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19454161Viking Press New York 1945; First Edition; tall 8vo 131 pages plus list of Steinbeck titles at the back; beige cloth; illustrated front board inset. First illustrated edition of John Steinbeck’s heartbreaking story of the maturation of a young boy growing up on his father’s ranch in the Salinas Valley prompting Clifton Fadiman in 1941 to comment "The Grapes of Wrath excepted The Red Pony is the finest thing Steinbeck has done." In 1949 Republic Pictures made the story into a Technicolor film starring Myrna Loy Robert Mitchum and Peter Miles for which Steinbeck himself wrote the screenplay and Aaron Copeland the music score. Printed by Zeese-Wilkinson Co. illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Fine. Clean crisp very bright corners sharp no signatures in a structurally sound slipcase that has moderate edge wear and surface soil. Viking Press hardcover
1947024785New York New York: Viking Press 1947. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Worthington Pegy. Lovely gift edition of one of Steinbeck's best-loved books brought to life for a new generation of readers with the brilliant oil paintings of Massachusetts artist Peggy Worthington Best who once taught Norman Rockwell. First published in 1935 this is the first printing of this New Illustrated Edition from 1947 First thus with the 17 paintings by Worthington appearing on the DJ endpapers title page & throughout the text. 213 pages. Small quarto 6.75" x 9.5" has tan cloth-covered boards lettered in deep teal to spine with a teal bordered colorful front paper pastedown to front board. Condition is VG: extremely clean pages creamy white & completely unmarked binding strong & straight. Mild bumping to corners & both ends of spine. The price-clipped DJ is just Good: colorful & bright but downgraded due to many small nicks & chips & paper loss at corners/both ends of spine with a large missing chip & wrinkled torn section to top edge of back cover; looks lovely protected in new mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders weekends & holidays ship very next business day. <br/> <br/> Viking Press hardcover
1956000315Paris: Julliard 1956. First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/Self Wrappers. Yellow wrappers light soiling otherwise a nice collectible copy of this work which was not published in english. No tears chips creases or blemishes. Size: 12mo <br/> <br/> Julliard paperback
1961COLLECTI014841INEW YORK NY: VIKING PRESS THE. FINE IN A VG D.J. 1961. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL TURQUOISE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH SILVER TITLES TO THE SPINE WITH BOOK TITLE IN SEPARATE BLACK BOX. THE D.J. HAS A COUPLE OF TINY EDGE TEARS WITH A TRACE OF RUB/WEAR TO THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS AND TINY LOSS AT THE TOP FRONT SPINE CORNER VERY MODEST TONING TO THE WHITE SPINE BOOK TITLE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN BRIGHT COLLECTIBLE COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. . VIKING PRESS (THE) hardcover
1961T515<p>VERY GOOD — DUST JACKET: Chipping to top of spine and top outside corners. Small closed tears to top front edge and back bottom flap fold. Very minor chipping to bottom outside corners. Stressing/abrasions to spine hinges and flap folds w/very small closed tears to latter. BOARDS: Very good condition. BOOK: Minor offsetting to endpapers primarily rear w/very light foxing spots to latter. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.</p><p><strong>Here on offer is a very nice copy of John Steinbeck's last novel <em>The Winter of Our Discontent</em> the basis for the 1983 TV movie of the same name starring Donald Sutherland Teri Garr and Tuesday Weld. This is a true 1st American trade edition 1st printing of the work published by Viking Press. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Brodart sleeve. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><em>"IN AWARDING John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature the Nobel committee stated that with 'The Winter of Our Discontent' he had 'resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.'</em></p><p><em>Ethan Allen Hawley the protagonist of the novel works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status his wife is restless and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day in a moment of moral crisis Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards."</em></p><p><strong>//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////</strong></p><p><strong>"John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. February 27 1902 – December 20 1968 was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature 'for his realistic and imaginative writings combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception'. He has been called 'a giant of American letters.'</strong></p><p><strong>During his writing career he authored 33 books with one book coauthored alongside Edward Ricketts including 16 novels six non-fiction books and two collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels Tortilla Flat 1935 and Cannery Row 1945 the multi-generation epic East of Eden 1952 and the novellas The Red Pony 1933 and Of Mice and Men 1937. The Pulitzer Prize–winning The Grapes of Wrath 1939 is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. In the first 75 years after it was published it sold 14 million copies.</strong></p><p><strong>Most of Steinbeck's work is set in central California particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists."</strong></p><p><br /><em>The above text was taken from respctively Penguin publishing via Google Books and Wikipedia.</em></p> Viking Press hardcover
