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1945108060The Viking Press 1945. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First. One of 52 signed and lettered copies in addition to a stated limitation of 699 signed and numbered copies this is letter "FF" of the lettered issue signed by Steinbeck. There were likely 52 lettered copies since double lettered copies such as this have appeared on the market. 1937 1937. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. STEINBECK John. The Red Pony. New York: Covici-Friede 1937. Octavo original pictorial beige cloth uncut original numbered cardboard slipcase. Housed in a custom clamshell box. The three interconnected stories in this volume a fourth was added in the 1945 edition "examine the nature of life and of death and the relationship of the individual to the whole" Benson 288. Without original glassine. Goldstone & Payne A9a. Salinas Public Library 27. Valentine 78. Interior fine. Cloth with slightest toning. Original slipcase lightly worn with a small piece of the top edge of the case detached but present. A lovely copy in very nearly fine condition. The Viking Press hardcover books
19361804084Covici Friede 1936. 1st Edition Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine signed first limited edition as stated on colophon. Signed by John Steinbeck on colophon. Number 53 of 99 signed copies. Very light shelf wear. Light tanning between boards and endpapers. Slightly spine-cocked. Housed in slipcase. Covici Friede hardcover books
JD30882first edition. NY Covici Friede 1936 first edition. <br/><br/> With publisher's black paper-covered slipcase with orange spine label this is No. 23 of just 99 copies Signed by Steinbeck this is also the best strike novel of the 20th Century Steinbeck's best friend and philosophical mentor Ed Ricketts makes his first of many appearances in a Steinbeck novel he appears as Doc Burton Steinbeck would use Ricketts and their shared philosophy in many other novels this was also Steinbeck's first foray into agricultural politics through his literature which ultimately led to his writing The Grapes of Wrath the use of another character in In Dubious Battle a communist would lead to the untrue allegation that Steinbeck was a communist that allegation would have negative effects on Steinbeck's life from then to the end of his life in 1968 Goldstone & Payne A5a Morrow 43. Bookplate else as fine as the day this book was made in a as usual very good original slipcase. unknown books
1947WRCLIT67696New York: Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn 1947. 62pp. Small octavo. Sewn printed wrappers. Decorated title-page. Fine in original envelope. Enclosed in an extravagant full dark blue morocco slipcase gilt extra with silk lined folding insert. First edition. Copy #10 of sixty numbered copies and some out-of-series copies privately printed at the Ward Ritchie Press as the Cohns' Christmas greeting for the year. The first ten copies - of which this example must be counted - were reserved for Steinbeck and the remaining fifty for distribution by the Cohns. The text of a 1938 extended letter by Steinbeck. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A26a. Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn] unknown books
JD28137first edition. n.p. 20th Century-Fox 1940 first edition. <br/><br/> 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 Henra 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. unknown books
193660027New York: Covici-Friede Publishers 1936. First edition of this "dramatically intense beautifully written novel" The New Republic; the first book in Steinbeck's Dustbowl trilogy which was followed by Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. Octavo original cloth. Signed by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and a few short tears. Trade editions are rare signed. On publication New York Times reviewer Fred T. March compared it to the "genial gusto" of the "picaresque" Tortilla Flat. He commented that "You would never know that In Dubious Battle was by the same John Steinbeck if the publishers did not tell you so." He called it "courageous and desperately honest" "the best labor and strike novel to come out of our contemporary economic and social unrest" and "such a novel as Sinclair Lewis at his best might have done had he gone on with his projected labor novel." In 1943 with Steinbeck now famous Carlos Baker "revalued" the novel. He opened by saying "Among Steinbeck's best novels the least known is probably In Dubious Battle." Steinbeck he said "is supremely interested in what happens to men's minds and hearts when they function not as responsible self-governing individuals but as members of a group. Biologists have a word for this very important problem; they call it bionomics or ecology." He said that "Steinbeck's bionomic interest is visible in all that he has done from Tortilla Flat in the middle Thirties through his semi-biological Sea of Cortez to his latest communiques as a war correspondent in England." He characterized In Dubious Battle as "an attempt to study a typical mid-depression strike in bionomic terms." In 1958 critic Alfred Kazin referred to In Dubious Battle and The Grapes of Wrath as "his most powerful books" contrasting them with Cannery Row and The Wayward Bus. President Barack Obama told the New York Times that it was his favorite book by Steinbeck. It is the basis for the 2016 film directed by and produced by James Franco with a screenplay by Matt Rager. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Franco Nat Wolff Josh Hutcherson Selena Gomez Vincent D'Onofrio Analeigh Tipton Zach Braff Bryan Cranston Ed Harris and Robert Duvall. Covici-Friede Publishers hardcover books
