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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 This was Steinbeck's fourth attempt at a novel and was rewritten six times from an unpublished story titled "A Lady in Infra-Red" which he composed while at Stanford.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
1939119562New York: The Viking Press 1939. First edition with "First Published in April 1939" on copyright page and first edition notice on the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo original beige cloth. Association copy playfully inscribed by the author on the title page "Continuing the tradition. To John H. Lyon go to hell! John Steinbeck." The recipient was John Henry Hobart Lyon an English professor at Columbia University and a friend of Steinbeck's. "Great names usually come in clusters for one creative scholar attracts others to work with him. The unforgettable Professor John Henry Hobart Lyon stirs his students by his lectures on Shakespeare romantic literature and the world's masterpieces" Coon p. 33. Lyon also taught a popular course called "Literature of Today" for which he invited well-known contemporary authors to lecture. Among those who appeared were Thomas Mann Kenneth Roberts Orson Welles Stephen Benet Erskine Caldwell Somerset Maugham Moss Hart and Eleanor Roosevelt. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Elmer Hader. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example with noted provenance. "The Grapes of Wrath is the kind of art thats poured out of a crucible in which are mingled pity and indignation Its power and importance do not lie in its political insight but in its intense humanity It is the American novel of the season probably the year possibly the decade" Clifton Fadiman. It is the basis for the 1940 John Ford directed film bearing the same name starring Henry Fonda. It is widely considered as one of the greatest American films of all time. In 1989 this film was one of the first 25 films to be selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally historically or aesthetically significant." Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the twentieth century. The Viking Press hardcover books
19321114023Brewer 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. Housed in a custom-made collectors slipcase. Brewer, Warren and Putnam 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
195869044New York: Random House 1958. First edition of this classic collection of stories and the last to be published in her lifetime. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "John Steinbeck With love from Isak Dinesen New York 29.1.1959." In 1959 Dinesen had been invited by the Ford Foundation to travel to the United States to read and discuss her work as part of a film series on "the world's greatest living writers." Despite her failing health--the frail seventy-four-year old weighed just 80 pounds she accepted the invitation. It was on this trip where she met John Steinbeck for cocktails and inscribed this copy. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A remarkable association linking these two giants of twentieth century literature. Two of the stories from the collection have been adapted into films: The Immortal Story as the 1968 film The Immortal Story directed by Orson Welles starring Jeanne Moreau and Babette's Feast as the 1987 Danish film Babette's Feast directed by Gabriel Axel. Random House hardcover books
1939123737New York: The Viking Press 1939. First edition with "First Published in April 1939" on copyright page and first edition notice on the front flap of the dust jacket. Octavo original beige cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear contemporary name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Elmer Hader. An exceptional example. "The Grapes of Wrath is the kind of art thats poured out of a crucible in which are mingled pity and indignation Its power and importance do not lie in its political insight but in its intense humanity It is the American novel of the season probably the year possibly the decade" Clifton Fadiman. It is the basis for the 1940 John Ford directed film bearing the same name starring Henry Fonda. It is widely considered as one of the greatest American films of all time. In 1989 this film was one of the first 25 films to be selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally historically or aesthetically significant." Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the twentieth century. The Viking Press hardcover books
193913547JNew York: Viking Press 1939. Original advertising poster issued by the Viking Press as for display in bookstores to promote the original publication of The Grapes of Wrath. The poster’s lettering announces “John Steinbeck's New Novelâ€. Illustrated with a reproduction of the now classic original dust jacket art by Elmer Hader 12-1/4 x 18-1/4 inches a much larger form than that of the issued jacket image. Overall 22 x 18-1/4 inches. Some very unobtrusive light spotting; minor use at edges with a slight bump to the lower left corner; but unfaded and unchipped. Would be most attractive framed. An excellent literary poster which was rarely preserved. Viking Press unknown books
1947228021New York Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn Christmas 1947. 1947. First edition. 12mo. Title page printed in red and black. Original stitched printed buff wrappers. Fine fresh copy. No signatures. One of only 60 copies out of series. Ward Ritchie's copy with his small bookplate. Printed by the Ward Ritchie Press Los Angeles California. Goldstone & Payne A26a. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. [New York, Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn] Christmas, 1947. paperback books
1939229533New York The Viking Press 1939. 1939. First edition. 8vo. Full modern red morocco gilt covers with double gilt rule panel surrounding gilt grape and grape vine a.e.g. spine with raised bands. Red cloth dropbox. Fine fresh copy. No signatures or bookplates. With a fine foredge painting being a variation of the dust jacket image of a farm family on the roadside observing migrants heading west. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. New York, The Viking Press [1939]. hardcover books
1933140938338New York: Robert O. Ballou 1933. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first issue. Signed by Mahlon Blaine whose illustrations appear on the the dust jacket endsheets and title page. Bound in publisher's green cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine. Cloth lightly sunned through jacket at spine and along top and bottom edges. Pages toned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear at the spine ends and a short closed tear along the top edge of the front panel with some faint associated creasing. A lovely copy signed by the illustrator. In the early '20s Blaine met a young John Steinbeck on the Panama Canal and the two quickly became friends. Blaine would go on illustrate the dust jacket and endsheets for Steinbeck's first novel Cup of Gold as well as for this title. Goldstone & Payne A3a. Robert O. Ballou unknown books
193916177JNew York: Viking Press 1939. First Edition First Issue. From the library of Harpo Marx the endearing clown of the Marx Brothers comedy team and his wife actress Susan Fleming Marx former member of the Ziegfeld Follies and star of early talking films like Million Dollar Legs with W.C. Fields. With a charming bookplate illustrated by Susan Marx with a drawing of Harpo in his comic character which reads: “FROM THE LIBRARY OF HARPO & SUSAN MARX.†Fine clean copy in a very good bright dust jacket with a few small mends by an expert paper conservationist. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An American literary landmark and the basis of the acclaimed film starring Henry Fonda directed by John Ford. Viking Press unknown books
1933108068Robert O. Ballou 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition first issue of his third book one of only 598 copies actually bound and sold Goldstone & Payne A3a Morrow 22 endpapers title page vignette and dust jacket illustrated by Mahlon Blaine this book is Steinbeck at his most powerful and his most mystical. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom-made collector's clamshell case with leather spine tooled and gilt lettered and decorated. Robert O. Ballou hardcover books