19580010949New York: The Viking Press 1958. 1958. FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER AND DUSTJACKET. Cloth/paper hardcover: red lettering and white; red tint to top edge 233 pages. Condition: Fine. Text is clear clean easy to read. Book kept in temperature-controlled room. Dustjacket: Price intact on flap. Chips short tears abrasions to extremities else overall Good Plus. John Steinbeck re-introduces a series of memorable dispatches filed in 1943 from England Africa and Italy which brought such as vivid personal picture of the World War II to readers of the New York Herald Tribune and other newspapers around the country. They have rested in the archives never appearing in book form. In this book those dispatches prove to be not only top-notch journalism but examples of Steinbeck's clear and easy prose at its descriptive best. Here are intimate stories of Americans caught up in the war. A wonderful historical work - very collectible. Note: We are a well-established well-respected ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. We ship promptly. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good Plus. The Viking Press Hardcover
19711867089888P. P. Appel 1971. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any markings. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. P. P. Appel hardcover
1992Q-0749398884Minerva 1992-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Minerva paperback
1954894F25London: Heinemann 1954 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. The first UK edition of John Steinbeck's sequel to his novel 'Cannery Row'. In the exceptionally bright dust wrapper. The first UK edition first impression of this novel.In the publisher's original dust wrapper price unclipped.Steinbeck's 1945 novel 'Cannery Row' was set during the Great Depression and followed the residents of a street lined with sardine canneries. This is a sequel to that novel following the characters and locations of the first novel in the years after the end of the Second World War. In the publisher's original cloth binding with price unclipped dust wrapper. Minor shelf wear to spine tail otherwise externally excellent. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright with back strip head lightly age toned and with a small chip to the tail of the back strip. Two small closed tears to the head of the front flyleaf. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine Heinemann hardcover
1957STEINBEC015838Heinemann London. 1957. First U.K. edition. Octavo. pp vi 164. A satirical novella in which the monarchy is restored to France.Fine in fine price-clipped dustwrapper designed by Osbert Lancaster. Heinemann, London. unknown
20009780582461499-2025Pearson Schools 2000. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> John Steinbeck</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Pearson Schools</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780582461499</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2000</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 160</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> "Free men cannot start a war but once it is started they can fight on in defeat." This compelling dignified and moving novel was inspired by and based upon the Nazi invasion of neutral Norway. Set in an imaginary European mining town it shows what happens when a ruthless totalitarian power is up against an occupied democracy with an overwhelming desire to be free. Hardback including notes 153pp</p> Pearson Schools hardcover
1994Q-0453008976Highbridge Audio 1994-08-01. Audio Cassette. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Highbridge Audio unknown
1954022700New York: The Viking Press 1954. FIRST EDITION first printing copyright page reads: "First published by The Viking Press in June 1954.". First State top edge stained red. Original full mustard colored cloth with red lettering and blue birds on the front cover and the spine. Previous owner's name on the front endpage. Dust jacket is price clipped with light wear to the bottom edge. Overall an EXCELLENT book in a VERY GOOD brodart protected dust jacket. Photos available upon request. . First Edition. Full Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. The Viking Press Hardcover