1942109635New York: The Viking Press 1942. First edition of Steinbeck's riveting account of his experiences with several bomber crews of the U.S. Army Air Forces during WWII. Octavo original cloth illustrated with 60 photographs by John Swope. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "Dear Mr. Wilson Many thanks for your lucid thoughts and interest in my work John Steinbeck." The recipient Edmund Wilson was an American literary critic and progenitor of the Library of America publication series. His critical works helped foster public appreciation for many of the foremost American writers of the 20th century including F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway John Dos Passos and William Faulkner. Steinbeck's inscription refers in jest to Wilson's harsh critique of his work in his 1941 publication The Boys in the Back Room: Notes on California Novelists. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. An exceptional association linking these two great American men of letters. Steinbeck was commissioned to write the present volume by the United States Army Forces as part of an effort to increase Air Force recruitment and morale. In order to write the book Steinbeck traveled more than 20000 miles in 30 days visiting dozens of training corps and flying fields with John Swopes himself a flier who took the 60 photographs that illustrate the book documenting the various jobs needed to form a bombing team. All royalties of the author and photographer as well as publishing profits were endowed to the perpetual Air Forces Aid Society Trust Fund to provide emergency aid for the families of fliers lost in the line of duty. The Viking Press hardcover books
JD30040first edition. NY Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn 1947 first edition wrappers. Softcover. <br/><br/> First and only edition No. 7 of only 60 copies printed by Ward Ritchie with its original white paper envelope which is also No. 7 the first 10 copies went to Steinbeck with the remainder going to the Cohns House of Books for Christmas gift presentation this elusive "A" item is a letter from Steinbeck to Arnold Gingrich editor of "Esquire" thanking him for sending a watch as a gift the letter is full of Steinbeck's typical humor noting that he had expected a watch when he graduated from high school but none was forthcoming and since he didn't actually graduate from Stanford University he likewise hadn't received a watch as a gift Goldstone & Payne A26a Morrow 199 and 200. Fine. paperback books
19392101037Viking Press 1939. fifth. hardcover. near fine. Fifth edition published one month after the first edition as stated on copyright page May 1939. One of ten leatherbound presentation copies signed by Steinbeck on a laid-in slip inscribed to Elyse. Book near fine. Housed in a custom-made fold-out case. Viking Press unknown books
1947103774New York: The Viking Press 1947. First edition of this classic story of simplicity based on a Mexican folk tale. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page "For Maggie and Larry with love John Steinbeck." Near fine in a near fine first-issue dust jacket with Steinbeck looking to the left on the rear panel. Drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A story of classic simplicity based on a Mexican folk tale The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature the darkest depths of evil and the luminous possibilities of love. Steinbeck began writing the story as a movie script in 1944 and first published it as a short story called "The Pearl of the World" in Woman's Home Companion in December 1945. He expanded it to novella length and published it under the name The Pearl by Viking Press in 1947. As he was writing the novella version he was frequently travelling to Mexico where the film version co-written with Jack Wagner was being filmed. The film was also released by RKO in 1947 as a co-promotion with the book. The Viking Press hardcover books
1939108158Viking Press 1939. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by John Steinbeck on the title page. A second printing before publication. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Book has slightly tanned spine and a small less than an inch tear in the spine cloth near the front panel. Jacket has reviews on the front flap and is from a later printing. Bottom corner of the front flap is clipped where it would have said what printing it is. We will provide a certificate of authenticity. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Viking Press hardcover books
19401607218Heritage 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
JD27332first edition. NY Covici Friede 1935 first edition first printing dust jacket. Hardcover. <br/><br/> His breakthrough novel that follows the antics of Monterey's paisanos this surface story is an allegory based on the Knights of the Round Table this is an unrecorded Review Copy with the Covici Friede review slip tipped to the front free endpaper which prints the publication date as May 28 1935 and shows the published price as $2.50 very scarce thus the trade edition was comprised of 4000 copies illustrated by Ruth Gannett see Goldstone & Payne A4b see Morrow 29 although not specifically indicated this was M. B. Goldstone's copy he was the brother and rival collector of Adrian Goldstone upon whose collection the Steinbeck bibliography is based. Very good. hardcover books
