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1951240624002New York: Viking 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The Log from the Sea of Cortez: The Narrative Portion of the Book "Sea of Cortez" by John Steinbeck <br /> <br /> An uncommon follow up narrative log of the journey to the Sea of Cortez and the 1941 book by Steinbeck. <br /> <br /> OVERALL CONDITION: NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE<br /> <br /> BOOK INFO<br /> <br /> Published in 1951 by Viking Press in New York. First edition first printing as indicated by "Published by The Viking Press in September 1951" statement on the copyright page with no other printings listed. In original maroon cloth covered boards with gold lettering and decoration. Publisher maroon top stain. Pictorial map of the Sea of Cortez endpapers. First state dust jacket with $4.00 price on front flap. Octavo. Well-protected in its archival mylar wrap and custom cloth clamshell case with a morocco descriptive label. <br /> <br /> CONDITION<br /> <br /> The book is in NEAR FINE vintage condition. Tight sound binding with the slightest of spine lean and a small splash of coffee on a few of the fore-edge pages else FINE. Minimal rubbing to extremities. Boards are strikingly fresh colorful and unfaded. Publisher top-stain in excellent shape. Exceptionally clean interior with bright pages and no writing stickers ex libris marks or foxing. No darkening of the endpaper gutters. A beautiful copy for an exceedingly hard to find title in high-grade collectible condition. <br /> <br /> The unclipped dust jacket is NEAR FINE - beautifully colorful and bright usually found quite darkened and toned with large chips and tears. Some very light edge wear - light creasing tiny tears and chips and a touch of dust/soiling else FINE some would say FINE. The nicest example I see for sale on the market. The included solander case is in NEAR FINE condition too. Viking hardcover
194529903Hotel Marik Cuernavaca Mexico 1945. One page in ink on recto of a single sheet ruled note paper. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. One page in ink on recto of a single sheet ruled note paper. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Steinbeck in Cuernavaca. UNPUBLISHED letter written from Cuernavaca while Steinbeck was in Mexico "riding herd" on the shooting of the film version of THE PEARL<br/><br/>Dear Buzzy and Paulette: I've forgotten where you live. I've forgotten Milly's i.e. LEWIS MILESTONE'S street number too but at least I remember his street. We don't live at the hotel but we get our mail there. I know Paulette knows the place. We have a little house with a big garden about half a mile from the plaza - very pleasant. Will be here until October I guess. We don't start shooting THE PEARL until August. I don't suppose there is much chance of your coming down after you finish the Chambermaid Meredith's DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID. Blumey was asking about you the other night when we were in town.<br/><br/>We're getting lots of sun and oddly enough a lot of work done a thing I can hardly believe. I wonder how your film "Diary of A Chambermaid" goes. I have some ideas for the future - too many but perhaps worth discussing some time. Tom grows like a bloody weed. He is so black we will have trouble getting him into a hotel in Georgia. And he is very strong and no intellectual company whatever. Gwyn thrives here. Anyway we'll see our picture through here and then go on to New York in October and after that we have no plans.<br/><br/> . The grapevine has nice things to say about your picture. And Renoir is a great man. I've always wanted to work with him.<br/><br/>The rains are just starting here and the fine big clouds all day. It's pretty wonderful.<br/><br/>Please give our love to Kendal and Milly. And to yourselves. JOHN"<br/><br/>with: Telegram from Steinbeck's wife Gwendolyn in New York to Burgess Meredith in Monterey Calif. conveying Steinbeck's address in Cuernavaca: "Dear Buzz John is in Mexico Address Hotel Marik Cuernavaca Mor. Mexico . Gwen in New York. unknown books
193916176JNew York: Viking 1939. First Edition First Printing. With the bookplate of Albert E. Smith film pioneer and founder of Vitagraph Studios. The engraved bookplate shows the Vitagraph logo of an eagle with wings spread hovering over the earth globe which has a large letter V in the center beneath which is a shelf of books. Fine clean copy in a very good dust jacket with some restoration by an expert paper conservationist. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An American literary landmark and the basis of the acclaimed 1940 film classic starring Henry Fonda John Carradine Jane Darwell directed by John Ford. Viking unknown books
