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1939Best.-Nr. 160735New York: Viking Press 1939. First Edition. First Edition. First issue dust jacket with first edition statement at the bottom front jacket flap. Wraparound jacket art by Elmer Hader whose work graced four Steinbeck titles. Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece literature's lasting testament to the Great Depression singled-out in his citation for the Nobel Prize decades later. Basis for the 1940 John Ford film starring Henry Fonda as Tom Joad. Ford and supporting actress Jane Darwell won Academy Awards for their work. Near Fine in a bright Near Fine dust jacket. Small tap on the top edge of the rear board. Jacket is lightly toned along the top edges of the flaps and spine with a touch of rubbing on the flap folds and two tiny chips on the crown. An attractive copy. Ahearn APG 014d. Viking Press unknown books
1940Best.-Nr. 1607218Heritage Press 1940. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Inscribed illustrated edition. Inscribed by John Steinbeck on the title page to Mr. and Mrs. O'Quinn. Thomas Hart Benton illustrator. 559 pgs 7 7/8" wide x 10 1/4" tall. Illustrated endpapers. Dark tan cloth with silver lettering . All external page edges have been tinted a light yellow by the publisher. The book spine is slightly sunned. Comes in publisher's slipcase edges worn and top edge on one side split. The book itself is internally unmarked clean tightly bound and in fine condition. All housed in a custom-made slipcase. The story of The O'Quinns: In 1955 John Steinbeck came to Austin Texas to visit his nephew Jon Atkinson. Jon was highschool friends with Kerry O'Quinn. During Steinbeck's visit Kerry went to Jon's house and took his parent's Heritage Club copy of The Grapes of Wrath which Steinbeck signed with the wonderful inscription: "For Mr. & Mrs. Quinn from John Steinbeck who isn't angry at anybody". FYI: When Jon and Kerry graduated highschool in 1956 their parents gave them a two week trip to New York City. John and Elaine Steinbeck were away at Sag Harbor for the summer but offered them the use of his 5-story townhouse on East 72nd Street complete with housekeeper and cook. Elaine helped them to get orchestra seats for all the big Broadway musicals including My Fair Lady which was sold out. Heritage Press hardcover books
1974Best.-Nr. 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
2002Best.-Nr. 2341399New York: Penguin Books 2002. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x1x8. New. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2002 Trade Paperback. 455 pp. The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression a book that galvanized - and sometimes outraged - millions of readers. First published in 1939 Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family the Joads - driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision elemental yet plainspoken tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless of one man's fierce reaction to injustice and of one woman's stoical strength the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. At once a naturalistic epic captivity narrative road novel and transcendental gospel Steinbeck's powerful landmark novel is perhaps the most American of American Classics. This Centennial edition specially designed to commemorate one hundred years of Steinbeck features french flaps and deckle-edged pages. Penguin Books paperback books
Best.-Nr. JD28137n.p. 20th Century-Fox 1940 first edition. A complete set of 11X14-inch color lobby card posters for the original release of this classic story and classic film which was directed by the famed John Ford and which starred Henry Fonda as Tom Joad Jane Darwell as Ma Joad and John Carradine as Casy the set also includes its original printed housing envelope which is probably even more scarce than the posters the fragile housing envelope is plain brown and is printed with the film title Steinbeck's name Fonda's name etc. none of these posters were in the Adrian H. Goldstone collection but see Goldstone & Payne E6 not recorded by Morrow extremely scarce especially as a complete set and with the housing envelope. While there are pin holes in some corners from theatre mounting as usual these posters are uniformly clean bright and fine. n.p., 20th Century-Fox, 1940, first edition. 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
1939Best.-Nr. 96420NY:: Viking. Very Good. 1939. Hardcover. Pulitzer Prize winner. Ninth printing within five months of the first. Moderate shelf wear and aging else very good in tan cloth. No dust jacket. ; 619 pages . Viking, hardcover books
1940Best.-Nr. 95230NY:: Viking. Very Good. 1940. Hardcover. Pulitzer Prize winner. Twelfth printing within eleven months of the first. Moderate shelf wear and aging previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper else very good in tan cloth. No dust jacket. ; 619 pages . Viking, hardcover books
1983Best.-Nr. 87866Franklin Center:: Franklin Library. 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine. The 1940 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction. Special edition. Octavo fully. bound in brown leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along. spine all edges gilt marbled endpapers sewn-in ribbon bookmark. About. fine.; 424 pages. Franklin Library, hardcover books
Best.-Nr. JD29949NY Viking 1939 first edition first printing dust jacket. Hardcover. No book is more identified with John Steinbeck than this masterpiece which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and which was the source for the film version directed by John Ford that starred Henry Fonda as Tom Joad and which won Jane Darwell an Academy Award for her portrayal of Ma Joad the book was also the source for the Tony Award-winning Broadway play one of the true high spots of 20th Century literature jacket designed by Elmer Hader this is an incredibly scarce Review Copy with review slip from Viking this is the only review copy seen by this bookseller in more than 60 years of being involved in all things Steinbeck see Goldstone & Payne A12a see Morrow 107. Fine in a jacket with a couple of small tape ghosts from where the review slip was previously affixed jacket is otherwise clean bright and fine. NY, Viking, 1939, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover 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
19418vo., First Edition thus; handsomely bound in full dark brown crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, cloth from original front board and backstrip mounted on new and separate leaves at front, ribbon marker, in custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published two years after the first edition.
