Langner, Lawrence [John Steinbeck]Biblio.com
1959rif. 111852New York: Hastings House Publishers 1959. First edition of this entertaining history of clothing and its impact on the human condition. Octavo original half cloth illustrated. The dedication copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To John Steinbeck-whose interest in the book when half written encouraged me to complete it. And to Elaine Steinbeck with love to you both Lawrence Lagner Nov 5/ 1959." From the library of John Steinbeck. With an introduction by James Laver. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Lawrence Langner was a playwright author and producer who also pursued a career as a patent attorney. He founded the Guild Theatre where he supervised over 200 productions. Elaine Steinbeck was an actress in the theatre and met Langner at that time. They continued to be in similar circles after her marriage to Steinbeck. The Importance of Wearing Clothes is an erudite and entertaining history of clothing and its impact on the human condition. Hastings House Publishers hardcover
in-8°, 299 pages, broche, couv. Excellent etat [DV-20]
1990rif. 36673Salzburg, Otto Müller-Verlag, 1990. gr. 8°, S 385 - 480, Bezahlung per PayPal möglich, we accept PayPal, min. Gebr.sp., kartoniert
rif. mon0002371570Munchen: C. H. Beck Munchen: C. H. Beck. Hardcover. Good. . 16-volume set German language text uniformly bound with red cloth spines with extensive gilt decorations and illustrated paper boards. Covers show minor wear and rubbing to the extremities light foxing and fading. Pages are clean. Munchen: C. H. Beck hardcover
rif. 500175367Gallimard Sans date.
rif. 500262776Le Livre de Poche Sans date.
2025rif. 48193Irvine CA: Suntup Editions 2025. Fine/Fine. Irvine CA: Suntup Editions 2025. Limited Artist Edition of 500 copies signed by James Ransome at colophon. Octavo; illustrated dust jacket; quarter cloth binding with Bugra Archive sides; 124pp. Color illustrations printed giclée on Hahnemühle Bugra; publisher's bookmark laid in. Housed in publisher's cloth covered slipcase with ends in a complimentary color. An unread Fine copy. Suntup Editions unknown books
1935rif. 47266New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1935. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1935 but ca. 1937. A reprint of the First Edition with original pictorial image on unclipped dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Octavo 21cm. Light brown publisher's cloth over boards with decorative line and text stamped in blue. Blue topstain. 316 pp. Dust jacket has minor wear and rubbing; small closed tears along edges and folds; small chip on upper right corner of spine; mark from sticker removal on back DJ panel and spine. Binding sound. Endpapers toned from aging adhesive. Pencil mark on top corner of front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. Overall a Very Good copy in like dust jacket. Goldstone p29. Grosset & Dunlap unknown books
1935rif. 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
1971rif. 213071971. Simmen Edward editor. The Chicano: From Caricature to Self-Portrait 1971 traces changing literary portrayals of Mexican Americans from externally imposed stereotypes to fiction grounded in Chicano experience and authorship. Published during the Chicano Movement's assertion of political cultural and linguistic identity the anthology brings Anglo and Mexican American writers into deliberate comparison allowing readers to examine how narrative authority affects portrayals of ethnicity labor family discrimination assimilation and community. Its organizing movement from "caricature" to "self-portrait" makes the volume particularly useful for studying representation in American literature and the growing visibility of Chicano voices within the national publishing market. Simmen Edward ed. The Chicano: From Caricature to Self-Portrait. New York: New American Library 1971. First edition. English language. The collection presents short fiction spanning different periods and authorial perspectives including work by John Steinbeck Jack London Ray Bradbury Nick C. Vaca Philip D. Ortega and Genaro González. Simmen's introduction frames the selections around what the publisher described as the "pain and promise of the Mexican-American experience" while the anthology's structure permits comparison between depictions created by writers outside the community and narratives in which Chicano authors define their own characters environments and cultural values. The volume also includes a selected bibliography of short fiction extending its usefulness as an early guide to Mexican American literary study. One volume. 318 pages. Paperback in orange-toned printed wrappers. Octavo. The anthology appeared amid a broader renaissance of Chicano cultural pride and political organization associated with figures and movements addressing farm labor educational inequality land rights and community self-determination. Simmen's editorial arrangement places literary representation within that contemporary struggle over who possessed the authority to describe Mexican American life. Rather than treating all selections as equally authentic the book exposes the historical progression from sentimentalized or derogatory types toward narratives shaped by Chicano memory language and social experience. Light wear to wrapper edges and corners visible spine creasing without loss of structural integrity light page toning and a small crease at the upper-right corner of the front wrapper; contents otherwise unmarked. Very good. An important Chicano Movement-era anthology documenting the transition from outsider representation to Mexican American literary self-definition. unknown books