JD30871NY 1963 first edition. <br/><br/> This is a 10-page legal contract between Broadway producer David Merrick and Steinbeck as represented by his agent Annie Laurie Williams allowing Merrick to turn Steinbeck's screenplay for the film Viva Zapata 1952 into a Broadway musical the first six pages are comprised of original typescript plus typed emendations and carbon emendations all of which are initialed by Merrick in the margins 25 times pages 8-10 are carbon typescript page 8 is signed originally by Merrick in full who paid Steinbeck $1000 for this option page 9 is titled Schedule "A" and is a carbon typescript initialed by Merrick page 10 is also a carbon of a letter from Steinbeck to Merrick in which Steinbeck agrees to have his name shown 25% less in size to those who would author the musical this page although a carbon is originally dated Jan. 11 1963 and is signed originally by Steinbeck this musical project was never made this item was not in the Adrian H. Goldstone collection not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow now housed in a cloth folder. Sheets are stapled in the upper left-hand corner essentially fine. hardcover books
196480128New York:: Random House 1964. First edition. publisher's lettered wrappers; preserved in a custom quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. Very fine. 8vo. Goldstone A41. Signed and inscribed "For Bob Keene From John & Charley Steinbeck." The recipient was a bookseller in Southampton New York a Sag Harbor friend of Steinbeck and almost certainly an acquaintance of the late Charley his poodle companion in "Travels with Charley" 1962. Random House, unknown
1962003151New York: The Viking Press 1962. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. First Edition First Printing. 3200 copies printed. Twelve pages. Signed by Steinbeck in blue ink on the title page. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. The Viking Press Paperback
193916176JNew York: Viking 1939. First Edition First Printing. With the bookplate of Albert E. Smith film pioneer and founder of Vitagraph Studios. The engraved bookplate shows the Vitagraph logo of an eagle with wings spread hovering over the earth globe which has a large letter V in the center beneath which is a shelf of books. Fine clean copy in a very good dust jacket with some restoration by an expert paper conservationist. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An American literary landmark and the basis of the acclaimed 1940 film classic starring Henry Fonda John Carradine Jane Darwell directed by John Ford. Viking unknown
JD29420London Heinemann 1935 first British edition first printing dust jacket. Hardcover. This was Steinbeck's breakthrough book it is a story of the Knights of the Round Table in the guise of paisanos Goldstone & Payne A4c Morrow 31 scarce. Very good. London, Heinemann, 1935, first British edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover
1939ST17837New York: The Viking Press 1939. FIRST EDITION First Printing with the words "First Published in April 1939" printed on the copyright page. 202 x 130 mm. 7 7/8 x 5 1/4". 3 p.l. 619 pp. <br/> Attractive red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Asprey stamp-signed in gilt on front and rear turn-ins covers with single gilt rule raised bands gilt ruled compartments gilt lettering all edges gilt. Goldstone-Payne A12.a. Small unobtrusive stains at spine tail half title and one text leaf each with a tiny repair along top edge a half dozen insignificant marginal stains but an extremely appealing copy showing only the most negligible signs of use.<br/> <br/> Published when America was still deep in the Great Depression "The Grapes of Wrath" is a novel detailing the heartbreak of rural dispossession and a work that in the words of ANB "captured the decade's angst as well as the nation's legacy of fierce individualism visionary prosperity and determined westward movement." In citing it as one of the "Books that Shaped America" the Library of Congress noted "Few novels can claim that their message led to actual legislation but 'The Grapes of Wrath' did just that. Its story of the travails of Oklahoma migrants . . . ignited a movement in Congress to pass laws benefiting farmworkers. When Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize in 1962 the committee specifically cited this novel as one of the main reasons for the award." The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and was printed in a large press run making it readily available at the time and ever since. The present volume attractively bound in full morocco is an affordable alternative to copies of the first edition in the original binding and dust jacket which sell for prices many times the one we're asking here. The Viking Press unknown
1937001586New York: Covici-Friede 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing of Steinbeck's classic novel. Small 8vo. 168 pp. Light foxing to the top and bottom edges. Tape marks to the front pastedown. Taped to the rear pastedown is a clipping from "The Playgoer" the official publication of the El Capitan Theatre announcing the play and beginning on April 6 1939 ands starring Wallace Ford and Lon Chaney Jr. This is the first issue book with the misplaced dot between the 8's on page 88 and "pendula" on Page 9. The jacket retains the price of $2.00 and the spine is moderately faded less than most copies. Closed tear to the top of the rear panel. A solid very good copy. <br/> <br/> Covici-Friede hardcover
