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193721167New York: Covici Friede 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pictorial cream cloth. Near fine in original publisher's slipcase. 81 pages. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. Limited edition copy 343 of 699 signed by John Steinbeck set in monotype Italian Oldstyle printed on hand-made La Garde paper and printed by the Pynson Printers under the supervision of Elmer Adler. Steinbeck's novella in which the first three chapters were published in magazines 1933-1936 -- stories of a boy's life on a California ranch. Small bump front cover lower corner. Covici Friede hardcover
1947005765Viking Press. Bright DJ in archival cover corner chips edge wear clipped with $2.00 price listed. Stated Published by the Viking Press in February 1947. Front hinge starting. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1947. Viking Press hardcover
1937000006<p>New York~Covici Friede Publishers1937. Very Good/none. Hardcover. First Edition second state. April 1937. With the word loosely on page 9. pps 186. Solid collectible copy. VG/none. Binding tight. Spine straight corners sharp. Pages are clean. Appears unopened unread. .</p><p><br /></p> Covici Friede hardcover
194118886New York: The Viking Press 1941. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Fine/near fine. First edition first printing of Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck and Edward F. Ricketts an attractive copy. Octavo 6 vii-x 598pp. Green cloth title stamped in silver on spine and front panel. The first printing with "First Published in December 1941." Top edge dyed pink. Illustrated endpapers with maps of Baja California. Complete with 40 photographic plates 8 in color. In the publisher's first state dust jacket $5.00 on front flap short closed tear along bottom edge of front panel bright illustrations a near fine example. Goldstone & Payne A15b. The Viking Press unknown
1958156<p>THE LOG From The SEA OF CORTEZ</p><p>by JOHN STEINBECK</p><p>Published by Heinemann in London 1958.</p><p>1st UK Edition. Signed by Author on title page.</p><p>This popular account of Steinbeck's days with his "mentor" Ed Ricketts was a best-seller in the day and is still reprinted up to this day. John Steinbeck adored Ricketts and was compelled to write this emotional record of his time spent with the co-author of THE SEA OF CORTEZ and who also inspired Steinbeck to write his novel CANNERY ROW which he published in 1945.</p><p>Steinbeck was perhaps the finest American writer ever finding fascination in human beings whose small lives he could paint in words so they became as grand drifting clouds with which the reader becomes naturally involved. In THE PEARL we can feel the vain hopeful dreams of a poor young Mexican man slipping away from him. In OF MICE AND MEN the author captured the tension of a well-meaning crook trying to control his own Frankenstein the gentle simple-minded giant named Lenny whose impulses stray into an innocent kind of destructiveness.</p><p>Condition: Very Good. Blue board book covers are clean and smart. While the pages are clean throughout with none turned or torn there is an ink mark to the final page edges which bleeds onto the edge of the final map page and which was probably done by Steinbeck himself as it is in the same kind of black pen ink in which he signed the book. The dust jacket is protected in a mylar covering but shows light wear at the edges and also some light soiling though it is generally still in prresentable condition without any major tears.</p> Heinemann hardcover
000300Privately Printed 1964 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Cloth. As New/As New. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ruth Ford's copy signed by her. She was married to Zachary Scott. Privately Printed, 1964 Hardcover
1929140941847New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1929. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing first issue. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with titles stamped in black lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Cloth soiled heavier so to spine spine faded pages lightly toned. The first issue of Steinbeck's first book and one of just 1537 copies. Robert M. McBride & Company unknown
1935180102014New York: Covici Friede 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition second issue. Very Good with foxing to cloth tiny pin-holes to cloth at front gutter previous owner name to front paste down. In a Very Good dust jacket with price intact small closed tear to bottom of front panel near flap fold with light associated creasing has been neatly mended from the verso toning to spine panel light soiling. One of 900 copies of the second issue. Goldstone & Payne A3b. Covici Friede hardcover
196427253<p>1964 Postcard Has small piece tape on either side & small ink mrks at top Steinbeck Signature is in Bold Black Ink Typed Postcard Mailed from New York Reads: Dear Mr. Peleaux: Thank you for your letter of May 29th. Your interest in my work is highly flattering etc. VG AS-IS. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket.</p> paperback
192910936CUP OF GOLD Mcbride 1929 first edition spine a tad dulled two small areas of board edges worn else a tight vg copy in the original gold cloth and fine facsimile dust-wrapper. The authors most desirable first book. 1/1537 copies. McBride hardcover
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196028275N.p. n.d. but circa 1960 1960. Hinged on the verso of a board and matted which should probably be replaced. Original wooden frame preserved but chipped and worn. 27 x 20 cm signed on the verso in pencil by the photographer William Ward Beecher. A photographic portrait of John Steinbeck taken by artist William Ward Beecher 1921-2006 a descendant of the famous New England Beechers. How many portraits were produced from this one sitting is not recorded but there were at least two: this one and a similar one that was used in 1961 on the rear panel of the dust jacket of Winter of Our Discontent. This one which apparently was not published was the personal property of John and Elaine Steinbeck and was sold as part of the remains of their estate in February 2020. Betty and William Ward Beecher and the Steinbecks were apparently friends. The Beechers had books inscribed to them by John Steinbeck and the Steinbecks owned a few of Beecher's lithographs and paintings. N.p., n.d. [but circa 1960] unknown
