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1944rif. 575539Durham North Carolina: Duke University Press 1944. Softcover. Near Fine. Offprint. Small quarto. 1 352-362pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Tiny number inked on front cover very light wear and staple a bit oxidized near fine. Briefly Inscribed by the author to psychologist L. B. Hoisington on the front cover and signed "MSS.". First published in American Literature Volume 15 No. 4 January 1944. The Grapes of Wrath won both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize and this essay was collected in at least two collections of critical studies of the book. OCLC locates a single copy at the University of Tulsa. Duke University Press unknown books
1991rif. 568030New York: Penguin Books 1991. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. Fine. Penguin Books unknown books
1991rif. 569456New York: Penguin Books 1991. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Illustrated. Trade paperback. Fine. Penguin Books unknown books
1951rif. 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
1994rif. 590905San Jose California: Steinbeck Research Center / San Jose State University 1994. Softcover. Fine. Volume 7 Number 2. Edited by Paul Douglass. Slim small quarto. 16pp. Stapled self-wrappers. A fine copy. Steinbeck Research Center / San Jose State University unknown books
1964rif. 13677New York: Privately Printed 1964. First Edition one of 200 copies for private distribution. Half-tone portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. Decorated paper boards black morocco spine. Fine copy of a very rare Steinbeck piece. First Edition one of 200 copies for private distribution. Half-tone portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. With a 2pp. essay by Steinbeck about John Emery. Not in Goldstone & Payne Privately Printed unknown books
1964rif. 13330New York: Privately Printed 1964. First Edition one of 200 copies for private distribution. Half-tone portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. Decorated paper boards black morocco spine. Fine copy of a very rare Steinbeck piece. First Edition one of 200 copies for private distribution. Half-tone portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. With a 2pp. essay by Steinbeck about John Emery. Not in Goldstone & Payne Privately Printed unknown books
1956rif. 555787Oxford: Oxford University Press 1956. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 106pp. Touch of edgwear else fine in a very good or better price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of foxing and a bit of edgewear including nicks and small tears. Presentation copy Inscribed by John Steinbeck to a teacher: “For Mrs. Hale This might be good to read to students when they feel put upon. I think it more filled with information than a hundred formal histories – with best wishes John Steinbeck / Perhaps you know this book. I hope not because the charm of first reading is so great.” A collection of 400 passages compiled by a 15th Century teacher of grammar at the Magdalen School in Oxford used for Latin translations by his students. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1966rif. 316637New York: Hearst Corporation 1966. Softcover. Very Good. Magazine. Photo of Henry Fonda by Roddy McDowell. Very good with light wear along the spine some browning on the rear wrap. This is the entire issue of Harper's Bazaar. Hearst Corporation unknown books
1938rif. 609309New York: The Macmillan Company 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. Third printing. Frontispiece by Rockwell Kent. Collected by Tremaine McDowell Winfield H. Rogers John T. Flanagan and Harold A. Blaine. xvi 706pp. Owner name on front fly and copyright page. Spine tanned and corners worn through topstain discolored a very good copy. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1960rif. 342785Chicago: Esquire Inc 1960. Softcover. Near Fine. Magazine. 12mo. 224pp. Perfect bound wrappers. Slightly rubbed else fine. Features a four-page correspondence between John Steinbeck and Adlai Stevenson titled "Our 'Rigged' Morality. Esquire Inc unknown books
1956rif. 555787Oxford: Oxford University Press 1956. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 106pp. Touch of edgwear else fine in a very good or better price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of foxing and a bit of edgewear including nicks and small tears. Presentation copy Inscribed by John Steinbeck to a teacher: “For Mrs. Hale This might be good to read to students when they feel put upon. I think it more filled with information than a hundred formal histories – with best wishes John Steinbeck / Perhaps you know this book. I hope not because the charm of first reading is so great.” A collection of 400 passages compiled by a 15th Century teacher of grammar at the Magdalen School in Oxford used for Latin translations by his students. Oxford University Press hardcover
1951rif. 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
1966rif. 316637New York: Hearst Corporation 1966. Softcover. Very Good. Magazine. Photo of Henry Fonda by Roddy McDowell. Very good with light wear along the spine some browning on the rear wrap. This is the entire issue of Harper's Bazaar. Hearst Corporation unknown
rif. 1022Los Altos CA.: Hermes Publications. First Edition. A handsome intimate bookbringing to live in Steinbeck's own words and photographs by Richard S. Mayer of the California homes where John Steinbeck lived and wrote. One of 1200 numbered signed and slipcased copies with the original announcement leaf. A fine copy. Hermes Publications hardcover