2011Best.-Nr. SKU0648894Heyday 2011-10-01. paperback. New. 5x0x7. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Heyday paperback
1988Best.-Nr. Q-093058838XHeyday Books 1988-11-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Heyday Books paperback
2011Best.-Nr. Q-1890771619Heyday 2011-10-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Heyday paperback
1988Best.-Nr. 569795Berkeley: Heyday Books 1988. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Introduction by Charles Wollenberg. Slim octavo. 62pp. Illustrated. Tiny bit of wear at the spine ends else fine in glossy wrappers. Prints seven newspaper articles on migrant farm workers that Steinbeck wrote in 1936 three years before The Grapes of Wrath. Heyday Books unknown books
1959Best.-Nr. 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
1950Best.-Nr. 003428New York: Jack Kriendler Memorial Foundation 1950. Book. Illus. by Various. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Book is bound in red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Large format book with 220 pages indexed. Approximately 48 illustrations by various authors including Walt Disney and Hal Foster. Approximately 62 articles written by various authors including John Steinbeck The "Inside" on the Inside Damon Runyun & John O'Hara. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Jack Kriendler Memorial Foundation Hardcover
Best.-Nr. ING9781598538489Library of America. New. Special order direct from the distributor Library of America unknown
2026Best.-Nr. x-1598538489Library of America 2026. Hardcover. New. 5.20x5.28x8.37 inches. Library of America hardcover
Best.-Nr. 111531First edition of this work inscribed by Chumbhot to Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Quarto original boards illustrated. Presentation copy inscribed opposite the title page "To Mr. and Mrs John Steinbeck with compliments by Pantip Chumbhot Bangkok 27/1/67." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. From the library of John Steinbeck. An account of the history and renovation of the Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad Palace in Bangkok Thailand. Twenty-four pages of text followed by a section of photographs of the mural designs on the panels of the Pavilion. Contents include a biography of His Royal Highness Prince Chumbhot of Nagara Svarga The Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad Palace Catalogue of the Mural Designs in the Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad Notes on a Library Ho Trai of the Ayudha Period and another article about the Lacquer Pavilion. hardcover
1985Best.-Nr. G0135217172I3N00New York Institute of Finance 1985. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. New York Institute of Finance hardcover
1974Best.-Nr. w0521Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1974. Hope's memoir of his years touring overseas entertaining troops at war and in peacetime. The Steinbeck foreword was originally printed in the New York Herald Tribune in 1943. Later printing SIGNED by Hope on the title page. Hardcover in jacket as pictured; light wear to book gift note inside front cover; price-clipped jacket shows some internal tanning light edgewear. Text clean; xii 384 pages; b/w photos. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Quarto. Doubleday & Company, Inc. Hardcover
Best.-Nr. JD29096Los Angeles "Black & White" November 1939 first edition thus wrappers. Softcover. 18-24 text from The Long Valley the magazine incorrectly states that this is the first periodical appearance of this story not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Uniform age to cheap newsprint stock else very good. Los Angeles, "Black & White", November 1939, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
Best.-Nr. N-3-2030450079988Hardcover. Fine. 1932 to 1952 3 new and sealed volumes in slipcases and factory wrap. hardcover
