dogs but I still want to do it. This shows a truly pure quality of stupidity. Just nuts. I'm so fascinated by everything about the theatre I don't really care if the show's a flop" Interview NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 18 September 1952. A lovely copy. 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original full tan cloth front board and spine lettered in red. Original unclipped $2.50 dust jacket in yellow grey and orange. Orange topstain. 159 1 pages. Lightest edgewear to jacket extremities. Tiny spot to fore edge. Overall clear and bright. Viking Press unknown books
1951rif. 10893BURNING BRIGHT Heinemann 1951 first English edition fine in bright vg dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear. Heinemann unknown books
1950rif. 6705New York: Viking 1950. First edition. About fine in find dust jacket protected in mylar. Viking unknown books
1950rif. 56004New York: The Viking Press 1950. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Gray cloth. Fine bright copy in near-fine unclipped dust jacket. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. The Viking Press unknown books
1950rif. 58683NY: The Viking Press 1950. First Edition first printing. Goldstone-Payne A29a. 12mo. gray cloth in dust jacket; 159 pages. Near fine covers nice; contents clean & tight; few tiny tears with internal repairs with clear archival tape some fade lower portion spine d/j. Tiny $1.00 price inked above $2.50 price on dust jacket. Overall a nice copy! The Viking Press unknown books
1950rif. 41450New York: Viking Press 1950. First edition. Very good in very good jacket. First printing of Steinbeck's experimental work an amalgam of play and novel similar to OF MICE AND MEN. Expanding on the idea first developed in OF MICE AND MEN - adapting aspects of the theater into the structure of a novel - Steinbeck wrote this "play in story form" about the birth of a long-awaited child. The book was staged the same year with Rodgers and Hammerstein as producers. Neither the book nor the play did well but Steinbeck didn't seem to mind: "We were kicked around like dogs but I still want to do it. This shows a truly pure quality of stupidity. Just nuts. I'm so fascinated by everything about the theatre I don't really care if the show's a flop" Interview NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 18 September 1952. 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original full tan cloth front board and spine lettered in red. Original unclipped $2.50 dust jacket in yellow grey and orange. Orange topstain. 159 1 pages. Ink owner inscription to front fly leaf. Jacket moderately edge worn with areas of paper loss to upper front corner and at spine ends. Lines of creasing at spine. Cloth lightly worn rounded at corners. Offsetting to endpaper gutters. Viking Press unknown books
1950rif. 431081New York: Viking 1950. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Longish gift inscription else about fine in near fine dustwrapper with a slight scrape and tiny tear on the spine. Viking hardcover books
1950rif. 293535New York: Viking Press 1950. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Top edge a little soiled still fine in very slightly soiled else fine dustwrapper. A very nice copy. Viking Press hardcover books
1950rif. 277811New York: Viking 1950. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with typical sunning to the orange portion of the spine and touch of wear at the crown. Viking hardcover books
1945rif. 8070New York: The Viking Press 1945. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. Second issue in the canary yellow cloth. A Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. A lovely copy of the book. Contemporary ink ownership signature to upper free endpaper. Dust jacket with some chipping to edges and to one fold. Jacket spine a bit darkened and some dustsoiling to edges of flaps but presenting very well. Overall a bright and appealing copy of Steinbeck's celebrated novel about the Cannery Row community of Monterey California. Steinbeck's straightforward prose follows the trials and tribulations of the Cannery Row community in Great Depression-era Monterey. The novel begins with a singular focus: a group of friends will throw a thank-you party for Doc a marine biologist. But such a venture envelops the larger community and through this larger scope Cannery Row explores friendship community nostalgia and the profound social effects of the Great Depression. Indeed the fame of the novel would help turn Cannery Row into a kind of tourist attraction. Steinbeck had just come home from being a war correspondent and the experience - along with his failing marriage - scarred him considerably. He began this book as kind of an escape both for him and for his readers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. The Viking Press unknown books
1945rif. 338561New York: Viking 1945. hardcover. very good/very good-. Small 8vo yellow cloth with blue lettering blue top-stain d.w. New York: Viking Press 1945. First Edition. Second issue canary yellow binding. The dust wrapper is somewhat darkened & edge-rubbed with a closed tear at a fold but has the $2.00 price. Viking unknown books
1945rif. 1416536New York: The Viking Press 1945. Hardcover. Octavo 208 pages. In Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine grayish brown with deep beige lettering. Exterior has moderate wear including slight sunning and few small chips to the head/tail edges with slight age toning to the jacket interior. Boards have slight plus wear including mild soiling. Text block has moderate wear including modest age toning to the fore/tail edges and head edge colored bluish green. Partial cracking to the hinges. First edition second state. NOTE: Shelved in Column L. 1416536. FP New Rockville Stock. The Viking Press hardcover books
1988rif. 1418568Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1988. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 196 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's decorated navy blue leather with red and gilt stamping to spine. Rubbing and scuffing along edges of boards. Edges of textblock gilt. With silk endpapers and a silk ribbon bookmark. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Easton Press. 1418568. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Easton Press hardcover books
rif. 06574New York: The Viking Press 1945. Advance Issue in Original Wrappers A Pre-Publication Steinbeck of Uncommon Survival STEINBECK John. Cannery Row. New York: The Viking Press 1945. Advance copy preceding the first edition. Octavo 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 187 x 121 mm. vi 208 1 advertisements 1 blank pp. Publisher's original blue printed wrappers front cover lettered in black. Housed in the original acetate jacket. Spine very slightly darkened minor wear at top of spine otherwise an exceptionally well-preserved near fine copy. A scarce and desirable advance issue of one of Steinbeck's most beloved Monterey novels issued in fragile paper wrappers for pre-publication distribution. Copies retaining the original acetate jacket are particularly uncommon as these ephemeral coverings were seldom preserved. Cannery Row stands among Steinbeck's most warmly regarded works - a loosely structured episodic portrait of life along the Monterey waterfront populated by a cast of unforgettable characters including Doc Mack and the boys. Blending humor pathos and philosophical reflection the novel captures both the camaraderie and quiet desperation of its Depression-era milieu. Advance copies of this title are rare in commerce especially in such superior condition and are keenly sought by collectors for their immediacy to publication and inherent fragility. Goldstone & Payne A16 advance issue in wrappers. New York: The Viking Press, 1945 unknown books
2002rif. WELLER9780142000687Penguin 2002. New. New book. Penguin unknown books
