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STGOBA33<p><strong>New York: Robert O. Ballou 1933</strong></p><p>First edition. First printing. An all but fine copy with some sunning to the cloth along the spine. A small booksellers ticket to the rear pastedown but the contents flawless. pp. 8-9 slightly attached from the publisher's glue at the hinge - a defect inherent at printing. In a near fine dust jacket. The jacket spine with toned lettering and a tiny nick at the base. Some foxing to the rear panel and and the verso. Bright and vivid still and wholly unrestored. A beautiful example of Steinbeck's third novel his most challenging and time consuming to complete. It explores faith and the relationship between man and his land themes that Steinbeck would build upon in later works. Quite scarce with only 598 copies initially bound for sale and few surviving in such beautiful condition.</p> hardcover
1952148721New York: The Viking Press 1952. First edition first printing of Steinbeck's epic and moving story of a modern Cain and Abel. Octavo original cloth. First issue with the word "bite" present on page 281 line 38. With a small notecard signed by John Steinbeck laid in. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with the portrait of Steinbeck. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Founded over a century ago in 1900 the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. An exceptional example. "A novel planned on the grandest possible scale.One of those occasions when a writer has aimed high and then summoned every ounce of energy talent seriousness and passion of which he was capable.It is an entirely interesting and impressive book" The New York Herald Tribune. The Viking Press hardcover
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
1939140949185New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. vi 619 pp. Bound in publisher's oatmeal speckled cloth with brown pictorial stamping yellow topstain "Battle Hymn of the Republic" endpapers. Near Fine with bookplate to front pastedown and trivial tape ghosts to back free endpaper. In a Near Fine correct dust jacket with publisher's price $2.75 and "First Edition" statement present on front flap. Light wear and toning creasing along outer edge of front flap and tape residue to lower spine verso. Goldstone & Payne A12.<br /> <br /> <p>A beautiful copy of the classic Great Depression novel from the library of the American naval officer and book collector Charles John Muto. Winner of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize and inspiration for the acclaimed 1940 John Ford film starring Henry Fonda. The Viking Press unknown
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
1935east 100COVICI FRIEDE 1935. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. FIRST. A GOOD FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE IN FIRST ISSUE DJ. SUNNED SPINE INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR JOHN STEINBECK TO CALIFORNIA ARTIST ISBELLE WEST. PRICE ON DJ also inscribed by West. COVICI FRIEDE Hardcover
0818126New York: Viking Press 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In blue and red jacket over green cloth with silver titling 8vo 598pp. Illustrated with color and b/w illustrations. A wonderful copy inscribed to long-lived Irish rabble-rowser Sheila O'Leary on the half title page by Steinbeck: "For Sheila O'leary - O'leary - O'leary - For Sheila O'leary. - John Steinbeck". slight edgewear to outer jacket at tips and corners slight toning to edges and endpapers. Viking Press hardcover
1947170444New York: Viking Press 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Owner bookplate on front pastedown.; Signed by John Steinbeck on half title page.; Signed by Author. Viking Press hardcover
193715311USA: Covici-Friede 1937. A first edition first printing published by Covici-Friede in 1937. A near fine book a little browned to the edges of the boards. No inscriptions marks etc. The first issue with 'pendular' to page 9. In a near fine spine browned dust wrapper which is unclipped showing $2.00. A little rubbed to the edges and corners with a small crease to the rear panel of the dust wrapper. An attractive example in custom made solander box with silhouette mirroring the dust wrapper artwork to the front panel of the box Covici-Friede hardcover