194721019New York: The Viking Press 1947. First edition of this classic story of simplicity based on a Mexican folk tale. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page "For Bob Kriendler with best wishes John Steinbeck." The recipient was the owner of the legendary New York City landmark restaurant and speakeasy ''21''. Steinbeck was a frequent visitor to 21 and was friends with Kriendler. It has hosted every President since Franklin Delano Roosevelt except for George W. Bush has dined at 21 although Bush's wife and daughters have. Light rubbing to the bottom cloth and small bookplate near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket with Steinbeck looking to the left on the rear panel. Drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A nice association. A story of classic simplicity based on a Mexican folk tale The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature the darkest depths of evil and the luminous possibilities of love. Steinbeck began writing the story as a movie script in 1944 and first published it as a short story called "The Pearl of the World" in Woman's Home Companion in December 1945. He expanded it to novella length and published it under the name The Pearl by Viking Press in 1947. As he was writing the novella version he was frequently travelling to Mexico where the film version co-written with Jack Wagner was being filmed. The film was also released by RKO in 1947 as a co-promotion with the book. The Viking Press hardcover books
JD6519first edition. NY Pynson Printers December 1936 first edition. <br/><br/> Issued without dust jacket this hardcover with marbled boards and orange cloth spine is the first separate printing of the Junius Maltby story from Steinbeck's second book The Pastures of Heaven Goldstone & Payne A2f see Morrow 16 issued here with a new title and an epilogue written especially for this book by Steinbeck it is one of only 370 copies for presentation by a number of subscribers to be used as a Christmas gift it includes pen and ink drawings by Donald McKay this particular copy is even more special in that it is one of just six copies purchased by Steinbeck himself his name is printed in the colophon as having requested the book which he then presented and inscribed to his older sister Elizabeth and her husband Gene "Beth and Gene/with love/John Steinbeck" this is probably the last of the close family copies to come to the marketplace the rest are already in institutions. Minor bump to spine bottom else fine. hardcover books
JD30869first edition. NY McIntosh & Otis n.d. 1936 first edition. <br/><br/> This is the typescript as submitted by Steinbeck's agents very likely to produce the signed/limited edition of this short story about a pig and its alleged virginity it consists of the title page and 13 typed leaves of the story with corrections in Steinbeck's hand followed by one blank leaf the typed notation about it being submitted by McIntosh & Otis with that agency's New York address has been X-ed out in ink the eventually-produced book was one of 199 copies signed by Steinbeck and used as a Christmas greeting for friends of Steinbeck and Covici Friede which was then his publisher the story was later reprised in Steinbeck's short story collection The Long Valley his first book published by Viking rare unique now housed in a custom chemise and box with red leather spine with five raised bands and gilt notations. Pencil name on title page expected age and wear. hardcover books
JD29405first edition. NY Viking 1961 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. <br/><br/> One of 500 copies specially bound by the publisher for friends of the author and the publisher includes the outer clear plastic dust jacket with just the words "Limited Edition" printed in red over the "regular" dust jacket which is illustrated by Elmer Hader the same artist who illustrated Steinbeck'sThe Long Valley and The Grapes of Wrath this is a major Author Presentation Copy of the first order Inscribed to his own publisher Harold Kleinert Guinzburg co-founder of The Viking Press "For H. K. G./with ks/from/John Steinbeck" this tale of morality was his last novel and is generally credited as having won him the Nobel Prize for Literature Goldstone & Payne A38a Morrow 251. Fine . hardcover books
JD30875first edition. NY Robert M. McBride 1929 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. <br/><br/> Author's First Book first issue with top edge stained and with the final black leaf present with the rare colorful pirate dust jacket illustrated by Mahlon Blaine one of only 1537 copies published when Steinbeck was 27 years old and just two weeks before the 1929 stock market crash a historical novel about the pirate Henry Morgan rendered in a purple prose manner quite unlike his realistic descriptive storytelling that followed Goldstone & Payne A1a Morrow 1. Very good book in a jacket with the usual spine color fade with chipping to top and bottom of spine jacket with internal tape reinforcement. hardcover books
192970009New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1929. First edition of Steinbeck's first book one <span class="match">of</span> about 1500 copies. The publisher printed 2476 copies 939 <span class="match">of</span> which were remaindered as unbound sheets. Octavo original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities. Comes with the original publisher's glassine. Housed in a custom cloth case. Rare especially in this condition. Written when Steinbeck was 27 years old and published in an edition of 2476 copies just two weeks before the stock market crashed Cup of Gold is a historical romance about the life of the pirate Henry Morgan" Valentine 1. From the mid-1650s through the 1660s Morgan a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America striking terror wherever he went. Morgan was obsessive. He had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja and to conquer Panama the "cup of gold." Steinbeck's first novel and sole work of historical fiction. Robert M. McBride & Company hardcover books