1941rif. 47528New York: The Viking Press 1941. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: The Viking Press 1941. First Edition cloth issue. Octavo; illustrated dust jacket with $5.00 price intact; green cloth boards stamped in silver; orange topstain; map endpapers; 598pp. Plates including photographs and drawings some color. Dust jacket worn and creased with chipping along edges and split along bottom third of rear fold. Boards shelfworn with minor bumping to corners. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Very Good in a Good to Very Good dust jacket. Account by Steinbeck and his good friend Edward Ricketts of their six week fishing and boating expedition in the Gulf of California. Goldstone & Payne A15.b. The Viking Press unknown books
rif. 000300Privately Printed 1964 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Cloth. As New/As New. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ruth Ford's copy signed by her. She was married to Zachary Scott. Privately Printed, 1964 Hardcover books
1969rif. 016024Alfred A. Knopf 1969. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket First edition Stated$4.95 On Flap. Excellent Fresh Copy. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover books
1969rif. 004499Knopf 1969. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mint copy in like jacket. Autobiography of John Steinbeck's Son.Scarce Title.Gorgeous copy. Knopf Hardcover books
1957rif. 154848Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet 1957. Vintage photograph of John Steinbeck and his wife Elaine leaning out of a train window in Stockholm in 1957. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet crediting photographer Ake Blomquist. Steinbeck would return to Sweden again five years later in 1962 to accept the Nobel Prize for Literature a controversial decision in the eyes of many including Steinbeck himself. 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Svenska Dagbladet unknown books
1974rif. 139926Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1974. First Draft script for an unproduced television movie. Based on John Steinbeck's 1939 novel of the same title and adapted from the screenplay by Nunnally Johnson for the 1940 film. During the Great Depression and dustbowl era a family of tenant farmers living and suffering in Oklahoma and forced to move west abandoning their home. They end up in California with many other "Okies" like them searching for a new future. Peter Knopf is a Emmy-nominated writer best known for his work on "Posse" 1975 "Peter and Paul" 1981 and "Not My Kid" 1985. Set in Oklahoma and California. Green titled wrappers noted as First Draft on the front wrapper dated April 12 1974. Title page present dated April 12 1974 noted as First Draft with credits for novelist Steinbeck screenwriter Knopf screenwriter Johnson and producer Stanley Hough. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1942rif. 167656Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1942. Two vintage reference photograph from the 1942 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the versos. Based on John Steinbeck's 1935 novel about a poor Mexican American who unexpectedly inherits two homes in California leading to tension and resentment among his impoverished friends. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1947rif. 001824Avon Books 1947 1947. Book. Fine. Mass Market Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Avon Books, 1947 Paperback books
rif. 005136Book. Fine. No Binding. Autographed Letter Signed. 8x10. Awesome 5x6 Autographed Letter Signed in a 8x10 lucite frame. "Dear Mr. Stanton: Thank you very much for your kind letter and for your kind thoughts Very sincerely John Steinbeck." Fully Guarantee.I have collected Steinbeck for 30 years. unknown books