1938145913New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. First edition second printing of this famed Hemingway anthology containing his only published play as well as the first appearance in book form of The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Night Before Battle. Octavo original publisher's cloth. Association copy inscribed on the pastedown by Carol Brown Steinbeck to her husband John Steinbeck "For John on his birthday. 1940 With love Carol." The recipient Nobel Prize-winning novelist John Steinbeck remains perhaps best-known for his 1939 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Grapes of Wrath. Throughout the course of his career Steinbeck authored 33 books including 16 novels six works of non-fiction and two collections of short stories most notably Tortilla Flat 1935 and Cannery Row 1945 East of Eden 1952 and Of Mice and Men 1937. Steinbeck and Hemingway did not know each other personally although they had a number of mutual friends. The only known correspondence between them is a letter sent by Steinbeck who in 1939 wrote to Hemingway to express his admiration for Hemingway’s writing technique in “The Butterfly and the Tank.†The letter led to Hemingway and Steinbeck's now-famous singular meeting in 1944 at Tim Costello’s restaurant in New York arranged by mutual friends at Hemingway’s request. Steinbeck married three times. He and his first wife Carol Janella Henning Brown married in January 1930 in Los Angeles and were divorced in 1942. Carole traveled with John when he wrote the Grapes of Wrath In Dubious Battle and Tortilla Flat assisting and supporting him in the writing process. Very good in a very good dust jacket. From the library of John Steinbeck. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase. An exceptional association copy. The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories contains Hemingway's only full-length play The Fifth Column and 49 short stories. Many of the stories included in the collection appear in other collections including In Our Time Men Without Women Winner Take Nothing and The Snows of Kilimanjaro. Some of the collection's important stories are rather short. It also includes some longer stories among them "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
19376746New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. First Edition First Printing. First edition first printing with "hands were pendula" on page 9 and the dot present between the 8s of page 88 8.8. Book measures approximately 5" x 7.5" with 186 numbered pages. Signed by John Steinbeck on a card which has been professionally affixed to the front endpaper. Provenance of the signature: Purchased directly by us from PBA Galleries who stated that the card was from the estate of Steinbeck's personal assistant Nancy Pearson. Custom made quarter leather slipcase and folding chemise. <br /> <br /> This book is in very good condition. Moderate surface wear to the original cloth boards. Interior pages are clean and well preserved. Original first issue dust jacket with the $2.00 price present on the front flap. The jacket is in fair condition. Heavy chipping and paper loss to the spine. Heavy sunning to the spine. Custom made quarter leather slipcase and folding chemise. <br /> <br /> "Of Mice and Men" narrates the experiences of two displaced migrant ranch workers who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression.<br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.<br /> <br /> Inventory #O11-12. Covici Friede Publishers unknown
19541411710Viking Press 1954. Special Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Uncorrected galleys. March 1954. Signed and inscribed by Steinbeck to Ernest H. Martin and Cy Feuer a famous theatrical and movie producing duo. Ernest H. Martin was a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer. Cy Feuer was a theatre producer director composer musician. Very good condition; shows wear. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. We will provide a certificate of authenticity. Viking Press unknown books
19691681941969. unbound. very good. 4 page single-spaced carbon typescript of an unpublished short story. Presentation copy with a four word inscription in Greek. Undated. Subtitled "A Christmas Story" this scatalogical tale was apparently sent to a few friends as a keepsake.<br/><br/> unknown books
JD30899first edition. NY Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn 1947 first edition wrappers. Softcover. <br/><br/> First and only edition this is supposed to be one of 60 numbered copies printed by Ward Ritchie with the first 10 copies going to Steinbeck with the remainder going to the Cohns House of Books for Christmas gift presentation however this is numbered as copy No. 61 being Ward Ritchie's own personal copy noted as being purchased from him by the legendary Serendipity Books in Berkeley CA a pencil note by Serendipity's Peter B. Howard indicates that he purchased the book from Ritchie June 16 1986 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 now housed in a custom clam-shell case. Fine. paperback books
1939140940559New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Publisher's original oatmeal cloth decorated in brown "Battle Hymn of the Republic" end sheets. Near Fine with toning to pages foxing and light soiling to text block edges preliminary and terminal pages and evidence of old tape burns to endsheets. In a Near Fine correct first printing dust jacket with publisher's price at upper corner clipped but rubber-stamped below and "First Edition" statement present on front flap; light edge wear light spine-toning light foxing and crease to rear panel but on the whole a very nice example. The Viking Press unknown books
