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1947Best.-Nr. 795J28New York: The Viking Press 1947. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A smart first edition copy of this novel by renowned American author John Steinbeck in original cloth binding. Presenting The Wayward Bus a novel by Nobel Prize-winning American author John Steinbeck. His other popular novels include The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. This novel tells the story of married couple Juan and Alice who work and live in California's Salinas Valley a popular setting of Steinbeck novels. Both characters as well as the other characters they encounter in the novel are deeply flawed and Steinbeck spends the majority of the book exploring these flaws as well as the transitory nature of humanity. This novel was adapted into a black-and-white film in 1957 starring Jayne Mansfield Joan Collins Dan Dailey and Rick Jason. This copy is the first edition and is presented in original cloth binding. This copy also came from the library at Julians Park Hertfordshire the previous home of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie 1902-1968. She was an English socialite and through her mother was the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart with slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and fading to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed The Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 3103Brick Red Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good First Edition First Issue. First Printing. First Issue With Blind-Stamp of Bus on Front Cover A Very Clean and Square Copy DJ has edgewear and small chips at crown of spine and top front tip. There is a 1.5" Closed Tear at Spine Crown. Not Price-Clipped $2.75 No Browning To Panels Page Very Clean. Mylar-jacket. Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 3-5-947Viking Press 1947-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Missing. 0x0x0. Published by the viking press in February 1947 Copyright 1947 by John Steinbeck Published in the same day by the Dominion of Canada by the Macmillian Company of Canada Limited" Same Date to copyright and title page. Cover is sunfaded on edges and spine. Light foxing on endpapers. Yellowing on page edges. Book slightly askew. Inside pages clean and binding is tight. Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. BL-002513New York: Viking Press 1947. 312 pp. Approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/4". Pictorial jacket is in very good condition with some wear slight chipping of the spine tape repairs to the inside of the jacket original price of $2.75 intact. Dark reddish-orange cloth over boards with crisp lettering on cover and spine blindstamp on front cover a lighter shade then the rest of the binding top is not stained green and there is no book club dot so likely some variant of first printing slight edge wear to covers especially along the bottom edges stained on the upper page edge corners otherwise in very good condition. Goldstone & Payne A23a Originally thought to be one of Steinbeck's weaker novels it was actually financially successful. The interesting thing about it is that no one single character in the book dominates. Rather the viewpoint shifts from one character to another quite frequently with access to the character's thoughts through an internal monologue. Adapted to film in 1957 to some success at the box office it starred Jayne Mansfield Joan Collins Dan Dailey and Rick Jason Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 149445New York: Viking 1947. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Rubbing open tearing along panel edges. Viking hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 002077New York NY: Vikiing Press 1947. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition with the following points. 1947 on title page with "copyright 1947 by John Steinbeck Published by Viking Press in February 1947 Published on the same day in the Dominion of Canada by the Macmillian Company of Canada Limited printed in the U.S.A. by the Haddon Craftsmen." This copy is VG in a VG unclipped $2.75 Mylar protected DJ designed by Robert Hallock.Exterior is rust with gilt lettering to the front and spine along with the embossed "Bus scene" across the bottom. Covers are rich. Gilt is bright. Spine ends edges and tips are modestly worn. Inside has armorial BP of PO to inside front board. Otherwise unmarked crisp and with modest toning.DJ has "The Wayward Bus " and "$2.75" across the front flap top .Spine ends of DJ are modestly worn spine joints are modestly rubbed and there is a faint vertical surface scratch running the length of the front cover . . Vikiing Press Hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 145186New York: Viking 1947. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Owner name on front pastedown. Light rubbing along panel edges. Few open tears throughout. Viking hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 012585The Viking Press. No foxing. Bright internally. Shadow of review page formerly laid in on ffep and inside front cover. Clipped but $2.00 price present. Bright unfaded and unsunned DJ in archival cover minor edge wear. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1947. The Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 89351Viking 1947. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition. Light staining on the front and back endpapers. Dust jacket Mildly edgeworn. Viking hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 89352Viking 1947. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Small bookplte inside frotn cover. Dust jacket edgeworn with a few chips. Viking hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 137247New York: Viking 1947. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Sticker removal damage to spine heel. Some egde wear. Nick to mid spine. Viking hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. BL-002360New York: Viking Press 1947. 312 pp. Approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/4". Pictorial jacket is in very good condition with some wear slight chipping of the spine tape repairs to the inside of the jacket original price of $2.75 intact first edition first printing dust jacket. Grey cloth over boards with crisp lettering on cover and spine blindstamp on front cover the same shade as the rest of the binding top stained red in near-fine condition. Goldstone & Payne A23 third issue Originally thought to be one of Steinbeck's weaker novels it was actually financially successful. The interesting thing about it is that no one single character in the book dominates. Rather the viewpoint shifts from one character to another quite frequently with access to the character's thoughts through an internal monologue. Adapted to film in 1957 to some success at the box office it starred Jayne Mansfield Joan Collins Dan Dailey and Rick Jason Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 011127The Viking Press. The Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. No foxing or marks. Dust jacket has chipping to edges and spine. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1947. The Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 127062New York: Viking 1947. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Open tears chipping throughout. Viking hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 91320From the Collection of Mr and Mrs J Paul Getty - Their calling card inside and goes with the book. The Viking Press New York 1947 First Edition First Printing. A beautiful dustjacket that is vibrant in color with 2 tears. This original First Issue dustjacket has the $2.75 printed price present on the front flap with light wear to the edges. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing marks or bookplates in the book. One stain on back cover see photo.Overall a wonderful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in great condition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 012064New York and Boston: Grosset & Dunlap 1947. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean unmarked copy soild binding sharp corners. Mildly worn dust jacket tiny chip at head of spine and one top corner dj now in a new protective mylar sleeve overall an attractive copy. Scarce edition of this Steinbeck classic. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 70625New York: The Viking Press 1947. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good in a Good dust jacket. Several tears and chips to jacket. Boards are slightly bowed. Ink stamp to bottom page ends and front pastedown. Minor staining to Flaps ends pages and boards from sticker residue.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 000005New York: The Viking Press 1947 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. "Published by the viking press in February 1947 Copyright 1947 by John Steinbeck Published in the same day by the Dominion of Canada by the Macmillian Company of Canada Limited" Same Date to copyright and title page. VG/none. Original orange cloth boards. Title to spine and upper board gilt. Blind stamped pictoral bus on front board. pp 312. Pages clean no marks tight. Slight water stain on lower half of spine wraps around front board on left of cover 2 1/2 inches by 2 inches. " Ernest looked at her a little skeptically. He knew the fantastic stories about waitresses who became dramatic stars overnight but Norma didn't have the bubs for it he thought nor the legs. Norma's legs were like sticks. But then he knew about two or three picture stars who were so plain without make-up that no one would recognize them off the screen. He'd read about them. And Norma even if she didn't look it - well they could pad her out and if her cousin was Clark Gable why that was an "in" you couldn't beat. That was the breaks.". The Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 44171New York: Viking 1947. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Chipping and short tears.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Viking hardcover
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1947Best.-Nr. 081110London England: William Heinemann 1947. Hardback. First Edition. Previous owners ex libris name sticker to inside cover. Slight marks to cloth. Red cloth with gilt lettering. 254 pp. We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts Theology History Politics Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions and all types of Academic Literature. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. William Heinemann Hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 009115Heinemann 1947. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in a near fine jacket . First Edition. First English Edition. Excellent copy. Heinemann Hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 34553New York: The Viking Press 1947. First Edition. 8vo publisher's original orange-red cloth lettered in gilt with a blindstamped bus on the upper cover. 312. A very nice copy with only minor evidence of age the jacket with just a touch of rubbing at the extremities. FIRST EDITION. Steinbeck's fiction combines realism and romance but not always harmoniously. This novel presents a microcosm of frustrations in contemporary America through the stresses on a group of people stranded on a bus in rural California. The Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 29832New York: The Viking Press 1947. Cm. 20 pp. 8 312. Leg. edit. in tela con titoli in oro. Piccola nota ms. al frontespizio. Ben conservato. Edizione originale. The Viking Press hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 13675New York: Viking Press 1947. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket including a few small tears. Weak toning. Text is unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 602 pages. Viking Press hardcover