1964rif. 13677New York: Privately Printed 1964. First Edition one of 200 copies for private distribution. Half-tone portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. Decorated paper boards black morocco spine. Fine copy of a very rare Steinbeck piece. First Edition one of 200 copies for private distribution. Half-tone portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. With a 2pp. essay by Steinbeck about John Emery. Not in Goldstone & Payne Privately Printed unknown
1964rif. 13330New York: Privately Printed 1964. First Edition one of 200 copies for private distribution. Half-tone portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. Decorated paper boards black morocco spine. Fine copy of a very rare Steinbeck piece. First Edition one of 200 copies for private distribution. Half-tone portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. With a 2pp. essay by Steinbeck about John Emery. Not in Goldstone & Payne Privately Printed unknown
1986rif. 26195Norman:: University of Oklahoma 1986. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the spine. Timmerman provides insightful commentary on Steinbeck as a literary craftsman by closely examining his major works of fiction including Cannery Row Sweet Thursday Tortilla Flat The Grapes of Wrath Of Mice and Men East of Eden and his short stories. University of Oklahoma, unknown
rif. JD39181n.p. Hollywood United Artists n.d. 1939 first edition thus wrappers. Softcover. This is the official program for the first film version of Steinbeck's play/novelette the film starred Burgess Meredith as George and Lon Chaney Jr. as Lennie it was directed by Lewis Milestone screenplay was by Eugene Solow musical score was by Aaron Copland includes a short introduction by Hal Roach loaded with photographs and drawings most of which are scenes from the film or portraits of the stars front cover says this is "The picture Hollywood Said Could Never Be Made" includes a full page devoted just to a photo and biography of Steinbeck it also includes portraits of each of the stars and some of the supporting cast plus much material about the stars literary critic Lewis Gannett offers material abut Steinbeck and his work it also includes production highlights plus material about both the book and the play while Adrian H. Goldstone had a copy of this program it was not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow Holmes E64c. Bit of soiling and age-toning and with a vertical crease to covers but still a very good solid copy of a very scarce document. n.p. (Hollywood), United Artists, n.d. (1939), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
1971rif. 298208Belwin-Mills Publishing Company 1971. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 206 pages. First edition first printing. Very good in illustrated wrappers paperback. Covers mildly soiled with remnants of partially removed small sticker lower right front cover. Stamp of Belwin-Mills Music Ltd Croydon England bottom of title page. Belwin-Mills Publishing Company paperback
1940rif. b15242Look 1940. First Edition . Fine. Fine in original wrappers. Text and twelve photographs from the movie. Look unknown
1944rif. 575539Durham North Carolina: Duke University Press 1944. Softcover. Near Fine. Offprint. Small quarto. 1 352-362pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Tiny number inked on front cover very light wear and staple a bit oxidized near fine. Briefly Inscribed by the author to psychologist L. B. Hoisington on the front cover and signed "MSS.". First published in American Literature Volume 15 No. 4 January 1944. The Grapes of Wrath won both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize and this essay was collected in at least two collections of critical studies of the book. OCLC locates a single copy at the University of Tulsa. Duke University Press unknown
rif. JD28311n.p. NY United Press International October 25 1962 first edition. A c.6X9-inch b&w photo of author John Steinbeck and his wife Elaine in New York after it was announced that he won the Nobel Prize for Literature text that accompanies the photo is taped to the verso of the photo citing UPI photo credit. Fine. n.p. (NY), United Press International, October 25, 1962, first edition. unknown
rif. JD28313NY United Press International January 6 1963 first edition. This is a wonderful photograph of two literary giants John Steinbeck and Carl Sandburg on the occasion of Sandburg's 85th birthday the party was at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel although the two men were great friends Steinbeck looks as if he's about to bite off the head of Sandburg who looks as serene as always c.8.5X6.5 inches UPI text about the photo is affixed to the verso which also carries the UPI photo credit. Fine. NY, United Press International, January 6, 1963, first edition. unknown
rif. JD28365n.p. NY RCA Victor n.d. c.1955 first edition. This is an original cast recording of Pipe Dream which was adapted from Steinbeck's novel Sweet Thursday into this Broadway musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein that play starred Helen Traubel William Johnson and Judy Tyler who is finally credited on the album cover RCA Victor LOC-1097 liner notes by Rudolph Elie this item wasn't in the Adrian H. Goldstone collection but see Goldstone & Payne G55 not recorded by Morrow. Fine. n.p. (NY), RCA Victor, n.d. (c.1955), first edition. unknown