19396697New York The Viking Press 1939. 1939. Publisher's dummy. 8vo. 6 preliminary pages 10 text pages remainder blank. Original tan buckram stamped blue on spine and upper cover acetate dust jacket. Very good. Enclosed in a later blue cloth slipcase. Differences between the published trade edition include: variant title page different typefaces with Viking Press vignette and date; blank title page verso no copyright information; extra lines of type on pages 5 and 6; top edge stained blue instead of yellow. See Goldstone & Payne A12a and Morrow catalogue #104. The 1940 filmed version won 2 Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Supporting Actress. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. New York, The Viking Press, 1939. hardcover books
JD26993first edition. NY Robert O. Ballou 1933 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. <br/><br/> 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. Black top edge stain still very black book cloth somewhat mottled jacket with one short tear this is a very pleasing and attractive copy of a very scarce book. hardcover books
1952148006London: William Heinemann Ltd 1952. First British edition of Steinbeck's epic and moving story of a modern Cain and Abel. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by John Steinbeck on the half-title page. From the library of actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was an actor producer and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best-known for starring in such films as The Prisoner of Zenda 1937 Gunga Din 1939 and The Corsican Brothers 1941. He was the son of Douglas Fairbanks and the stepson of Mary Pickford and his first marriage was to actress Joan Crawford. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example rare and desirable signed and with noted provenance. "A novel planned on the grandest possible scale.One of those occasions when a writer has aimed high and then summoned every ounce of energy talent seriousness and passion of which he was capable.It is an entirely interesting and impressive book" The New York Herald Tribune. William Heinemann Ltd hardcover
193669028New York: Covici Friede 1936. Full Description:<br> <br> STEINBECK John. In Dubious Battle. New York: Covici Friede 1936.<br> <br> First edition one of ninety-nine copies signed by the author of which this is number 57. Octavo 8 x 5 3/8 inches; 205 x 137 mm. 349 3 blank pp. With the signed limitation page inserted at rear.<br> <br> Original black cloth over grey buckram boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge dyed red. Some minor rubbing to bottom of spine. Previous owner's ink inscription dated 1940 on half-title. In the original black paper slipcase with paper spine label. Some very minor rubbing to slipcase. A bright fine copy.<br> <br> Goldstone & Payne A5a.<br> <br> HBS 69028.<br> <br> $6500. Covici Friede unknown
193670080New York:: Covici Friede 1936. First edition; No. 52 of 99 copies signed by John Steinbeck. publisher's cloth in glassine wrapper and publisher's slipcase. A fine copy. The glassine wrapper has some chipping to edges and a dime-sized hole to the center of the spine. The slipcase printed paper label is bright. The slipcase is complete but has some wear to the top which has resulted in some narrow areas of missing paper. 8vo. Covici Friede, hardcover
1939022674New York: Viking Press 1939 First printing/first issue of the first edition; original beige cloth boards in original first issue dust jacket. Book with mild toning primarily near gutters of the illustrated endpapers and faint rubbing to bottom boards else in fine condition; dust jacket with a closed tear and diagonal crease to bottom front cover soft diagonal crease to upper back flap mild edge wear and shallow creasing light paper loss to ends and corners faint toning to spine a few surface scratches to covers and light rubbing else fine. A well preserved collectible. Viking Press hardcover
196167648New York: Viking 1961. Hardcover. Fine. First edition limited issue one of 500 copies. Fine lacking the dust jacket and printed acetate overjacket. Although not called for this copy is Inscribed by the author: "For Oliver H. Clark from John Steinbeck." Scarce thus. Viking hardcover
1933332058New York: Robert O. Ballou 1933. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Endpapers title vignette & dust wrapper design by Mahlon Blaine. 325pp. 8vo green cloth d.w. New York: Robert O. Ballou 1933. First Edition.<br/> <br/> There is some light offset on the spjne of the book from the dust wrapper; the dust wrapper has a small nick at the side of the spine. A near fine copy of his his third book.<br/> <br/> Robert O. Ballou unknown
193920392ENew York: Viking 1939. First Edition First Issue. Very good plus to near fine copy in a bright dust jacket with the barest hint of edge wear and a few minor 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 unknown books