1939rif. 1665624/04/1939. “The undersigned Viking Press Inc. and John Steinbeck hereby sells grants conveys and assigns to the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation…talking motion picture rights…that he may have in and to the original composition entitled “The Grapes of Wrath”…” A unique and compelling piece of American cinematic history <iframe src=""https://player.vimeo.com/video/258864368"" width=""640"" height=""360"" frameborder=""0"" allowfullscreen=""allowfullscreen""></iframe> “The Grapes of Wrath” won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for fiction in 1940 and helped John Steinbeck earn the Nobel Prize awarded him in 1962 which turned on the “keen social perception” in this book. At the time of the Dust Bowl when hundreds of thousands of Americans migrated to the West Coast mainly California in search of a better life Steinbeck was writing a series of seven articles about migrant worker communities for the San Francisco Chronicle. He spent a lot of time getting to know families who lived in various migrant worker camps in towns like Bakersfield and Visalia and was angered and disgusted by the amount of heartbreak and suffering that he witnessed. He channeled those emotions as he wrote his classic - “The Grapes of Wrath”. Published in 1939 by Viking Press “The Grapes of Wrath” vividly portrays life during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl in America as it follows a family of Oklahoma tenant farmers driven from their home by drought economic hardship agricultural industry changes and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work. The family traveled westward to California seeking jobs land dignity and a future. It explores the strength and goodness of the human spirit in the face of gruesome truly dismal circumstances. This novel had a profound impact in America. Many people applauded Steinbeck for capturing so honestly the lives of migrant farm workers during the Depression and starkly pointing out conditions they faced. There were calls for social action in response. Eleanor Roosevelt took interest and as a result she called for congressional hearings on migrant worker camp conditions. Labor laws were changed. Others accused Steinbeck of being a socialist and of championing leftist beliefs. Confident that the book would be a smash hit Hollywood rushed to make a film on the book even as it first hit the book shops. The film they made “The Grapes of Wrath” is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time. It was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for Twentieth Century Fox directed by John Ford and starred Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards including for Best Picture Actor Fonda Film Editing Sound and Writing. Ford won the Best Director Oscar and actress Darwell won Best Actress for her portrayal of Ma Joad. In 1989 “The Grapes of Wrath” was one of the first 25 films to be selected for preservation by the Library of Congress for its U.S. National Film Registry as being ""culturally historically or aesthetically significant.” This is the original contract in which Twentieth Century Fox obtained the rights from John Steinbeck and Viking Press to make the film “The Grapes of Wrath”. It is one of the most important if not the most important piece of American film history to ever reach the market. Document signed on Twentieth Century Fox’s own stationery one sheet with text on both sides New York April 24 1939 just days after the novel's initial release. It provides: “…the undersigned Viking Press Inc. and John Steinbeck hereby sells grants conveys and assigns to the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation…the right title and interest of the undersigned throughout the world in and to the silent sound and dialogue and talking motion picture rights…that he may have in and to the original composition entitled “The Grapes of Wrath”…” It identifies the author as John Steinbeck the publisher as Viking Press and gives the copyright date as April 16 1939. Steinbeck and the president of Viking Press Harold Guinzberg have signed at the conclusion on the verso and the contract has been notarized there the notary stating that Steinbeck had personally appeared before her. unknown books
1940rif. 014922Stanford Overlook Press 1940. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy in the Original Very Good Glassine Scarce In Any Condition. Excellent Fresh Copy. . Stanford Overlook Press Hardcover books
2002rif. 015288The Viking Press 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy in Like Jacket First Edition $27.95 on Flap.Signed in Year &f Month Of Publication by Editors Susan Shillinglaw and Jackson J. Benson. Gorgeous Fresh Copy. The Viking Press Hardcover books
rif. 010555Book. Fine. Soft cover. Presentation By Author. 8 1/2 X 11 on Yellow Legal Pad in Pencil ALS unsigned Fulbright Recommendation for Neighbor.Approx 50 Words. Excellent Content."I have know Mr.Talkington quite well and have seen his work over the years and found it impressive. I believe him capable of fulfilling the requirements for this grant. If I were a member of the acceptance committee I should certainly approve his application." Awesome Letter. Paperback books
1942rif. 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
1950rif. 015927The Viking Press 1950. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.First Edition.$2.50 on Flap. Excellent Fresh Copy Of This Play- Novelette. . The Viking Press Hardcover books