1941052544NY: THE MODERN LIBRARY. STATED FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION SMALL CHIP TO THE UNCLIPPED DJ UNSIGNED BOOKPLATE TO THE FFEP. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1941. THE MODERN LIBRARY hardcover
1942324987New York: Viking Press 1942. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Spine cocked. Viking Press hardcover
1943214924New York: Sun Dial Press 1943. First Edition; Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped price remains. Rubbing along panel edges. Sun Dial Press hardcover
19472408260006Viking 1947. Hardback. Collectible: Very Good. 1st Edition with 2nd Issue dust jacket - Viking 1947 VERY GOOD in a good Mylar protected dust jacket. Has all 2nd issue points: 122 pages long PUBLISHED BY THE VIKING PRESS IN DECEMBER 1947 stated on the copyright page with no references to later printings. The dust jacket has price of $2.00 on the upper corner of the front flap. Second state dust jacket has Steinbeck on the back panel dust jacket glancing right - away from the spine. No marks. Binding is tight and square. Gently read. Viking hardcover
195700101219<p>New York: Viking Press 1957. 1957. FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER AND DUSTJACKET. Terra cotta and yellow cloth top edge stained red. Drawings by Willaim Pène Du Bois 188 pages. Price intact on flap of dustjacket. The Short Reign of Pippin IV by John Steinbeck is a satirical novel that explores the absurdities of politics and monarchy. The story revolves around Pippin IV an ordinary man living in France who unexpectedly finds himself crowned as king due to a bizarre political twist. As Pippin navigates his unlikely reign the novel humorously critiques bureaucratic inefficiency social hierarchies and the interplay between tradition and modernity. Condition of hardcover: Small brown age spot on fore-edge; faint dust/toning to spine else overall Near Fine. Dustjacket: Minor edge wear and handling wear; else overall Very Good Plus. A nice collectible first edition hardcover and dustjacket by the unpredictable John Steinbeck. Note: We are a well-established well-respected ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. We ship promptly. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.</p> Viking Press hardcover
194832761Paris: Arts Et Metiers Graphics. Near Fine. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First illustrated edition text in French. Full page and in-text color lithographs. Printed sheets are laid into a printed paper folder and velour-covered cardboard folder in slipcase. The printed paper folder is slightly rubbed the velour folder is rubbed to folds and edges lightly scuffed and the slipcase is mildly rubbed slightly frayed to the opening. The contents are fine. #175 of 435 copies. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 124 pages . Arts Et Metiers Graphics hardcover
195531965Rome: Edizioni Saturnia. Very Good. 1955. Softcover. Pictorial softcover. Text in French. Slight foxing/trace worming to the card covers; erasure to ffep. A tight square copy. Extract from Harper's Bazaar May 1953.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 30 pages . Edizioni Saturnia paperback
199134667Yolla Bolly Press. Fine. 1991. Softcover. Tied paper wraps. Prospectus for limited edition of Zapata sent to Yolla Bolly Press customers. Laid in are a typed letter order form picture envelope and fine booklet entitled "A visit to the bookfarm and how fine books are made in the barn at The Yolla Bolly Press. " All items in fine condition in original mailing envelope. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Yolla Bolly Press paperback
197475481Austin: Humanities Research Center University of Texas at Austin 1974. First edition. 240 pp w/index. Very near fine in decorated full cloth. Near fine unprinted clear acetate dust jacket with a short tear to one flap fold. Introduction by John R. Payne. Still the reigning bibliography. SIGNED by Goldstone at the conclusion of his preface. Tower Bibliographical Series Number Thirteen. Austin: Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin hardcover
1984003565New York: Viking 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. First Printing. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "1-20-84 For Joan Heyler best wishes to favorite niece of John's - Jackson J. Benson ". David Heyler was a collector and friend of John Steinbeck and was married to Joan Mary Steinbeck's favorite sister of John Steinbeck daughter. Large book 1116 pages indexed. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Due to weight International shipping will be at cost. Viking Hardcover
1964110280Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs 1964. Softcover. Very good/No jacket. Keepsake printed for the combined Roxburghe and Zamorano club meeting in 1964. Limited to 150cc. Light edgewear. Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs unknown
1950115530Viking Press 1950. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First printing. Jacket edgeworn with mild chipping. Viking Press hardcover
