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1936140942999New York: Covici Friede 1936. First Edition. First edition. Copy #78 of 199 hand-numbered copies signed by John Steinbeck on the rear colophon. Bound in original decorated boards with brown cloth spine lettered in red. About Very Good with rubbing to the fragile boards light foxing to endpapers but spine lettering strong. In a Fair example of the unprinted wrapper chipped and shrunken. Lacking ad slip. One of the most uncommon Steinbeck items offered by his publishers as a Christmas gift. Covici Friede unknown
1941031432New York: The Viking Press 1941. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Green lettered and decorated oatmeal cloth in green pictorial jacket. This copy signed by Steinbeck on the double spread title page. A book from the film Life in a Mexican Village with still photos from the film. Steinbeck wrote the story and script. Dj with small pieces missing from extremities. Book a little age worn but still a very good copy. Uncommon signed. The Viking Press Hardcover
193915687New York: Viking 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very good. Classic novel of the depression era. Statement on copyright page "First published in April 1939" and no additional printings. Book is near fine clean and straight but has a small light blue stain on top board edge. Wrap-around bright pictorial dust jacket has some rubs tiny chips at corners & fold and a four-inch tear at front fold. $2.75 price at top of flap and the statement "First Edition" at bottom of flap. Housed in blue linen-covered two-piece slipcase with red label. Outer case has some rubbing at bottom and corners. Cloth on inner fold-around case has wear. Archival mylar cover over the dust jacket. Not available for international shipping. <br/><br/> Viking hardcover
1939JS120New York: The Viking Press 1939 First edition first printing; in the original first issue dust jacket with the original $2.75 price and "First Edition" to corner of front flap. Publisher's beige cloth boards illustrated with an image of migrant families heading West after Elmer Hader's dust jacket design pictorial endpapers illustrated with sheet music for the "The Battle Hymn the Republic"; in its original dust jacket with an illustration by Hader depicting tenant farming families looking out on a caravan of migrant families heading West across a valley towards a mountain range. Very good book with light toning to spine a touch of soiling to top right of front board some spotting to top- and fore edge small bookshop label to front pastedown some offsetting to endpapers and trace of bookplate removal to verso of front free endpaper; very good unclipped dust jacket with light toning to spine some very shallow chipping to spine ends a few nicks and small closed tears here and there 1.5 inch closed tear to foot of spine and some creasing to bottom edge of rear panel. Overall a sturdy and attractive copy of this iconic work of 20th century literature. In this powerful and compelling novel Steinbeck tells the story of a poor "Okie" family who travels westward to California after their home state of Oklahoma is decimated by the Dust Bowl in the 1930's. Steinbeck's keen sense of human emotion and humanitarian interest in the plight of the tenant farmer make this novel a classic and timeless masterpiece that provides a unique insight into the history of the American Midwest. Symbolizing the novel's motifs of sacrifice and the American dream The Grapes of Wrath takes its title from Julia Ward Howe's "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" whose lyrics reference the Biblical apocalypse and divine deliverance from oppression. The Grapes of Wrath won both the National Book Award in 1939 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940. It was also considered a major contributing factor in Steinbeck's 1962 awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. New York: The Viking Press hardcover
193973775New York:: The Viking Press 1939. First edition. publisher's illustrated cloth in the correct dust jacket with "First Edition" at the bottom of the front flap. . Usual browning to the inner hinges from binder's adhesive; else fine in an unchipped dust jacket which is browned at the backstrip. 8vo. The Viking Press, hardcover
193971387New York:: The Viking Press 1939. First edition. publisher's illustrated cloth in dust jacket. Small ding to the top of the front board; slightly cocked; with a small ink signature to the upper left corner of the front pastedown. The endsheets have a little discoloration from damp. The dust jacket has the price and "First Edition" intact; the backstrip is a little tanned; and there is some minor edgewear. . 8vo. Laid in is a contemporary promotional pamphlet for this book. The Viking Press, hardcover
1937consign82New York: Covici Friede 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean pages tight binding clot/Illustrated dust jacket. First edition with single 1937 copyright date and both first state errors to page 9 and 88. Original dust jacket with $2.00 price.Clean pages tight binding cloth boards bright and crisp two small tears to dust jacket one at top front and the other to the lower spine sun toning to spine Covici Friede hardcover
