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1947réf. 08771THE PEARL Viking 1947 first edition just about fine in vg dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear. On this dust-wrapper Steinbeck is looking towards the fore edge. Viking Press unknown
2002réf. SONG1417704500Turtleback Books 2002-01-08. Turtleback School & Library C ed. library. Used: Good. 6.36x0.57x8.33. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Turtleback Books unknown
réf. 3601The Viking Press. 1947 G/-- Small brown cover 122 pages NOBN NOAMZCOM The Viking Press unknown
1947réf. 338354New York: Viking 1947. First. hardcover. near fine/very good. Orozco Jose Clemente. With Drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco. 123 pages. Thin 8vo brown pictorial cloth d.w. spine slightly faded; small tear to bottom edge. New York: Viking Press 1947. First Edition. Tiny stain on cover still near fine in very good dust wrapper. The first issue dust wrapper with the photo of Steinbeck facing right toward the spine. Viking unknown books
1947réf. 1416642New York: The Viking Press Inc 1947. First Viking Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 122 pages. In Good plus condition lacking the issued dust jacket. Spine brick red with gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have slight plus wear including slight sunning beige stain to the front and slight rubbing to the edges. Text block has slight wear including age toning to the edges and mild offsetting to the end papers and previous owner's bookplate to the rear pastedown. Frontispiece. Illustrated. First Viking edition. NOTE: Shelved in Column L. 1416642. FP New Rockville Stock. The Viking Press, Inc hardcover books
1947réf. 140949932New York: The Viking Press 1947. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A superlative copy of the first edition first printing. Bound in publisher's brown cloth decoratively stamped in black with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with faint tape ghosts to front and rear free endpapers. In a Near Fine first issue dust jacket with Steinbeck's portrait facing toward the spine; a vibrant example unclipped with light rubbing at the extremities light soiling to the rear panel and light tanning. A much nicer example than normally encountered. Goldstone & Payne A25a. The Viking Press unknown books
1947réf. 140949953New York: The Viking Press 1947. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's brown cloth decoratively stamped in black with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light lean and light wear to binding. In a Very Good unclipped first issue dust jacket with Steinbeck's portrait facing toward the spine; light rubbing and edge wear toning fading to the spine. A nice copy. Goldstone & Payne A25a. The Viking Press unknown books
1947réf. TB33980New York: The Viking Press 1947. First Edition. First Printing First Issue Dust Jacket Very near fine in decorated medium brown cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine and a black sketch on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is only slightly rubbed. In a very good price clipped but replaced dust jacket with shallow chipping to the ends of the spine area shallow chips to the fore corners of the front panel over the tips of the boards rubbing to the fold to the front flap and two short 1/4 inch closed tears to the upper edge of the rear panel. Illustrated with drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco. This is the first state dust jacket with Steinbeck looking to his left on the rear panel. The Viking Press hardcover books
1992réf. 61733New York: Peng/Rand 1992. Reprint. Paperback. New. 90pp. Duodecimo. 19cm. Illustrated wraps. From the publisher: Like his father and grandfather before him Kino is a poor diver gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino Juana and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then on a day like any other Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope the promise of comfort and of security. Peng/Rand paperback books
1947réf. 08771THE PEARL Viking 1947 first edition just about fine in vg dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear. On this dust-wrapper Steinbeck is looking towards the fore edge. Viking Press unknown books
1994réf. AA153Marina Del Rey: Privately Printed 1994. Final Draft. Fine. Thomas Myles Steinbeck 1944 ”" 2016 was a screenwriter photographer and journalist He published numerous works of fiction including short stories and novels He was the elder son of American novelist John Steinbeck This is a signed and inscribed "To the 'Queen of the Nile' Thomas S We peel grapes" It is a typescript draft of a screenplay of one of his father's better known books The Pearl and dated "Final Draft Polish Corrected 9/24/94" It is comprised of looseleaf pages between vinyl cover pages held by common office fasteners and is in excellent condition with no other marks or damage It was acquired in an auction of items from the estate of John and Elaine Steinbeck so this copy was owned by John Steinbeck's third wife Elaine who died in 2003 The estate auction tag is shown in the photo . Privately Printed unknown