1939108063Viking Press 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket with First Edition stated on the lower corner of the front flap of the dust jacket. Housed in a custom made collector's clamshell case with tooled quarter leather and gilt lettering and decoration. Viking Press hardcover books
JD29949first edition. NY Viking 1939 first edition first printing dust jacket. Hardcover. <br/><br/> 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 50 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. hardcover books
196655056New York: The Viking Press 1966. First edition of Steinbeck's final book. Quarto original half cloth illustrated cartographic endpapers. With 136 pages of photographs 24 in full color by 55 of the most prominent American photographers of the era including Ansel Adams Sam Siegel and Todd Webb. Association copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page "For John Updike with admiration John Steinbeck." American author John Steinbeck published his most notable works between 1937 Of Mice and Men and 1952 East of Eden and was awarded both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940 and Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. One of the most prolific American authors from the early 1960s until his death in 2009 fellow recipient of the Pulitzer Prize John Updike identified Steinbeck as one of his literary heroes at a young age. Both writers' works explored themes of crises related to faith injustice and family dynamics applied to small town 'everyman' protagonists. Both Steinbeck and Updike wrote in a realist tradition featuring their own distinctively rich and imaginative vocabulary and style of prose. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Jacket design by Christopher Harris. Photograph of Steinbeck to the rear panel by Paul Farber. From the library of John Updike. An exceptional association linking two of the greatest writers of twentieth century America. Steinbeck's final book America and Americans combines the talents of the Nobel Prize-winning author and 55 of the most prominent American photographers of the era. The result is a spectacular portrait of America with its vital array of scenic beauty and human variousness with rich feature articles exploring the American government American people Americans as they relate to their land and the paradox and dream of the pursuit of happiness. The Viking Press hardcover books
19291114022Robert M. McBride 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. NY Robert M. McBride 1929 1929. NY Robert M. McBride 1929 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book first issue with top edge stained and with the final black leaf present with the rare colorful pirate dust jacket illustrated by Mahlon Blaine unrestored one of only 1537 copies published when Steinbeck was 27 years old and just two weeks before the 1929 stock market crash a historical novel about the pirate Henry Morgan rendered in a purple prose manner quite unlike his realistic descriptive storytelling that followed Goldstone & Payne A1a Morrow 1. Very good book in a jacket with the usual spine color fade with chipping to top and bottom of spine unrestored jacket with internal tape reinforcement that could probably be safely removed by an expert. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Robert M. McBride hardcover books
JD27333first edition. NY Viking 1939 first edition first printing dust jacket. Hardcover. <br/><br/> His masterpiece and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in the correct first issue dust jacket as illustrated by Elmer Hader this is an Author Presentation/Association Copy being inscribed to Vincent Sheean "For Vincent Sheean/John Steinbeck" Sheean was a published author as well as a newspaper reporter who was a favorite drinking buddy of Ernest Hemingway and who had a knack of being in the right place at the right time for news events he is mentioned in a Hemingway-related story in Jack Benson's biography of Steinbeck The True Adventures of John Steinbeck Writer below Steinbeck's inscription Sheean has written "Although it is signed to me Mr. Steinbeck/intended this book to go for/the Spanish intellectuals/in exile--/Vincent Sheean" signed presentation copies of The Grapes of Wrath are scarce Goldstone & Payne A12a see Morrow 106. Very good indeed now housed in a custom clamshell case. hardcover books
1929319434New York: Robert M. McBride 1929. First edition first issue of the author's first book. vi 269 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original yellow cloth titled in black on front cover and spine top edge stained blue; pictorial dust jacket designed by Mahlon Blaine with $2.50 price present; tan cloth slipcase. The cloth in unusually bright condition; the jacket spine panel lightly faded and with wear at ends affective the lettering of the title a few abrasions to front and back panels. Despite these flaws a bright and entirely original copy of a book infrequently found in collector's condition. First edition first issue of the author's first book. vi 269 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. FIRST EDITION of the future Nobel laureate's elusive first book published when he was 27 years old. One of 1537 copies the publisher printed 2476 copies 939 of which were remaindered as unbound sheets. This was Steinbeck's fourth attempt at a novel and was rewritten six times from an unpublished story titled "A Lady in Infra-Red" which he composed while at Stanford. "Aside from a few reviews the only early recognition . was Berton Braley's 'thanks and acknowledgements' for Steinbeck's permission to use some of the incidents in a doggerel epic 'Morgan Sails the Caribbean' 1934" Peter Lisca 'The Wide World of John Steinbeck' Rutgers UP 1958. Goldstone & Payne A1a Robert M. McBride unknown books