19394985<p>First Edition/First Printing with the correct statement on the copyright page with no mention of subsequent printings; in a first issue dust jacket with the first edition slug and price intact of $2.75. In publisher's tan cloth with spine titles in purple and with pictorial design extending across the lower portion of both covers and spine with Battle Hymn of the Republic printed on the endpapers. A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. An outstanding copy of this classic work of 20th century literature multiple award winner and basis for the excellent movie. This copy is in near fine condition with a square tight binding vibrant design and lettering over tan boards and crisp white pages; the book does show some mild darkening to the spine and hinges and a faint age-toning to the end papers and page edges. Housed in a clean and bright original very good dust jacket that shows an overall mild age-toning rubbing and chipping to the spine ends edges and corners and some light creasing to the folds. Overall a highly presentable and collectible copy; a must have for the 20th century literature collector! Not ex-library and no repair has been performed. In archival protection and will ship in a sturdy box.</p> Viking Press hardcover
1939017883New York: The Viking Press 1939. Nice copy of this classic in its first printing. Unmarked tight and square. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Oatmeal cloth with purpleish lettering and stamping to boards is clean with sharp tips. Price intact jacket with First Edition stated on bottom of front flap has the iconic illustration by Elmer Hader. Color rich on front panel but tanned an spine with color returning on back panel. Shallow chip at bottom of rear panel. Moderate wear at front fold. Basis for the outstanding film directed by John Ford that starred Henry Fonda in his greatest role. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Viking Press Hardcover
1939143492London: William Heinemann 1939. First English edition of the author's classic work. Octavo original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. "The Grapes of Wrath is the kind of art that’s 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. William Heinemann hardcover
1937015862William Heinemann Ltd 1937. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like JacketWithout Wear. First English Edition. Rare Wrap Around Band 137000 Copies Sold In America. Very Scarce in This Condition.6s on Lower Flap. Beautiful Fresh Copy. Steinbeck's Great Classic. William Heinemann Ltd Hardcover
194829896147 11th St. Pacific Grove California 1948. 1p. 1 vols. 5-1/2 x 3-1/4 inches. Very good. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. 1p. 1 vols. 5-1/2 x 3-1/4 inches. Mentioning Red Pony Zapata script. Fascinating postcard from Steinbeck to his good friend the actor/director Burgess Meredith:<br/><br/>"Dear Buzzy: Are you back yet This little quick jaunt for a picture THE RED PONY has been going a long time . I haven't heard from you in a very long time. The Byrens trial is going to happen in January. I will go down to appear. I have never known whether you are in the same action or a separate one.<br/><br/>"I am working on Zapata script now and I think it might even be good. I painted my little house inside and out and made repairs and now am ready to fix my garden. New York and the painful past is becoming very remote. The pace is slow here and I have slowed down to match it. Let me hear from you. I want to know what you plan to do next. Saw Paulette for a moment in Mexico. She had a bulls ear not a cap<br/><br/>"Do write<br/><br/>"John"<br/><br/>The reference to the Byrens trial is explained by Jackson Benson THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF JOHN STEINBECK NY 1984 p. 610: "He had made arranges with Lewis Milestone . and Burgess Meredith to do a film of CANNERY ROW and now one Bernie Byrens was filing a million dollar breach-of-contract suit alleging that he had acquired the film rights to the novel in 1945. unknown books
1952160393New York: The Viking Press 1952. Octavo title page printed in brown and black original green cloth stamped in brown and gold all edges stained terra cotta. First edition. One of 1500 copies signed by Steinbeck. Goldstone and Payne A32a. A fine copy in tanned and chipped publisher's plain glassine wrapper. Lacks the cardboard slipcase. An excellent copy. #160393 The Viking Press unknown books
1937107258Covici Friede 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. The first edition first state with "pendula" on page 9 in a first issue dust jacket with the $2.00 price and no mention of later printings on the bottom of the front flap. Jackets without the $2 price present are probably from a later or book club printing. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Book is in near fine condition in a good dust jacket tanned on the spine and separated at edge of spine. Covici Friede hardcover books
1937107258Covici Friede 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. The first edition first state with "pendula" on page 9 in a first issue dust jacket with the $2.00 price and no mention of later printings on the bottom of the front flap. Jackets without the $2 price present are probably from a later or book club printing. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Book is in near fine condition in a good dust jacket tanned on the spine and separated at edge of spine. Covici Friede hardcover
193922546New York: Viking Press 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated beige cloth. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. 619 pages. 21 x14 cm. With dust wrapper noting "First Edition" and noting the $2.75 price at publication. Dust wrapper designed by Elmer Hader. Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Perhaps the most influential and best remembered book to come out of the Great Depression. Goldstone and Payne A12a. Decorated endpapers a musical score of the "Battle Hymn of The Republic." Nicks to backstrip head of dust wrapper with slight loss front cover of dust wrapper at lower foot slightly rubbed interior contents fresh and clean. Viking Press hardcover