1933réf. 49955London: Philip Allan 1933. Very Good. London: Philip Allan 1933. First UK Edition. Octavo; publisher's green cloth boards stamped in black; dark topstain; 302pp. No dust jacket. Light edgewear with some very minor fraying and a couple brief splits; a couple minor stains; fading to spine and along edges; binding sound; ownership inscription to preliminaries else unmarked. A Very Good and sound copy of Steinbeck's second book originally published the year prior in the U.S. An important early work praised upon release in the Los Angeles Times as a "strangely haunting book" in which the valley-villagers "are made to live and breathe and have their being in the little farms shrouded by lovely trees of abundant foliage; oft shut in their homes by depressing brick walls or rudely painted frames that were once stately trees of the valley" and concludes "his particularly fine ability to find beauty and hope in the oft bare lives of these rural Californians is most gratifying." Goldstone & Payne A2d; Gerry Fitzgerald "Carmel Valley Inspires Story." Los Angeles Times: Sunday October 23 1932 page 42. Philip Allan unknown books
1932réf. 140949836New York: Brewer Warren & Putnam 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing; one of 650 copies of the first issue. vi 294 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt black topstain. Near Fine with slight lean to spine light fading to extremities and pulled thread at upper edge of rear board. Light offsetting to endpapers several rear pages roughly cut. In a Very Good first issue unclipped dust jacket 195 mm tall with light dampstaining and rippling to spine panel moderate wear and pencil inscription to front flap. Goldstone & Payne A2a. John Steinbeck's second book was printed in a run of 2500 copies of which 1650 were bound and about 650 sold. The unsold copies bound and unbound were sold to the publisher Robert O. Ballou and rebound for the second third and fourth issues. Steinbeck would not see commercial success until the publication of his fifth book Tortilla Flat but The Pastures of Heaven received good reviews that heralded his future accolades. "Californians should take notice of this novel by one of its native sons" wrote The Los Angeles Times and Californians certainly did. Brewer, Warren & Putnam unknown books
1932réf. 2025-R238New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fourth issue with tipped in Covici Friede title page in a clipped jacket. Wear to edges of jacket with loss at head of spine. Prior owner's initials and date of purchase 1936-10-1 in heavy pencil on flyleaf. Boards protected by jacket slight toning to pages label from the San Francisco booksellers Gelber Lilienthal Inc. vi 294pp. Covici Friede Publishers hardcover books
1932réf. 1278639New York: Brewer Warren & Putnam 1932. First Edition First Issue. 8vo. 294pp.; G-/no DJ; bound in green cloth spine has faded lettering 'MAY / C.O.' written in white paint on tail of spine covering publishers information; lacking dust jacket; Ex Library bookplate for The May Company on front pastedown cancelled stamp on front pastedown; rear panel on the dust jacket has been pasted onto the ffep; title page and spine both state publisher as 'Brewer Warren & Putnam'; bumping and wear to boards; spine cocked; rear endpaper ripped out small sticker reading 'TheMayCo' on rear pastedown; water stain to upper fore corner of pages 273-end does not impact text; The first edition first issue of The Pastures of Heaven G&P A2a was published in 1932 by Brewer Warren & Putnam. Although the firm printed 2500 sets of sheets only 1650 copies were bound and 650 copies were sold.; KT consignment; shelved Case 13. 1278639. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Brewer, Warren & Putnam unknown books
1932réf. 140938544New York: Brewer Warren & Putnam 1932. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing; one of 650 copies of the first issue. Bound in publisher's green cloth with titles in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with slight lean and fading to spine. Remnants of dust jacket tipped in and partially removed at front paste down; front and rear free endpapers offset and with light tape ghosts. Pages toned. Steinbeck's second book of which only 1650 copies were bound and 650 of those sold. The remainder were sold to Robert O. Ballou in 1932. Goldstone & Payne A2a. Brewer, Warren & Putnam unknown books
1935réf. 180611006New York: Covici Friede 1935. First Edition Fourth Issue. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition fourth issue. Publisher's tan cloth binding stamped in maroon with title page tipped in. Very Good with toning to pages and to cloth at spine and edges. In a Very Good dust jacket with price intact toning to spine and edges several small stains to spine light edge wear with minor chipping at corners and spine ends. Bound from the remaining portion of the approximate 1850 sheets sold by the original publisher Brewer Warren & Putnam to Robert O. Ballou which were again sold here to Covici-Friede and likely issued in 1935. Goldstone and Payne A2e. Covici Friede hardcover books
1932réf. 180122011New York: Robert O. Ballou 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition third issue with Robert Ballou imprint on spine and title page which is a cancel. Very Good with spine heavily faded and covers faded along edges gilt stamping is oxidized. Pages toned. A solid copy lacking the scarce dust jacket. Robert O. Ballou hardcover books
1932réf. 1114023Brewer Warren and Putnam 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. NY Brewer Warren & Putnam 1932 1932. NY Brewer Warren & Putnam 1932 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. His second book Goldstone & Payne A2a Morrow 14 this first edition is one of only 1650 copies actually bound from a print-run of 2500 sets of sheets only 650 copies were actually sold. According to Harry Thornton Moore in his first critical study of Steinbeck's works The Pastures of Heaven "is the most popular of Steinbeck's three early books. It points the way to most of his subsequent writing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket 2 mm shorter than the book. The third issue dust jacket is reportedly 1/8th of an inch shorter than the first issue dust jacket so this could be the third issue jacket. Housed in a custom-made collectors slipcase. Brewer, Warren and Putnam hardcover books
1932réf. 08752THE PASTURES OF HEAVEN Covici-Friede 1932 first edition 4th issue binding 3 leaves opened roughly resulting in some loss to the fore edge margins never entering the text some soiling to the cloth covers else a near vg copy. The authors uncommon 2nd book. As new facsimile dust-wrapper is available for a modest fee. Please inquire if interested. Thank you. Covici Friede hardcover books
1943réf. 301197New York Council on Books in Wartime ca. 1943. 1943. Armed Services edition no. 703. Oblong 16mo. Original printed color pictorial wrappers minor rubbing at edges; no creases. Very good. No foxing. 256 pages original wrappers. No signatures or bookplates. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York, Council on Books in Wartime, ca. 1943. paperback books
1933réf. 49955London: Philip Allan 1933. Very Good. London: Philip Allan 1933. First UK Edition. Octavo; publisher's green cloth boards stamped in black; dark topstain; 302pp. No dust jacket. Light edgewear with some very minor fraying and a couple brief splits; a couple minor stains; fading to spine and along edges; binding sound; ownership inscription to preliminaries else unmarked. A Very Good and sound copy of Steinbeck's second book originally published the year prior in the U.S. An important early work praised upon release in the Los Angeles Times as a "strangely haunting book" in which the valley-villagers "are made to live and breathe and have their being in the little farms shrouded by lovely trees of abundant foliage; oft shut in their homes by depressing brick walls or rudely painted frames that were once stately trees of the valley" and concludes "his particularly fine ability to find beauty and hope in the oft bare lives of these rural Californians is most gratifying." Goldstone & Payne A2d; Gerry Fitzgerald "Carmel Valley Inspires Story." Los Angeles Times: Sunday October 23 1932 page 42. Philip Allan unknown
réf. 38179026-6Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
1932réf. 140949836New York: Brewer Warren & Putnam 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing; one of 650 copies of the first issue. vi 294 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt black topstain. Near Fine with slight lean to spine light fading to extremities and pulled thread at upper edge of rear board. Light offsetting to endpapers several rear pages roughly cut. In a Very Good first issue unclipped dust jacket 195 mm tall with light dampstaining and rippling to spine panel moderate wear and pencil inscription to front flap. Goldstone & Payne A2a. John Steinbeck's second book was printed in a run of 2500 copies of which 1650 were bound and about 650 sold. The unsold copies bound and unbound were sold to the publisher Robert O. Ballou and rebound for the second third and fourth issues. Steinbeck would not see commercial success until the publication of his fifth book Tortilla Flat but The Pastures of Heaven received good reviews that heralded his future accolades. "Californians should take notice of this novel by one of its native sons" wrote The Los Angeles Times and Californians certainly did. Brewer, Warren & Putnam unknown
1932réf. 2025-R238New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fourth issue with tipped in Covici Friede title page in a clipped jacket. Wear to edges of jacket with loss at head of spine. Prior owner's initials and date of purchase 1936-10-1 in heavy pencil on flyleaf. Boards protected by jacket slight toning to pages label from the San Francisco booksellers Gelber Lilienthal Inc. vi 294pp. Covici Friede Publishers hardcover