16-5572New York: Martin Beck Theatre1942. Gouache in 4 colors on board.66 x 48 cm. Witold Gordon was a Polish-born American Art Deco painter best known for his murals in Radio City Music Hall completed in 1932. He painted a 6000 square foot mural for the 1939 New York World's Fair and a series of New Yorker covers depicting the city in its recent past. He also designed the poster for the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! .Gordon was born in Warsaw Poland in 1885 and studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After he finished his studies he moved to New York. He worked with Donald Deskey in the design of Radio City Music Hall where two of his murals are exhibited. He illustrated books and designed the poster for the Olympic Games in Lake Placid NY in 1933. In 1939 he created a painting for the New York Worlds' Fair. He traveled throughout the South and produced a series of paintings with the name "American Scene" which was exhibited in 1941 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. During his travels he painted in Gouache storefronts and housefronts that he felt showed the true face of America. In 1934 he was commissioned by Conde Nast to paint a series of "New York Shops" New York Shops you Never See which were published in Vanity Fair Magazine in July of 1934. In 1932 when Georgia O'Keefe accepted the commission to paint a mural in the Ladies' Room in Radio City Music Hall and abandoned it at the advice of her husband Alfred Steiglitz who said "Ms. O'Keefe does NOT do bathrooms!" Witold Gordon was given the commission and painted two murals for Deskey's masterpiece.Witold Gordon died in 1968.1943."Free men cannot start a war but once it is started they can fight on in defeat. Herd men followers of a leader cannot do that and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.â€â€• John Steinbeck The Moon Is Down.The Moon is Down was John Steinbeck's second attempt at writing a novel in play form Of Mice and Men was his first. It was composed while on assignment from the Foreign Information Service a division of the Office of Strategic Services charged with combating Nazi propaganda. His original story depicting a small American town invaded by enemy troops was rejected by the FIS who feared that it might demoralize the civilian public. In his revised manuscript published by Viking in 1942 Steinbeck kept the same plot but set it in an unnamed Scandinavian town rather than the United States. Despite mixed critical reception the book was a remarkable public success outselling The Grapes of Wrath two-to-one in pre-publication; it would eventually pass through 76 editions. Shortly after publication the producer Oscar Serlin purchased the dramatic rights to The Moon is Down Herman Shumlin initially bought them but passed them on saying he “did not care for The Moon is Down’s politics.†Serlin known for his production of “Life with Father†accepted the challenge believing Steinbeck’s play would attract a large audience. “The Moon is Down†premiered on Broadway in April 1942 starring Otto Kruger as Colonel Lanser and Ralph Morgan as Mayor Orden. Like the novel before it the play was publicly adored but critically lambasted. Life magazine reported that it was “trumpeted louder than any literary event of the season†while the critical consensus was that “Steinbeck was too easy on the Germans too optimistic about the ultimate victory of the Allies and ultimately too moralistic." Despite its initial Broadway run lasting only nine weeks the play was immensely successful on the road and abroad especially in London and Stockholm. Rather surprisingly it was nominated for Best Play by the New York Drama Critics’ Circle and placed second.Provenance: From the estate of producer Oscar Serlin. New York: Martin Beck Theatre,1942 unknown
16-5573New York: Martin Beck Theatre1942. Gouache in 7 colors on board. 70 x 51 cm. Witold Gordon was a Polish-born American Art Deco painter best known for his murals in Radio City Music Hall completed in 1932. He painted a 6000 square foot mural for the 1939 New York World's Fair and a series of New Yorker covers depicting the city in its recent past. He also designed the poster for the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! .Gordon was born in Warsaw Poland in 1885 and studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After he finished his studies he moved to New York. He worked with Donald Deskey in the design of Radio City Music Hall where two of his murals are exhibited. He illustrated books and designed the poster for the Olympic Games in Lake Placid NY in 1933. In 1939 he created a painting for the New York Worlds' Fair. He traveled throughout the South and produced a series of paintings with the name "American Scene" which was exhibited in 1941 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. During his travels he painted in Gouache storefronts and housefronts that he felt showed the true face of America. In 1934 he was commissioned by Conde Nast to paint a series of "New York Shops" New York Shops you Never See which were published in Vanity Fair Magazine in July of 1934. In 1932 when Georgia O'Keefe accepted the commission to paint a mural in the Ladies' Room in Radio City Music Hall and abandoned it at the advice of her husband Alfred Steiglitz who said "Ms. O'Keefe does NOT do bathrooms!" Witold Gordon was given the commission and painted two murals for Deskey's masterpiece.Witold Gordon died in 1968.1943."Free men cannot start a war but once it is started they can fight on in defeat. Herd men followers of a leader cannot do that and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.