1945140947526New York: The Viking Press 1945. First Illustrated Edition. Very Good. First illustrated edition. Association copy signed by John Steinbeck on the half-title page and inscribed "with many thanks" to Peter Kriendler owner of the 21 Club in New York. Bookplate of Jeanette and Peter Kriendler to front pastedown. <p>131 1 pp. Bound in publisher's gray-brown cloth boards stamped in slate blue gilt lettering to spine color pictorial onlay to front board. All edges stained blue color pictorial endpapers ivory laid paper. Very Good with light rubbing and toning to covers split to upper front hinge light toning and soft ripple throughout. In the original slipcase plain gray paper with color pictorial onlay lightly soiled and toned and split at upper edge. Goldstone-Payne A9.c unlisted third variant printed by Kipe Offset Process Company and bound by H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Company. <p>The 21 Club opened in Manhattan in 1930 as a speakeasy. Patrick Kriendler the brother of one of the two founders became a partner in 1938 after working at the club for most of the previous decade. Steinbeck had a favorite table there and enjoyed Kriendler's legendary customer service. One recent record of the club states that it 'featured sliding doors chutes collapsing shelves and hidden storage areas designed to hide alcohol from law-enforcement officials. Over the years the 21 Club began to attract an elite clientele from the worlds of business entertainment the arts sports and politics. The restaurant was known for its strict code of discipline no staff member was allowed to call a customer by his first name as well as its extravagant expensive menu grouse was served for lunch the day after the shooting season opened in Scotland. The Viking Press unknown
1945150085New York: The Viking Press 1945. Signed limited first edition of Steinbeck's classic novel one of 699 copies. Octavo original cloth pictorial endpapers with illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Fine in the rare original slipcase. An exceptional example. The three interconnected stories in this volume a fourth was added in the 1945 edition won praise on publication as "pure gold… all three of these stories have more depth intensity and variety than one could possibly anticipate" New York Times Book Review. To biographer Jackson Benson they "act as a moral fulcrum… These stories with their child observer examine the nature of life and of death and the relationship of the individual to the whole" True Adventures 288. The Viking Press hardcover
1945000356New YorkNew York: Viking Press 1945 Fine. First. edition. Beige cloth. Excellent. Color illustrations. Tall 8vo. <b>Presentation copy inscribed and signed in full by Steinbeck. </b>First illustrated and First Seperate Trade Edition. In pristine condition in the primary binding. Viking Press hardcover
19371407505Covici-Friede 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed Limited. One of 699 signed and numbered copies this is number 249. Signed by Steinbeck on the colophon page. Octavo original pictorial beige cloth uncut original numbered cardboard slipcase. Cloth with slightest toning spine more so; small tear at top of spine. Original slipcase lightly worn with a small piece of the top edge of the case loose and a small piece missing. Comes in custom-made slipcase. Covici-Friede hardcover books
19371407505Covici-Friede 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed Limited. One of 699 signed and numbered copies this is number 249. Signed by Steinbeck on the colophon page. Octavo original pictorial beige cloth uncut original numbered cardboard slipcase. Cloth with slightest toning spine more so; small tear at top of spine. Original slipcase lightly worn with a small piece of the top edge of the case loose and a small piece missing. Comes in custom-made slipcase. Covici-Friede hardcover
1945201162New York: Viking 1945. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner name on FEP. The original First Issue jacket vibrant colors with the publisher's $2.00 printed price is present on the front flap. Viking hardcover
JD29398NY Viking 1938 first edition first printing dust jacket. Hardcover. Steinbeck's first book published by Viking a short story collection of all-star stories that includes Flight which appears for the first time as well as such Steinbeck classics as The Chrysanthemums The Snake Breakfast The Harness Johnny Bear and all portions of The Red Pony Goldstone & Payne A11a Morrow 90 this is one of 8000 copies as opposed to 50000 copies for The Grapes of Wrath and more than 100000 copies for East of Eden the dust jacket is illustrated by Elmer Hader who also illustrated dust jackets for Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and The Winter of Our Discontent. While this copy has some of the inevitable age-darkening to the book spine it is far less than usual and the book itself is quite tight minor soiling to jacket fine. NY, Viking, 1938, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover
193812535THE LONG VALLEY Viking 1938 first edition very fine in like dust-wrapper. An exceptional copy. Scary nice !!! 1/8000 copies. Viking unknown
JD37122NY Covici Friede 1935 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Advance copy of his breakthrough book of the initial print run of 4000 copies 500 were issued in wrappers presumably for review the original dust jacket illustrated by Ruth Gannett is wrapped around the book and glued at the spine this was Alice B. Toklas's copy Inscribed by her "From Alice B. Toklas/Paris March 1945" Toklas of course was Gertrude Stein's significant other and author of a notorious brownie recipe Goldstone & Payne A4a Morrow 28. Spine area a bit toned and faded very good. NY, Covici Friede, 1935, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback