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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
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
JD29404first edition. n.p. NY n.p. Viking Press n.d. April 1957 first edition spiral-bound wrappers. Softcover. <br/><br/> No. 4 of an unknown number of Author Presentation Proofs this copy Inscribed to legendary bookseller John Scopazzi "Dear John Scopazzi: Before you call the wagon I can explain everything. This book sneaked up on me. Nobody can be more surprised than I was when it dribbled out on paper. I think it was imps. Yours John Steinbeck" and no one was more surprised than his editors and publisher when this book became a book-of-the-month selection as it is generally considered the least of all his published works these unrevised galley proofs were printed on rectos only two publisher labels are affixed to front cover the first is numbered as #4 and includes publication information with March crossed out under publication date with April written in below it is another label with three paragraphs about the book the $2.95 price has been marked out with $3 substituted the proof has none of the preliminaries set in type nor any of the William Penn DuBois illustrations not recorded by Goldstone & Payne Morrow 240 now housed in a custom folding case. Very good. paperback 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
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
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
194115604JLos Gatos California: 1 page quarto 8 1/2 by 14 inches early 1941. Original excellent content letter signed “John†written in blue ink on yellow lined foolscap paper. Steinbeck writes to Daniel James who had just finished his work as one of the assistant directors to Charles Chaplin on his film classic The Great Dictator. Steinbeck has just returned home from being in Hollywood as well where he was working on his Mexican documentary film The Forgotten Village. “.I just got back from your part of the country to find your letter. Didn’t see anyone down there. Went from the lab to my apartment back and forth and came home the moment I was finished. I didn’t have anything to do with picking a composer. Hans Eisler wrote the music after Sillvestre Revueltas died. I haven’t even heard it. I think the film is pretty good but of course can’t tell until it is all finished and music and words set on the film. This is a crazy time and I feel pretty much the same. Too much rather than too little information. And it doesn’t seem to mirror the total of our knowledge a bit. Are you still working for Charley Chaplin He has been away a long time now. And I have heard one group say The Great Dictator is a failure and another that it is a great success. Which do you think is true. I’m going to work now on the Gulf book Sea of Cortez. Hope to have it ready by summer. It is going to be very hard work but of a kind I like and trust particularly now precise work in which the information does not pass through any censorship bureau.Haven’t been to Monterey for quite a while but Carol Steinbeck has. Tal is going to have a baby Francis and Elaine are reported well and Ed Ricketts is Ed.†Fine condition. 1 page, quarto, 8 1/2 by 14 inches unknown books
JD29431first edition. NY Viking 1962 first edition wrappers. Softcover. <br/><br/> Frontispiece photo portrait of Steinbeck one of 3200 copies printed Goldstone & Payne A40a Morrow 269 this copy Inscribed by Steinbeck on the title page "For Lou Robinson/with pleasure/John Steinbeck" very scarce thus. Fine. paperback books
JD29467first edition. NY Covici Friede 1937 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. <br/><br/> With publisher's numbered slipcase and its original glassine dust jacket No. 599 of 699 copies Signed by Steinbeck it is comprised of The Gift The Great Mountains and The Promise printed on hand-made La Garde paper and printed by the Pynson Printers in September 1937 under the supervision of Elmer Adler Goldstone & Payne A9a Morrow 78 copies that still include the original glassine jacket are very scarce. Tiny chipping to glassine jacket else a true beauty fine this is the best copy we have ever seen. hardcover books
JD29403first British edition. London Heinemann 1939 first British edition first printing dust jacket. Hardcover. <br/><br/> With the very scarce wrap-around band noting this was a Book Society Fiction Choice this copy with a small slip affixed to the title page that is Inscribed by John Steinbeck "For L. Downing/John Steinbeck" Goldstone & Payne A12b Morrow 108. Near fine. hardcover books
JD29787NY Brewer Warren & Putnam 1932 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. <br/><br/> 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 a paltry 650 copies were actually sold this was his first book with what could be called the Steinbeck "sound" the book is comprised of inter-related stories set in a valley that came to represent Steinbeck Country in these stories something is not quite right with the inhabitants of this otherwise peaceful valley 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" laid into the book is a 2.5X3.5-inch card Signed by Steinbeck which was a gift from Steinbeck's widow Elaine also laid into the book is an autographed note signed by Elaine presenting the card signed by her husband. Jacket verso is well-reinforced with tape missing its front free endpaper. hardcover books