1956555787Oxford: Oxford University Press 1956. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 106pp. Touch of edgwear else fine in a very good or better price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of foxing and a bit of edgewear including nicks and small tears. Presentation copy Inscribed by John Steinbeck to a teacher: “For Mrs. Hale This might be good to read to students when they feel put upon. I think it more filled with information than a hundred formal histories – with best wishes John Steinbeck / Perhaps you know this book. I hope not because the charm of first reading is so great.†A collection of 400 passages compiled by a 15th Century teacher of grammar at the Magdalen School in Oxford used for Latin translations by his students. Oxford University Press hardcover
1939RSTEGRA01twViking 1939. Very Good. Steinbeck John. Grapes of Wrath. New York: Viking 1939. 1st edition. 619pp. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with a slightly darkened spine a small number in ink and small scribbled out initials on front endsheet. A very attractive copy in a beautiful custom box. Viking unknown books
1939106614Viking Press 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. FIRST EDITION of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Published in New York by The Viking Press in 1939. First edition "First Published in April1939" stated on copyright page and "First Edition" stated on bottom of front flap. Book near fine with a little binding glue showing through paste-downs title page separated from previous page. DJ very good with some chipping at spine ends and corners a small piece missing at top of spine spine sun-faded a little wearing along top and bottom edges and hinges small closed tear at top of front dj and closed tear and crease from fold on top of rear dj. DJ is price-clipped. Comes in custom-made cloth slipcase. Viking Press hardcover books
JD29420first British edition. London Heinemann 1935 first British edition first printing dust jacket. Hardcover. <br/><br/> This was Steinbeck's breakthrough book it is a story of the Knights of the Round Table in the guise of paisanos Goldstone & Payne A4c Morrow 31. Aged jacket otherwise near fine. hardcover books
1962140941317New York: The Viking Press 1962. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. An advance review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Bound in original coarse off-white cloth stamped in black and brown. Fine with faint foxing to cloth in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning and light staining to spine light shelf wear and a light crease down the front panel. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author takes a road trip around America in 1960 with his traveling companion a standard poodle named Charley. The Viking Press unknown books
1942Embry 122182The Viking Press 1942. First edition first printing. Spine with some lean and darkened a shade. Spine tips rubbed and with a ding to upper front panel still a good copy with hinges firm in a very good dust jacket with a few shallow chips and tiny creases to upper edges and with some toning and a short closed tear to rear panel in mylar cover. Written for the U.S. Army Air Forces. Inscribed by the author "For six lessons from Madame John." The Viking Press, 1942. First edition, first printing. unknown books
06592New York: Covici Friede 1936. Steinbeck's First Book - The Buccaneer Romance of Henry Morgan<br /> Cup of Gold - First Covici Friede Edition Using McBride Sheets<br /> <br /> STEINBECK John. Cup of Gold. A Life of Sir Henry Morgan Buccaneer with Occasional Reference to History. New York: Covici Friede 1936.<br /> <br /> First Covici Friede edition after the McBride first edition of 1929.<br /> <br /> Octavo 7 7/16 x 5 1/8 inches; 188 x 130 mm. viii 269 3 blank pp.<br /> <br /> Publisher's maroon cloth spine lettered in gilt top edge stained blue others uncut. Very slight fading 1/16 inch at lower spine and top edges otherwise fine. In the original first-issue color pictorial dust jacket with only minimal rubbing to extremities. Overall a superb example.<br /> <br /> Originally published in 1929 Cup of Gold was Steinbeck's first book - a romantic and imaginative re-creation of the life of the Welsh privateer Sir Henry Morgan. Though quite different in tone from the social realism that would later define his reputation the novel reveals early evidence of Steinbeck's narrative power and his fascination with myth ambition and the human condition.<br /> <br /> This 1936 Covici Friede issue represents the first reappearance of the work following Steinbeck's growing success in the mid-1930s. The edition is bibliographically significant: it utilizes unsold sheets of the original 1929 Robert M. McBride edition newly issued with a Covici Friede title-page and binding. In effect Covici Friede acquired the remaining McBride stock and reissued it under their own imprint. When these sheets were exhausted later printings were produced independently by Covici Friede typically in blue cloth.<br /> <br /> As such this edition occupies an important transitional position between the exceedingly rare McBride first issue and the later more common reprints. Copies in such fresh condition particularly with the fragile and vividly illustrated dust jacket intact are increasingly scarce.<br /> <br /> A particularly attractive and bibliographically interesting example of Steinbeck's elusive first book.<br /> <br /> Goldstone & Payne A1c. New York: Covici Friede, 1936 unknown