â€â€• John Steinbeck The Moon Is Down.The Moon is Down was John Steinbeck's second attempt at writing a novel in play form Of Mice and Men was his first. It was composed while on assignment from the Foreign Information Service a division of the Office of Strategic Services charged with combating Nazi propaganda. His original story depicting a small American town invaded by enemy troops was rejected by the FIS who feared that it might demoralize the civilian public. In his revised manuscript published by Viking in 1942 Steinbeck kept the same plot but set it in an unnamed Scandinavian town rather than the United States. Despite mixed critical reception the book was a remarkable public success outselling The Grapes of Wrath two-to-one in pre-publication; it would eventually pass through 76 editions. Shortly after publication the producer Oscar Serlin purchased the dramatic rights to The Moon is Down Herman Shumlin initially bought them but passed them on saying he “did not care for The Moon is Down’s politics.†Serlin known for his production of “Life with Father†accepted the challenge believing Steinbeck’s play would attract a large audience. “The Moon is Down†premiered on Broadway in April 1942 starring Otto Kruger as Colonel Lanser and Ralph Morgan as Mayor Orden. Like the novel before it the play was publicly adored but critically lambasted. Life magazine reported that it was “trumpeted louder than any literary event of the season†while the critical consensus was that “Steinbeck was too easy on the Germans too optimistic about the ultimate victory of the Allies and ultimately too moralistic." Despite its initial Broadway run lasting only nine weeks the play was immensely successful on the road and abroad especially in London and Stockholm. Rather surprisingly it was nominated for Best Play by the New York Drama Critics’ Circle and placed second.Provenance: From the estate of producer Oscar Serlin. New York: Martin Beck Theatre,1942 unknown
005136Book. Fine. No Binding. Autographed Letter Signed. 8x10. Awesome 5x6 Autographed Letter Signed in a 8x10 lucite frame. "Dear Mr. Stanton: Thank you very much for your kind letter and for your kind thoughts Very sincerely John Steinbeck." Fully Guarantee.I have collected Steinbeck for 30 years. unknown
6578JOHN STEINBECK 1902-1968. An American writer Steinbeck is best remembered for The Grapes Of Wrath East Of Eden Of Mice And Men Cannery Row and Travels With Charley.DS. 1pg. September 27 1941. California. A partly printed legal document signed John Steinbeck at the conclusion. Steinbeck appointed the attorney Webster Street to demand sue for collection and receive all such sums of money debts dues accounts legacies bequests interests dividends annuities and demands whatsoever as are now or shall hereafter become due owing payable and belonging to me. Webster Street of Monterey was a lawyer of the crew; he was a partner in the law practice of Hudson Martin and Ferrante. He also was a member of the fabled crew of the Western Flyer the fishing boat that took Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts on their 1940 voyage to the Sea of Cortez Street left the ship at San Diego to get back to work. There are rubber stamps on the verso indicating that this power of attorney was filed in Monterey County on October 1 1941. The document has the usual filing folds but is in fine condition. unknown
1939mon0003329726New York: The Viking Press 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. . First edition first printing in stated first edition dust jacket that has been price clipped. Dust jacket is near fine with some minor wear and some professional repair to the edges to fix minor tears. Oatmeal cloth cover with some minor tanning. Stamp of bookstore on the front pastedown. A copy in fine condition. New York: The Viking Press hardcover
1939mon0003329725New York: The Viking Press 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. . First edition first printing in stated first edition dust jacket that has been price clipped. Dust jacket is near fine with some minor wear and some professional repair to edges to fix small tears and chipping. Oatmeal cloth cover with some minor foxing on the joints. Bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown. A copy in Fine condition. New York: The Viking Press hardcover
1947012585The Viking Press. No foxing. Bright internally. Shadow of review page formerly laid in on ffep and inside front cover. Clipped but $2.00 price present. Bright unfaded and unsunned DJ in archival cover minor edge wear. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1947. The Viking Press hardcover
194791320From the Collection of<i><b> Mr and Mrs J Paul Getty</b></i> - Their calling card inside and goes with the book.<br />The Viking Press New York 1947 <b>First Edition</b> First Printing. A beautiful dustjacket that is vibrant in color with 2 tears. This original First Issue dustjacket has the $2.75 printed price present on the front flap with light wear to the edges. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing marks or bookplates in the book. One stain on back cover see photo.Overall a wonderful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in great condition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The Viking Press hardcover
1947011127The Viking Press. The Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. No foxing or marks. Dust jacket has chipping to edges and spine. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1947. The Viking Press hardcover
194544525New York:: The Viking Press 1945. First edition first binding. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Slightly cocked; else better than very good in a jacket with some restoration to the extremities of the spine and a few small chips. 8vo. The Viking Press, hardcover