1936002907New York: Covici Friede 1936. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Printing. Book is as new. Publisher's flyer with reviews laid in. Dustjacket has original $2.50 price on front flap. Dustjacket spine has very slight age toning and light edgewear to top of spine area. An excellent copy. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Covici Friede Hardcover
06573New York: The Viking Press 1938. Steinbeck's Salinas Stories - A Cornerstone Collection<br /> First Edition in Exceptional Condition<br /> <br /> STEINBECK John. The Long Valley. New York: The Viking Press 1938.<br /> <br /> First edition. Octavo 8 x 5 inches; 203 x 127 mm. 1-8 9-303 1 blank pp.<br /> <br /> Publisher's quarter light tan buckram over orange cloth boards spine lettered in red top edge stained red. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.<br /> <br /> A superb copy of The Long Valley an important early collection by John Steinbeck that brings together some of his finest short fiction much of it set in the Salinas Valley of California. The volume includes such notable stories as The Chrysanthemums The White Quail and The Red Pony in episodic form each reflecting Steinbeck's deep engagement with landscape isolation and the emotional lives of ordinary people.<br /> <br /> Published just one year before The Grapes of Wrath this collection marks a crucial moment in Steinbeck's development demonstrating his growing command of narrative form and thematic depth. <br /> <br /> The stories reveal in concentrated form many of the concerns that would define his major novels - loneliness the fragility of dreams and the tension between human aspiration and environmental constraint.<br /> <br /> The first edition is increasingly difficult to obtain in such fresh condition particularly with the dust jacket intact and unrestored. <br /> <br /> A cornerstone Steinbeck title here preserved in an unusually fine state-an essential addition to any serious collection of twentieth-century American literature.<br /> <br /> Goldstone & Payne A11a. New York: The Viking Press, 1938 unknown
19372107007Covici Friede 1937. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First edition first issue. Book near fine minimal tanning front corners very slightly bumped. Dust jacket very good tanning spine at left a third from bottom has a closed tear rubbing. Covici Friede unknown
1936541005New York: Covici Friede 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 12mo. Quarter cloth titled in red and with decorative paper-covered boards as issued. Slight wear at the extremities of the fragile papercovered boards although considerably less than usually encountered a near fine copy. Copy number 72 of 199 numbered copies Signed by the author. Covici Friede hardcover
1936002911New York: Covici Friede 1936. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. First Edition First Printing. Limited Edition of 199 numbered copies signed by John Steinbeck this being copy number 92. Printed by S. A. Jacobs at the Golden Eagle Press in Fleetwood Mount Vernon New York on hand made paper. Original glassine dustjacket is missing a 1" strip on the front panel. Book is fine with SAINT KATY THE VIRGIN in bright red lettering on a gilt cloth spine. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Covici Friede Hardcover
1941140945632New York: The Viking Press 1941. First edition. First edition first printing. x 598 pp. Bound in publisher's teal cloth stamped in silver. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight sunning and dimple to spine panel; two tiny closed tears to bottom of front panel one of which is repaired with tape on verso. An attractive copy. The Viking Press unknown
1939352819New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. 619 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cream pictorial cloth. In original "First Edition" dustjacket faded on spine closed tear to front panel of jacket at bottom. First Edition. 619 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Classic Novel of the Great Depression. The tale of the Joad family as they travel across the country from Oklahoma to California in the midst of the Great Depression is one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. It is Steinbeck's masterpiece. The Grapes of Wrath won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer and was central in the awarding of Steinbeck the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. Goldstone & Payne A12a The Viking Press unknown
19392302110Viking Press 1939. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First edition first published in April 1939 stated on copyright page and "First Edition" at bottom of front flap. Book near fine very slight tanning to spine very minor foxing to page edges. Dust jacket very good some wear two tears to spine repair to rear flap hinge small tape at top of inside dj tanning to spine. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Viking Press unknown
